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HENDERSON, 4 GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. HENDERSON, GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. NINETEENTH YEAR Drive To Reduce Federal Expenses Gains Momentum HOUSE COMMITTEE ! STUDIES PLANS TO I COT $175,000,000! {■our - Department Supply Bill Trimmed Ten Mil. lion by Sub-Commit tee of Senate HOOVER GETS FACTS FROM HIS CABINET Arming Himself for Confer ence Tomorrow With Econ omy Committee; Brief Out line Is Furnished of Some Measures Now In Mind of The President Washington. April 8 (AP> The 4,5 v- fur r-lackage In government ex penditure' gained additional momen tum today at the White House and th- Capitol President Hoover at the cabinet nie>-!mg armed hintself with new ( ac » -un cutting expenses in prepara tion for ih» meeting tomorrow with the -pecial House economy commit l*c-. Ai the sme time -a Senate eppro l-riatior..' sub-committee approved a ten percent reduction in the $124,000- <*» stipplv bill for the State, Justice Commerce and ILabor Departments next >eat It included a one million dollar cut in the prohibition enforc ing fund, reducing the total to $lO.- fju> «*>. Meanwhile. Chairman McDuffee i said the Hou»e economy committee <-niu>idaring a retrenchment pro- 1 gram e.-timaicd to save from $175.-1 in J200.h0f1.000 for presenta ihiii to President Hoover tomorrow. Jones. Republican, Wash-| ingtun. author of the "five and ten” enforcement la. in chairman of the full appropriations committee, and of } th» sub-committee which made the | cut in the four-department supply hill Ir .t.s one of two the Senate sent j ba.k lo r ininutteo with instructions ; to -lash ten percent from the total t-a-sed by the House. Tin- t«»rt percent reduction was ap- | pli'"-! rasher generally down the line, with some exceptions which were ith'lp hy large cuts in a few cases. Salaries of judges, which are fixe,l hi law. and appropriations for pri mus were expected. The detailed figures on the sub committee action will not bo made public until passed on tomorrow by the full committee. H*-re are some of the moves for reducing government spending now i mam denVs itnind. many of them requiring new laws: Alteration of Veterans Bureau ae tivp.es designed to nave between $50.- and $60,000,000 a year. Consolidation of the hospitalization ai,d other veterans activities not re- 1 •j'tiiing iegal changes designed to *au.- several million more. decrease in the agriculture depart- Ir ""' outlays for agricultural xeperl nt-'i.t. stations and other activities. J','3.'ib|e alteration of the activities ‘■f uuai mail carriers designed to save sevcr-tl million more. •''bunking of both army and navy appropriations, despite his public statement that the $700,000,000 outlay ’•'a- necessary for the national de fense CONDEMNED WOMAN GROWS HYSTERICAL Minnie Ruth Judd Moved From Death Row In Ari- I zona .State Prison Florence. Artx.. April 8. (API Her condition bordering on hysteria, Wln mc fjuth Judd, convicted “trunk” murderess was in the woman's ward 1,1 'he State Prison tejay. Prison officials would not discuss *h«-ir transfer of Mrs. Judd front her r, 'H in cond»mr® i row. nut it was learned the women, under r»ntence to he hanged for slaving of Mrs. Agnes l-cioy. had l>. ;n acting rld'ormally esveral days. Mrs. Judd’s appeal from her con viction was found filed yesterday with 'he state Supreme Court. Her ap peal win automaticaiy st?v execution • sp: for May 11. BRAKES DEFECTIVE ON SCHOOL BUSES Raleigh. April a— < AP>— lnapeo tioii of school buses by highway patrolmen reveals that about 7ft !**■ -cent of those tested have de '•••tiic brakes. Captain C- D. farmer said today. Hy nil eramt Baily Uiauatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. * 'oT'raPffcsyg, esse* Proud Dad Smiles On Pound Baby nmn & H\H > J ■ \ 1 x jB II J , . Jfl irll (1 \ t; m W M Biiby &t. John, new holder of the w orld's creampuff-weight title has an excellent chance of growing up to normal size, according to physicians of Kansas City. Mo. The infant, ! weighing one pound, is the son of Mr md Mrs. William St. John of Kansas EINGHAIMAI DRAW!! ATTENTION Tells Wake Forest Student Body He Will Be The Next Governor { HE PRAISED BAPTISTS And Some Read Into if is Remarks A Sop for Baptist Support; His Manager Phased With ills Reception There llnlly OlKpntch ftlimio. In the Sir Walter Hotel. nv j. r. nAsKKHvif.i, Raleigh. April 6. The declaration made by J. C. B. Ehringhaus that he i-i going to he the next governor of North Carolina, in his address before the student body of Wake Forest col lege last night, is significant, since Ehringhaus has already become notrd for caution and conservatism in * very 1 thing he says. Equally significant is the revelation, coming from authoritative sources, that thp North Carolina Truck Own ers Association, which heretofore has been rumored as backing R. T. Foun tain for the governatorial nomination is from now on giong to back Ehring haus. This association now has about 8,000 members and those connected with it maintain that by June 4 it will have 12,000 members. It has been rumored for some time that Fountain has been attempting to get the support of the truck owners of the State by dangling sugar-coat ed tid-bit-s before them. It has also been reported that a majority of the railroad employes of th Setat are for [ Fountain on the assumption that he j is unfriendly to the motor trucks and ! would support legislation to curtail i their activities and thus help the rail- I roads get more ebuslne-.s and create more jobs for railroad men. It ap | pears, however, that Fountain has I gone a little too far in trying to play j both sides against the middle, ac j cording to those In close touch with the truck operators, and that as a result the truck owners have decided to throw their support to Ehrmghnus. The supporters of A. J. Maxwell are not in the least discouraged at develop merits, however, and his manager maintains that he has made some ' decided progress during the past week His speeches this week in Ashebro. ! Randolph county and In Columbus, Polk county, helped him materially in those sections, according to letters and reports already received by Robert Ruark. Maxwell’s campaign manager. His position in favor of requiring more work from State prisoners, so that :he prison may become more nearly self-supporting and less of a burden upon the taxpayers of the State, and in approving Governor Gardner’s dec 1 cision not to build a new prison at this time, has won popular approval In many sections of the State Rural; also maintains that Maxwell’s stand for cheaper textbooks, safer banking laws and a reduction in the cost of (Continued oo Page Six.) HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8, 1932 C.ty. Here you see the proud 19-year- I rid fr.ther smiling down upo n his son. I w ho is not as big as his hand, as he I lies in his improvised crib supported i by hot water bags. Miss Katherine , Hammer, sister of the baby's 17-yeur c'ld mother, also is shown. Human Finder Is Demand for $3,000 Cleveland, April B.—(AD—A griz zly extortion plot in which a finger hack,si from a human hand wan sent to a nroniinent Cleveland man an a terrorizing warning was investigated today hy detectives. The man who rex-elved the grue some threat wan John B. Wilberd ing, 59 president of two building and loan companies, former mem ber of the linden, Ohio, prison coinmisMnn. and former chairman of the Cleveland Boxing Commis sion. Accompanying the finger, left in Wilberding's mail box, was a de mand that he pay $3,900 to a mes senger of the eextortlonists. FORMER OPTIMISM” AT HOPEWELL EBBS Meantime Lindbergh Media, ries at Norfolk Await Further Calls Hopewell, N. J. April 8 (AP) Three intermediaries seeking the kidnaped Lindbergh baby awaited a new sum mons to parleys today while in Hope well optimism ebbed. The three Rear Admiral Guy H. F-urrage. John H. Curtis and the Rev. H. Dodson-Peacock. all of Norfolk — have not abandoned hope of getting Charles A Lindbergh, Jr., back through a person who approached them and rep resented himaeW as a go-between for the kidnapers. All three were in Norfolk pursuing a wwtchfful wailing jtolicy while po lice. who expressed skeptisics about that angle of the search, went on wttti the endless task of checking and re checking leads. JOB TOTAL PUSHES ON TOWARD GOALS New York, April B.—fAP*—Of ficials of the “war against de preunion” campaign to find a mil lion jobs for the unemployed an nounced the total to date stands at 451,892. Reports from 66 com munities In 25 states yesterday ad ded 7,855 to the previous total, the officials said. ARREST MADE FROM ORGANIZED “GANG” Raleigh, April B.—(AP) Raleigh and Wake county officers today ar rested Lexie "Red” Pace, of Panther Branch township, and started seek ing other members of what they said was an organized gang which has been robbing freight cars in this sec tion recently. . INSANITY MAY BE PLEA IN HAWAIIAN LYNCHING AFFAIR Alienists From States Ap pear For Conference With Clarence Dar. row in Honolulu ONE OF THE FOUR MAY CONFESS JOB Would Then Plead Emo tional Insanity; That May Be Tactics Followed If De. sense Is Driven to Wall in Fortescue Trial in Islands Honolulu. April ft.— <AP> -It is barely possible the world may never know who killed Joseph Kahnhawai. a reliable source revealed today, fol lowing the selection of a jury to try Mrs. Granville Fortsecuc. eastern so ciety matron and three r.aval men on charges of lynching the young Hawaiian. This source it-venled that .»ot even Clarence Dar vow, grny-1 r ited leader of the defer,-?, was certain how far he would go in attacking tii second degree murder case against his clients. However, two alienists who figured in sensational murder trials of the southwest United States *erc here today to con P-r with Dartcv, indicat ing that the defense is prepared, if necessary, to have one of the fbur accused admit the shooting and plead emotional insanity. Only if forced to this last resort is the defense expect ed to reveal one of the quartet as th slayer of Kahahawi. Court adjourned until Monday, fol lowing the unexpected completion of the jury yesterday. The jury contains representatives of six nationalities, or races- five of American descent, three Chinese, one Dane, one Portuguese and one German and a Hawaiian. MARTIAL LAWFOR CHILE PRffllAß President Strikes Quickly at Opponents Fallowing Disorders Santiago, Chile, April 8. tAPi President Juan Estepban Montero. backed by the congress, declared a state of siege throughout Chile today. He struck quickly at politioal op ponents whom he charged with re sponsibility for a stirring day yester day which brt'fin with a run on the national bank and ended with a new cabinet. Immediately after the econgress ap proved his request for martial law early this morning, the epresident is sued a manifesto in which he de nounced an alleged conspiracy of op ponents of the government to under mine the administration and tseize power. DRY PAPERCALLS FDR REPEAL VOTE > CRarlotte News Asks For Some Disposition Made Os Prohibition Charlotte. April B.—(API The Charlotte News, long considered one of the outstanding champions of pho hibition in North Carolina, called up on the State today to take the lead in a move to have the eighteenth amend ment submitted to a vote of the peo ple. In an editorial captioned, "Let North Carolina Lead.” the News de manded that candidates for the 1933 General Assembly commit themselves or permit themselves to be instructed in the will of their constituents on the matter of petitioning Congress for re submission of the eighteenth amend ment, or repeal of the amendment to bestow again upon the states their once supreme right of dealing with this matter of public welfare as they themselves see or have seen fit. SALE OF LICENSES NETS STATE $2,545 Raleigh, April 8.-(API -Sales of licenses to stock dealers and sales men in North Carolina last month netted $2,545. tSanley Win borne, se curities commissioner of the State Corporation Commission, said today. LEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, with rain tonight and . possibly on the coast Saturday morning, cooler in extreme wed portion, tonight; cooler, on the Coast Saturday. _ Bigger Army And Navy For. U. S. Is Urged By Stevens HOW DEMOCRATS’ TICKET MAY LOOK BKbk 'wMH IK || jjjp yjj|j^| w Roosevelt Senator Cordell Hull of Tennes see, a dry, is being boomed as a running mate for Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, loading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomi nation, Th« Tennessean’s boom Land Sale Binds Municipal Group Raleigh, April B—(Al’i The State statute prohibiting postpone ment of the sale of land for de 'inquent county taxes also applies to the sale of land for delinquent municipal taxes. Attorney General Dennis G. Brummltt held today. LITTLE LIFE ABOUT SENATECAMPAIGN Morrison Still Regarded As Leader But Hard Press, ed By Reynolds Dally nin|«lrk nurritn. In the Sir Unllrr llnlel. HV T. lUXKKRVIf.L. Raleigh. April 8.- Four candidates are seeking the Democratic nomina tion for both the short and long term as United States Senator, in a pri mary now only 56 days off. yet there seems to be very little interest as yti in this campaign. There is little dis cussion of the senatorial contest In political circles here, and those com ing from other sections report that there is very little talk about it and that few people seem to be actively interested in it. Opinion in political circles here in the capital, however, continues to be that while Senator Cameron Mo r* risott is undoubtedly going to have some real opposition from the other three candidates, that because of his prestige- his past record and his— or his wife's money, he is going to he very hard to defeat. It is also admitted, however, that Robert R. Reynolds, of Asheville, is Morrison’s most dangerous opponent and that unless the senator becomes less complacent and comes home to look after his political fences between now and June 4. he is likely to have a much more difficult time than either he or his friends now think he will The Reynolds supporters are more enthusiastic than those of any of the other candidates. And because they know that Reynolds is not wealthy and not able to "put out” for cam paign workers, hundreds of these are working for him without any thought of financial reward. Many of those who are working for Reynolds are young business and professional men (Continued on Page Six). Wholesale Raids Os Dry Officers , Near Wilmington Wilmington- April S. —(AP)—F#<s- - prohibition officers continued their raid in southeastern North Car olina today, bringing the total to 26. The officers Invaded the counties of Pender. Bladen, Columbus. Brunswick. New Hanover and Onslow and said they would complete their work to night. Fifteen defendant* were brought be feusa U. Q. Commissioner Porter Hgf ham here, and all were held. Eight were held at Kenansvllle. Ilona than 200 gallons of J/quor was seizejj. and an autpmwile Mas confiscated, s PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. r ipV’ <: * • 1 M ’ \ i Wjjjl Hull ... for the vice presidential e,- had its inception at the rece’Dl meeting of the party’s sub-com mittee on convention arrange ments in ChiragOjorScnalor Hull i* considered a progressiva. NORRIS AFFIRMS WAR OPPOSITION On 15th Anniversary, Sena, tor Thinks He Was Right In Voting No - _ _ SAYS IT WAS USELESS Europe Exhausted Itself With Neith er Side VlclorloiiH, and America Suffers Bitterly With AH The Rest By CHARLES I*. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington. April H. Fifteen years ago at this time the name of Senator George W. Non is was one of the six most unpopular in tne United States. The country was straining every en ergy toward active participation in the World war and with five fellow senators-- the elder Gron na. Lane, Stone and Vaidaman the Nebraskan was on record in opposi tion to American entrance into the conflict. Os this half dozen who cast senate votes on April 6, 1917, against the de claration of hostilities with Germany Senator Norris alone is living. Does Senator Norris believe now that he was right or wrong in the position he took? "In my service of nearly 30 years in congress.” answers the senator. "1 undoubtedly have made many mis takes, but my vote against the de claration of war was not one of them “We. with the remainder of the world, are stiff suffering from that unjust and unnecessary struggle. The terrible condition we now are in and the terrible depression ir. which all classes of our people are suffering would atfeci us only in a minor degree ife we had kept out. of that war. It was a war in which no victory was possible. The vanquished suffered no more than the victorious. It was a struggle in which so far as Europe was concerned all parties to it were completely exhausted. “In that struggle about 100.000 of of our noblest and best gave up their lives. Many times that number are crippled and injured so that they are leading lives of suffering and misery. "We know now that we will not get from under the results of the strug gle during our lives or the lives of our children. Unborn generations will yet toil and suffer and sweat to pay for our participation in that cats trophe. "Mainly because of that war most classes of our people, innocent though they be, are suffering beyond the limits of imagination to understand.! and will continue to suffer. It is not only the tears of the widows and or phans for the loss of loved ones, but it is the continuous toll and sacrifice which we are all making to save our very civilization from destruction. “I always have been and still am an optimist. "I believe that /better days will come, that honesty in government will regain its foothold, that civiliza tion will recover and that men wom en and children will one day be re lieved from the struggle and will have the necessities, the ecomforta and even some of the luxuries of life. "But before that day comes" we must continue in our struggle and in (Oontl aoed on Vge Six), f 6' PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY! MORE EMPLOYMENT AND LESS HOARDING ALSO PLEADED FOR Legion Copimander Say* Nation Undefended In the Face of Threat, ening Conditions MENACE IS GREATER THAN BACK IN 1914 Calls on Legion to Bring Out Hoarded Funds; Mean while Legionnaires in Stev. ens’ Own State Turn Against Him in Hit Stand on Bonus Payments Miami. Fla.. April 8. (AP) - A triple plea for Legionnaries to work for adequate national defense. Cor increase of the national employment ratio and against hoarding of funds was voiced by Henry L. Stevens, Jr.. of Warsaw, N. C\, uatlonai commander of the American Legion, in an ad dress before the convention of the Florida department here otday. He said the nation today la unde fended by ample army or navy force*, in the face of international conditions "far graver than they were imme diately prior to the opening of the war in 1914.” He urged activity of the Legion mtires to hring into circulation part of the -28.000,(Kio.onO which he said icpresented the total of small savings arcounts in the country. "Tell the owners of these small sav ings accounts to put their money into vircuiation; tell industrialists to hire tie or mom eadditu-i-al mei-' kill the fear of the depression and our war againsl cipression is won." he ad vocated. POSTS IN NORTH CAROLINA DISAPPROVE STEVftCNS VIKW Charlotte. April k. lAI*)-Henry I». Si evens, Jr.. Warsaw attorney, and i-'immander of the national American Ta-ginn, has stined up his North Cbt .rlina homcnfolks hv his support of President Hoover's opposition to the pending soldiers' bonus bill. The Kinston post, just one county ie mo ved from Stevens’ home town, passed a resolution last night calling upon Stevens to cease his "vigorous •pposition” to the bonus bill, and ask ing him to correct his statement that only 23 posts have endorsed further adjusted compensation certificate leg islation at thia session of Congress. BONUS DEMANDED' BY MARCHING YETS Truckload of 2,500,000 Names Presented Lead, ers of Congress Wasningtnn. April 8 'API- March ing behind bands over 1.000 veterans went to the Capital today* with a truck Ipad of pot.Uc.ns urging the cash jiaymeni >f the bonus, and were pro mised by spokesmen of the House and Senate their plea would receive consideration. The Veterans of Foreign Wars, upon sors of the diemocnation, said there were 2,500,000 -pgnaturee on t+ie p«*i ;.ons delivered in 20 packing case*. They were d<»livexed to Representative Rainey, of Illinois, the Democratic leader S.nell of New York, the Repub lical and Senator McNairy. of Oregon, the. asstuaru Republican lead oi who wen grouped on the steps xWth mher mevr,bers of both houses. President Hoover a few days ago urged tbc*t legislation for payment of the bonus be not pa aged at this time, and eorv L. Si evens, national com mando, of the American Legion, ateo has 'jppo&ed it. Placements of 16,732 for Jobs Given for State F Raleigh. April 8 (APi—Greens boro yesterday reported 532 persons had been returned io Jobs in the American Legion drive for jobs. Ma)or Michael A Perry, State director, said today. North Carolina now has placed 16-- 752 persons at work since February 15. Placements reported yesterday be sides those at Greensboro, were Roa noke Rapids. 155; Charlotte. 21; Kan napolis, 8, Oxford, 82, Raleigh, 2.