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CHINESE REPULSE
Smith Will Not Be Candidate
For Presidential Nomination
Reveals Interview Held
With Governor Franklin
D. Roosevelt Earlier
Today
URGKS REPORTERS TO
STICK TO STATEMENT
Declares Nothing In State
ment Given To Press For
Release Today Makes Him
Candidate
\r» York. Feb. *.—<A»*)— For
n»»r Governor Alfred E. Smith d«-
r'trnl today that he la not a caa
.liitatr for the Dfnocmtic preal
j. ntial nomination, and added
iMI nobody had ever been nomin-
n i n | without a pro-onvention cam
;»aign
smith revealed in an Interview thia
«**frnoon that he had called on Gov
ernor Franklin D. Rooeevelt after the
funeral of John R. Voorhis, 102-year
great sachem of Tammany Hall,
today
It came out when somebody asked
Smith what he and Roosevelt were
talking about in their whispered con
vocation at the funeral.
The governor asked me to come up
to his house.” said Smith.
Did you go?" he was asked.
Tec. I did.” said Smith.
When he was asked what happened.
Former Governor Smith then grinned,
winked and said:
'lt wa< purely social.”
Then, he added:
We didn't have time to talk po
litics. He was leaving early and I was
in a hurry- myself."
Throughout a lengthy Interview in
hi' office; m lb? Empire Bt*te,build- !
this afternoon, former Governor
RmSfc repeatedly adjured the news
paper men to “stick to the statement”.
A reference to newspaper editorials
which referred to his announcement
in the morning papers today as a “win
(Continued on Page Pour.)
LEADER OF GANG IN
NEW YORK IS SLAIN
Vincent Coll Victim of Ma
chine Gunner While In
Telephone Booth
NVw York. Feh. 8. AP> Young
Vincent Coll, who was poison with a
H-dol and most feared of the Gotham
gun got his load of lead In a tele
rhonp booth at 12:15 a. m. today.
A machine gunner chopped him
''"wn roolly and deliberately In a West
23id direct drug store.
A single slug tore away the nose
r, f the 21 year old hoodlum soon after
Ijed turned up at his deadly rival,
Hutch Schultze. and the Schultze
p* r Peddling domination in the
• ion*. ,\ line of |«*ad moving like a
<aber cut through the flashy coat
a ’ l '* VPSt and into his chest.
No murder more carefully planned
been done in New York in years.
Graham Gets Into Race
r or Lieutenant Governor
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* ro s P*aker of the house in the
am asspmb| y' today formally
dirt At ,nr , c<l ,bat would be a can
tion f f °, r the nomina
te ° f eutena nt Governor in the
Jun* primary.
Th
s,r n H. ar, ! on CRm * »» no distinct
i-.., r ! ‘ince Graham's friends for
*„ llM T 0 have believed that he
nfr. r „ * candidate for this
k*pt H, P ’ ,r ,hp sacs that he has
Bvt . rr *c f ly silent about his plans,
of is P ir 48 the 1929 session
msa n<ral when Ora
sP*aker of ' m Pressive record as
favorino- «.» * house - there was talk
? VPrnor and even as a
l*sg si ß for Governor In
f , ha ’ time this talk has
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his form- 1 * r * today when he made
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EFFORTS TO HELP
CONDITIONS BEGIN
Hoover Anti-Hoarding Cam
paign Opens And Dawes
Group Starts Work
Washington. Feb. 8. - (AP; -Move
ments to place $1,500,000,000 of hoard
ed money Into ci*c!ulation and to ex
pedite aid to ta*.neris from the Re
construction Finance Corporation
gained impetus today in the Captial.
Col. Frank Kn.ix, publisher of the
Chicago Daily News, who has been
designated by President Hoover to
head the anti-hoarding campaign be
gan a round of conferences with gov
ernment officials immediately upon
his arriva’.
Meanwhile a congressional delega
tion from mid-western agricultural
states requested the Reconstruction
Corporation to set up a division in
its organization especially charged
with making loans to agriculture.
BRINKLEY RESIGNS
POST AS ATTORNEY
Lexington. Feh. B.—(AP)-W.
F. Brankley, Davidson county at
torney, resigned here today fol
lowing the fatal shooting early
Friday of Sheriff Leonard.
Governor has general supervision
over the State’s finances and over the
Purchasing Divisio nand Division or
Personnel. His term as speaker of the
house and several previous terms in
the general assembly has given Gra
ham a still deeper insight into the
operation of the State government.
Graham also served as Executive
Counsel to Governor Gardner for sev
eral months, so that he also got some
first hand information on the hand
ling of that office.
As a result of the experience which
Graham has had both in the legis
lature and ns a member of the Ad
visory Budget Commission, his friends
feel that he Is well fitted for the
duties of lieutenant Governor and
that his nomination and election to
that position would enable him to
render a real service to the State
during the 1933 general assembly.
The only other avowed candidate
for the nomination for Lieutenant
Governor is D. F. 'Giles of Marion,
who has already announced his can
didacy. There has been some lalk to
the effect that Mrs. E. L. McKee of.
Sylva may be a candidate for the
office, but few here take this talk
seriously and believe that she will ac
tually become a candidate.
ONLY DAILY
SAYS HE IS NOT CANDIDATE
Alfred £. Smith
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
HENDERSON, N. C,, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 8, 1932
Says Japs Are Not
F igh tingToSecure
Control of China
Tokyo, Fob. 8 (AP) —Japan'* new
move to revise the nine-power
pact and establish neutral zones
around China's chief commercial
content should convince the pow
ers. a government spokesman said
today, that Japan "has no Inten
tion of attempting any measure
of control In China proper except
in concert with the other powers.”
MISSING CHILI) IS
HACKED JO DEATH
Body of Seven Year Old
Girl Found In Vacant
Philadelphia House
Philadclph a, Fob. 8 (AP)—Attacked
and hacked to death, the body of
{teven year old DoDrothy Lutz, w*ho
had been missing since Wednesday,
was found today in a second floor
room of a vacant house a few doors
.rom her own home.
The hody was found by two police
men who were among several hun
dred police and firemen engaged in
an intensive search of tlhe north
Philadelphia neighborhood where the
child lived with her widowed mother.
The ch Id s head -had been almost
severed, presumably by an axe. The
body lay on the floor of the bare
bedroom.
Police said the house had been tak
en over by the city last weke for de
fault In the payment of taxes. A negro
.family moved out of the place last
Thursday, they said. Efforts are be
ing made to learn where the family
has gone.
BODIES ARESEEN
ON SUNKEN VESSEL
Diver Sights Two Bodies In
Sunken British Submer
sible Today
Portland. England, Feb. 8. —(AP) —
A diver investigating the hatches of
the sunken submarine M-2 in the Eng
lish Channel today flashed his deep
sea light Into the open conning tower
revealing the bodies of two men.
Although the motion of the water
caused the bodies to sway towards
him in a ghastly fashion he was able
to say that they appeared to be thoee
of higher officers of the craft which
sank January 26 with all 61 hands
aboard.
JAP ATTACK ON WOOSUNG
AMERICAN SHIPSAT
SHANGHAI fIRDERED
UP YANGtSE RIVER
One Sent To Augment Nank
ing Forces And Another
Dispatched To
Chingkiang
MOST OF AMERICANS
AT NANKING EVACUATE
Two Mine Sweepers And
Converted Yacht Arrive At
Shanghai From Manila, In.
creasing U. S.Forces There
Washington. Feb. 8 (AP)—The
United States will reject any plan
suggested to It by Japan to de
militarise* the principal port of
Ch na.
Washington. Feb. 8 (AP)-Two
Amer can destroyers have keen or
dered from Shanghai up the Yang
tse River, one to augment forces
at Nanking and the other to be
stationed nt Chingkiang.
The destroyer Parrott will pro
ceed to Nanking where the de
stroyers Simpson and EdsalJ are
now riding at anchor. The Bul
mer will he locate# at Chingkiang
about 20 miles below Nanking.
More than 160 Americans,
mostly women and children have
been evacuated from Nanking.
The navy was Informed today
that the mine sweeper* Finch and
Bittern and the converted yacht,
Isabel, had arrived at Shanghai
From Manila.
KOONIMMEB
YOUNCE SUCCESSOR
Governor Gardner Announc
es Appointment Follow
ing Resignation
Raleigh, Feb. 8 (AP)—H. L.
Koontz of Grenaboro, will be named
solicitor of the X2th Judicial District
to succeed C'c'rgf; A. YotmCe, Gover
nor Gardner announced this after
noon .
Mr. Koontz will serve until the gen
eral election in November. He will
be commbiLoned later today.
Younce resigred yesterday after a
coroner’s jury ordered lAn held along
with W. F. Brinkley, chairman of
the Davidson county Democratic Exe
cutive committee under SIO,OOO bond
in connection with the shooting to
death early Friday of Sheriff James
A. Leonard, of Davidson county.
MILLSNAME SENT
TO SITE AGAIN
Name of Ballentine As Un
der Secretary Also Offer
ed By Hoover
Washington, Feb. B.—(AP) The
name of Ogden L. Mills to be the sec
retary of the treasury and of Arthur
A. Ballentine to replace him as under
secretary were sent to the Senate to
day by President Hoover.
The resident sent the nominations
to the Senate last Friday but the
Senate had adjourned over the week
end before they arrived, necessitat
ing their transmittal again today.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy and wider tonight, pre
ceded by rain on the coast; Tues
day partly cloudy and colder; fresh
west shifting to north winds.
A Sketch Strip
History of Japan -
Begins today bv R. J. Scott, the
noted artist, this graphic, con
die story oi the rise of Japan
is at once eutertaning and in
structive.
Grownups and children alike
will euiov itl
Ofl to Hawaiian War Games
Starting of? for Hawaii for the grw., arm> „.,m hum.-uv. an«
also to be a little closer to tile storm-center where some of their
countryman and women may need assistance—members of the 30th
lnf « n c7 s^r" l -tF- S .- Army arc * hown hoarding the army trans
port St. Mihiel at San V ran cisco The battU fleet sailed from San
Pedro at the same tim r - —taking nrovi«on> and ammunition for one
year, in cast of emergency.
British And French Views
Clash At Geneva Meeting
Separate Theories Regard,,
ing World Peace Cause
Pointed Clash At
Arms Parley
FRENCH PLAN TO ARM
LEAGUE IS ATTACKED
British Spokesman Includes
Abolition of Submarines
And Chemical Warfare for
Abolishing War
Fell. 8 ((APl—Great
Britain and France clashed point
edly at the World Disarmament
Conference today over two dis
tinctly separate theories about
abolishing war.
Sir John Simon, Rr tilth spoke*,
man presented Great Britain's
plan for disarmament, Including
abolition of submarines and gas
and chemical warfare at the
same time sharply criticising the
proposal of France for arming the
League of Nat onx. Sir John In
sisted that the scope of the pro
posals discussed be kept withnt
the field of the disarmament con
vention drawn up before hand.
He declared the British proposals
remained within this field.
LITTLEISINI
ON FARM RESEARCH
State Stands At Bottom In
Allotments For Agricul
ture Research
Raleigh. Feb. B.—Though it has a
farm population second only to Texas.
North Carolina stands at the bottom
In funds allotted for agricultural re
search among all the States studied
In 1830 by the office of education of
the United States Department of the
Interior. The amount is less now.
Dr. R. Y. Winters, director of the
North Carolina Experiment Station,
says for example that when a Vir
ginia citizen pays SIOO in taxes to
that State, he contributed 28 cents for
the advancement of agricultural re
search; when the North Carolina cit
izen pays SIOO in taxes to this com
monwealth, he pays only six-tenths, of
a cent for the advancement of agri
cultural research. ■ - •
If only the money -given to State
College for the use of Its research
work were considered, the termers
of North Carolina would he getting
less than two-tentbf pf -a pent as
State support for Ut« agricultural
work conducted by the North Caro
lina Experiment Station. Butr in ad
dition to the $60,000 which the State
Department of Agriculture *- Is sup
posed to appropriate to State Col
lege for this work,
PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
American Marine
In Shanghai Slain
Through Accident
Washington, Feb. B—(AP)—The
accidental killing of a United
States marine in Shanghai thro
ugh the discharge of a gun held
by a fellow serviceman was re
ported today to the navy depart
ment.
The report told of the killing of
Julius R. L. Men of Los Angeles,
hy the accidental discharge of a
pistol In the hands of Private
Phillip W T . Guernsey, of Bell Flow
er, Calif. Both were marines.
MISSING FLIKB FOUND
IN IIKART OF DESERT
Algiers. Algeria Feb. 8 The French
aviator Rcgiensi and two companions
who have been missing i nthe Sa
hara desert for six days were found
Sunday by comrades in good health
but tired.
ROBBERS BLOW SAFE TO
BITS—BUT ALSO LOOT.
Topeka. Kans., Feb. B.—Safe blow
ers wh itried out their art here Sat
urday night on the vault in the gro
cery store of Fred Fleming were suc
cessful in away an din away they
weren’t.
Student Publication At
State Attacks Governor
Dally Dispatch Barns,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
UT J. C. B ASKER VIOL.
Raleigh, Feb. 8. —The resentment
that has been growing at State Col
lege against Governor O. Max Gard
ner ever since the 1931 general as
sembly passed the bill to consolidate
State College with the University of
North Carolina and then decide to
reduce the pay of the professors and
instructor 10 per cent, has finally
boiled over Into the editorial columns
of The Technician, the weekly col
lege newspaper published by the stu
dents. It has been known for some
time that Governor Gardner has been
intensely unpopular among the fa
culty members at State, but this is
the first tangible indication of the
degree to which this unpopularity has
been passed on to the students.
This editorial, entitled “Governor’s
Wild Oat” and smacking of juvenile
journalism, attacks Governor Gard
ner because of his parole of John M.
Brewer, Wake Forest banker and
says that “Instead of discouraging
mis appropriation of public funds.
Governor Gardner stoops to aid a
criminal and in so doing stamps him
self as An unworthy alumnus, en
couraging crime by bis action. Ha
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TODAY|
FIVE CENTS COPY
CHAPEI NOW QUIET
ASATTACK CENTERS
ABOUT NEW SECTOR
Efforts Os Japs To Extend
Holdings In Woosung
Resulting InStiff
Battles
BRITISH VOLUNTEERS
BLOCK FLANK MOVE
British Throw Up Sand Bag
Barricade To Keep Japa
nese Out of International
Settlement Today
Shanghai, Feh. 9.—(AP)—A* the
firing serosa Chapel petered opt
early thia morning a* it usually
does a little after midnight,
Chinese head quartern announced
that a machine gun battery had
mowed down 500 Japanese during
the day’s engagement.
It appeared that the Chinese
had led the enemy Into a trap
lying quiet behind their sandbag
barricades while the Japanese
pushed out an advance column.
They let the column get deep
into Chinese territory then open
ed fire on them In front and on
noth flanks. It was a slaughter.
Only a handful of survivors
were aide to get out and these
fled as hs»d as they could run,
headquartei * said.
When .’a;; > headquarters
heard about this announcement
they denied that any such thing
had e» r happen* d.
Shanghai. China, Feh. 8 (API-
Fighting with a spirit they had
not hitherto exhibited, the Chi
nese army todny repulsed a Japa
nese attack on the fert at Woe
sung and renewed the bombard
ment of the enemy bluejseketa
hold jig Hongkew. , ’
The Ja|>anese already baa oocu-
.> v
(Conti'-ued on Page Four.)
lONAS NOMINATION
ORDERED REJECTED
Sub Committee Recom
mends Confirmation of
Appointment Be Denied
Washington. iOeb. 8 (AP)—Senator
Walsh, chairman of the subcommit
tee appointed to consider the nomi
nation of Charles A. Jonas for dis
trict atotrney for western North Caro
lina, recommended to the full oesn
m.ltec of the judiciary today that
confirmation be denied.
On motion of Senator Scfaall, an
other member of the committe the
matter went over until next Monday.
The Walsh report called for rajec-
Uon of the nomination. The action
of Senator Schall is aimed t© give
Mr. Jonas another chance to fight the
objections of Senator Bailey, of North
Carolina, who is opposing the nomi
nation.
breaks the very law t/hat is mads by
the commonwealth for her protection.
By his action Grwemor Gardner
places a premium upon dishonesty
and has taken adva r tage of his power
of parole for a purpose for which it
was never intende'l.”
While the paro'/j given to Brewer
is represented as. the real cause o£
the editorial out break, it is easy to
read between th/e lines and tell that
the underlying cause is the resent
ment that has existed against Gard
ner at State (Jn Uege for months and
which has buirt into flame within the
last few week s when appropriations,
not only for state College and'the
University rj North Carolina, but all
State depaitments and institutions,
were ut oiV again beagse of a short
age of revenue, because the law com
pelled thy Governor to take this- ac
tion and reduce- appropriations in or
der to preserve the credit-'of tbs .State
and avc/.d a deficit. . 1 \
That the Budget-utting' and salary
cutting u the real reason’for the .edi
torial and parole of Banker Brest-r
only an excuse, is indicated in . this
pa -agraph;
“Bank failures refceoed the
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