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CAROLINA.
NINETEENTH year
fiJOII ENGAGEMENT
disarming of all
NOW SEEN AS ONLY
NOPE AGAINST WAR
Maxim Litvinoff, Russian
Delegate, Proposes Total
And Universal
Disarmament
ANOTHER WORLD WAR
FORECAST AT MEET
Soviet Russia s Commissar
Os Foreign Affairs Sur
prises Arms Parley With
Bold Statement
Switifriand Feb. 11.—
\|*> Madm I4l\in«ff, Commlo
v»r ! *r Fnrrlfn Affair* for Soviet
Kuosia. pntp.iHrd total m l univer
v.l to the World
Itisirmament conform. « today as
Ihr uni) valid security against
»ar.
M Ulvinnff. chief of *ht* Russian
dflfjratiof to the confer i>«e forecast
the appro.'~h of another wcilq war
shich hr p.cdicted would l*e »r>oie
trrrible thin the last unless disnrma
ment is achieved.
His plan tor total disarmament of
the world, he admitted fmrkly to the
delegates aoild probably nave slight
chance o' acceptance b' h 1 pre:«t
powers and as an alternative he of
fered a second project for progres
sive and proportional disarirame.it.
Then to the surprise of many of the
delegates h* assured the conference
h» government was ready to con
sider any proposal Ulc'lv to ach ; eve
-rtno reduction.
In international quarter.- tho Soviet
declaration was credited with being
marked by moderation and as ’ifceiy
to increase the poaatbillt.i’ of success
for the conference.
lAWfiENCEMAY NOT
CONTINUE IN R AC E
Winston Salem Man May
Drop Out of Race For
Labor Commissioner
Brt'r iriapnfi*a Rairvw
hi Ifcr air WeU—r Motel.
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Raleigh. Feb. 11.— According to re
f'rts that have been in circulation
h*re for several days. R. R. Ijiwrence
n t Winston-Salem, president of the
S* ite Federation of will pro
bably withdraw within a few days as
4 candidate for the nomination for
Commissioner of Labor.
For six months or more. Lawrence
h?s been a more or less active can
didate for the nomination for the
Slate office now held by Frank D.
f»nst But for the past several months
|»i? campaign has not been progreas
in? any too well, according to reports.
One reason for this has been that a
majority of the Democrats In the
s *ate have always in the past been
cppr*>ed to nominating any one as
-emmissioner of Labor who has been
rr, nsidered a representative of or
ganized labor, and hence have not
•vrmed up to Lawrence as he evi
d»*ntly thought they would.
Property Tax May Play
I*art In State Campaign
"niir uUfutrk Banaa.
«kr Sir Walter Hatcb
p„. 1 MtHKUVIM.
- '»Kh Feb. 11. No candidate can
n ihp Democratic nomination for
«'vernor of North Carolina unleaa
* advocates the complete re
v%* of ,h « present 15 cents tax on
th rty tor partial support of
. Slx Months school term, according
_ * that is growing in
' r al circlea here. The candidate
, advr >catea the removal of this
or ' most “Wrongly, and that also suc-
’ s >n convicing the people that
h* ! r i**®* on Property must and can
tho educed he the one who gets
rnnvi omiMtton ’ observers here are
convinced.
a re *ult of this growing con
lf>n. based on first-hand informa
pi» i**.!? how * majority of the peo
(„r » n ~h * st «te feel about the mat-
J M K> h J - C. B. Ehrtnghaus and A.
m are expected \o announce
° f the 15 cent * tax on pro
fonow \° n r f^ h ? >, pur v° mea - **»»■
Govo,« n the footsteps of Lieutenant
T- Fount *in. the third
,or 1,16 oonal nation, who
oeen advocating the removal of
-a cents tax for m«.ny months.
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NAVY DIRECTS U. S. ARMY IN CHINA
L HP MMHL M
Presence of U. S. marines, a regu
lar army battalion, and navy
forces at Shanghai, uncovers an
unusual situation in which the
United States jirmy functions un
der a naval commander. Colonel
Lorenzo Gasser, lower right, com
mander of the Thirty-third regi
Jim Ham Lewis Is
PlaceSTn Running
ToSudceed Hoover
Springfield, 111.. Feb. 11.—(AP)
—.lutim Hamilton Lewis, United
States senator from Illinois, was
placed In the running as a Demo
cratic candidate for president to
day with the receipt of a primary
petition prepared In his behalf at
the secretary of state’s office.
HENRY FORD PLANS
10 MAKE BIG CAR
Auto Manufacturer Will Put
Out New Four And Eight
He Declares
Detroit. Mich.. Feb. 11.-(AP)--
Henry Ford today said that he is
planning to bring out an improved
four and a new eight cylinder car in
the near future. He also said the
chasis of the new models will be so
constructed as to permit installation
of either four or eight cylinder en
gines.
Mr. Ford, in an open interview, said
the new car will be of longer wheel
base, lower hung chasis and heavier
He added that production will start
sometime this month, the first public
showing to be early in March.
In fact, it is generally agreed that
the main reason for Fountain’s pre
sent popularity and apparent lead in
the contest for the nomination has
resulted almost entirely because he
advocates the remove lof this 15 cents
tax on property for school purposes
and a general reduction in other
taxes, so that many people already
believe that Fountain has promised
to virtually remove all taxes on pro
perty. despite the fact that this 15
cents tax for the six months school
term is the only tax which the State
itaelf levies on property. AH other
property taxes are levied by the coun
ties and towns.
In fact. Maxwell has already stated
that he favors the removal of the 15
cents tax on property “as soon as
any fair and consistent means can be
found to do it,“ using this expression
in his platform announcement last
August. During the past week, in a
speech in Monroe, Maxwell further
broadened this statement when he
said “We must find means of reliev
ing the 15 cents tax on property for
schools.”
Today, when asked if he Intended
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ONLY DAILY
ment, is junior to Colonel R. S.
Hooker, upper right, who com
mands the Fourth marines. Col
onel Hooker in turn takes orders
from Admiral Montgomery M.
Taylor, loft, who has been placed
in command of the entire situa
tion in the Far East.
IDEE CONFERS
WITH POPE TODAY
Mussolini And Pontiff Hold
Conference Lasting
For An Hour
Vatican City. Italy, Feb. 11— (AP) —
Premier Benit Mussolini, II Duce, of
Italy Fascism and Pope Pius XI. Holy
Father to the Catholic world, met to
day in the pope’s library at the Va
tican for the first time were colseted
alone for a fill! hour sealing the p-saee
of the church and state which whs
begun by the I.ntcran Treaty three
years ago.
Th'c premier’s first visit to the pope
looked for severai months since the
nettlement of the coni.ro'. eiv over
the Catholic action society, was ex
pected to last only for i few mo
ments, lasted an hour to the suiprise
pf the waiting attendants of both
himself and the pont.ff.
PROPOSALTOHELP
BUSINESS OFFERED
Hoover Tells Six Score Bus-
U iness Executives To Re
consider Plan
■ —T—
■ Washington, Feb 11 (AP)—A group
of six score business executives who
placed before President Hoover to
day proposals for “a two year's truce
in destructive competition" were dt
reo’.ed by him to reconsider their sug
gestions.
The group representing independ
ent producers and distributors through
out the country returned at once from
the White House to a continuation of
their conference wt the Hotel May
flower.
The proposal for a two year morato
rium in competition was asked as an
arbitrary period during which there
might investigation of a non parti
san committee of congress of existing
business conditions.
Smith and Raskob
Visited By Byrd
In New York Today
New York, Feb. il-(AP)—For
mer Governor Harry F. Byrd, re
cently endorsed by the general as
sembly of Virginia as Democratic
presidential candidate, called on
Alfred E. Smith and John J. Ras
kob today—not as a candidate, he
said, but as vice chairman of the
Democratic National committee,
NEWSPAPER PUBT.TRHF.n
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY
Saflu Btsuatrb
IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 11, 1932
AT SHANGHAI LOOMING
NEW MEASURE SEEN
AS EFEOIf TO HALT
FAILURESJOF BANKS
Legislation Would Broaden
Basis On Which Paper
Can Be Rediscounted
WOULD HEfeP BANKS
FACING HEAVY RUNS
—*
Federal Reserve Board
Would Be Able To Deter
mine Valued Os Securities
And Rate ILoans Accord
ingly
- .
Washington, Feb. 11.—<AF)—
The expectation that bank fail
ures would bar stopped by the
forthcoming legislation to broaden
the base on whteh paper can be
rediscounted was expressed today
in high treasury quarters.
It was pointed out that if the fed
eral reserve bank were able to ad
vance funds on the intrinsic value of
securities held in the portfolio banks,
this would aid banks finding their
cash exhausted through unnecessary
runs to raise additional money and
prevent them having to suspend busi
nes s .
It was said that while the kind of
paper which would be eligible for re
discount under the proposed tem
porary law had not been determined
It would operate much as personal
loans and would be based upon the ac
tual value of the bank's security.
Many banka have been forced to
suspend because of eligible paper and
cash have been depleted while at the
same time they held a large amount
of valuafapt securities in, their port
folios which &uM v ap« be' rwtleeount
ed. It was said that Lhe federal re
serve board would be able to deter
mine in each case value of the
security and woulcfc rate loan upon
exactly what those securities were
worth.
ATTACKSAREMADE
ON CREDIT PLANS
Proposal Losen Credit By
Federal Reserve Regula
tins Opposed
Washington, Feb. 11.—(AP) — The
latest proposal for loosening credit by
a revision of fede.al reserve regula
tions was assailed in the House today
as congressional leaders completed
their draft of the bill that was evolved
at a series of White House confer
ences.
Before the bill had been dropped
into the hopper, Representative
Busby, Democrat, Mississippi, a mem
ber of the House Banking commit
tee called it "a mere legislative pal
liative that is not going to meet the
situation.”
Busby said the federal reserve sys
tem "cannot meet the basic troubles."
U. S. IS URGED TO
PREPARE FOR WAR
1
Maryland Governor Urge*
Maintenance Os Ade
quate Armed Force
Baltimore, Feb. 11 >AP) —Governor
Albert C. Ritchie today called on the
United States to maintain adequate
armed fotcee to protect the nation in
the fsce of a world giving every in
dication of preparing for another war.
Standing sit the foot of the first
monument erected in honor of George
Washington, the Maryland executive
and Democratic praddeiMkl candi
date issued his plea over a nation
wide radio system in opening Mary
land’s celebration of the Washing
ton 81-Centennisl.
Declaring that the armed forces of
the nation are now far below the
provisions of the national defense act
he pleqded not to weaken them fur
ther., 1 v *
WEATHER
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Bain tonight and probably Fri
day morning; warmer in central
portions tonight; colder Friday;
fresh, possibly strong southwest
winds.
Four Hour Truce Is Arranged
To Allow All Foreigners To
Evacuate Chapei Battle Area
WHERE JAP ATTACKS HAVE FAILED
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This .map shows the urea around
the famous Woosung forts near
Shanghai, where Chinese troops,
despite heavy bombardment and
troop concentration, have thrust
back Japanese attacks in attempts
by the latte* to circle the en
trenched Chinese arrnv The dia
Dr. Harry North Victim Os
Heart Attack In Raleigh
Raleigh, Feb., 11 (AP)—The Rev.
Harry M. North, D. D., preaiding
older of the Raleigh district of
the Methodist Episcopal Church t
South, died suddenly at 1S:1A this
afternoon at the district parson
age. Dr. North was stricken with
a heart attack and died before Dr.
James W. McGee, who was sum
moned, could reach the house.
His death followed by lees than
U.S. AND MEXICANS
TO LINK INTERESTS
Will Join In Event of Com
plications In Far East
ern Situation
Washington, Feb. IL—(AF)
State Department officials denied
today that there is any under
standing between this country and
Mexico In connection with rela
tions with the Far Fast
In quarters oonservaat with Ln
ttq-American affairs, it had hspn
said previously that, such an un
derstanding wan is force.
Washington. Feb. IL—(AP) Exis
tence of an understanding between
the United States and Mexico linking
their national interests in event of
further complications in the far east
ern situation was disclosed today in
authoratative quarters.
While no notes on the subject have
been exchanged between the two gov
ernments at least In recent months,
information was given today that this
government and that of Mexico see
their interests as common in the event
of discordant eventualities . spring
ing from difficulties with oriental na
tions.
PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON
EXCEPT BUNDAT.
triet is heavily fortified by the
Chinese. In the photo below are
shown field mortars of the type
used by Chinese in repelling the
invaders. The guns are used to
hurl heavy bombs at an angle de
signed to land them in the oppos
ing trenches.
a week that of Dr. Michael Brad
shaw, a former presiding elder of
this district, who died Sunday in
Durham.
Coming here from the Wilming
ton district, Dr. North had been
presiding elder for two years. In
recent years he had served pastor
ates at Durham, Rocky Mount and
Kinston.
Funeral arrangements were not
complete this afternoon.
Records In Harwood Case
p
Are Reported As Missing
Dally Dispatch Parra a.
fa the Sir Walter Betel.
HT J. C. SAIEKXVaU
Raleigh. Feb. 11.—State circles afre
all In a flutter again as a result of
the report that certain important -rec
ords having to do with the cajpe of
the State against Miss G-. Har
wood, former employe oof the State
Department of Revenue charged with
misappropriating some $4,90S In State
funds, have been tampered with or
mutilated. Reports that something
had struck a enas fn-this pass started
circulating several 'Hay* ago when the
ease was suddenly continued again
and when the civil action, in the
hands of J. M. Broughton, aw referee,
and understood to be nearing settle
ment, was suddenly -recsssdd. .It was
finally learned yesterday from un
official but reliable sources that the
snag was the discovery that some of
the State’s records in the case have
either been muUUated, defaced or
lost.
So far. no, one connected with the
case from the estate’s angle, would
discuss the matter or either depjr or
veritythe report that' the State's reo
ords had been tampered with.
Commissioner of Revenue A J.
i Maxwell, when asked about the mat-
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Hostilities Will Cetie For
/Short Time To Allow
Trucks To Go In For
Residents
PREPARATIONS MADE
TO RESUME FIGHTING
Group Os Shanghai Volun
teers Are Relieved By
United States Troops Who
Guard International Boun
dary
Shanghai, Feb. 12 (Friday)
(AP) —Five hundred pound
aerial bombs will smash into
Woosung when hostilities on
that front are resumed per
haps today, certanly before
many days nave passed.
It will be the first time such
huge missies of destruction
have been used in this area
but the big bombs will not be
dropped on Chapei because of
nearness of the international
settlement. The explosion of
such a bomb is terrific.
On Thursday the hostilities
along the whole 20 mile front
from Chapei to Woosung were
suspended because of the cele
bration of Japan’s “Empire
- Bay”. Evea the CMaese'gov
ernment customs boats in the
Whangpo dressed ships as an
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MANUFACTURE! TAX
IS BEING PLANNED
May Be Big Item In New
Revenue Bill Now Be
ing Drawn Up
Washington Feb. IL—(AP) —A gen
eral manufacturers gales ♦»« of one
or two peroant appeared certain to
be the big item its the new revenue
bill being drafted tyy the House Ways
and Means committee with appoint
ment today of *. subcommittee of
seven to study tlve proposal advocated
by a large number of representatives
of big Industrie#,.
Subcommittees also were appointed
to draft recoinmendations for in
creases in income taxes and for the
levying of a gift tax.
Acting Cl (airman Crisp declined to
make the personnel of the sub-coax
mittees pi’.Lltc. The proposal likely es
approval 'is to levy a general sales
tax on manufactures as tbsy ooae
from the factory in perference to
taxes r#! the individual manufactory
i Ing products.
ter. declined to comment on the case
or any of the reports connected with
it In any way. other than to say that
the entire matter was in the hands of
the Attorney General. Neither would
Governor O. Max Gardner discuss the
case, saying that it had not bean
brought to his attention and that ha
knew nothing about it .
Attorney General Brummltt, when
asked if he had any statement to
make about the case and the reports
that important records had either
been lest, mutilated or defaced, said:
”1 have nothing to say. I am act
trying this case in the newspaper*.”
When asked further if he would
either affirm or deny the reports con
cerning the piXiUiUce of ’ records, in
the case, said: • ‘ i
“T just told, you I have nothing Jto
say about It." * ; * : f
The refusal of both Commtsslodpr
Maxwell and Attorney General- Brum
mitt to discuss the reports in connec
tion with the eve and their failure to
deny the reports in' connection ArMh
the mutilation or removal of soma of
the records In- the case, are being in
terpreted by meet people here as con*
(Continued on Page Three.)
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