HENDERSON, GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. NINETEENTH YEAR SPEEDY TRIAL FOR CONFESSED SLAYER OF CHILD ORDERED Cincinnati Takes Steps To Bring About Arraign, ment of Charles Bischoff CONFESSES ABDUCTION OF SIX YEAR OLD GIRL Prosecuting Attorney Pre pares To Offer Indictment to Grand Jury Less Than Day Following Confession C incinnal i 0., Jan. 12. ries and ? "drama"’ in the jail cell trapped Btfcnoff Into confessing, au t.h>ritie? said. Peouty Sheriff Lynn Black, his face nia ke«l h ir.st in. shouting he was Marian'.-* L.icle .and flourished a gun. The disguts-ed deputy "kidnaped" Bis rhoff from the jail and took him to the county garage, whore he said. "Were alone, now tell me about it.” "I might have done it." Bischoff) answered When the tuse was made plain to him. he broke and talked. Sitting on the bed in his cell, he unemotionally told a disconnected story of coaxing the girl to Join him. of assaulting her and of hiding her body for four days. Marian died from hemorrhages caused by criminal as rault, the coroner found. "I am sorry it happened.” he said. "I didn't have any idea of killing her. It's done nov; and I can't help it." CRISIS IN HAWAII REPORTED PASSED U. S. Soldiers And Sailors Again Allowed To Visit City of Honolulu Honolulu. Jan. 12. (APi—-Soldiers *nd ■ailor*. warned against violence re-e n t?t'>d Honolulu today for the first tme rince the killing of a native < barged with attacking p. naval of ficers wife precipitated a reign of terror Freed'-m to again visit the city was gMnied enlisted service men follow ,n~ '"onrerence between Governor I •wrnirc M. Judd and Rear Admiral Yale. Stirling, at which they decided the crisis of the hysterical situation h-id passed. CRUSHED COTTON'D IS SHOWING DECLINE Wellington. Jan. 12. —f AP)—Cot “-1 crushed during the five m -cths period August 1 to December was reported by the Census Bu tcHti I'xlay as having totalled 2,907,- ? '* 7 ~,n' compared with 3.130.490 ton*. 'h<- nne period a year ago and cot toned on hand at milts December totalled 1.400,325 tons compared •'ith t>9l.Pv4 tons a year ago. lleconstruction Finance llody Would Help State OMIr m.patrk Harms. >• the Sir Wnltrr HwlrL. r, , Ms ■» C. H.ISKKBVILL . Jan 12.—The enactment of " I" 11 by Congress setting up the onstruction Finance Corporation * ,?h a capital of 32.000,000,000 will do , ro relieve the present financial * '* ln ,n the United States as a whole ih * n ‘ S ’ nrth Carolina in particular, aa any,hin ® nov/ being contemplat b>’ Congress or the National pov ■r.mcnt. in the opinion of Governor Max Gardner and others who have fn Rowing the course of this msa rfl ' Governor Gardner was among . * to ,J rge its enactment Those rh " r S,ate who w ere acquainted with c , °P*ratlon of the old War Finance -rporation, to which the Reconstruc ,n Finance Corporation ie similar, M,r. vp that „ wi „ he , p rehe-.jng tha prw , ent financial >r nge nC y a ,j Be<;tiona Q f the *ih!T?* r,al,y e olhusiastlc over the poe enrl' p" of th * Reconstruction Fln- r; t r^ r * Uon “ °- K ’ in Commissioner of Insurance, boo - , arKC of Building and Loan As m- •v!° r ' 8 in North Carolina, who dur '•V s . r c War wa * connected with the be .v,, , ance Corporation. Although 1 ‘.ts :his corporation should have Satin 9ULLLXA3ID wjus wmn Qy toaiSSciatiid pSgy SENATE CONSIDERS RELIEF FUNDS - ______ bcnaior La Folk-tie d Senator Cutting ___ Ni-I'''tor Wheeler^* Social workers from New York and Chicago have been presenting statistics on funds needed for un employment relief throughout the nation to a senate sub-committee in Washington, maintaining that there are insufficient fund? in private, city a'id state source? to carry the load through the win ‘er. An estimated 5G00.009.000 BLAME RACKETEERS FOR CHICAGO DEATH Concern In Windy City Slain by Gangster Chicago. Jan. 12.—(API—A new war in Chicago's turbulent cleaning and dyeing industry was believed by police today to have been responsible for the killing of Benjamin Rosenberg. 46. manager of a dry cleaning concern and campaigner against racketeering. He was slugged near his home in suburban Maywood last night and shot six times by three assassins while he lay helpless on the street. It was the first incident of its kind since the bloody warfare betwet n At Capone and George (Bugs) Moran, over con trol of the “cleaning racket.” MELLON CHARGES TO BE AIRED TOMORROW Washington, Jan. 12 (AP)— Impeachment charges against Secretary Mellon by Representa tive Patman will be considered at a public hearing tomorrow by the House Judiciary committee. The committee reached this de cision today behind closed doors. NAVY PILOT KILLED WHEN TORPEDO PLANE. CAPSIZES San Diego. Calif.. Jan. 12.- Chief Aviation Pilot C. M. Carter, 33., was injured fatally and Chief aviation pilot R. T. Thompson, was slightly injured Monday when their Navy Torpedo plane capsieed in landing at the bor der airport, 14 miles aoutn of here. Witnesses could offer no explanation. been set up a year ago or even ear lier to have done a maximum amount of good, that it still can be of great service. “As soon &sf this corporation is set up—and indications are that the bill creating it will be passed by the end of this week—a sum of $2,000,000,000 will be available for the relief of banks, both commercial and savings, trust companies, insurance companies, agricultural and livestock credit cor porations and railroads and through them afford relief to all classes of business. This will inspire confidence In all classes of people and in turn in business and serve to get conditions back to a more normal status." Mr. Laßoque said In discussion the new corporation. “Loans may be made to these va rious institutions for a period of three years, at low interest rates, with the privilege on the part of the directors to extend these loans for another period of two years. This should pro vide ample time to thaw out* what is genetmlly referred to as ‘frosen loans’ and thus enable banks that at present have a quantity of ‘froaen paper’ to get into a liquid ami prosperous con (Ooutinued on Ftp Twb£ ' * ' , 1 | J. . ‘ -V- ’ •' / ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA Awn vipmiA • is needed, they declare. Iwo bills i are before the committee, one to I appropriate $375,000,000 and the | other $250,000,000. Senator Rob ! ert La FoMettc, Jr., Wisconsin, i? chairman of the committee, and ! its other members are Senators ; Bronson M. Cutting, of New Mex ico; Henry D Hatfield. West Vir ginia; Burton Wheelci. Montana. Ch inese Bandits In Manchuria Holding Own Against Japs London, Jan. 12.—(AP)—An ex chance telegraph die patch from i ■ *»«■» isia mu ant mwi .. fighting is continuing west of the Liao river in Manchuria and that several Japanese detachments were wiped out after being sur rounded by thousands of well equipped Chinese irregulars who are destroying the railways in co der to prevent the arrival of "rein forcements. JUDGE WHOJIED CAPONE PROMOTED ♦ Is Recognition For Services In Breaking Gang Activities Washington, Jan./diJ. —iAP»-Judge James H. Wilkerson, of Chicago, who recently sentenced A1 Capone, was’ ad vanced from the District to the Cir cuit bench today by President Hoover in recognition of his services in break ing up gangster activities in Chicago. In briefly announcing the advance ment of Wilkerson. the president said it was part of the recognition due federal officials working in Chicago for breaking up the activities of the gangsters. FARM GROUPSSEEK AMENDMENTSTOAGT Equalization Fee And Ex pert Debenture Clause Favored, Heads Say Washington. Jan. 12.—(AP)— Or ganized farmers asked the House Agri cultural committee today to Include the equalization fee and export de benture relief plans in the farm board act. Edward A. DO’Neal. Dresident of the American Farm Bureau Federation, I*. J. Tabor, master of the National Grange and John A Simpson, presi dent of the Farmer's Union appeared. O'Neal said "the three organisations want the marketing act amended so it will be more competent." CONNOR NOT TO RUN FOI* LEGISLATURE Raleigh. Jan. IZ (AP) —H. G. (Tobe) Connor, of Wilson, veteran of six terms in the general assembly, one ms a senator and five as a member of the house, said hers today that he would not offer for re-election in the June primary. ~ NEGRO VICTIM OF, HIT-RUN DRIVER High Point.. Jam. 12.-~(AP> Fragk Yokely, aged Thofhasvflle Negro, wis killed by a hit and run driver on Highway 10, south of here today, HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 12, 1932 WHOLE GABINET IN FRANCE REINS TO AID PREMIER LAVAL Premier To Hive Free Rein In Reconstructing Min. istry After Briand Quits ACTION EXPECTED BY NATIONAL LEADERS \ . Briand Resignation Togeth er With Sudden Death of War Minister Led to Cabi net Crisis For France Paris, France, Jan. 12.—(AP)— The entire French cabinet today followed the exai iple of Aristide Briand and placet their portfolios In the hands of Premier Laval, leaving him free' to do as ho wishes in reconstructing the min istry. This action cot altogether unex pected followed a conversation between the premier and M. Briand, whose 111 health Impelled him to ask last Week that he he permitted to retire as foreign min ister. This development, coupled with tho sudden death of Andre Magi not, minister or war, precipitated the cabinet crisis. GEOIiCALSURVEV | WILL HELP STATE I — .. 1 Benefits Os Present Work Are Related By Society CM Engineers - * * Dally Dlspatek Barcua ln the Sir Wxlter Hotr,. ST J, C. Ml«l;ilviLL Raleigh. Jan. 12.—Property owners in North Carolina will be saved hun dreds of thousands of dollars when the present geological survey, now be ing completed in North Carolina, is finished, according to. J. Summie Whitener, secretary of the North Car olina Society of Engineers. For this survey, when completed, will obviate the necessity for any additional re jurveys in the State for any purpose whatever and wilt make it possible to settle boundary line disputes without any new surveys. To get the fullest usefulness from the sui ey it will be necessary to make topographical and relief irytps of the State, which will in turn make it possible to locate new highway routes, water power sites, power trails mission routes and bridge sites from these maps, without recourse to actual surveys that are now required and which are so costly. These relief maps will also make possible the settlement of boundary disputes of ail sorts with out recourse to the courts and thus make possible a tremendous saving to landowners. justigTholmes Will QUIT BENCH Resigns Seat On Nation's Highest Tribunal Because of 111 Health Washington. Jan. 12.—(AP)—Oliver Wendell Holmes has resigned as jus tice of the United States Supreme Court. President Hoover today accepted the resignation. The justice in a letter to the presi dent dated January 12, said the con dition of his health made the move necessary. Holmes told the president “the time has come when I must bow to the inevitable.” Announcing receipt of the resigna tion the president Bald, “I must, of course, accept It.” The veteran justice will be 91 on March 8. The strength of Mr. Holmes has been markedly lessening in late months. His step became somewhat Impelled at times and he has become stooped. He frequently required the help of court pages or of his fellow justices to take his seat and rise ester the seseion was over at recent meetings of the court wiatheY FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Bain tonight and Wednesday; warmer except on Re southeast coast tonight? warmer in the in terior of north'-portion Wednes day; increasing southsahi winds heooming fresh, possibly strung. First Part Os Hoover Program For Economic Relief Is . Given OverwhelmingSenateApproval AS DEMOCRATIC CHIEFS GATHERED 1l !* F - -4| . 4Mr jbl x ,. -' xm>: vli’rfß * #*■ • i|f*. JsdT’"' JEggr r £^^^^HroSH^^Bß^M(MHßj|i|W^^Miif^V• , * BBpp ■ * 4js«3lll^^»' : JjJ’* Here are three leading L) :. .ucraU, snapped in Washington, D. C.. as they attended the Jackson Day dinner of party leaders to decide on such matters as the convention city for 1032. They art, left to A! Smith, former governor Economic Session C. Assembly Opens at Columbia Columbia, 8. C, Jan. 12.—(AP)— South Carolina’s lawmakers as sembled today for what advance notices indicated will be the 1932 “economic” session of the legisla ture. A dozen or more questions of importance confronted the legis lator- as they assembled for their third meeting within a year, but standing out among all others was the matter of economy. SURVEY FOR RADIO FACILITIES SOUGHT Senate Calls On Radio Com. mission For Exhaustive Investigation Washington, Jan. 12.- (AP) The Senate today called upon the Radio Commission to make a survey on the use of radio facilities for purposes of commercial advertising. A resolution by Senator Couzens, Republican. Michigan, directing an exhaustive inquiry into the whole radio field was quickly adopted. Senator Dill added an amendment ( directing the commission to report on the use of radio by educational in stitutions contending the commission has not given sufficient consideration to the educational side. The Couzens resolution said there is "growing dissatisfaction with the pre sent use of radio facilities for pur poses of commercial advertising.” It calls upon the commission to re port on information available on the "feasibility of government ownership 'and operation of broadcasting fa cilities.” COTTON CO-OPS TO HAVE ESSAY CONTEST 1 Dally Dtnpates Bsrena. ■ « Ik* Mr \\>l*cr nr j c. baskf.hvjll. Raleigh. Jan. 12—With "Cotton Production in North Carolina—How to Make It Profitable” as the subject, plans by the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association for its fifth annual essay contest are get ting well under way. Agricultural authorities are showing active intereet in the subject which they agree is especially timely, and Dr. R. Y. Winters, director of the State Experiment Station, and Prof. C. B. Williams, of the State College Agronomy Department, have agreed to furnish material relative to cotton production for the information book let which will be distributed to con testants. Dr. Joseph 6. Knapp, asso ciate agricultural economist at N. C. State College, has been requested to furnish copy on methods of market ing the crop. PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. oi Nuw )o; k and U._*mocrutic presidential candidate in 1028; John Kaskob, chairman of the Democratic national committee, and James M. Cox, of Ohio, who was the Democratic candidate for the presidency in 1020. BANK OF MAGNOLIA LOOTED BY BANDITS About $50,000 Reported Taken by Three Masked Men Shortly Be. fore Noon Magnolia. Jan. 12. (API The bank of Magnolia was robbed here oday by three white men who slugged the as sistant cashier, locked him in a vault and escaped with a sum at first esti mated at 350.000. The men entered the bank at 11:50 a. m., knocked Alton Gaynor. the as sistant cashier, unconscious and threw him in a vault and then fled south ward in an automobile. Police throughout the southeastern part of the State were notified and asked to watch for the trio. Magnolia is a village of 802 popula tion. Bank officials said they had an unusually large supply of currency on hand. Police said the three men were seen about the town several hours before the robbery and that they "must have been familiar with the bank and this section of the county." They said one of the men waited in a small sedan while the two others entered the bank, guns drawn and with handkerchiefs over their faces. Gaynor was the only person in the bank at the time. L. L. Dill .the cashier, had just left and was across the street. Mac Lean Outburst Fails To Help Election Chances Dally Diayatrh Birrm. In Ihe Sir Waller Hotel. OT J. C. UISKEKVIM- Raleigh. Jan. 12.—1 f Angus D. Mac- Lean of Washington, Beaufort coun ty. father of "The Law" (Mac Lean law) in the 1931 general assembly and "boss” of some 70 members of the house in advocating a sales tax to put the Mac Lean law into effect, expects to become a candidate for the Demo cratic nmination for Gvernor. he has not helped his prospective candidacy oy his recent outburst against the 1931 general assembly ana by his implica tions that the State's credit is crumb ling, merely because the general aasm bly refused to enact the revenue mea sures he advocated, according to a ma jority of the political observers here. It Is*true that Mr. Mac Lean did not say that North Carolina bonds are now selling at 380. and his denial is printed in the Monday issue of The News and Observer. But Mr. Mac Lean did say. according to those who heard him, that North Carolina bonds now had a loan value of only SBO, which to the average person would give the impression that the bonds are worth 0n1y.360, or only a little more than half their par value. It may be that Mr. Mac Lean knows of some hanks that will not loan more than SBO for 6 PAGES TODAI FIVE CENTS COPY Reconstruction Corporation Measure Favorably Voted Upon At Senate Session APPROVAL IS SIGNAL FOR MOVING FORWARD Bill To Increase Capital of Federal Land Banks By lOCVMillion Dollars Is Next Before Senate Washington, Jan. 12.—(AP)—Over whelming Senate approval of the re construction corporation measure sig nalled today a general advance for the entire presidential program of econo mic legislation. The two billion dollar reconstruc tion unit passed the Senate late last night, sixty-three to eight, eight, with only few amendments attached to it. Already in the House in the form of a companion bill, the project advanced there today with a general debate headed for & vote late tomorrow or Thursday. Without missing a beat, the Senate turned to take up number two in President Hoover's hat: me bill to increase the capital of Federal Land Banks by 100 million dollars. It al ready has passed the House. Farm Ixntn Provided. As passed by the senate the finance corporation will have power to pour its billions in loans into banks, sav ings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations ,the railroads, insurance companies, agricultural and live stock credit corporations, federal and joint stock land banks, mort gage loan companies and exporting agencies. It carries a “rider” by Sen ator Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, providing 950 000.000 to be Iwiiiiml by the agriculture department to fann ers. Vigorous attempts were made in the 10 hours of debate which preced ed the vote to have its leading pro visions extended to municipalities, but these were defeated by 45 to 28. Going farther the senate struck out an amendment sponsored by Senator Shipstead. former-labor, Minn—Ota, permitting loans to estates and state* operated rural credit systems. PURDUE ESTATE TO APPEAL DECISION Compensation Denied School Teacher Killed In Altercation Raleigh. Jan. 12.—(AP)—Thu first appeal in a death case since the Stats became insuror of public school teach ers under the 1931 school law -will be heard in Statesville Thursday after* noon. The estate of Raymond R. "Purdue, high school football coach at States ville. who was killed in an altercation at a football game at Taj lorsvilla, was appealed from the refusal of the State Board of Equalization to allow compensation. J. Dewey ors*:tt, Indus trial Commissioner, will hecar the ap peal. each SIOO worth of Njirth Carolina bonds as collateral. Buff it is shown as a fact that & great » many banka have been loaning miipey to other banks for the full par lvalue of the North Carolina bonds, and that the State of North Carollt i a.itself accepts the bonds at their p- i r lvalue for se curity for State fundi, j So in implying that the bonds of his own State are no lonf :e*j of par value, because the 1831 g r nepal assembly lacked, as he said, “tlie moral courage” to enact what he coo jidered to be the proper type of Rev i nue Bill, embrac ing his own sales tux plan, Mr. Mao- Lean is striking an ther very root of public confidence t>oth!tn the Mata government and iI a institutions, ac cording to opinion ■ here,'and thus has antagonized sire's 1y a majority of bankers, business than and othpr* In the State who be tj eve ip North Caro lina. in its bonds and fb maintaining faith and confide nde in' the State. “Mac Lean, in It is intense. sectional ism and partis anshtp, apparently seems willing to ■acrifipe all the rest of tbe State in order to jurtlf’ hie own position ant his own parity lans for saving eastes n North Carolina,” (Continued oo Pegg w* * * - * - / S t -