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WEATHER Warmer tonight and generally fair tonight and Wednesday. ©tttt£S -jfcfettrjg GOOD AFTERNOON The fellow who laid away a nest egg a couple of years ago never figured that he was putting it in cold storage. f5l VOL. 52—No. 98 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1933 SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS HOUSE MU MEASURE UNRESTRICTED SALE OF BEER LOOMING NOW House Won't Pass Senate Bill This Week, Belief in Raleigh INQUIRIES FLOOD DEPT. OF REVENUE By HENRY LESESNE The Times-News linrtnu Sir Walter Hatcl RALEIGH, April 25.—It has taken the senate. which is inclined to pet through with a job quicker than the house, a week to put a beer machinery bil! through three readings. The bill now goes to tiie lower branch cf the assembly, where mighty quick action is re quired if any restrictions at all are thrown around the sale of .'5.2 per cent beer which legally goes on sale in North Carolina at one minute after midnight. April 30. The house can do one of several things with the beer bill. It cat; | place it upon its calendar for im mediate passage, which vould re-' quire three days before it could be law. Or it could send the bitl to its judiciary committee, whi h j for a week or more has been work ing on a separate beer machinery bill. In this event there would be at least several days more of de lay. Even if the house considers the senate bill, in preference to a committee substitute, there ar< bound to be some amendments, which will necessitate the measure being sent back to the upper branch for concurrence. So, whatever course tne nouse pursue.-:, it is now extremely! doubtful that any sort of beer! regulation will have been passed bv the time brer goes on sale in 1 North Carolina. A- substantii.il part of public opinion, and a few members of the legislature, hobt that this would be just as well, j This group holds that there should be no strings on the sale of be«-r that might be manipulated by peanut politicians. Thcv believe that since .'{.2 per cent beer is non intoxicating it should be sold :is freely as soda pop or popcorn, a it is now being sold in South Car olina. where no restrictions at all were placed on its sale. However, it is certain that th> legislature will enact a regulatory bill requiring a license to sell beer, permitting the state, counties and municipalities to get a whack a' the license fees, despite the fact that the state levies what amounts j to a so-called luxury tax on beer: and wine. In the event the house passes the senate bill without re ferring it to a committee, and without tacking on any a mend ments. the bill could not be rati fied until Thursday of this week. This would give the retailers and others only about two days in which to obtain a license. If the house makes such quick disposal of the beer machinery act, however, it will be one of the biggest surprises a' the present session. There will be an attempt to rush the beer regulatory meas ure through the lower house un der a suspension of rules, since the department of revenue has for days been flooded with communi cations inquiring about license fees, and has been unable to an swer them because the legislature has not enacted a machinery bill. However, quite a few of the house members who want to rush the legislation through have some pet ideas of their own tha.t they wouid like to tack on to the bill and if any of these are accepted by the house, more delay will result. Standley Named To Succeed Pratt Rear-Admiral Keeps Post Through Geneva Parley WASHINGTON. April 25 (UP) Secretary of the N'avv Swanson last night announced Vice Ad miral Wiliiam Harrison Standley has been named chief of naval operations to succeed Admiral William V. Pratt who is retiring because of age. Swanson announced however that Pratt would remain in office until the end of the disarmament conference in Geneva. Standley now is ir command of the cruiser division of the scout ing fleet. HORSE SHOE M. E. MEETING IN PROGRESS Evangelistic services are being held nightly at the Horse Shoe Methodist church, beginning at 8 o'clock, with the Rev. Joe Mason j preaching for Rev. Moir W. Ed wards, pastor of the rhereto. The pastor extends^'a tordial invitation to yisitors to attend these services. <1 Daniels \ O'comed to Mexico c. Given a hearty welcome to Mexico City on his arrival as U. S. am- j bassador. Josephus Daniels, left, ant! Mrs. Daniels are shown as they I were met by Ar.hur Bliss Lane of the embassy staff, ri^rht, adn Mcxi-! jan officials. HOUSE WILL NOT ACCEPT i REVENUE BILL IF SENATE ! DELETES ALL AMENDMENTS I SENATE SET FOR 3 C. TAX Little Opposition Is Seen as Body Has Always Favored Some Form The Tim»»s-Ncws Hun-at. Sir NVnltcr Hotel RALEIGH. April 25.—The three per cerit general sales tax provi sion in the revenue hill is expect ed to encounter little opposition in the senate, according: to legis lative ohsei vers here. A major ity of the senate has always been in favor of some form of sales tax, and it is now admitted vhat neither Senator Hinsdale's "lux ury" sales tax or Senator Cle ment's "production" tax has a proverbial Chinaman's chance t > get itself inserted into the revenue bill. Weeks ago, it was estimated that a majority of at least Ti members of the senate were in favor of a general sales tax. It is now apparent that not more than 15 senators will oppose a three per cent sales tax, either because they are against any form of sales tax, or because they prefer a "luxury" tax to a general sales tax, and it is now mathematically impossible for a coalition of anti-sales taxers ar.d luxury taxers to block a three per cent sales tax. Not a few members of the sen ate have been quiet about their views on a sales tax. and i.hese vere classed as doubtful. Ilut even those who leaned slightly toward a luxury tax have now given up hope of ever seeing this form of levy imposed by the liKJ.'i session, since it was defeated in the house, and they realize that even should they succeed in iret ting a luxury tax in the senate bill, the house would probably re j ject. Not that any of the luxury tax [ers have the slightest idea that jgetting the senate to accept a 1 luxury tax is at all within the realm of probability. It is now believed that not more than 1 •'} votes will be cast against tht! I senate finance committee's rec lommendation of a three per cent i gneral pales tax. By a majority I almost as largo, the senate is ex pected to discard all house amendments, including the Kwing kilowatt hour tax and the tax on the market value of foreign i stock. I Tank and Ladder From Akron Are Found Off Coast NORFOLK. Va.. April 25 (UP) A 100-trallon gasoline tank and an aluminum step ladder, ten feet long, bofh from the dirigible Ak ron, were brought here by coast guard trucks yesterday. The wreckage was found near Currituck Beach lighthouse on the North Carolina coast and brought here from Pennyhill, N. C., coast guard station. The tank and ladders were found by J. W. Austin of Corolla, N. C., about six miles apart and approximately 200 miles south of the spot wherft. fche Akron fell off Barnegat. N. J. Spirit of Revolt Growing,! Especially on Electric Power Tax Difference j By J C. RASKERVILL Tin? Times-News lliirraii | Sir Waiter lloto) j KALKI(IH, April 25.--A spirit j of revolt is growing in the house. ( I against the action of the senate finance committee in removing the fcwinjc amendment from the J revenue bill providing for a taxj j of half a mill on each kilowatti hour of electrical energy generat ed or .-old in North Carolina, il became evdijnt here today. The fact that the senate is expected to follow the lead of its finance ! committee and refuse to put this j kilowatt hour tax back into the revenue hill, is regarded as add ing to this spirit in the house. Several members of the house' when questioned today gave it as their opinion that the house will not ajrree to accept the revenue j bill if it is shorn of everything 'that was added to it in the house, i and especially if the kilowatt hour tax is removed. Most <>f | these agree that they expect the senate to remove the Everett cor porate excess tax amendment and ■ to put the sales tax back up to 3 per cent and that the house bill probably not offer any very great I objection to either of these ; moves. But if the senate strikes out the kilowatt hour tax, it can expect the house to refuse to concur and to insist that either this tax be retained or that the franchise and corporation income ! taxes be further increased on the power companies, according to the sentiment prevailing in the , house today. "The members of the douse are | willing to co-operate with the senate and to try to work out a ; compromise, but they do not feel ! that they should be dictated to bv the senate," said Representa tive Johnson of Chatham county. "So if the senate removes every thing from the revenue hill that the house added to it, it can hardly be expected that the house j will accept it." Representative W. C. Kwing of ■ Cumberland county, author of the Kwing kilowatt hour amendment adopted by the house by a vote of 5G to 28, still believes there is a chance for the senate to adopt the kilowatt hour tax, despite the fact the finance committee omit ted it from the revenue bill. If this amendment is not re-inserted into the bill in the ^enate, he be lieves it is sure to be put back in by the conference committee. For almost everyone agrees that the revenue hill is sure to go to a | conference committee, for a few I days at least. There are some who think the senate is using good political strategy in removing from the revenue bill all the changes made in it by the house and in increas ing the sales tax to per cent, ' in order to have a basis for com promise in the conference com mittee. For a conference com > mittee cannot insert new matter in a hill but must select between the provisions as adopted in one house and those adopted in the ; other. Thus, if all the house amendments are removed from the revenue bill in the senate, and the house refuses to concur, the conference committee can then only compromise on what was left out of the bill. The conference committee could then work out a compromise, for in { stance, bv agreeing to restore the 1 Ewinsr kilowatt hour tax and by reducing the sales tax from 3 oer c»>nt. to 2 1-2 per cent. Some I think this is what will eventually be done. WILL INSPECT FOREST CAMP SITES IN AREA Kramer, Pisgah Supervisor Is Called to Fori McPherson ASIIKVILLE, April 2r.—Wil liam I'. Kramer, assistant super visor of Pisgah National Forest, has been transferred indefini ely to Fort McPherson. Atlanta, Ga., to work in co-operation with tho United States army relative to the operation of the emergency labor camps in Pisgah National Forest. W. C. Bianch, ranger of ths Ml. Mitchell division of the for est, is acting assistant supervisor in Mr. Kramer's absence. M. A. Mattoon, supervisor, expects Brig adier-General E. II. Estes, com manding officer of Fort McPher son, here to inspect the Pisga-i Forest camp sites the latter part of this week or the first of next week. Mr. Kramer left for Fort Mc Pherson Sunday. He will remain there until the work camps have been filled, which will probably be by July 1. In his absence, Mi*. Branch will serve as assistant to Mr Mattonri. No action is expected relative 1o the erection of the camps in I'isgah and Nantahala national forests and in the Great Smoky Moutnains National park until af ter Brigadier-General Estcs has approved the sites selected by the forest service. The army will build the camps, probably with the first group of men assigned to the ramps of this section. Approxi mately 2,000 men are expected to be placed in Pisgah Fore»t c^rnp.^ by .Inly 1. Of this number, morn rthan 700' will be men of the IS Western North Carolina counties who are between 18 and 25 years of age and are on welfare organ ization lists. These men are mak ing application now, almost 200 men of Buncombe county having applied yesterday. Buncombe's quota is 102 men. These men wiil be selected probably the latter part of next week by army offi cials here. Colonel Edmund Waddill, com manding officer of the recruiting service for the United States Army in Western North Carolina, who is at work with his staff in Charlotte this week, is expected to reach Asheville early next week, to begin enlistments for the re forestation camps here. It has been announced that all applicants will be drawn from lists furbished by the welfare agencies of county , and city. Already four sites for camps on the North Carolina side of the Great Smoky Mountains National park have been given approval ami work of establishing these camps is expected to jro forward at once. Four camps have also been cho sen for the I'isgah National For est and given official approval. As soon as the task of placing the complicated machinery for the es tablishment of the camps in mo tion is accomplished, work will be gin, it was stated. Chicago's Teachers Invade Banks Demanding Payment of 29 Million Dollars Now Due in Back Salary Charlie Dawes Turns Red When Reminded He Got $80,000,000 From Government and Won't Lend Teachers Any Bv SAM KNOTT ' United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, April 25.—(UP).— Five thousand unpaid school teachers descended upon the finan cial district yesterday, forced three large banks to close tem porarily and so aroused General Charles G. Dawes that he treat ed them to some of the "old fashioned cussing" for which he has long been famous. [ "To hell with trouble makers," , was one of the explosions that I burst from the lips of the former vice-president as he showed a flash of the temper that characterized him in his days of "Hell'n Maria." Demanding that the banks ad vance $29,000,000 due them in back salaries, the teachers storm ed lobbies, climbed over marble j topp«d desks, upset wastebaskets, I booed officials, and threatened to I "do the same thing every day un-j til salaries are paid." When Dawes tried to address the group which swarmed into his City National bank, the teachers booed. "There's the man who borrowed $80,000,000 from the government for his own bank, but won't lend , any to < the teachers," a woman: shouted. Dawes' face reddened, j "He went along with Samuel Insull in cheating us!" yelled an-1 other. The general spluttered, I then exploded. "To hell with trouble makers," he boomed. It was a new version of the fa mous "Hell'n Maria." The teach ers cheered. Another outburst came when a heckler protested that a fellow teacher's electricity had been | turned off. "You'd be a damn sight better off if you had your electricity turn off," Dawes answered, with emphasis of the word "your." Other groups stormed the Con tinental-Illinois and Harris Trust banks, pushed customers aside, started arguments with tellers, stopped business, and forced the institutions to close temporarily. While thousands of others clam ored outside for admittance, those inside refused to leave. Some of them climbed onto desks and de clared they would sit there "all night if necessary." Four women started a bridge game on an over turned wastebasket. kneeling on the floor and using the basket for a table. At the First National bank, President Melvin Traylor agreed to confer with a committee and managed to keep his bank open despite the confusion. America May Sign Consultative Pact On World Security | Appears Possible Outcome of Roosevelt-MacDonald Conversations; Both Arc Please<l With Progress WASHINGTON, Apr. 25 (UP). The Anglo-American economic j ' conversations neared an end to day while French representatives were settling- down to more active participation. President Roosevelt and Pre mier MacDonald conferred with their experts a' the White Hous? for the fourth day today. Indications that the United I States might sign a consultative pact to increase world security and thus stimulate international business were given bv Secretary I of State Hull, although he avoiu | ed a positive statement. WASHINGTON, Apr. 25 (UP). President Roosevelt and Prime Minister MacDonald expressed "<leep satisfaction" in a joint statement issued last night as their historic conversations drew to a close. They announced that all agree ments concerning the wide range of economic subjects discussed j had been reserved for the world economic conference. It was stated the purpose had been to explore the subjects and that this end had been admirably served by the discussions. They announced that the fol-j lowing subjects have been consid-1 rrprl • The world price level; central | bank policies; monetary stand-! ards; exchange restrictions; im provement of the status of silver; and in addition, a number of i world problems relating to trade. Other officials said the world economic conference probably would be held between June 15 I and July 1. i Scope of the Roosevelt confer [ ences expanded when France and 1 Canada moved into the picture aJ ; Prime Minister MacDonald was concluding his main conversations. Former Premier Herriot of I France went to the White House last night for his first lengthy dis I cussion. Prime Minister Bennett of Canada arrived to set forth | the viewpoint, of the northern ! neighbor of the United States. The joint Roosevelt-MncDonald 'statement, issued yesterday after three days of almost continuous discussion said: "The prime minister, the presi dent, the British ambassador and the secretary of state met this af ternoon with the officials and ex perts participating in the discus sion of the past few days. "They reviewed the substance of their discussions with deep sat isfaction. "Among the subjects considered in these discussions were tho world price level, central bank policies, monetary standards, ex change restrictions, improvement of the status of silver, and, in ad dition, a number of world prob (Continucd on page three) ENGLAND NOT BUDGETING U. S. DEBT PAYMENT Looks for Change in Agree ment But Will Not De fault, Is Belief By HARRY FLORY United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, April 25.—(UP).— There is no provision for payment of the June IS installment of Great Britain's war -debt to th'_> United Stages in the budget esti mates for the current fiscal year. Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer, told the house of commons today. It was a foregone conclusion that the chancellor would not bud Ret for any payment in the future to the United States under the old Mellon-Baldwin debt funding agreement. One payment is due in June, and another on Dec. 15. A moratorium, or suspension of payment, on the June 15 install ment by the United States con press is still hoped for by Cham berlain, it was understood, to take care of the delicate situation aris ing from hLs failure to include the installment appropriation in the hudornt. lie, as do other leaders in the government, hopes that before De cember 15 a complete new agree ment with the United States on war debts and allied financial and economic problems can have been reached. If. however, the suspension of the June payment is not forth coming, it was doubted Britain would follow France's lead and default. Arrangements to meet the payment will be made by the same method adopted last Decem ber. The treasury could issue treasury bills or bonds to the Bank of England and obtain gold in exchange. The charge would only increase the government's floating debt. The cabinet j^ivc a final survey to the chancellor's budget mes sage. The main features were ap proved before the departure for America of Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald. but it was understood that the United States' suspension of the gold standard and MacDonald's reports from Washington have necessitated re drafting portions of it. British taxpayers already have resigned themselves to not receiv ing any reduction in the present basic 25 per cent income tax rate for the coming year. Senior Class in Annual Play on Friday Evening Dramatization of "Little Women" Will Be Offered This Year Announcement was made today that the annual senior class play will be given at the high school auditorium Friday night of this week at 8 o'clock. "Little Women," a dramatiza tion of the novel of that name by Louisa M. Alcott will be the ve hicle used by the class this year. "Little Women" is being chosen for presentation many places this year, owing to the fact that this is the hundredth year since it was written. It has boon presented at Washington, and is being produced by many of the little theatres over the country. The senior plav is being given under the direction of Mrs. Ma bel Baughman, and of Miss Cecil Shepherd, who is sponsor of the class. Kidnaped Naval Officers Facing Death, Is Warned MUKDEN, Manchuria, Apr. 25.1 (UP).—The British consul at I Yingkow received warning today) from Chinese kidnapers of three j British naval officers that the of-1 ficera will either be slain or sold! to other bandits unless negotia tions are started immediately to effect their release. She Wins Iowa Beauty Crown ! The judges chose Miss Margaret! | McCulley, above, as beauty queen > | of the University of Iowa, even; ; though her home is in Omaha, MISS PERKINS URGES BILL T0| RULE INDUSTRY1 I General Strike in Nation Predicted by Labor Man i if Measure Loses WASHINGTON. April 25. (UP). Secretary of Labor Frances Per-! kins today urged the house laborj committee to sponsor the admin-1 istration's unprecedented program! for federal control of industry; which would give the national j government authority to fix' wages, hours of work and the j quantity of production. I NEW ORLEANS, April 25.— I (l^P).—If congress fails to pass the Black-Connery bill regulating the hours and wages of labor, then labor may be forced to the "ex- .• : treme measure of a general strike throughout the country," George I. Googo, southern chairman of the American Federation of Labor said on a visit here today. "Industry is fighting the bill and it will meet with plenty of oppo sition in congress but if it does not pass labor will have its back to the wall. It's our last recourse," he added. Switzerland Retains Her Gold Standard BERNE, Switzerland, April 25. (UP).—The Swiss cabinet, fol j lowing a long conference today announced that Switzerland will | remain on the gold standard. jQuake Kills 74 on Sporodes Isles ROME, April 25.—(UP).— The newest casualty list from the earthquake torn Sporades islands off the coast of Asia Minor placed the toll at<74 kill ed and more than 400 injured. Fight Battle at The Great Wall; PEIPING, April 25.—(UP).— A well disciplined and determined Chinese army is locked in combat with the Japanese troops near Ku peikou pass in the Great Wall to day. Dispatches said that the bat tle was the most determined stand yet taken by the Chinese against the invasion of China proper. SAYS PAINTERS ASKED 40 CENTS AN HOUR Rafe Anders, one of the nine workmen who were engaged in the painting job at the Skyland hotel, and who were reported m yesterday's issue to have struck, called at The Tives-News office' this forenoon to say that the men did not go off the job without making a demand. He said that a wage of 40 cents an hour had been asked by the men. The manage ment stated yesterday that 30 cents an hour had been offered. SENATE BODY BACKS RELIEF HOUSE VOTED Favorably Views the Bill for $500,000,000 for Aid for Idle INFLATION BILL IS TO BE PASSED SOON WASHINGTON. Apr. 25. (UP) The Roosevelt program for devel opment of the Tennessee river valley with its Muscle Shoals plant passed the house by a huge ma jority today. The bill with its provisions for government ownership and opera tion of Muscle Shoals now goes to a friendly senate which in the past has twice passed similar bill.-, only to have them meet presiden tial vetoes. According to the terms of the house draft, a $50,000,000 federal bond issue, coupled with a $10. 000,000 direct appropriation would provide a newly created "Tennes see valley authority" with fund to begin the work. WASHINGTON, Apr. 25. (UP) The senate banking committee to day ordered a favorable report on the .$500,000,000 Warner-Lewis unemployment relief bill in sub stantially the same form as pass ed by the house. WASHINGTON, Apr. 25. (UP) Conservative Republicans sought bi-partisan support today for a S3,000,000,0*00 silver certificate issue at 33 to 1 as a substitute for the section of the administra tion bill authorizing Presiden'. Roosevelt to revalue, the gold dol lar. Dy THOMAS L. STOKF.S United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 25. (UP). Broadening of President Roose velt's sweeping currency expan sion program to provide for im mediate opening of closed banks and guarantee of hank deposit.* wa proposed last night by Sen ator William K. Borah, Republi can, Idaho. He would pay depositors flO cents on the dollar immediately as the best form of currency ex pansion and would supplement this relief by at least a tempor ary guarantee of bank deposits. He is considering an amendment, to give President Roosevelt this authority in the pending adminis tration bill. Borah's proposal came as the climax to a titanic oratorical battle in the senate over the Roosevelt program in which his tory repeated itself in a fight be tween the financial and indus trial east and the agricultural west and south over the recurring "money question." Unlike result of the battle in the nineties, victory this time will rest with the inflationists. The Thomas administration bill, au thorizing the chief executive to issue billions of new currency, re-value the gold dollar or coin silver, will be passed by a de cisive majority, either today or Wednesday. Opposition began to crumble yesterday as approval poured in from all sections. The Republi can attack was broken as the party split into two camps—the "Hoover-Mellon-Mills" wing of the east and the farm elements of the west. A few Democrats have deserted. Their opposition will not be effective. Borah emerged last night to confuse the situation somewhat in the role of champion of the millions who have money tied up in closed banks. His proposal co incided with intimations that Pres dent Roosevelt would per mit a modified bank guarantee in the Glass bill. Senator Carter Glass, Democrat, Virginia, con ferred Monday with the president at the White House with mem bers of his drafting banking and (Continued on page 3.) mriiTOT What is this MAN'S FULL NAME ? ^ of HUD50H t; BAY r Name THIS BAY V/hen was the US 7h Nwal Academy IS FOUNDED? ' For correct answers td the«« question*, please tarn to pt|« 5.
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