I "hestlkrson,
Llteway TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
nineteenth year
Peace Effort At Shanghai Failure
flan for sale of
GOVERNMENT BONDS
10 HALT HOARDING
Campaign Plans Are Out
lined By Col. Frank
Knox In State
ment Today
DETAILS FOR DRIVE
NOT YET CERTAIN
Only One Difficulty, That
Os Shortage of Needed
Bonds, Is Expected By
Leader of Effort
n«hinct<-n, Feb. IH.—(AP)—
I'lins for i* government bond setl
in; •anpaign to derretute hoard
,.l; iMtlernetl lifter tl?e finvt llb
.rt> loan driven—were announced
tixlav bv C 01. Frank Knox, chair
man of l'r<>sident Hoover's Anti
-11 >ardnig Commission.
The securities to be issued by the
treasury are designed specifically to
liiva money out of teapots and safety
deceit boxes. Knox said, and will be
in low denominations.
Details of the issue however, remain
u be worked out at a conference
vith Secretary Mills, of the Treasury
Department today.
"! anticipate only one difficulty,"
Knox said. “It is in getting a suf
ficient quantity of securttiea from the
Treasury Department to satisfy the
demand for them.”
VOUNGDEMOCRATS
POSTPONE DINNER
Jackson Day Meeting Not to
Be Held Until After
Primary Election
llal-ieh. Feb. 13.—(AP)—In the
I. ipe that the Democratic presidential
nomine*’ may be brought here as the
principal speaker, the Young Demo
ciats State organization has decided
rf> t to nold its Jackson Day Dinner
nntil after the National Democratic
Convention at Chicago.
Kdwin M. Gill, chairman of the
Jackson Day Dinner committee an
nounced the decision today.
Explaining that all factional lines
vi'hin the party in the State will have
t'-’n erased after the primary. Gill
x'd the dinner committee had de
f'ted the affair could be of more
value to the party if held prior to the
general electio nand following the
primary than before the primary as
w: « originally planned.
11N BELIEVED
KILLED IN BLAZE
Others Injured In Fire
At Kansas City Grain
Elevator Today
Kansas City. Feb. 18.—(AP)—Two
'"■man was believed killed and ten
>*r> were injured, two of them dan
>-* rousiy, m a fire and series of dust
■OMons that destroyed the Central
l of ,he Kansas-Miasourl elevator
h( *re today.
TV body of William McDaniels,
rn er of the First Fire company to
VP , was A>elieved burled beneath
,r> ' 1 # of debris.
N oon was burned probably
n' y Prank Stark another flre-
I ‘ r< ' p * v «‘d severe injuries when he
ronrl a f °urth story window,
r/y. T l ' nlt destroyed contained 100,-
amn 18 0f wheat a «l » large
amoun » of machinery.
H,NF -S IS OPPOSING
extending policy
V " sshingto^ - Feb. 18.—(AF)—
Ad minlstrmtog Hines to
n Houw Veterans
. Ma ‘ nHt *"* furth * r «-
ti..„ cy rpderml
NORT H CAROLINA.
o, oody, slightly odder la
Frw? ®, nd **** Portions tonight;
the? , oudy '®««wed by rain In
n portto “ i *"■»
Brniirrsmt
» a TS^M«»S.c,
lap Reservists Set to Fight
jggjLjH Bp* 4M.
wS jKk *
«^ n !^ he r P /, P,ng . timeS ° f ppac<? th s se Ja P a , ne3 « nationals in Shanghai
went about til. . ’ easiness as everyday working citizens, but with Ihc
C °| , 2l ng °l Japa n eSe warsh, P s and to Shanghai they immediately
o.led up their rifles and prepared to fight for the flag of the rising sun
2Z”?SJ\r iSU ' ° f £ pan ’ amy and th * hand s worn on the m
denotes that they are soldiers and not irregular bandits. Note the man
n the foreground apparently ail the cTotkir.g he wears under hS
overcoat is his underwear.
Youth Arrested In Chicago
Admits Robbery In Winston
Chtonge* Feb. lA— (AF) —The
police said today that pvi'Jiam
Pryor, 19 year old, one of four
youths arrested after an attempt
to burglarize a barbecue stand
here, confessed robbing a bridge
v party in a suburb of Winston-
Salem, N. C., last March of 820,-
000 in jewelry.
Pryor named Wallace N. Scales,
as his accomplice and said the
jjwelry was pawned in New York
for $1,860, the police declared.
Robbed Last March.
Winston-Salem, Feb. 18.—(AP) —
Two bandits armed with a sawed
off shotgun and a pistol entered
Louisburg Man Is
Killed By Trolley
In Richmond, Va.
Richmond, Va.. F*b. 18.—(AP)
—Raymond G. Bailey, 31, a Louis
burg, N. C., attorney, was killed
instantly yesterday when he threw
himself In front of an Intterur
ban trolley.
Coroner dames M. Whitfield re
turned s suicide verdict.
Physicians at Westbrook sanita
rium, where Bailey was a patient,
■aid he had been “depressed” since
he entered the institution last No
vember.
bankoTeland
REDUCESJTS RATE
Action Followed By Similar
Move In Sweden And
Norway Today
London, Feb. 18. —(AP)—The Bank
of England extended a helping hand
to the commercial community and a
financial gesture of confidence to the
world today by reducing the bank
rates from six to five percent.
The six percent rate was imposed
on September 21, 1931 when the na
tion went off the gold standard.
Soon after the announcement in
Threadneedle Street word came from
Stockholm and from Oslo that the
bank rates in both Sweden and Nor
way had been reduced from six per
cent to five and one half percent.
NUN IS~BURNED TO
DEATH IN BLAZE
Hawthornes N. ty.. Feb. IS.—
(AP)—A SB year old nun. Sister
Bernard, was burned to death in
a fire which early today destroy
ed 8t Hyacinth’s School, a Catho
lic boarding school.
Twenty-five children ranging In
age from three to twelve years
and nineteen other nans fled to
safety In their night clothing and
with anly a few hastily gathered
coats and blankets to protect
them from the early morning odd.
ONLY DAILY
NEWSPAPER PUBT,return
4h****rs**.
of a chain of hole's last March
21 and robbed Mrs. Galloway and
three guests who were playing
bridge of their jewelry.
The victims were Mrs. Gallo
way, Mrs. James S. Dunn, Mrs.
Margaret Cavanaugh and Mrs.
Louise Mcßrayer.
Wallace N. Scales Is the son of
A. M. Scales, of Greensboro, a real
estate operator who once reputed
ly was very wealthy. Young
Seales attended college. Last sum
mer he was discovered serving a
term on the Forsyth county roads
under An assumed name for
violation of the prohibition laws.
TESTS SHOW BEST
CROPS TO PUNT
\
State College Extension Ex
pert Gives Views On
Best Varieties
r.aleigh, Feb. 18.— Th ebeat varie
ties of cigarette tobacco for North
Carolina conditions are the Cash,
White Stem, Orinoco, Bonanza and
Jamaica says E. Y. Boyd, extension
tobacco specialist at State College,
who has conducted field testa with
the crop in all parts of the State dur
ing the past few years.
In making suggestions for growing
the crop this year, Mr. Floyd gave as
his opinion that only those acres of
tobacco should be grown that may
be propery cared for after all the
food and feed crops and a large gar
den have been provided. The tobacco
should certainly be set on the most
uniform, well drlained soils. Every
seed planted should be cleaned and
treuted for disease and the seed beds
should be located with a southeast 1
exposure on a well-drained loamy Boil.
SAYSIiSSTATETO
SUPPORT AL SMITH
Matiachuietti Governor
Makes Statement After
Capital Conference
Washington, Feb. 18—(AP)—Gov
ernor Joseph B. Ely, of Massachu
setts, conferred hers today with mem
bers of the State’s congressional dele
gation and predicted Massachusetts
Democrats would be for Alfred E.
Smith “without any doubt.”
At about the same time Senator
Neely, of West Virginia, predicted
that Democrats of his state would de
clare for Governor Rooeevelt, and C.
Bascom Siemp, Republican commit
teeman from Virginia, said the Re
publican's committee In the Old Do
minion would meet next week and en
dorse President Hoover.
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY
#
Bath} Bispatrh
IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 18,1932
PAINLEVE IS NAMED
ERENCH PREMIER BY
PRESIDENT DBUMER
Former Premier And Popu
lar Statesman Will At
tempt To Form
New Cabinet
POLICY AT GENEVA
WILL REMAIN SAME
Conferences With Parlia.
mentarians Called Immedi
ately In Effort To Form
New Ministry Speedily
Paris, Fob. 18.—(AP)—Forrrer
Premier Paul Painleve, son of a
beker, noted m*ihm«tl(fan and
one of France’s most popular
statesmen today accepted an in
vitation from President Paul
Doumer to form a cabinet to suc
ceed that of Premier Pierre Laval,
which resigned Tuesday.
One of M. Palnleve’s slogans
Is “no disarmament without se
curity against invasion,” so it was
expected today that If he succeed
ed in the difficult mandate of
forming a ministry there will be
change In the French disarma
ment program at Geneva.
He Immediately began conver
sations with parliamentarians and
planned to give his definite reply
to President Doumer tonight.
CONNOR NAMED TO
SIEEEMTMAN
University Professor Made
Member of State Histori
cal Commission
Raleigh, Feb. 18.—(AP)- Professor
R. D. W. Connor, of the University
of North Carolina, has been named a
member of the State Historical com
mission by GoGvernor Gardner to
succeed the late Judge Thomas M.
Pittman .of Henderson, who died re
cently.
For finny years Prof. Connor has
been oi'f”t:inding in historical circles
of the Slal*’. has written two
books of North Carolina history and
also wrote a biography on Cornelius
Harnett. He was secretary of the
Commission from 1903 to 1921 and
was president of the State Literary
and Historical association in 1912.
SAYS SON WANTED
TO MURDER FATHER
Laurens, S. C., Feb. 18.—(AP)—
Ernest Hitt, 21 year old dry clean
ing employe today testified In
Laurens General Sessions court
that Henry Rasor “wanted to kill
his father.”
Hitt’s testimony was given in
the trial of Rasor and two of his
relatives by marriage, Lathan and
Eugene Crisp, for the murder of
W. C. Rasor, 71 year old retired
hanker and merchant who was
slain last September 26.
Believe All Candidates
In Race For Governor
Dally Dlayiftk Baceas.
la l*r Mir Waller Hotel.
J C- BIIKEIIV^LU
Raeigh. Feb. 18.—There will be no
additional candidates for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor, ac
cording to a growing conviction in
political circles here. It is also being
generally admitted that there seems
to be a alow but steady growth in the
sentiment for J. C. B. Ehringhaus
since Josephus Daniels announced he
would not be a candidate for the nomi
nation. A good many are for the first
time venturing the prediction that
Ehringhaus will be the next Governor,
based on the gains he has made since
Daniels turned on the political spigot
which he had been holding closed by
his indecision as to his own course.
The belief on the part of some of
the Daniels supporters that either A.
D. Mac Lean of Beaufort county or
Tom McNeill of Robeson, might be
come candidates seems to have faded
already, since not even the. echoes
have whispered their names where
there was a definite and concerted de
mand for Daniels. Nor is it believed
now that the revivified boom for Gen
eral Albert L. Cox of Raleigh has got
ten much beyond the city limits of
Raleigh. True, there are some here
who still think Cox may become a
Ultimatum Demanding Chinese
Withdrawal From Shanghai By
End Os Week Issued By Japs
io Hold the Line at Woosung
.'.yf ,w^NkhsdißydmnßlHwyra
While .Japanese warships and planes continue the terrific bombard
- instep of reLreating. as was expected,
JTijT utfr a reSjStdflriT fW? garrison
of the witn fresh regular troops. Top photo shows a troop train,
loaded to capacity, ep route to the firing line. Lower photo shows a'
Japanese machine gun squad of the type that comprised the landing
party at Woosung. only to be driven back by the Chinese defenders.
U. S. Denies Any Part In
Framing Note To Japanese
Japs Refusing To
Recognize Newest
Manchurian State
Tokyo, Feb. 18.—(AP)—A For
eign Office spokesman said today
Japan would not recognize the
new Manchurian Mongolian state,
the formation of which was an
nounced at Mukden today, until
It was proven that the new state
“has al Ithe attributes of an Inde
pendent nation.”
“We are in no hurry,” the
spokesman said, “and we are not
going to build any canal.” This
reference was given to the recog
nition of Panama by the United
States in 1908.
candidate, especially if he can get the
support of Daniels and a part of the
Daniels’ following. But a majority of
the observers here feel that now since
Daniels has declined to seek the nomi
nation that he has sacrificed a good
deal of his influence and that he is
not going to be able to deliver the
support of those who were wanting
him to see kthe Governorship, even
should he try to do so. Only a very,
very few think there is any possibility
that Willis Smith, also of Raleigh,
will now seek the nomination. There
was a time when Smith was on the
verge of making the leap and would
have done so with very little urging,
even with Daniels looming as a pos
sibility. But few of his friends now
think he has any intention of getting
into the frgy. ; f? '•
Another thing that has proved some
what surprising in political circles
here and especially pleasing to the
friends of Ehrlnghaus—and not so
pleasing to the A. J. Maxwell and R.
T. Fountain followers —has been the
apparent refusal of the Daniels fol
lowers to enter the Fountain camp or
to go over to Maxwell. So far as can
be learned here, very few of those
(Continued on Fage Eight.)
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
State Department Issues De
nial Os Statement Made
By Officials In Tokyo
HAD NO KNOWLEDGE
OF NOT?’ DELIVERED
Both China And Japan Have
Been Notified, However,
That They Will Be Held
Responsible for Damages
Washington. Feb. 18.—(AF)—
The State Department made an
emphatic denial today of the state
ment made by the Tokyo foreign
office that the United States had
a hand in framing the note to
JapafT' which was delivered yes
terday by the Council of the Lea
gue of Nations.
It was said the United States
had no knowledge whatever of
the framing of the note and did
know that the note was to be de
livered.
Meanwhile it became known
that both China and Japan have
been advised by the State Depart
ment that both combatants at
Shanghai would probably be held
responsible for any damages
caused by fighting there.
CONiilN OF
RAILROADS URGED
Speaker* Declare Millions
Could Be Saved By
Roads By Merging
Philadelphia. Feb. 18.—(AP)—Con
solidation would save America's rail
roads not less .than $800,000,000 a
year. Dr. Edward S. Meade, profes
sor of Corpdration Finance at the
University of Pennsylvania, told the
annual Wharton Alumni Institute of
Business today.
Thomas W. Wood lock, former mem
ber of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and F. J. Lisman, of the Lts
man Corporation, New York, also in
formed the Institute jiuge savings
could be made by consolidation and
cooperation and urged actio nto thtt
end.
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Note To Chinese Is Seen As
Preliminary To Begin,
ning of Big Offensive
GUNS RESUME ACTION
AS PARLEY IS ENDED
Japanese Demand That
Chinese Forces Withdraw
Twelve And A Half Miles
From Shanghai By Satur
day
London, Feb. 18. (AP) —Through
the minister to China, who la now
at Shanghai, the British govern
ment has warned the Chinese gov
ernment that either side—China
or Japan—will be held strictly re
sponsible for acts hSch as the
fatal wounding of two British
sailors yesterday, v/hen shells
from Uie Chapel sector dropped in
the international settlement.
Shanghai, China, Feb. 18.—(AP)
—General Kcnktcbi Uyeda, com
mander of the Jarianeee forces in
this area served nn ultimatum to
night on General Tsai Tlng-Kai.
ordering the Chinese to withdraw
twelve and a half miles from
Shanghai by rundown on Satur
day.
This was the result of the fail
ure of a peace parley earlier In
the day during which the Japan
ese submitted this identical de
mand and. the Chinese repnsso
tnttve rejected it
It was expected that the ulti
matum was a preliminary to the
beginning of the long awaited
major offensive by Japan.
The ultimatum was delivered
while guns were In action In the
Chapel sector In an artillery en
gagement which began Immediate
ly after the peace parley breks
<hi>wn.
CHADWICK TRIAL IN
RICHMOND DELAYED
Wilmington Man Not To
Face Trial For Larceny
Until March 10
* Richmond, Feb. 18.—(A P)—A hear
ing for David M. Chadwick, Wilming
ton, N. C., broker charg ed with hav
ing in his possession b onds claimed
to have been stolen from a Philadel
phia bank was contli/ ued In police
court today until Ma’rch 10.
Chadwick was arr»uted here last
September after he e>j changed a $lO,-
000 liberty bond for b onds of smaller
denomination at the {Federal Reserve
Bank.
GANDIIUOWER
GETS PRISON TERM
Miss Madeline Slade,
Daughter of British Ad.
miraV, Is Jaled
Bombay. Ir rila, Feb. 18.—(AP)—
Miss Madclin > Slade, daughter of a
British admii t 1. who deserted a high
place in Lon * on society to become a
disciple of Gandhi, was ar
rested today and sentenced to three
months in j i il for refusing to comply
with a go i ernment order to leave
Bombay.
The or<! t - was issued Tuesday and
she promptly defied it. She was sen
tenced only a few hours after she was
arrested t oday.
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