" henderson,
gateway to
CENTH AL
CAROLINA.
nineteenth year
RUMOR OF U. $.
Reynolds’ Widow And Boy Friend Held By Coroner’s Jury
Inquest On Boy’s Death
Adjourned Until Monday;
Walker Is Kept In Jail
Mrs. Pffynolds Allowed To
Remain at the Estate, But
Kept Under Guard
of The Law
CONDUCTED .
at palatial home!
jeveral Adaiional Witnesses'
Are Heard at Five-Hour
session of Inquiry In Fore. :
noon; Reynolds Shot To;
'jeath at the Home Early
Wednesday
July 9. <AP)— 1
i rwooer'n wn Investigating the
< h Mtin( to dmth of Smith Rey
nold*. tnka< in heir, today ordered
Mrv ilhhy ll'lnian Reynold* and »
tihert Walker. friend of the dead •>
vnotli beM an material witnesses
nrndinr * of the in
cunt Sonda> afternoon.
.. hreiff Trar-en Scott mjrle this an
revrcement a’ 2 p. m when the in
qu?:* »i.» adjourned after a contin
ues? five hour session, at which sev- |
till witnesses were heard.
.Vnt! said Mrs. Reynolds, the for- |
not New--York "torch sHhtrer.” who i
K*re‘ly married young Reynolds
•h:« months ago. would be allowed ,
ts r»ma'n at the Reynolds estate un
df ruard. but that Walker would be ,
hflt in the county jail.
A person connected with the inquiry'
sa d art official statement will be is- j
sued later this afternoon.
'■Valker. lifelong friend and recent
ly secretary to young Reynolds, was .
t?*»n into custody late last night. ,
bj' was permitted to sleep in a hotel, j'
Tonight however he will be lodged in <
j*i! Scott said.
A sretet inquest into the fatal 1
tho-ying of Smith Reynolds, tobacco
forr'lne heir, whi resumed today be- 1
hind the locked gates of the palatial ,
P.»violds estate, near here.
A coroner s jury is probing the cir-'
C’lu.-Tances sutiounding the death of j
’.h“ 2t»-year-oM aviator, found fatally
' mded on the sleeping porch of his
h rne last Wednesday morning.
Most of the important witnesses. In- 1
r -ding Mrs. Libby Holman Reynolds.!
so-mer Broadway star, was heard at ,
! * 3 ’ night s session, and today it was 1
expe-cd the jury would hear the!
of a half dozen Winston-Salem
sort**-,- people who attended a dinner
r e " at the Reynolds estate earlier
n “ nign* of the shooting.
Aiher* Wfl ker, 19-year-old Win
-s*i n->a;»rn v..uth, who testified last!
r an d who later was placed un
*’tard of a deputy sheriff was
o'oirned to the estate today from the
r. fl where he spent the night.
Two hour after the inquest got
und. -way today no word had come;
’°rti Revnoida as to the progress of j
inquiry, or any indication as to ■
of the witnesses was being I
n*a-d. I
Furman Football
Captain Held for
Attack at Beach
r ' nw?v s c.. July 9—(AP)—Tom
t *’ v ’ n farmer Furman football cap
'o custody of Sheriff Chest
'l":“ today in connection with an
* ,r ' < " n Harold Collins. Marion. S.
nierrhant. at Myrtle Beach last
•'f-sHav nißht
r o, U|l , j, jt , a hospital at Florence
! ' h facial injuries which physicians
*«'• are serious.
Sheriff Chestnut refused to
■J* one word about the matter, it
. 11 f> *ined here today that Carson
th *. r ' formally arrested, but
, h “ ls being detained until the
"f Injuries are deter-
Sllr.e 1
SCHOOL TRUSTEE'S
AUTO IS BLOWN UP
Hirim Ky. July 9 —(AP)— The
J. 'imobiie of joe Cawood. former
- trustee, of Evarts. was blown
_ * pi“res with dynamite that alao
tr. -. ° Ut '* r ' ndow » of his home, in
• of which the car was parked,
' v today.
r ’ putiei. of Sheriff John H. Blair
)r ' he dynamiting to ill feel
‘*l > r*«- out of a suit over the
elcr-'.iO;. jt pj vartß two mon^Jy|
Batltt siratrh
full lbaskd vihi MRTICI
OF THE ASSOCIATED PISSr
JJberal C andidate
Nominated oy tne "Liberal Party”
as its candidate for the Presidency
of the United States. Frank El
bridge Webb (above) of California
was candidate of §he Farmer-Labor
group ftr-’wesr TRp- new party is
said to represent a fusion of the old
Liberty, Farmer-Labor, Progres
sive and Socialist parties, together
with the Monetary League and the
Farmers’ Union
BllirliNT
MIGHT UPSET NEW
UNIVERSITY BOARD
Holds Legislators Cannot Be
Members of State Board
of Conservation
At Same Time
REFUSES TO STATE
OTHER APPLICATION
Whether Same Rule Would
Affect New University
Trustees Not Clear; It
Would Bar Many Promi
nent Members of Board If
Such Were The Case
naftr Diiratrk Karras,
la ikr Sir Walter Hotel,
nv J. r. RASKKRVILIi.
Raleigh, July 9.—A recent opinion
by Attorney General Dennis G. Brum
mitt that membership in the State
General Assembly and on the State
Board of Conservation and Develop
ment is dual office holding, and
hence unconstitutional, has resulted In
the resignation of two members from
this board, it was learned here today.
If membership on the board of trus
tees of the University of North Caro
lina is an office in the same sense
that membership on the board of con
fContinued on Page Five.l
Major Parties * Principles
Clean Cut Issues In 1932,
Capital Lawmakers Agree
By CHARLES F- STEWART
Central Preas Btaff Writer
Washington, July 9.—The fact that
congress has just been in session
through both major party conventions
has made Washington an unusually
interesting laboratory in which to ob
serve political reactions this year.
Ordinarily the lawmakers adjourn
before the presidential nominations
are decided on, hurry away to have a
Stand in the task, on one side or the
other, tften scatter and are not gath-
SKd tPseMiei again foi ft general ia
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VISINIA.
ONLY DAILY
To Attempt
Salvage Os
Submarine
Italian Ships Prepare To Un
dertake What Many Ex
perts Consider Al
most Impossible
MAY PASS CHAINS
AROUND THE HULL
Lifting Process Then To Be
Undertaken; Swift, Trea
cherous Current Running
in Channel Adds To Diffi
culties of Working At
A Great Depth
Cherbourg, France, July 9 (AP)
—A diver descended to the sunken
submarine Fromctnee today,
knoced repeatedly on the builand
and received no reply, a wireless
message received from the res
cue party by the maritime per
ferture said.
The submarine had been on the
bot*iom more than 5€ hours, and
there was very little hope that
any members of the crew remain
ed alive.
Cherbourg, France. July 9.
(AP)—The Italian salvage ships
Artlglio II and Roeto prepared to
day to attempt what many ex
perts considered the almost im
possible—the salvage of the sun
ken French submarine Promethee
and the rescue of her ere w,if any
of them is still alive.
The two salvage ships arrived at
10 a. m. and proceeded directly to
are arsensal to take on equipment for
the rescue attempt.
Vice-Admiral Ledo, chief of the
maritime prefecture, said this morn
ing it would be a most difficult task.
"At the depth (the submarine is
lying about 245 feet below the sur
face) the divers will be working in
pitch darkness,” he said. "But we
will first try to pass chains around
the hull to permit the use of lifting
gear and it might also be possible to
drag the submarine to shallow water."
A nine-knot current in the chan
nel also hampered the rescue work. It
was believed, however, that if any
thing could be done, the Artigllo and
Rosto could do it, and hope prevailed
that it would be possible at Itast tor
the divers to attach air pipes to the
sockets in the hull to keep the men
alive until a large scale reflating op
eration was possible.
Boy Dies oTßurn
From Bad Fire in
Projection Room
Conway S. C. July 9. —(AP)—One
man was burned to death and two
others Injured In a fire which broke
out in the projection room of a theatre
here last night.
Leo Sellers, 18. lost his life; Wood
row Williams. 19. was seriously burn
ed about the cheat, and Grady Mc-
Coy, proprietor of the theatre, was
burned about the head and arms.
Receiver for Insurance Company.
Raleigh, July 9.—(AP)—George C.
Hampton, of Greensboro, has been
named temporary receiver "for the
Southern Life and Accident Insur
ance Company, of Greensboro, in an
order filed in Wake Superior Court
here today by Judge G. Vernon Cow
per.
terichange of ideas until after elec
tion day.
In the present instance they not on
ly have looked on from the capital
while the candidates were named, but
.have still remained to compare notes
subsequently.
The composite Impression of all the
exports seems to be that the current
campaign’s alignments are exception
ally clean cut. Generally the com
plaint Is heard that It is hard to tell
Republicans and Democrats apart ex
f> (Continued on Page Fire.)
HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 9, 1932
DEBT SCALING STIRS SENATE
Congressmen. Confer With Hoover on Relief Bill
Bfl
| !■ sHf mug t s ? -PEwr
it it BSm&i&Z!29HI
Rev‘,:b> ions from the tiff be
tween President Hoover and
Speaker John N. Gamer, Demo
cratic vice presidential nominee,
over the $2,122,000,000 relief
legislation are expected to be felt
in the campaign. Euch
STATE’S FINANCES
TO OE CONSIDERED
Council of State and Budget
Commission Will Meet
On Tuesday
CURTAILMENTS LIKELY
Money Is Not In Sight for Require
ments of State DepartimMts,
Institutions and Sdaoola
On Present Basis
Dully Dlnpotrh Rnr*an,
Is the Kir Wnltrr Hole*,
nv J t. RAMKKRVII.L
Raleigh. July 9. —Both the Council
of State and tne Advisory Budget I
Commission will meet with Governor 1
O Max Gardner Tuesday, July 12. to [
consider the State's present financial
condition and to decide what mea-;
sures shall be taken during this fiscal [
year. It has already been announced i
by the budget bureau that the various i
State departments and institutions 1
cannot expect to get more than 60 *
per cent of their appropriations this j
fiscal year and perhaps not that much ;
(Continued on Page six.) |
Arkansas 90-Day
Divorce Law Now
Tested In Court
i
Little Rock, Ark., July 9.—(AP)—
The State Supreme Court has been
asked to decide the validity of the
Arkansas 90-day divorce law.
An appeal from a chancellor’s rul
ing that a person cannot acquire a
bona fide residence by coming to this
State simply to obtain a divorce and
that such a proceeding is a "fraud of
the court,” and filed in the Supreme
Court yesterday.
DESPERADO FORCES
A DRIVE TO SAFETY
James Wilson, New York Hold-Up
Gwigsier, Makes After
Being Seen In Toledo
Toledo. Ohio, July 9—(!AP)—Hunt
ed for a wild orgy of crime, includ
ing onfe murder, James Wilson, of
New York, a dangerous member of a
holdup gang, forced a Toledo man
and the latter’s nine-year-old-son to
drive him by auto late lasj night to
South Bend, Ind., where he released
them and disappeared.
Earlier in the evening Wilson shot
and critically wounded Dr. Maerin
Larkin, $4, prominent Toledo phy
sician, while police were ’seeking the
gunman for the slaying of Marshall
Jay Davis, of North Baltimore, Ohio.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair tonight *nd Sunday. _
has charged the other with re
sponsibility for the failure to
reach a complete compromise or
the Gamer-Wagner measure.
Above, group of congressmen are
seen leaving the White House aft
er a conference with the presi
Huge Unemployment Aid
Measure Given Approval
By Senate Vote, 43 To 31
Vote Follows Agreement or Democrats To Back Speak,
er Garner‘s Plan; Resolution For Investigation of
U. S. Treasury To Be Alio wed To Rest for Present
Washington, July 9 (AP)—Acting
swiftly, the Senate today approved
the 2,100,000,000 unemployment re-
Mos bill by a vc<te of 43 to 31, and dent
it to the White House, where a vote
Impended.
Approval came after Senate Demo
crats decided to support Speaker Gar
ner in his controversy with Presi
dent Hoover, wtho is opposed to the
individual loan provision in the mea
sure.
Earlier the German rejjnrations re
ductions agreement had arou&ed a
Vets Seek
Money For
Trip Home
Long Line oF‘Bonus
. Seekers” Line up for
. Funds To Get Out of
.Washington; Con
gress Voted SIOO,-
000 for Them
Washington, July 9-—(AP)—
The Veterans Administration did
a rush business today In furnish
ing transportation to homesick,
discouraged bonus marchers.
Long before the offices were open
ed. a line of veteians was waiting to
take advantage of the SIOO,OOO loan
fund appropriated by Congress to pay
railroad fare and buy food.
Officials said they did not know
the exact number who had applied,
but expressed the belief the applica
tions would exceed 1,000 before to
night
The administration offices will re
main open almost 24 hours a day, in
cluding Sunday, to accommodate the
former soldiers who have been camp
ed here for weeks.
Leaders of the “army" hoped to
confine the departure* to a compar
atively few hundred. Walter W. Wat
ers, commander continued to urge the
men to remain until Congress mgets
their demands. _ v - :
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT BUNDAT.
dent on the bill. Left to right.
Sen. Robert F. Wagner, New
York; Sen. Joseph T. Robinson,
Arkansas; Sen. Peter Norbeck,
South , Dakota; Rep. Henry t!
Rainey, Illinois, and Speaker Gar
ner
I flurry in the Senate. McKellat, Dtm
; ocnat, Tennessee, introduced a reso
; lution demanding to know if
; reports that the United States had
1 expressed a willingngess to consider
! further cuts were true, and if so, by
j what authority any representative of
the United States had taken such ac
tion.”
1 Soon after Representative Snell
• the Republican leader, told newspaper
j men a resolution calling for an in
(Continued on Page Three.)
Kidnap Bill Now
Law After Having.
Hoover Signature
Washington, July 9.—(AP)—
President Hoover today signed a
MU making It a Federal crime
punishable by *5,000 fine or 20
years Imprisonment to send ran
som demands and kidnaping
threats through the malls.
PROBE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT ASKED
Washington, July 9.—(AP)—
A resolution to name a special
committee to Investigate the exe
cutive departments with a view to
affecting economies through con
solidation and reorganization was
approved today by the House
Rules Committee.
STATE OF SIEGE
OBTAINS IN PERU
Civilian* Are Killed And
Wounded In Ditturß.
Alice* There Friday
Lima, Peru, July 9.—(AP)—Peru is
under a state of siege and several of
the Important seaports are closed as
the result of disturbances yesterday In
which a number of civilians wits
kilted and wounded.
The government attributed the dis
orders to communists, but in other
quarters it was said the Apriesta op
position was involved.
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RESOLUTION WOULD
DEMAND OF HOOVER
IF PROMISES MADE
\
State Department Issues De
nial And G. O. P. House
Leader Says No Change
Has Occurred
EUROPEAN ALLIES
CUT REPARATIONS
Germany's Obligations Re
duced to Only About One
Cent on the Dollar; De
pendent on American Re
action and Ratification By
1 heir Parliaments
Washington. July !).—( AP)—A
resolution to rcqufst President
Hoover to inform the Senate
whether there it* any foundation
for reports that the United states
ha* expressed to foreign nations
a willingness to rrduee debts, and
If so by what authority *uch ac
tion has been taken, was Introduc
ed today by Senator MrKellar.
Democrat, Tennessee,
Shortly oeCoie introduction of the
“esolution, the State Department had
iaid in a statement there was no
change in the attitude of the Ameri
can government on the question of
war debts from the views outlined by
President Hoover last June, when he
he did not approve cancellation,
but that further temporary adjust
ments must be necessary.
The statement came shortly after
Representative Snell, of New York,
the Republican leader, had said the
attitude of President Hoover had apt.
changed, and h 4 did not expect the
State Department to take any action.
CONFERENCE ENDS AFTER
REDUCING REPARATIONS
Lausanne. Switzerland. July 9.
( AP)-The Lausanne conference on
war debts and reparations was of
ficially declared at 11:25 a. m. today
after representatives of the principal
powers had formally initialed tha
agreement to scale Germany’s repara
tions bill down from the original $04,-
000,000,000 to approximately $712,500,-
000, .
This amounts to about one cent on
he dollar.
The initialing ceremony was held
in the Beau Rivage hotel, where most
of the sessions of the conference took
place. Prime Minister Ramsay Mac-
Donald of Great Britain, whose ten
acity was credited with having
brought about the agreement, presid
ed.
The convention does not go Into
"ffect, however, until it is ratified by
the parliaments of the initialing coun
tries, which, by an unwritten agree
ment, wHI not take place until after
the United States reconsiders the
question of scaling down the war
debts due her from Europe.
The next step was expected to be
a request from these powers to the
United States to join In a parley to
revise war debts.
War Debts
Pact Seen
As Big Aid
London Press Hails
Lausanne Agree
ment Best News
Since War; Eyes
Now Turn to Ame
rica For Move
Ijondon, July 9 (AP) —The Lon
don pres* today welcomed the re
paration* settlement at Laitusoe
as a "great achievement,” a -happy
omen” and "the world's beat news
since the war” but added that It
was enly the first step toward a
settlement of the world's econo
mic troubles.
Eyes would now be tamed
across the Atlantic, the papers
said, to see what the United Btaiaa
would do on the question of re
vising the war debts.
Comparing Europe to a patient
from whose system pohm had
been extracted the Times mid
the patient was still weak sad re
storative and other remedies were
needed. These, It added, could not
he supplied hy Europe alone. j