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HENDERSON, gateway TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. NINETEENTH YEAR ALBERT LEBRUN Four Percent Beer Measure Is Tacked Onto New Tax Bill ILL CALL ON II IN SENATE IS NOW CONSIDERED SURE Berr Tax Would Raise $375,000,000 Annually, Bingham of Connect icut, Declares IT WOULD REPLACE SOME OTHER ITEMS Admissions, Communica tions, Radio and Phono, graph Levies Would Be Done Away With if Higher Alcoholic Content Were Allowed and Then Taxed V\»shinsrt«n. May 10 lAPI The; tour percent beer bill was offered in tb* Senate today by Senator Bing ham Republican. Connecticut as an amendment to the revenue measure, asiunng a roll call on this issue. Bingham proposed legislation of four percent beer as a substitute for numerous nuisance" levies in the tax bill, estimating the revenue from the airohoiic beverage would net the gov ernment 1375,000,000 annually. He would substitute the beer tax for the admissions, communications and radio and phonograph levies. »*yinf th» beer provision also would make unnecessary the Increase in postal rates and automobiles and in come taxes beyond the rates fixed by \ the House. The Connecticut Senator explained that a tax of six percent on beer al ready is on the statute books. There fore his amendment simply provided that the Volstead act be amended by striking out the words "one half of one perrentum." and inserting “four pereentum." MEMPHIS MAN HELD IN TRIPLE MURDER Stanley Puryear Charged With Kill ing Wife and Daughter And Negro Whom He Blamed Memphis. Term., May 10 (AP) —- Stanley A Puiyear. Memphis auto mobile dealer, was indicted by the stand jury today for the murder of 'hu wife and daughter and the fat«J MXrt.ng of a Negro he accused of backing them to death wMti an axe. Mrs Puryeai, 34. and Aurelia, 8. w ere slain as they slept in their home , here at daw n May 2 Puryear blamed the attacks on will Janrriaon, a Ne gro he fatally wounded. The dying Negro told officers he knew nothing of the attacks and said he was lured to Purycar's home on the promise that he would be paid *3 for moving a cache of whisky. He setd he was .-hot on his arrival at the and did not know "What hap pened inside." SENATE , fARTS ON NEW ECONOMY BILL " nvhingtnn. May 10.— (AP)—A '•l , e<-t»| bipartisan committee was named today by Chairman .Jones i '*( the Senate Appropriations Com mittee to draft an economy hill, "ith himself heading ft. Otter members are Bingham, of Con- and Dickinson, of fowa. Hepuhlican*; and McKellar, Ten nessee; Bratton. New Mexico and Hvrnes. South Carolina. IPQnuf crats. MINERAL RESOURCES GETTING ATTENTION Dally Dispatch flnrena. I« the Sir Waller lintel. nv.j. r. n\ski-.mvit.f,. Paleigh. May 10. - Interest in the m ‘ n eral wealth of the State is steadily increasing and new plants for the of these minerals are go 'n K up steadily, though largely fi nanced by outside capital. State Geologist H. J. Bryson reported to day on his return from & trip into Western North Carolina. Two new mica washing plants have Ju»t been put Into operation, one in ■Macon county, near Franklin, and the °ther in Jackson county, near Bal aam. Geologist Bryson reports. These mica plants represent an investment of between $15,000 and $20,000 ex clusive 0 f the property and have a capacity of about 10 tons of mica a day This washed scrap mica brings rom $7 to sio a tot. and is yielding he owners and operators of the plant b o<>od profit. HmtiU'rsmt r oF L THK A * 8 Ji D W,KB ®JGRvic» dp thk ASSOCIATED PRES* Doumer’s Assassin Captured t»**i m feiv - -• 1- I jfM ill I L - - miM -. " - \ -rs. w «■ Dr. F*aul Jouguloff. Russian emigre. | who shot and killed Paul Doumer, pre-ident of France, is shown left, in the hands of a Paris gendarme, fol- I Gaston Means Indicted For Larceny, Embezzling Sum of $104,000 Alleged in Bills, Received From Mrs. McLean for Ransom for Return of Lindbergh Baby; Prosecutors Are Ready For Trial Washington, May 10 (AP)—Gaston F.. Means, native of Concord; N. C\, and selT-etyled intermediary in the Lindbergh kidnaping, was indicted lotfiy for tarceny and embezzlement of $104,000 from Mrs. Edward B. Mc- I.ean. estranged wife of the Wash ington Pool publisher. The District of Columbia grand jury leturned two indictments charging the spectacular ex-convict and for mer government detective with having fraudulently diverted and secreted a SIOO,OOO “ransom fund," and $4,000 for "expenses of the kidnapers ’’ Means hud been employed by Mrs. OHIO GOVERNOR IS ENTERED IN LISTS In Running For Democratic Nomination; Roosevelt Adds Strength (By the Associated Press.) Governor George White, of Ohio, stepped officially into the Demo cratic party’s presidential running to day through the primary selection of his State convention delegates, 46 of the 52 being assured him. Simultaneously West Virginia Dem ocrats selected 16 delegates confiden tially counted for Franklin D. Roose velt. In both States virtually the en tire Republican delegate votes of 55 and 19. respectively, was assigned to President Hoover, although, he stayed off the preference vi>tr list. A .party convention in Teqnefesee was expect ed to give him a solid 24. Governor William H. Murray, of Oklahoma, sought the preference vote in both states, unopposed in Ohio, and in contest with Roosevelt'tn West Virginia. In neither case is the pre ference binding, however. Yesterday Rooeevelt built his list of pledged and claimed delegatee to 345. taking six each in Wyoming ard Arisons, SAYS CONGRESSMEN WERE HIRED BY BANK Washington. May 10.—<AP>— Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia, charged in the Senate today that the Loop Bank of Chicago hired some congressmen to defeat branch banking provisions of the McFadden banking bill when it was before Congress several years ago. _ _ NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ONLY DAILY lowing the fatal shooting in Paris. Rushed by plane from Paris to Lon don, this pioture was sent by radio across the Atlantic and from New New York by telephoto. McLean to effect return of the kid naped Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. He has admitted receiving the SIOO,OOO but maintains that affer Mrs. )dc- Lean demanded it he gave it to a my sterious atranged who he- believed was an authorized representative of Mrs. McLean. The indictments were -read before Justice James M. Proctor in the Dis trict of Columbi:) Supreme Court. Prosecutors are ready for trial, but some delay is expected to be sought by the defense. Means was jailed lant. week after a secret investigation by the Justice Department, following complaint by Mrs. McLean. NEW CAR SALES IN APRIL ARE HIGHER ) Cars and Trucks Nearly Twice Number Report ed In Month of March Dally Dispatch Bareaa, la the Sir Walter Hotel* tIY J C. ItASKKRVILI,. Raleigh. May 10. -The sales of new automobiles and trucks took a decided upward trend in the State in April, with 1.438 new passenger cars and 295 new trucks sold during the month, according to figures released today by L. S. Harris, chief of the auto mobile license bureau of t)ie Depart ment of Rvenue. This is almost dou ble the number of new passenger cars eold in the State in March, when the new sales totalled 774 passenger cars and 321 trucks. In February only 786 new cars and 205 Tiew • trucks were sold. In April, 1931... the new sates amounted to 3,249 cars and 622 trucks "If the sales of new cars are any indicator of business conditions gen erally. as they are generally conceded to be. it would seem that conditions are gradually improving," Harris said. "The dealers are becoming more en couraged and are expecting increas ing sales of new cars from now on. They are encouraged by the fact that the sales in April were almost dou ble those in March, although the sales in April were less than half as many as in April last year.” The number of automobiles and trucks licensed in the State this year is still 33,120 less than the number licensed at this time last year, Harris pointsd out since only 333,162 now licensed, while a year ago, 366,- 282 were Hcensd. Harris does not'be- Jieve hte total registration for the State is likely to exceed 400.000 by the end of the year, HENDERSON,'<N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 10, 1932 NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT] Hath} Hi snatch IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. URGES REDUCTION OF ARMY OFFICERS BY TWO THOUSAND Chairman Collins, of House Sub-Committee, Takes Issue With;Army’s Chief of SAYS MECHANIZED DEFENSE IS NEED Charges Army if Officers in “War Time Hump” Block ing Promotion of Younger Men; Hurley Opposes Per sonnel Cut, Bu| Willing To $9,000,000 Slash Washington, May 10 (API -Clash ing directly with the views of the army dhief of staff. Representative Collins, Democrat, Mississippi, today urged the House to reduce the num ber of officers from &2.000 to 10,000. Asserting $3,000,000 could be saved annually by placing 2,000 officers on inactive duly, the Mississippi Demo crat contended that sacrifice of man power in favor of mechanized defense force is necessary for an efficient army. Celling, chairman of the sub-com mittee handling the $386,793,000 War Dcpai-tment supply bill, which is un der consideration, reput'd at length to the contentions expressed yesterday by General Douglas MacArtihur, the chief of staff, that the reduction of officers would "bring us close to prostration." He said there are atoout 2,000 Army officers who were i n the so-called “war time hump" that clogged up pro motion lists. He added that there are first lieutenants and captains nearing 00 yex.-s of *g<- who came into the service during war. and wt»o have been a stutnhtlinj. block to the promo- - lion of young officers. Washington, May 10 (AP) —Emphat ically opposing any reduction in army personnel, Secretary Hurley today told the House Military Committee the War Department is willing .to accept a $9,400,000 slaifh below budget, *-sri maites. IRDIRIDESDUT ELECTRICAL STORM Proceeding West Toward El Paso on Way to The Pacific Coast Washington. May 10.—(AP) Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Rosendahl reported to the Navy at midday that the cross ing of mountains in Texas by the dirigible Akron had been impeded by thunderstorms last night. The message said the Akron ex pected to cross the mountains ’ near El Paso this afternoon. San Angelo, Texas, May 10 (AP))— Apparently having safely weathered a rain and electrical storm, the navy dirigible Akron was reported pro ceeding westward toward El Paso this morning. Harassed by the elements last night and early today in the region of San Angelo .the world’s largest airship was thought to be heading to Randolph Field, San Antonio. But this morning t)he American Air ways radio station at Dallas, and the Department of Commerce station at Fort. Worth said they established di rect contact with the Akron and that i* had urned over Dryden, Texas, about sa. m., central standard time. This coincided with the report of a South ern Pacific railroad dispatcher in Los Angeles that the craft passed over Langtry,' Texas, which is east of Dry den. an hour earlier. FUNERA'. DIRECTORS GATHER IN RALEIGH Raleigh, May 10 (AP)—Members of the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association ffrom every part of the State were here today for Its annual convention. George K. Freeman, Goldsboro at- discussed "Lwws Pertaining to the Profession" this morning, and H. T. Yeiverton, of Wilson, talked on "The Additional Service a Fun eral Director Can Render." HEATHER FOR NORT HCAROUNA. Showers tonight and Wednes day; little change in temperature. State’s Notes In New York Fixed Raleigh, May 10 (AP)—Notes of the State of North Carolina total ing $3,800,000 which will crime due May 25 have been renewed for six months. Governor O. Max Gardner announced today upon his return from New York. The chief executive said (hat in spile of the fact that cr<*dlt con ditions are "very sensitive in New York," he was "delighted to find , that the character and credit as North Canolina" was such that a renewal of the notes cofild be ar ranged. „ |g HYDE DENOUNCES DEMOCRAT CLAIMS UPON PROSPERITY Says Democratic House Hag Demonstrated Its Inabil ity to Govern United States DEFENDS HOOVER S PROGRAM OF RELIEF Denies Assistance Has Been Given Banks and Railroads At Expense of Little Man; Speaks at Tennessee Re publican State Convention In Nashville Nashville, Tenn., May 10 (AP> Sec retary Hyde of the Department of Ag riculture ridiculed Democratic claims of the party's ability to efface econo mic recovery in a n rtKkess Were today “The Democratic House has fully demonstrated the complete and abject inability of the Democratic party to govern itself and the utter folly of entrusting it with power or responsi bility for governing tihe country," he said! He defended vigorously President Hoover’s program for economic je coVery and denied the Hoover plan provides "ample assistance for banka, railrpads *and corporations but none for tihe little fellow.” The secretary’s address was deliv ered at the Republican State Con vention. <- More Landslides Occur Ib France; Threaten Village Lyons, France. May 10. (AP) Landslides similar to those which de molized two apartment houses here Sunday and burled two score people in the wreckage, threatened the 1,600 inhabitants of St. Denls-Sur-Guieres. 30 miles east of here today. Several slides in which more than • one million tonsi. of earth and Sock I tumbled down, sent the people scram bling down the mountain side. Three houses and 1,000 trees were flattened and more threatened. Reports from Chambefy said the farmers were (Taking their families down the slope into the Gulers river velley. leaving all ithelr household goods and cattle behind. Balancing Os Budget Won’t Solve Problem That Faces Uncle Sam By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington. May 10.- When, the in terior department appropriation bill finally got through congress and President Hoover signed it. Senator William J. Bulow of South Dakota ventured the guess that all hands had been hearing from the home folk. Few persons in Washington had imagined that so terrifically slashed an allowance could get by the law makers in the first place, or, if it did. that the White House would O. K. it. , Speaking in round figures, th* de partment estimated it must have $69,- 000,000. The budget bureau Cut if . to $56,000,000. The house of representa tives cut it to $50,000,000. The senate cut it to $45,000,000. To be exact, it represents a 34.3 per cent reduction from the same department’s 1931-32 fiscal year's appropriation. Senator Bulow was particularly In terested because he is rattier freshly arrived from the South Dokota gov ernor’s office, where the principal PUBLISHED EVERY AFTIRNOON EXCEPT SL’NDAT. Premier Tardieu Quits But Agrees To Hold On Until Parliament Opens New President Albert Loßrun today was elected President of France at a joint .session of the French Senate and Chamber of Deputies. He succeiMis the assassi nated Paul Doutner, MAXWELL GRABBING SPOTLIGHT LATELY His Campaign For School book and Truck Econo mies Causing Worry HITS ADMINISTRATION Wonders If Gardner Organization la Backing Ehringhaus As "Heir Apparent" to the Throne In North Carolina Dally Dlapntea net-eon. In the Sir Walter Hotel, BV J. C. RASKERVILL. Raleigh, May 10. A. J. Maxwell ia undoubtedly causing more talk and grabbing off a larger hunk of the ■potlight of public attention lately than either J. C. B. Ehringhaus oT R. T. Fountain, although It Is agreed by most of the observers here thal Ehringhaus is out in front, in the coolest for the Democratic nomfna tloh. with a neck-and-neck race be tween Maxwell and Fountain for sec ond place. At the same time it is agreed that Maxwell has injected more new is sues into the gubernatorial campaign and landed more wallops both against his opponents and conditions' gener ally. than either of the other two candidate,, and that if he continues to find new issues and subjects upon to focus public attention that lse may become more than a dan gerous candidate for second place and Give Ehringhaus more trouble than now appears likely. Maxwell was the first to Inject the (Continued on Page Three.) feature of his tenancy was sight 1 by which he succeeded in making hi»; state’s cu.rent income and expenses balance'. _ ' "The deficit seems small compared to the billions we refer to in Wash ington." he says, "but proportionate ly it was as big as the feiieraj. gov ernment’s. Besides, it was .chronic and increasing. "Os course i suggested to she legis lators the necessity of getting out of the red. but they went right ahead, or, the basis es lotting posterity foot the bills, as usual. So .1 vetoed the whole program. The session expired soon afterward by limitation, and all hands left, thinking I’d find myself in an* awful jam shortly. "But I had an idea that when those chapa had had time to talk matters over with their neighbors they’d see reason. Sure enough when I issued an extra call a couple of weeks before the fiscal year’-s end. they furnished a balance that couldn't have been T ~ (Continued o»» Page Three.) 6 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS CQPX Leßrun’s Election U Almost Unanimous, With 633 of 747 Votes Cast Be. ing For Him f SOCIALIST LEADER GETS TOTAL OF 113 New Executive Is Former President of French Sen ate; Full Round of Formal ities Gone. Through WBth By Leißrun Immediately After Ceremonies Versailles, France, May 10.- (AP)-- Albert Francois Lellruri was elected forirteenth president of France today y y a vote of 633 out of 747 cast to succeed the assassinated President Paul Dounter. Paul Faure. noted socialist leader, received 114 votes, and 49 were blank In the interest of harmony, there was virtually no opposition to the veteran statesman whose service as president ot the Senate had put him in line for the presidency tof the nation. After the brief ceremony of inves titure, M. Leßrun’s first act was to start for Elysee Palace to pay his respects at the bier of hla slain pre decessor. Then be was to go to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and later in the day to Laixemborg palace to receive the diplomatic corps and- high offi cials of the nations when they made their calls of congratulations. TAKDIKI RESIGNS, BUT WILL STAY UNTIL JUNE Paris, May 10.—(API-Premier An drew Tardieu presented his resigna tion this evening to the new presi dent, Albert Lelft-un. The president e_sked him to remain in office and .Mr. Tardieu said he would on the understanding that a new cabinet w%>uld be formed by June 4, at the latest. The new Chamber of Deputies meets June. l. DENIES GANGLAND IS ** FIGHTING WILKINSON / - - r - Attorney Nays Labor Not Ilk flu*-need To Oppose Judge bjr ' C hicago Gangster* Wacrhington, May 10 (AP) -Cl.argr# that Chicago gangsters ht*ve used or ganized labor as an lostn■invent to pre vent the consummation ot the nomina tion of Judge James H. WiHtereon to the circuit oourt were denied before a Senate committee today by Donald Rlchberg. labor attorney. onfirmation of Wilkinson, who sent enced Al Capone, was urged before the committee considering it by Frank J. I/oesch, president of the Chicago Crime Commission* wfco said his re jection would be a triumph for the gangster element* » f » THREE OFFICIALS ’ IN MIAMI INDICTED Dade County, Solicitor, Sheriff And Deputy /)reused in "Big Time" Slot Machine Ring | ■$ Miami. Fla., May 10.—(AP>—Three Dade cou/aty officials—Solicitor Fred Pine. Sheriff M. P. Lehman and Chief grand i ur y indictment today on charges, of having membership in a big gambling syndicate that muds $66,000 a month in profits from opera tion r f slot machines. Thrree indictments referred to the gambling operations, and three others were returned against Pine individu ally charging mal-practtce in office, cfistruction of justice and failure to F rosccute criminals. Solicitor Pine was placed under $3.- 000 bond and the sheriff and chief deputy made bail of $1,500 each. TAYLOR OFF ON"TR!P TO YOUNG DEMOCRATS BY J. r IIASKKRVII.I, Raleigh, May 10. -Tyre C. Taflor. executive counsel, who is also tional president of the Young Demo cratic Clubs of Atnerica. organised some months ago, will leave on bis vacation Thursday, May 12- and spend most of his time addressing young Democratic chibs in other states and conferring with the leaders and ofu ficials of the young Democratic chibs. His first stop will be in Tulsa. Okla homa. where he will arrive Saturday morning and address a confereqcf of leaders and offtbtals in the young Democratic chibs movement from tb# Fifth District, composed of six state* —Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas. Kan sas, Missouri and Nebraska- Saturday night he will also speak at a ban quet at which all the officials anid i delegates will bo present. _u
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