Delta Star, The (Newspaper) - January 7, 1938, Greenville, Mississippi This World of Ours Laic Bulletins Quirks And Briefed tures Which Put the World on Your Front Porch Wrecked Tower To Be Replaced With Taller One if The high line tower which stood on the Arkansas side of the river near the ferry landing was brought Into town in little pieces yesterday Tho tower was wrecked last week nnd salvage was bought by the Greenville Hide inid Fur Company The steel weighed about 16 tons The old tower will be replaced by a new tower The change was necessitated by tho greater span which was the re- sult of the cutoff jl Keck The tower was dropped last Friday and the pilings caved in Wednesday The tower slood in mately the location proposed for the contemplated Mississippi er bridge Blow Torch for Hot Dog DALLAS Tex UP ics students Dallas Technical high school have discovered a new method for masting wieners When a wiener roast was almost spoiled by n rain storm students found n shelter filled n bucket with wieners and applied a blow torch Within n few minutes tho hoi dogs done well done loo Frank Is New GOP Chairman WASHINGTON Jan 6 Dr Glenn Frank former 1 president of the University of Wisconsin tonight the chairmanship of the newly formed program com- of the Republican party and appealed for tisan to relieve the gravity of a situation which cuts across all sections and all groups A Few Things We Don't Like Too TOKYO Jan 7 UP The programs of the ed States and Great Britain to naval es are not welcome to Japan because any arms race should be avoided in the a foreign office spokesman said today However he added that we are not concerned because our force is now strong enough Ask FDR Help In Labor Violence BIRMINGHAM Ala Jan 6 UP President Roosevelt and the Senate Civil Liberties Committee were asked today to intervene in renewed labor violence at Gadsden Ala which injury of nine persons Joseph L Gelders southern representative of the Committee for the defense of people's rights asked the Senate Committee to investigate what he termed new anti- union terrorism involving workers at the Gadsden plant of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Hair Or Thatch Anyway NEW ORLEANS Jon G UP A horse hit the head of lie that fed him today at the Fairgrounds and Waller E went to a hospital The chewed the trainers gray instead of hay didn't get the horse's mime Find Corpse In Burned Grass MIAMI Fla Jan 6 UP The charred body of a man identified as Frank L Browning 31 a Perrine Fla grocer was found in a field of burned grass near here today and authorities said the man had been murdered A search was organized immediately for the dead man's wife and two men one of whom authorities said was wanted for murder in Jacksonville Franco Holds Dahl For Life SALAMANCA Spain Friday Jan 7 UP Spanish In- surgent headquarters announced today hat Harold E Dahl young American aviator saved from death before a firing squad after a tearful pica by his blonde bride is u for life of Generalissimo Fancisco Franco State Deputy Fire Marshal Appointed Jan 6 UP Sheriff Edgeworth Lee County was named state deputy fire marshal today by State Fire Marshal John Sharp Williams Edgeworth will succeed Paul Milner deceased Telephone Rates Too Says Rice JACKSON Miss Jan G UP Attorney General Greek Rice in bis biennial report o the legislature today said thai telephone rates in Mississippi were excessive and suggested a full and complete with all bonks records properties and assessments A Roosevelt Forces Said Supporting Jackson For Next New York Governorship VOLUME 2 NUMBER ONE DAY AHEAD HOPE THE LEGISLATURE ISN'T TOO HASTY ABOUT THIS TAXATION EXEMPTION PROPOSAL the weevil GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY JANUARY 7 1938 PRICE FIVE CENTS NEGROES ARE FOUND GUILTY OF CRIMINAL ATTACK WASHINGTON Jan C UP The administration has decided to press for the nomination and election of ert H JacUson youthful ant attorney general as the next governor of Mew York and has begun to work quietly toward this end it was reported reliably tonight In line with this objective it is understood that Postmaster oral James A Farley and ator Robert F Wagner of New York have passed word along to state Democratic leaders that they will not accept the ic -n Jury of 11 Whites One Negro Deliberates Only Seven Minutes PRISONERS GET DEATH IN CHAIR Negroes Allegedly Attacked Miss Maple Wilson Near West Memphis MARION Ark Jan G UP A jury of 11 white men und one negro tonight returned a of guilty against two groes charged with criminally assaulting Miss Maple Wilson Memphis girl The jury deliberated only seven utes After a short recess Judge Neil Killough sentenced the pair to die ia the electric chair at Tucker prison farm Nine stale troopers nnd a score of special deputies guarded the Crillenden county courthouse during the trial which lasted all dny Miss Wilson identified the iwo defendants Frank Carter 26 and Theo Thomas 25 as the groes who dragged her from her automobile near West Memphis and assaulted her three times in the muddy bottom land near the Mississippi river A physician stood nearby as she in a voice audible She told how she was ravished by Thomas for what seemed like at least two and then was attacked twice by Car- The second negro said he was going to kill me and throw my body into the Miss son testified I think the only thing that saved my life was the posse which arrived and ened him away Miss Wilson's lowed that of P E her escort at the time of the at- tacks Christmas night Brading 22 of Ark identified the defendants as the negroes who jumped on his car and threatened him with o knife He said he escaped from them and ran to the nearby U S engineers office for help and when he returned with n posse the negroes had taken the girl and fled Another witness was Dr James Cole Memphis physician who treated Miss Wilson when she was taken to a there He testified she had been and beaten He said there had been several bruises on body Officers in the posse that they found her nude and semi- conscious in the mud Testimony was to be ed tonight and it was possible a verdict would be reached within a few hours For the first lime in den county since Carpetbagger rule ended in 1888 one of the jurors selected today was a gro Six negroes were included in the jury panel and John Senate Majority Signs Resolution To Submit Tax Exemption Proposal To Voters JACKSON 6 UP With no definite knowledge of taxes involved the Mississippi Legislature in a minor stampede to aid tonight advanced Governor Hugh White's proposal to free homesteads ot nil future Thirty-four senators two more than the required two-thirds to pass it signed the concurrent resolution to submit the tax exemption constitutional amendment to the voters on November 2 Maximum 59 minimum 39 IS River 18.1 foiling Mostly fair cooler in North portion Friday Saturday fair Fair somewhat colder Friday Saturday fair anti- campaign Wagner will indicate bis of Jackson by ing him at the New York son Day dinner Saturday and Jackson may also give bis first public hint that he is a date He has withheld comment so far preferring not to an- his candidacy so he will be in a position to dictate bis own terms should parly leadens decide to draft him In addition he wishes to be free to name bis own running males contingent of course upon his being ed by the parly in September There has been considerable talk of either Farley or Wagner beading the state ticket but each has his reasons for refusing ley desires to retire from his Cabinet post and accept one of many lucrative business offers Wagner whose Senate term pires next year is not to seek the governorship and there is some doubt that he will run again lor the Senate Jackson has been invited to attend a special luncheon prior to the Jackson Day dinner at which most of the Ad- ministration political bigwigs will assemble It was arranged by Farley It is understood that most of the leaders are looking to the 1040 presidential election and envision Jackson as a on Page Seven Continued on Page Seven CAROL WON'T GIVE UP MAGDA Rumanian Monarch Retains Girl Friend spire Indignation VIENNA Friday Jan 7 UP King Carol II has no tion of giving up his red-haired sweetheart Magda de- spite the wave of sweeping Rumania under the regime of Premier Goga i reliable source said day It was revealed that despite reports that she bad fled from Bucharest daughter of i Jewish peddler who once caused Carol to temporarily renounce the throne still remains in her guarded villa there Several extreme anti-Jewish members of the new government were said to have in forts to persuade Carol to re- plump beauty Premier Goga it was under- stood would like to have the King give up Mme Lupescu in order that national tian party might obtain a ical advantage over the fascist iron guards The iron guards a strong tor in Rumanian edly have conspired several times to kill Rumania's ame Pompadour It was indicated that Mme Lupescu might leave temporarily but that she may call off her trip because of pre- mature reports of a break be- tween her and Carol KNUDSEN HOPES Pork FOR UPSWING IN r orK SPRING BUSINESS Rise Against Lynch Filibuster White had not yet named his joint committee to solve the problem of removing the home taxes ics attacked his altruistic plan as a smoke screen over his current industrial program and to create a record on which to run for the U S Senate against Senator Theodore G Bilbo in 1940 The exemption plan was offered un- expectedly in the face of an move to divert remunerative two par cent sales tax to political sub- divisions The Senate finance approval of White's record budget snagged on pegging of the property and abolishing the sliding ture enabling the governor to reduce-the levy by proclamation The committee voted to question commission Tuesday Senator Mansard Bullock in- a exempting homes up to assessed valuation from all ad valorem taxes ex- cept those financing al high schools junior colleges common schools and bonded debt already incurred Cockrell and Wallis in- a exempting rural homesteads up to no acres in area but under assessed value Tax commission experts guessed unofficially that is total of local taxes now annually collected on homes which would be exempt under NAVY BOMBER FEARED LOST IN CRASH INTO SEA Seven Men Aircraft Carriers Aid Search if SAN DIEGO Jan G UP The giant navy craft carriers Lexington and Saratoga tonight were ordered to join the search for a naval bombing plane which officials feared had crashed into the sea with seven men aboard The Lexington and Saratoga were proceeding here from Sail Pedro to pick up 50 planes at North Island Air Station und sail 200 miles off the coast whore the bomber one of the navy's largest was believed to have gone down The huge carriers will serve as a floating base of operations for the duration of the search for the plane which had been ing for more than 24 hours FDR Hears Argument For Processing Tax WASHINGTON JAN C UP President Roosevelt without official comment today a plea for a two cents a pound processing tax on cotton in der to give growers sufficient comc to tide them over next year The request was made I by Clarence Poe Raleigh N of the Progressive Farmer Poe lold the president the cotton farmer would not sufficient income to live year because of the carryover He also told Mr the south was in sympathy the administration's wages Aours but that he believed position should be t Felon Freed and Given Doff SAN QUENTIN Cat Warden Court Smith of penitentiary ed the doctrine that dog is best friend when George W Smith granted a parole after 17 years was allowed to tuke with him his closest friend a dog that was born In the prison eight years ago and attached itself lo Smith ever since White's proposal mid that the Bulloch would affect the same taxes less those levied for schools and bonds Experts said it would take six months to get accurate figures on the taxes Senator offered a fixing motor tag costs nt flat the ad valorem revenue ure authored by Chairman liam Williams of the House ways and means committee fixed the minimum levy at two mills Representative Loll Covington announced a concurrent tion reducing poll taxes to 1 Senator P W Allen said a Iwov mill ad valorem tax plus ise taxes on railroads telephones and power lines would yield the equivalent of ati ud valorem levy A House authorizing the highway commission to spend more on surveys of the Natchez Trace and way purchase was recommitted Representative Waller Sillers Bolivar county led a losing fight against a concurrent resolution memorializing the president and Congress not to cut highway aid Representative Sam Lumpkin and counties for n J ohn Rankin's scat also protested that the House didn't have ness appealing to Washington for aid or advising congressmen The House adjourned until 2 p in Monday The Senate will meet Friday at 0 a in NAZI REGIME ATTACKED BY RETURNING ENVOY I Resigned In Says Dodd Hitting Hitler's Persecutions By M S HANDLER United Press Staff dent Aboard S S Washington by Wireless to New York Jan ft UP William E Dodd re- turning home after resigning his post us American ambassador to Berlin tonight bitterly con- Fuehre Adolph Hitler's Nazi regime for its religions and race hatreds The former university sor of history en route to ington to report tn slate de- said he resigned in despair alter four and a years of diplomatic service be- cause he was unable to great good in the face of Nazi policies Tn a vast region where freedoms are denied and where intellectual initiative and discovery is not allowed where race hatreds are cultivated daily what can a representative ot the United States he asked Hodd said that leaders of big business and industry have re- defeated world peace efforts by their greed Another great war threatens he said because of the frenzied armaments The diplomat who frequently clashed with the Nazi regime described how he went to Eur- ope as ambassador imbued with the hope of serving his country and the cause of peace Apparently referring to his objections to American at Nazi affairs Dodd I felt that I must represent my country the best I could while dwelling among the mans naturally more ic than any other race in Europe Could one be I made addresses on suitable occasions and described our in- difficulties but never criticized the government to which I was sent When invitations to affairs were sent to me I the attitude which our country has maintained since Washington's presidency Was H the duty of representatives of Democratic countries to attend conferences at which democracy was ridiculed and T can not think so A great number of eminent always agreed me that i Appeal To People To Drop Fears of The Future Made By CM President EXPLAINS GENERAL MOTORS LAYOFF Here To t rol Sales Not Says Knudsen WASHINGTON Jan 6 UP William S Knudsen dent of General Motors Corp told the senate unemployment investigating committee today he hopes for a business come-back in the and appealed to the people their fears of the future JURY CLEARS PAIR WHO SLEW AMATEUR PIRATE Aafje Deckhands Threw Morgan Overboard After Skipper Murder Asked by Sen James F Byrnes D S C of the committee for his opinions Roosevelt's proposal that industry sit about a conference table with the government to plot production more in with possible consumption in der to avoid seasonal ups and Knudsen If you want to level out the curve you will have to control production He engaged in good-natured debate with Byrnes over the men in General Motors explaining that it was caused by ah unexpected slump hi sales during the latter purl of and in December He said sales during the last 10 days of November dropped to 70 per cent of 1930 sales and to -15 per cent of 1930 sales in December I have hopes of a come-back in the he said I hope the layoffs will be temporary We don't wont to lay people off We can't make money way Under further questioning Knudsen revealed that Motors plans to carry out its expansion program by equipping five new plants work on which is almost ted The plants nrc at Dayton O Rochester N Y Buffalo ami Uvo in New Jersey Knudsen testified that the cor- set aside a surplus of- at the end of the first 11 months of 1037 on in- crease of over that of Earnings per share of stock in 1937 was as compared with for 1930 Was any consideration given to using this increase to retain the men laid Byrnes asked We should not be expected to keep more men than are sary to produce the amount of cars that we con Knudsen replied Would it help confidence if you the men laid off if only at short Byrnes persisted Yes I think it would but what would we give the men to Knudsen countered Sen Carl A Hatch N M argued that re-employment of the men would aid in restoring confidence which in tuni would aid business by stimulating sales Knudsen looked intently nl Hatch waited courteously un- til he had finished and then Do you think putting men back to work would dispel 1 can't say myself er it would Rescuers Dig Up Bodies Of Chinese Dead HANKOW China Friday Jan 7 UP squads dug among burning debris for the bodies of men women und children after new Japanese air raids on China's provisional capital Forty Japanese planes flying in perfect format ion despite a tattoo of anti-aircraft fire lerday wrecked Hankow's tary airport destroyed a hospital and took a known loll of M dead and 21 wounded Most of the casualties were men and children Rescue lies working in the glare of the flames of bombed homes and feard that the toll would mount Many persons in this crowded emporium of central China nearly 500 miles inland along thr Yang be feared that the air raids were to become daily terror to avenge destruction wrought by the reorganised Chinese air for- ces LOS ANGELES Jim 6 UP The federal grand jury late today exonerated Robert Home and George the young deckhands who threw overboard mi amateur pirate after he had killed the skipper of the nnd for days ruled tho bout with a mailed fist The grand jury in returning a no decided the two deckhands acted in self-defense in throw tag Jack Morgan to the sharks after he fatally shot Dwight Faulding owner of the Aafje and terrorized crew nnd passengers while setting i course for the South Pacific Immediately the report was made to Federal Judge ry A Hollzer a deputy U S marshal was lo the county jail with an order lo the young prisoners who had been held on a murder complaint A second order was issued providing for Iho release of Mrs Lillian Morgan 17 year old co m mon -1 n w wi f e of Morgan who killed lo pursue the career of a pirate The m had been held a material ness since the Aafje was lowed into San Pedro lusl week by a Coast Guard cutter which her floundering in heavy seas off the coast of lower California The jury had questioned only three witnesses Mrs nurse and Mrs Gertrude T u r n e r fiancee all of whom were passengers aboard the Aafje during the eight-day cruise from San Pedro The women related the same stories they had told Federal Bureau of gation Morgan shoi Faulding in cold blood three hours after Aafje sailed seized control of the boat und dominated passengers and crew at point of a gun His mastery ended four days later when Home enraged by abuse he had endured ed a marl in spike htt Morgan ot: the herd with the help of threw him into infested waters off the Const of Mexico SEEKS AWARDS FOR BUSINESSES Vandenberg States Plan For Tax Awards Rebate WASHINGTON Jnn C UP Sen Arthur H of Michigan an presidential nominee in 1940 today congress to mine whether the government cnn aid in saving the profits tem by making tax awards to business firms which their earnings with employes He offered a resolution posing an inquiry by a senate finance sub-committee of all profit-sharing systems in use in American industry to provide an record for ers interested in voluntary a plan A lution calling for a congressional investigation of monopolies has been introduced in the house by Rep Martin Dies D Texas As Vandenberg proposed a new approach to end alleged abuses under the capitalistic tem Secretary of the Interior Harold L Ickes opened a new attack on the small lawless mi- in business He said at a press conference that new laws may be needed to thwart big business violations of anti- trust statutes Criticizing power companies which recently lost their court fight against loans and grants by the public works tion to municipalities for con- struction oj public utility tems Ickes proposed that the bonds posted in each dt 42 injunction suits brought by Continued oil Seven House Members SJapT Denounce Program NEW HIGHWAY AID IS-INTRODUCEP Bitter Filibuster On Anti- Lynching Opens In Senate WASHINGTON J a 6 UH Pork barrel revolts President Roosevelt's proposed economics for 1939 flared the House floor today while the Seriate locked in a bitter southern buster over the The threat to Mr proposed budget for 1930 developed in the House after it began consideration of the independent offices appropriation first of thu major money before the new session Representative Jed D Okla chairman of the Democratic steering committee nnd of the tions committee bitterly ed a slash in funds for the Civilian Conservation Corps which was recommended by Mr Roosevelt I warn you this is the ning ot the end of the Civilian Conservation he shouted The CCC has been ferreted for slashing Don't abandon these eamps in the of eco- because next week D sage will for The House appropriations committee took into account Mrt suggestions for u pork barrel outlays by reporting the which car- ries funds for 37 independent federal agencies with a slash of budget mates under funds Johnson's attack with another slap at Chairman Wilburn D Okla of the House roads committee who introduced proposing to continue 1940 and 1941 a eral highway aid program that Roosevelt wants repealed The estimates call for a cut in this ment during the 1939 fiscal year and for elimination thereafter I am a strong advocate bC economy but believe reductions sa l Continued on Page Seven DREW ROBERT 5 ALLEW if WASHINGTON It is now in open secret that Robert H Jackson righting Assistant At- torney General who hns so ed iro of big business is the President's candidate o be ernor of New York next ber This was taken up in ui inner council meeting Inst week and decided however took a Ions time and quite a liltte before it to pass Hen son the President's to Jim Farley his bip go down line master General Jim long has nursed private ambitions lo be Governor of New York As a boy he played ball along the shores of son political boss of his town has to round out his career by sitting In the nor's Mansion farther up the Hudson Unfortunately Jim has certain political handicaps one of them being his religion the other being his former association with an organization which of late does not sit so well with New York AM of this deterred tho
