HENDERSON
gateway TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-SECOND YEAR
NO BACKWARD STEP NOW, ROOSEVELT SITS
***** ********** ********** * * * * # $ g g £ g g
Ethiopian Troop Mobilization Order Now Expected Tomorrow
BRITAIN MAY LIFT
BAN ON SHIPMENTS
OF ETHIOPIAN ARMS
Emperor’s Flea That Arms
Are for Legitimate Use
Os Army May Re
lease Supplies
LEAGUE COUNCIL IS
TO MEET SHORTLY
Despairing of Arbitration
Efforts Between Italy and
Ethiopia, Nations May As
semble Diplomats To Deal
With Crisis: Africans Are
Drilling
Addis Ababa, July 17— (AP) —An
order for general mobilization of
Ethiopian warriors was expected by
authoritative sources today to be is
sued by Emperor Haile Selassie to
morrow when he addresses parlia
ment
Expectation of the order spread as
foreign ministry announced that
ih» Ethiopian minister to Paris had
De?r. instructed to adhere to the In
ternational Red Cress convention.
Defensive military preparations be
came increasingly apparent.
Organization of an Ethiopian Na
tional Red Cross began while this
capital, despite heavy rainfall, took
cn the aspect of ni immense, military
training ground.
Tha clatter of machine guns and
the boom of artiile-y were heard as
troops plunged practice maneu
vers.
Other troops were being dispatched
to the frontiers, while those remain,
ir.g behind and arriving for training
were receiving new arms, khaki uni
forms and instructions in war tactics.
LEAGUE COUNCIL TO MEET
PROBABLY AROUND JULY 25
Geneva. July 17.—(AP)—The Lea
gue of Nations announced today that
(Continued on Page Five)
HARD FIGHTING IN
BELFAST RENEWED
Belfast, Ireland, July 17.—(AP)
Hand-to-hand fighting between op
posing factions in the recent riots
broke out again today in a cemetery
where the burial services weTe be.
ing performed for a victim' of the
Protestant-Catholic fighting.
Italy Plans
Large Scale
Air Warfare *'
Rome, July 17. —(AP) —The Nation
al Aviation Service disclosed today
plans to supply Italy's colonial forces
with some 300 planes, threatening
large scale aerial warfare against
Ethiopia
The air service plunged into the
project designed to overcome the ob.
Stacies of Ethiopia’s desert lands and
mountain citadels after an &n ad
vance guard cf 80 pilots and 24 planes
sailed for East Africa.
Genera] Guissepe Valle, under sec
retary for air, who bade farewell to
this contingent at Naples, indicated
that he peisonally would take the
force to the colonies soon.
9 Workers
Trapped In
Coal Shaft
Lexington. Ky., July 17.—(AP)—
:r& miner* were trapped by an ex
plosion m No. 5 mine of the Consolid
ate! Coal Company at Van Lear, Ky.,
tr 'bay. according to information re-
here by John F. Daniel, chief
°- f the department of mines and min
erals.
he fate of the trapped men was
:f ' immediately determined.
he explosion cut ofU' their exit
fr °rn the shaft.
inspectors and a rescue crew
• Ir, 'n the coal company were sent in
i'' "vim* in an effort to rescue the
men.
Mimiiprsmt Hattu Hisuatrh
K THB ASSOCIATED PRESS.
U. S. Rule in Two Possessions Stirs Trouble
New policy in c-olonial administration is being demanded as result of i^it§Hj»
squabble over stewardship of Gov. Paul Pearson in Virgin Islands, where L ' ill
Rear Admiral William V. Pratt, Ret. (top), is scheduled to be sent jjM
as new governor, and native dissatisfaction with rule in Puerto Rico of i* jjfl '
Mai. Gen. Blanton Winship, Ret. (below), as evidenced in demonstration Wm L Jh .
t nictured above. (Central Press) ■■ = - .JaHttllli
A mazing Recoveries Shown
For Crops Over The State
Raleigh, July 17 (AP) —Despite the
dryest June on record for North Caro
lina. the Federal-State Crop Report
ing Service today reported “amazing
recoveries” for most crops grown in
the State were evidenced by July 12.
due to “nice seasons,” and, though
some crops were too matured for re
covery. many others were at that
point where the rainfall went into
maximum fruitfulness.”
State Crop
Outlook Is
‘Excellent’
Tobacco, Corn and
Cotton Helped
Much By Recent
Rains, Frank Park
er Says. %
D&dr IMspatek Bnrea*,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. EASKERVILL.
Raleigh, July 17.—The present out
look for the tobacco, corn and cotton
crops in North Carolina is excellent
as the result of the general rains of
the last two weeks or so. which have
been worth hundreds of thousands of
dollars, and perhaps even millions, to
the farmers, according to Frank Par
ker. chief of the State-Federal Crop
Reporting Service of the State De
partment of Agriculture.
At the end of June the corn crop
was in very poor condition, due to the
(rnnMnnAil on Pat* Throol
Woman Dies From
Poisoning After
Her Child Died
Elizabeth City, July 17.—(AP) .
Mrs. Joe Hurdle, around 30, of Pas
quotank county, died in Albemarle
hospitable this naming about _wo
o’clock where she waa taken last Fri
day shortly after the death of her
19-months-old .
Mrs Hurdle died from the effects
of seven poison tablets taken imme
diately after she learned that her lit-
Ue gw was dead. Her husband, joe
Hurdle, and one son. Charles, sur
vive. Funeral services will be held
Thursday. >
W
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
The stands of cotton, however, the
report said, are the worst in 15 years.
A yield of 775 pounds of flue-cured
tobacco per acre, less than last year,
but slightly above the average, was
indicated, though the growth in the
east has been stinted and irregular,
and premature ripening was noted.
Truck crops growing in June were
hurt by the drought, with Irish pota
toes. watermelons and cantaloupes all
showing the effects. An average ap
Soviet Plane To
Hop Across Pole
Moscow, July 17.—(AP) —A sin.
gle-motored Soviet mystery plane
awaited favorable weather today to
hop off on an attempted S,OOO-niile
non-ston flight across the North
Pole from Moscow to San Fran
cisco.
School Commission to Invite
Them to Work Out Sche
dule for Pay
Daily Disimtcl* Bareaa,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J, D. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh. July 17—Those who have
been raising a hubbus because the
General Assembly did not appropriate
enough money to provide for a 20 per
cent pay increase for all the teachers,
and. who have been criticizing the
State School Commission because it
has announced that it cannot stretch
the $20,031,000 appropriated for the
schools as far as some think it should
be stretched, will be given an oppor
tunity to devise a salary schedule that
will give every teacher a 20 per cent
increase- —if they can. The State
School Commission and the State
Board of Education, whose duty it is
under trie law to prepare a salary
schedul ethat will stay inside the
amount appropriated for schools and
teachers’ salaries,’ are going to invite
(ronMnumi on Pair* Two)
MARTIN WILL OPEN
TWO LIQUOR STORES
Williamston, July 17 (AF*>—Martin
county’s first liquor stores will be
opened Friday at Robersonville and
Williamston, officials have announc
ed. •
HENDERSON, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 17, 1935
pie crop, a better than normal peach
crop, and slightly below normal grape
crop, were noted.
Despite the poor cotton stand, dry
June conditions favored the crop by
holding back top growth and stimu
lating extensive and deep root growth.
Weevil development was retarded and
maximum benefits gained from ferti
lizer uses, and so on, on an acreage
expanded from last year. No yield
figures were available.
Mrs. Waley
Gets Term
Os 20 Years
Federal Building, Tacoma, Wash.,
July 17.—(AP) —Mrs. Margaret Thu
lin Waley, 19, convicted in the George
Weyerhaeuser kidnap case last Sat
urday, was sentenced by U. S. Dis
trict Judge E E. Cushman today to
serve 20 years in the Federal deten.
tion farm at Milan, Mich.
Judge Cushman denied her motion
for an arrest of judgment and a new
trial after overruling the govern
ment’s objections to the motions be
ing filed more than three days after
her conviction.
Mrs. Waley showed no outward sign
of emotion when called to the bar for
sentencing. She stood mute when
Judge Cushman asked her if she had
anything to say why sentence should
not be pronounced.
Neither the government nor defense
attorneys made an recommendations
about the sentence.
Strikes Ended at
All Wood-Working
Plants in Sumter
Sumter, S. C., July 17.—(AP)—All
three wood-working plants here,
which have been closed for the last
week by strikes, opened this morning,
following the settlement of differ
ences between workers and manage
ment late yesterday afternoon.
The Williams Company
plant was operating with nearly a
full force.
No trouble was experienced at any
of the plants, the workers apparent
ly being well pleased with the con
cessions granted them by the man
agement.
weStheT
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Mostly cloudy tonight and
Thursday; probably light local
showers in extreme west and. ex
treme south portions.
WAGNER BILL WILL
GET FIRST TEST IN
Pelzer Cotton Mills Reopen
Under Protection of Ap
proximately 100
Troops
RETURNING WORKERS
HECKLED AT GATES
Good Will Association
Charged With Being Domi
nated by Company; Man
agement Offers To Take
Back AH Except Those
Who Violated the Law
Pelzer, S. C.. July 17.—(AP)—Strik
ers of the United Textile Workers
union here plan to press their case
under the new Wagner labor disputes
act today as the Pelzer mills reopen
ed under guard of approximately 100
troops.
The end of a 36-hour closing that
split this mill town into two armed
factions came without disorder, al
though an estimated 100 to 200 pickets
heckled persons going into the plants.
A public strike meeting attended by
several hundred persons was held in
front of the main plant during the
morning, at which speakers charged
the good will association, numbering
employees opposed to the strike, was
a company-supported organization.
Frank Black, who headed the union
prior to -his discharge by the mill
sometime ago branded a» a lie infor
mation he said had been given the
governor that he had asked that
troops he sent here. He said neither
he nor the union had asked that troop
and urged the strikers to proceed un
der the Wagner labor disputes act,
which he said “outlaws company-dom.
inated unions, and we can prove that
the good will association is backed
by the company.’’
J. F. Blackmon, superintendent of
the Pelzer Manufacturing Company’s
plant here, disclosed that the manage
ment had offered to take back all who
were employed when the mills closed
Monday, except thoses ince accused of
law violations.
Railroads Seek Permission
To Cut Tariffs to Com
pete With Trucks
Dally Dispatch Bnreas,
In the SI- Walter Hotel,
BY J. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, July 17 v hearing on
the petition of the railroads in North
Carolina fn which they are seeking
permission to reduce their rates on
petroleum products, especially gaso
line, has been opstponed from Joly 23
to August 8, it was announced today
by Stanley Winborne, utilities com
missioner. The postponement was
granted at the request of the pet
(Continued on Page Three).
State Given
Coast Guard
Repair Fund
Oteen Building Pro
gram Also Included
• in $211,840 Allot
ment by FDR.
Washington. July 17 (AP)- Presi
dent Roosevelt today allotted $5,263,-
995 of works relief funds to the coast
guard for 51 new patrol boats and re
conditioning of a number of shore sta
tions. He also appropriated $453,800
to the Veterans Administration for
construction at several hospitals.
The allotments were recommended
last week by his ad visory committee.
Os today’s allotments, $211,840 will
(Continued on Page Two.)
PUBLISFIHD IVBRV AFTORNOOM
HXCBPT SUNDAY.
President Pushes
Plan For Recovery
Despite Criticism
Street Parking 5c
... \
\ .N & -
Oklahoma City, Okla., is the first
city in the United States to
charge its citizens a fee for park
ing on the streets. Parking me
ters like that shown here are be
ing installed at 20-foot intervals
throughout the downtown section.
A nickel in the slot, allowing the
motorist to park for the time
specified on the meter, raises a
red indicator which drops when
the alloted time expires.
Process Tax
Plans Might
Be Revealed
l
Roosevelt Cabinet
Committee To Com
plete Textile Indus
try Study Soon
Washngton, July 17.—(AP) The
coming report of a special .cabinet
committee studying problems of the
textile industry—one of \hem the pro
cessing tax —took on a new signifi
cance today in the light of the cir
cuit court of appeals decision hold
ing the levy unconstitutiona 1.
Some observers felt the report
might indicate the administration’s
legal defense of the tax t Q come be
fore the Supreme Court next fall.
The committee is expected ot de
fend the levy despite contentions of
'Unntlnued on Page Throe)
LEADERS FEARFUL
OF TALKS BY FOR
Party Strategists Say It Will
Put Administration on
Defensive
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington. July 17. —Not all Dem
ocratic strategists are strongly in
favor of the plant to have President
Roosevelt deliver a series of radio
talks, late in August or early in Sep
tember, either here in Washington, or
(Continued on Page Five)
8 PAGES
TODAY
FIVE CENTB COPY
Gives Assurance That Farm
Administration Will Con
tinue To Function
Right On
ASKS TAX PROGRAM
AT THIS CONGRESS
Also Declares Recent Trade
Agreements With Soviet
Russia and Brazil Will In
crease Employment Here;
Lobby Probe Reveals Start
ling Activity
Washington, July 17. —(AP)—Con
fronted by an AAA setback in the
courts and congressional criticism of
his foreign trade and tax program,
President Roosevelt gave assurance
today that he has no intention of
taking a backward step.
He expressed belief at. his press
conference:
1. That the farm administration will
continue to function, at least until a
final Supreme Court ruling on the le.
gaily of its processing taxes.
2. That his tax program should be
enacted before the present Congress
adjourns.
3. That trade agreements recently
negotiated with Soviet Russia ana
Brazil will result in increased em
ployment in this country.
The President said also that It
would be a good thing if pending leg
islation designed to strengthen AAA
and protect it against further court
setbacks were passed.
Simultaneously, Secretary Morgen
thau went before a Senate Committee
to defend an administration bill which
would block damage suits growing
out of another New Deal policy—dol
lar devaluation.
The Treasury said this legislation
(Continued on Pane Five)
UTILITY iTLEIS
FDR VS. TAMMANY
Behind the Scenes Struggle
Is T raced Back to New
York Terrain
By| LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press Staff Writer
New York, July 17.—The utility
holding company battle—behind the
scenes—has developed into an intense
Roosevelt-Tammany battle
Tammany, of course, always' has
been pro-private utilities.
The Tammany leader in the House
of representatives is John J. O’Con
nor. He is the head of the powerful
rules committee, probably second on
ly to the speaker in power. It was
(Continued on Page Five.)
Cruelty Is
Disclaimed
By Ex-Guard
Former Prison Camp
Head In Mecklen
burg . Denies Mis
treating Negroes
Charlotte. July. 17 fAP)—Captain
Henry C. Little, former State prison
camp head, reiterated his denial of
any cruel or inhuman treatment of
(Woodrow Shropshire and Robert
Barnes, Negro convicts, as he was
cross examined in his trial with two
co-defendants for allegedly causing
the loss of the prisoners’ feet.
Under the vigorous questioning of
J. Clyde Stancill, assistant solicitor,
the 69-year-old “chaingang boss” de
nied the assertions of the two Ne
(Continued on Page Five) ;