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gateway to ! CENTRAL CAROLINA. NINETEENTH YEAR PROMINENT Senate Hints Al Capone Is Behind Lindbergh Kidnaping SECOND OFFER 10 RETURN BABY FOR LIBERTY IS CITED Lends Color to Belief Ca pone's Friends Got The Infant To Be Used as Club For Him CURTIS OFF AGAIN ON MYSTERY TRIP Norfolk Intermediary Leaves Home Suddenly and Yacht Departs About Same Time; Bingham Links Liquor Racketeering With the Kidnaping Affair Washington. April 23 <AP> Sen ator Bingham. Republican. Connecti cut .-aid in the Senate today that tb» fa* tha* Al Capone had twice of fered t<> find the Lindbergh babv if reared from custody, lends support n» the belief that the kidnaping had been done by friends of Capone for , thi« very purpose. The senator said that color was • »b» lent to th:- belief by the “fact* that it has been necessary to turn 1 to gangsters" for aid in the recovery' 1 of the child | Bingham described Capone as a gangsiei leader who made his money out of beer racketing and bootlegging. He 3 a!d. however, he did not believe the Lindbergh kidnaping was entirely due to prohibition, but added he thought Congress “must face the fact that the “dry laws have made enormous profits available to gang sters and racketeers." .MIRHH.h INTERMEDIARY IS o\ \NOTHKR MYSTERY TRIP Norfolk. Va.. April 23. (AP) John Hughes Curtis, intermediary in the Lindbergh kidnaping case was away from the city today on another secret ■lUston undertaken a few hours after ft* and the Very Rev. H. laxlaon- Peacock returned from trips to fur ther iheir efforts toward recovery of the -Tolon baby. The sailing of the yacht M&rcon, previously mentioned in connection with the negotiations, gave rise to the belief that Mr. Curtis may have left here aboard the vessel Mrs. F. H. lackmann wife of the captain of the boat, said the Marcon left some time la-t night for Baltimore. The yacht is owned by Charles H. Consolvo. hoiei operator, who is a personal friend of Mr. Curtis. MYSTERYADDED TO DEATH OF AVIATOR Young Woman Claims To He Haden Clark’s Fiance In Miami, Fla. Miami. Fla. April 23. <AP) A comply young woman added mystery I" i'ne fatal shooting of Haden Clark in the home of Mrs. J. M. Keith- Miiler by appearing at the office of Stair's Attorney H. V ernon Haw thorne today with the claim that she. M'her than the Australian avlatrix, Clark s finance. Hawthorne refused to disclose her name until he has an opportunity to question her regarding any Informa t,l >i i she might have of the 26-year-old v nter s death. The State attorney was engaged in questioning Mrs Kelth-Mlller when 'be girl arrived. Meanwhile, he made no comment that would indicate whether the de veiopmen* would alter his prediction a few hours earlier that Mrs. Keith fcidler and her flying partner. Cap taui w. N. Lancaster would be re •euaed shortly. Trying to prove MASSIE WAS SANE Honolulu. April 23.—(AP) —An- nouncing U was ready to proceed M ith an attempt to prove Lieute nant Thomas H. Mass It wan sane the time he held the weapon l hat killed Joseph Kahahawai, the prosecution in the trial of M—lle i* ; td three others accused of the ‘laying went Into action today after a two-day delay. Henderson tßallu Bisnatrfa *°r L TaiMR c ß{a ) y.y.f SENATE PAYS ITS LAST RESPECTS if Tt> 'i; - 1 ».en tlpv* i I p-r-mu • r The nation'* capitol forms an im- [ preasive background as pallbear ers carry th# casket of Senator i Bonus Advocates Expect To Reverse Opposition Patman Denies 2 1-2 Billion Dollars New Currency Would Push Country Off Gold Standard; Veterans Administrator To G ive Government’s Views Washington, April 23 (AP) —Frank T. Hines. Veterans administrator, said today he would present administration opposition to thj full payment of the soWiers bonus to the House Ways and Means Commi‘tee next Tuesday. Representative Patman, Democrat. Texas, ieader in the fight for full cash payment, in a statement said that in the rebuttal testimony before the com mittee advocates “will satisfactorily answer every argument urged against Put Armed Guards About Plantbeds Hahira. G».. April 23.—(API- Blue mold and early freeze** have created a scarcity of tobacco plants that may cause automatic curtail ment of acreage In sections of the brief leaf belt and reports of thefts In southern Georgia have led scores to post armed guards over seed beds. Farmers are studying replace ment crops and tomato, bean and other truck crop acreage may be increased as a result of the tobacco restriction. CAMPAIGN FOR JOBS NETS 577,934 TOTAL New York. April 23.--<AP)~ The United Action Campaign for a mil lion jobs for jobless today announced that the total number of positions found now stands at 577,934. METHODIST WOMEN TO MAKE WAR AGAINST THE WETS Wilson, April 23. — (API--Delegates to the annual conference here of the ■women's missionary society of the North Carolina Methodist conference pledged themselves to vote only for candidates who favor the retention of the eighteenth amendment and the laws enacted for its enforcement in a resolution adopted yesterday. The resolution also put the confer ence on record as favoring making the buyer of whiskey as guilty as the seller and called upon state and federal officiate to enforce the pro hibition laws more stringently. Mrs. A. M. Gates of Durham, who was re-elected president, and the other officers chosen at yesterday's session were installed. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBUSHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. MEN LINKED IN STOCK POOLS William J. Harris of Georgia into the senate chamber for funeral rites. full cash payment of the adjusted serv ice certificates. "The issuance of Iwo and one half billion dollars additional curronce will in no way affect the gold standard, as we will still ha\ e 46 per cent gold re serve." Patman said. “Forty percent Is the gold standard requirement." Numerous witnesses have warned that issuance of new to pay the full amount of the bonus" certifi cates would force the couurtry off the gold standard. GARDNER TO SPEAK BEFORE GOVERNORS , - •' He an Mrs. Gardner Also to Attend White House Function Thursday Raleigh. April 23. —(AP)—Governor and Mrs. O. Max Gardner will leave for Richmond tomorrow to attend the Governors' Conference there next week. Governor Gardner is the only southern governor listed on the pro gram for a speceh. discussing "Ex tension of State Operation of High ways and Roads” Monday morning. Wednesday Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New York, will speak. Thirty-two goaernors are expected to attend. The conference will close with a reception at the White House in Washington Thursday night, when President and Mrs, Hoover will honor the governors. YOUNG WINSTON MAN IS SUICIDE AT HOME Gregory Graham. Member of Promi nent Family, Was Brokerage Salesman In Tobacco City Winston-Salem. April 23.—<AP) Gregory Graham, young Winston- Salem business man, was found dead with a bullet wound in his head at his home here today. He apparently had killed himself. Graham, member of a prominent family here, was a special salesman for a brokerage concern. He former, ally was connected with tobacco manu facturing concerns. HENDERSON. N. C„ SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 23, 1932 Held in Shooting HtSBl l Ml JM® These two noted tigures m avia tion, Mrs. J. M. Koith-Miller (topi Australian aviatrix, and her associ ate. Captain William N Lancaster, are held in Miami, Fla., while police endeavor to unravel the strange shooting of Haden Clarke. 31-year-old pilok and author, in Mrs. Keith-Miller’s residence. The Australian aviatrix and Capt. l,an easter ascribed Clarke’s shooting te a suicide attempt. gomlMstorivF BOOSTS TENSENESS NEAR AMOY. CHINA Occupy City East of Chang chow As Another Group of Missionaries Seek Safety AMERICAhT STUPS ARRIVE IN HARBOR Eight Americans Brought to Safety in International Set tlement; Chinese General In Manchuria Is Prisoner of His Own Troops, Tokyo Hears. Amoy, China, April 23. (AP) The Chinese communist army occupied Chaowei. IS miles east of Changchow, today, considerably increasing the tenseness of the situation here. Another group of foreign mission aries. most of them British arrived here from the hinterland seeking safety. The United States submarine ten der Canopus and four submarines ar rived from Manila on a trip north ward for a brief stay, and a British submarine tender and five submarines arrived from Hong Kong, also on the ay north. The arrival of these ships, which ■laval officials said had nothing to do with the present emergency here crowded the local harbor with forei gn fighting craft. EIGHT AMERICANS BROUGHT SAFETY INTO SETTLEMENT Peiping. China, April 23 iAP> Eight Americans were brought in safely to the international settlement of Kulangfu island at Amoy, China, today, reports received here said. GENERAL MAH PRISONER OF OWN TROOP SIN MANCHURIA Tokyo. Aprit 23.d(AP> The censor ship on news of the movement of Gen eral Mah Changshan was lifted to day. and local newspapers published dispatches from their Manchurian correspondents saying the general was a prisoner by his own lieutenants in northern Manchuria. Chinese reports recently quoted Gen era! Mah as saying he joined in the regime of the new federated state of Manchuria only as a sty, and that he was now dissociated from it and loyal to the Chinese central govern ment at Nanking. J. G. Wright 111 Oxford. April 23 —(Special) - James G. Wright, prominent Granville coun ty farmer, living in the northern part of the county, is critically ill at his home with pneumonia. LEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLIN A. Fair tonight; Sunday increas ing cloudiness; cooler on the north coast.. JOHNSON OPPOSES TAX SALE DEUYS AS SERIOUS MOVE Says Ignore Law Might Bring About Terrible Fi nancial Difficulty For State WOULD NOT NIEAN LOSS OF PROPERTY If Such Were Case He Would Recommend Extra Session of Legislature To Block It, But 16 Months Will Elapse Before Fore closure Suits Brought Raleigh, April 23. <AP> Charles M. Johnson, director of the Local Government Commission, today ex pressed opposition to the postpone ment of tax sales until fall, and ex pressed fear that to ignore the law might bring about "serious financial difficulty." Replying to a telegram of Joe A. Sheriff, chairman of the Mecklen burg Board of County Commission ers, Mr. Johnson said were it a mat ter of people losing their property at this time, he would recommend im mediately a special session of the legislature, but he pointed out that 16 months must elapse before fore closure suits can be brought on tar certificates. The reply was sent to Mr Sherill after a conference with Governor Gardner. ALBERT RUDISILL, 24, TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Charlotte Young Man Drt-wx-d Him self Uke Woman Before Hang ing Himself in Warehouae Charlotte, April 23. -(<ipi— Dressed in a woman's frock, bobbed in the cars and goggles over the eyes- the body of Albert Rudisill. 24, was found suspended by a woman's silken coat from a frame in a warehouse here today. The body was suspended from the neck. Coroner Frank Hovis said the death was due to strangulation and the neck was not broken. He launched an investigation to determine whether the death was a suicide or a murder. Police were inclined to the suicide theory. Rudisill was employed at the ware house as a shipping clerk. His own clothes were found where he usually hung his coat while at work. Death Driver Exonerated Wilmington. April 22 (AP)—Bem lrd L. Wright of Richmond, Va.. iriver of the automobile which struck and killed Arthur Brown. Nefcro youth, here today, was exonerated by > Coroner's jury. Denied Freedom Wj y Vi - ■ ilpfcT;. Tow Moo nor Thomas J. Mooney has again been denied bia freedom from- the Califor nia penitentiary, where he Is serving a life sentence for conviction of pre paredness day bombings in San Fran cisco in 1916. Governor Rolph this week refused to grant him a pardon. PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. John J. Raskob Is Among Few Named In Senate Hearing In Stock Probe Percy Kockefeler, first cousin of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who was called to testify before the Senate Committee in the investigation into short selling on the stock market. Rockefeller, one of the richest men m the country, ia rated as one of the three biggest traders on *5 trev. rlceivershTp foT MIDWEST UTILITIES IS PUZZLING TURN National Popular Govern ment League Head Says Cost of Monopoly Fight Is Cause HANDS-OFF POLICY ATTITUDE OF R. F. C. Aid In This Instance Larger Mouthful Than Corpora tion Liked To Tackle; Be sides It Steered Clear Os Backing Unpopular Power Interests ✓ •By CHARLES P. STEWART Central I'rww Staff Writer Washington. April 23. - The tremen dous cost of the power interests’ fight for continued and tighter control of their industrial field Is seen by Di rector Judson King of the National Popular Government league as the real reason for the receivership which has just engulfed the Middle West Utilities company, monster holding corporation with properties serving 4,500 communities throughout the United States and Canada. To be sure, proceedings throwing the giant concern into a receiver's hands are described by its head. Samuel Insult, as purely friendly. Nevertheless, the management con cedes that the receivership applica tion was rendered necessar by its in ability "to work out a plan for the payment” of between 34) and 40 mil lions In urgent or speedily-maturing obligations. The case Is a puzzling one in cer (Continued oa Page Six). Condemned Man, 111 of Pneumonia Mncksrille, April 123. — < A I*)— John Henry Hauser, 82, under sen tence of death for slaying his sort, tn- taw, lay in the county jail Ivere today criticaly ill of pnenniftai#. Dr. S. A. Harding visited the aged Davie county man tnd#.y, and said he was “no better” than yes terday. when he was first reported suffering from heart disease and “on the verge of pneumonia." TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Raleigh. April 83. emor O. Max Gardner today tele graphed th* sheriff of Davie coun ty to remove John Henry Hauser, 82-year-old man under sentence of electrocution from the county jail at Mocksvtlle to the Baptist hos pital at WTnston-NaJevn. under guard, fog treatment for pneu monia. 8' PAGES , TODAY RIVE CENTS COPS TWO BIG “BEARS”. TELL COMMITTEE OF TRADING PLAN Thomas E. Bragg And Ber nard E. Smith Tell Names And Tales at Sen ate Investigation RASKOB AND DURANT MEMBERS OF POOL Fisher, Kenny, Meehan and Rockefeller Also Linked With Speculation; Bragg Tell* of $30,000,000 Pool In Anaconda Copper That Was Disastrous Washington. April 23.- <AP>—Two big bear operators on Wall Street to day disclosed to the Senate Banking Committee nationaJly prominent names a« having been members of various pools in th# market, includ ing that of John J. Raskob chairman of the Democratic National Commit tee. Thomas E. Bragg and Bernard E Smith ended a search for themselves by appearing suddenly. They held a packed committee room and an in tense committee In rapt attention as some of the story of Wall Street's gigantic operations was drawn from them by examination. Smith and Bragg readily conceded they were "big short operators.'* Bragg told of a SSO.iKKt.UUU pool tn Anaconda Copper which he operated disastrously in 192 V). He said Raskob. W. C. Durant. Fred J. Fisher, W. T. Kenny, M. J. Meehan. Percy A. Rocka feller and other prominent peiaona were In the pool. / Bragg said he put up *500,000 for this pool, and teat 8400,000 when the price dropped and forced dissolution, of the pooU Smith r tart led the committee when he •defied previous testimony that M, J. Meehan was both a specialist 9t»d member of the radio pool of 1928 and 1929. Under examin&Uon, he ex plained that Meehan used his wife a name as a member of that pool. Smith, who is a member of the Stock Exchange, also said he used his wife’s name as a member of the radio tool. Senator Glass. Democrat. Virginia, previously had stated any man who was a specialist In a stock and op erated in a pool In It "would pick pocket." The committee adjourned until Monday to determine a future policy. William A. Gray, committee counsel, said he would seek permission to call Raskob and all others mentioned by Bragg and Smith., BANWPENSIONS DWINDLE RAPIDLY Marloed Improvement in SiL ufition Reported By Fed t eral Reserve Washington. April 23.—(AP>— Reviewing the entire month of March, the Federal Reserve Board torts, reported conspicuous im provement in the country's hank ing situation. Suspensions during the month were placed at only 45. as against 122 for February and 342 for January The deposits M banks reopening were said to be approximately as large as those of th emstitutlons which were forced to close. Moat amounts were in excess of $15,000,000. The board noted an accelerated re turn flow of currency from the pub lic tn the banks; liquidation of bank loans continuing but offset in part by an increase in investments; increas ing reserve balances of member binkc and a decline in yiie total volume of reserve ban credit It is reported that »he Rank o f France ind"e»v-1 its gold *‘ock by $106,000,000 during the month, but that the return of short term funds into France .was dUo nPhing partiv because foreign balance* had been almost all -withdrawn.
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