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HENDERSON, GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. NINETEENTH YEAR BANK’S RE-OPENING APPROVED X V y v v w w u * * * * * ********** ****^h*^ Hoover And House Committee To Discuss Economy Measures INVITATION SENT AFTER COMMITTEE FIRES ITS REPLY Challenges President To Be Specific In Economy Steps He Would Put Into Effect NEW IMPORT TAXES NOT YET RULED OUT Senate Democrats Unable to Agree; Sales Tax Not Dis cussed at Party Conference Robinson Taking It For Granted House Vote Ban ned Proposal Washington. April 7. (AP> Presi dent Hoover will confer Saturday with the special House economy com mittee upon possible reductions in gov ernment expenses. Replying today to the demand of the committee that he submit spe cific recommendations, the President invited the group to come to the White House Saturday morning at 11 oclock The invitation was promptly accepted by Repdresentative McDuf- I fie Democrat. Alabama, chairman of the committee. EXI’F.SnmRE REDUCTION PASSED BACK TO HOOVER Washington. April 7. <AP)—In a curt letter to President Hoover, the ,'pecia I House Economy Committee to duv »cnt back to the chief executive the issuee of reducing government xpndietures. formally requesting him t<> submit specific recommndatlons. The letter was dispatched over the signature of Chairman McDuffie, of Alabama, the Democratic whip, with two Republican committeemen dis (Continued on Page Two) WAR NAVY MERGER TABLED IN HOUSE Committee Refuses To Re port Consolidation To House for Vote Wmhington, April 7. (AP> The House Expenditures Committee today tabled the Democratic-sponsored bill to consolidate the war and navy de part ments. r hairman Cochran said the vote was 1-’ to 8. with seven l>emocrats and one Republican for the measure. The bill had been sponsored by Mouse Democratic leaders. Including Chairman Byrns, of the appropriations committee, and Its author, as some thing that would save SIOO,OOO a year. TWO CONVICTS ARE STABBED TO DEATH Pittsburgh Pa. April 7 fAP> - Two piisoners In the western penitentiary we re stabbed to death in a fight with nr.:rther inmate this morning. The men fought in the main street of the pr-on. The stabbing was done witih »n intproeived krlfe. Increasing Wet Strength In The Republican Ranks May Develop Third Party By CHARLES P. STEWART Oninl Piww Staff Writer Washington. April 7. From the ec onomic standpoint, this year’s third party prospects have been fully can vassed. Politicians are agreed that there will he no separate progressive ticket if the Democrats name as liberal a presidential candidate as Franklin D. Roosevelt. Insurgent Republicans for whom Mr. Hoover is too conservative will make the best of the New York er. Even he is not advanced enough for som eof them, but he will do. ex cept for a group of insufficient pro portions to wage an organized fight of their own. Now, however, the possibility of an independent dry campaign begins to l'»om on the horizon. Drys of 100 per cent rating nave come quite definitely to the conclusion Umitersmt Bally Bispatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA * AR FULL LR.uen F of L thk A aiS£L. w,kb BBRvica Us THK ASSOCIATED PRESS. Lindy Joins Fire Fighters • . - ' ' ,>■ ;■ . ■ J When a brush tire threatened the Lindbergh home at Hopewell, N. J., Col. Lindbergh (arrow) joined State Troopers and new-papermen in combating the blaze. The newspapermen, as volunteer firemen, were permitted on the Lindbergh estate for the first time in nearly a month. Texas Veterans Ask For Impeachment Os Stevens Construction For South $80,000,000 Baltimore. Md., April 7 (AIM The ruth's construction awards for the first quarter of 1932 are fig ured above $63,090,000 hy the Man ufacturers Record, and the publica tion says the region’s March show ing was proportionately better than that of the rest of the oountry. Sixteen states were included in the March survey and the quarterly $63,090,000 total did not Include pro jects costing less than $10 i OOO. An aggregate of more than $80,009,000 Is building construction was esti mated as undertaken in southern United States during the three months period. Lloyd George To Quit Parliament, His Friends Say London, April 7 (AlM—Friends of David IJoyd George said today he had decided virtually to retire from the oils** of Commons. lie will devote his time, they said to writing and farming, and only events of outstanding importance will bring him back Into the House. Commentators recently have Ito in ted out that It was hard to see what his place could he In the pres ent political scheme, with his Lib eral party split and merged under new leaders in the national cabi net. that Aunty Democracy finally has gone unmistakably wet or wettish. Not all drys are 100 percenters. Dry Democrats who are more Demo cratic than they are dry have been prepared for some time to accept at least as wet a standard bearer as Governor Roosevelt on an adequately damp platform. * - Those who are dryer than they are Democratic have been equally pre pared to be Hoovercrats again, as in 1928. Os course all this has been highly satisfactory to dry Republicans. But suppose the wet Republican element should triumph at the G. O. P. convention in June! Only recently has it become appar ent how strong and determined this element is. Its strength has been de (Continued on Page Two.). , . HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 7, 1932 Bee Countyl Ex-Soldiers Would Oust Tar Heel as Legion Head For Op posing Bop us TELEGRAMS DEMAND Full payment now Veterans of Foreign Wars Say They Will Present 2,- 500,000 Signatures Asking Immediate Settle men t ; Names From Every State, Ts Is Asserted Washington. April 7 (AP) —Repre- sentative Patm.in. Democrat. Texats, said today he had received a message from the veterans of Bee County, Texas, signed by Colquitt Brown, re questing the “impeachment" of Henry It. Stevens, of Warsaw. N. C.. nation al commandei of the American Legion for his opposition to full cash payment ol the bonus. “Request impeachment of Com mander Stevens" was part of the tele- I giam signed by Brown. i Meanwhile, the Veterans of Foreign ' Wars announced petitions bearing »tfhe signatures of more than 2,500,000 far mer service men urging immediate payment of the bonus will be pre sented (o the ouse Ways and Means Commitflpe. The organization said the petit tons were “from every state in the union." Presentation of the petition tomorrow will be preceded by a pai-ade of the veterans. , lindbUs 10 TO CONTINUE Renews Request to Norfolk Men To Pursue Hunt for His Lost Baby Norfolk. Va„ April 7 fAP)—Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage, retired, Maid today thta Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh has renewed his request that efforts be continued by the three Norfolk kidnaped baby. The spokesman said the interme diaries are holding themselves in readiness to leave at any time on such another .mtesiyn as that made by John Hughes Curtis, who yesterday brought back assurance that the baby was well, and that he had made contact with the kidnapers. Admiral Burrege, serving with Mr, Curtis and the Very Rev. Dean H. Dodson-Peacock, briefly announced that “Oolonel Lindbergh has askes us to oomtinue" when asked if any further request had been ■ made * that the three carry on with, their :werk ; . Mr. Curtis, on hie four-day contact mission, from which he returned yes terday. said he had seen Colonel Lindbergh* , _ STATE YET LEADS SOUTH IN OUTLAY FOR ITS SCHOOLS Despite Sharp'Curtailments, North Carolina Stands Above Others, Ex. cept Texas six monthsltrm COSTS $22,000,000 Combined Costs of Six Months Term and Extend ed Terms Will Be In Excess of $26,000,000 This Year, According to Compilation of Expenses Unity l>lM|»ntrh Hnr-.iu, In (hr Sir Wtilfcr llntrl. Ill' J V. BASKERVItI. Raleigh. April 7.—ln spite of the fact that North Carolina is operating its six months school term this year for almost $4,000,000 less than it cost in 1930-31. this State is still spending more on public education than any other Southern State, with the excep tion of Texas, according to reports received from the other states and figures compiled by the State Depart ment of Public Instruction and pub lished in State School Facts. Last year the six months term alone cost approximately $22,500,000. receiv ed from the other states and figures just compiled by the State Board of Equalization—the first year for which accurate figures have been available. The six months school term this year wttt cost $19,183,142 on the basis of the budgets approve, but actually may fail below $19,000,000 if the full amounts budgeted are not expended. The combined cost of the six months and extended terms will this year cost about $26,000,000, the Board of Equali zation estimates. The combined cost of the six months and extended terms this year, even at $26,000,000, Will still be more than $4,- 000,000 less than the combined school costs in 1929-30, \according to the March issue of School Facts, publish ed by the State Department of Public Instruction, which shows that the total cost of both terms for 1929-30 was $30.156,021. Os this amount, $2(«- 101,485 was expended on the rural schools and $10,054,356 on the charter (Continued on Page Two) maxwelTgardner “BREAK" IS DENIEO Friends Say Maxwell Did Not Originate “Admin, istr&tlon” Talk I>«lly Dlapntfh Ilurcnu, In tkc Sir Waltf-r Hotel. nY J. C. RA9KERVtI.Ii. Raleigh, April 7.—Those who are assuming that there is a break be tween A. J. Maxwell and Governor O. Max Gardner merely because Max well Is maintaining he is not the “ad ministration candidate" and because he has commended Governor Gardner for holding up the building of a new prison plant, are very much mistaken and “all wet.” according to Maxwell's friends here and those familiar with his record. The fact that Maxwell maintains he is not the "administration candide' by no means indicates that he has been or is now lacking in sympathy with the Gardner administration, his friends point out. It is nothing more (Continued on Page Two.) APPLICATION DENIED IN WENDELL ESTATE New York, April 7. <AP> -Sur rogate John P. O’Brien today denied an application for an order to revoke letters of temporary administration in the estate of Ella B. Wendell, who left an estate estimated at upwards of $70,000,000. The application had been made by Rosa Stansbury, of Vicksburg. Miss., nearest relative of Miss Wendell, who had disputed the jurisdiction of the surrogate court of New York county. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, followed by min In west portion bite tonight or Friday; ■tightly warmer tonight and on the flOMt FiM»y. .. „ VETO THREATENS PHILIPPINE BILL a|4- v ... /J-reMcio ' / With Secretary of State Henry L. Stintson, left, and Secretary of War Patrick Hurley, right, defi niteiy opposed to independence for the Philippines within eight years, as provided in the bill adopted by the house of repre sentatives. n veto apparently Episcoqal Women Close Convention After Pleas For Wiping Out Defieil China Now Faces More Civil War Shanghai. April 17 (Al*>—Rum ors of Impending civil war In China reached here today and centered largely on a report that General Han Mu-Cliu. one of the northern leaders who already is in control of Shangtung, was thrown down the giiage of battle before Ihe Nanking government. General Han.s defection in the north has been known for some time but only today did It begin to receive serious attention in local political discussions. Although he Informed General Chiang C.al-Shek he would no longer remain a pari of the Nanking government, and that he desired the independence of Shantung, he has not yet begun any hostile action, however. Capt. Hawkes Is Seriously Hurt In Plane Crash Worcester. Miss., April 7.—(AIM —Captain Frank M. Hawkes, not ed flier and holder of trans-con tinental air speed records, was Critically injured today when his plane crashed as he attempted to take off from the Worcester air port. A soft field torcea captain Hawks to attempt to take off from a dirt road, cutting across the airport, but this proved unsat isfactory to the famous filer, and he then took off ocross the field. Unable to gain the 70-mile-an-hour speed necessary to lift his ton and a half ship from the field, his plane lowed through the underbrush and then struck rocky ground, overturn ing completely while traveling at a 60-mile-an-hour clip. Hawkes. unconscious, was dragged from the wreckage of the plane, in which he made many records, and rushed to Memorial Hospital. Inquires, at first examination, were said to consist of a probably a fractured skull and serious crushing injuries to the face. CONNECTICUT MEN TO FAVOR HOOVER Hartford, C*4tm. K April 7 teen urrtqdbruated delegates to tt*ve National Republican Convention, known U> be favorable to President cover's nomination, were ctwsen to day In a 33-cninute convention of tba ■party 5 # State meeting. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. awaits the legislation should It pass the senate. Map shows the relation between the Philippines and the Orient and, inset, it.- rela tive distance from the United States and Japan. The hou.-e passed the bill by a large nia -rir —3or to 4 7. North Carolina Share of $400,000 National Short age Is $7,600, Wo men Are Told officers"elected, COMMITTEES NAMED Work Among Students In Colleges of State Is Relat ed, and Progress of Mis. sions in China Is Told; Large Offerings Made at Convention Stirring appeals for its work dur ing the coming year were made at the closing session here today of the Golden Jubilee Convention of the Wo man's Auxiliary of the Diocese of North Carolina of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Reports were also heard, showing generous donations in funds during the past year and during the convention here this week. Fol lowing the close of the session at 1 o'clock this aftrnoon, th visitors and guests were again entertained at din ner at West End Country Club, as they were yesterday. The final session was called to or der at 10 o'clock this morning by Miss Rena Clark, of Tarboro, the president, whose ability as a presid ing officer has excited admiration on ail sides during the tnree-day ses sion. Her annual report was the out standing feature of this session. In closing this report, she said the poe (ContLnued on Page T»1 Hoover's Naval Policy Is Denounced By League Washington. April <AP> — A new sweeping denunciation of Presi dent Hoover’s nava policy was issued today by the Navy League of the Unite ed States. The Prsident was charged with neg lect of the navy and with wrongly parading armaments as the “scrape goat' of ’rthecmfwy shrdl taoincmf goat" for the great increase in taxa tion during the recent years. This charge was accompanid by an argu ment to show that other gpenditures have played the major part in build ing up the tax-payers’ burden. The League muc) Mr, Hoover, had done PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY! STOCKHOLDERS OF FIRST NATIONAL IN FAVOR RE OPENING Unanimous Endorsement by Holders of 60 Percent of Stock at Meeting Wednesday ] DEPOSITORS ASKED TO SIGN AGREEMENT Would Leave Funds on De posit for Partial Payments Over Period of Three Years; If All Stockholders Sign, Charter of Old Bank Will Be Used Unanimous endorsement of the pro- posed plan for reopening the First National Bank of Henderson, which failed to open after last December 31. was given by stockholders of the bank at a meeting held yesterday aft ernoon. Every individual present, re presenting approximately 60 per cent of the $200,000 outstanding capital at the time the hank closed, signed the agreement without question. The plan contemplates the reopen ing of the bank later than May 15 if the remaining stockholders give their approval of the plan. It also calls for written pledges by depositors that they will leave their funds in the bank for partial payments over a three-year period, after the immediate payment of ten percent of the de posit at any time after the opening. It is anticipated that cooperation of the depositors will be assured. The agreement signed by stockhold ers pledges them to pay “for the pur ine of reopening said bank, on cur before the 15th day of May. 1932. sixty, percent of the stock owned by me in the said bank." The agreement fur ther states: "It is understood and agreed that the reorganized bank is to have a capital of SIOO,OOO and a paid-in surplus of $20,090; that is to say .the capital stock of the reorganiz ed or new bank is limited to SIOO,OOI . I further agree as a stockholder at (Continued on Page Eight.) HAWAII GOVERNOR I OPPOSES REFORMS Says Richardson Plan Would Subject Territory To Status of India . Washington. April 7.—(AJ*)—Gover nor Lawrence M. Judd, of Hawaii, to day communicated to Secrc-tary Wil bur vigorous opposition to recommen dations of Assistant Attorney Gen eral Richardson, terming tlvem a “con fiscation by Congress of Home of our most treasured rights of self-govern ment.” Judd said that to trans/fer to Wash ington the appointment, of the ter ritorial attorney genera 1 and police heads would result in divided au thority betwee nthe governor and these officers, with f\ resulant toes and not Rail, in efficiency and no cen tralized responsibility.’* The Hawaiian governor quoted an editorial from th Honolulu Star-BuL letin, published by former Governor Farrington, which *&ld the Richard son report would l.'.ave the United States treat Hawa/i as “the British treat the people of India or Egypt." “virtually n-ything" to replace vessels which have j i&ssed or are reaching the limit of effs*ctive aid, (and that "while Europe erj ulders and Asia is ablaze the President Insists that we can not now afford even to start mod erate measures for building up our fleet to treaty treats.” * Today's attack was the most con spicious, one by the League since last OctobeiJ, when its president, William Howarti Gardiner, sowed the seed of a notuj>le controversy wtth the Whits House, by a statement charging Hoov«*r -.among other things, with "abysmal ignorance’’ on navfj matters. _ _ 4 t
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