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___A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF ROWAN COUNTY,
FOUNDED 1832—104TH YEAR SALISBURY, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1936. ~ VOL. 104 NO. 36. PRICE 2 CENTS.
WASHINGTON
Washington—Maybe there wasn’t
any politics in Senator Byrd’s reso
lution for a Senate Committee to
investigate the New Deal and find
out how many of its agencies can
be dispensed with—and then, again,
maybe there was. Senator Byrd of
Virginia, though a Democrat, has
been one of the New Deal’s most
vigorous critics. But if he had any
political motive in mind, the Presi
dent proved himself just as good a
politician, by appointing his own
committee to make its own investi
gation and to cooperate with the
Senate Committee.
At any rate, the New Deal is
going to be investigated. The three
men named by the President, Louis
Brownlow, Charles E. Merriam and
Luther H. Gulick, all have fine rec
ords of unselfish public service,
though none of them has ever been
active in politics. Not one of them
has ever done anything to suggest
that he could be influenced by po
litical considerations to distort or
suppress the truth. It seems prob
able, therefore, that before long,
probably before election, the most
thorough study yet made of the
governmental set-up in Washing
ton will be ready for public inspec
tion.
FLOODS AND FORECASTS
The recent floods have played
strongly into the hands of the ad
vocates of public works. Look for
a large number of projects for flood
control, dams, reservoirs and dikes
throughout the devastated regions.
The heavy rainfalls, coming on
the heels of the severest Winter in
many years, have revived Govern
mental interest in the weather. It
has just been disclosed that the Fed
eral Weather Bureau has been for a
long time exploring the possibilities
of a long-range weather forecast,
and believes it is getting close to a
workable method of foretelling
whole seasons, months ahead.
It is easy to imagine how valu
able it would have been to every
body if the recent severe Winter
and this Spring’s heavy rainfalls,
or last Summer’s drought, could
Jure been predicted months in ad
vance. I
While the Weather Bureau does1
not hold out any hope of being able
to begin long-range weather fore
casting for some years yet, never
theless, it is issuing occasional bul
letins and reports on the subject
Anyone who wishes to study the ef
forts that are being made can re
ceive these bulletins free.
LOBBY INVESTIGATION
Nobody has yet figured out any
political angle on the flood situa
tion. It is seemingly about the
only thing in Washrington that has
no political angle at this time.
The activities of the Senate Lobby
Investigating Committee, of which
Senator Black is chairman, in
searching the telegraphic files of
more than 1,100 individuals and
corporations in the hunt for evi
dence against lobbying, is begin
ning to have decided political re
actions.
Nobody knows exactly what the
Committee has uncovered, since
only one or two of the telegrams,
which it has had copied, have been
made public.
There is a good deal of guessing
going on, and many members are
receiving letters from back home
expressing indignation, if not alarm,
over this invasion of what some of
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Execuf|in To
Await/f ction
On Wfjdel By
Granii" Jurors
Warden Sets Friday
Night as New
Death Date
MAY BE SATURDAY
Trenton, N. J.—Bruno Richard
Hauptmann, who has lived beyond
three of his death dates, faced a new
one to-night—Friday night at 8
o’clock—but under conditions
which made it extremely doubtful
he would die even then for the
Lindbergh baby murder.
Col. Mark O. Kimberling, State
prison warden, moved the death
time back a day later than was
asked by the Mercer county (Tren
ton) grand jury, whose unexpected
intervention halted the execution
on the hour set for it Tuesday
night.
Failure of the grand jury to
reach a decision by Friday night
in the strange case of Paul Wendel,
held on a murder charge for the
same crime which condemned
Hauptmann, would bring a still
further delay, Kimbeiling, said.
"I shall delay it as long as it is
in my power to do so while a legal
proceeding of any kind is pending.”
the warden said. V—
He was faced on the one hand by
a court mandate requiring him to'
have Hauptmann put to death dur
ing the current week, and on the
other by the prospect that another
man might be indicted for the same
crime.
If the dilemma is not solved by
Saturday night, Kimberling said he
would seek the advice from Su
preme Court Justice Thomas W.
rrenchard, who signed Haupt
nann’s death warrant, on whether
the "week of March 30” for which
le fixed the execution, ends Sat
lrday or Sunday midnight.
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Home-coming
Day Held At
Church Here
Home-coming day was observed
it the First Associate Reformed
:hurch of this city last Sunday in
:elebration of the 10th anniversary,
rhe Rev. William L. Blakeley is the
)as tor.
A historical sketch shows that
:he first pastor was the Rev. E. G.
Horson, who retired after a few
nonths and was succeeded by the
\ev. J. R. Love, who went to the
’arkwood Avenue church in Char
otte in 1931. He was succeeded
)y the Rev. G. L. Kerr who went
o Bessemer City in 193 5 and Mr.
Jlakeley was named as his successor.
The church has grown during the
rears and now has 103 members,
t occupies its own home.
Huey In Favor
Of Free Texts
But Reminds State Im
provements Can’t Come
Without Taxes To
Pay For Them
Shelby—Clyde R. Hoey, candi
date for the Democratic nomina
tion for governor declared himself
in favor of free textbooks for the
school children of North Carolina.
"We now provide free tuition
and free transportation to the
schools,” he said in a statement,
"and in order to complete the pro
gram, we should provide free books
—the tools without which the
children cannot do the work re
quired of them.”
Hoey said a study of the school
bookp roblems indicated that free
textbooks for school children would
cost the State about $650,000 a
year and expressed belief the sys
tem could be inaugurated within a
short time.
"But it should be remembered
that these and other similar bene
fits cannot be provided without
money, and that the State can only
raise revenue by taxation,” he said.
"You cannot repeal all the sources
of revenue and still perform the
necessary functions of government.
"Education and taxation are the
two subjects of supreme concern
to the people of North Carolina
and it is imperative that we bear
in mind that we cannot provide
! the schools for the children of the
[ State without the necessity of rais
ing money by taxation. It is like-,
wise of common knowledge that we
cannot repeal the sales tax in its
entirety at this time without plac
ing the tax back on land, and that
at a very burdensome rate. Our
people should not be deceived about
this.
"It must also be remembered that
the schools are going to cost more
next year than at present, and as
the facilities become more adequate
the expenses naturally will in
crease. There is no other way to
provide an increase in techaers’
salaries and make the necessary
improvements in our school sys
tem.”
SLEEP-WALKING IS FATAL
Ten-year-old David de Pina died
the result of a fall from a third
story window while he was walk
ing in his sleep. The boy’s father
said he had been subject to night
mares since the death of his mother
five motnhs ago.
JOHN D.’s DOCTOR ILL
Jacksonville, Fla.—Dr. J. N.
Fogarty of Ormond Beach, John D.
Rockefeller’s physician during his
stay in Florida, was reported in a
"/relatively good condition” at a
hospital after amputation of his leg
Sunday.
221 MILLIONS
PROCESS TAX
PLAN DROPPED
Sub-Committee Re
verses Stand in Face
of Hostile House
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Washington—Faced with a hos-,
tile reception in the House, the'
Ways and Means Tax sub-com
mittee executed an agile about-face
on $221,000,000 in processing taxes
recommended by the President,
completely eliminating the contro
versial levies from its report.
Action was taken on motion of
Chairman Robert L. Doughton,
while the sub-committee was re
viewng its final recomi.iedia tion s,
preparatory to submittng them to
the full Ways and Means Com
mittee. In so doing, the subcom
mittee reversed a vote taken the
previous day to leave them in the
bill.
With processing taxes eliminated,
other levies included in the report
(mainly graduated taxes on undis
tributed corporate divdends, a nor
mal income tax on divdends, and a
"windfall” tax on refunded proces
sing taxes) will yield an estimate
$799,000,000, sub-committee ex
perts said. The President has ask
ed for only $792,000,000 annually
over the next three-year period.
The sub-committee felt that even
with processing taxes eliminated,
revenue needs could be fully met.
Following is a breakdown of
revenue estimated from taxes ears—
bodied in the sub-committee’s re
port:
Revised corporate earnings taxes,
$591,000,000.
Delayed repeal of capital stock
and excess profits taxes, $3 8,000,
000.
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increased taxes un xuicigu un
porations and aliens, $25,000,000.
Windfall tax on refunded proc
essinb levies, $100,000,000.
Total, $799,000,000.
Chairman Doughton, the only
member of the sub-committee to
confer with the President before
he left on his Southern trip, de
clined to explain his action other
than to say he has always been op
posed to processing taxes, and there
was a general expression by House
members in oppositon to them.
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Bonus Checks
Begin June 15
To Be Shipped by Regis
tered Mail; Vets In This
District To Be Paid
Directly
Washington—Treasury officals
said first bonus bonds and checks'
would be shipped to veterans by regj
fcrered mail on June 15.
Work of preparing a bonus pack-'
age for each of the 3,000,000 vet
erans is already under way in some
Federal Reserve banks, following
first shipment of bonds to the banks
last week.
Each package will be sent out
from the Federal Reserve bank of
the distrct in which the veteran is
living. Disbuj sement to veterans
residng in the rifth (Richmond,
Va.) Federal Reserve district, and
to those whose certifcates are held
at Veterans’ administration head
quarters, because of loans, will be
sent direct from the Treasury de
partment in Washington, however.
All bonus bond shipments will
not move out from the Reserve
banks on June 15, officials said.
The gigantic job of distributing the
bonus will begin that day, but offi
cials could not predict how long it
will take to complete the task. By
the end of July however, they ex
pect to have nearly all regular
bonus claimants paid off.
Stenog ‘Tickled Pink’
Over Job With Nudists
Tampa, Fla.—Sun-tanned Flelena
Hardy was "tickled pink” over her
first day’s work as secretary-steno
grapher at a nudist colony here.
"I’m so happy,” exclaimed the
2 5-year-old slim brunette who got
the job after Horman Soshinski ad
vertised for somebody to fill the
bill.
"It is something I’ve always
wanted to do,” continued Helena,
who received her interviewer in
her birthday clothes.
"It is something I’ve always
wanted to do; for I am a firm be
liever in nudism for what it of
fers to make one more healthy in
mind and body.
"Besides one meets such interest
ing, intelligent people—for only in
telligent people can see the virtues
of nudism.”
Her office is a desk under a
spreading tree on the sandy shores
of Lake Thonotosassa.
When there is a lull in her duties
as secretary-stenographer-reception
ist she lolls upon the beach. Twice
during the hali hour conversation
with a somewhat embarrassed in
terviewer, she plunged into the
water and reclined in the sun to
dry.
But there wasn’t much rest.
Other colonists already look upon
her as both nursemaid, companion
and guardian of personal property
in addition to her other duties.
She keeps such personal property
as cigarettes in her desk and hands
them over when called upon.
There being no clothes, there are no
pockets in which to put watches
and she is kept busy telling the time
of day.
Likewise, there is no place to
carry a fountain pen and during
the day Miss Hardy had calls to
act as scrivener for colonists be
hind with their personal correspond
ence.
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The Townsend Bubble Bursts
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The open break between Dr. Townsend and Robert E. Clements,
cc—founder of the old-age pension hoax which bears the former’s
name, has prcbibly been precipitated by the House decision to in
vestigate the character and activities of the organization. It is
hard to believe that the withdrawal of Mr. Clemens from "Old Age
Revolving Pensions, Ltd.,” just prior to the opening of public hear
ings before a special House committee, is a mere coincidence.
The present Confusion and dissension in the leadership of this re
volving movement shows the inherent weakness of an organiza
tion whose reputation as a potent politcal force has been inflated
unt'l w~ak Congressmen have blenched at the thought of incurring
its displeasure. Some, who hesitated to approve, have not scrupled
to "sympathize’; with this particular form of racketeering.
Having at last summoned up courage to look at the facts,
Congress will discover that there is no army of vengeful voters
ready to destroy the politcal future of every legislator who calls
the Townsend Plan what it is. The investigators have little to
fear from a demoralized group of professional organizers who are
already showing signs of panic. Indeed, the present encounter may
teach Congress how to deal with other organized minority groups
that try to extort subsidies by methods which may best de describ
ed as political blackmail.
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Even it the House tails to disclose any annuuneeu iacguumi«
in the financial affairs of the Townsend organization, its inquiry
will call attention to the essential absurdity of the whole business.
The acting chairman of the United States Central Statistical Board
estimats that it would have cost about $27,500,000,000 in 1934
o pay $200 per month to 11,445,000 persons 60 years of age or
over living in his country. In that year our national income, it
is estimated, approximated $50,000,000,000.
Deducting the amount to be paid to the pensioners, less than
$23,000,000,000 would be left to divide among 115,000,000 per
sons not entitled to pensions. Their per capita income would thus
be less than $200 per year, in merry contrast to the $2,400 be
stowed upon the favored few. Analysis, moreover, will show
that the 2 or 3 per cent turnover tax which it is proposed to levy
to cover pension costs would be hopelessly inadequate.
The downright idiocy of the plan is so patent that one wonders
at the gullibility of the public and even more at the reluctance of
Congress to combat the ‘spread of a movement bearing all the ear
marks of fraudhlency. The present frontal attack is the most
effective means of unmasking a political bogey which should never
have survived Halloween.—Washington Post.
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Luke Lea Is
Given Parole
—
Must Report to Court inj
Own State Once Each
Month
PAROLE REVOCABLE
Raleigh — Colonel Luke Lee,
World war hero and former United
States senator and "maker of gover
nors” for Tennessee yesterday walk
ad from North Carolina’s central
prison a free man.
Governor Ehringhaus late Wed
tesday announced a parole, effective
April 2, for the man whose bril
liant career as a soldier in France
ivas climaxed with an unsuccessful
iltempt to capture Kaiser Wilhelm
u the uncertain days that followed j
the signing of the Armistice in
1918.
Lea, a former financier in Ten
aessee, was sent to prison to serve
a six-to-ten-year term for con
spiracy to violate the State bank
ng laws in connection with the |
:ollapse in 1930 of the Central j
Banking & Trust company of Ashe
ville, and has completed nearly twoj
vears of his sentence.
He smiled broadly, 'Warden H.
Ed. Honeycutt of Central prison
said, when his attorney, J. M.
Broughton of Raleigh, told him the
Governor had decided to grant him
freedom.
Lea requested not to see news
aapermen before Thursday, Honey
:utt said.
"He wasn’t surprised when Mr.
Broughton told him of the parole.
He just took it calmly just as he
Joes everything,” the warden said.
'He said it made him very happy,
md he expressed appreciation for
the kind treatment he has received
from everyone since he came here.”
Luke Lea, Jr., and Wallace B.
Davis, president of the defunct
Central Bank and Trust company,
who were convicted with Colonel
Lea, have been paroled.
FICTION SECTION
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serials and short stories every
Sunday with the Baltimore Ameri
can. Get your copy from your
favorite newsboy or newsdealer.
Horseflies prefer to bite through
clothing.
Cyclone Does
Much Damage
Concord Thurs.
A cyclone which began about 3
a. m. yesterday swept over Concord
doing considerable damage to tele
phone lines, trees, residences and
other buildings.
The property damage was esti
mated at $125,000 but no lives
were reported lost.
It is estimated that the Cannon
Mills were damaged about $85,000.
Part of the roof was blown from
plant No. 1, and plant No. 2 suf
fered the loss of part of the side of
the building. The Kerr bleachery
was also damaged.
In the Buffalo Mill vicinity sev
eral dwellings were blown from
their foundations and some were
turned completely over.
In the business and other sections
quite a number of grocery stores,
ane barber shop, the Southern Oil
rompany, Duke Power company
and other business buildings were
partly unroofed by the terrific
wind. Rain blew into. many
auildings damaging dry goods
stores.
Two churches were over turned
ind the steeple of the First Presby
terian church was ripped off, num
erous trees were uprooted and dam
Jamaged all buildings in their path.
Winders Faces
Murder Trial
Scott Winders, World War vet
eran who killed Sheriff Locke Mc
Kenzie here on July 16, 1931, and
who was committed to the crimnal
insane department of the State hos
pital when a jury found him in
sane, was carried to Statesville last
week and lodged in jail to stand
trial for the murder at the May
term of Superior court here.
He was released by Dr. Julian
Ashby, superintendent of the State
hospital, after Ashby stated Win
ders had shown no psychosis since
his confinement there on Septem
ber 20, 1931. Dr. Ashby wrote
the clerk of the Rowan superior
court saying Winders was in his
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Clyde R. Hoey
Discusses His
Position On
Several Issues
Candidate For Governor
Makes Clear His Posi
tion On Sales Tax,
Other Issues
Raleigh—"I am not willing to
have the burden of supporting our
public schools put back on land and
homes”, declared Clyde R. Hoey,
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor, when in
terviewed by newspapermen at his
campaign headquarters here.
"There can be no real prosperity
unless it is shared by the farmer.
Moreover, it is of the utmost im
portance to the State that people
be encouraged to own their own
homes. Put the support of the
schools and the county roads back
on property and you hit the farmer
and the man in town, alike.”
Mr. Hoey was asked to make
clear his positon on the sales tax.
"I thought I had”, he said, "but
I’ll be glad to do it aagin. "As I
have said before, the sales tax was
adopted as an emergency measure
and I continue to regard it as such.
I will not accept it as a permanent
fiscal policy of the State.
"To get down to the present, I
believe that recovery from depres
sion will have proceeded far enough,
and revenue from sources now avil-j
able will have increased sufficient
ly, for the next Legislature to re-j
move the sales tax from basic food-|
stuffs, and meals at cafes. j
"I will favor the immediate re-!
peal of the sales tax on these ar-j
tides. Also, if conditions have,1
improved enough to increase the!
State’s revenue sufficiently, I will;
favor a reduction in the rate of
sales tax, looking towards its final
elimnation when that can be ac
complished without injury to the
schools and other essentials of pub
lic service.
"But I want to be frank about
this. I am not making any prom
(Continued on page five)
Doughton To
Address Sons of
America Meet!
Kannapolis—Robert L. Dough
ton, congressman from the Ninth
North Carolina distrct, will be one
of the speakers at the State con-j
vention of the Patriotic Order Sons
of America, which will be held in
Concord May 19-29, Hugh G.
Mitchell of Statesville, national P. ;
O. S. of A. president, has announced '
here. j j
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus and ]
J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Di- i
vision of Investigation, Federal De- ]
partment of Justice, will also be
invited to address the gathering, it -
was stated. j
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NEXT
WEEK
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The
Goose Woman
By Rex Beach
THE great success of Rex Beach as
a popular novelist is based on his
unfailing talent and skill as a story
teller. There is never any lag of
interest in a Rex Beach novel, and
The Goose Woman is no exception.
It starts with a bang and grips the
reader’s attention with the first
paragraph. It’s the kind of a serial
you will enjoy from the first to
the last installment. It’s a dra
matic story of a test of a mother’s
love—her place in the sun, or jus
tice to her child—and in his hap
piness.
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