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'TienFeRSON. I “JgffiiZ 0 CAROLINA. | uivkTEENTH year - A -m TW-WW ~ ’ FIVE CENTS COP* CONFEREES HIT SNAG ON RELIEF BILL Gentlemen’s Agreement Os England And France Reveals Secre.t Accords Had Privately Decided .Not To Ratify Lausanne Pact Until Own Debts Settled OWE MOST OF DEBT TO UNITED STATES N*w ‘Accord of Confidence 4 Between France and Great Britain Further Compli. dtes Situation; Other Eu ropeans Invited In; U. S. On The Side Lines Romr. July U (AP) ltaly alg it* in., rt i *• of |>art}ripating H •*,- n « Knnt.vßrUi*h consul part tixlay. U »rp Mr * s l however, that EM no fitadl *' foreign minister and pjl\* ppmMiihtlw rs tlu* Litgiip.' iunlnl'ntY. already had )*>t»*liH\ plrdßcd Italy’* adher *V«. Bt *fv t-s*«-latcd rr«i».l TV ffitVmm'ii arrfrmtnt" •'fiiH it o'Tt'llv toward the end nf ihf Isussnnr reparations c«n ftr~v* Hits been published in full, -ton-uMy at the request of the BHM*h to*ernn>cnt. which «nu crlfkliH in Parliament for having j PPrti !!>a?rd in it. i.jr revealed that the signa-1 V’M agreed not to ratify the re- P'sicm*.-: treaty written in Lausanne j (Continued on F»s« Tvoi THIRD SMITH TRIAL. NEARING ITS CLOSE li’tl"h oath Charged With Murder i Os One of Two Prohibition Os- I fleers In 1929 Va July 14 (APi- Tse , 5w -fa.* the rebuttal of its case 1 ~ 'fc° C-erland Smith trial at 12 4V ? rs 'ooav and the de’’enoc 'iniahed ! f: » renme* later. A'-e-ne.ir; bringing ‘o conclusion ■" ’he thir-i murder ‘rial for Smith r of murdering on- of Wo V hi*»Mnn officers December Jt». 1*129. **’“ St beduied for the afternoon ses- Judge Hcncy C. Leigh of -’anvillo corporations court, while r *' ,> 13 being tried on a change •:iic from Mecklenburg county.' ■EIMITEE! IRKS OP FIGURES; filter Durham Heads Spe cisl Group Getting Facts on State Funds July 14. (AP—The gover committee of five State siVointed to ascertain *’what v e-;e S ,ary" to balance North , c ,l ‘” ’ bntiget was in executive , tr " ’’ ’ n 1 ' morning and named Bax *,!. " lr^ ,,rTl State auditor a-, chair -,ctri" * r '"’P- w hieh is engaged in 1./‘T-’.- i composite statement of “ ](j ’ * and expenditures for the <-'■ 31 VPSr as closely as they a ' 1 ’’ ' v’trd a', this time, will meet *^. J . Af'einfHin and will have its 1,.' ' to present to the gover j,, n Advirory Budgpt Commis r -in<l the Council or State Sat uMav. Coney Island Swept By Fire, But Bands Play On W* J° rk- July 14.—(AP)— The uh , Con *y Island is a $3.000 000 P p, ‘ e ’°day, but the bands play on. Uj. *f e lhat started in rubbish under oar<l walk—Coney Island’s poly t u Prr>m * nd * te —swept three square Whiu resort late yesterday. C.j a c< >ur9el sent Its monotonous r ‘ pin ® down through rolling * ... the fire, followed by 11 reeze off the destroy s'[ ly bunglaow* and houses, * h,,u *« 3 an< l bathing oa tin Slsuatch KUL.JL LEASED WIKI SKRVim or THE ASSOCIATRD PRKM AS! Sleeping beauty jjft ppfffo I" * i HR '■ .' ■■■££ \wPßyk. * SI One of rhe most baffling cases of sleeping sickness on record has threatened the life of pretty Pa tricia Maguire. 27, of Oak Park, 111., who has not awakened from h coma since last Feb. 15. A rare serum taken from the young worry •n’a blood mav save her life. further "eiectiT CUTSARE LIKELY Corporation Commiit io n Gathering Data On Var ious Producers LEGISLATION LIKELY Unless Power Companies Volrittar lly Lower Their Charge*. General Assembly May Go After Them Viciously Roily Dl«s*trh Bares*, la the Sir Wnlt.-r l(«tel nr J. C. ntSKEHVII.L Raleigh. July 14. —While only one electric company doing business In North Carolina has voluntarily re duced its rates, especially to small consumers such as home owners and small industrial users, the State Cor poration Commission is hopeful that many other power companies will do likewise and believes Jhat they will. Commissioner Stanley Wlnborne said today. The commission has requested all electric power companies doing business in the State to submit com plete statements with regard to their (Continued on rage Pour.) Plato Edney Will Probably Die In Chair on Friday Rafeigh. Ju'iy 14— (AP*—Plato Edney, Henderson county man sentenced to be electrocuted for murder of his wife, will die in the electric chair at State Prison here tomorrow unless something unforeseen Interfere*. Governor O. Max Gardner said today that he hnd conducted a careful investigation of the case, and "can see no reason to stop the execution.’* Two hundred parked automobiles.- The pergola. The ' Streets of Bagdad" (an amuse ment place). A small apartment building. Five blocks of the board walk and most of the buildings fronting on it. This was the principal destrucUon- Two score houses and several busi ness places were damaged by fire. Two hundred persons were injured seriously enough to need first aid at tention. Only two. however, were re ports u .r*ouely hurt, Both were fire men. .. . —dSt- ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPEI WHERE LIBBY WED MILLIONAIRE •• IST* 'll.' ', —*"••• —..juiatfP P r~* .'4nks Mrn 1b ••UwKurt 11 tOJ V - -a:hi M - lvs tlizaheth Ho’. -i> / P“*** *«a« taw *m aaa akw « «wom kr am, *a s. tsx i—, am. m >wM alb 1 Z^gharj, so t I mum a— —ahl.it—, wsw a ftrw Vorv. x.y. m( Ilf _Cac'Jjo _ r .. h student r Z| L— Rl.ctexd. Rt inoldv, . . W Wtai Sts— w*> —u Time Srtri lb. ya L taw tawawo wnw - OWL- Mat —; *w itai ww £liiabe.th Hainan J i\*7s mn w if> ntm a whl if . . wiiim a -Jigg-Yarx«. H.I. i M »»■ Ohi o .... -wim a.. At hem. _ .. _ htdK i IPffJ Lol.Tlsn ,aw Mtar. HIM wa, w. _ .*■»TX&llil . . _no . . ll—. lad ——■ Mn This is the home of the late Fred i tobacco millions, whose recent Schoepfer, justice of the peace, death was first repotted as a sui •t Monroe, Mich., where Libby cide. They were secretly married Holman, the “torch singer.” b*'- : here Nov. 29, 1931. Below is a cam* the bride of young Smith facsimile of a section of their Reynolds, heir to the Reynolds ’ marriage license. School Fund Cuts Be Carried Only As Far As Absolutely Needful Budget Commission, Council of State and Governor Striving Not to Damage Schools; Educator* Are Told of Tight Finance; and Show Cooperation onily Diastdrk D.rr.s, In (kr nlr Mutter Hotel. n* J. r. tIAKKKHVIM. Raleigh. July 14—The Advisory Budget Commission, the Council of 3tate and Governor O. Max Gardner ■ are vitally interested in the welfare | of the public schools of the State and | are determined not to take any action j with regard to any curtailment in the State school fund until every pos sible phase of the situation has been gone into. Whatever action is taken with regard to any reduction or “withholding'’ of the school fund will be done only because of the sheerest necessity and in sue ha manner as to cause the least possible injury to the schools and the teachers. This became evident here today fol lowing the session of the budget com- 1 DRIVERS’ LICENSE . SEEN AS REVENUE Capt. Farmer Says Hi* Or ganization Could Pro duce Huge Incomes Unlir nhfiKrk Bsreas. In the Air Welter Hotel. BY J. r DASKBRVILL. Raleigh. July H.—ln these times of depleted revenues and Insufficient funds for schools as well as other State activities, the State Is disre garding two sources of revenue from which It could easily get from $2,000.- 000 to $3,000,000 a year, most of whirh could be allotted to the schools, ac cording to Captain Charles D. Far mer, commander of the State High way Patrol. The first source is a State driver's license, such as is now required in both Virginia and South Carolina and in dosens of states, and which could be made td yield at least $750,000 a year for the. public schools in addition to paying the entire coat' of a highway patrol of 280 patrolmen. The second source of revenue now being neglected, Is the revenue from fines end forfeitures and which would go into the county school funds, from the arrest and conviction of drivers (Continued an Page . PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 14 1932 mission, the ouncil of State and Gov ernor Gardner all day yesterday, dur ing which a score or more of the educational leaders in the State, in cluding both city and county super intendents were heard, and to whom the conditions facing the State were presented. Th members of the budget commission and of the Council of State listened most sympatheticaly to the views expressed by the school men and it was evident that they were going to give every consideration pos sible to what they had to say and deal as gently with the schools as conditions would permit. Dr. A T. Alien, State superintendent of public instruction, was present as a mem ber of the Council of State, while (Continued on Page Four) NATION SCORCHED IN SUMMER HEAT Two Dead In Storms And Property Damaged In Various Localities (By the Associated Press.) The nation was scorched Wed nesday by a summer sun which apparently did not plan a holiday today. Thunderstovms, winds and hail added to the discomfort and caus ed property damage. Lightning bolts killed two. One death was attributed to the heat. But, being mid-July, the high temperatures—many of them rec ords—were not unexpected. Kan sa wheat growers took advantage ' of,drying fields to complete a har vest delayed by heavy rains and floods. Generally high temperatures prevailed in the east, with Balti more and Washington reporting 96 degree readings. WEATHER FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Friday; not quite so warm in eytreAte north > portion tonight _ _ j MYSTERY LINGERS IN REYNOLDS CASE DESPITE FINDINGS Section ofc Door Jamb At Libby Holman s Bedroom ’ I* Taken Down for » Preservation FINGERPRINTS ARE NOT PLAIN ENOUGH Those Below Are Plainer, But Not Correspond With Those of Any of Guests at Night Party Before Shoot ing of Wealthy Young To bacco Heir Winston-Salem, July 14.—(API -Bit ' y bit Sheriff Transou Scott added to hia evidence in the Smith Reynolds leath myatery. but there was no In- Hcation of a .hh tut ion was near. A section of a door jamb over the bath room connecting with the bed ■oom of Libby Holman, Broadway singer, who wax widowed by the un explained shooting eight days ago of ‘he heir to tobacco millions, was re moved for preservation. Fingerprints found on the sec ‘ion underneath what seemed to be he prints of bloody finger marks. The bloodstain marks were described by T. Earl McMlchaei. assistant solicitor, as too Indistinct for comparison. The finger prints below were clear er. McMlchaei told the coroner’s Jury ‘hat they did not correspond with any of the prints made of all persons known have been in the palatial home for the gay party that preceded he death of the 30-year-old Reynolds ,'outh. POLICE BREAK UP RIOT OF IRISHMEN Belfast, Ireland. July 14 (AP)—Po lice in armored cars broke up a two hour riot tx-tween Orangemen and Free Staters today in the neutral ter ritory between the Falls and Shankill j of Belfast. Numerous heads were cracked., STATE SWELTERING IN SUMMER’S HEAT New High Record Made In Some Places As Ther mometer Rises (By the Associated Press.) Although Carolina skies were fleck ed with clouds, themometers rose rapidlly under a hot sun today and gave promise of sending temperatures to heat levels of Friday recorded In places as the hottest of the summer. At Raleigh near noon the thermo meter stood at 91 two degrees higher than at the same hour yesterday, and a high of 97 or more was predicted for this afternoon. Asheville had only an 85 at 11 a. m Elizabeth City reported 94 in the shade at the same hour. At High Point a hot sun shot the thermo meter upward after a record for yes terday of 99 1-2. Two-Thirds Rule Doomed For Future Conventions, Parliamentarian Thinks By CHARLES P. STEWART CewfcraJ Press Staff Writer Washington, July 14. —“While no one can say so with any authority—for not even a convention itself can bind the next convention —it certainly is my opinion,” says Congressman Clar ence Cannon of Missouri, “that the Democratic party never will choose its presidential candidate again under the two-thirds rule.” An a parliamentary expert of world standing, the. Missourian speaks with professional interest of the precedent in accordance with #htch a two-thirds majority has been required for every selection of the Democratic farces’ national standard bearer since the jacksdn and Van Buren era. He is the author of the Encyclopedia’s treatise and many books on the sub ject, besides being parliamentarian of the house of representatives., of the Jeffersonians’ recefct * v _ gathering in Chicago and (several Similar assem blages in the more (llstant past. PUBLJBHKD EVERT AKTBRNOOM Publicity For All Loans Is Obstacle Not Yet Overcome A.nge! of Mercy * Cheer:..g news for unfortunates afflicted with the scourge of the “White Plague” is contained in the renort that Dr. William D. Frost (above), agricultural bacteriologist at the University of Wisconsin/ha# discovered a vaccine for the treat ment of tuberculosis. Dr. Frost’s discovery climaxed 29 years of re search and is said to be capable of controling the dread disease is part..at least. SCALES TO APPEAR AS TRIAL WITNESS Greensboro Youth Charged With First Degree Burg, lary In Winston STATE'S CASE RESTED l>efendant Alleged To Have Partici pated *i $15,000 Jewelry Hold-Up In A. 11. Galloway flame In March, 1931 Winston-Salem. July 14. —(AP) The State rested this afternoon in the trial of Wallace Scales of Greensboro, who is charged with first degree burglary for alleged participation in the $15,- 000 jewel robbery of the A. H. Gal loway home here in March of last year. Attorneys for the defense announc ed Scales would take the stand in, his own behalf, probably some time [ during this afternoon .The first wit-1 ness offered by the defense was Mrs I H. W. Cobb, an aunt of young Scales. I who is a great nephew of the late Gov ernor A. M. Scales. Mrs. Cobb is also a cousin of A. H. Galloway. She.told of a conversation with Gal loway and quoted him as saying it was possible, maybe probable, he was mistakn in thinking the voice of two men who robbed the Galloway home was identical with that of Scales. The robber forced Galloway at the point of a pistol to enter a clothes closet and locked him there. “The popular notion that such a standing rule has existed is, of course erroneous." added the congressman, “since each convention makes its own rules.” (However*” Its admitted. “M. has been a hard-and-fast custom, which it obviously was perilous for any can didate to attack, for the simple rea son that he was sure to meet the re joinder that it was necessary for him to do so to win at alj—a conclusion he/natur&Uy did nqt-care to have drawn if he could help it. "Nevertheless, it clearly has been out of line with Democratic profes sions of respect for all the wIN of the majority. “It is true that it has had an ele ment of defensibiUty from the stand point o( states, which, though always safely Democratic on election day, ware conscious superior voting strength, In conventions, of other, , \ \ —— ■■■■■■ ’ (Continued on Page Three.) 6 PAGES TODAY Inability of House and Sen ate Committees To Agree Delaying Adjourn, ment of Congress FARM RELIEF PLAN IS ALSO HELD BACK Word Is, Passed Around That Norbeck Measure Would Re Vetoed By Pres, ident, Even If It Were Passed; Some Senators Doubt Its Constitutionality Washington. July 14.—(AP)—Unen p*eted difficulties in ironing out dif ferences between the House and Sen ate delayed Congress today on th» nw eunemployment relief bill and con gressional conferees recessed without agreement. The conference, which sponsors of the bill had predicted would produca an agreement within an hour, broks up after three hours and a half to meet again later today. Failure of the conferees to reach a compromise on the half dozen dis ; ferencas in the $2,100,000,000 bill as it : passed the House and Senate, vir | tualty precluded any chance of ein*| j action before tomorrow. • The big obstacle proved to be the : provision inserted in the House bill | by Speaker Garner’s deciding vote for ; publicity on ail loans made hereafter . bv the Reconstruction Corporation, in- I eluding advances to banks. 1 j NORBECK FARM RELIEF IB OPI*OSEI» BY WHITE HOUSE j Washington. July 14.—(AP>—While the House Rules Committee withheld ! action on the Norbeck farm relief bill , parsed yesterday by the Senate, Demo i o.ratic leaders In the House said today (Continued on Page Three.) 25 Are Shot, One i Seriously, During Carnival Disorder, Mechanicsville. Md„ July 14.—CAP) -A number of people were shot and >ne possibly seriously wounded early •oday when a band of men shot into a ■,'roup of carnival employees here. State Patrolman J. R. Miller, who was called to Mechanicsville shortly t/ter the .shooting, said he estimated i the number wounded at 25. Three, ha *aid, wree laken to a Washington hos pital. No arrests have been made, but Miller said he had a “very good idea” who the men were. EXPORT HAS FURTHER GAIN 340,060 Bales Sent Abroad U 4 Month, Compared With 255,000 Rales in Jane, 1931 Washington, July 14. (AP)—Cot ton exports for the ninth consecutive month showed a gain during June, aa compared with the same months last year. The Department of Commerce an nounced that cotton exports during June were .360.000 bales, as compared with 255,000 bales in June last year. The June exports showed a seasonal decline, as compared with May, when 501,000 bales were exported. REYNOLDS GOST IS S2,BOSINRUN OFF Group Gave SSOO and Hotel Men Gave S2OO Raleigh. July 14.—(AP>— Robert Rice Reynolds. Asheville wet who won the Democratic nomination as United States Senator in the run-off primary July 2. spent $2,805.49 in his second primary campaign. Reynolds filed his financial state ment with James A Hartness secre tary of State today. It showed re ceipts of $1.074 93. The Association Against the Pro hibition Amenment contributed SSOO, and the American Hoteimen’s Asso ciation of New York gave S2OO. the statement showed. Friends in Ashe ville gave an aggregate of $374.93. j
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