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HENDERSON, gateway TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. NINETEENTH YEAR DAWES MAY HEAD RECONSTRUCTION BODY Japanese Reply To American Note Is Attacked By Chinese Impertinent to America and insulting to China, For eign Office Declare* SAYS JAPANESE WANT TO MASTER PACIFIC Gives Reasons For Jap As sertion Regarding Import »nce of Welfare And Safety of Manchurian Area Xank'i'K J»«- —(API ..Japan’-* reply to SKtvtary of „ tt i. stl.-nson's rfcwt note ritlnf n |ne power treaty In connec ts with the Manchurian sittia- Sm •as railed “Impertinent to \nrri<-» and Imultlnf to China*' lorrgpi »ffic*' *-»da>. -TV Jnpanewe assertion that the ndiarr and safety of Manchuria are matters of extraordinary tm purtwo- to Japan," the apoken m>n said, ***s |>erfectly trtie be rausr Manchuria an a aotiree of raw material and a mwatre mean* in .lapiin's domlnaUoa of China la Indeed of extraordinary impor tance to Japan In her preparations tor the eventual war which the Japanese general staff considers Inevitable for the mastery of the Pacific ocean." HOUSEWiLLPROBE UTILITY KOLOINGS Committee Authored To Conduct infestation Into Ownership Washington. Jan. 19. (AP* The House today directed its Interstate Commerce enmmitete to Investigate public utility holdings and Investment trust companies to determine their •wnerahip and control. The House Agriculture committee voted to Join with the Senate com mittee In an Investigation of the Farm Board. The Senate Agriculture committee approved the nomination of Frank Evans, of Utah. Sam Thompson, of Illinois, and William F. Schilling, of Minnesota to the Farm hoard Chair man McNary said the committee’s ap proval of the nominations was vir tually unanimous. Another group of anti-prohibition ennjcrrssmcn went, before a senate committee today to advocate the Bingham f-percent beer bill Repre sentative Pieksteln. Democrat. New fork, contended employment of the whole army “couldn’t stop this thing forng on today." The House Judiciary committee set febrjarv 16 for consideration of the prohibition proposal submitted by the *et blocks. Resolutions introduced by Repre sentative Reck, of Pennsylvania lead er of Republican wets and Linthicum. Maryland, leader of Democratic •*t». deal with the submission of the •h amendment to the people through state convention. They proposed re urn of liquor control to the states ♦*eept for federal jurisdiction over in terstate shipments. Roosevelt Sentiment In New York Is Not Large D»ll? IMepntrfc Rirrat. . •» tfc* Mir WiMrr HatrL Rll J f - BA'MERVIU. sieigh. j an A great many Jj®** * in New York City, among them fiy big business men. do not be- Vs ’bat Governor Franklin D. n{ N „ w york wU| the «ext Democratic nominee for Presi ent according to Carl Goerch. of tl ** ' n f ton * N ' just re * ned from a trip of several days to "anhatten Neither to these New aif believe that former Governor * 4 will become a can h a * ff ‘ r f>,,> Demeocratic nomina wiH aga,n ’bough they believe Smith Drm * lfl a P° w «rful influence in the ocra ’ ,r National Convention and of »h much ’° do with the selection 1 nominee. H * ****' many of the people I talk ie ° ,n N ’* w York are inclined to t 0 al Xr riith will never consent (jj-, * nomination of Roosevelt and u... ** . ran an< * will *>k>ck his nom- Coev. n .i n th ® Democratic National ’be pa '? n and “M**® necesaary fland,* . alion of compromise Goerch said. With the fsctioJ 3 C cam P divided into two _ s. sue has will be the case of °Ppoees the nomination of Imtitersmt BatUt Hisnatrh 'st^^asgjKß , o ßsSff» WILL BE GIVEN BIG JOB .... . | ~ . Jm w 'r:i Charles G. Dawes. Ambassador Charles G. Dawes. America's representative at the Court of St. James, at London, who has already signified his Intention of giv ing up the post of ambassador to Great Britain, ha£< been named by President Hoover to head the two ARMS DELEGATION TO LEAVE WEDNESDAY Members Receive Outline of Policies In Conference With Stimson Washington, Jan. 19.—(AP)—Amer- ica’s delegation to the general dis armament coiuerence win sail Wed nesday under Instructions to play a modest role at Geneva. The members received an outline of policy In a final talk with Secretary Stimson. The House has smoothed their path by authorizing money for i their expenses, a lump gum of $450,- | 000, to cover weeks and months of discussion and debate. Roosevelt, the folk up north seem to think a compromise candidate will win out and that this candidate should and probably will come from the south. “I heard a number of men In New York predict that Speaker John N. Garner of Texas wllh be the next Democratic nominee for president. For though Garner is from Texas, he is extremely popular in New York and everybody up there seems to hold him in great admiration. There is some talk of Newton D. Baker, but not much. I found only comp iratlvely few people who thought Ge' ernor Roose velt could be nominate l." The people In New York keep in close touch with what s going on In North Carolina and )w a lot about this State. Goerch saw ,and keep in formed as to economic and business conditions in the State. "It seems to be the generally ac cepted idea in New York that North Carolina is the molt progressive state in the south—an idea I did not dis pute,” Goerch sal*. “I also found that a surprisingly lyge number of peo ple in and aroigtd New York spend their vacations/ in North Carolina, both summer aid winter," ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA billion dollar Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Whether or not he will consent to assume this responsibility remains to be seen. It will mean that he will have to give up his poet as chairman of the American delegation to the Geneva Arms parley next month. % Southerners Join To Pay Tributes To Robert E. Lee Rlobmond, Jan. 19.—(AI*)—The new south and the old south were one today as Robert Edward Lee, the great chieftain of the Con federacy was honored throughout the vast territory once under the stars and bars. Virginia, on whose battlefields Lee waged campaigns which stand as monuments of military strategy and for whom he labored In peace as in war, took the lead In the ob servance of the 125th anniversary of her famous son. MURRAY STATEMENT STARTLES DRY BODY Oklahoma Governor Says More Satisfactory Liquor Control Possible Washington. Jan. 19. — <AP> A startled Anti-Saloon League conven tion weighed today a surprised sug gestion from Governor Murray, of Oklahoma that a more satisfactory form of liquor control migEit tfej sub stituted for existing prohlMtioo.j Recognised as a dry, the “Alfalfa Bill'* was given a prominent place on last night’s program 8f the convention following close upon a stir ring aodress by Bishop James Can non, Jr., defending the prohibition part he aad other southern church man had played in do lit Ice I campaigns and promising more of the same if necessary. CHARLOTTE MAN IS DEAD AT MORGANTON Morganton, Jan. 19.—(AP)— Alfred W. Brown. 54. real estate dealer of Charlotte. Who has been under treat ment at the State hospital here for nervous disorder* was found strangled to death in fads room today. He apparently had - torn a sheet In two strips, fastened them about the hinges of thv door and his neck and twisted them until tie strangled hlm- ML—- HENDERSON, N. C., TUEBDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 19,1932 BAD M|l MAY RESULT FROM TAPS INVASION CHINA Official Chinese New* Agency Decprei Bever. a nee of £ Iplomalic Relatioi * Near MANY LEAD iRS HAVE REACHE > DECISION Foreign Min kter Eugene Chen Latest Convert To Such A St* id—Crisis In East Is Now mminent Nanking, Jan. IS.—(AP) The official i Chinese news agency Kuomin announced tonight that the severance of diplomatic relations with Jaoan v.as Immlent because of the Manchurian con troversy. Foreign Minister Eugene Chen la the latest convert to such a stand, the agency said and addi tional Chtneae leaders are rallying to hta viewpoint the latest being the “Christian general,” Feng Yu- Hsiang. URGES GARDNER TO CUT ALL MIES Governor Called On To Cut Wages of Officials To -- *3SO*HHHrth Raleigh, Jan. 19.—(AP)—William T. Harding, for 50 years associated with business and civic life of Raleigh, to day sent an open letter to Governor O. Max Gardner, suggesting that all paid officials reduce their salaries to a $350 per month level. A person can live comparatively com fortably now on $350 per month or should make adjustments to do so. Mr. Harding said, and low salaried employes should not be cut entirely off In order that a “few highly fa vored men may retain their positions at wartime salaries.” NEW PROGRAM FOR HAWAII DISCUSSED Moves To Reorganize Hono. lulu Law Enforcement Agencies Taken (Jp Honolulu, Jan. 19.—(AP)—With a rigorous five point program before it, the Hawaii legislature moved rapidly today to reorganize Honolulu's law enforcement agencies and streng then the criminal laws. The legislators convened in special session yesterday. Inaugurated two bills to make the police chief and prosecutor appointive instead of elec tive. The second reading of the bill today is in line with legislative lead ers’ efforts to push them through in five days, the fastest possible action. CON OF® IS PLACED IN PRISON Another Member of Family Os Indian Leader Placed Under Arrest Bombay. India. Jan. 19.—(AP) —An other member of Mahatma Gandhi’s family went to prison today when his youngest son. Ramdas, was arrested in the village of Haripura for engag ing in Nationalist actlvitiss. Nineteen prisoners, most of them women who were arrested for picket ing outside the government mint to day were tried, convicted And given six months in prison in the remark able short time of 22 minutes. Three spectators who were arrested with them got similar sentences. WEATHER fob NORTH CAROLINA. FaAr tonight and. Wednesday; warmer Wednesday; ItnilnUdbhn northerly winds, becoming variable Wednesday. France Will Not Forego Rights To Reparations Os Germany, Laval Says Statement Is Made As New Cabinet Is Presented to Chamber of Depu ties Today DOUBLE DUTY IS NOW FACED BY COUNTRY No Cancellation Will Take Place Unless Correspond, ing Remission Is Made By Other.Nationi ' Paris, France, Jan. 19.—(API- Premier I .aval introducing his new cabinet to the chamber of deputies today said flatly that France will not forego her rights to repaia tions from Germany. France faces a double duty he said, “the duty towards the gen eration which went through the war, to sacrifice nothing of what is due us without a corresponding remission of our own debts; and the doty to future generations, to subordinate all agreements to a just balance between conditions of production and existence." MORE DISTURBANCES ARE SEEN IN SPAIN Rioting, Burning And Labor Troubles Are Sswki Many Places Madrid, Spain, Jan. 19. —(AP) —Riot ing, burning and labor troubles in dozens of places in Spain in the last 24 hours were followed today by threats of a general strike next Mon day. In several sections of the country, city workers moved out upon Che land and began to till it, the owners in most cases offering no protest. The workers declared they were plowing only enough to provide themselves with food. The general strike reports, which could not be confirmed, said com munists and syndicalists were or ganized for a concerted revolutionary attempt to implant “literal com munism" in Spain. LABOMAIERS TELL OF ATTACKS Appear In Tennessee City to Complain of Being Club, bed In Kentucky Knoxville, Tenn.. Jan. 19. —(AP) Joe Weber and Bill Duncan, National Miners Union organizers, missing since last Friday, came to Knoxville from Appalachia, Va.. today and re lated a story of being arlfited at Cumberland Gap, Tenn., taken by Harlan county officers to Lynch, Ky.. and clubbed into insanity. •)- Weber, a slender light halrfcd man, who said he had been organiser for the National Miners Union at Wilkes Barre. Pa., displayed black and blue stripes across his back and a gash in his neck. He said he and Duncan, 44 year old Bell county miner, were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Hugh Rider, of Clai borne county, Tennessee, last Friday night. EMPLOYMENT NOW SHOWING INCREASE December Shows Gain Over November, Labor De partment Says Washington. Jan. 19. —(AP) — The Labor Department announced today that industrial employment increased almost one percent In December as compared with November. Compilation by me bureau of labor statistics from 49,841 establishments in fifteen major industrial groups showed 4,572,588 workers on payrolls. This was seven-tenths percent more ♦hen in November. Payroll totals in creased also. PUBLISHED evert afternoon EXCEPT SUNDAY. ; Board Chairman i Eugene Meyer. As chairman of the board of the two billion dollar Reconstruction Fin ance Corporation President Hoover to day naifted Eugene Meyer, at present chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Wall Street had expected him to get the office of president of the big concern, which has been offered tc Charles G. Dawes. iiisom CAMPS KEPT BUSY Mild Weather Allows Con victs to be Worked on Roads Every Day ;; L j Raleigh. Jan. 19. —There are at prei sent 4,281 prisoners in the State High way Commission prison camps, of which 2,731 are Negroes, 4,281 white and 20 -Indians, according to Sam Scott, Superintendent of prison camps. Almost all of these 4,281 prisoners are at work every day on the roads of the State, either doing regular mainten ance work or doing heavy mainten ance work, such as ditching, new grading, clearing or topsoiling. ’“Owing to the mild weather we hive been having, we have had very little sickness in the various prison camps with the result that virtually &p of the mot e than 4,000 prisoners in the highway camps have been at work every day and axe being kept at work," said Mr., Scott. "The good weather has also made it possible to do more work than is usually possible during the winter months, although the recent heavy rains in many sec tions have greatly increased the amount of maintenance work neces sary." State Employes Await Budget Cutting Moves Dell? Dispatch Haras a. la Iha tlr Walter Brisk nr J. C. PASKESVILL Raleigh. Jan. 19—The conferences between the Budget Bureau, the Per sonna Division and the various de partment heads are continuing while the 2.000 or more State employes here are becoming more and more uneaay as the official axe and pruning knife are being applied- more and more re lentlessly. Quite a number employes have al ready received notice either that they will not be needed after the end of this month or (hat their salaries will be reduced, although neither the Budget Bureau nor the Personnel Di vision have as yet made any announce ments or verified any reports. Un official reports are to the .effect, how ever, that salaries in some depart ments are being reduced from 20 to 30 per c9nt and that some employes are being dismissed permanently. Some stenographers that formerly received $100'a: month lm ve I>een cut to a month, it is understood. Several building custodians or exalted jani tors, who in the past have done tittle more than sit in the lobbies f-i t< t buildings and smoke while 6 PAGES TODAY| FIVE CENTS COPY HOOVER WANTSHIM AS HEAD OF GROUP TO HANDLE BIG JOB Former Vice-President, Re ported As Likely To Ac cept Post With Corporation WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP GENEVA MEETING Is Banker And Well Quali fied to Direct Two Billion Dollar Corporation If Job Is Accepted Washington. Jan. 19.—(AP)— President Hoover today announeed Ambassador Dawes would retire as chairman of the America* arms delegation to become presi dent of the Reconstruction Fin ance Corporation and that Secre tary Stimnon would replaoe him at Geneva. At the same time the president stated Eugene Meyer, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, would be chairman of the board of the proposed two billion dollar finance corporation. Mr. Stimson will not sail with the remainder of the American delegation to the general arms conference coming next month at Geneva. His place as chairman of the delegation at the opening session will lie taken by Ambassador Hugh Gihson, one of the American dele gates. President Hoover said these sud den changes In Diane were neeee sitated by the fact that unless Dawes were named to and srsrpt ed the position as head of the now corporation, he would sail from the United States tomorrow. The president is keenly desirous tc have the corporation start func tioning immediately. Washington, iaa. 19.—(AP)—» President Hoover wants Charles G. Dawes ,io take over the leadership of the new Reoonttrdo tion Finance Corporation and the acceptance by Dawes of the post was ..believed. in informed circles today to he Ukely. This would mean that Dewas would have <o give up the chairmanship of the American delegation to the forth coming Geneva arms conference. Dawes already has made known, his intentions to resign as imhar - sador to Great Britain. The former vice-president is a bank er and well qualified for the job of directing the $2,000,000,000 reconstruc tion corporation by which President Hoover and Congress hope to put the nation’s business on a new footing. Both Senate and House have ap proved the corporation legislation but the versions differ and an early con ference is due to adjust the vartoncea so President Hoover can get the bill, MAN WHO ATTACKED U. S. CONSUL PUNISHED Addif. Ababa, Abyslnnia, J an. 19. —(AP)—The Abyslnuian f,overu ment promised today to dras tic steps against several police of ficers who knocked dowv. Ameri can Minister Addison E. 'Southard Sunday, including pubUr: puulah ment of the offender*. their many assistant janitors were supposed to do the work, have been dropped and the gone out that there must be fewe j janitors and that they must do mor*> work. Additional unof *ieial reports are to the effect htat reveral State College professors have j eceived notice that they will receive their salaries for only 11 months this year instead of 12 months and thjtt several Instructors have been cut 'jff. It ha salready been indicated by I>r. E. C. Brooks, presi dent of State College, that there wilt • have to be » ery heavy curtailment in the varic j i research projects with a correspond ing curtailment in per sonnel. The cu»t\-ig of salaries is causing s great deal of talk and grumbling among the lesser employes, specially the women stenographers, few of whom have been making less than SIOO a month and many more than that, while working for the States In fact .the minimum salary for btfex perienced Uenor .pirns in many State department, .end to be S9O or SIOO a monf • ~.uLng on up to Hso a meatb (Continued on Page Four^
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