gateway to
"central
CAROLINA.
YEAR
Japs Occupying Shanghai
effort to locate
SUNKEN SUBMARINE
IN ENGLAND FAILS
Fear Rescuers Have Been
Searching For Undersea
Vessel At Wrong
Location
HOPES for rescue of
men almost given up
New Search Is To Be Under,
taken At Point Where Sub.
marine Was Reported To
Have Submerged
Portland. England, Jan. 2*.—
i\pi_|lnpe for the live* of the
r rrm of the eaunken submarine
soared again today when a
pat patch of otl was discovered
in the English Channel near the
vpot the was believed to have gone
down.
Ihvinc operation* were Initiated
a’ once about three mile* *outh of
Portsmouthvllle. One man went
down in 18 fathom* of water but
was unable to reach bottom.
Portland. England. J«r>. ZA. —(AP>
- Practically the entire flotilla of the
British navy which waa searching for
the British submarine M-2 which trank
id the British Channel Tuesday woe
moved to a new locaUon today eight
miles away fro mtbe spot previously
searched.
Although hopes for rescue of the
three score members of the sub
marine's crew was almost entirely
given up. because the time limit of
the supply of oxygen in the ship has
practically expired the shift was made
because of the tragic possibility that'
the search of the last two days have I
been conducted at the wrong place, j
The new search was begun at the
spot when Captain Howard of the
coastwise staemer Tyne Slder, said
last night he saw the submarine go
down although he did not know at the
time the tragic significance of its
disappearance beneath the surface of
the sea.
KIDNAPPEDMAN IN
INDIANA RELEASED
Howard Wolverton Releas
ed Without Paying Ran
som of $50,000
Demanded
:«>iith Bend. Ind.. Jan. 28 <AP>
Howard Wolverton. 52. sought thro
ughout northern Indiana and Illinois
,or 23 hours after being kidnapped,
returned alone to his home here at
11 35 o'clock last night without, he
said having met the demands of his
abductors for *50,000 ransom.
1 nshavrn and exhausted from many
hours of riding about blindfolded In
automobile under constant guard
? ,Wo or three men. Wolverton after
•f>g let out at the outskirts of
khigan City Indiana, boarded an
* rctric train ad came to the center
ed without being recogniz-
Growing Congestion Seen
At Raleigh State Prison
**Mly nUkntrt Rar*>t.
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Plßh ' an 28. -The growing con
lon ln the State prison system Ib
a ing it increasingly difficult to
m!i re?ate the younger from the older
m . more hardened criminals and is
> n K it virtually impossible to seg-
Wte the negro prisoners at ail, ac
cot-dinrt to both Superintendent
l r?e ftoss Pou and State Prison
r>f K^° r Whitley. Segregation
. lh white and negro prisoners by
»a* > W ou,fl have been possible and
Man* d* Panned in the new prison
S t . But now that the scarcity of
L/ funda has made it necessary to
Pone the eection of the new prt
rep the plans for seg
'raiton must wait.
* ht ' tho pret * nt time there are 711
15 »r,i >r !f oner> between the agas of
d 24 and 837 negro prisoners
whi * en th * * atn « <«•*- Os the 711
. Pn *oners between these ages,
ywir , w ** n th « Ages of 15 and 19
be»/, whlle 344 negro prisoners are
e «n 15 and 19, making a total o
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. SENATOR LONG SPURNS TRADITION
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Violating a senate tradition his i
first day in Washington when he f
took the oath of office by being j
escorted to the rostrum by JSena- i
tor Joseph Robinson of Arkansas ■
instead of his bitter political foe, |
Cotton Acreage Reduction
Plan Favored By President
Washington. Jan. 28.— ( AP)—
The support of President Hoover
for a uniform plan o; acreage re
duction In cotton In the South vnu*
asserted today by Senator Smith,
Democrat, South Carolina, after a
conference at the White House.
Smith said proposals were now
contemplated to secure a contract
with individual growers for acre
age reduction in states which have
not passed laws to this effect.
Efforts are being made by Sen
ators from North Carolina, Geor
gia and Alabama, Smith said, to
CHARLOTTE MAN IS
VICTIM OF SUICIDE
Prominent Drug Manufac
turer In 111 Health Takes
Own Life
Charlotte, Jan. 28. (AP) James
Bobbitt. 56, who was prominsntly con
nected with the drug manufacturing
business for over a quarter of a cen
tury, shot and killed himself at his
home here today.
For several months he had been in
ill health. Members of his family said
he complained this morning of not
sleeping well last night and then re
tired to his bedroom. A short while
later they heard a shot and found his
body in the bedroom.
637 boys, white and black, between
the ages of 19 and 19. in the State
Prison, out of a total prison poulatlon
tlon of 2.886.
“Just a day or so ago when I was
visiting the State Prison, I counted
89 young negro boys, all of whom
were not more than 15 or 16 years old,
all mixed in with the older and more
hardened crimiants,” said Inspector
Whitley. "Few of these boys were
really bad when they were sent to
prison, mostly just Ignorant and un
fortunate. If they could be kept away
from the older, tougher, ’hard boiled’
prisoners most of them could be made
into pretty decent men. But the way
conditions are now, they will be ex
pert and experienced criminals by
the time they get out. The new pri
son plant would have made it pos
sible to segregate these boys. But now
nothing can be done.”
The number of young white prison
ers has increased so rapidly that It
Is no longer possible to care tor of
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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIR^NIA
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 28, 1932
Senator KM win Broussard ol
Louisiana, Huey Long, Louisiana’s
fiery retiring governor, embarkeij
upon his senatorial career. Photc
shows Senator Long with Mrs,
Long in his new office.
have those state* join In the acre
age reduction agreement already
enacted by the five other prin
cipal cotton producing states.
Senator Bailey, Democrat, North
Carolina, accompanied Smith to
the White House. He said they had
discussed with Mr. Hoover also ef
forts to make the benefits of the
reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion available to cotton growers.
Smith said the president was
heartily in support of a uniform
acreage reduction plan.
Indian Disorders
Continue As Round
Table Group Meets
Bombay, India, Jan. 28. —(AP) —
The round table conference com
mittees. carrying on the work be
gun In I<ondon, met at New Delhi
today and probably will continue
daily meetings for two weeks or
more.
While they wore in session three
Nationalists were killed at Alla
habad, when police fired on a
threatening mob after the arrest
of several Nationalist pickets.
DRIVE FORIFFICE
WILL BEGIN SOON
Gubernatorial Candidates
Expect To Open Raleigh
Office In Near Future
Raleigh. Jan. 28.—(AP) —Politics,
dormant for several months are ex
pected to take the center of the stage
in North Carolina, beginning next
week.
J. C. B. Ehringhaus, of Elizabeth
City, announced candidate for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination,
will open headquarters in the Sir Wal
ter Hotel here Monday.
R. T. Fountain, of Rocky Mount,
who is speaking to the chapter of
Future Farmers at Rich Square to
night, will open Raleigh campaign of
fices in the near future as he launches
his active fight against Ehringhaus
and A. J. Maxwell, revenue commis
sioner. Mr. Maxwell will start his drive
from headquarters h< te In a few
weeks.
In the meantime, Josephus Daniels,
Raleigh publisher and former secre
tary of the Navy; Willis Smith, of
Raleigh, speaker of the 1981 bouse of
representatives; Angus D. Mac Lean of
Washington; and T. A. McNeill, of
(Lumberton, all of whom are being
prominently mentioned as candidates
for governor are remaining silent as
te their intentions.
CHARGES PRESSURE!
USED IN INDICTING
OF FOUR AMERICANS
Congretgional Reaction To
Charges Made In Hono
lulu Expected At
Capital
ACCUSATION IS MADE
BY NAVAL OFFICIAL
Declares Territorial Circuit
Court Judge And Others
Used Strong Influence To
Secure Indictments
Wnshingon, Jan. 28. (AP) — Con
gressional reaction was looked for to
day to the charge that extraordinary
pressure was put upon the Honolulu
grand jury which indicted the four
Americans held in the Massie case.
A deliberate accusation that Judge
Christy of the Territorial Circuit court
and other unnamed parties used strong
influence to secure the second degree
murder indictments was made by
Rear Admiral Stirling, commandant
of the Hawaiian Naval District.
He stated his charge In detail in a
report to the Navy Department which
Immediately made it public. In view
of past congressional concern over
the securing fair trial for the Ameri
can defendants who are charged with
killing a native suspected of attack
ing Mrs. Thomas A. Massie, there
was little likelihood this development
would be passed by.
SaSon
Declares He Had Nothing
To Do With Barco Oil
Concession Deal
Washington, Jan. 28. —(AP) —Ex-
tending echoes of senational charges
made In the Senate’s Investigation of
foreign bond sales have drawn from
Secretary Mellon a direct denial that
he had anything whatever to do with |
restoration of Barco oil concession
in Colombia to the Gulf Oil Company.
Beceause this enormously valuable
field was opened again to the com
pany of which Mellon is a stockholder
about the time lhat a four million
dollar loan, long held ud. was made
to Colombia by an American banking
house unuer some state department
pressuree the case because the most
conspicious in the investigation.
The hearing conducted by the Sen
ate Finance committee is now closed.
As its result the group turned today
today to a study of lenislaion de
signed o put a srong curb on future
fuure inernaional loans.
SLAYER OFIHILD
IS FOUND INSANE
Confessed Kidnapper-Slay
er Will Be Sent To Hos
pital For Insane
Cincinnati, Jan. 28.—(AP)—Charles
Blschoff ecentric cobbler and con
fessed kidnapper-slayer of six year old
Marian McLean, was declared insane
today by three court appointed
alienists.
Judge C. vS. liell jpreviqusiy an
nounced he would send Bischoff to
Lima State hospital for criminal in
sane If alienists found him of unsound
mind.
YOUTH IS FATAIXY
STABBED AT DANCE
Goldsboro, Jan. 28.—(AP)—Luby
Smith, 17, waa fsally stabbed at
a dance In Sauiston township last
night and Walter Carter, of Jason
section of Greene county was held
In the Wayne county jail today
charged with the killing.
WEATHER
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Increasing cloudiness with slow
ly rising temperature; probably
rain In extreme west portion to
night; Friday cloudy and warmer
with occasional rain in west and
north central portions; moderate
northeast shifting to soußi winds
Friday.
Japan Decides To Use Force
To Suppress All Antagonistic
Organizations In China City
U. S. FLAGSHIP NOW AT SHANGHAI
p9Br
The U. S. S. Houston, flagship of sMfl
the Asiatic fleet, is stationed at t
Shanghai and will guard the in- Mk
te rests of American citizens
should the Japanese invade the jjxjjcMr
Chinese city as they have
threatened. At right is Admiral
M M Taylor, commander of the j %-j
hai Last lleet, who is entrusted j IS
with the responsibility of safe
guarding Americans at the orica
tal porw
Huey Long Leaves j
Capital For Home
On Short Notice
Washington, Jan. 28. —(AP>
Senator Huey Long who gave up
the governorship of Louisiana this
week, left here unexpectedly late
last night for his home state
where a battle is on over the right
to the governorship he vacated.
Louisiana’s new senator and pic
turesque former governor left with
out notifying his office. Just what
his sudden return to Louisiana
meant was not known. He is ex
pected hack here next week.
DEMOCRATIC TARIFF
MEASURE OPPOSED
Senate Finance Committee
Votes Unfavorable Re.
port For Bill
Washington, Jan. 28. (AP) The
Senate Finance committee today voted
an unfavorable report on a revised
House Democratic tariff bill.
There was no roll call on the motion
to send the bill to the Senate with an
adverse report but in an earlier move
to report it favorably resulted in a
tie 10 to 10, with Senator Lafollette. I
Republican of Wisconsin, joining the
nine Democratic members in voting |
J for it.
j The measure contained several
j amendments proposed by Senator
I Harrison, of Mississippi, ranking Dem
i ocrat on the finance committee.
AMERICAN FARMERS
AGAINST BEER BILL
Master of National Grange
; Opposes Bingham Four
Percent Beer Bill
Washington, Jan. 28l—(A!») The
American fanner was described today
as opposed to beer.
Loula J. Tabor, master of the Na
tional Grange, was the first opponent
to the Bingham four per ofat beer
bill to be heard by a Senate Manu
facturers sub-committee. Proponents
of the bill have already been heard.
PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
COMPLETE IURY TO !
DEAR HARPER CASE
Thirteen Men Selected For
Murder Case In Greens,
boro Court
Greensboro, Jan. 28. -(AP) - The
jury of twelve men to try Terry Har
per, 44. year old traveling salesman ,
and his wife Mrs. Catherine (Peggy) |
Harper, for murder of Charles O. i
Holton, who was phot to death in the I
Harper home last month was com
pleted at 12:38 p. m. today.
W. I>. Sutton a farmer was the
13th Juror selected. He will sit with
the first twelve to hear the evidence 1
but wilj take no part in the jury’s j
deliberations unless some member of.
the first twelve is incapacitated.
DAWES NOMINATION
PASSED BY SENATE
Washington, Jan. 28. —(AI*)—
nomination of Charles G. Dawes,
to head the Reconstruction Cor
poration was confirmed today by
the Senate.
Albert Cox Not Yet Out
Os Gubernatorial Drive
Dnllj Dluptlrk n«rrn«,
In the Sir Wnllrr Hotel.
t«T J r, nAHKF.KVIU.
Raleigh, Jan. 28.—General Albert L.
Cox of Raleigh is not out of the gov
crnatorial picture by any mean 3, and
is likely to announce within the next
few days that he will be a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
Governor in June, a number of his
friends here have let it be known.
They admit he may not decide to run,
of course. But several of his friends,
known to be extremely close to him.
admit that for the past several weeks
he has been receiving letters from all
parts of the ‘State urging him to be
come a candidate and that as a re
sult he has been giving the matter
more careful and thoughtful consid
eration than for many months.
This has been distinctly new here,
for while there weas much talk two
and three /years ago to the effect that
General Cox would be a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor In 1932. this talk has gradually
simmered down, so that within the
last year or more there have been
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State Department In Wash
ington Remains Silent Re
garding Chinese
Situation
NEW NOTE REPORTED
SENT TO JAPANESE
Orders To Move On Shang
hai Given To Shore Forces
By Commanding Officer-
Fighting Is Reported
Shanghai, China, (Friday)
Jan. 29 (AP) —Two thousand
Japanese Marines rolled into
the Chinese quarters a&
Shanghai in motor trucks at
midnight tonight and fighting
broke out in the edge of the
international settlement.
They came in two waves,
the first thousand just at mid
night. and another thousand
a half hour or so later.
It was estimated there were
24,000 Chinese troops in the
vicinity of Shanghai but the
Japanese were under orders
to clear the mont of the Chi
nese quarters where a con
siderable number of the resi
dents are Japanese.
Japan has announced its in
tention of using force if ne
cessary to suppress anti-Japa
nese organisations outside the
international quarters.
Active Al Harbin
Tokyo Jan. *8 (Friday)—The
Harbin «iorr«upoodent of 1 the
Kengo iJapaneee) new* agency,
reporb-d early today,''that Japa
nese troop* were expected to en
ter Harbin shortly, and that Japa
nese train crews/would thereafter
• ope rat the branch line of the Chl
neae Eastern Railway between
Harbin and Changchun.
Shanghai, Jan. 28.—(AP)—Jap
anese marines will enter the
Chinese quarter of Shanghai at
midnight, officers attached te the
shore force said tonight.
The order waa issued they arid,
by Captain Baron Samejima, com
manding the marines i-—«*iw|,
forces.
This move is In line with the
announced intention of Japan to
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NEGRO Is ORDERED
TO ELECTRIC CHAIR
Greenville, N. C„ Jan. 28—(AP)
—Convicted of first degree murder
for the killing of Hagan Hodges,
Partolus postmaster, la a holdup,
John R. Myers, was sentenced by
Judge K. H. Crmnmer, to die la the
electric chair February 88.
The Negro’s counsel served
notice of appeal.
very few .even here fn Raleigh, who
believed Cox would g*;t into the race.
For while it is ndmirtted that he has
had a large and strong following in
the American Legtoo and in other cir
cles in the State ff w observers here
have thought he could get a large
enough following to win the Demo
cratic nominatiori for Governor. It
was felt by a goosi many that several
ydars ago when General Cox was a
candidate for National Commander of
the American ’Legeion and failed to
get it .that he liad sought that office
in order to iuiat him to get the
nomination fr j Governor and that te
failing to get' It die bad also sacrific
ed his chan'v-s at getting the guber
natorial nomination.
But the friends of Cox maintain that
despite the,fact that he has been mak
ing no effoi t to sound out »'
or drum up support, that he has hsei
getting an increasing number of Ist
ter* and personal .calls almost ds
mending that he become a candidate
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