WEATHER
Fair and warmer tonight and
Saturday, with possible showers
afternoon.
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GOOD AFTERNOON
Vilma Banlcy, screen star, is
suing a Los Angeles bank—no re
lation.
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1934
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
j OVERTAKEN
r fARCRAFT
HWRARRESTj
fleeing Fugitive Chagrined
|a( Capture As Immunity
I Was Near
ML BE TAKEN TO
I ATHENS. DEPORTED
I ;t: March 16. I
I nsull, racing for
Kjfdom acr ss the Mediterranean f
I a fast ehter. was over
tu ,: . a Greek destroyer and
Ctarv -day just as :
I from the
I Gi >ek officials. It
a fantastic and melodramatic
Ettx ' lonjr battle to
' e United States.
■ . lities operator.
Bs-r unprecedented in
K-r n lanl . t. was within
ft j/- freedom when the de
ft-y - {own or. his ship, the '
If red it to heave
M The Meotis was about to en
mrPort Kesser, not far from A'-i
I: u Id have been
Kteirie Greek jurisdiction.
the wily Insull, »4 years ok
led in poor health, was reporte 1 I
: wireless to he prostrated with .
>f and chagrin over the failure .
f his well-laid plans to escape
torn Greece, which had ordered
lim expelled' after a long fight
gainst extradition to Chicago. _ ,
The Gr?ek government. infuri- |
ited by Insull's flight from the:
the tact thst he I
_ii Joen in r • rders to iret out 1
^Bn&tteiy or he thrown out—1
fcA yt'rtt WOf*
is crackling acros the Med iter-.
inean. demanding that the Meo
> return.
The Mentis ignored the com-1
■ds. The destroyer, in rapid!
Bait. sent repeated calls to hait •
b: received n<> replies.
Insull will be brought back here
it deportation.
TORONTO, Ont., March 16.—
—Martin J. Insull, fugitive
B^cas ;-y magnate, surren
*d to sheriff's officers today
re awaited decision of the ap
k- cour*, of Ontario for his ap-|
cation for a dismissal of the j
jkr granting his extradition to
■o&o. Insuil had been at lib
on a SW.OOO bond since the
frn? on appeal last January.
BY ANTHONY KEDRAS
"ted Pre»j Staff Correspondent
|ATHENS, March 16.— (UP)— j
Samuel Insull, playing hide!
!;<ekwith the Greek and Uni
>tates authorities, slipped out
" - apartment here yesterday
disappeared, he was, possibly,
a a wom?n.
I *1" -he countless rumors
ne about Athens and the con
fnt was the bizarre report that
:r»il frame of the elderly
ttjto fugitive was hidden in
'folds of a woman's skirt as ho
: the dark hours before
r " r'essed to have
T^ues whatsoever as to Insull'3
^^av>u'- They ordered his
.I' ,n "but non® kne.v
,e t0 look. Reports placed
•r a -core or more of places,
-«e tiny nation of Lichten
I Ivontmueti on page three)
kigh May Get
on Unit
w at Charlotte
B:
ju*f'prt" ef:'rai department.
U, A ,n"w -''CHted at Char
r- u-ai ' : a : ^rred to Ra
i-of i yesterday in
. ilspat'-h< from Washing
Lhar[p. rr
eetofAfc 1R"bert30n. deputy
for v f'oral internal reve
«n>!rpn»r i f ar°I»na, said the
•nsibiHt-" t 'ans to place re*
tes in ,'i.'{'r Co!'i0cting whiskey
t deoa" :^'ids of the reve
M ;?TT- This, Robertson
^nst the campaign
is. 0ootIe'-'Kers and block
tosfer :i ! that- suc^ a
teiue tS* ' ^organized
! Raleio-i' ® ^perating under
Wed k, j, r':flCe would be
(f in^r ""rbert Gulley, now
kihition ' of th* Charlotte
E?W^ Gu,,ey at pres.
fton supervision of J. A.
\ 'he (•'. . administrator
i Lj»««>Iinas,
U. S. Gunboat Fulton Burned Off Hongkong Harbor
The U. S. S. gunboat Fulton (above), in commission for 40 years, was abandoned by its crew after it
had caught fire in Bias Bay. off Hongkong Harbor, in China. The British destroyer Wishart rescueJ
60 of the Fulton's crew and the Chinese steamer Tsinan picked up 48 men. The ship's duties were to
protect merchant craft from pirates who infest Bias Bay.
DEFER ACTION
ON WATERWAY
J
Canadian Premier Aban- j
dons Passage of Meas
ure This Session
OTTAWA, Ont.. March 16.—
(UP) — Premier Bennett an
nounced in the House of Com
mons yesterday that a bill for
the St. Lawrence waterway will
not be introduced at this session.
He expressed regret at the I*. S.
senate's action in rejecting the
waterway treaty.
Officials consider Canada's I
construction of the system alone J
as unthinkable and unnecessary:
because general conditions, exist-J
ing splendid ocean facilities and!
determined opposition of lower J
St. Lawrence ports. «
W.P.Lance Family
To Reside Here
WilJard Lance Continues
As Agent at Charlotte
Willard P. Lance, who is con
nected with the United States
government alcohol beverage in
vestigation department, and who
has been residing in Charlotte,
has removed his family to this
county and they are residing on
the Kanuga road near the city, j
Mr. Lance will continue with the
government and will be employed
in Charlotte.
PROVIDE WORK FOR
30,000 IN FLORIDA
JACKSONVILLE. Fla., March
16.—(UP)—The Florida emer-'
gency relief administration yes
terday announced authorization
for 30,000 men to go to work
next week on projects previously
begun or authorized under the
CWA.
An allotment of $100,000 was
set aside to defray expenses of
the projects other than salaries.
It also was announced that addi
tional projects would be approv
ed as soon as regional adminis
trators and engineers make rec
ommendations. I
Orange county was allotted a
quota of 896 men and $'^,987
for costs other than salaries.
FLORIDA SCHOOLS TO
GET RELIEF MONEY
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. March
16. — (UP) — Governor Dave
Sholtz and Julius F. Stone, fed
eral rrelief administrator fo
Florida, yesterday announced a
plan to keep schools open the
full term in Florida counties
where local funds are exhausted.
lTnder the program, details of
which are to be worked out la
ter, the federal relief administra
tion will provide funds for pay
ment of teachers' salaries and |
the state government will assure I
all other operation costs of the
schools, including transportation
of pupils.
FEW RESPONSES
TO CUT HOURS,
But Those Made Are Fav
orable, Survey by Press
Indicates
CHICAGO, March 16.— (UP).
—The national administration's
drive to reduce hour? and in
crease wages has met but few re
sponses this week in industrial
centers, but those few answers
were favorable, it was indicated
today following a survey.
The administration issued a
plea last week through Gen. Hugh
S. Johnson of the NRA that in
dustries adopt a bold, flat policy
of reducing working hours 10 per
cent and at the same time raise
wages by a similar percentage.
This generally was considered
as a big order for many indus-,
tries and the concensus was that
the result would be a compromise.
Leaders of big business in most
industrial centers either refused
to comment or said that they had
not yet decided what to do about
the proposal.
Some favorable responses al
ready have been noted, however,
in compliance either in full or in
part in certain industries.
Among the concrete results of
the drive was a request by the
National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce for member firms to
reduce hours to 36 a week, effec
tive March 31, and increase hour
ly wage scales. About 186,000 i
workers would be affected if this
request were met in full.
In St. Paul, the Seeger Re
frigerator Co., announced that it
would increase the wages of 1000
employes 10 per cent. The blanket
increase will mean $6,500 addi
tional in payrolls monthly. No re
duction in working hours is pro
vided for. The workers now are
on duty 36 hours weekly. A year
ago this company employed only
280 persons.
Another St. Paul industry which
announced that it was making
every possible effort to comply
with the administration plea was
General Mills, Inc. President
James Bell said that the company
was "leaning over backwards" in
an effort to support; the presi
dent's program. Any definite an
(Continued on page three)
MADE IN DKlvfc
RAISE WAGES
Would Modify Call
For Higher Wages
And Shorter Days
WASHINGTON, Mar. 16 (UD
—The special committee for con
sumers' it'dustries. appointed to
study and report on Recovery Ad
ministrator Hugh S. Johnson's
twelve point program for the
NRA, urged last night that short
er hdurs and higher wages be ap
plied only to industries able to
stand the additional strain.
Blanket imposition of the pro
gram by executive order would
be "regarded as an arbitrary ex
ercise of authority," the commit
tee reported. Instead, the com
mittee urged that each industry
submit information necessary to
determine how far it can reduce
hours and raise pay.
The committee urged control
to prevent undue price increases
and pointed out that price com
petition leads to lowering of la
bor standards. The nearest ap
proach to a rule on price fixing,
the committee said, was recogni
tion "of the propriety of some
price control features in some
codee."
The committee found no cause
for serious concern over com
plaints of monopoly and injury to
small industries. It urged more
rigid compliance enforcement,
with improved machinery and
fines for violators. Proposals for
labor representation on code au
thorities were attacked on the
ground that the authorities were
designed to represent manage
ment, and that labor participa
tion would result in antagonism.
AID FRUIT EXPORTS
PARIS, March 16.—(UP).—
France has agreed to maintain
low import and license taxes on
apples and pears until May 20, to
facilitate exports of American
fruit to France in the next two
months, it was announced yester
day.
EIGHT OF 12 COAST GUAKD
BASES ABANDONED BY U. S.
A '
Economy Measure Will Re
sult in The Savings of
$7,000,000
•
WASHINGTON, Mar. 16 (UP)
Eight of the 12 coast guard bases
of the country have been ordered
abandoned because of reduced
funds, it was announced yester
day.
The four stations retained are
at New London, Conn., Fort Lau
derdale, Fla., Fort Townsend,
Washn., and Pascagoula, Miss.
Stations abandoned were at Glou
cester, Mass., Woods Hole, Mass.,
Stapleton, S. I., N. Y., Cape May,
N. J., Norfolk, Va., Charleston,
S. C., Sen Pedro, Calif., and Oak
land, Calif.
All the bases abandoned are
those out of which coast guard
vessels have operated. No airplane
stations were included in the or
der by the treasury department,
a coast guard official said today.
The cut in the number of bases
results from an economy program
to save $7,000,000 in this divi
sion.
Equipment and stores at points
given up probably will be removed
to the other bases remaining in
service.
One of the major duties of the
coast guard during prohibition
was breaking up the operations of
rum runners. With repeal, need
for this policing of the seaboard
should be greatly lessened, mak
ing feasible partial dismantling
of the service.
Blame Unrest in
Labor Shooting
in Toledo Today
TOLEDO, Ohio, March 16.—
(UP).—A Detroit auto worker
was "taken for a ride" and shot
to death shortly before midnight
last night near Monroe, Mich., in
what authorities believe is the
first open warfare growing out
of the automotive industry un
rest. The man was believed to be
John Deilak.
MAY ASK F. R.
TO MEDIATE IN
STRIKE THREAT
Recovery Program Facing
Adversities in Labor
Disturbances
WASHINGTON, Mar. 16 (UP) '
The president's recovery program
moved into heavy seas today,
threatened by widespread labor
disturbances and strong opposi
tion to a uniform 10 per cent in
crease in wages and reduction in
hours.
Indications were the president
himself would be appealed to in
un effort to avert what was de
scribed potentially as "the worst
strike the country has ever seen"
in the automobile industry. The
seriousness of the threatened auto
strike was increased by the likeli
hood that once started the dis
turbance would spread to tho
steel industry.
The strike threat moved nearer
j today when the national labor
: board concluded a two-day hear
ing of charges of American Fed
' eration of Labor executives
against large automobile manu
facturers including General Mo
tors and the Hudson Motor Co.
The manufacturers flatly re
fused to recognize or deal with
the A. F. of L. and challenged
the authority of the labor board.
Recovery Administrator Hugh S.
Johnson stepped into th<* breach
with personal negotiations be
tween labor and company officials
without apparent effect. Should
his efforts fail, the only resort
would be the intervention of the
president.
The labor unions indicated they
would ask their members to walk
out on strike Tuesday unless the
matter is adjusted.
SENIOR CLASS !
PLAY TONIGHT
The senior class play, "All-of
a-Sudden-Peggy," will be pre
sented at the high school audi
torium this evening at 8 o'clock.
The plav is a comedy having
to do with the love affairs of
Anthony, Lord Crackcnthorpe, an
Irish widow, Mrs. O'Mara, and
her daughter, Peggy. Mrs. O'Ma
ra is desirous of marrying her
daughter to his lordship, but Peg
gy is of the opinion that her
mother would make him a bet
ter wife.
Anthony's mother brings her
youngest brother into the play
to draw Peggy's attentions from
Anthony, amusing situations re
sult, ending with Peggy and the
younger brother falling in love,
while Mrs. O'Mara and his lord-1
ship make a go of it.
TUXEDO TOY BAND ON
RADIO SATURDAY
The Rhythm Elves, a toy band
composed of 25 children between
the ages of six and eight years
from the Tuxedo school, will be
heard in a radio broadcast from
WFBC, Greenville, S. C., tomor
row afternoon from 1:45 to 2
p. m.
The toy band will be directed
by Jane Bell, 7, Geraldine Wil
kie. 7, and Josephine Morgan, 7.
BRIDGE FINANCES CITY
HUDSON, Wis. (UP).—A city
owned toll bridge has saved Hud
son from financial embarrassment
during the depression. The city
realized a net income of $113,056
from the^bridge in 1933 and was
able to meet all of its obligations.
The bridge bonds have been re
duced to $2,000.
MIXEDTRENDS
NARK EFFORTS
FOR RECOVERY
But Labor And Capital
Wrangle in NRA Dead
lock at Washington
FARMING,"MONETARY
SITUATION IMPROVE
by c. c. nicolet
United Prest Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Mar. 16 (UP)
A confused picture of the status
of recovery was presented in
Washington yesterday, with the
treasury and agriculture depar
ments "reporting great progress
while labor and capital wrangled
in an NRA deadlock which he d
a threat of disaster to the whole
administration program.
On the optimistic side were
these developments:
Secretary of Treasury Morgen
thau said the administration had
found a combination of circum
stances "which is pulling the
country out of the depression j
and added that "thing are getting |
better each week." He showed,
charts indicating that wholesale
prices were rising more rapidly m
this country than in other na
tions. He urged that congress re
frain from forcinc a silver pro
gram upon the administration as
lone as progress continued.
The labor department an
nounced that wholesale commod
ity prices, in the week ended
March 10, reached their highest
level since April 1931, rising to
73 8 per cent of the 1926 average.
Agriculture department crop
reports showed that the crop pio
duction control program was I
working almost on schedule, giv
ing hope of improvement in farm
conditions.
March income tax collections
were estimated at $250,000,000,
compared with $174,000,000 a
year ago, and other federal l eve-1
nues showed big incraeses in the j
first 13 days of March.
On the dark side were:
No indication of concessions by
either side in the dispute between
American Federation of Labor
unions and automobile companies
over the company union issue.
William Green, president of the
A. F. of L., told a senate commit
tee that the automobile industry
was in danger of one of the great
est strikes in American history
unless the Wagner bill strength
ening Section 7A of the Recovery
Act were passed. Leading big
business organizations arc "nani"
rnously opposed to the Wagner
^Railroad executives and labor
representatives met in an attempt
to adjust a wage dispute ^ '
is
charged that the Bankhead cot
Jon bill was the first step in an
effort to regiment all agricultuir..
It is designed to enforce c p
control by a prohibitive tax on
overproduction, instead 0
ing on voluntary agreements as
at present. A strong conservative
alignment is developing against
this and other administration-en
dorsed programs covering stocK
market regulation, communica
tions and tariff control. Early ad
journment of congress is growing
increasingly doubtful. . .
The administration clearly ^
worried over the company union
fiRht which holds threats of seri
es strikes in steel and other
(Continued on page three)
LINDBERGH SCORES FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN MAIL QUIZ
Declares Army Called to
Act Without Equipment
or Training
WASHINGTON, Mar. 16 (UP)
Army air corps pilots were sent
aloft with airmail without either
sufficient preparation or proper
equipment. Col. Chas. A. Lind
bergh told the senate committee
today in one of three congres
sional inquiries into various
phases of the airmail problems
and explained how army equip
ment is not designed for mail ser
vice. He concluded his testimony
at 12:22 p. m.
Lindbergh continued his feud
with the administration with a
sharp complaint against summary
f
cancellation of airmail contracts.
After identifying himself as a
$16,000-a-year aviation adviser,
also a stockholder in companies
with airmail contracts. Lindbergh
raised his voice in protest. "These
contractors should have been giv
en the right of trial before being
convicted," he declared. He con
demned the administration air
mail bill as unfair and unjust.
, TRADE FISH EGGS
HELENA, Mont. (UP)—The
Montana fish and game commis
sion has traded 500,000 trout and
grayling eggs to Michigan for
5,000,000 wall-eyed pike eggs.
The pike will be planted in the
Yellowstone and Missouri rivers.
Watson Willing
To Lead G. 0. P.
Like an old warhorse yearning for
battle, James Eli Watson, above,
of Indiana, once a power in the
U. S. senate, is ready for a re
turn to the thick of the fray. He
has expressed a willingness to ac
cept the chairmanship of the Re
publican national committee. Ru
mor says Everett Sanders, present
chairman, will resign.
hangIegroes
FOR ASSAULT
Mississippi Executions Are
Staged Before Day; Bod
ies Are Unclaimed
(UNITED PRESS)
Lives of seven negroes were
taken legally today by three
southern states, Mississippi, Geor-.
gia and North Carolina, as the
supreme penalty in crimes of
which they were convicted.
Three negroes were hanged at
Hernando, Miss., on charge of
assaulting a white girl; one was
electrocuted at Milledgeville, Ga.,
on charge of assaulting a white
girl; another was electrocuted at
Milledgeville for a double mur
der; two negroes were electrocut
ed at Raleigh on murder charges.
HERNANDO, Miss., March 16.
(UP)—Three negro attackers of
a 17-year-old high school girl
died on the gallows just before
dawn today in De Soto county
jail.
Departing from the Mississippi
tradition of executing its con
demned men at noon 200 nation
al guardsmen slipped the negroes
into Hernando at 4 a. m. to
avert possible clashes with out
raged citizens. The majority of
citizens were still asleep when
national guardsmen escorted the
bodies to their graves several
miles from the city. The bodies
were not claimed by relatives.
MISS MAXWELL HAS
BID FROM SORORITY
HIGH POINT, March 16. (Spe
cial).—Miss Gladys Maxwell, of
Hendersonville, a freshman at
High Point college, was among
those receiving bids to join Greek
letter societies at the college.
Miss Maxwell accepted a bid to
the Sigma Alpha Psi sorority.
DILLINGERS
NEGRO PAL !N
ESCAPE SHOT
Admits Dillinger in Thumb
District; Officers Con
centrate There
UNITED PRESS GIVES
REPORT ON N E G R 0
PORT HURON, Mich., March
16.— (UP).—Officers are believed
to have trapped John Dillinger in
the "Thumb" district of Michigan
and are concentrati .g on all sides
in preparation for moving in on
him.
YOUNGBLOOD SAYS
DILLINGER IN AREA
PORT HURON, Mich., March
16. (UP).—Herbert Youngblood,
negro, who broke Crown Pnin*,
Ind., jail with John Dillinger was
shot and critically wounded in a
gun battle with police here today.
Clarence Marx, police officer,
informed by the United Press of
a man of Youngblood's descrip
tion, confronted the negro with
identification and obtained his ad
mission that he was with Dillinger
when the desperado broke out by
the use of a wooden pistol. "He
also told me Dillinger and two
companions are in this vicinity
and we are starting now to hunt
them," Marx said.
SHERIFF HOLLEY WOULD
GET INTO ACTION
CROWN POINT, Ind. March
16.—(UP).—Sheriff Lillian Hoi
ley, from whose jail Dillinger es
caped, said today when told his
negro companion had been cap
tured that she would go to Port
Huron. "If there is an even
chance Dillinger is there I want,
to be right there when that man
is brought down," she said.
PRESBYTERIANS WIL1.
HAVE CANTATA FOR
EASTER NIGHT EVENT
An Easter cantata entitled "II>
is Risen," by Worthing, will bo
rendered at the Presbyterian
church by the choir of that churc'i
at 8 o'clock on the evening of
Easter Sunday, April 1.
On account of tbe fact that
Easter Sunday falls this your on
the first Sunday of the month,
the quarterly communion service
will be held on the last Sunday of
this month, March 25, which is
also the last Sunday of the
church year.
This coming Sunday, Match 18.
a brief congregational meetinr
will follow the morning service, in
order to receive the report of th<
church canvass, to adopt a budget
for the ensuing year, and to con
sider any other matter pertaining
to the finances of the chuch. The
sermon subject of this scrviee wi'J
be, "Glorying in the Cross," and
will be followed by the singing of
"The Old Rugged Cross," by a
mixed quartet.
MEDIATORS ACTIVE
RIRMINGHAM, Ala., Mar. U>.
(UP)—A mediation committee
has drafted an agreement de
signed to end a strike affecting
about 11,000 coal miners in the
state by the end of the week.
Pending ratification by the strik
ers and coal operators, mediators
yesterday declined to divulge .de
tails of the agreement.
THK[ GUESSK
WHO WAS
DWIOHT
L.MOODy
?
WHAT
SO'JTH
AMERCAN1
|COUNTP\Lj'
HAVE.
NO
SEAPORT
?
FOR WHAT KIND OF POINTINGS
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