iiemderson,
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central
CAROLINA.
JcJneteenth year
JAPS
ENOUGH SUPPORT SECURED
TO FORCE VOTE ON LIQUOR
WET BLOC SIGNS
145 CONGRESSMEN
TO OBTAIN ACTION
Will Be First Time In Years
Line-Up on Controverted
Subject Has Been
Had Id House
TEXAS DEMOCRAT IS
LAST ONE TO SIGN
First Day on Which It Will
Be Possible To Bring Mat
ter Up Will Be March 14;
Constitutional Amend
ment Basis For Action 1
Sought
Washington. Marah 1 (AP)-A
Hou.'- vote on consideration of a
Sute-local liquor control plan was as
sured today when the wet bloc obtain
ed the necessary 145 signatures on a
petition to take the meaeure away
from the Judiciary committee.
The vote la expected to show the
House line-up on prohibition for the
first time in years. Wthen It will be
l id re mi ms to be decided.
The fin* day on which It wiH be
pi- :ble to bring the suggested con
r.;lutiooal amendment up for a vote,
however, will be March 14.
A Texas Democrat. Representative
Mansfield, was the 145th House mem
ber to sign it.
The petition had been resting on
the desk at the front of the House
clamber for several days past.
IQRESTFIRES RAGE
IN WEST CAROLINA
On 100-Mile Front In Moun
tains Workers Fight
Walls of Flame
Cliarlottr, March I.—(APl—Kor
fires raged at Mattered points
along a HW-mlle front In the
mountains of Western North Cor
tina today.
In .McDowell county great rings
"I flame driven in the face of high
winds had raced through hun
dreds of acres of winter-dry
tnmih.
In the fJoo6e Creek section fire
lighten were making a desperate ef
fort to save the homes of E. C. Fer
s»ioon and James Gardner and of four
•’'Xro families. Even women and
children were lending a hand.
•Jn UnviCe mountain. 100 men
‘•agh* to halt the advance of a wall
f, f flame three milea long, while a
■'.•mar blaze on Wildcat mountain
> left to burn unchecked.
Honolulu Guarded
l>\ l. S. Sailors In
T car New Atacks
Honolulu. Starch 1 (AP)—Hall
l>r' today patroVed Honolulu
struts, along which house doors
wre locked at night—an unusual
precaution for (his playground Isle
,s n ‘WcnU feared a repetition of
'he r-rent outbreaks of assault
•ia*n women.
VV,tll two Orientals heW. police con
' their search for the robber wtic
• suited Mrs Kathleen Hope, wife of
’inching*, on the submarine F-28, in
home Saturday night. One of the
’“ rn hrld was a paroled convict, who
s,r ' efl time for a similar charge.
v < other i. including Edward Wong.
V'ling Chinese, first arrested as a su
have been released.
IURThIr gains in
employment made
'By the Associated Press.)
J-nempioymont figures:
jvumber placed In North Carolina
»<day. 4.
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Gov Gifford Pinchot of t'cnnsyl- 1
vania is pictured holding a eon- I
Terence with Senator William I
Dorah of Idaho, in Washington. !
They didn’t disclose what thev dis- I
Democratic Convention
Scheduled For Raleigh
After The JuneJErima^y
Americans Told
To Get Out Fast
Shanghai, March I. (AF)
Americans living along the railway
line which the Japanese have
threatened to bombard to prevent
movement of Chinese reinforce
ments, were advised today by Ed
win 8. Cunningham, the American
consul general, to evacuate.
In their warning to Mayor Wu
Teh Shen yesterday, the Japanese
said (hey would begin operations
tomorrow to destroy the railway
line.
There tire more than (Ml Ameri
cans in Soochow, hut this Is con
sidered outside the danger area.
Seaboard Asks For
Right To Abandon
Ridgeway Station
Raleigh, March 1. (At’) - The State
Corporation Commission today took
under advisement a petition of the
Scabortd Air Line railroad to aban
don its station at Ridgeway and a
request by the Railway Express Com
pany to quit its agency at the same
time.
FUNERAL TOMORROW
FOR C. B. EDWARDS
Aged Kuleigh Business Man and
Founder of Big Printing Estab
lishment Is Dead
Raleigh. March I.—(AP)—Funeral
services for Cornelius Bryant . Eld
wards. 37, who died at hi shome here
at 11:30 o'clock last night, after a
lingering illness due to old age, will
be held from the First Baptist church
here at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon.
Interment will be in Oakwood ceme
tery with Masonic rites.
Mr. Edwards was one of the found
ers of Edwards and Broughton Com
pany, one of the largest printing busi
nesses in the State.
TWO ASPIRING TO
HIGH LEGION JOB
Winston-Salem. March I.—(AP)
Two candidates are now In the field
for the poet of commander of the
North Carolina department of the
Ayterlcan Legion, officers attending
the annual poet officers conference
declared today.
The commandership returns to the
west this year, and Brice Beard, qf
Salisbury, is being strongly advocated
for the honor by his friends. < *
Fred My rick, of Greensboro, who
was defeated at the Winston-Salem
convention two years ago by Con
C. Johnson, of Mooresville, is also
back in the fight
ONLY DAILY
ACCEPT PEACE OFFER
WONDER WHAT THEY DISCUSSED?
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
HENDERSON, N. C„ TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 1, 1932
cussed. Perhaps it was a "third
party.” Both are progressive Re
publicans and each has been men
tioned as a presidential possibility
in the coming election.
Executive Committee Meet
ing Tonight Expected to
Agree on That Plan
of Procedure
HOPE TOI^CLUDE
NATIONAL ISSUES
With Primary Over, That
Will Be Avoided, With
Division Over Roosevelt
And Garner; Raleigh Au
ditorium To Be Ready By
Sometime In June
Pulp Uwpnlrk Rai«ll>
In llr )iif U Hotel,
ttv J C. nUIKKHViLt
Raleigh. March 1.- A determined ef
fort will be made to defer the Demo
cratic State Convention until after the
June 4 primary as well as to keep the
convention in Raleigh instead bold
ing it in Charlotte or San/oYd, when
the State Executive Com
mittee convenues tonight in the hall
of the House of Representatives to
set the date for the convention and
select the convention city.
Whether or not a real contest will
develop in the committee tonight re
mains to be seen ahd depends to a
large extent upon, how many mem
bers of the committee want to hold
the convention before the primary, in
which case it would almost have -to
be held in Charlotte or Sanford, pro
bably Charlotte, since no other city
lias an auditorium large enough to
take care of the convention. The con
vention cannot be held in Riaietgh if
it is decided to hold it before the
primary, since Raleigh's new audi
torium, now in process of construction
will not be completed until sometime
in June. However, if it is decided to
.hold the convention after the primary,
(Continued on Page Three.)
New Manchurian
Regime Formally,
Begun In Mukden
Mukden, Manchuria. March I
(AP) —The foundation of the !
new independent Manchurian re
public was declared formally here
th% morning and the new five-col
ored national flag waa flown every
where to celebrate the beginning
of a new e(| as “tatung”—gw*
unity. < *'
The forme! inauguration of the new
government under the rule of Henry
Pu Tl, former boy emperor of China,
will occur at Chang Chun, which has
been designated ae the oapttal es the
new state..
This ceremony will take ptacq
sometime between March 5 and March
10. A commander of the founders of
the new state left here last night
for Port Arthur to notify the former
emperor of his nomination.
REINFORCEMENTS
PROVE Us DOING OF
THE CHNESE LINE
Whole J&patiese Line Is
Straightened Out Along
One-Mile Front In
Shanghai Region
HEAVY CASUALTIES
IN CHINESE RANKS
Meanwhile, ’Peace Parleys
Started Monday Are Re
ported at Standstill, With
No Definite Results in
Sight; Ternfrs Spurned By
the Chinese-
Shanghai, 2.—(AP)
Punished by the new strength of
Japan’s fresh storm troops, the
Chinese line tho Shangwan sector
gave way early this morning and
fell back foot by foot, covering
the retreat with machine gun fire.
The whole Japanese line along the
entire battlefront between Shangwan
and Miaochung Chen was straighten
ed out and headquarters reported
that the attack had succeeded along
a one-mile front.
The Chinese were retreating back
ward in the direction of Chapei.
At one cross road, which had been
under heavy fire for several days, the
advancing Japanese reported they had
found more than 200 Chinese dead.
Their own casualties for the day
were not given.
The peace parleys which began on
Monday were virtually at a standstill
this morning, neutral observers said.
There were several night confer
ences among Chinese officials, but the
***-.<* ifcwnt *►.«* X k- m..
produced no deQiyte results. The
Chinese appeared to agree that the
military demands made upon them by
the enemy are unacceptable now as
when they were framed in General
Uyed&’s ultimatum some days ago.
80WEMYSBYR0
WOULD BE WINNER
Virginia Ex-Governor Needs
Publicity, Democratic
Keynoter Says
Ilielitnond, V»., March 1 (AP)—
’Hie Richmond Times-Dispatch to
day quotes Claude G. i ßowers,
New York writer and keynote
speaker at the 1928 Democratic
National Convention, as predicting
former Governor Harry F. Byrd’s
“certain' 1 election if nominated ss
Democratic presidential candidate,
and said that his nomination would
be “wholly acceptable.”
The paper quoted Mr. Bowers as
saying “what Harry Byrd needs
more than anything else is a cam
paign of nationwide publicity to
acquaint the country with his truly
extraordinary record as governor
of Virginia. The country as a
whole Is not aware of that record
to the extent It should be.”
Gift of Wheat to
Red Cross Given
Committee’s Okeh
Washington, March I.—(AP)—A
Senate bill to release 400.500.000
bushels of government wheat to
the Red Cross for distribution was
approved today by the House
Agriculture Committee by a vote
of 15 to 6.
The action reversed a previous
vote of 14 to 9 ballot.
The bill was amended to provide
that part of the wheat may be
used for livestock feeding In crop
failure areas.
The measure would allow the
Red Cross to requisition the wheat
from time to time as needed, with
a mas imam limit of 409,W0,900
Tom O'Berry To Run
GotdSboro, March 1 (AP)—Thomas
O'Berry, only eon of the late Captain
O’Berry, who was State treasurer, to
day announced his candidacy for the
the State .House of Representatives.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair and colder tonight; Wed
nesday increasing cloudiness, with
colder in east and central and
probably rain in extreme west
portions.
Whole Chinese Battle Line
Falls Back As Japs Launch
Biggest Attack Os The War
JUST A COUPLE OF OLD CRONIES
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“Old pals, forever,” remarked
John D. Rockefeller, 93-year-old
oil king, as he post'd for a pfioto
graph st Ormond Beach. Fls^
Payment of Bonus
At Once Is Urged
Washington, March 1 (AP)—lm
mediate full payment of World
War veterans adjusted service cer
titlestes was proposed to the Sen
ate today by Senator Thomas, Dem
ocrat, Oklahoma, under a bond is
sue which he said would greatly
increase the amount of money in
circulation.
The Mil proposed would provide
that on Issuance of the bonds they
he delivered to the various Fede
ral Reserve .Banks instead of be
ing offered to the public.
mmrnsf
GETTINGU. $. TAX
State Merchanti Board Asks
Return of Part of Funds
From State
WOULD HELP SCHOOLS
But Uncle Sam Will Need AH He Can
Get For Himself, So Thai North
Carolina Can Expect
Little There
Dotty IHaoNfrb Vlareee,
In «he Sir Wnl*rr Hotel.
«V J C. ntRKRRVIU.
Raleigh, March I.—Those who think
they have solved the problem of full
State support of the six months school
term by advocating a return to the
State of one per cent of the amount
collected from the manufacturers of
the State under the proposed Federal
production tax of from two to three
per cent, are the victims of one of
the most fantastic pipe dreams ever
envisioned, according to tbose here
( (Continued on Rage Three.)
DARROW TO DEFEND
HONOLULU SLAYERS
j, 1; 1 ii ■ •. *•
Chicago, March I»—(AP)—Clarence
Darrow decided today to participate
in the defense of Mrs. Grace Fortes
cue. Lieutenant Thomas Hassle and
two enlisted mgn accused of second
degree murder at Honolulu.
PUW.ISHKD EVfRT AFTRRNOOM
KXCBPT SUNDAY.
with Gen. Adel belt Aims, 97-
year-old war veteran. General
Ames was graduated from West
Point in 18G1.
BOOM FOR GARNER
ADDINGMOMENTUM
Both Wets and Drys, For
Some Reason, Have
Given Endorsement
HE HAS GOOD RECORD
Condu<* of DemocrslAc House Has
Won Many Supporters to Hk
Banner; He Is Now Un
questionably Runner-Up
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Correspondent
Washington, March I. Speaker
John N. Garner now unquestionably
is runner-up for the Democratic presi
dential nomination championship.
His abilities are good and he has
demonstrated extraordinary strength
of character. As minority leader In
the house of representatives he was
perhaps the best his party ever had.
As majority leader he has been better
yet. In his three months in the speak
er’s chair he already has won the
reputation of a great presiding of
ficer.
But the presidential demand for
him?
Wets, to whom Governor Franklin
D. Roosevelt's announcement of his
conversion from prohibition somehow
sounds unconvincing, are for Garner.
Drys, to whom the governor’s aban
donment of their cause has rendered
him no longer acceptable, have turn
ed to Garner. Conservatives, ; who
shudder at the New Yorker’s expres
sed views on the power prefer
Garner. Radicals, suspicious of the
genui ness of the Empire State; exe-l
(Dontinned on Page Three;)'
Fascist Uprising
Results In Clash
Near Helsingfors
•Heteingfom Finland, Mardh J, (AP)
from banks and con
siderable difficulty In securing for
eign currency were among the most
notable results today of the Fascist
revolt which led to tbs encounter
with government troops 25 mlled from
HeMngfors yesterday-
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, TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
ARTILLERY, PLANES,
MACHINE GUNS AND
TANKS PARTICIPATE
I
Tokyo Hopes To Crush Chi
nese Resistance Before
Peace Efforts Can
Be Effective
ADVANCE OF MILE
CLAIMED BY JAPS
Explosion Near Jap War
ships In River Brings For
eigners To Streets In Fear
of Earthquake; Boncour's
Peace Proposals Favored
At Tokyo
Tokyo, March 1 (AP)—
Peace proposals to end the
conflict at Shanghai made by
Joseph Paul Boncour, French
delegate at the League of Na
tions Council at Geneva yes
terday, were accepted by the
Japanese government today.
The proposals of M. Bon
cour, which called for a con
ference of the powers at
Shanghai with representa
tives of China and Japan,
were also accepted by Ad
miral Osumi and General Ar
aki, heads of the war and
navy departments, at a con
- sere nee with Foreign Minist
er Kenkiski Yoshichwa.
GREATEST OFFENSIVE OF
waA LAUNCHED BY JAPS
Shanghai, March 1 (AP)--Japanese
officials claimed late this afternoon
the entire Chinese line from Chapel
northward through the western en
viron of Shangwan to
Chun waa driven backward by their
foroee in the most terrific battle the
Shanghai front has eeefi.
Backed up by 12,000 reinforcements,
who landed here during the lent 36
hour*, the Japanese curly this morn
ing began a tremendous assault along
the whole front. Tb/ey used artillery
airplanes, maohine gjins and a squad
ron of tanka in the 'tremendous push
which Tokyo o pec ted to defeat the
(Continued 01/ Page Three.)
Emergency Road
Bill To Be Given
Favor able Report
Washington,. March I.— (AP) The
Senate post : office committee today
delayed tem f -orarily reporting on the
Democratic emergency road bill hut
Chairman Oddie, said it would be
brought 001 quickly and there was
“no quest jnn of reporting It out fa
vorably.”
Action -was delayed at the request
of Senate ,r Glass Democrat, Virginia,
who wiifnes to appear and urge in
creasing- the amount given for na
tional tdarks and to speak on the con
vict l«F>or clauses.
Two,’ amendments were spuid to by
the c'j-nmitte today, submitted by Sen
ator .'Hayden, Democrat, Arlxona. On
would remove the SIO,OOO per mtU.
Urn!# ation on the coat of construction,
an fir the other would permit money to
be, spent in towns of 2,500 or over
| population.
CHINESE OFFICER
RELEASED BY JAPS
Shanghai. March I—(AP) Ken
Wang, Chinese army officer, who was
arrested by Japanese soldiers in the
Astor house lobby op. Saturday, was
rrieased today by Japanese ofß&als.
who said they had sufficient evidence
against him to hold him for “mUttary
reasons,” but t%at tbsy Ist him go' “for
other consideration's.”
TUs identity wss established this
afternoon as “Coappe.” Ksn #ang,
although be doer nut bold any military
poMtlo oat the pjfeeent tSpie, accord
lag to perrons intimate with him
harm.