HENDERSON, gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA. NINETEENTH YEAR Roosevelt Is Seen As Logical Candidate For Presidential Nomination Democrats In North Carolina Seem Almost Unanimous ly in Favor of New Y orker nfwton d. baker is also being mentioned Majority of Leaders in State Are of Belief That Alfred E. Smith Will Not Seek Nomination Again DaMjr Harriß. In pound the trawler and officials s atd it could not be hauled from the hearh until the sea abates. They said iliiuld the destructive waves continue d’e rr»ft probably would be lost. Dqmrlmental Heads To Confer With Governor Daily lllunnirk Rerrne. la Ike Sir Walter Hotel. r , "i J r. imhkkrvili.. “* r, Bh. Jnn. 13. Members of the Advisory Budget Commission are in *° n with Governor O. Gardner and Henry Burke, as director of the budget, pre paratory to the meeting here tomor- U'W with the Governor and Budget of the heads of all the state department and Institu '°ns. *o work out a plan for the cur ailmrnt of state expenditures, so as hold them within the revenues in sight For according to the Budget Bu rr,u estimates .the various depart mV,t * institutions—but not the schools, insofar as they are • upported by State funds— must cur y ,b *'r appropriations 30 per cent ’f more for the balance of this fiscal ■ r ' r s,v * all of the next fiscal year, ih*! r ,f> avo *d * deficit. That means ■*' the State departments and In ««k'L! on ‘' n,ua * Set along on from 83.- ' lo $4,000,000 a year lass than n„ Y *** e*P*etsd. when the appro “ '? mn *«* was passed by the 1881 ***einbly. The appropriation , r .| or '- inal l7 passd by the 1831 gea rs. . provided for the ex f of H9j5 17 g4 A year the .'° Us St *t* agencies, although It eted a Revenue Act that would Hmt&rrsmt Hatltt Utsrratrh or pHSbP* Quits Post HMT T“ ¥ ■ ..-BB^I | : ‘ 1 ■ 4Sf SL •BBIIkIP PTemiere Pierre Laval, who headed the government of France for just ten days lass than one year, has given up his post. He presented his resigna tion, together with those of his cab inet members to President Doumer at the executive palace last night iwrsMiT CARAWAYftEfiTES Mrs. Caraway Overwhelms Two Independent Can didates In Arkansas tittle Rock, Ark., Jan. 13 (API— A mother whose life was largely cpn cerned with domestic affairs until two months ago will serve as the first woman ever elected in the United States Senate. Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway, srkjow of Arkansas' junior senator. Thaddeus H. Caraway, yesterday overwhelmed special election to achieve the dis two independent candidates in a special election to achieve the dis tinction and fulfil the fondest hopes of those "fighting suffragettes" who a little more than a decade ago pick eted the White House for “eqUal rights.” ARGUMENTS STARTED IN TRIAL AT WILSON Wilson, Jan. 13 (AP)—Both defense and state rested today in the trial of Alton J. Jordan. Norfolk, V» % attor ney i n United States District court here on a charge of perjury and argu ments were begun. Arguments were limited to three hours. yield only $27,013,873 on estimates made a year ago. Present estmates In dicate that this Revenue Act will not yield more than $23,500,000 a year at most, and that hence the various State (agencies must cut down their ex penses to stay within this expected revenue. This Is going to be a difficult thing for the , various State departments and institutions to do. In the first place, th original appropriations were cut to what at that time was con sidered the very bone, during the gen eral assembly, so that another reduc tion of 30 per cent will work a very great hardship on any Institutions, especially those devoted to the care of the unfortunate, such as the insane and mentally sick, whose numbers are increasing, and the prisoners in the cam of the State. It will compel many State departments to reduce their staffs and organisations to a mere skeleton organisations with a equa tion of almost all field work, so that travel expenses may be virtually eli minated. It will also compel the trim ming of all the “trimmings" from the activities of the Institutions of higher learning, new a part of thb University of North Carolina, and a retention of only tha eesentall educational ac (Continued an Pife Threap ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA ANn VTrTtmia HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY JANUARY 13 1932“ TAX INCREASE PUN OF ADMINISTRATION OFFERED TO HOUSE Secretary of Treasury Ap pear* Before Way* And Mean* Committee To Explain BALANCED BUDGET IN 1934 IS PLANNED FOR Revenue Raising Legislation If Necessary To Cover Cur rent Expenditures Secre tary Mellon Says Washington. Jan. 13—(AP) —A bal anced budget at the end of the fiscal year 1934, is the goal of the admin istration tax increase program sub mitted today by Secertarv Melton to the House Ways and Means commit tee. Appearing as the-principal-witness at the opening of hearings before the Democratic controlled group that will formulate broader revenue raising leg islation, the veteran cabinet member of three Republican administrations said: “We are inth e midst of a grave emergency. It is essential to raise ad ditional revenue not just to cover cur rent expenditures /but to maintain unimpaired the credit of the United States government. "This last objective is of paramount importance to every citizen in the land. It Is an indispensible step In ou rprogress towards recovery. "The losses that will be suffered by every individual and every Industry through a continuation of the depres sion will exceed many times over the amount to be contributed in addi tional taxes. "It is not only the patriotic duty of all to insure the financial stability of the government in times such as these but the sacrifice demanded —if we de sire to put the justification on a lower I plane—ls amply warranted by con-1 adieratlon of individual self interest.” | ARRMMFF FOR GUILD’S DEATH Confessed Slayer Nods Head To Say He Will Employ Counsel O. Jan. 13 (AP) —Too nervous to Speak. Charles Bischoff. confessed slayer of six year old Ma rlon McLean, .nodded his head to sig nify that he will employ couneel to defend himself. The 48 year old shoemaker and the crowd alike were silent as he made his first appearance in court. A,score of guards surrounded him. Judge Charles S. Bell gave him un til 2 p. m. tomorrow to obtain an at torney. After that he will have to plead to a first degree murder In dictment returned on the basis of his confession that he kidnapped Marian and prepetrated the assault which caused her death. CHARGES AGAINST MELLON ARE HEARD Patman Says Justice Depart ment Has Allowed Offi cial Free Rein Washington, Jan. 13. —(AP)— A charge the Justice Department has let Secretary Meleion “run roufch shod” over federal laws was made before the House Judiciary committee today by Representative aPtman, Texas, Democrat, but was stricken out of the record on the suggestion of Chairman Summers. Patman was testifying on his resolu tion seeking impeachment of the vet eran treasury head for "high crimes And misdeem canons.” Representative Michener, Michigan, Republican, ask ed at one point why he had not taken his charges to the justice department 1 The Texan replied that since the' Department “has let him run rough shod over laws as I believe what rea eon would I have to expect It would make a criminal prosecution ?” CAMPBELL COLLEGE SEEKING MORE FUNDS Buies Creek* *. Jan. 18. ——Dr. Janies Archibald Campbell, who found eg Buies Creek, academy which te now Cambell College here over forty yean ago today celebrated his birthday. The day aleo brought to a climax Cambell College’s drive to raise $70,- 000 for Its endowment fund. Final re ports were not ready this afternoon but it was believed that the workers in the "$70,000 for 70 years’* campaign were not far from their goal. Finally Confesses Charles Bischoff, 46-ycar-old shoe maker and owner of a Cincinnati tenement house, has confessed that he killed six-year-old Mariar. JdcLcan and hid her battered body in the basement of his house a few days before Christmas, police say. Bischoff has-been held since the day he rushed from his home, declaring he had found the girl’s body. PSCHiATffISfSLAir BY INMATE OF JAIL Sixteen Year Old Girl Vic : tim of Pennsylvania Prison Convict Rock View Penitentiary, Bellefonte. Pa,, Jan. 13.— ehise-privtlege tax of $25,876.80 unde r protest .demanded return and thf >n brought suit for its recovery unfJer Section 510 of the Revenue Act. The case is somewhat similar to (Kfi brought by th Railway Express Agency against Commissioner \ Mag well in 1929 and which was finally decided by the State Supreme-court la October. 1930. In which the North Carolina Revenue Act and Oammis sloner Maxwell were upheld, la that 6 PAGESi TODAY| FIVE CENTS COPY Nine Killed At Moundvillc And Three Others In VL cinity of Birmingham ABOUT FORTY HOMES ARE ALSO DESTROYED Hundreds Are Reported To Have Been Injured In States of Alabama And Mississippi Last Night Moundvillc. Ala., Jan. 13.—(AP) —Nine Negros were killed, more than a score. Including a number of white persons, were injured and between thirty and forty home* were destroyed by a tornado which struck In the vicinity of Mound vlll© last night. Birmingham. Ala., Jan. 13.—(AP) Three known dead, more than 125 in jured and thousands of dollars In pro perty damage today wan left in the wake of a tornado that swept across five counties in Alabama and Missis sippi late yesterday. New Hamilton, Miss., one of the first towns struck was virtually d*- j molished. it reported one of the dead j and approximately 100 of the injured. I Homes and buildings were blown down and trees and vegetation up- I rooted. The single fatality there was Mrs. Frank Simmons, killed when the wind storm razed her home. Many of the in jured were taken to Aberdeen, Mias., | for treatment. Near New Hamilton > considerable damage and several in- I jured were reported at Oklahoma, ; Miss. ! CONFESS BOMBING | OF KANSAS TREATRE Sound Projectionist Union Head Held With Com. panion For Murder Kansas City. Jan. 13. —(AP)—Poll eg | today announced that Ermal Jay Lite, 3t, president of the Sound Projection* ists association, confessed that ke and E. M. Evans. 40. his business ‘ agent made the bomb which exploded Mon day night in a lobby df the Midland theatre killing Frank Alexander, Ne | gro janitor. Police quoted LUe as saying they i induced Edward Gillespie, 22, former convict, to place the bomb under n seat in the theatre balcony under the impression the bomb contained liquor. The union official declared Gillespie was unaware that the package con* tained explosives. FINANCE COMMITTEE HEARING DELAYED Washington. Jan. 13. —(AP)— The State epartment representative went • to Capitol Hill today to answer testi mony that they had intervened to in fluence New York bankers to lend money to Columbia but tha hearing was postponed. Senator Johnson. Republican, Cali fornia asked the Senate Finance com mittee to delay the bearing until to morrow. case the Railway Express Agency con tested the imposition of the franchise privilege tax enacted by the 1929 gen eral assembly of sls a mile over the lines over v/.iich they operated in . North Carolina. The State Supreme Court suse'j-tined the constitutional ity of the )jw and there was no ap peal to the» u. 8. Supreme Court. In its Complaint, the Southeastern Express > Company maintain that the tax imposed upon it Is excessive, ex orbita y and undertakes to sustain the conte j ;ion mainly by alleging that Ita total net operating income for 1980 was.- $133,232, that its operating income frr r , North Carolina intrastate busi n