■ ' HENDERSON,
■ gateway to
central
CAROLINA.
NINETEENTH yeah
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r?. s sion Hinted Bv Gardner
Congress Passes Huge Relief Bill And PreDares
INS PUBLICIIY
Pill MENACES
IT FINAL MINUTE
[eideri Assure Opponents
Thst It Means Only Pub.
licity to President
And Congress
BANKERS all over
COUNTRY PROTEST
differences Over Currency
Expansion May Choke to
Death Home Loan Bank
Bill; Passage of Relief Bill
Lnds Fight For Aid To
The Unemployed
UiCungton. July 16.—(AP)—
C‘*nr r ''* •I**' Sl.riß.tHKl ra
il** Ml thW afternoon and tt
<*njtfl ot adjournment of thla
l*( ind troubled session. but i
vwtr and llmi't (llfftrtwm over
rh* f»rr'iKT expansion feature of
rNf hw loan hank hill (teemed
r»rtai# to rl »ke that legislation to
uh iJtr la*t hour*.
On 1 rITJ voce vote, the Senate ae- j
'ht e -nference report on the
rf.’ief >*i.«iatien —but only after lead
er? had registered the opinion that
thrrthwe providing publicity to loans
side by the Reconstruction Corpora
*lrn ('id not necessarily require pub-
Italy.
The view th.tt seemed to be accept
ed wait that the corporation must re
port *o Congress and the President,
bat that further congressional action
!» necessary before publicity need be
sr*n.
The Senate had voted ft to 20 to tn
r<t on the currency expansion pro
v:*lon of the home loan bank bill in
tht face of House opposition. This
threw the question into the House
*r>:w and it promptly stuck t 6 its
stand—throwing the matter into con-,
ference again with the Senate, and
wnhou* any visible prosper? of either
yielding Continuance of thg
dtadlcck would kill the legislation.
A last minu'e movement in opposi
•:3K t 0 The relief bill, which assumed
fcrmidable proportions during the
avning. disappeared before the as
iurances by both leaders that the pub
_cfv clause would not make public
tbs loans by the Reconstruction Cor
poration without further action by
C:.-*res*.
I rejsure from bankers all over the j
f untry overnight had caused a move- j
c,! » «o send the bill back to con-
I
on Page Three.)
money circulation
SHOWS INCREASE
Wavhinctnn. July 16 (AP)—
of money In the Unit-
Mate* increased 6815.415,197 tn
reaching a total of $5,695-
*‘41.714.
fb- )n>-rt-aae caused a raise in
’be iH-r capita circulation of $1.79
tn j 4;, jj
HOOVER WILL SIGN
NEW RELIEF BILL
_
resident To Approve De
*pite Opposition to Some
Section* of It
July 16 <AP)—Aaeur
|k President Ho»»v«*r would sign
nr "’ 1 f bill, although ta« aia
►jtTxrd prfDf portions of it. Congress
' *•’ through taet-minute
'* ,r> 'fach what all members had
' Cj: *‘*rks —adjournment.
H"n *h* two met at 10
, m hours earlier than usual.
*' hid their adjournment re
, 1 - ‘ Cr ‘ fTsdy Its passage was de
~ n Prevent last minute Mlbust
o make terrain Senate ap
.r" *: Mhe 2.122.000.000 general re
p.ogram.
hl d expressed hope hat a
(’remise might be worked out on
- ion's last major re-
H he home loan bank bill.
,ff> tise late yesterday approved
i, '“ r Provisions ihe home loan
„ f| Ola-ss currency expan
o . . ,n "bonded by addition of the
«!»a >M ’ '*** <*«>Uar shabidaatloe
Hcniieramt Hailu £1 tsiiafrlt
fULLi LEASED WIHB URVli'a
or THE ASSOCIATED psum»^
.Scene of Coney Blaze When Smoje Had Cleared
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ROOSEVELT MAKES
GOOD IMPRESSION
FROM M OUTSET
Democratic Candidate For
Governor Showing Vigor
and Frankness As
Campaign Begins
PEOPLE ANXIOUS TO
SEE IN HIM LEADER
Wetness Offset East's Con
servatism and His Liberal
Views Make up For South's
Forgiveness of His Wet
ness; Business Upturn
Would Aid Hoover
By CHARLES P. STEWART.
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington. July 16. —The Demo
crats. as the attacking party, natural
ly attract attention as the campaign
opens. The O. O. P. dug in and glad
of it, but being entrenched is not sol
spectacular. Possession generally is
nine points of the law. Not always,
however. Iti remains to be seen how
many points it is in the present case.
Governor Roosevelt naturally cat
ches tne eye immediately.
The bitter rault found with him dur
ing the pre-convention struggle may
prove now to be one of his assets. It
enables folk who like his looks, and
who liked his acceptance speech, to
say that he shows up better than they
expected, which is vastly preferable
to having them disappointed with
him. as they might have been if he
had been over-praised in advance.
Lawmakers from all over the coun
try report that their constituents seem
desperaetly anxious to believe that he
la a great leader—they are so pathe
tically eager for one, who can get
them out of the depression. Obvious
ly this predisposition to hail him as
their Moses should make it easier for
him to convince them that he fits the
description.
It is the consensus that, thus far,
the New Yorker has given the lie to
(Continued on Pa«e Three.)-
Bonus Army Head
In Custody While
Comrades March
Washington, July 19 (AP>—A
rush toward the Capital by the
throng of veterans demanding the
bonus threatened disorder as
Congress met today for its last
session, but quqlck police action
calmed the situation.
Walter W. Waters, loader of
the main body of ex-soldiers, was
held under arrest a short tfttir un
til he and his aides agreed to do
thetr best to keep their followers
t iim, ax the Capitol doors
OfiCq wofo dispersed
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPE R
20 Dead In South
From Torrid Meat
- .»m, - A
Atlanta. Ga., July 16.—( API-
Twenty peoplr are known to have
perished in the South from the
c.umu'ative effect* of seven days
of exreaalvely high temperature*.
No permanent relief Is in sight,
except for the north eastern por
tion. Several comparatively small
districts expected a temporary
let-up sis a result of predicted
thundershowers, but forecaster*
Raid the heat In most of the area
is here to stay for a time yet.
The greatest loss of life was In
New Orleans, where five have
died. A Laker succumbed to the
heat Thursday. A Negro collapsed
lausanneaccorF
STIRRING EUROPE
Herriot Denies France Or
Britain Cannot Act
Separately
Paris July 16 (AP) —The storm
raised abroad by <%ie refxsrt of Premier
Herriot a statement on tihe connec
tion of the posg-Lausanne accord with
Great Britain and American war debts
continued to pre-occtpy official cir
cles today, in spite of an official an
nouncement yesterday intended to
clarify the situation.
Yee*erdo.y’n statemenlt. officially
sponsored, and Collowlng by one day
President Hoover’s letter to Senator
Borah, declaring the United States
would not be influenced on *jh3 debt
question by any united front in Eu
rope, emphasized that it was far from
the intention of France to form such
a front.
Any assertion that the recent
Franco-Britlah accord would restrict
Greet Britain in making new arrange
ments for war payment to the
United States was palpably absurd, It
said.
Charges Made That
Kruger Stole B i g
Fortune In Bonds
New York, July 16.—(AP) —Charges
that the late Iver Kruger. Midas of
matches, Btole $50,000,000 in bonds be
fore he put a bullet through his head
echoed today through the maize of his
frenzied finances.
The Irving Trust Company, which
hurlad the charge, started action to
safeguard payment of $1,500,000 In in
terest on the bonds, and was said to
plan suits to recover the securities
themselves for the bankrupt Inter
national Match Corporation, a Kruger
i concern.
PUBUSHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
ANDERSON, N. C„ SATURDAY, AFTERNOON, JULY 16, 1932
while unloading a truck yesterday.
Two men suffered sunstrokes
down town and died yesterday,
snd the fifth victim was a man
who collapsed at a railroad round
houseu
Monroe county, Mississippi,
counted two white and one NegTO
victims, and at Pin Bluff. Ark.,
two Negroes of Macon. Miss.; a
nine months old baity succumbed
to a form es paraysls said by phy
sicians to be attributed to the
hna'.
A Negro woman died at Rocky
Mount. N. C., from heat protra
-1 tion.
NEW THEORY ABOUT
REYNOLDS’SLAYING
Sheriff Scott Continues In
quiry, and Ab Walker
CalU At Office
Wimfton-Selecn, July 16 (AP)—The
theory that some "stranger" may have
stain Smith Reynolds. 20-year-old to
bacco millionaire, was checked by au
thorities today _
omenff Transou Scott disclosed he
was sekeing an unidentified motorist
who Inquired the way to Reynolds
several hours before Reynolds fell
with a bullet In his head July 6.
This, coupled with an unexpected
visit to the sheriffs office by Albert
WiaUcer. young chum of Reynolds,
whose story of the fatal night, sup
ported a suicide theory, served to re
vive Interest in the case.
Walker wae accompanied by his at
torney. but they did not see the she
riff, who w«a ouf. Sheriff Scott has
raid he wished to question Walker j
further.
Vigorous Inquiry
Made Into Death
Os Former Convict!
Mlneola. N. Y.. July 16.—(AP)— 1
Whether a "third degree" killed Hy- j
man Stark, 28-year-old ex-convict, who j
died at police headquarters here after'
eight haurs questioning, was the sub- |
eet of vigorous inquiry today.
Public Joe' Doe proceedings will be.
held Monday before Supreme Court J
Justice Meyer Steinbrlk to determine
all the facts and circumstancee, sur
rounding the death.
HEATHER
. FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Local thundershower* Oils aft
ernoon or tonight; not quite so
wasiiui in central portiAi tonight.
Sunday generally fttr.
NO EXTRA SESSION
IS PROBABLE NOW
Governor Will Not Call Old
General Assembly At
Present Time
ONLY A FEW WANT IT
Belief Is That Effort Is Aimed At
Embarrassing Gardner; Might
Stand Better Chance To
, Control It Now
Dally DUpatc-h Barms,
la the Sir Walter Hate*.
MV J. t, RASKKtt Vll.i,
i Raleigh, July lb.—mere will be no
j special session of the “lame duck”
j 1931 General Assembly any time this
I summer in an effort to provide addi
tional revenue for the State's depleted
treasury, in spite of the demand of
Josephus Daniels and other bitter op
ponents of Governor O. Max Gardner
and the present administration that
he call a speciall session.
Neither will Daniels and those op
posed to the present administration
and its policies, be able to maneuver
the governor into the tight place they
are hoping to gel him, most of the
political observers here are convinced.
They believe the governor will come
out on top in the present crisis, just
as he has in all previous crisis, and
that a workable way out of the pre
sent financial difficulties feeing the
State will be worked out by the gov
ernor, the Advisory' Budget Commie
(Continued on Page Four)
Asheville Man Is
Third Out To Seek
Speaker of House
Asheville, July 16 (APl—.liillus
C. Martin. Ashevillo attorney, and
Democratic nominee ftor the State
legislature, today announced his
candidacy for speaker of the low
er house of the 1953 General As
sembly.
Martin is the third candidate to
enter the field R L Harris, of
Rovbero. announced during the
1931 legislature, aid R G. Cherry
of Gastonia, made his announce
ment several months ago.
Scales, Freed of
Burglary, Held In
Other Robberies
Winston-t Salem. July 16 <AP) —f’rewj i
of a first degree burglary charge by
a jury verdict. Wallace Scales, acion
of a well kpowp Greensboro fajp.ly,
remained in custody today to face
other charges of robbery with ..fire
arm*
Sea lee was acqquitted of being one
of the tw<o bandits w<ho entered the
home of A. H. Galloway, in Reynolds
Park last year, held up four women
ai■oiin’d a bridge table, securing $15.-
000 in jawelß. ate),.ransacked the room
in which Galloway slept. .
PUBLISHED SVEItT AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SDNDAT.
To Adjourn Session
No New Cuts Now
In Allotments To
State Activities
If Income Fails, New Legislature Elected
In November Will be Called Imme
diately After That Time
Raleigh, July 16 (AP) —Gov. O. Max Gardner told
the council of State today that he planned at this time to
make no new cuts in State allotments of any kind but that
if conditions make it necesssarv he will call a session of
the Legislature in November to balance the State RnHirat
State Faces
Huge Deficit
Ra’eigh. July 16—<AF)— North
Carolina faces a deficit for the cur
rent fiscal year of $8,607,514, con
sidering both the general and high
way funds, with payments to be
mad eon the same allotment as last
fUcal year, a financial statement is
sued by Governor O. Max Gftrdi.
shows.
The statement lists anticipated
revenues and payments to be made
for each month of the fiscal year
There was only IIEJISJsttsM )
cash in the State treasury, com -
binlng highway and general funds,
on July I. Revenues this month
and in succeeding months will k«wp
the balance up, however, until Jan
uary 1, when the report showed a
deficit of 52.621.114 is anticipated.
HIGHWAY GROUP TO
GIVE COOPERATION
t
Commission Pledges Utmost
Effort To Hold Down
Its Own Costs
Dsllv nia,«rrt Dareaa.
la (kr Sir Walter Hotel.
BT J. r B A SKKR V11.t,.
Raleigh, July 16.—The State High
way Commission, in session here with
Chairman E. B. Jeffreys on Friday,
pledged its fullest cooperation to Gov
ernor O. Max Gardner and the Ad
visory Budget Commission in doing
everything possible to hold down ex
penses during the present critical fi
nancial period through which the
State is passing.
“The members of the commission
were of the unanimous opinion that
every economy should be put into ef
fect and that nothing should be un
dertaken either in the way of new
construction or additional mainten
ance unless absolutely necessary,"
Jeffress said. “We cannot, of course,
curtail our maintenance work beyond
the point of efficient service to the
public and shall not do that. But we
are going to curtail on every thing
that is now essential to the best ser
vice possible.
“As a result, me commission order
ed the further postponement of every’
piece of construction work not ab
solutely necessary' At this time."
When asked if the commission
thought it possible to curtail its ex
penditures during this fiscal year as (
much as 25 per cent, the amount re- 1
commended by State Treasurer John
__________ i
(Continued on Page Flee.)
Bitter Trade War
Between England
And Irish Appears
London, July 16 (AP)—A bitter
trade war threatened relations be
tween Irish Free Rtaite and Great
Britain today following failure of
president Eamon de Valera, of the
Free State and ITime Minister Ram
sey MacDonald to Agree on a plan
for settling tike land annuities con
troversy
De Valera and the prime minister
spent several hours in conference yea
terday in an effort to agree upo* a
plan. But De Valera returned to
Dublin, the attempt unsuccessful. '» •
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TODAY
FTVIj CENTS COPTS
j The governor's deeiMnn ended sev
, e,a l weeks of speculation as to what
the State would do in the present fi
nancial crisis and followed statements
that State costs must be cut upwards
i of $3,500,000 if the budget is to be
! balanced.
» Happiness reigned on capitoi hill as
the contents of the governor's state
ment to the Council of State became
known and they no doubt will bring
Joy to thousands of North Carolinians
i as something like 25.000 school teach
ers in every part of the State learn
« that for the present at least they will
j get no cut in pay.
• The governor's decision sms an-
I nounced in a 1200 word statement.
No Further Cuts.
! The governor said he had decided
| not to undertake the “questionable
' Policy of withholding a percentage of
school teacherf,' and administrators
i salaries"; would make no further cut
I for the present in any state salaries ;
| and would allot funds for the first
! two quarters of the fiscal year on the
I basis they were alloted last year—7o
j per cent of the legislative appropria
• lions.
i Then, he said, “If conditions maka
j it nece.-sary" he will "call the gen
eral assembly into extraordinary ms
sion in November to balance the bud
get ' for the remainder of this fiscal
year."
Saying he oeueved school approp
i riations must be paid in full, Govsr
| nor Gardner said he did not find "Jua*
lice or equity in paying these salaries
in full and at the same time slashing
the salaries of other State officials
and employes something like an
ditional 25 to 33 1-3 per cent.” j
Cut Highway Expenditures.
Expenditures of the State Highway
Commission will be materially curtail
ed this fiscal year, the governor aaid.
The department will spend at least
$3,000,000 less this fiscal year thaa lta
revenues were last year, he aatd.
Ten days ago Henry Burke, aasle
tant director of the budget, announced
that State expenditures must be cut
(Continued on Page Flea.)
Strategy Board
Over Prohibition 1
Lacks Unanimity;
Washington, July 16 TAP)—The Ne»
ttonal Prohibition Board of Strategy
wants dry* to support candidates who
believe "prohibition ought to be the
support from its ranks far a resume
law,” but hn.s not gotten _un*nimoua
intended to show President Hoover’*
attitude.
The recommendation. also urging
opposition to modification or repeal
of the eighteenth amendment and the
Volstead act. is contained in a sum
mary of campaign policy drawn up
by a sub- committee and approved by
I the board yesterday. #
KEMP BATiTENEW
PRESIDENT OF BAR
Rocky Mount Man Baata
Robert Ruark; Dry Re
ferendum It Tabled
Asheville. July 16.(API—The North
Carolina Far Association elect
ed Kemp D. Battle, of Rocky Moqqt,
its president, and tabled a resolution,
calling f. r a referendur. of its mem
ber* on the question ow prohibiting
repeal.
Battle defeated Robert H. Ruark. of
Raleigh, on the first ballot 85 to 3.1 •
The prohibition referendum wea
tabled by a vote of 60 to 40.