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HENDERSON, GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. NINETEENTH YEAR House To Vote Tomorrow On Sales Tax Proposals After Lengthy Argument tcdcral Worker* Will tie* Salary Cult Unleaa Levy Is Passed, Labor Head Is Told ANSWERS PROTEST OF WILLIAM GREEN End of Long and Eurging Debate in House Glimpsed Ai Thursday Night Is Fix ed as Time for Vote on Bill; Tax on Cooper Not Acted Upon tV •••‘'lngtoM. March IS (Al*) Tin- Hour glimpsed Ur end of the MirtiiiK dehair that has swept oevr ih«- <a!tt and all Imports tax pro pnal* today and fixed tomorrow ■qht for its comp Ml— A »»x on coooei la s wis sug gested to the ways and means cotn> j. ?r b< >re the <Aay\i round of -nr.: h-making began but kt took no »'i on. About the nnt time. Representa tive Railsy, of Illinois. the Democratic k»<ier. In a reply to the opposition rs William Orem, of ttie American F«dpration of Labor, to the sales tax. earned that cuts in the salaries of Federal workers promptly would b« •fcessMatsd by failure to adopt tha levy. )08S ARE PRWIDED 10 7,304 IN STATE Legion Employment Cam paign 1» Declared To Be Getting Results DaMr Wisps tea ftseesw la tSe Sir Waller Haiti. M *. C. UIKUivaL. Ijiieiffh. March if A total of 7,- JM persons In North Carolina have keen given employmen since the open i»; of the nationwide American Le gion employment campaign one month ago. Major M. A. Perry, executive di rector for North Carolina, announced today The Jobs for these 7.301 per sons were found by the American Le mon employment committee of 32 of the 120 Legion poets In North Caro lina. representing activity ort the part of 27 per cent of the posts in the State jn (his employment drive, as com pared with only 14 per cent of the posts for the United States as a whole, Major Perry points out. The number of unemployed given Jobs by the various Legion posts over the State are as follows: Albemarle, 2«i. Charlotte. 527; Clinton, 27; David m>h. 12; Dunn, 27; Durham, 283; Elizabeth City, 23; Farmville. 46: Goldsboro. 38ft; Greensboro. 771; Hickory. 25; High Point, 252; Kanna polis. 1.091; Mebane. 15; Morehead City. 1.648; Morganton. 50; Mount Airy. 50; New B«rn. 200; Oxford. 1; Raleigh. 197; Retdsville. 151; Rich Square. 9; Rocky Mount. 369; Salis bury. 26; Sanford. 76; Smithfleld. SS; Statesville, 79; Tar boro. 116; Warren ton. 178; Whttavllie. 4; Wilson 15; 'Continued on Page Five.) ROCHESTER HONORS LATE GEO. EASTMAN Hocheeter. N. Y.. March 16.—(AP) Thn city today paid homage to it* fnoMt renowned son and greatest bene factor George Eastman. Hundrends of sorrowing friends and employees of the Eastman Kodak Company filed past the bier of the >nan who gave Rochester its greatest industry, made it the bub of camera nnd film manufacturing, donated mil lions outright to those working for him. and dispensed other millions for schools, colleges and dental dines for iheir children. DEPUTIES SAY GUN SHOT ACCIDENTALLY Gastonia. March 16- —(AP) —Con- stable O T. Sams and Berry Dilling ham. his assistant, today testified Everett Stroupe was latally wounded by the acciddental discharge of Dil lingham's gun as the two officers sought to halt his car. which they bus pected contained liquor. Sams and Dlllington are on trial for second /degree murder Jn superior court here. ask confirmation OF CHICAGO JUDGE Washing!—. March IS. —(AP)—Con- firmation of Judge James H. Wllker *on. of Chicago, as circuit court judge was asked of the Senate today by Frank J. Loeech. president of the Chicago Crime Commission, and Robert Is ham Randolph, chairman of the “secret six" to free the Judiciary of iati mi nation from gangsters. Hruiirrsmt Daily Dispatch FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Eastman Kills Self. 1 The suicide oi George Eastman above, chairman of the board of the Eastman Kodak company and one of the richest m<en in the world, came only two days after Ivar Kreuger. muX I -mi II lona Ire Swedish match king, ook his life in Paris. Eastman shot i Ur. seif through! the heart in his home at Rochester, N. Y., “My 'vork is done. Wthy wait?” read & note signed “G. E.," he lea to friends. SECOND PRIMARY ” FOR U. S. SENATE BEUEVED LIKELY While Morrison Is Well In Lead Now, Reynolds And His Wetness Get. ting Support MORRISON BACKERS CITE HIS RECORD Has Stood by Party Through Thick and Thin; Answers Charge of Those Who Crit icize His Wealth, Saying They Used to Call Him too Poor RnlO m.piaJfh llaima. « .... «T J C- HASKF.ItVIM. Raleigh. March 16. In spite of the vhoopee and apparent political en thusiasm attendant to the address made here last night by Senator Cam eron Morrison in opening his cam paign for re-nomination as Senator in the Democratic primary June 4, the opinion prevails in political circles here that Morrison is going to have one of the most difficult campaigns of his career and that a second pri mary' will be almost certain. For Morrison has three candidates who are seeking to wrest the nomina tion from him In the primary—Robert R. Reynolds, of Asheville; Tam C. Bowie of West Jefferson, Ashe coun ty; and Frank D. Grist, of Raleigh. Os these three candidates a majority agree that Reynolds will undoubtedly cause Morrison more trouble than cither Bowie or Grist, although these two are likely to prove quite irritat (Continued on Page Two) Governors Back Campaign State after State I* giving its of ficial. endorsement, to the WAR AGAINST DEPRESSION. Governor after Governor is Is suing a Proclamation calling upon the municipal authorities to ap point committee* to Join In this UNITED ACTION CAMPAIGN. Every Proclamation calls open the citizens of the State to enlist In this great army already twenty million strong. Their Chief Executive summon them to volunteer for sendee In this outstanding humanitarian en terprise. To volunteer for unselfish serv ice to their fellow men. Do volunteer to lift the spectre of want and desperation from some American home. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. ONLY DAILY New Justice 'lakes His Seat — •' • '•*£•» xssaaaatto.a— & < ■ ■■■ I '"^ r ' nm B ■ Bl; -* V. V Psi, ■ -jf ' Taking hisi seat for the first time as a member of thjunited States Supreme Court, Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardozo * shown with Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes arriving at the Captol for his in stallation- The new Supreme Court Justice is forme! Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of New York, f J. Presidential Candidates Face Prospect Os Probe By Congress Os Expenses By CHARLES V. STEWART Central Pres* Staff Writer Washington, March 16.—While fun ny. the interest of regular Republi canism in political purity this year is not particular puzzling. The probing of irregularities In the last two or three campaigns has not resulted at all to the advantage of the G. O. P. Old Guard. Orthqdox Hamiltonians did not want these in quires but had to acquiesce in them to avoid being accused of reluctance to have their candidaiaa’ methods Vooka. ed into. In the present instance, however, the demand for an investigation comes from a regular of regulars—Senator Lester J. Dickinson of lowa. In 1926 it was the Democrats, It wll be recalled, who launched an inquiry into expenditures by aspirants for senatorial nominations. James A. Reed of Missouri, then a senator, was made chairman of the in vestigating committee. It was not a Nearly Million Rise ln State Income Tax Funds Due to Higher Rate, But Even With That, Deficit Is Over $2,000,000 Rs'eifh .March 16.—(AP)—A. .1. Maxwell, State commissioner of re venue, said this afternoon no new figure* on State income tax pay ment* were available, hot “a very heavy mail of returns” came in today. M.\ Maxwell said the R. J. Rey nolds Tobacco Company yesterday handed its check to a deputy at Winston-Salem, but this has not been received here. The check Is “far over ft2.00e.000.” Tobacco companies will pay the State a total of about »3ji00,000 In income taxes this year, Mr. Max well said. • flallr uiMnirl Nareas, l« the *lr Wittier HeteL ST J. C. HA«KKH VIM. Raleigh, March 16.- Income tax col lections at the close of business last night amounted *0 S 2 7(JO 2.V» as com pared with collections of £1,923,150 on March 15, 1931. an Increase of $877, 138, It was announced this morning (Continued on Page Six.) Let every American citizen heed Utls flail. Let every American citizen com municate with the Chairman of his local committee and tell him he Is ready to work. Let every employer of labor tell • him, that be will add one more worker ho his force. Let every property owner tell him that he to ready to make those re pairs to hla property. Let every person now holMng a Job tell him that he will gladly ocmfcrtbute something each week to take on one man to do the odd job* in his block. United Action can accomplish miracles. Let every American citizen help to prove it again ss he did fourteen years ago. HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 16, 1932 presidential year. Fights for senate seats alone were available for Reed to • .concentrate on. for the representa tives, of course, do their own inves tigating. He did not concern himself with elections .either; the committee on privileges and elections settles con troversles of that *ort. Reed devoted himself exclusively to nomination con tests. To be sure, there were constitu tional authorities aplenty who argued that nominations also were none of i.hto .bmtnepgj. Jkatoit (be primaries were satisfactory to the state in which they were held, that was all there was to It. Nevertheless. Reed insisted on mak | ing nominations his business. As hts ; tory records, he did it to such good : effect that two Republicans -William j S. Var(» of Pennsylvania and Frank j L. Smith of Illinois -were denied the | right to take their senate seats, on (Continued on Page Two.) Children Hurt In School Bus Blaze Salisbury, March 16—(AIM—Six teen high school students were burned, cut and bruised, four sev erely, ae they broke windows and escaped from a flaming school bus that caught fire as it was being fill ed with gasoline at Dukeville school today. The bua was preparing to leave for Salisbury from the school, five mile* from here. All sustained severe burns on their faces, arms, legs and body. UNITED STATES HAS FAVORABLE BALANCE Washington, March 16 (AIM— The United Stales had s favorable foreign trade balance of ft£4,990,990 during February’. The Commerce Department an nounced .today tha tprefiminary figures showed exports were ftlftft -099,066 and Imports ftlSlJWiJlO#. Exports In February, 19S1 were and Imports 6174.946,- 000. ROCKY MOUNT MN TAKES OWN LIFE Rocky Mount, March 16 (AP)- W. D. Rives, 41, automobilUe accemory salesman ww found dead’in the cel lar of ids home here today with the Jet of a gas beater open. Police pro nounced it a suicide. WIATHIR FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy and much warmer to night and Thursday; showers Thursday In west and north cen tral portions. FOR HENDERSON. For 64-hour period ending at noon today: Highest temperature, 66; lowest, 18; southeast winds; no tain; dear, Babe Ruth Signs At $75,000 Salary St. Petersburg. Fla. MarqJi is.— f AP) —Babe Ruth signed a contract here today with the Newe York Yankees for the season of 19SS at r salary of 875.000. The signing followed a brief con ference at Ruth’s hotel between the home run slugger and ColonM Jacob Ruppert, owner of the club. Ruth’s new salary Is a compro mise between Colonel Ruppert’s of- * ter of $70,000 and for one year and Ruth’s demand for £BO,OOO, the amount he has received for each of the last two years. unemploymentTs" MINIMIZED BY FOE OF MEASURE Bingham Says 6,000,000 and Not 10,000,000 Idle More Nearly Represents Conditions READS TELEGRAMS FROM MANY STATES Most Governors Say Local and State Agencies Have Been Able To Take Care of Situation, but Pinchot Re ports Starvation in Penn sylvan fa Washington, March 16 (AP)—Sen ator Bingham. Republican, Connect!i cut. brought a bundle of telegrams from governors of mott of the States Into the Senate today to bolster an attack upon th- $132 500,000 Demo cratic highway construction bill. One of the telograma—tha tof Gov amor Pinchot. Pennsylvania, said star vation was widespread in his Stale. The others reported conditions of vsvyksy-eertcmsnesa, tot (Hat tooa! and rtate agencies had thus far been aMe to cope With the situation. Bingham said the report received in response to telegrams he had sent out indicated that 6,000,000 was a fair estimate of tftve number of jobless, in iead of the 10,000,000 figure that has been mentioned in the Senate by some of his colleagues. BIG INCREASETN COTTON EXPORTS Heavy Purchases By Japan And China Account for Much In Business Washington, March 16.—(AP)—Cot ton exports jumped almost 25 percent during the first seven months of the cotton season, as compared with the previous seoeon. The textile division of the Commerce Department an nounced today that 5,925.000 bales had been exported from August, 1931. when the cotton season opened, to February this year. This was an in crease of 1,013,000 bales over the ex ports for the first seven months of the previous season. The Far East, the division said, continues the principal factor in the larger shipments. Japan took 1,695,- 000 bales during the period, compar ed with 732,000 the previous year, and China's takings were about three times as large as previously. No fig ures were given for China. CAPTURE MORE OF ESCAPED CONVICTS Greensboro, March 16.—(AP)—Two more of the 11 convicts who escaped from the Stokeedaie prison camp Sun day were recaptured early today. Lonnie Holt, Negro, was taken when he knocked on the door of a case in the county. Two others with him fled. Sample Temple, Negro, was i picked up by police here. | William Jackson, another of the | convicts who escaped, was caught yes terday. POWERS CONTINUES BATTLE FOR LIFE Elkins, W. Vja., March IS (AP)-r | Harry F. Powers’ fight tor life was 1 back to Clarksburg today, where a decision on a new attempt to stay hie execution k expected to to given to day. His hanging to set for Fttay. 17 FISHERMEN ARE SAVED FROM LAKE Buffalo, N. Y„ March 16.—(AP) —Seventeen fishermen adrift for more- than fenr hoars on a huge Ice floe In Lake Erie were re scued by Coast Guardsmen short ly before t o’clock this afttraoos. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Police Hunt Kidnaping Crimes Os Other Years To Solve Baby’s Theft Baby Linßy’s Double Hr mt SMB js Hj Ever siace the kidnaping of the Lindbergh baby, 21-month-old Arthur Reinhom of V/nn, Mass,, has been attracting Auch atten tion when playing around his home or taking a walk with his tpother. * He has the same blonde curly .hair, the same blue eyes and a remarkable facial resemblance to the missing child. oWkibnaper IS GIVEN LIFE TERM ! ~ Mail Who Stole 1 l.Year-Old Boy Sentenced by Court At Warren WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY | Judge Says Kidnaping Is One of Most Cruel and Heartless Crimes and Is Becoming All Too Prevalent These Days Warren. Ohio, March 16. —(AP) — Declaring kidnaping is “one of the most cruel and heartless" crimes, and Is becoming “all too prevalent," Com mon Pleas Judge Lynn B. Griffith today sentenced Dowel? Hargraves. 31 to life imprisonment for the abduc tion of 11-year-old James DeJute, Jr. The judge, who heard the case with out a jury, at the request of the de fense. found Hargraves guilty of kid naping with intent to extort money. Under Ohio law, conviction on such charge, in case the victim jy under 12 years, carries a maximum sentence of life. Defense pleas for a recom mendation of mercy, .which would have reduced the penally to ten years to 30 years, were ignored. Roosevelt Well Ahead in Voting In North Dakota Fargo, N. D.. March 16 (AP)— Returns from 230 of ££s6 precincts In North Dakota’s preadlenttal pri mary election yesterday were for Democratic presidential prefer ence: Roosevelt, 6JMB. Murray, 4,214. Returns from 19# precincts gave for Republican presidential pre ference: France, 4.M9. Coxey, ££36. HENRY’S CAPITAL TO GET NEW NAME Changchun, Manchuria March 16. —(AP)— name of Changchun as the naxhe of the new federal state is to be changed to "Sinking,” which means “new capital,” the government dictator Henry Pu Yl decided today. A planning and construction com mission was appointed in charge of the task of building a new presiden tial palace and government iiftc* building. f>* # * ' PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Paroled Convict, Central Figure in Case In 1923, Is Freed After Hard Grilling TWO FOREIGN-BORN SERVANTS MISSING Tip at Highland Park, N. J., Where Pair Left Day After Lindbergh Baby Was Stol en, Is Investigated; Chisel Figures in That Inquiry Bristol, Pa., March 16.—(AP) — Charged with attempting to ex tort *60,000 from Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, Oscar NearchrisL 36, has been committed to the Bocks county Jail without bail. State police said Seachriat at mitted writing two letter* to Co r»nel lAn doer gh declaring toe would deliver Jhe aviator’* kid naped ton If $60,090 ransom was lei. at e designated spot. Police said the letters threatened Col onel Lindbergh if he tailed to com ply. Seachrist, who is employed at a mission at Croydon, was arrest ed Monday. New York, March 16,—(AP)— Police at the Lindbergh home re ceived an anonymous letter to day saying the kidnaped Lind bergh naby was safe Ln a house at ISS Green Street, Syracuse, N. 1, occupied by Callle Folx. , Rochou-r N. Y., March 16 <AP) - (Anley G. Ci.ind.tli • paroled convict .nd central figure in the Alexattder ou kidnaping case i n 1923, was freed jf ail suspicion today in connection wtth the kidnaping of baby Charles t. Lindbergh, Jr. RECORD OF OTHER YEARS ARE SEARCHED FOB LEADS Hopewell. N. March 16 (AP)— Police delved s.ill further back Into be history of kidnaping today in per siaten efforts to see if from alffKmS .01 gotten famous causes they might iear n the sven-t ol the theft of tha Lindbergh baby. Yesterday attention of investigators (vas focused on Ihe fantastic and frue ;rat<*d attempt to kidnap Max Phil lips, wealthy notified collar maker, .even years ago. Nothing boing learned from study of .hat case which might help solve the present mystery, police eyes were turned to another famous case which occurred nine years ago. In 1923 little Verner Alexanderaon, ton of a Schneotady, N. Y., scientist, was kidnaped. There was a terrific furor of public excitement and the reai-ch spread across the country. The child was found at last near the Canadian border. Today RocQjerter. N. Y., pokce picked up Stanley G. Crandall, pa i«l4d convict, who was one of the mfnclpal figures in the Alexandereon kidnaping. It was announced that he was to be questioned about the Lindbergh kidnaping, but it could not be imanectoatety learned whether police working on the case here would go to ’he up-State New York cRy to Ska part in the examination. The morning bulletin Issued here today made no inference to Crandall, but K was known that ttoe reports of his examination was eagerty awaited. The bulletin, signed by Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf, superintendent of State poHce. said tbaA Investigators sent to the home of Mr*. Leandro Ligbtfoot, in Highland Park concern ing the most likely local lead of thn moment had not returned, and E wan not known whether anything of value had been discovered. 1 Mrs. Ligtotfoot had Md of tot( foreign-born servants who left her em ploy the day tfifter the kidnaping- Coincident with Vftetr departure, Miw. Ldghtfoo* discovered ♦>—t a rfiinul and some rough wood such as the kid napers’ ladder eras made of were aton ing from her estate. A chtoei vas found beneath the Lindbergh nursery window. 1 —————> 4 Bank Robbers Get Life; Imprisonment; From lowa Judge Clinton, lowa, March Ik—(AIM —Pleading guilty to a charge of roh) ling the City National Bank yesterday of SIOMN, which was later recovered, fear men who were Nubneauently arrested were I sentenced In district court today j to life imprisonment at Anamoaa. They will be taken to Anamoaa [ sometime today.
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