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* "HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 + A4CSUS PEROT ittimitersmt Bmht Stiimtrh ER PUBLISHED IN THIS TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR LEASED "WIRE SERVirTP r»u* ¦'IIK ASSOCIATED PRESS HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 8, 1939 SECTION OF NORTH CAR ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPOLINA AND VIRGINIA. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. NEUTRALITY BILL HAN6S BY MERE MEAD 1939 Cotton Acreage Is Less Than On July 1 Os Last Year Japs Claim New Rout Os Soviet Army Furious Dawn Battle Fought on Mongol- Manchoukuo Border; Both Sides in Need of Reinforcements, Which Are Nearby Tokyo, July 8. —(AP)—The Japa- nese army in Manchouquo announc- ed tonight its forces had routed Mon- gol Soviet forces and captured stra- tegic heights along the Kholsten river in a furious dawn battle today on the disputed frontier between Outer Mongolia and Manchouquo. The Japanese reported they cap- tured 68 Russians and additional Mongol prisoners, and forced the enemy to retreat in confusion west- ward toward the Khalka river. A communique also reported a new air battle, in which the Japanese downed 25 Soviet airplanes over Lake Bor without losing a plane. REINFORCEMENTS NEEDED BY BOTH SIDES IN WAR With Japanese Troops on the Mon- golian Frontier, July 6.—(delayed)— (AP) —With Mongolian troops sur- rounded by Japanese, who hold parts of two contrasted heights, the future course of current border warfare ap- parently depended today upon whether Soviet-Mongolian forces us- ed available reinforcements. A high ranking Japanese officer said 60,000 Soviet reinforcements were in Outer Mongolia. Strong Japanese reinforcements were re- ported authoritatively to have arriv- ed at Halunarshan, indicating pos- sible extension of the front to the southeast, or a new battle within a few days. The officer said the Japa- nese had sufficient men and equip- ment to repel a Soviet attack in any part of Manchoukuo. (Halunarshan is some 185 miles southeast of Lake Bor, on the east- ern frontier of Mongolia. The scene of the present border fighting, which has been intermittent since May 11, has been along the Khalka river, 60 miles east and south of the lake.) Snagging Work In Neuse River Will Cost $25,000 Sum Washington, July B.—(AP) —The War Department notified Represen- tative Barden, Democrat, North Caro lina, today that the expenditure of $25,000 in flood control funds had been approved for snagging work on the Neuse river near Goldsboro and Kinston, N. C. Barden said this work would go ahead while army engineers con- tinued a detailed study to determine the feasibility of a general flood control program for the river. He expressed belief the snagging would help lessen the flood threat in the vicinity of Goldsboro and Kinston. Approval of the $25,000 expendi- ture followed a personal tour of in- spection by Major G. W. Gillette, district army engineer at Wilming- ton, N. C. Senate Holds Swanson Rites Monday IP. M. Washington, July B. (AP) —A state funeral was arranged today for Claude A. Swanson in the Senate chamber, where he represented his native Virginia for 23 years before President Roosevelt made him secre- tary of the navy. Charles Edison, assistant secretary of the navy, who automatically be- came acting secretary yesterday on the death of Swanson, announced that the services would be conduct- ed at 1 p. m. Monday. Burial will be in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond, Va., that afternoon. President Roosevelt ordered na- tional mourning and directed that flags on all federal buildings and on naval craft everywhere be lowered to half staff until after the burial. Beginning at noon today, the guns of the fleet anchored off San Pedro, Cal., were to boom out a 19-gun salute. Swanson’s death posed for the President the problem of making an- other mid-stream change of directors of the administration’s vast rein- forcement of defense forces. If, as some administration officials expect, he promotes Edison to the cabinet to fill the new vacancy, Mr. Roosevelt must name also a new assistant sec- retary of the navy. Signing Monetary Bill iP* ill I H - ft ,<f v .' v 'Jhh| mm i;|9 fl 9 .v'-av Senator Alben W. Barkley shows Vice President Garner where to affix his signature to the monetary bill giving President Roosevelt control of currency for another two years. The bill also set price of silver at 71.1, was passed after a bitter congressional fight. 2 Senators May Decide Bill’s Fate Gillette of lowa and George of Georgia Both Have Knifed Ad- ministration at Times; Committee Vote May Be Decisive Washington, July B.—(AP) The fate of the administration’s efforts arms embargo provision of the neu- arms embargo provision o fthe neu- trality act appeared today to rest largely in the hands of two Demo- crats who often have opposed New Deal legislation. They are Senators Gillette, of lowa and George, of Georgia. Polls of the Senate Foi'eign Rela- tions Committee indicated, some senators on both sides of the con- troversy said, that the administra-* tion could safely count on only eleven of 23 committee votes for a motion to strike out the modified arms em- bargo which the House incorporated recently in legislation to change the neutrality act. Without committee approval, these senators said, there was little chance of the Senate’s reversing the House stand, inasmuch as foes of the ad- ministration proposal to repeal the arms embargo provision of the pres- ent neutrality law said yesterday 34 senators had subscribed to the state- ment opposing any change to the statute at this time. 2 Drownings Occur Friday In The East Wilson, July 8. (AP) Carl Moore, 21, drowned last night in a swollen creek at the Flowers Mill near here trying to save the life of his ten-vear-old brother, O. A. Moore, who had been swept over a dam by a swift current. The younger boy was rescued when washed against logs under a bridge, but Carl, who jumped into the creek below the dam was pulled under by a whirlpool. They were sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Moore. Efforts to recover the body last night were unsuccessful because of the current. Search was resumed today without success as late as 2:30 o’clock this afternoon. BODY OF GOLDSBORO YOUTH FOUND IN CRABTREE CREEK Raleigh, July B.—(AP) —The body of Chester Johnson, 15-year-old Goldsboro youth who drowned near here Thursday afternoon, floated to the surface today. The body was found in Crabtree creek a quarter of a mile from the Raleigh-Wake For- est highway. ROOSEVELT GOES ON CHESAPEAKE CRUISE Annapolis, Md., July B—(AP) —President Roosevelt left the Naval Academy dock aboard the yacht Potomac this afternoon for a cruise on Chesapeake Bay. He hoped to get in some fishing be- fore returning to Washington to- morrow evening. Lie Test For Torso Slayer To Be Given Cleveland, Ohio, July B.—(AP) Authorities ordered a lie detector test for Frank Dolezal today in an effort to close some loopholes in his announced confession to the slaying of No. 3 of Clevelands 12 “torso murder” victims. “We’re a long way from a case that will stick in court,” commented Detective Harry Brown. “We are far from satisfied with his signed confession,” supplemented Sheriff M. L. O’Donnell. “We want an air- tight story and we are going to question Dolezal on every angle.” He quoted Dolezal as saying he hacked off the head of Mrs. Florence Polillo, 42, dismembered her body after a fight over money, and threw the head and limbs into Lake Erie. Dolezal later said he did not throw these parts into the lake, and O’Don- nell described this as one of the “lies” he wanted to clear up. While Dolezal told of friendship (Continued on Page Eight) Figure Now 24,943,000 Acres Total North Carolina Plant- ings 787,000 Acres This Year, or 89 Per- cent of Year Ago; Abandonment and Other Deductions Wait Washington, July 8. —(AP) — The Apiculture Department reported to- day cotton in cultivation July 1 total- ed 24.943,000 acres, or 99.7 percent of the acreage in cultivation a year ago. The condition of the crop and fore- c\, • ol probable production of lint cotton will not be issued until Au- gust 8. the department being pre- vented by law from making public such information prior to the August canvass. A year ago, the area in cultivation was 25.018,000 acres, abandonment was 1.1 percent; area picked 24,480,- (HMi acres; yield 235.8 pounds per acre and total production 11,944,000 bales of 500 pounds each. The area in cultivation July 1, and its percentage of the area a year ago by states includes: Virginia, 36,000 and 85; North Carolina, 787,000 and 89; South Car- olina, 1.263,000 and 100. Barden Seeks Wages-Hours Modification Washington, July B.—(AP) —Rep- resentative Barden, Democrat, North Carolina, worked today on amend- ments to the fair labor standards law he expects to introduce, grant- ing wide exemption of agricultural workers from the act regulating wages and hours. The Barden amendments were re* d to incorporate features of changes in the law proposed by Chairman Norton, Democrat, New Jersey, of the House Labor Commit- tee, although going much further in respect to agricultural workers. An authoritative source said the strategy to be employed in getting the Barden amendments to the House floor would be to have the House Rules Committee grant a right of way to the Norton amend- ments with provision that Barden’s proposals c>Ud be offered as a sub- stitute. But no other amendments could be proposed. Such strategy would prevent at- tempts to offer further amendments to the law and give the House a '"yes” and “no” vote on Barden’s amendments. Although details of the Barden proposals were not disclosed, they were said to meet approval of mem- (Continued on Page Eight) Keel For Super-Dreadnaught In a simple ceremony participated in by workmen of the New York Ship- building Company, the keel was laid for the 35,000-ton battleship South. Dakota, at Camden, N. J. Workmen who have long-time employment rec- ords with the firm guided massive steel plates into place, bolted and welded them, while other workers looked on. The ship will cost $52,794,000. (Central Press) Tobacco Crop In State Is Being Cured Rapidly College Station, Raleigh, July 8. — North Carolina’s 1939 flue-cured to- bacco crop unhampered by Federal restrictions, is moving rapidly from field to curing barn, Lloyd T. Weeks, tobacco specialist of the State Col- lege Extension Service, said today. On a basis of observations over most of the producing areas, Weeks estimated that this year’s leaf acre- age has been increased at least 20 percent or better over that of last .year. In some counties the percent- age has run considerably higher, particularly in the Border Belt, while in other counties, notably in the Old Belt, the acreage has not varied much from that of 1938. Curing began nearly a month ago in some communities, and has speed- ed up steadily since then. Now, most farmers in Eastern North Caro- lina are putting their tobacco in the barns. Good weather conditions have pre- vailed generally over most of the flue-cured belts, although in some sections either too wet or too diy weather has injured the crop. There has been hail in some spots Insect and disease attacks are about normal this year, Weeks has found, with no outstanding out- breaks being reported from any belt. Damage in most instances has been local. Wilt has appeared in a number of fields, and conditions for this disease have been unusually fav- orable. " Yields apparently will be aver- ago, the tobacco specialist said. Last year Eastern North Carolina grow- ers produced an average of 875 pounds of leaf to the acre, and the average this year will probably he about the same. Weeks also declared that the qual- ity of this year’s crop appears to be good. - Britain To Support Her Smaller Allies, Cabinet Man States Education Chief Says “Only Possible Course” Is To Back Powers Guaranteed; De La Warr Discusses Danzig Situation In Speech London, July B.—(AP) —Earl De la Warr, president of the board of education, said today Britain’s “only possible course” was to stand by the smaller nations she has guaranteed and to make it clear she is “prepared to fight any and every aggressor, however indirect may be the method of aggression.” He was the first cabinet minister to say that Britain was ready to go beyond the letter of her pledges and resist “indirect aggression’ as well as the actual use of military force. His statement was considered signi- ficant, in view of the widespread be- lief in Britain that any action to incorporate the free city of Danzig into the German Reich would come from within the city De La Warr was discussing the Danzig situation in a speech at a Derby political rally Meanwhile, arrangements for a “blackout” over a strategic densely settled 16,000 square miles of south- ern England reminded Britain of her peril from the air. The six-hour test of extensive air raid precautions, or- ganized jointly by civil defense forces and the Royal Air Force, was planned to begin at 11 p. m. (5 p. m., eastern standard time), and cover all of southern England except London and Devonshire, and Corn- wall in the extreme southwest. London prepared for a separate test but a vitally important one. Oaths Are Given To Apprenticeship Council Members Raleigh, July B.—(AP) —Five men on the seven-member apprenticeship council took the oath of office to- day and elected C. L. Beddingfield, of Raleigh, apprenticeship training director. Commissioner of Labor Forrest Shuford was named ex-officio chair- man. George W. Coggin, of Raleigh, State supervisor of trade and indus- trial education, was chosen vice- president. Beddingfield will serve as secre- tary of the group. He will resign as factory inspector in the Department of Labor to accept the new post. Shuford said neither Beddingfield’s salary nor the question of whether members of the council will receive per diem pay had yet been settled. Associate Justice Scheneck admin- istered the oath to the five mem- bers present this morning. J. K. White, of Greensboro, and G. D. Sexton, of Winston-Salem, were ab- sent. _ . _ Favors 6-Year Terns im\ : v i m Senator Edward R. Burke Senator Edward R. Burke, of Ne- braska, denies his resolution for a constitutional amendment limiting the presidency to a single term of six years has any connection with the third term issue. The resolution was reported favorably by the Sen- ate Judiciary Committee. (Central Frets) Silver Group Loses Out In Senate Votes By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, July B.—To say that President Roosevelt was beaten in his effort to hang onto his dollar devalu- ation authority, his two-biliion-dol- lar international stabilization fund and various other firiancial powers he has exercised since early in his first term is not strictly correct. He lost these powers to be sure, but not exactly because he ’was beaten out of them; rather because his side wasn’t given a chance to fight. Earlier details of this extraor- dinary campaign have been sketched in a couple of previous chapters deal- ing with its development. But to re- capitulate, for the sake of clarity: Th& powers referred to were due to expire at midnight, June 30. The President wanted them extended. The House of Representatives voted to extend them. Indications were that the Senate would vote similarly. Re- publicans and anti-New Deal Demo- crats objected, but, even combined, (Continued on Page Four) Arrests Threatened In Interference With WPA Strikes and Protest Walkouts Against New Wage-Hour Reg- ulations Spread; 100,- 000 WPA Workers Es- timated Idle Over Na- tion (By The Asociated Press) Spreading strikes and protest walk outs by skilled craftsmen on the WPA against sub-union wages and longer hours, today drew an official threat that all persons who inter- fered with WPA projects would be prosecuted on felony charges. Simultaneously, under strong pres- sure from AFL leaders, supported by rival CIO chieftains in a united labor front, a movement developed among some members of Congress to revise the new relief act and restore pre- vailing union wage standards. AFL officials estimated 100.000 WPA workers over the nation Rad been made idle by the mass protests against extension of their work month to 130 hours. The increase, with no wage rise to compensate for it, reduced the pay of skilled work- men from $1.60 to $2 an hour to 65 to 70 cents WPA officials differed with union leaders on the extent of the strike, but in Washington Colonel F. C. Har rington, works projects commission- er, said the work stoppage was “growing but not very rapidly.” The threat of federal prosecution (Continued on Page Eight) First Passengers On Northern Trip Shcdiac, New Brunswick, July B.—(Canadian Press) —The Yan- kee Clipper, enroute from New York to England with 19 persons on the first commercial trans- Atlantic route over the northern route, arrived here at 12:24 p. m. today. Broughton’s Foes Linked With Smith Daily DlspatcTi Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, July B.—Latest political story to get something like general circulation is to the general effect that at least a considerable part of the back-slapping and well-wishing going op round here for Willie Smith, Raleigh lawyer, is not altogether sincere in certain respects. For instance, it is said in many quarters, many of those who are urging Mr. Smith to get into the gubernatorial swim are really not so much interested in seeing him win as in helping to defeat J. M. Brough- ton, another capital city barrister of fame and renown. Also rallying round Smith with loud shouts of “sic ’em” are said to be a group of Wake county chaps who are at heart supporters of Lieutenant Governor Wilkins P. Horton, but who cannot afford open- ly to come out for an out-of-county candidate. They reason, according to the gossip mongers, that Smith will cut Broughton’s throat while Brough- ton is doing the same gory thing to Smith, with the Messrs. Smith and Broughton adorning the side lines during the decisive heat. None of this is official nor is it dished up to you with even the hint of a guarantee of its foundation of fact. It may all be so much political hog wash, slopped around by sup- porters of Broughton in an effort to discredit the Smith candidacy from the very beginning. As to that, your correspondent and deponent sayeth (Continued on Page Four) OJsialh&h FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Sun- day; scattered showers in north portion Sunday afternoon. WEEKLY WEATHER. South Atlantic States: Scatter- ed showers most of the week, with temperature near normal. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY
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TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR LEASED "WIRE SERVirTP r»u*¦'IIK ASSOCIATED PRESS HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 8, 1939SECTION OF NORTH CAR ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPOLINA AND VIRGINIA.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOONEXCEPT SUNDAY.
NEUTRALITY BILL HAN6S BY MERE MEAD1939 Cotton Acreage Is LessThan On July 1 Os Last Year
Japs ClaimNew Rout OsSoviet ArmyFurious Dawn BattleFought on Mongol-Manchoukuo Border;Both Sides in Need ofReinforcements,Which Are NearbyTokyo, July 8. —(AP)—The Japa-
nese army in Manchouquo announc-ed tonight its forces had routed Mon-gol Soviet forces and captured stra-tegic heights along the Kholstenriver in a furious dawn battle todayon the disputed frontier betweenOuter Mongolia and Manchouquo.
The Japanese reported they cap-tured 68 Russians and additionalMongol prisoners, and forced theenemy to retreat in confusion west-ward toward the Khalka river.
A communique also reported a newair battle, in which the Japanesedowned 25 Soviet airplanes overLake Bor without losing a plane.
REINFORCEMENTS NEEDEDBY BOTH SIDES IN WAR
With Japanese Troops on the Mon-golian Frontier, July 6.—(delayed)—(AP) —With Mongolian troops sur-rounded by Japanese, who hold partsof two contrasted heights, the futurecourse of current border warfare ap-parently depended today uponwhether Soviet-Mongolian forces us-ed available reinforcements.
A high ranking Japanese officersaid 60,000 Soviet reinforcementswere in Outer Mongolia. StrongJapanese reinforcements were re-ported authoritatively to have arriv-ed at Halunarshan, indicating pos-sible extension of the front to thesoutheast, or a new battle within afew days. The officer said the Japa-nese had sufficient men and equip-ment to repel a Soviet attack in anypart of Manchoukuo.
(Halunarshan is some 185 milessoutheast of Lake Bor, on the east-ern frontier of Mongolia. The sceneof the present border fighting, whichhas been intermittent since May 11,has been along the Khalka river, 60miles east and south of the lake.)
Snagging Work InNeuse River Will
Cost $25,000 SumWashington, July B.—(AP) —The
War Department notified Represen-tative Barden, Democrat, North Carolina, today that the expenditure of$25,000 in flood control funds hadbeen approved for snagging work onthe Neuse river near Goldsboro andKinston, N. C.
Barden said this work would goahead while army engineers con-tinued a detailed study to determinethe feasibility of a general floodcontrol program for the river. Heexpressed belief the snagging wouldhelp lessen the flood threat in thevicinity of Goldsboro and Kinston.
Approval of the $25,000 expendi-ture followed a personal tour of in-spection by Major G. W. Gillette,district army engineer at Wilming-ton, N. C.
Senate HoldsSwanson RitesMonday IP. M.
Washington, July B. (AP) —Astate funeral was arranged today forClaude A. Swanson in the Senatechamber, where he represented hisnative Virginia for 23 years beforePresident Roosevelt made him secre-tary of the navy.
Charles Edison, assistant secretaryof the navy, who automatically be-came acting secretary yesterday onthe death of Swanson, announcedthat the services would be conduct-ed at 1 p. m. Monday. Burial willbein Hollywood cemetery, Richmond,Va., that afternoon.
President Roosevelt ordered na-tional mourning and directed thatflags on all federal buildings and onnaval craft everywhere be loweredto half staff until after the burial.Beginning at noon today, the gunsof the fleet anchored off San Pedro,Cal., were to boom out a 19-gunsalute.
Swanson’s death posed for thePresident the problem of making an-other mid-stream change of directorsof the administration’s vast rein-forcement of defense forces. If, assome administration officials expect,he promotes Edison to the cabinet tofill the new vacancy, Mr. Rooseveltmust name also a new assistant sec-retary of the navy.
Signing Monetary Bill
iP* illI H - ft ,Ud be offered as a sub-stitute. But no other amendmentscould be proposed.
Such strategy would prevent at-tempts to offer further amendmentsto the law and give the House a'"yes” and “no” vote on Barden’samendments.
Although details of the Bardenproposals were not disclosed, theywere said to meet approval of mem-
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Keel For Super-Dreadnaught
In a simple ceremony participated in by workmen of the New York Ship-building Company, the keel was laid for the 35,000-ton battleship South.Dakota, at Camden, N. J. Workmen who have long-time employment rec-ords with the firm guided massive steel plates into place, bolted and weldedthem, while other workers looked on. The ship will cost $52,794,000.
(Central Press)
Tobacco Crop In StateIs Being Cured Rapidly
College Station, Raleigh, July 8. —
North Carolina’s 1939 flue-cured to-bacco crop unhampered by Federalrestrictions, is moving rapidly fromfield to curing barn, Lloyd T. Weeks,tobacco specialist of the State Col-lege Extension Service, said today.
On a basis of observations overmost of the producing areas, Weeksestimated that this year’s leaf acre-age has been increased at least 20percent or better over that of last.year. In some counties the percent-age has run considerably higher,particularly in the Border Belt, whilein other counties, notably in the OldBelt, the acreage has not variedmuch from that of 1938.
Curing began nearly a month agoin some communities, and has speed-ed up steadily since then. Now,most farmers in Eastern North Caro-lina are putting their tobacco in thebarns.
Good weather conditions have pre-vailed generally over most of theflue-cured belts, although in somesections either too wet or too diy
weather has injured the crop. Therehas been hail in some spots
Insect and disease attacks areabout normal this year, Weeks hasfound, with no outstanding out-breaks being reported from any belt.Damage in most instances has been
local. Wilt has appeared in a numberof fields, and conditions for thisdisease have been unusually fav-
orable."
Yields apparently will be aver-ago, the tobacco specialist said. Lastyear Eastern North Carolina grow-ers produced an average of 875
pounds of leaf to the acre, and theaverage this year will probably he
about the same.Weeks also declared that the qual-
ity of this year’s crop appears to begood. -
Britain To SupportHer Smaller Allies,Cabinet Man StatesEducation Chief Says“Only PossibleCourse” Is To BackPowers Guaranteed;De La Warr DiscussesDanzig Situation InSpeechLondon, July B.—(AP) —Earl De
la Warr, president of the board ofeducation, said today Britain’s “onlypossible course” was to stand by thesmaller nations she has guaranteedand to make it clear she is “preparedto fight any and every aggressor,however indirect may be the methodof aggression.”
He was the first cabinet ministerto say that Britain was ready to gobeyond the letter of her pledges andresist “indirect aggression’ as wellas the actual use of military force.His statement was considered signi-ficant, in view of the widespread be-lief in Britain that any action toincorporate the free city of Danziginto the German Reich would comefrom within the city
De La Warr was discussing theDanzig situation in a speech at aDerby political rally
Meanwhile, arrangements for a“blackout” over a strategic denselysettled 16,000 square miles of south-ern England reminded Britain of herperil from the air. The six-hour testof extensive air raid precautions, or-ganized jointly by civil defenseforces and the Royal Air Force, wasplanned to begin at 11 p. m. (5 p.m., eastern standard time), andcover all of southern England exceptLondon and Devonshire, and Corn-wall in the extreme southwest.
London prepared for a separatetest but a vitally important one.
Oaths Are GivenTo Apprenticeship
Council MembersRaleigh, July B.—(AP) —Five men
on the seven-member apprenticeshipcouncil took the oath of office to-day and elected C. L. Beddingfield,of Raleigh, apprenticeship trainingdirector.
Commissioner of Labor ForrestShuford was named ex-officio chair-man. George W. Coggin, of Raleigh,State supervisor of trade and indus-trial education, was chosen vice-president.
Beddingfield will serve as secre-tary of the group. He willresign asfactory inspector in the Departmentof Labor to accept the new post.
Shuford said neither Beddingfield’ssalary nor the question of whethermembers of the council will receiveper diem pay had yet been settled.Associate Justice Scheneck admin-istered the oath to the five mem-bers present this morning. J. K.White, of Greensboro, and G. D.Sexton, of Winston-Salem, were ab-sent. _ . _
Favors 6-Year Terns
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Senator Edward R. Burke
Senator Edward R. Burke, of Ne-braska, denies his resolution for aconstitutional amendment limitingthe presidency to a single term ofsix years has any connection withthe third term issue. The resolutionwas reported favorably by the Sen-
ate Judiciary Committee.(Central Frets)
Silver GroupLoses Out InSenate Votes
By CHARLES P. STEWARTCentral Press Columnist
Washington, July B.—To say thatPresident Roosevelt was beaten in hiseffort to hang onto his dollar devalu-ation authority, his two-biliion-dol-lar international stabilization fundand various other firiancial powershe has exercised since early in hisfirst term is not strictly correct.
He lost these powers to be sure, butnot exactly because he ’was beatenout of them; rather because his sidewasn’t given a chance to fight.
Earlier details of this extraor-dinary campaign have been sketchedin a couple of previous chapters deal-ing with its development. But to re-capitulate, for the sake of clarity:
Th& powers referred to were dueto expire at midnight, June 30. ThePresident wanted them extended.The House of Representatives votedto extend them. Indications were thatthe Senate would vote similarly. Re-publicans and anti-New Deal Demo-crats objected, but, even combined,
(Continued on Page Four)
Arrests Threatened InInterference With WPA
Strikes and ProtestWalkouts AgainstNew Wage-Hour Reg-ulations Spread; 100,-000 WPA Workers Es-timated Idle Over Na-tion
(By The Asociated Press)Spreading strikes and protest walk
outs by skilled craftsmen on theWPA against sub-union wages andlonger hours, today drew an officialthreat that all persons who inter-fered with WPA projects would beprosecuted on felony charges.
Simultaneously, under strong pres-sure from AFL leaders, supported byrival CIO chieftains in a united laborfront, a movement developed amongsome members of Congress to revisethe new relief act and restore pre-vailing union wage standards.
AFL officials estimated 100.000WPA workers over the nation Radbeen made idle by the mass protestsagainst extension of their workmonth to 130 hours. The increase,with no wage rise to compensate forit, reduced the pay of skilled work-men from $1.60 to $2 an hour to 65to 70 cents
WPA officials differed with unionleaders on the extent of the strike,but in Washington Colonel F. C. Harrington, works projects commission-er, said the work stoppage was“growing but not very rapidly.”
The threat of federal prosecution
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First PassengersOn Northern TripShcdiac, New Brunswick, July
B.—(Canadian Press) —The Yan-kee Clipper, enroute from NewYork to England with 19 personson the first commercial trans-Atlantic route over the northernroute, arrived here at 12:24 p. m.today.
Broughton’sFoes LinkedWith Smith
Daily DlspatcTi Bureau,In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, July B.—Latest politicalstory to get something like general
circulation is to the general effectthat at least a considerable part ofthe back-slapping and well-wishinggoing op round here for Willie Smith,Raleigh lawyer, is not altogethersincere in certain respects.
For instance, it is said in manyquarters, many of those who areurging Mr. Smith to get into thegubernatorial swim are really not somuch interested in seeing him winas in helping to defeat J. M. Brough-ton, another capital city barrister offame and renown.
Also rallying round Smith withloud shouts of “sic ’em” are said tobe a group of Wake county chapswho are at heart supporters ofLieutenant Governor Wilkins P.Horton, but who cannot afford open-ly to come out for an out-of-countycandidate. They reason, according tothe gossip mongers, that Smith willcut Broughton’s throat while Brough-ton is doing the same gory thing toSmith, with the Messrs. Smith andBroughton adorning the side linesduring the decisive heat.
None of this is official nor is itdished up to you with even the hintof a guarantee of its foundation offact. It may all be so much politicalhog wash, slopped around by sup-porters of Broughton in an effort todiscredit the Smith candidacy fromthe very beginning. As to that, yourcorrespondent and deponent sayeth
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OJsialh&hFOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy tonight and Sun-day; scattered showers in northportion Sunday afternoon.
WEEKLY WEATHER.South Atlantic States: Scatter-
ed showers most of the week,with temperature near normal.
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