HENDERSON, gateway TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. NINETEENTH YEAR HOUSE PASSES Republicans Minutes f'orPresidentHoovei- Full Payment For Veterans At Once Is Given Approval Measure Now Goes To Sen ate. Where Leaders Claim Enough Voles To De feat The Bill HOOVER PROMISES VETO IF ACCEPTED l Former Service Men Pack Galleries as Vote Is Taken, Marking One Step Nearer Their Demands; Bonus Seekers Pay Tribute To Dead Friend j Washington, June 15 (AP) — ! Immediate cash payment of the $2,400,000,000 soldiers bonus cer tificates —demanded by 20,000 i former service men bivouacked in the capital—was approved today by the House. The measure now goes to the Sen ate where loaders claim enough votes fer rejection. PreHder.t Hoover has promised a j ri:o if t+ve VegteJatton reaches the ■ Wh re House. The Patman bill pasaed by the House, would redee mfthe bonus cert i- | ftcites at their face value in new Treasury j,otes. distributed to She vete- 1 ren; through the Federal Reserve j Bark Before final approval, the measure j wj* amended to provide an equal id- ; sue of government bonds to be used j fer retiring tUck. of Tinnassee. w4io died in the House yes terday whil« oleadlng for payment of the soldiers bonus. A call went out for the war vete r»n» in camp here to mass at the Vrlcn Station this afternoon when th» funeral cortege moves to the train which will take the body back home. In an effort to_ action on leg ation to .pay war veterans $2,400,000.- °OO on their soldiers bonus certificate** the House today agreed to terminate further debate and proceed at once to the consideration of proposed •"tsendmenta. Leas, Davis Must Serve T heir Time Raleigh. .June I.V—(AP) The v >rth t arollna Supreme Court to day ruled Luke lea. former Unit ed States Senator from Tennessee. 1 uks lea. Jr., and Wallace B. IhTlt, former Aahevtlle bank president, must serve terms In '•tate’s Prison here. Two bulky opinions upheld the con v’etion and sentences of tne Leas. T erinessee newspaper publisners. and Davis in Buncombe county trials last rummer growing out of the $17,000,000 f*»lnre in October. 1930. of the Cen tr*i Bank and Trust Company, sec ond largest individual banking unit in the State. T he Leas and Davis were convict ed kHntlv of conspiracy to divert funH, 0 f bank and Davis was con v»c»ed in another trial of publishing a fslre report of the bank's condition. The sentences, under North Carolina law take effact upon certification of the Supreme Court's record to Bun combe County Superior Court. There was speculation here that the two cases may be taken to the Unit •d States Suprsme Court. Lea Sr., who gained public atten tion during the World War with a plot to Capture the German kaiser *ftcr tne Armistice, faces a six to tan v rar prison t*rn». L>avia faces a four ’° y«sr sentence on the con spiracy conviction, and five to seven years for publishing the false report. Batin Sisnatrh was* Gaston Means Is Sentenced To 15 Years f m i £ ffmLf j WSf flwl ■J JBg/ wB | I. Washington. June 15. —(AP)—Gas ton B. Means today was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for swindling Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean of $104.- 000 in an alleged plan to return the kidnaped Lindbergh baby. Justice James M. Proctor, In the District of Columbia Supreme Court, sentenced the former Justice Depart ment investigator to ten years for the larceny of SIOO,OOO ransom money and five years for larceny of the $4,- 000 expense money. The latter sen tence is to begin after the ten-year aentnee has ben fulfilled. T. Morris Wampler, one of Means' defense counsel, noted an appeal. Justice Proctor, in addressing Means, said: "The vt rdict reveals that the de fendant capitalized not only on the sweetest and tenderest emotions of the human heart, but also on the basest in his clever and adroit plan. "The Lindbergh case brought out all the best in the hearts of men. but also gave the opportunity to some to display the weakness and wickedness of human nature.” SHOOTS FATHER IN MOTHER’S DEFENSE Albert Ludlum, of Robeson County, My Die; Boy Is Held In Jail <| Lumberton. June 15. (AP> —Albert Ludlum, of Bladenboro, wtu taker to a hospital here early today with a probably fatal bullet wound said by police to have been inflicted by his 14-year-old son. Alton. The boy was placed in jail by Chief Vance McGill pending the outcoma of the older Ludlum's wounds. Police said the shooting was the outcome of an attempt by the boy. to prevent his father from beating his mother. J After the family dispute, Alton came to Lumberton and stopped at the home of his sister, Mrs. R. A. Mil ligan. His father followed him and the shooting occurred about midnight Mrs. Milligan suffered a slight hip wound from the same ballet that penetrated the elder Ludlum’s abdo men. Physicians said he bad Uttle chance of recovery, , , n - NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. ONLY DAILY British, Flowers On CjirFs Casket Englewood, N. J„ June 15. —Attended by Gerald Shep pard. acting British consul gen eral, who brought a wreath of red roses to be placed on the cas ket funeral services were conduct ed to day In an undertaking es tablishment for Violet Slmrpr. English servant who committed suicide at .the home of Mrs. Dwight W. Mnrrojv last Friday. WORLD'S HOPE FDR RECOVERY CENTERS NOW ON LAUSANNE European Statesmen Con verging on Swiss City to Lay Plans For Eco nomic Relief HELP TO GERMANY FIRST More Than $300,000,000 Falls Due July 15 If New “'Arrangement Fails; Eve of Conference Shows Whole Problem Shrouded In Deep Uncertainty Lausanne, Switzerland, June 15 . > HpHH S f 1 W I BERTRAND H. SNEjJu^ Dawes Would Not Run Even If Nominated Washington. .Jnn« 15.—(AP)— Charles Gates Dawes, In a formal statement today, said he could not accept the Republican nomination for the vice-presidency If It were offered him. The vice-president, who con cludes today his tenure of office as president of the Reconstruc tion Finance Corporation, said he had given the question of the vice - presidency "‘considerable thought." He made the statement at his home In the Willard hotel, per sonalty telephoning it to the As sociated Tress. The situation In the convention as to the vice-presidential nomina tion, as reported by the press this morning, wouid seem to call for a more explicit statement of my at titude,” Mr. Dawes said. "To have been considered for this nomina tion is a high honor, and I ap , pertate the proffers of support. I ~ have givea the question consider able thought. I could not accept the nomination, U made.” 6 PAGES , TODAY FIVE CENTS COPU SNELL’S MENTION OF HOOVER, SIGNAL FOR BIG OUTBURST In Old-Time Fashion, Dele gates Parade and Sing, “California, Here I Come MENTION OF NAME STARTS FIREWORKS absolution Condemns Party Irregularity In Congress; Stadium Owner Demands $8,500 Due Him For Pay; Prohibition Tonight at At 8 O’Clock Chicago Stadium, Chicago, June 15 (AP) —With a new show of confidence, the Hoover helms men steered the Republican con vention unfalteringly today through a second session which raised enthusiasm to a new peak in a 20-minute demonstration for the President. In old-time fashion, delegates from every state paraded their banners to the tune of "California, Hare I Coma." ringing and clapping vneir hands, laughing and yelling, determined, it seemed, that this is no doubt a Hoov er convention. Then* they got through routine busl (Contlnued on Page Two.) NEWELL FRAZIER. URGE DRY PLANK 1 At Request of Bishop Can* non, They Present Plan To Committee | Chicago, June 15. (AP> Two North Carolina delegates today were playing a leading role in the arduous task of whipping the Republican plat form into shape at the national oon ventlon here. Clifford Frazier, of Greensboro, can didate for governor, and Jake F. Newell, senatorial candidate, were picked by Bishop) James Cannon, chairman of tho United Dry Forces Board of Strategy, to present a bone dry plank to the platform commit tee. All prohibition elements, including the Anti-Bkioon League and other or ganization, have banded together in a fight Ik keep the platform as dry as possible. Newell and Frazier went together * n *.o the committee room where razier then asked consideration of the proposed dry plank. GERMAN AIRMAN IS ' REPORTED MURDERED Windham. Australia, June 15. —Native runners came in today with stories that the missing German aviator, Captain Hans Bertram, and his companion. Clausman. had been "murdered by blacks.” Officials declined to accept their story until it was thoroughly check ed. however, and went ahead with plans to send & launch to the spot where Bertram s plane was found yes terday near Drysdale Mission. G.O.i’EYESIRN ON IHE DEMOCRATS Chicago Delegates More In terested in Who Opposi tion Will Be By LESLIE EICHEL Central Preae Writer Chicago, June 15.—1 t seems more tike a Democratic convention than a Republican. Everybody is asking: "Who will be the Democratic nomi nee?” Then, there’s the fight over the wet plank. Democratic nominee? The RepiS lieans seem to incline toward Ba^dr _ e (Continued on Pass .Tvqj |