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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25
Cabinet Approves Pro-
posal for Mutual De-
tense Pact, With De-
tails Now Remaining
To Be Worked Out;
Assign Parts to Each

London, May Britain
was authOritatiVely reported today
to have opened the final phase in
the negotiations for British French
Russian mutual assistance pact with
the dispatch of new proposals to the
Moscow government Informed sour
ces said note was sent to Sir Will
5 liam Seeds, British ambassador in
Moscow for communication to the
Russian government, which includ-
ed a statement of yesterdays cab
met action, and Prime Minister
Chamberlain's declaration in the
House OF Commons.
chamberlain yesterday announced
Britain was making new proposals
to Soviet Russia, and he had every
reason to hope it would be possible
TO reach full agreement at an early
date"
He said he hoped to be able TO an
nOunce such an agreement when Par
lament reconvenes June after a re-
CESS
Russia was informed a more de-
tailed statement of the British pro-
pOsal than contained in todays note
would be submitted in a few days.
The foreign office said this supple
mental statement would comprise the
complete British formula for the pro-
posed agreement. Remaining details
will be worked out in talks in Lon
don and Moscow.
Officials indicated the cabinet yes
terday approved the general terms of
the proposal worked out in Geneva
IN conversations between Foreign
Secretary Lord Halifax, Soviet Am
bassador to London Maisky and
French ministers.
Formal Soviet acceptance of them,
therefore, was counted upon.
In addition to the note which was
sent to Moscow, a similar message
was delivered to the Soviet ambas-
sador here.
With French agreement on the
fundamentals considered certain, the
points to be ironed out included:
l. The question of what constitutes
aggression.
2. An arrangement for unified
command and the part each of the
three powers would play in event of
European war.
3. What smaller countries should
come under the protection of the
pact.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25
Farmer Folk
Come To See
King, Queen

Raleigh, May 25.-(AP)-E. F.
Arnold, secretary of the North, Car
Dina Farm Bureau Federation said
today the federal agriculture de-
partment and tobacco state congress-
men had agreed that proposed AAA
amendment to permit the secretary
of agriculture to order tobacco re-
ferendum after July l would be &C
ceptable. Arnold and other farm
leaders discussed the matter in Wash
ington yesterday.
Under the present law, the secre-
tary must wait until November Is
to order a referendum on tobacco
control. Arnold said other amend
ments agreed upon for introduction
in Congress in a ''few days" includ-
ed Making acreage a consideration
in figuring tobacco allotments; pro-
vide for uniform determination, with
an increase to 5000 pounds, or
twenty percent, for all small farms;
apply a uniform ten cents pound
tax remedy rather than fifty per-
cent OF the sale value, and prevent
sale or exchange Of allotment cards.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25
Little Hope
Held OF Any
Being Alive
Rescue Work Resum-
ed on After-Part of
Squalls After 33 Men
in Forepart Are
Brought Up Alive;
Diving Bell Has Been
Repaired

Portsmouth, N. H., May 25.-(AP)
Although admitting only the barest
possibility existed that there still was
life on the sunken submarine SqualuS
Rear Admiral c. w. Cole, announced
today the resumption of rescue work
after asserting
lost"
Shortly before 2 p. M, eastern
daylight time, a diver descended
from the Falcon to the after-hatch
Of the Squalls for the purpose of
attaching the rescue chamber down.
haul line
In pointing out there was little
hope for the rs men still trapped on
the Inflated submersible, Cole said
the submarine temperature dropped
II degrees since the craft went down
Tuesday, and that it tilted sharply
when water flooded the after part.
From the rescue ship Falcon, to
which 33 survivors were hoisted yes
terday and last night, the rear adj
miral said
Above the sunken craft stretch
OF water with radius of two thirds
OF mile has been marked off by
buoys, and no vessels will be per-
mitted near the rescue ship Falcon
unless they have official business.
Lieutenant Oliver NaQuin, COM
nander of the Squalls, and the last
of the survivors to leave here, came
ashore today with the other seven
crew members who were trapped
for four hours last night after the
great rescue bell became fouled on
its final trip upward from the sunken
vessel.
Charles Smith Kinney, of Tulare,
CAL, was borne on stretcher from
a coast guard patrol boat up the
gangplank and thence between solid
ranks of marines to a waiting am
bulance. The other crew members
appeared in good condition, however.
While there was rejoicing through
out the country over the rescue of 80
men, a grim, silent atmosphere pre-
vailed in this city as preparations to
remove the bodies got under way.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25
Berlin Press
Ridicules
Peace Front

Berlin. May 25.-(AP)-Nazi COM
mentators have switched from ac-
claim Of the Rome-Berlin military
pact to ridicule of British-French eff
forts to bring Soviet Russia into "a
cooperative bloc. A foreign office
commentator called the moves an
"oron confession of faith in the en-
circlement policy, precluding further
cooperation of the big powers for
peaceful solution of existing pro-
blems"
Prime Minister Chamberlain's new
proposals, on which Chamberlain
hoped for full Russian agreement,
drew the jibes of the Nazi press,
which at the same time told Of new
proVocations" by Poles along the free
city of Danzig border.
Boersen Zeitung, commenting on
Chamberlain's statement of yester-
day declared that Britain was
bringing the remains of her pride
as sacrifice to win a helper" This
the publication called both laugh
able and offensive"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25
Farm Bureau
In Favor Of
Tobacco Plan

Regina, Sask., May 25.-(Canadian
Press Farm folk by the thousands,
many Of them from the 1888 drought
lands OF the province, crowded into
SaskatcheWan's capital today to see
ihe king and queen. They were a
cheerful horde of visitors, happy over
Wednesdays heavy rainfall that
meant much to their newly SEEDED
wheat, and they were ready to JON
provincial and civil officials IN a
great demonstration Of welcome 10
lneir majesties.
The royal train, due for seven
and half hour visit at 2:3O p. m.
today, was rolling across the prairles
where the king and queen had view
Of the great wheat lands, their day
gwen over to rest except for an oc-
caslonal platform appearance. They
Stopped at random, Monitoba, last
night for what their spokesman said
was the most impressive welcome
men majesties have met"
y. Nearly $4,000 persons crowded the
brandon platform, although the town
population is only 1900, while the
KING and queen mounted review
lng stand.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25
Program To
Aid Business
Is Desired

Washington, May 25.-(AP)-Sec-
rotary of the Treasury Morgenthau
reported today congressional leaders
had agreed on tax program with
the President that would "definitely''
contribute to business recovery.
Morgenthau said the tax confer
ence held at the White House yes
terday cleared up final details of a
corporation tax revision program,
and that no further conferences were
expected.
He replied with an emphatic,
EYES," when asked if the tax pro-
gram was ready to go before Con-
gress He added, however, he did not
yet know on what date the House
Ways and Means Committee would
summon him to present the plan.
The President conferred yesterday
with Chairman Harrison, Democrat,
Mississippi, of the Senate Finance
Committee; Senator Byrnes, Demo-
crat, South Carolina, and Represent
alive Cooper, Democrat, Tennessee.
Meanwhile, Senator Shipstead,
Farm-Labor, Minnesota, told the Sen
ate that Congress could not save the
railroads from bankruptcy unless
we place the general economic con-
dition Of the country on a sound
basis.
eve are being regulated to death
in this country" declared Shipstead
in opposing bill to consolidate con-
troll of all transportation agencies, ex-
cept air lines, under the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Other developments:
United States merchandise exports
dropped ID percent in April. Mer-
chandise imports, however, declined
two percent in April from the March
total.
A new construction program for
Veterans hospitals to provide an es-
timated peak of 100000 beds by
1049 will be submitted soon to Pres
ident Roosevelt. Brigadier General
Frank Hines, veterans administra-
! Tor, said the President would deter
mine whether the program would go
to Congress this year or next. Hines
believes it will be too late for &C
ton at this session.
The Veterans Administration now
maintains 81 hospitals, with 1000
beds. This capacity will be in
creased to $1,000 beds when new in
stitutions are completed at Fayette-
vile, N. c., and five other places
throughout the country
Without word of opposition, the
House agreed to Senate changes in
a $54,OO0,0 00ssnava1 shore construc-
ton bill, and sent the legislation to
| the White House
The Agriculture Department., in its
annual report on reduction in cot
ton yields from stated causes, said
total reductions in 1888 amounted
to 322 percent of a normal, or full,
yield, compared with 23.1 for 1887;
80 IL for 1886. Loss from boil
weevils were reported at go per-
cent, compared with 5.3 percent in
1897, and 40 per cent in 1886.
The board reported 1898 produc-
ton, ginnings, yield of lint cotton
| Do
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25
State Crime
Bureau Shows
Its Benefits
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
ID, TWLNIDV NERTTT
BY EIEN

Raleigh, May 25.-Crime does pay,
despite the repetitious admOnishings
of moralists and writer's. Proof is the
existence and high-geared function
ing of the North Carolina Bureau OF
Identification and Investigation.
This state B Of l and l was estab-
lished on money paid into the State
treasury by criminals. It's more than
$4,000 worth of the most modern
and scientific equipment for the de-
lection of crime was bought with
funds from the same source. Its eff
ficient personnel would go salary
less except for the same sort OF con-
tributiOnS.
The bureau came into being thrO-
ugh accumulated dollars, paid in one
at time as costs in each criminal
case in the State in which there was
a conviction. It's operations Woulc
cease of necessity if this same stream
Of single dollars were dried up.
And so crime does pay, in North
Carolina, for very active agency
concerned wholly with its detection
and punishment. And, incidentally
North Carolina Is one of only eight
Sud LGS Ill LIlC OlllOll w llCNO q NOAAA
pletely-equipped bureau OF investl-
cation; though practically every one
has a bureau of Identification.
The bureau has come into some
newspaper prominence recently by
reason of its connection with inves-
tigation of the Goldsboro flogging
case: but few outside the very in
ner circles know that Director Free
c. Handy and his staff have taker
part in more than $50 cases OF al
sorts and from all sections Of the
State since the first Of the current
year.
The legislature of 1887 authoriz-
ed establishment of the bureau, to
be paid for by the extra cost to be
levied in every criminal conviction
fifty cents to go to the bureau anc
fifty cents to the law enforcement
Dr,rrr
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25
Final Phase Begun
By Britain To Seal
/ act With Soviets
Poles Say Killing
Was German Trick

Warsaw, May 25.-(AP)-TwO
Polish newspapers declared today
that the Sunday incident at Kalt-
hol-POlcs called it an attack on a
free city of Danzig customs house
was designed to permit "mys-
teriouS transport" from East Prus-
sia to the free city while the from
tier was unguarded.
The newspaper ABC sai& SO
Theoretically sealed trucks cross
ed the bridge connecting Danzig
with East Prussia at that point
during the time the customs front
was not patrOlled. GA KeltOf but
cher was killed when according
TO a Warsaw cOmmunique, the
chauffeur for the Polish under
commissioner for Danzig fired to
defend himself from an attacking
crOWd.D
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25

ton correspondents and especially to-
ward the newspaper women who
write most of the diplomatic and
other "sassiety stuff" published in
or disseminated. from the District Of
Columbia. The scribes retaliated in a
fashion to make the Lindsays ache.
They didn't exactly say anything
particularly mean about the king
and queen, but they cold-watered the
whole affair. They refused to ex-
press themselves Interestingly. They
simply have been coldly matter-of-
fact-clammy.
In short, their majesties have had
punk press" use a technical
journalistic term. There has been no
organized conspiracy Royalty simply
has been, in spirit, boycotted by the
newspaper gang informally, only by
common, unofficial consent, but eff
fectively. Oh, plenty of stories have
been and will be printed about the
visit, but pep is lacking. The en-
phasis is on the nuisance that these
blow-outs are to Washington. The
pageantry is played up as compar-
Continued on Paoa Eo,,,N
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25
Recovery Tax Is Agreed Upon
Supreme Court Lawyers
Prod Sales Attorneys

Raleigh, May 24.-(AP)-Members
of the Supreme Court asked attorneys
many questions today, then took I'M
der advisement the suit under which
J. Paul Leonard, of Statesville, chal-
lenges the constitutionality of the
States three percent sales tax. The
case is the first to reach the Supreme
Court testing the sales tax law, which
annually now brings in about SILL
100000. The tax was first imposed
in 1888
Chief Justice W. P. Stacy fired
questions repeatedly at Fred Parrish,
of Winston-Salem, counsel for Leon
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25

L o u II | L y uiIueI
something Of a
cloud. H e S zip
bad" with the rank
and file of the
capitals neWspa-
perdom. In con-
nection with the
American visit of
King George VI
and Queen Eliza
beth, Sir Ronald
and Lady Lindsay,
took, in advance,
decidedly too up
stage an attitude
toward Washing
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25
Mrs. Tankerslev
Again Officer In
State DAUGHTERS

Raleigh, May 25.-(AP)-The
Daughters of America selected
leaders and chose Greensboro as
the 1910 convention city today
as they closed their statewide
twO-day meeting here. Officers
elected included:
Mrs. May Forester, of Rocky
Mount, State councillor; Mrs.
Mary Tankersley, Henderson,
Junior past councillor; Mrs. Ber-
tina White, of Wilmington, assO-
ciate Junior past councillor, and
Mrs. Mabel Mckinney, of Rocky
Mount, associate state vice
councillor.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25
Rural Light
Lines Okayed

Raleigh, May 25.-(AP) = The
Rural Electrification Authority APP
proved plans today for construction
D. about 100 miles moro of rural
power limos. in Pitt, Nash ard VIII
son counties, and some so miles
more in Columbus county.
The Edgecombe-Martin Electric
Membership Cooperative will ex-
pend $4,000 Of federal funds for
the Pitt, Nash and Wilson expan-
'on and the Four-County Electric
Membership Cooperative will spend
$50 900
The Authority granted a petition
Of the Brunswick County Electric
Membership Cooperative to expand
It's territory
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25
Three Admit
Their Guilt
In Sayings

Philadelphia, May Is. -(AP)-
Three defendants in the wholesale
insurance murder cases pleaded
guilty today and seven others plead
ed innocent, when arraigned togeth-
er on charges Of murder and man
slaughter in the death of five men.
Those pleading guilty will appear
before a court of three judges who
will hear evidence and fix punish
ment.
The seven who denied any guilt
will be tried, perhaps in groups. The
trials were expected to start next
week.
Morris Bolber, who detectives
Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25
Royalty Is
Facing Cool
Press Here
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COluNnniSt

Washington, May 25.-Sir Ronald
Lindsay, Britain's ambassador in the
United States, soon to be succeeded
by Lord Lothian, will leave this
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25
Tar Heel Is.
Called Hero
Of Tragedy
Lloyd Names Slam
med Door To Keep
Wafer Out of Com
partment Where 80
Men Survived Subma-
rine Crash

Fort Bragg, May 25.-(AP)-
Mrs. Bessie ManeSS Brady, wife
of Staff Sergeant Edward Brady
was SO carried away with relief
today when she learned that her
brother, Lloyd ManesS, of
Greensboro, had been rescued
from the submarine Squalls
that she was unable to go to
work at the post tailor shop at
Fort Bragg.
Portsmouth, N. H., May 25-(AP)
Electricians Mate Lloyd B. Ma
ness, of Greensboro, N c., whose
"super-human" effort in closing a
watertight compartment door saved
the lives of 33 men aboard the strick
en- submarine Squalus, told today
how he held the door open long
enough to save five men in the next
compartment.
II was detailed in charge of the
hulkhead door between the control
room and er-battery," Maness
told newsmen. cat the instant that
the Squalus settled on the bottom,
we were at sharp up-angle and
down aft. The water was rising
rapidly il the aft compartment, and
realized that the time was short
If I was 10 close the bulkhead door.
Due to the angle of the ship and the
fact that the door opened from a
down angle l had to evert all my
strength to swing it into place"
Portsmouth, N. H., May 25.-(AP)
Lloyd B. Maness, of Greensboro, N.
c., an electricians mate, was gen.
Continued on Page Three)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25
HQnthoh

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Mostly cloudy tonight and Fri
day; not much change in tenn
perature.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-25

Portsmouth, N. H., May 25.-(AP)
Lloyd B. Maness, of Greensboro, N.
C., an electricians mate, was gen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-25
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing =,

Keith's The Hunchback of
Notre Dame" melodrama with
Charles Laughton: 2:15. $40, 7:05
and $50 pm.
"Ninotchka," Carlo goes
gay in Paris: 2. 4:30. 7 and 9:35 pm.
Earle-"On Dress Parade" the
Dead End" kids 60 to military
school: 3. 5:25. 7:50 and 1920 pm.
Stage shows: 4:25. 6:55 and
800 pm.
Capitol-"Everything Happens at
Night" including another Sonia
Henie lesson in grace on ice: 2. $40.
7:35 and 1890 pm. Stage shows:
1886, $50 and 900 pm.
Metropolitan - Flying Deuces,'
Laurel and Hardy in the Foreign
Legion: 800, $50, 7:45 and GAS pm.
Columbia-"Drums Along the Mo-
hawk" pre-Revolution adventure in
the Colonies: 2:25, $50. ITO and
$50 pm.
Rembrandt, the Charles
Laughton portrait: 1886, $40 and
$50 pm. Dawn Over Ireland: 2,
$40 and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts.
Continuous from pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-25
It's Been a Good Year
For Film Extras

Hollywood extras Jared bounti-
fully in 1889, thanks to several big
productions calling for the services
of thousands of players. In fact, it
was a boom year.
Average earnings of an extra are
just little more than $500. Aver
age number Of working days per
person is 30. But 1899 swelled both
the number of working days and
wages for the army OF men. women
and children of all ages and walks
of life-from Russian generals to
bearded hermits, from dowagers to
tikes.
Nearly 5000 extras were COM
Wandered in 1898. This number
was doubled in just four produce
tons put out by R-K-O. Radio:
ABE Lincoln in Illinois, THE
Hunchback of Notre Dame" That's
Right, You're Wrong" and Vigil in
the Night" Exactly 1918 calls
were registered by Central Casting
for these four feature films.
For four nights in succession THE
Hunchback of Notre Dame" star
ring Charles Laughton, used $500
extras for the mob scenes handled
by Director William Dieterle in de-
picting 18th century Paris. Thus,
in part Of a single week, nearly
one-half Of the total number of in
dividuals used in 1898 found work
with single studio.
ABE Lincoln in Illinois," which
was produced by Max Gordon and
Harry Goetz, with Raymond Massey
starring, used $50 extras for seven
consecutive nights, making q total
of 1913 individual calls to Central
Casting Bureau.
Vigil in the Night" the Carole
Lombard-BrianA hearne-Ann Shir-
ley starrer, and That's Right,
You're Wrong" co-starring Kay
Kyser and Adolphe Menjou, each
used LOO extras during a Today
period. This brought the grand to-
tai for the four pictures to 1918.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-25

feature cartoon since SNOW White.
:. Like famed predecessor, it's pre-
sented in color.
Took 200 years to get good
natured, swashbuckling CULVER out
Of printed page and into celluloid g. j..
And, once Fleischer tackled job, it
took him 10 months to finish. .
As a rival to Disney's "Dopey,"
Fleischer introduces new comedy
find in "Gabby," chesty, laxative
little fellow who'll be continued in
animated features. Contract
contains one unusual clause:
"Gabby must not speak kind word
about anybody"
Love interest" is Princess Glory,
personified as to clothes, actions
and speaking voice by Lovey War
rem, Miami, Fla. but singing dou-
ble' was Jessica Dragonette l..
Prince David, juvenile hero, also
similarly "doubly doubled" j..
Speaking voice and physical man.
nerisms by Cal Howard, young artist
and script writer David's sing
ing voice that of Lanny Ross.
Gulliver's double, Sam Parker,
Miami radio announcer, did every
thing in real life that script required
Of CULVER Thrown into sea,
tied up with cables, hoisted hori-
zontally into midair and suspended
for hours-so all artists could make
sketches of CULVER exact in detail
CULVER" cost 81 $4,000 required
665 ,280 separate drawings by 10 art
lists, runs II minutes on screen.
Judge Hardy and Son"-Now in
fourth year, Hardy family series
most valuable picture property in
Hollywood If David Selznick
should say to M-G-M, I'll give you
Gone With the Wind in return for
rights to make Hardy pictures, !"
M-G-M would say no" quicker than
you could say Rhett Butler For,
although Gone" stands to net Sell
nick at least 10 millions, Hardy
films are equipped to run on in
definitely Each of last six has
crossed more than a million and
half and popularity steadily in
creases.
Current film packs heaviest emo
tional punch of all as family hovers
at bedside of critically i'll mother.
Also marks closest association
yet between Andy and father {.
Family welcomed distinguished
guest to series, Nine. Maria Ouspen-
skaya. who joins Carvel residents.
For first time since he was S,
Mickey Rooney appears with own
father, Joe Yule . Yule plays tire
salesman who sells Andy four new
tires ION the cuff"
"Charlie Mccarthy, Detective"
Some folks buy oil, motors and steel
but Edgar Bergen invested in
wood-$35 worth, II years ago!
and now Edgar's animate, talkative
hunk of pine is reputed to be re-
turning its owner close to half-mil-
lion dollars per aEnum.
Bergen discovered ventriloquistic
talents while still In school {.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-25

Amazed friends, relatives and teach
ers with gift When he couldn't
afford to keep up tuition and ex-
penses at Northwestern University,
Bergen turned pro and managed to
finish out four-year term Same
university recently bestowed on
Charlie degree of master of innu-
endo and snappy comeback.
Film presents Bergen, Mccarthy
and upstart Snerd in stellar roles
first time trio has enjoyed solo star
billing . Picture gets title from
fact Charlie is night club performer
who sings song, I'm Charlie Nc
Carthy, Detective" and does detec-
tive routine in night club act :.
Later Bergen, Mccarthy become in
volved in mysterious society killing
-. With Charles aid, Bergen solves
mystery, pins guilt on murderer.
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