"HENDERSON,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
NINETEENTH YEAR •
— A OUHL/A X , * * * «-■ v/«-*A S AKi V A
HOOVER is re-nominated
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state Uemocrats Instruct For Governor Roosevelt
Convention Elects
Big Total Os Nine
Delegates-at-Large
C. L. Shuping, Greensboro,
Offers Resolution Bind,
ing State's 26 Votes
In Convention
GOVERNOR GARDNER
TO HEAD THE LIST
Lindsay Warren, Daniels,
Shuping, Mrs. McKee, Sen
ator Bailey and Others
Are Named; Daniels, In
Speech, Pays Tribute To
Governor Roosevelt
Raleigh, June 16 (AP) —
North Carolina’s 26 votes in
Democratic National Con
vention were pledged to
Governor Franklin D. Roose
velt bv the State Convention
here today.
Th* instruction resolution was in
troduced by C. L. Shuping. of reens
boro.
In accord with the urns) procedure
l! was ordered referred to the resolu
tions committee, but the convention,
by a (moot unanimous vote, adopted
a motion from the floor for imme
di»*e consideration.
Josephus Daniels, former secretary
cf *h* navy, under whom Roosevelt
served as assistant secretary, paid
high tribute to the New ork gover
nor as a "fearless leader, who was
elected governor of bla State prac
tically without a vote from New York
City"
Consideration of the Shuping reeolu
tion came upon the heels of the key
note speech of Colonel George K.
Freeman, of Goldsboro, who lauded
the Gardner administration in North
Carolina, and declared that the wel
fare of the country demanded defeat
for the Republicans in the coming na
tional election.
The platform committee was busy
■t its task of drawing up a draft of
principles to be submitted to the con
vention.
Nine delegates at large to the Ctai
(Contlnued on Page Two.)
Fountain In
Run-Off On
Governor
P.aleigh. June 16. — (AP)—Raising
the Issue of "machine control.” Lieute
nant Governor R. T. Fountain today
continued hte campaign for the Dem
ocratic gubernatorial nomination.
In a formal statement late yesteray.
th* Rocky Mount candidate announc
ed he had decided at the request of
friends and supporters to ask a second
primary against J. C. B. EChringhau*.
of Elizabeth City, who led him by
47 non votes In the first primary.
Pointing out that he and A. J. Max
well. the third candidate, received a
total 0 f 217. is® votes against 162.-
for Ehrlnghaus, Fountain made
known his intention to run.
Col.Freeman,AsKeynoter,
Praises Gardner Regime
Raleigh. June 16— (A**) Col.
Oeorge Freeman of Gold*boro, devot
ing bu talk almost entirely to praise
of the Gardner administration of the
part four years, urged the North Car
ina Democratic Contention today to
place Democrats in power in the State
and nation t< save “this almost pros
trate coun'ry/* \
Freeman did * not mention prohibi
tion a question expected to cause
fireworks during the convention even
ls the matter does not get outside of
’he platform committee room.
Citing the history of the Democratic
Party in the State, and how it took
Hwitersmt Hatlu Dispatch
'thk . W,KB MRvie*
HK AHJkMiATBD PRBflg.
Died in Congress
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Suffering a stroke while making an
impassioned appeal for passage of
the bonus bill on the floor of the
House of Representatives, Repre
sentative Edward E. Esliek, Derae-
Tat, of Pulaski, Tenn., died a few
-"oents after his fellow-members
hed to his assistance. The ex
ement is ■ i aid to have aggravated
• n old heart complaint.
CRUOUPDELEWfr
DEMOCRAT MEET;
FAVOR ROOSEVELT
Districts Instruct For New
York Governor For
Party 's President
tial Candidate
WALTER D. SILER PUT
ON PLATFORM GROUP
Harold Cooley Presidential
Elector for District; Sec
ond District Names Eight
Delegates, Each With
Quarter Vote; Other Dis
tricts Also Act
Raleigh, June 16. (AP)— The
fourth district congressional conven
tion today instructed Us delegates to
the Democratic National Convention
in Chicago to vote for the nomina
tion of Franklin D. Roosevelt of New
York, and elected the following dele
gates to the convention:
Albert L Cox. of Wake; T. H.
Crudup. of Vance: L. L. Gravely, of
Nash, and C. C. Cranford, of Ran
dolph.
| Robert Ruark, of Wake, was named
(Continued on Page TWO)
control of the government from the
Republicans 32 years ago when “Re
publican misrule threatened to de
stroy the State," the keynoter urged
a mobiliaxtion of North Carolina
Democracy.
"We shall go forth from here.” he
said, “determined to return our party
to power in the next general election,
and to lead In the effort to place in
charge of our national government
Democratic public servants. For only
through these means may we hope for
a return of peace, happiness .and pro*-
(Continued « Pig* fttree-i j4* .
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
SENATE COMMITTEE VOTES
14-2 AGAINST CASH BONUS
BILL IS REPORTED
ON SENATEFIOOR;
VOTE IS BLOCKED
Leaders Are Confident Os
Sufficient Strength To
Kill Measure When
Decision Comes
BUT ARE REASSURED
BY COMMITTEE VOTE
Senator Thomas, Oklahoma,
Cash Payment Advocate,
Prevents Considerat io n
When Senator Smoot Calls
for Showdown; Effort Is
Made to Act Soon, How
ever
Washington, June 16.—(AP)—
The $2.40,00041,000 cash bonus bUI
was voted adversely today by the
Senate Finance Committee.
First senators to emerge from
the meeting said the vote was 14
to 2 against the bonus.
The bill will be reported immediate
ly to the Senate and an attempt made
to get a vote there as soon as pos
sible.
Leaders already were confident of
a sufficient vote to kill the bill, but
they were reassured by the size of the
opposition committee vote.
A request of Chairman Smoot of
;he finance committee that the Sen
ate up immediately the cash
bonus bill was blocked today by Sen
ator Thomas, Oklahoma, an advocate
of the measure.
Bail For Means
Pending (Appeal
Denied By Court
Washington, June 16 (AP) —Just-
ice James M Proctor, in th? Dis
trict of Columbia Supreme Court,
today refused to free Gaston B.
Means on bond after conviction on
charges sos st sealing $104,006 from
Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean in an
alleged attempt to ransom the
Lindbergh baby.
In denying a motion for ball.
Justice Proctor said he believed
Means still has $106,660 and Indi
cated he felt the former Justice
Department inveosttgator might
flee the court’s jurisdiction If re
leased fnom judgment. ,
Candidate France
Forcible (Ejected
From the Stand
Chicago Stadium, June 16 (AP)
—Dr. Joseph I. France, of Mary
land, wa forcibly ejected from the
speaker’s platform at the Republi
can National Convention today as
he sought to get the floor.
His name had just been placed
in nomination and hte plan had
been to make a nomination him
self In behalf of former President
Coolldge.
‘"They will have to carry out d
presidential candidate to stop me.”
France «us told newspaper men.
Police dM practically carry him
out a fe wmlnuteo later.
River and Harbor
Bill Is Favorably
Reported Senate
Washington. June 16 (AP)—A flsv
orwble report on (to* Shtpatead bill for
rivers and harbors development waa
voted 11 to 8 today by the Senate Fi
nance Committee.
Chairman Johnson, Republican, Cal
ifornia, declined to make public the
individual vote on th emeasure.
Under the bill, bonds would be Is
sued as needed to pay for project*, in
cluding the Great Lakee-fit. Lawrence
waterway and connecting channels, If
they ahoUld be authorized. ,
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 16, 19*2
y- . r »• a
L. ..<_aGO CHEERS WETS ON PARADE
WF
Voted as the most impressive float I
In the huge anti-prohibition pa- I
cade staged in Chicago by the wet I
forces to influence the ReDubli- l
MacDonald Asserts U. S.
Promised Help On Debts
Named Chairman of Lausa n nc Conference, Tell# Dele
gates World Looks (o It For Relief; Sees Present
Economic Crisis at World Catastrophe
Lausanne, Switzerland, June 16.
(AP) — Europe cannot act alone, but
must have the help of the United
States in solving the world's econo
mic troubles. Prime Minister Ramsay
MacDonald of Great Britain asserted
today as the delegates of 13 nations
opened a conference on reparations
and war debts here.
"The United States," said he. "has
encouraged us to believe it will co
operate in some of the wider pro
blems and join us in devising a poiicv
for tne encouragement of trade and
the enrichment of nations."
FORMER OFFICER IS
HELD IN BLACKMAIL
J. J. Furlong, Sr., Accused of
Writing Threats to Mrs.
Kenan Wise
Wilmington. June 16. —(API—John
J. Furlong. Sr., former chief of police
here and former county recorder, was
held In $5,000 bond today on a war
rant charging “blackmail of certain
parties” by means of threatening let
ters.
While authorities refused to disclose
the details of the charge against Fur
long. the Wilmington Star-News fittb
lished a story declaring that the in
tended victim of the extortion plot
was Mrs. Jesse Kenan Wise, wealthy
society leader and philanthropist. *'
Arrested last night, Furlong was
brought before Recorder Judge Harris
this morning, but the case was con
tinued until next Tuesday.
The warrant sworn to by Sheriff
John R. Morris alleges that Furlong,
did “unlawfully, and wilfully, felon
iously and knowingly send letters de
manding money from certain parties
an dthreatenlng them with great
bodily harm and their life ls such
demands were not complied with.”
WATHfR
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy, with local thun
dershowers in north and weet
I portion tonight and Friday.
can party’s, platform, this jail
on wheels symbolizes the effects of
the present dry law. Thousands
lined the streets cheerintr
This address, after his election as
chairman of the conference, waa the
only one of major importance in a.
session which lasted over an hour. The
continuing economic crisis, he said,
is the worst with which the world
has ever been afflicted. It amounts to
"a world catasthrophe."
“We meet under the shadow of the
most ominous economic crisis which
ever afflicted the world in times of
peace." Mr. MacDonaid said. "The
whole world looks to us as it never
has looked to an International con
ference before."
ADERHOLT SLAYER
ARRESTED IN N. Y.
Kelly Hendrix Living With
Communists, Planning
For Campaign
New York. June 16.—(AP)—A man
who described himself as John Gray
when he- whs arrested, admitted in
the police line-up today that he is
Kelly Yale Hendrix. 35. who jumped
$20,000 bail In Gastonia, N. C.. where
he and six others were convicted of
the murder in 1929 of Chief of Police
G. F; Aderholt.
Hendrix waa arrested last night by
detectives of the radical squad in an
apartment where police said he was
‘living with a number of communists.
Hendrix came to New York City six
days - ago. police said, from Kansas
City, and under the name of Gray was
about to become campaign manager
for William Z . Footer, gommunist
candidate for president of the United
States.
ADMITS KIDNAPING,
IS GIVEN LIFE TERM
Kansas City, Jone *l6 (AP)—
Marshall Deputy, known also an
Martha Depew, former Dowtzigton
Pa, steam shovel operator, plead
ed guilty’ today and was sentenced
to life imprisonment for the kid
naping of Mrs Nell Donnelly,
Kansas City garment manufact
urer*
PUBLISHED EVERY AKTSKNOOH
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Curtis Is Offered
As Party Candidate
As Vice-President
G. O. P. Plank Too
Wet for Tar Heels
Chicago, June 16.—(AIM—The
Republican administration'* prohi
bition plank recommending sub
mission to the people for a vote
on the eighteenth amendment la
not dry enough for Rome leader*
of the North Carolina delegation.
While they prefer thte to the
substitute offered in the minority
report la*t night, both Clifford C.
Frasier, Greensboro attorney and
candidate for governor, and ,lak<
F. Newell, senatorial nominee, ol
Charlotte, say they will not sup
port It In the campaign against
the Democrats.
The Tar Heels lined up behind
the administration platform by a
25 to 3 vote.
The delegation looked to the ad
ministration today for a hint n* to
whom they will support for vice
presidential nominee.
repdblicanseoF
RE SUBMISSION OF
PROHIBITION ISSUE
Chicago Convention Stage*
Major Battle Over Ques
tion of Eighteenth
Amendment
ABLEST SPEAKERS
JOINED IN DEBATE
Galleries So Riotous Con.
vention Threatens To Oust
Them; Convention Pre
pares to Nominate Hoover
And Curtis And Return to
Their Homes
Chicago. June 16.—(AP) Pledged
in the fire of a history-makfng de
bate to work for submission of & new
prohibition deal, the Republicans
moved swiftly on today to renominate
President Hoover, settle the dispute
over second place on the ticket and
go home.
They came together In the stadium
weary and disturbed, nursing the
bruises of a session which saw the
party platform adopted in the early
morning only after repealiets had roll
ed up a strength that surprised party
captains.
They were In a mood apparently to
renominate Vice - President Curtis
along with the President and get it
done with a minimum of delay. In
many delegations, the Curtis opposi
(Cootinued on Page Eight.)
Its Finances Good, State
Ready To Pay On July 1
/ Daily niftpatch Bareae.
la the Sir Hotel.
nr j. r. pasKßuviLL.
Raleigh. June 18.- With a cash bal
ance of more than $1,000,000 on hand
In the States general fund, the fin
ancial condition of the State is bet
ter right now than it has been in
some time, according to State Trea
surer John P. Stedman. In addition,
the State has $5,962/42 already on de
posit in New ork to meet its payments
of principel and interest in this
amount that falls due July 1, Sted
tnan pointed out.
Os this $5,862,342 of. principal and
interest which the Rtate will pay ofT
July 1, $2,600,000 is to retire matured
bonds and notes, Is a general fund
note for $1,000,000- highway bdnds
amounting to $1,500,000 a*jd. SIOO,OOO
worth of bonds Issued for educational
and charitable Institutions.
Os the interest due, the
greater part Is on unmatured high
way bonds and public school bonds.
The greater portion of this amount,
8 PAGES
TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
AH But Smallest Handful of
States Rallied to Cause
When Sole Ballot
Is Taken
LONG AND COLORFUL
PARADE IS STAGED
Hoover s Vote Is 1,126 1-2,
With Four Other Candi
dates Getting From One to
13 Votes Each, Latter Be
ing Senator John J. Blaine,
, of Wisconsin
Chicago, Stadium, Chicago
June 16, (AP)
Hoover was renominated al
most without opposition to
day by the Republican Na
tional Convention.
In the fir*: ballot walk-away en
dorsement. which rallied to his stand
ard all but the smallest handful of
dates. Mr. Hoover received from a
'heering party conclave a reaffirma
tion of the grand of leadership voted
him four years ago at Kansas City.
An unofficial total of the balloUng
Hoover 1,126 1-2 votes; John J.
Blaine, of Wisconsin. 13; Jamas W.
Wadsworth, of Naw York. 1; Charles
G- Dawes, of Illinois. 1; Joseph I.
France, of Marjdknd, 4. Not voting
4.
A long, noisy and colorful demon
stration had greeted the presentation
of his name to the convention with
his home state of California leading
the parade.
The renomination had been forecast
(Continued on Page Eight) fg|
FILM MAGNATE TOO
ILL FOR TESTIMONY
Washington. June 16.—(AP)—Wll*
liam Fox, of the Fox Film Corpora
tion. wax execused from appearing
today before the Senate Banking Com
mittee in its stock market investiga
tion after two doctors sent by the
committee to his hotel reported he is
slightly ill. He is to testify tomor
row. / *
Wallace Scales Is
Held Without Bail 1
On Burglar Charges
Winston-ffaiem, June I*.—(AP)
—Wallace Scales, member of a
prominent Greensboro family, waa
ordered field without bond today
on a yer.r-old charge of burglary.
Scale'* had been In jail here
three -months following his arrest
in Salisbury on charges of violat
ing the prohibition law. Hts hear
ing in municipal court today waa
oe a charge of entering the home
here of A. H. Galloway, locking
'him in a closet aad robbing Mrs.
Galloway. *
or $2,999,910, will be paid to the Chas
National Bank, the agent for the bond
holders. Only $164,937 will be paid to
the Bankers Trust Company and $97,-
496 to the First National Bank, agents
for the other bondholders.
The $1,600,000 for the matured high*
way and educational bonds will be
paid to the Chase National Bank and
the $1,000,000 for the matured general
fund note to the First National Bank
of New York.
For several weeks State Teraaurer
Stedman has been busy withdrawing
State money from the various State
depositories and concentrating it in
New York, so that sufficient funds
would be on hand In the States ac
counts there to meet these payments
of $5462,342 on July 1. By doing
the State will be saved the collec
tions chargee which the New York
banks would impose if 'they bed to
make the actual collections from the
State for these matured bonds, notes
and interest. . .. .