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fKENBERSON, *SSSZ° CAROLINA. .NINETEENTH YEAR NEW FEDERAL House And Senate Select Conferees For New Tax Bill Joint Committee To Meet' Quickly Tomorrow Morn. 1 ing To Speed Agree ment of Measure economy bill now IS BEFORE SENATE Slated For Action Before Adjournment; Glass Bill Favorably Reported To Make Government Bonds Eligible for the Issuance of Currency ttV<hington. June 'IA-lAfl- ,Con today act on the legislative ac re if rator with full force and shot the bt.lion dollar tax bill on the road to enactment. HA>h tne Senate and House appoint-1 •i conferees to adjust differences be •weu the two branches and the first Ktciun was called for tomorrow morn- W Ueunwhile. the Senate prepared to ! tit* up another highly controversial I measure the 5238.606.000.000 economy' bt.i —whtch Is slated-for action before j adjournment. The Senate Banking Committee re ported a proposal by Senator Glass of Virginia to make all government bond* eiietble for the issuance of cur rency It substituted this for the GcicU bo rough dollar stabilisation bill, which hu pasasd the House. A favorable report on the Root pi*o loeil for American adherence to the World Court was presented by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Hou»e committees approved the Cochiance bill to make interstate kid naping a crime punishable by death and heard testimony for and against Garner relief bill. [AWREMOESHOWS ! 01 WAR RECORD! Attack Auxiliary Effort To Turn Vote* to Fletcher In Primary flatly IM<i>«lrh Rnr«*i, la the Sir Hail-r Hotrl nv j. v. ihskkuviu. P sleigh. June I.—Declaring that the »upporter» of Major A. L. Fletcher for commissioner of labor are seeking to promote Fletcher J>y unfairly attack ing hta war record. R. R. Lawrence, one of (he other candidates for the nomination vigorously answered these • n * r ks In a speech here last night. I-"»r*nf* i* at present president of S*ve Federation of Labor and is from Wins'on-Seiem. Lawrence pointed out that a letter I* being circulated by a member of lh» ladies Auxiliary of the American Lesion advocating Fletcher for cora misdoner of labor and opposing Law rence because Lawrence did not en m the army until 1918 and be tau.ie he did not see service overseas. T hi» letter also seeks to give the im pression that Lawrence Is not now ■ 'id never has been s member of the American Legion. In his speech last p, Xht. however. Lawrence declared »nd had the documents to prove it. *h»* he enlisted in the navy In July, I*l* at the age of 21, for a period nf four years, and that he was bonor •hlv discharged September 30, 1321. He declared that it was not his fault H**' he did not see sendee overseas, pointed out that there are thou ••nds of members of the American legion who did not get overseas, sines •hey were subject to the orders that c *me from the government. L*art of the letter, from which Law rence quoted. Is as follows: In order to intelligently bead a division of this nature (The Depart s Continued on Page Three.) Mother Attacks Two Little! Daughters With A Hatchet Richmond. Va. June I.—<AP>~ Turner S. Shelton. 4:-year-otd mother, stacked with a hatchet and critically founded her two daughter*, Mary EUrabeth. 11. and Eleanor 9, while ,h *y slep at their h. me today- Dr Turner Shelton father of the childien. Maid the younger evidently knocked unconscioua with the first blow, but the older one etrug g'ed with her mother. Henitersun r ow\‘nrn A fSBJ^ tHU uumca OF THB ASSOCIATED PRBSS. L>ark Horse ? The prediction that the Democratic National Convention will be dead locked and that Senator Robert J. Buckley (above), of Ohio, will be the surprise nominee for the Presi dency, was made by Senator Moses, of New Hampshire, Republican leader in the Upper House. Sena tor Moses enjoys a wide reputation as a political prognosticator. RACE FOR SENATE ~ IS STILL TOSS DP Morriton s Chances for Be ing High Man Saturday Improved, However IS FIELD VS. MORRISON Opponents Urging Public To Vert*' For Anyhndy But the Senator; Reynolds Proving Strong With the Voters Dally Dispatch Dirras, In (be Sir Walter lintel. BY J. V. BAHKKRVII.L. Raleigh. June 1. —The race for the Democratic nomination for the Unit ed States Senate is still a toss-up between Senator Cameron Morrison and Robert R. eßynolds, according to the reports reaching here from various sections from the State, al though most of the observers here! seem to think that Morrison's chance for being high man In Saturday's pri mary have improved materially with in the past week. It is generally agreed that if the Reynolds vote is as heavy as the Reynolds talk and that if the senti ment for Reynolds is half as strong as his friends and supporters say it Is, that he should be nominated In Sat urday's primary and a second pri mary he unnecessary. The Reynolds managers and Reynolds followers are prediction that he will sweep the slate (Continued on Page Six.) Middle-Aged Man Is Hanged by Mob In Kentucky Town Princetown. Ky.. June I.—(API Walter Merritt. 48. was removed from the county jail late last night and his body was found hanging from a tree three miles from here today. The lynching party entered Jailer Curt Jones' room, hound him, took his keys and departed With the pri soner without arousing any citizens. Merritt was to have been tried June 3 on a charge of dynamiting the store of M. P. Poole, f.t H&peon, near here, last February. Authorities said they believed Mrs. Shelton had become mentally un balanced. Attracted by screams of his chil dren. Dr. Shelton ran to their room to find the door locked. Gaining en trance with the help of the wounded j Mary Elizabeth, he found the chil dren to be critically hurt. They were I taken to .a hospital# where blood transfusions were made Immediately. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THI? SECTION ; OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 1,1932 TAXES EFFECTIVE IN FEW WEEKS SEABURY PRESENTS EVIDENCE RE SAYS TO REMOVE MAYOR Shows Walker Owned Stock In Company That Got Fat Contract From New York City walker Testified MONEY WAS PROFIT Got It From Pool He Joined After 1926, He Said at Hearing Last Week; Sea-| Bury Claims Money Came From Head of a New York Taxicab Company New York, June 1. (AP)—Samuel Seabury .at a hearing of the Hofatad ter committee today. Introduced testi mony Indicating that Mayor James J. Walker had owned bonds of the Reliance Bronze and Steel Company, which received a 343.556.40 city con tract. Seabury declared In his opinion that constituted grounds for the mayor's removal from office. “I say the mayor of this city has no right to hold stock in a company that has a city contract." Seabury said, "and I say It is grounds for re moval, and has been so held and Is so provided in the city charter. Seabury said that ten bohds of the Reliance Bronze and Steel Company were included in the 326,500 worth of securities that witnesses have testi fied the mayor received from J. A Ststo while Slsto's company was in terested In the promotion of a taxicab company. Walker testified the securities re presented hts profits from a pool which he was invited to join about the time he first met Sisto at & banquet in Atlantic City in 1926. He denied the securities came from Sisto, and he testified he vetoed a taxicab con trol A>i>l that would have brought I profits of 31.000,000 a year to the taxi- j cab company, in which Sisto's brok erage house was interested. GRAHAM BELIEVED IN LEAD OF GILES Lieutenant Governor Race Will Be Close, However, Indications Show Dnllr Dispatch Barese, In the rtlr Walter Hotel. BY J. C. IIA sKK.It VI 1.1, Raleigh. June 1 The contest for the Democratic nomination for lieu tenant governor has been so over shadowed by the interest in the cam paign for the gubernatorial and sen atorial nominations .that veYy little has been heard about it. But reports concerning this contest reaching here during the last few .days indicate that the race between A. H. Sandy) Gra ham. of Hillsboro, and F. D. (Fatty) Giles, of Marion, for lieutenant gov ernor may be a great,deal closer than the majority have thought. David P. Dellinger, of Cherryville, Gaston county, the third .candidate for the nomination, is nod considered by any one here as being a serious contender, since the , race seems to be clearly between Graham and Gils. Supporters of Graham, who was speaker of the House ,in the 1929 Gen eral Assembly, and who haul previous ly served several sessions in the House from Orange county, have felt confident from the time that Gra ham announced his candidacy he would win the nomination for lieu tenant governor without much trouble They felt that his record as a mem (Continued on Page Two.) U. S. and France i Sign Important ® New Trade Pact June 1 (AP>— An Important trade agreement which is expected Shortly to increase the amount erf Ame rican goods that can be imported into France was reached today by repre sentatives of the United States and France. The agreement greats the United States most-fa vo red-nation treatment on importation* which now are ear tfeiled by the French system of quotas. It provides a method of edtwbiHahing quotas In the future by more consul tations than has been, the case In the past wrtSh those handling American importations into France. Generally speaking, X bases importations HmMe on, the Jevete of lttl. , , i Batin IHsruttrh TOP LIST FOR PLATFORM CHAIRMAN r -r Watson | W , i—* p | Senator Smoot \W lg>] 1— I With Interest in the Republican national convention focused on the party’s platform, and whether or not it will contain a wet plank, unusual importance is attached to the chairmanship of the platform committee. Among those tiromi New Bill To Raise $1,115,000,000 Taxes Washington, June 1.--(AP) The huge new tax bill, bulwark of finan cial stability for the. American nation, was passed today by the Senate and speeded immediately to the conclud ing formalities which will make it law. The measure, designed to raise 31,- 115,000,000 of revenue, was passed twenty minutes after midnight at the conclusion of a 14-hour dramatic ses sion tv! hoot parallel in recent con gresses. Responding to a suddenly planned and personally delieverd plea of Presi dent Hoover, the Senate swiftly built up the bill by 3280.000 000. with the eleventh-hour addition of taxes on BAXTER SHEMWELL SLAYERS ARE FREE Coroner’* Jury Hold* Lex ington Men Shot Him In Self Defence Lexington, June 1 (AP)—J. O. Booze, automobile dealer, and Dr. blameless by a coroner’s jury to- F. G. Johnson, dentist, were held day for the death of Baxter Shem well, who was fatally wounded in a gun battle with the two here yesterday. The Jury did not find from the evidence who fired the fatal shot, but held Boexe and Johnson acted hi self-defense when they returned Shemwell’* fire In front of their father-in-law's store. Shemwell died last night, about 14 hears aft er the shooting. In which Basse sustained a slight bullet wound In • one hand. Army Balloon Is [Trophy Winner In . Dmaha,Neb., Race Omaha, N*4>,, June 1 (AP) —Offi- cials of the Omaha Aar Race Associa tion received a tefcegnatn at noon to day from Lieutenant Wllford J. Paul pilot of the No. 2 Army balloon in the national balloon race notifying them they had Nnded at 1 a. m to day 13 miles north of Hatton. Saskat chewan. Canada, to win the rac* and the Litchfield trophy. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly etoudy tonight and Ttaur* day; slightly warmer la extreme west portion tonight. nently mentioned for the post are Senator James Watson, G 0 P. floor leader, of Indiana; Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah; Senator David Reed, of Pennsylvania, and Congressman Willis Hawley of Oregon. gasoline and electricity and increased income rates. It turned a deaf ear to the Presi dent's call for a manufacturers’ sales tax. defeating this by the decisive margin of 53 to 27 just btfore aaiing the bill by the even wider margin oi 72 to 11. It beat down in rapid order a whole succession of attempts to strike out tariffs and previous decisions. The bill was dispatched to the House for a conference to adjust many dlferences, none of which were expected to prove dangerous. The prospect was it would be ready for the President's signature by the mid dle of next week. Five Suicide When Wife-Mother Dies New York. June I.—(AP)—Five members of one family died in a suicide pact In Brooklyn today be cause death had taken the wife and mother. All were adults. The NUiciden were Carlos Del Rio, 55, a wholesale longene merchant, and his four daughters. They were native* of Argentine. The bodies were found shortly after noon in their apartment near Prospect Park. They died hy illuminating gas, a rubber hose being stretched from a gas range In the kitchen to a bed room. April V Winner Os Famous Race At Epsom Downs Epsom Downs, England. June I. (AP) -April V. given only an outside chance to win. today outclassed 20 of England's best three-year-olds, winning the 153rd running of the Derby. As April V. carrying the silk of T. Walls, flashed across the line three quarters of a length in front of Aga Khan’s Dastur. W. M. G. Singer’s Orwell, the choice at 15 to 8. finish ed far back in the field. Lord Rose berry's Miracle, second choice, at 100 to 9, was third. Although rated by many as a money horse. Aril V was considered to have no better than a 100 to 6 chance to defeat Orwell, GEORGE POU ENTERS CAPITAL HOSPITAL Washington. June 1 (AP)—ln jured In an automobtlo accident near Henderson, N. C., Otifgn Rom Pou. 37. son o< Representative Ed ward W. Pou. of North Carolina, was admitted to a hospital here today lor treatment - PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Rates Clamp Down Within 15 Days Os Date Hoover Signs England Seeking ! Economic Parley j laindon, June I^—(AP) —The Bri tish government U consulting the nation* of Europe about the value ' of a world conference in ameliura- 1 tlon ot the general economic cri*!*. This wax revealed today by hir John Simon, the foreign minister, in Parliament. The consultation* were inspired, he said, by a rrqurat from Andrew W. Mellon, the American am ha*- I aador, who asked if the KritWh gov- ! eminent believed a world confer- i ence to consider the unlveniaJ stump in commodity price* would ameliorate condition*. GUNS SPOUT DEATH TO FOUR TAR HEELS Baxter Shemwell Dies At Lexington After Gun Battle In Street 2 DIE IN SOUTHPORT Fisherman Kill* His Wife and Another Man. But Falls In Suicide; Wake County Man Kills Would- Be Burglar (By the Associated Press.) Four people were dead today and one wounded after guns spat death yesterday in three sections of North Carolina. The moat spectacular death was that of Baxter Shemwell, of Ashe ville, fatally wounded at Lexington, in a street gun battle with two Lexing ton citizens following an argument over forclosure of mortgages on Shemwell’s property. At Southport Johnny Barnum. fisherman, shot to death his wife and fatally wounded Willie Fulford be cause he said Fulford was supporting Mrs. Barnum. Barnum attempted suicide, but the pistol hammer fell on empty cham bers and he surrendered to police. Lenn Johnson, former convict, was shot and killed by Vance Billings as Johnson attempted to break into Bill ings' Wake county residence. At the time, police were searching for John son on warrants charging him with breaking into Billings' horns. PROHIBITION BOARD WARNS CANDIDATES Those Who Seek To Weaken Law May Expect To Meet Opposition , Waidungton. June 1 'AP) —TWe Na tional Prohibition Board of Strategy today issued a statement saying :"Ttus is the time for the friends of the eighteenth amendment ‘throughout the nation to serve notice on every political party and evtyvy candidate" that those who seek tq weaken prohi bition by any means Ynay expect "or ganized aggressive, re!entices opposi tion from the defenders of national prohibition.” The dry strategists planning the United organization nangiaiggn for the 1932 election concluded their long ritatement with; “This is the time to fight." Sound Budget To Determine Recovery, Ritchie Declares Asheville. June L—(AP)—Governor Albert C. Ritchie, of Maryland, ar rived in Asheville today to deliver two addressee, one before the local Civitan club aad another tonight at a mass meeting sponsored by the Buncombe County Jefferaon Demo cratic Club. The Maryland executive and pos sible Democratic presidential nominee, in an interview, declared that a “re- 8 PAGES , TODAY FIVE CENTS COPTS Postage Rates on First And Second Class Matter Go Into Effect About First of July STAMP TAXES WILL * APPLY BEFORE THEN Levy on Gasoline and That on Electricity Also Effec. five in 15 Days; Income and Corporation Taxes To Be Included In Calendar Year Returns Washington. June I.—(AP) Tax payers will start feeling many of the new and increased taxes W in 15 days after President Hoover signs the bill making it a law. All the excise levies in the bill re turned to the House today and the import taxes on coal. oil. lumber and copper go into effect then and re main in force until July 1. 1934. Th% first class postage rate increase goes into effect 30 days after it la sigued. while the second class takes effect July 1. These also are tem porary. The admissions, communications, produce futures, check levies and the /tamp taxes on stocks and bonds go into effect also in 15 days, as does the levy on gasoline and electricity. The income and corporations taxes apply to amounts accruing in the calendar year 1932, or fiscal years ending In that year and are perma nent. This means payment is to start with ha filing of returns next year as un der existing income tax laws. THREE TERRORISTS NABBED IN ATLANTA Atlanta, (is.. June L—(API— j Three person* were arrested here today for a series of terroristic ( tactics in an Atlanta theatre that was climaxed today hy the ex- , plosion.df a bomb aad the injury of six people. J Police said two of the prisoners, < Herman Mtmeiy, 18, and Mike Carmichael, 17, have confessed , and implicated Koyce Means, 26. projectionist at another theatre ) as the in*tigator of the terrorism. A STATE INCOME FAR I BELDWESTIATES More Than La»t Year D<ie t<jf Tax Increase, But Leas Than Expected a A »ft / Dali r DtspaTr* ftarerie * ' In the Sir Walter Hotel.. ' BY J. •' BASKHRYII.L. Raleigh. June I.—Although the total collections of revenue for the general funds by the Department of Revenue for the first eleven months of this fiscal year amount to ST .514'- 235. or nearly 38.000.000 mono than was collected In the same 11 na mths last year, when collections to ailed 312.276.262. the figure is still fir be hind the original estimates. In fact, when the State clcews Ha books on June 30, the end of be fis cal year, a deficit of 33.475,000 la now predicted by the Budget Burea. The original estimate of receipts f>r this fiscal year, made just a year agio, was that 327.526.625 would be collected from all sources for this year. Re vised estimate* recently made l»y the Budget Bureau now place tha total collections from all sources at not more than 323.214.000. So the portion of this amount ooltteted by tlte Dt> (Continued on Page TW) vival of busineai- is not poMible until Congress balances the budget wipes out the deficit." He reiterated his belief that the "eighteenth amendment is a failure and should be lifted from the Con stitution.'' and declared in favor ot "a general manufacturers' *aiee tan ™ "The liquor question.” be “can r.ever be solved until it becoims one of State's rights, a Democratic doc trine foeiered fur many /ears.'''
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