r A TEW AY TO central CAROLINA. n ineteenth YEAR SAYS JAPANESE IN ' HAWAII HAVE PLAN 10 DESTROY DOCKS Opinion Expre»*ed Before House Territories Com. mittee by Congress man Britten says NOT SHAKING RED FLAG AT JAPS Relations With Them As Cordial as With Any Coun try. But May Not Be Ten Years Hence; Admits Nev er Having Been In Hawaii But Twice Wxrihmirtnn. May 24 1 AP>—The cf non that if the home.* of Japa ns in Hawaii wire searched "you .Hit! find numerous plans for the de-t ruction of our docks, was ex today before the House Ter r, rr . Comnrv*«ee by Representative Br. 'en. Republican. IMinols. Eipfaiothd his bill to put the Haw- uianui unde*- military control, Bntt-n asserted he was not shaking , ~d Hag »t Jap«n." because “our liiittoM w th her anp just as cordial «i*h sny country in the world " But he added, “that condition my mx pierail ten years front now." Responding to a question by Dele- Holton of Haspoii. Britten said y »a) been in the islands twice for j nxpV of days IS years ago." but ttac he had heard "many of Uhe beat m.ad3 m the government discuss the gituaunn hour after hour and day after diy :n House hearings." Jap General Not Dead of Bombing And May Recover Shanghai May 24 —The 92400.000,000 relief program of Speaker Garner will be placed In one blit and sent to the House Ways and Mean* Committee this week. The Texas Democrat an nounced today the measure would I ; *** introduced as soon as completed | by the legislative drafting service, and that hearings will be he'd by 1 the Ways and Means Committee j before It is sent to the House. . I _j FORGING FORWARD | Fear of Wtt-Dry I**ue If Reynold* Win* Causing Some Thinking WARNINGS ARE HEARD Church People Backing Dp Dry Cause; Workers, Denied Money From Morrison, Cease Demands And Blue Talk llsllr UtnpiiT.-a Unreal, fa the Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. r BASKI£HVII.L. Raleigh, May 24.—Senator Cameron Morrison at last seems to be making some progress in his campaign for renomlnatlon as United States Sena tor, according to observers in political circles here. Until last week the tide appeared to be going against Mor rison and it was beginning to look as If Robert R. Reynolds, with the help of Frank D. Grist,, Tam C. Bowie and Arthur Simmons, the other three canddiates. would at least be in first place. Ardent Reynolds supporters were even predicting that Reynolds would win the nomination in the first primary. This very fact that Reynolds seem ed to be getting closer and closer to the nomination, however, has turned out to be' one of the things that has helped Morrison more than anything else, it is agreed here. For it caused tnAny Democrats who heretofore had been considering their personal pre ferences between Morrison and Rey nolds to start thinking what would happen In November, in the general election. If the Democrats should nominate Reynolds, an opponent of prohibition, running against Jake Newell, the Republican candidates for the Senate, an ardent dry in both po litics and practice. As a result, many Democrats who until recently seemed to prefer Rey nolds to Morrison, have become wor ried at what might happen to the Democratic nominee, if Reynolds should get the nomination. They have recalled what hapuened in 1928, when Herbert Hoover received 62,000 more votes, for president tnan did the Dem ocratic nominee. Alfred E. Smith, a "wet." They have taken notice of the resolution adopted at the recent meet ing of Methodist leaders in the east ern part of the State, urgtng the sup port of only “dry” candidates. They have taken notice of the arrival in the State of a new State superinten dent for the Anti-Saloon League, (Continued on Page Four.) MILLION DOLLARS ON CANAL SOUGHT Washington, May 24.—(API—A mil lion dollar project for a modification of the intra-coastal waterway from Wlnyah Bay, S. C., to Charleston, S. C„ to follow the coast route was ten tatively adopted today by the House Rivers and Harbors Commutes veteransTo visit * PRESIDENT JUNE 24 Richmond, Va., May 34.—{AP)— After closing the! rannual reunion here on June 24 Confederate vet erans will visit Washington. They will parade up Pennsylvania Avenue, accompanied by their sons and members of the Confed erate Southern Memorial Associa tion. At the/White House they wilt be welcomed by President Hoover. Connecticut, today Introduced a resolution for repeal of the eighteenth amendment and will, seek to bring It up at the fliVt opportunity. y Sales Tax on Tiler. Washington. May 24,~-t this Is to be regard ed as a good,.\hing for British labor, the essentl**) fact is that desperately hard gave the opposite of a radical a’ant to voting sentiment in Englary-i'g election —for whatever y (Continued on Pago Four) Strikers Battle With Guards But No One Is Hurt Uhrichaville, Ohio, May 84. (AP)—Hundreds of rifle and machine gun bullets were fired early today in a fight between guards at the Wolford coal mines near here and sniper* hidden on the surrounding Mlbtdc. Bullets rained around the mine tripple for nearly 4ft minutes, while the guards responded with machine gun fire, but apparently no one was Injured. Ivan aad J. N. Wolford, owners of the mine, said the snipping was an outbreak of the wage strike ot many former employee*. 6 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COP'S Condon Appeal* to Myster iou* “John’’ To Swap Original Money For Jer*ey Reward ff’ ~ • CALLS ON MAN TO ' " TELL WHOLE TRUTH Want* Him To Clear up Murder Mystery; Lind bergh Not To Be Called to Testify Before Grand Jury Considering Case of John Hughes Curtis Flembigtun, N. J., May 24 (AF) —Before leaving for ihr Lindbergh home today. Prosecutor Anthony Hauck announced that Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh would not be called to testify/ before ga» grand jury when It cunuMin the case of John Hughes Curtis, jail ed hoaxer. Beckett. Maas., May 84 (AD Dr. Joh n F. Condon, who as "Jaf sie" paid SSO.OOA to obtain the re turn of the kidnaped son of Col onel Charles A. Undbergh, today appealed to the “who” received It to return the money to Lindbergh and collect The Uft.DM reward of fend by the Stale of New Jersey for the capture and conviction of the kidnapers. The message was dictated to the representative of a Springgfletd newspaper after the aged factor had been informed »f the offering of the reward. It was addressed to the mysterious “John" to whom the ransom money was given by Condon in a Bronx cemetery. Gangster Murder In Harlem Found By Police There New York. May 24. (API-My»- terinuH murder' with gangnter ear marks was done in Harlem early to day. Police found a sedan parked at a curb with »/ dead man against the steering wheel He waa John Repetti, 24. A singl£ bullet through the head kihed hipi. . , Seated on the running board of the car, bl6od streaming fro ma bullet wound In the mouth waa Louis (Cheeae Cake) Mileto. At the hospital they said it waa unlikely he would survive. He told detectives he did not know who shot him or Repetti. and *hat he wouldn't tell them, even If he did. LIFE INSURANCE IN STATE DECREASING Am.nntod u. SSJttft.OM In April and Shonwd Decline Under Na tional Average Raleigh. May 24 —(AP)—Life Insur ance busincs s tn North Carolina dur ing April amounted to *5,920.000, and 27 percent of the companies operat i'Tg in the State reported gains dur c ig the period, a monthly aurvey of r life insurance sales released today by Dan C. Boney, insurance commis sioner. showed. Last month business wan 32 per cent less than the total amount for April, 1931. The drop was Jnrger than the decrease experienced bv the na tion. as the national average dropped only 26 percent. Gwiiuis TAKEN IK NORTH ... ■ ,«J Two Tried Suicide And Third Planned It In Atlantic City Atlantic City, N. J«, May 24 (AP)— Rather than return tn their homes in Gaatonia. N. C. two of three girl* ar rested lari, night as mcawwys by county detect!vex. attempted to com mit suicide by stashing their wrist with a razor btad*> in the detention room at city hah today. The girl* were Emma McGill. 16, and Thetma Quinn, 16 The third g4ri. Minnie Johnson. 20. said ahe was determined not to go home, but as she did not wlnh to cut hereekf for fear it might hurt, had deckled to wait until she got ray. and then take gas They treated at city ball. Tfctrl. wounds are not serious. The ! of 4fte trio have b en notified laud have sfrtst word tney are on their way tutre to toko ok girls noma*.