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For Nearly A Century Has Set The Pace For Mississippi Journalism Prints All TheNeus That's Fit To Print And Prints It First FULL ASSOCIATED PRBSS REPORTS JACKSON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1937 ESTABLISHED 1837 C3 iiii. 1 I V- I in if Z3 i i n. fa fin i m) I LZ3LZ3 The Daily Washington Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSO.S and DO BERT AM, FN Authors of "Washington Merry Go-round" and "More Merry-Go-Ronnd" TORNADO LEVELS ALABAMA TOWN, KILLING- ONE India Prop trig Strik eless World Agr eement Fac OYIBS To Aid Far Jrroa i lgr 5 if r4 i-1 Virtually levelling the little Dickert's lumber village on the outskirts of Brundidge, a sudden tornado tore this row of homes into matchwood, killed one boy and injured more than a score of others. (Associated Press Photo). BAND MEET ENDS TODAY triers RESCU IN OPEN SEA Ten-Year Old Carried Into Gulf After Tiny Open Boat Loses Oars PASS CHRISTIAN, April 9.

A ten-year-old Pass Christian boy, Willie Cox, drifting out to sea in an oarless skiff, was reported rescued today in the Gulf of Mexico, five miles off the Chandleur Islands, by a coast guard boat. His step-father, Levy Sprinkle, Pass Christian night marshal, expected the boy's return late today by either a coast guard boat or a 33apiane from the Bilpxi coast guard base. After the alarm had been sounded that the boy was drifting out to sea, helpless to set his course in the tiny craft, the Pass Christian fleet of fifteen fishing boats set out in search for him, aided by the five coast guard boats and two seaplanes from Biloxi. Early last night Willie and his 15-year-old brother. Earnest Cox, started to paddle from the shrimp factory here 400 yards out to the schooner Marjorie to get some crabs.

The water was choppy and they lost one oar and broke the other and then their skiff drifted with the wind alongside a crewiess schooner in the harbor. Earnest grabbed a rope of the schooner and pulled himself aboard. In his ascent he dropped the-line to the skiff his younger brother was carried away inthe skiff. Earnest remained aboard the schooner until searchers found him and he told them of the plight of Willie. Earlier this afternoon the helpless little mariner was sighted by a plane out in the gulf, probably between ten and fifteen miles from shore and a coast guard ship set out full steam ahead for his rescue.

"I slept most of the time." Willie said when he reached shore tonight. "I wasn't scared much, although I knew I was drifting out into the Gulf. "But I thought I would land near a ship, finally, or an island. But when I woke up this morning and didn't see any trees around me and only water as far as I could see, I was scared and said a couple of prayers, all right. "I sure was glad to see that airplane.

When it circled over me and the man leaned out and waved at me I waved right back. I knew I was all right then. "The plane left and a big boat showed up ancthey sent out a skiff and tossed me a line and towed me to the big boat. Then they fed me and gave me some-thin' to drink." While a big group of Willie's widened companions looked enviously at the boy who had called out all the U. S.

coast guard in this area to hunt for him, he was hustled to the home of a friend and put to bed. LAMPS DECORATIVE Lamps will contribute a greet deal to the charm and comfort of the home. Use more lamps, ever keeping in mind thit their effectiveness depends upon how well they are emplojed. Never group lamps so that they become bunched and center the light: in one part of the room. Ths entire room should be lighted softly and e-qually.

BO ED Joe Guffey, Totent Leader Without Bombast, Gets Brass Ring for Skill; Shattered Records by Authoring Two Major Acts in Half His First Term; Comes of Long Line of Politicians Took Over State Tarty from Uncle; Started Career As Wilsonian, Reached Zenith by Winning for Roose-Telt. (Editor's Note: Senator Joseph P. Guffey, one of the main reasons why traditionally Republican Pennsylvania has been Democratic since 1934. this week gets the famous Brass "good for one free ride on The Washington. WASHINGTON.

April 9. For a first-term senator to be the author of a major act is unusual. For him to be the author of two such measures before he has reached half his term, and then to cap it all by having one of them re-enacted after being: thrown out by the supreme court, shatters all precedent. Yet this is the record chalked up by Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania during the three years he has sat in the senate.

Entering the chamber in 1333, he sponsored and put through the now famous Guffey coal law. The next over the opposition of a large and powerful shipping lobby, he maneuvered through congress the liberal merchant marine act under which the new U. S. Maritime commission Is operating. And a few days ago he had the unique privilege of seeing th senate overwhelmingly vote enactment of a new Guffey coal law to replace the first one invalidated by the supreme court.

It is a significant commentary on Guffey's character and political potency that he accomplished all this without uproar and bombast. Joe doesn't work that way. If ho has to. he will make a speech. It is a straight-forward, undra-matic exposition.

But he hates to do it. Let others do the grandstanding is his motto. Joe's forte is keeping out of the limelight, directing the strategy and calling the shots. That Is why he has achieved so much in the short time he has (Continued on Page Four) REBELS MAKE NEW ADVANCE Advantage Swings Back Toward Insurgents in Spanish War I END AYE. Franco-Spanish Border, April 9 (JF) Spanish Insurgent troops, fighting to capture Bilbao, Basque capital in northern Spain, were reported today to have smashed through government lines and entered subirbs of the key city of Durango.

Durango, 16 miles from Bilbao, is situated cn an Improved highway leading directly to the capital. One (Continued on Page Three) Mississippi Saturday, fair and wanner. Sunday, partly cloudy and warmer, probably showers In northwest portion. Louisiana, fair and warmer Saturday; Sunday partly cloudy, probably scattered showers In extreme north portion. Alabama, fair and warmer Saturday and Sunday.

Gentle northerly winds on the coast. Extreme northwest Florida, fair Saturday and Sunday. Arkansas, fair and warmer Saturday; Sunday cloudy, probably scattered thundershowers. Weather bureau record of temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m.

In the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: I WEATHER WASHINGTON, April 9 (India proposed to the world textile conference today that cotton growers and manufacturers set up an international cartel to regulate sales and stabilize prices. It was the first time the cotton farmers' interest in world textile trade had been brought into the discussion. Sir Firoz Kahn Noon, Indian government delegate, said the conference should "consider the advisability of setting up an international cotton committee composed of representatives of cotton growers and manufacturers from the principal cotton producing and manufacturing nations to regulate sales and stabilize prices of raw cotton." The European cartel or "trust" has not met favor in the past among American business Interests. An cutstanding example was the cartel through which several continental European countries sought to control the production of synthetic nitrates, a fertilizer which competed with the natural nitrates of Chile used extensively in this country. Sir Firoz also urged that the manufacturers pool their resources in purchasing cotton so as to guarantee an adequate price to the grower.

Citing experience in India, he said that purchases of merchandise were higher there when raw cotton was bringing the best prices. On the prosperity of the agriculturists, he said, depended the prosperity of all trade in India. Godfrey Van Der Muelen, employer delegate from the Netherlands, suggested that the conference consider urging governments of countries with essentially agricultural populations to increase agricultural efficiency. He mentioned agricultural schools and the utilization of modern machinery. Henry I.

Harriman, United! States employers representative on the governing body of the international labor oflice, said it was significant that the conference was considering the balance between agriculture and industry. The depression, he said, taught there was a very close connection between the two. He pointed out that agricultural income in the United States shrank from in the 20's to about at the low point of the depression. He estimated that because of this nearly 4,000,000 people in cities and towns were thrown out of work. GOVERNOR URGED TO GET ROADWAY Ford Wires White to Secure Natchez Trace Right-of-Way Immediately WASHINGTON.

April 9. 1F Representative Aaron L. Ford Ackerman. wired Governor Hugh L. White of Mississippi today to "bring every weight to bear" to obtain rights-of-way immediately for the important Natchez Trace Parkway project to avoid loss of federal funds.

Ford said the national park service told him it would advertise for bids for the project immediately after obtaining completed rights-of-way conveyance from the state. He said $1,275,235 of WPA funds were available for the parkway construction but would be lost if the contracts were not let by Jixie 30, 1937. The parkway is designed. to run northeast from Natchez. toward Nashville along the historic route once blazed by Indians.

nii 'c Aut Canadian Authorities Will Use Troops if Necessary in Strike TLTELO, April 9. Spokesmen for more than 109 sltdown t.trikcrs In the riarit of the Tupelo cotton mill threatened today to ask C. I. O. headquarters for assistance if their wage increase demands are not met.

Jimmy Cox, spokesman tor the strikers, listed the demands as the institution of eight hour shifts, 40-hour working week and a 15-per cent incrcasa In wages. J. II. Ledyard, president ff the mill, dented a report that he had received a written list of these roints from the strikers. Cox was quoted as statins: that the sitdowners at present have no union affiliations bot that Mwe are poing to wire C.

I. O. headquarters asking that a union organlfr be Rent our assistance" if the demands are not met. Br ASSOCIATED TRESS Plcketinc and riof.i heightened tension i the- focal points of labor bc- 4 I 'J- setting industries in est nations of North Reinforcements str picket patrol at 11 r. General Motors of Or-Oshawa, but Prt Hepburn declared con "will get all the P'v' this government that in shipping automobl management djeidec partial operations.

Government troops broke fch ranks of riotous workmen and ar rested 133 textile mill employes alter a battle in which eight were, killed and more than 20 injured in MERIDIAN, April 9. J. D. Wallace, president of Lat Mississippi Junior College at Scooba, denied tonight the student body had struck fr additional social privileges after reports cf the expulsion or four students, two boys ar-d two girls, were circulated. San Martin Texmelucan, Puebla.

State, Mexico. Rivalry between two trado unions precipitated the clash. Singing pickets, at half cf them women, gathered In front or the Hershey (Pa.) Chocolate lac-tory locale of a sanguinary t.trug-gle last Wednesday between farmers and non -striking employes and a band of tit-downers. While leaders of union pickets at Oshawa shouted defiance at police concentrations. Premier Hepburn, said he had been advised at Toronto that union chieftains had threatened to prevent shipments and added: "Repair parts will have to ri moved tomorrow or the next dsr.

That is when the showdown will come." The Ontarlor premier had promised "if necessary we'll raise an armv" to prevent the Committer for Industrial Organization lrcm "dominating" Canadian industry. A force of mounted police and constables, estimated to number 300. massed in Toronto The strike at Oshawa, called by the ClO-affiliated United Automobile Workers of America, left 3.700 Idle. Five hundred General Motors employes at Windsor, laid olf alter the oshawa shutdown, decided to picket their plant pending a settlement of the dispute. Unionists at the McKinnon Industries factory.

General subsidiary employing 1,700 at (Continued On Page Three) TW "Anybuddy that's ever had a hours painted would never a complexion from a color card." says Mrs. Em Moon. Th best sign o' prosperity Is "Men Wanted." i i Speed A ABE MARTIN I I I I Hi) Nr. 1DRES MARTS AGAIN U. S.

Contemplates No Change in Price of Gold, President Repeats WASHINGTON, April 9. President Roosevelt, scrotching a rumor which sped through world financial centers this week, said today he knew of no plan to lower the price of gold. It had been rumored that the United States contemplated cutting its $35-an-ounce price, which largely sets the world price. Mr. Roosevelt told his press conference, however, that neither he nor the treasury knew of any plan to whittle the world price.

Told that some financiers contend the world price too high, the executive commented only that this was interesting. He said he believed the flurry of gold rumors originated largely in the foreign press. The gold reports circulated widely both in this country and abroad. They contributed to a decline in security and commodity markets in New York Wednesday, and were held partly responsible by some observers for a drop in the French franc in international exchange makets today. The French treasury however, that the franc had been permitted to fall to stimulate tourist trade.

If the United States cut its gold price, it would have the effect of making the dollar worth more in terms of gold. This, in turn, would tend to depress the general price level. In addition, the dollar probably would rise in relation to foreign currencies. One school of monetary students has argued recently that the dollar is undervalued in relation to other currencies. This is responsible, the group holds, for the continued imports of foreign capital.

TRAVELING HAT LEXINGTON, Ky; April 9 Fill you see a young man wearing a hat with "George loves Mary Edith" printed in the band, the chances are he is missing from home, owen Sswell notified police his son Charles had disappeared. The "Georgft. of the sentimental declaration is another fellow. Charles, 20, borrowed the hat. FDR ASS S.

Motor Industry Speeds in 'High Gear' as Deadlocks End DETROIT, April 9 The nation's automotive Industry, strike-less for the first time In five months, headed for high production levels again tonight. The Chrysler Corporation, pushing its plans to resume capacity operations next week after a month-long labor dispute, issued calls for all workers in plants of its Dodge division to report for work on thier regular shifts Monday. The labor situation of the Ford. Motor Company, whose founder has announced It "will never recognize" any union, drawing from John L. Lewis of the Committee for Industrial Organization a comment that Ford will deal with the United Automobile Workers "In time," remained unchanged.

No comment was forthcoming from company sources on a report that Henry Ford was contemplating a $10 a day minimum wage as an answer the organizing campaign of the labor unions. Across the border In Ontario, strikers picketed the Oshawa plant of General Motors of Canada, despite an assertion by Premier Mitchell Hepburn that the management 'will get all. the protection from this government that they require" in shipping parts from the strikebound plant. Ed Hall, vice president of the United Automobile Workers of America, whose members are engaged in the Oshawa strike, said here tonight that 4'if the premier were as interested in protecting citizens of his country from exploitation by foreign interests as he Is In protecting the exploiters, this strike would not be necessary." The union officer added that "1,800 men hi the Oshawa plant organized voluntarily and unassisted, and then called on us for help. They would have struck three weeks ago if our organizer had not been sent in." The premier's attitude.

Hall said, "Is not characteristic of the premier's mother country, where a strong labor movement exists to protect the rights, of workers. Apparently he prefers dictatorship for Canada." Leading the parade of 65,000 Chrysler employes back to work, 1,500 workers resumed their Jobs hi the foundry, cylinder block and test line departments of Dodge plants today. Some workers started actively in 90 departments of the Plymouth division. Joining the work movement will be 17,000 employes of the Briggs Manufacturing Company which supplies bodies to Chrysler divisions. Also fcheduled for renewal of operations are the Lansing, plants of the Reo Motor Car where a strike was settled Wednesday, and the Hudson Motor Car Company's Detroit plants, still held by sit-down strikers pending vote on an agreement tonight.

Assemblies of cars and trucks for the entire industry this week was established by WTard's automotive reports at 110,470 units. Homer Martin, president of the U. A. W. and other international officers of the union met today with W.

H. Anderson, director of industrial relations for General Motors, and Floyd O. Tanner, director ol manufacturing, primarily to discuss "grievances of employes at Pontiac, where two brief strikes were settled last week. then until 1937 she has witnessed many changes, gone through panics and depressions. She has witnessed good times and hard times, going through them all with an indomitable spirit and the will to serve Saying that "she started to work because she had to" Miss McGuire has refused to stop because she could.

Many times have her employers offered her pensions and other inducements for retirement but she declined, saying "I prefer to actually earn what I receive." The little lady talks readily on any subject but that of age. In refusing to disclose how old she is, she says with disarming frankness, "All I can say is that I'm past 16." She has received scores of letters from over the United States. Business and professional women through their federated clubs have sent many gifts and cards bearing greetings to the one among them who has served longer than any other. The rscovery of the frail little store clerk has been remarkable. She smiles and says, 'TU be back at the store soon." at DELTA TOT IS SCALDED TO DEATH WHEN TUB OVERTURNS GREENVILLE, April 9.

VP Frances Overby, 13 months old, died in King's Daughters hospital late today from burns and her sister Lelia, 2 years old, was painfully scalded by tub of hot water that overturned while the two children were playing on the floor of their home two miles west of Isola. Hospital attaches said about two-thirds of. Frances' body was burned. She was rushed to the hospital here from Isola. Lelia was treated at the office of a physician in Isola.

MURDER! College Age Youngsters Executed in New Orleans Suburb NEW ORLEANS, April 9 Two young men of college age, Gladstone James and Ralph Eisen-hardt, paid the penalty, for murder today on the outdoor gallows of the jail at Gretna, a New Orleans suburb. They went to their deaths, calmly with prayers on their Hps. Each told the priests and nuns that they were ready and were not afraid to die. James wrote a farewell letter to his mother, opening with "Dear Ma." and ending "Gladdy." He told her "to be brave and keep your chin up." He told her that he had embraced religion and said: "I will be happy to know that all of you are brave enough to take it. Just pray for my Well, goodbye ma.

Everything is O. K. Tell everybody to be good." Nothing in their appearance or demeanor mdica ted thev were capable of perpetrating a Ny, al But without warning tiiey' had shot down a collector of a wholesale grocery store, filling his body with slugs from a pistol and a sawed-of shotgun and escaping with a bag containing only twenty-five dollars. They had expected a large sum. As these two men dropped to their (Continued on Page Three) POWER PROJECT TOLD ON COAST GTJLFPORT, April 9.

Construction of a 45 mile, 110,000 volt transmission line from the Mississippi-Alabama boundary to a primary substation near Landon, will begin in the near future, B. E. Eaton, preident of the Mississippi Power company, announced today. The circuit will connect with the hydro-electric transmission system of the Alabama Power company, and increase power available in an area for which the Gulfport steam plant production is fast growing Inadequate. All rights-of-way have been secured and field crews are engaged in survey work and clearing, it was stated.

Line construction will begin immediately, and it is estimated that work will be completed during July of this year. Initial surveys and acquisition for the project began in 1923. YOUTHS HANG FOR Climax Reached Friday Night in Colorful March-' ing Contests Grenada and Kosciusko won superior ratings in Class concert contests of the state high school band meet here Friday, while Canton, Kosdusko and Amory were ranked Class marching contests Fri-day night. Other Class ratings were: Concert contest: Excellent Canton, Yazoo City. Tylertown, Louisville, Starkville, Amory and Tupelo; good Columbia, Cleveland and West Point; average Tchula and Utica.

Marching contest: Excellent Yazoo City, Tchula, Tylertown, Louisville, Cleveland and Tupelo; good Columbia, Grenada, Starksville and West Point; average Utica. Concert and sight-reading contests here today conclude the state high school band contest which drew 41 bands and over 2200 players to Jackson for a three day program of musical events, colorful parades and marching contest. Climax of competition from the spectator's standpoint was reached Friday night when the 25 Class A and entries staged their marching contest on Mill-saps field. Brilliant uniforms and snappy, drills combined with blaring horns in a thrilling spectacle. Class A and bands combined Friday afternoon for a mass parade down Capitol street which featured earlier activity.

Class solo and ensemble contests were held Friday morning, while Class A and solo and ensemble trials -were staged in the afternoon. Concert competition ran most of the day. Final stages of the contest today are devoted to Class A concert and sight-reading competition. Jackson's concert selection at 4:15 this afternoon will be the last event of the three-day program. All concerts, wll be held in the city aucUtoriuj'1 Sight-reading contests will be held this morning at 9 o'clock in the Central High school auditorium.

Judging in the concert contests today will be based on each (Continued on Page Three) HIKES WAGES Major Firms Bring in $116 for Benefit of Employees HOUSTON, April Major oil companies announced today the bringing in of "a gushor" that spouted millions of dollars in fattened payolls into the pockets of thousands of workers, and good sources predicted "the flow" would spread throughout the twelve billion dollar industry. At the same time, representatives of the ClO-sponsored drive to unionize the industry extended their campaign into all the oil belts of the nation by establishing seven district offices and announcing definite plans to recruit around a million workmen and confer with oil companies on "collective OIL INDUSTRY President fs Wife rites Oxford Business Veteran "Why Was Ayi-es Let Deltans Ask White, Board High Low Rain Jackson 60 53 .02 Atlanta 54 46 Birmingham 56 46 .04 Chicago 40 32 Denver 54 SO Jacksonville 72 66 Little Rock 56 46 Memohis 54 43 Meridian 60 50 Miami SS 74 .23 Mobile 68 50 New Orleans 65 54 New York. 43 42 .52 Vicksburs 60 50 .02 OXFORD, April 9. (P Miss Eleanor McGuire, well known business woman, was made doubly happy today when shortly after the clips were removed from her leg, broken in a recent fall, she received a letter from Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt written from the white house.

The president's wife sent the following message to Miss McGuire who claims she has been in active business longer than any other woman in the United States. "My Dear Miss McGuire: "I have heard that you met with an accident a short time ago and that you are now confined to your home with a broken limb. I am more than sorry about this and do hope that you will be able to keep cheerful arid find things of interest to do while the bone is healing. My best wishes go to you tor a speedy recovery. "Very sincerely yours, (signed) Eleanor Roosevelt." Miss McGuire, who remained on dutv as clerk in a department store until her fall two months ago, has been in active business for a period of 72 years.

Making her entry In 18667-from This question was hurled at Governor White and the board of trustees of. higher learning yesterday by delta citizens who came to the capital to protest the ousting of W. E. Ayres, director of the experiment station at Stoneville. Neither, the governor nor W.

Calvin Wells, chairman of the board, attempted to answer the question. Instead, the governor assured the delegation that they had "handled this matter badly" and that there was no politics in the dismissal of Mr. Ayres. Major Wells said nothing, except to verify statements attributed to him In newspaper accounts of the failure of the board to reelect Mr. Ayres.

When asked by Sam D. Neal. of Indianola, if the statement quoting him as saying that the college board was not required to explain its action in the Ayres case, was correct. Major Wells said merely that the quotation was "substantially" correct. Governor White listened patiently for more than an hour while various members -of the delegation, comprising 35 or 40 of the leading planters of the delta, testified to the high esteem in which Mr.

Ayres is held in that section of the state and to his ability as head of the experiment station. Invariably, the "witnesses" for Mr. Ayres concluded with the statement that he has served the delta faithfully and 1 acceptably for 17 years and that the people of that section feel that they have a right to know why he was dismissed, or not. re-elected. Neither Governor White nor Major Wells offered any explanation, except that the governor said the board of trustees had acted upon the report of a committee of three trustees appointed to study a plan of reorganizing the agricultural department of State college.

"This committee was unanimous in its recommendation," the governor said, "that Mr. Ayres be not re-elected." The sub-committee of the board. Governor White revealed in response to a question from Mr. Neal (Continued On Pago Twelve) MISSISSIPPI Flood STATIONS Stase RIVER Prsnt 24-IIr State Chns 115 0.3 rise St. Louis Memphis Helena Arkansas City Vicksburg Natchez Angola Baton Roire Reserve New Orleans 30 34 44 42 43 46 45 35 23 17.1 22.4 225 0.4 fall 1.7 fall 0.7 fall 0.6 fall 0.7 fall 23.8 303 33.0 0.6 fall 25.4 05 fall 19.4 0.4 fall 14.6 0.4 fall 11.0 0.4 fall 22.5 0.7 fall 17 OHIO -Cairo 40 4 I.