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HENDERSON, GATEWAY JO CEXTRAu CAROLINA. JoXETEKSTH YEAR J a P s Resume Attack On Woosung American Proposal For Limiting Arms Given Ambassador Hugh Gibson Outlines Nine Points Os United States Proposal Is Warmly Congratulated For Program Offered By Other Delegation* At Geneva GERMAN STAND FOR ARMAMENTS OFFERED Program Offered by Ameri ca Contains Nine Points And Urges Prolongation of Former Agreements Gfnrva, Switzerland, Krb. 9. (AP) —Ambassador Hugh S. Gib iton, acting chief of the l nitod stah-s delegation to the World IHsarita:ncnt conference and Chancellor Heinrich Kruening, of (termany, presented to the con ference today the American and German proposals for limitation of armaments, both of which dif fered at many casentiai point** from the proposal* of France, presented Iwt week by Andre fardieo. French foreign minister. Gitwan Applauded. The American proposals presented by Ambassador Gibson, who was wtrmly applauded by the delegates as he ascended the rostrum, contained nine points. These included the prolongation of the Washington and London naval agreement* further .of naval armamento, abolition of sub marines aad promotion of land dis armament by restricting tanka and mobile guns, discard or lethal gases and prevention of bacteriological war fare. protection of civil populations against aerial bombing, limiting the defensive forces to those necessary to maintain Internal order plus some contingents for defense, and budget 'Contlnued cm Page Six) WALLACE SECTION STRUCK BY STORM Resident* Marvel At Escape Without Injury Os ' Numerous Persons Wallace, Feb. 9 ( APl—Residents Wallace today marvelled to the •“.''•ape without injury of numerous Persons in this section who were en < rr>grre<! when a terrific wind storm , yesterday swept a path about ; |f a mile through the community. One home on the outskirts of the >wn was blown down but none of ! ,r * se ln wa » hurt. It was occupied ll v * Mr Rivenbark and his family. 'if phone and electric lines were de ployed and many house tops were OWn r> tt. A number of trees also * r " fe,,ed by the wind which was st rong an empty school bus was own a considerable distance and ihe body smashed. Maxwell Is Now Urging Curb Os Public Spending • tiu,*trk Moreau. i *• »b« Hlr Wnllrr Hste*. " v J - P\SKEPV|LL ■f/.nro. Feb 9 Commiss,«ner of 1 ih < ‘rlL >P A J Maxwell, candidate for no Democratic nomination for Gov nor next j un( . reiterated his con , I,n ,hat the only way to reduce hl ,‘f s on property and balance r .f ets ** the readjustment of r.n C Sl>endln B rather than by in *e taxation to maintain the pre ' . "i”* 1 Coßt standards of govern ,hA n M^ r - Maxwell was the guest of, /on roe Merchants Assoclatiod tu ,ast night. no* a nec ***ity for a readjustment of |rr“' n * to curtailed revenues to hish,!r taxes with which nn«#.K y hi * h g° v ernmental costs, is Sent. ® r * ater now than it was last this n wh * n hc finit enunciated the n Mr Maxwell With oniv ® Uonal government collecting it i a about 80 cents for every dollar nta)«c SP€nd,n *’ and w,th counties and in- m °l*, r the entir * nation collect i*, 00,1 •* the amounts need -c^tv 5f r rnn,ontal ex P« n8 *- D l * ty t9r retrenchment is becom • -rea'-er each day iHcttiiprsmt Batlu tlianatrh FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Grand Jury Probe Os Cotton Graup Opens In Alabama Montgomery. Feb. 9.—(AF) —A grand Jury investigation of re ports that Alabama Cotton associa tion “defrauded the members” and -glambled on the hoard” has been ordered by Judge Leon McCord of the Montgomery Circuit court. Judge McCord to <1 the jurors yesterday reports of irregularities were “current in the streets” and these included a charge that “cot ton was sold without authority of the owners.” COOLIDGE FACING HUGE DAMAGE SUIT Former. President And In surance Company Sued For SIOO,OOO - JipriQgtiaUL Mm&. J'eb-lk. Former President Calvin < Coolidge and the New York Life Insurance company, of which he is a director, have been named co-defendants in a $14X1.000 suit. The suit was instituted by Lewis! B. Tebbetto, a St. Louto insurance J man who alleges his reputation as an honest insurance agent has been in jured and greatly damaged as a re sult of & radio talk given by Mr. Cool idge on October 6. 1931 and remarks afterwards published in pamphlet form by the New York Life Insurance company. FRENCHIFING CLAIM OF GERMANY! Declare Reparations For Devastation Far Below Reported Figure Paris, France. Feb. 9. (AP)--Pre mier Laval told the French ambas-1 sad or today that Germany has not j paid the full cost of lebulldingj French areas devastated during the j World War and tnat the French gov- / ernment intends to publish p. refuta tio nos the recently issued Get man reparations figures. it was expected this memorandum would be published tonight or tomor row. The German figures place the total amount at about thirteen bil lion dollars but the French contend that only about five billion has been paid. ■ 9 r * “Necessity is already driving our own State government toward re trenchment and more and more of the counties and cities in the State are being forced to adopt readjustment programs,” Mr. Maxwell said. “Many of them that failed to adopt this po licy at the beginning of this fiscal year now recognise the necessity for it and are planning substantial re adjustments for the next fiscal year on which tax ries for this calendar year wilt be based. “I am glad to make such contri bution as I can to the building of a public sentiment In the State that will sustain public officials in pursuing these policies that are essential to adequate property tax relief. There Is no county or city in North Carolina that can afford to continue to operate on the basis of an inflated and arti ficial prosperity that is gone. “We must find means of relieving the 15 cents tax on property fer schools, but that is only a part of tie relief that is essential to meet the necessities of this time and to reduce property taxes to a level that can be reasonably borne.” J ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER DEATH ENDS LONG CAREER wKKEKKHmk jtr THOMAS MERRITT PITTMAN, LLJ», Judge Thomas M. Pittman Dies At His Home Here Dean of Bar Passes at Age of 74; Resident of Henderson 45 Years; Was Prominent Baptist and Historian of Note; Funeral We dnesday Afternoon ’ Judge Thomas Merritt Pittman, LL.D., dean of the Henderson bar, deacon of the Firs! Baptist church of Henderson, chairman of the North Carolina Historical Commission and historian, died at his home in this city at 7:10 o’clock Monday evening. He had been a sufferer with asthma for many years, but during the past fall his condition had been unusually ’ favorable. Three weeks ago hc was forced to remain at home and away ! from his office, and was in bed much | of the time. For three clays before his death hc was -unconscious most «.f the time, and his death was not unex-! peeled. Judge Pittman r.as 74 years old his last birthday last November. Funer.i i services will be held from the First Baptist church at 3:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, and in terment will be in Elmwood cemetery here. Dr. H. A. Ellis, pastor of the First Baptist church, will be in charge judge Pittman was born in Frank lin county November 24, 1857. He was licensed to practice law in this State In 1878 when only 20 years old, and WINNIE RUIH JUDD DECLARED GUILTY Penalty Os Death By Hang, ing To Be Imposed On Arizona Slayer Courthouse. Phoenix. Ariz., Feb. P. (AP) Winnie Rulh Judd was con victed b ya jury last night of the murder of Agnes Anne Leßoi. The penalty is death by hanging. Mrs. Judd heard the reading of the death verdict without the batting of an eye. Her habitual bandaging and un bandagtng of her left hand with her handkerchief did not cease. She walked unassisted from the courtroom to her cell, staring out of oountenance the persons who hud dled in her path. Judge Howard C. Speakman set February' 23 as date for sentence. Mrs. uJdd’s counsel, Paul Schenck. Herman Lewkowit* and J. B. Zaver sack said they would appeal. Although the jury Wn# out three hours and 40 minutes, including an hour «for dinner, only two ballots were taken. The first ballot, jurymen ■aid, was unanmous for conviction of murder in the first degree. The second ballot set the penalty, as juries finding first degree murder _ guilty must do in Arizona, PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF HENDERSON, N, C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 9,1932 had practiced in Charlotte and Hen derson. Jude*' Pittman had for many years been chairman of the board of dea wus oi me Mrst Baptist church, and in ei-lier life had been superintendent of the Sunday school there. In 1925 he -,.c ..../'ll the degree of doctor of jit vVatff Fore it College. In the years of his active practice, he figured in nearly every litigation of importance tried in Vance Superior Coin i. and in nearby counties. He frequently appeared before the State Supreme Court. He was one of the founders of the Home Building and Loan Association of Henderson, and was its attorney until the time of his death. At the time of his death and for years previously hc had been chairman of the North Caroina His torical Commission, and at one time was president of the North Carolina Historical Society. Members of the Historical Commis sion will join with relatives and friends from Henderson and Raleigh (Continued on p a ge Three.) Mother and Five Children Burned In Hazleton Fire Hazeiton, Pa.. Feh. 9.—(AP)— Five small children and their mother Were burned to death to day In a fire which destroyed their home at Treschow, two miles south of this city. The mother was Mrs. Carmeri Romanelli. She ran to the street' to give the alarm and then rushed into the burning home to save her children. She never returned. CANNON DEFENDANT IN DAMAGE ACTION New York. Feb. 9.—(AP)—Bishop James Cannon, Jr., was named de fendant Monday in a *250,000 conspir acy suit filed in the supreme court by Romark Publishing company, of New York city. It charged ha con spired to have the American News company, ineorprated, cease national distribution of a new periodical. 1 “In side Stuff.” The first issue featured an article on Bishop Cannon. WEATHER FOP. NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy, not quite so cold in extreme west portion tonight; Wednesday increasing cloudiness, slowly rising temperature follow ed by rain in extreme west por tion; fresh northeast shifting to east winds* NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. MOSLEM UPRISINGS IN INDIA RENEWED OVER SCORE KILLED Twen(y.Eight Killed And Thirty Wounded In Riot ing In Three India Cities HINDU GOVERNMENT SUBJECT TO ATTACK Three Thousand Angry Mos. lems March Into Town and Stone Police Force Before Military Forces Open Fire Srinagar-- India, Feb. 9.—(AP)— Twenty-eight person* were report ed kilted today and thirty wound ed in a renewal of the Moslem up rising at Uri. Kotli and Hand wara, against the government of Sir Hart Singh, Hindu ruler who was once known in a blackmail case In England as “Mr. A.” Three thousand angry Moslems carrying flags marched Into Uri and stoned and wounded police. The military opened fire killing three and wounding five. The most serious trouble was re ported from Kotli where 21 per sons were said to have been killed It was not made plain whether the casualties resulted from a communal riot or _whether the ■nilttary had fired info t mob. DELAV HEARING FOR BANKER AT DURHAM W. G. Clements Not To Face Hearing Until February Sixteenth Durham, Feb. 9.—<AP>—Hearing of charges of embezzlement brought against W. G. Clements, president ol the defunct Merchants Bank of Dur ham were deferred today until Feb ruary 16 at his request. His bend, first set at *15,000, was reduced to *IO,OOO. The warrant for Clements was sworn out by the state banking de partment and charged he embezzled of its funds. The bank closed last month. Will Rogers Back At Home With His. Famed Wisecracks New York, Feb. 9.—(AP)—Will Rogers who wisecracked bb way around the world arrived today from Europe on the liner Euro pa, “to get in on this dough everybody Is going to dig out of their socks.” “1 hear they are makln ga drive against hoarding,” he said, “and 1 don't want to be away under the circumstances.” In Europe, he said, whan you're introduced to somebody, they say, “Glad to meet you, cancel the debts.” He saw the opening of Uuf disarmament conference and it was “ike the follies, only harder to get in, ail the diplomatic wore sell seats.” He said Andrew Mel lon would be a very popular am bassador to Great Britain. “He's got enough money to be popular anywhere.” ' JAP FINANCIER IS SLAIN BY ASSASSIN Tokyo, Feb. 9. (AP>—Junnosuke Inouye, one of Japan’s outstand ing financiers and a leader of the Minseito party, was killed tonight *»y a 23 year old assassin who fired on him as he arrived at a political meeting. The assailant, whose name is Tadashi Konumm, was arrested immediately. The motive for the crime was not known. COMMITTEE PASSES MILLS NOMINATION Washington, teb. 9—(AP)—The Senate Finance committee today approved the nominations of Ogden X~ Mills as secretary of the treasury and Arthur A. Bat-, lentine as under secretary. PUBLJBHKD WIRT AFTKItMOO* BXCBPT SUNDAY Artillery Fire In Chapei Area Is Resumed Causing Injury To One Foreigner China’s Air Chief y ' j|||f|N Ww |HGh \ wtogvll * l, jSpS^T URjL KBS ■ ,y . RX usßclK wj Ucct Gen. Chang H«i Chang, \merican commander-in-chief of he Chinese air forces. In the United States, where he was born, ie is Bert Hall. He gained Lima luring the World war with the e*cadrille, bagging 20 ■hemypTaf{?s7' Hall has flown un ler e half dozen flags. In 192 f te booked up with China and took he name of General Chang. Now •e’s trying to repulse Japanese. fINANCEGROUPTO NAME AGENTS SOON Will Have Agent At Char lotte, And Many Other Os Nation's Cities Washington. Feb. 9.—(AP) —Agents for the "Reconstruction Finance cor poration will be appointed soon at New Orleans and Charlotte, N. C. Following the policy of having a representative wherever there is a federal reserve bank or branch bank the corporation will have gL number of appointments of this nature within a short time . Representative ;Bulwinkle. Demo crat, North Carolina, called on Char les G. Dawes, president of the cor poration and received assurances that the Charlotte appointment would be made. LUTHERANS CONVENE IN ANNUAL MEETING Albemarle, Feb. 9. —(AP) —Ministers and lay leaders were arriving here to day for the opening tonight of the 128th afinual convention of the North Carolina Synod of the United States Evangelical Lutheran Church. Sudden Wealth Jjdas Its Problems , Negro Finds Daily (■ (kc Sir Walter HMcL ST I, C. BAKKKHVIM. Raleigh. Feb. 9.—Sudden wealth has its difficulties just as surely as pover ty has its sting, according to John B. Ford, local negro who was wound ed in France during the wax and who has just recently collected in excess of $9,000 ip disability compensation from the U. S. Veterans Bureau In Washington. Ever since the news of hit sttdden wealth became known, Ford has-been receiving letters from all sections of the country, asking for donations or personal gifts. Since news stories of the $9,000 check he received were car ried by news services throughout the United States, he has receded tele grams or letters from New York; Ohio, lowa, Oklahoma, Ten**,, Cali fornia and many other states, from persons wanting to sell him rehl es tate, stocks in various' undertakings og what not. His little home on South TSrsrir street has been besieged with 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPT Wife of British Member Os Shanghai Police Force Hurt By Exploding Shell AMERICAN INFANTRY ON BORDER PATROL Eight Shells Fall In French Concession Injuring Three Chinese And Doing Big Property Damage Shanghai, China, Feb. 9.—(AP) —Machine gun bullets whined acmes the Kiangwan race track late today and aerial bombs were dropping between here and Woe sung as the Japanese attacked a large Chinese detachment throw* ing up defense works behind the Woosung Fort. A shell from a Japanese de* stroyer burst a powder magazine in the fori earlier In the afternoon causing a terrific explosion aad raising a cloud of dense black smoke which mined ever the countryside. Nevertheless the Chinese held on. Artillery Fine Resumed. Meanwhile the artillery wae in action again in the Chapel sector and at least oae foreigner was wounded by shells which dropped ■emu the international settle meat boundary. She was the wife of Detective Inspector Harris B. Robertson, British member of the municipal police force. Her la ' “-JnSSwa* wot serines end meat of the shell* were duds. Up on the northern setttamset boundary the Hot United States Infantry lodk over the patrol fnk British detachments. They mri, close enough to beer the shopttnk! but their position was abodt4 (Continued on Page Bght.) GREW IS SELECTED JAPAN AMBASSADOR Will Succeed Forbes At Dip lomatic Post At Tokyo Immediately Washington, Feb. 9.—(AP)—Joseph C. Grew, the man whoso thirty years of diplomatic service has taken him almost around the world, was named today to succeed W. Cameron Forces as ambassador to - The new -ambassador /rill travel from his preeeht post il Turkey to Japan to take over ney dations with that country at a time when they re quire more careful hr .idling than at any time in recent Glstory. MORE MONEY/ TO BE NEEDED BY NATION Washington, Teh. 9.—(AP)— Revised treasury estimates shew ed today that the, House Ways and Means committee must devise a bill that will produce *1.24 1,099,- 000 additional > revenue annually Instead of *9#ft,90d,009 as Bret es timated. i callers te-king alms or gifts for charity. . With tfhe exception of only three letters, all of the “fan” letters have been sis >m feminine admirers, Ford says. Tfiey all end with a request for some ’iioney or some gift. One letter from ? illnois merely asks Ford to sand j he writer a camera, coat, hat, stock j ngs and a wrist watch. This model >t “Madam Queen” graciously sxte/ided the privilege to Ford of selecting all the wearing apparel but reserved the right to select the wrist wajeh. Ln many of the letters are requests for money for medicine, taxes, food td help pay church debts and *an; other things. Many of his dusky fe minine admirers have offered tbt.r services as housekeepers, oompaiticns or otherwise. .- But Ford wants it un ux u«od that he is no public n4 that be has no intention ol gtvnag’' away any of his new luauu wealth.
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