HENDERSON,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
NINETEENTH YEAR
CURTIS
Raskob In Pool That Made $3,000,000 In Radio
HUGE 1929 PROFIT
BARED AT HEARING
IN SENATE’S PROBE
Kenny, Chrysler, Schwab,
Swope and Others in $12,-
000,000 Pool Net.
ting Big Returns
RASKOB’S SHARE IS
PLACED AT $221,000
Put Up Million Dollars And
in Seven Days Had Made
More Than 20 Percent Net
on Outlay; Committee s
Attorney Testifies In Stock
Inquiry
P'vhington. May 19—(AP)- Profits
in sis ess of $3,000,000 from a pool in
Radio stock in 1929 were ascribed to
Jchr J Raskf>b. chairman of the
Pemerratic National Committee, and
other prominent persons as the Sen
ate banking committee went ahead
today with its investigation of the
,«tnck market.
Total profits from a seven-day pool
in the Radio stock in 1929 were- sek
at tt 921 078 on an investment of $12.-
683 000
Among the others in the pool were
W F Kenny. Mrs. M. J. Meehan, Wal
ter P Chrysler. Charles M. Schwab, j
Mrs David Sarnoff and H B. Swope.
The names of the pool members and
their profits were read to the com
mittee by William G. Gray, commit
tee counsel.
Raskob. Gray said, put up $1,000.-
000 and made a profit of $221,000. He
said Schrgab Invested $200,000 and
made $58,000.
This evidence was developed for
the record while Thomas E. Bragg,
Wall Street trader, was on the stand.
GERMAN AIR LINER
DO X STARTS HOME
Leoves Long Island Sound
For Harbor Grace On
First Leg of Flight
K*W York. May 19 (API- The
German air liner. DO-X. its great
mnturs roaring on the silence of Gong
I-land Sound, took off at 4:05 o’clock
>hi- morning. EST. for Harbor Grace,
F. on the first lap of It* return
trip tr, Germany.
The huge seaplane was flown from
Nm»h Beach to Manhassett Bay last
n| ght The Radio Martne Corporation
Mid its reports indicate the reason
,or ’he move was & belief the Man
has eti hay afforded heavily loaded
planes a longer and safer runway
ihan would the North Beach stretch.
Tokyo Bankers * Refusal
To Finance War Program
Brought Fascist Action
Kv < II \ HI.KK r. STKWART
' **ntral I’rran Stuff Writer
Washington. May 19. -News of a
na'ionallsUc outbreak in Japan is not
regarded by students of the Orient
** contradictory of the theory, ex-
Preined by such recent transpacific
v i»itors as Congressman Ernest W.
Gibson, that the island empire is
•rending steadily in the direction of
a Republican revolution.
Indeed the suggestion is made that
fascist element may have been
hastened toward a decision in favor
r 's vigorous action by realization of
liberalism's development. While the
state department has been officially
s ’lent on the subject, leakage from
Rovernment sources leaves no doubt
'bat Washington has not been ob
vious of recent symptoms, like the
bombing of the American consulate
at Nagasaki, as hinting at a threaten
ing state of public opinion throughout
• ippon. The extent of Japan's opera
tions in the last few months on the
mainland also is attributed in
a rge part of « desire by the mili
tarists to arouse enthusiasm in a
foreign venture aa a sedative to do
Buy Bank Stock And Help Business To Improve In Henderson
HtmlU'rsmt Batin Dispatch
rULL LKABBD WIRE BERVICR
or THE ASSOCIATED PRRBS.
EXONERATED OF KIDN
WOMAN SCHOOL TEACHER BEING SOUGHT
Garner Has Scheme
For Economic Help
Army Dashes Hopes
# *
BMfc JR
Hopes of the Ja*>ancs»e Sciyukat
party that a coalition government
could be formed Kisaburo
Suzaki. above, have been dashed
by the declaration of the army
council that none of its members
would accept the office of war
minister in the new cabinet unless
a national government is formed.
Suzaki is home minister in the
nresent cabinet.
MATE SET ”
FOR MEANS TRIAL
Charged With Taking $104,-
000 In Lindbergh Baby
Return Promise
Washington, May 19. CAP)— The
trial of Gaston B. Means on charges
of larcency after trust and embez
zlement of $104,000 in an alleged Lind
bergh ransom. fraud, was set today
for June 6.
The formpr i 'epartment of Justice
agent is accused of obtaining the
money from Mrs. Edward B. McLean,
estranged wife of the Washington
Post publisher, on the false represen
tation that he could recover the Lind
bergh baby from its kidnapers. Means
was not in court. He is at liberty on
$50,000 bail.
mestic discontent.
Had they stopped with Manchuria
it is felt that this plan might have
succeeded temporarily, hut the Shang
hai campaign evidently was a mis
take.
Both army and navy men here
agree that the unexpected strength of
Chinese resistance must have been a
serious shock to Japanese command
ers. Despite attempts to gloss the
matter over. Washington diplomats
and military experts alike point out
that it cannot but be known in Japan
that the mikado’s arms have suffered
a severe reverse.
'•lt is not denied that the expedition
could have been brought to a credit
able looking conclusion if funds had
been available to continue it.
At putting up the necessary money,
however, Tokyo’s bankers drew the
line.
The upshot is, aa visioned here,
that the military crowd finds itself in
a bad jam. Fascism generally is
alarmed for its status. The cabinet in
office at the time the setback oc
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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Speaker of House Make*
Three Suggestions for
Improvement of Con
ditions In U. S.
BOND ISSUES FOR
BUILDING PLANNED
Would Also Provide Anoth
er Billion for Finance Cor
poration, Also 100 Million
Dollars in Hands of Pres
ident for Straight-Out Re
lief Work
Washington, May 19.—(AI*—
Speaker Garner today, In a for
mal statement, made three sug
■ gentians to relieve the economic
situation in the country, and said
he hoped the administration would
cooperate with Congress in enact
ing them into legislation.
His program calls for the issuance
of one billion dollars In bonds for a
government building program, broad
ening the base of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation to add one bil
lion dollars to its present two billion
dollars capital, and passage of the
HutMleston hill to place $100,000,000 In
the hands of President Hoover to be
used in relieving “extreme suffering
in any section of the country."
Garner said he was "unalterably
opposed to the dole, but it must be
apparent that before Congress ad
journs, some real effort must be made
toward taking care of the unemploy
ment situation, as well as the people
who are in physical distress as the
result of lack of food and raiment."
1932PEACHI0P
TO BE THIRD OFF
Small Grain Crops In State
Very Good, However,
Report Asserts
Raleigh, May 19. -<AP)—An Indi
cated peach crop of 2.030.000 bushels
for North Carolina this year, only 60
percent of a full crop, and more than
one million bushels of the 3,028,000
bushels harvested last year, was re
ported today as of May 1 by the Fed
eral ijtate Crop Reporting Service.
The condition of small grain crops
May 1 was “very good," the report
said. Hhether conditions had not been
particularly favorable to corn, but
commercial Irish potatoes and fruit
crops were making good progress,
EHRINIMIS ■
AT HIS OPPONENTS
Answers Criticisms of Foun
toin and Maxwell With
Hard Blows
Unity niftpatfh Rnrena,
In |l>r Sir WnKrr Motel.
BY J. C. lI.tSKEHVILL
Raleigh. May 19.— Striking out vig
orously at both his opponents for the
Democratic nomination for governor
in his speech here last night, J., C. B.
Ehringhaus held out no olive branch
to either F. T. Fountain or A. J. Max
well as he lanaed wallop after wal
lop upon both. In his speech here
about ten days ago Fountain devoted
his entire attention to Ehringhaus.
and did not mention Maxwell a single
time. This was interpreted as an
overture of friendship from the Foun
tain forces to the Maxwell camp. But
Ehringhaus assailed both of his op
ponents with equal vigor.
Replying to Fountain's charge made
in his radio speech of Tuesday night
that Ehringhaus “had changed his
platform and even his name" because
Ehringhaus has been having his name
printed as “John C. B. Ehringhaus"
instead of “Blucher" as he is gener
ally known, Ehringhaus said:
“I shall not indulge in playing such
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HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 19, 1932
Federal Sleuths Help
' IBh|.
it
J. Edgar Hoover, top, and W. H.
Mor a n, below, are playing im
portant parts in the government’s
efforts to aid in tracking down the
slayers of the Lindbergh baby.
Hoover is head of the justice de
partment’s bureau of investigation
and Moran is chief of the U. S.
secret service.
BIRTH CONTROL IS~"
FOUGHT IN SENATE
But Program Advocated In
House Hearing First
Time Since 1873
Washington, May 19. (AP)—While
advocates of birth control were tak
ing advantage of the first opjrortunity
since 1873 to present their views be
tore a House committee, the Senate
Judiciary Committee today heard
strenuous opposition.
Testifying on the Hatfield bill to
permit dissemination of contraceptive
information by physicians. Dr. Wil
liam Jerry Morgan, past president of
the American Medical Association,
said the legislation was dangerous,
that all contraceptive methods have
"more or less harmful effects.” and
that there is no foundation for the
charge that doctor sare handicapped
in dispensing advice to mothers suf
fering from physical infirmity.
Amelia Earhart
On First Leg Os
Atlantic Flight
Hashrouck Height*. N. .1., May
19 (AP) Amerial Earhart Put
nam took off from Teterboro air
port today for Harbor Grace, N.
F., on the first teg of what she
hope* wl/1 be the first anlo flight
by a woman across the Atlantic.
The take-off was at 2:16 p. m.,
eastern standard time.
PETITION ON BONUS
IS FILED IN HOUSE
Washington, May 19.—<AP>—A
petition to discharge the rules
committee of a resolution for spe
cial consideration * of the hill for
full payment of the bonus was
filed In the House tndav by Re
presentative Patman, Democrat,
Texas.
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Bain tonight and Friday. (
TELEPHONE VOICE
DECLARED HE WAS
LINDBERGH AGENT
Said He Was “Jafsie," and
Then Dr. Condon, When
Woman Was Not
Called From Classes
RECENTLY SHOWED
EVIDENCE OF MONEY
Rented Apartment on River
side Drive and Had Said
She Was Ready To Pay off
Big Claim; Paid SIOO Rent
In S2O, $lO and $5 Bills In
New York
New York, May 19.—< A I*)—As
sistant District Attorney Ralph
Jacobs, of Kings county. Brook
lyn, announced today he had sent
out two detective* to find Mrs.
Mary G. Ford, Broowl.vn public l
school teacher, and "bring her in
for questioning In connection with
the Lindbergh kidnaping and ran- |
soiu payment." |
Mrs. Ford. Jacobs said, was a&sent
today from public school 67. Brook
lyn. where she teaches. He said he
told detectives to proceed to 33 River
side Drive. Manhattan, where he said
she rented an apartment two weeks
ago.
Jacobs said he was informed Mrs.
Ford paid SIOO for a month's rent in
advance, with S2O, $lO and $0 bills.
He sent for her, he said, on In
formation given him by the public
school authorities, and after question
ing the principal of the school where
she teaches.
Jacobs said he questioned Frederick
Schoedel, principal of the school, this
morning, and that Schoedel made the
following statement:
“Several weeks ago a telephone call
for Mrs. Ford came to the school. A
man asked for her. We said we
couldn't call her to the telephone dur
ing the school hours, whereupon the
man said:
“This is Jafsie of the Lindbergh
case.
"Our clerk said she didn’t believe
him. The man insisted, saying:
"’This is Dr. Condon; I’ll like to
speak to Mrs. Ford.’
"We broke the rules and called her
to the phone. We heard her speak of
a meeting. When she hung up, she
turned around and said:
*' ‘ That was my sister's doctor. He
wants to make an appointment with
me.’
“I called Dr. Condon on the tele
phone, but was unable to reach him.
We then reported the matter to Su
perintendnet of Schoolß O’Shea. Some
one In Mr: O’Shea’s office wrote a
letter about it to Police Commissioner
Mulrooney.”
Jacobs said he had reported the
matter to District Attorney McLaugh
lin, of the Bronx, and that McLaugh
lin told him he would ask Condon
about Mrs. Ford when Condon ap
pears at his office to go before the
grand jury tomorrow.
Jacobs said Mrs. Ford on Tuesday
was held in $3,000 bail on a charge of
having attempted to swindle Mrs.
Anne Laaghlin. of Richmond Hill, out
of SI,BOO. School officials investigat
ing this matter, he said, started an
investigation of Mrs. Ford along other
lines.
"It was found.” he said, "that two
weeks ago she had announced she
was ready to settle a $40,000 action
that was pending against her.”
"They said they checked on her
absences from school, and found she
had been away from February 25
through March 1. ,
"We also found that in 1924 she
pleaded guilty to grand larceny in
Brooklyn and was given a suspended
sentence."
Bids Opened For
State’s Printing
And on Gasoline
Raleigh, May 19.—(AP)—Bid* to
supply the State with gasoline for a
year, and for the State printing jobs
were opened fay the -State Division of
Purchase and Contracts today.
It was estimated 10,000,000 gallons
of gasoline would be needed, and the
printing will aggregate about $790,000.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY-.
APING BABY
Jailed Hoaxer Absolved
Os Ransom Profits Also;
Probe Turns To Peacock
Investigated
I)fan dobson tfacock
IreThAN 2,500”
CANDIDATES SEEK
OFFICE ON TUNE 4
K
Heaviest Crop of Political
Aspirants In Memory of
Oldest Residents
Os The State
FILING TIME ENDS
FRIDAY MIDNIGHT
Many Counties Have Ten or
More Running for Single
Job, and in Wake County
19 Are Running for Three
Seats in State House of
Representatives
Raleigh, May 19. (AP)- With in
dications that more than 2,500 per
sons will seek political office in the
North Carolina primary June 4. the
filing limit for all offices expires at
midnight tomorrow.
Filing time for candidates peeking
State and congressional offices ex
pired a month ago. but county and
legislative candidates may file uatil !
midnight May 20.
Reports from almost every section
of the State Indicates the heaviest
crop of office seekrs in the meunory
of oldest residents, and the State and
congressional tickets for the Demo
cratic primary is the heaviest on rec
ord. Many counties have ten or more
persons seeking a single office, with
another filing day to pass, and in
Wake county 19 persons are seeking
the three legislative seats in the lower
house.
Newborn Babe Is
Found In Furnace
Burlington Home
RurlingUni, May 19 (AP)—Judge
William I. Ward. Republican can
didate for Congress, today found
the body of a newborn Negro baby
in the furnace of hi* home when
he prepared So start a fire. Jetta
Richmond. Negro, his cook, was
arrested, and charged with killing
thp child.
Warns Os Tariffs
Into Revenue B ill
Washington. May 19. —(AJP)—Op-
ponents of the oil tariff warped the
Senate today that if the revenue bill
is to be opened to the oil. opal, cop
per and lumber duties, a move was
in order for complete tariff revision
Involving months of work.
Senator Norris. Republican, Nebras
ka, said he had appealed for tariff
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TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPTS
Norfolk Preacher Refuses to
Go to Hopewell, But Will
Be Questioned
at His Home
unsignedlletter
BROUGHT TO LIGHT
Was Sent to Trenton Police
Ten Days After Kidnap
ing, Saying Baby and
“Three Other Men * Could
Be Found if Telephone
Line Were Followed
Hopewell, N. J.. Mav 19.—(AP)
John Hughes Curtis, jailed U-idl.eigh
hoaxer, today was exonerated of any
connection with the actual kidnaping
of the Lindbergh baby or collection
of ransom as New Jersev offi-iats
pressed plans for the questioning of
of his companion, the Rev. H. Oobeon-
F’eacock at Norfolk, Va.. conceislng
his activities as a negotiator i" the
case.
The clergyman, revealed yesterday
as having flown to Hopewell on
March 28 to request Colonel Lind
bergh to deposit $25,000 in a Norfolk
bank as “earnest money," in connec
tion with alleged negotiations with
the kidnapers, declined to come to
Hopewell, but he would give alt
Information to the police at Norfolk.
Governor A. Harry Moore, of'New
Jersey, immediately announced that
b«; favored sending some one to Nor
folk to see wnaX. he has to say." and
indicated that a representative pro
bably would be, named by Colonel H.
Norman Schwarzkopf, superintendent
of State police. Colonel Schwarzkopf
said he was **very anxious ' to con
front Curtis and Peacock.
At the sane time, it was learned
that ten days after the kidnaping an
r. nonymous 'letter was received by
Chief of Poilice William Walter of
Trenton, directing that If the Lind
bergh telephone wire was followed,
the baby and “the three ottiei men"
would be found *
It was recalled that special wires
laid by police from the Lindbergn
garage ran along the m&ir, road be-
Hopewell and Princeton, near
which the body of the Lindbergh baby
was found a week ago.
Chief Walter was quoted as hold
ing the theory that the letter might
have been written by one of four men
who kidnaped the baby. He forwarded
it to police at Hopewell, it was stated,
but heard nothing further from it.
MORE ARRESTS BY I
HIGHWAY PATROL
Over 1,090 In April, Capt.
Farmer Reports; Fines
Also Collected
i.
Unity ni»r»trfc a
In the Sir Wnltsr l i.M.
HV J C. HASKKR Vlf,(,
Raleigh, May 19 —That the highway
patrol is gradually tightening up
from month to month and making
more arrests, is indicated by tlie April
report of activities, according to Cap
tain Charles D. Farmer, commander
of the patrol, pointing out tl,at. 1017
arrests were made last month. This
is the first time the total l*.as gone
over 1.000, at least for a get id many
months.
Os these 1,017 arrests madr in April,
148 were the operation of cars with
improper tags, 111 for speoding. 109
for drunken driving, 90 for Improper
lights, 64 for reckless drivi* g. gs for
driving without any license Wag*, while
64 were arrested for being drunk on
the highways.
However, this number ri treated is
only a small proportion of 'those who
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relief for hundreds but he had op
posed action because he didn't ‘hink
the import duty belong'xi in the re
venue bill.
“But." he said, "if we aae going into
it. let's go to work. T!| ere may "be
50 tariff rates to consider.” • *'
Senator Tydings. Derr* ocrat, Mary
land. also rpoke of 500 tariff amend
ments. |