■ - ■■■-
r H E.WERS J ON,
, ATE " AV TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA-
jIIN’ETEENTH YEAR
tOURT MAY HAVE
USE WORD ABOUT
WALKER'S STATUS
defense Indicates It Will
Appeal Case If Mayor
Is Ousted by Gov
ernor Roosevelt
governor s POWER
BEING CHALLENGED
TTieaTncai Magnate An
nounces He Will Give Wal
ker SIOO,OOO Job If Rooae.
velt Puts Him Out of Of
fice; Hearing In Recess
Until Monday
s-,- 13 < AP> Th«* courts
i • :»oi Roosevelt may hove
... •* •: I irt the Walker case,
f*. 'he lelense intends to turn
• .'the governor s decieion
.. >.-t ■'* Ma>"ir Walker has been
h\ the Ic-'il exceptions
.... •. *w » <>f Mr. Roosevelt's de-j
:n 'he executive ‘hamber on I
. . :i! tind the mayor.
TV •» has challenged the gov-;
. scrutinize the mayor’s l
« <u I also his admission of l
•v. h ' • i '.*‘'r committee's findings as |
' t, *re *i • . * evidence as to how i
, . would he taken.
' k - « was in re« ess today un-;
>- nnv >r *fr for New York, ac
p-rjjr.eS hv his friend. A C.
? ti- "h • theatrical and real estate
-ij-s-. who said on the train that
• *< i• i‘v t'i offer. Walker a po*-
• - <• d > »-i .! year if he should
*- -r.'. -ved fr >m office.
\ • *he movies" he replied to o
\’ti • ' s i lawyer?" he asked.
1 w ,i • *v no more.
TOANOKE ISLAND
COMMITTEE SAILS
To See Site of Lost Colony
In Anticipation Os 1934
Celebration
Nx! k Vi . Aug. 13 (AP)—The
Cif .‘.iid cu rcr Pamlico sailed
c:i; for R '<n <kp Island. N. C., hav
;tJ n *'■"dr>l only two members of
nal Kparty which wil
i ‘ r he 1934 celebration of the
&"•' .. -inis.-.firwy of the Lost Colony.
*'* * .vp Sol Bloom, of New
T k • n.niber. and Representative
- t<». r Warren, of North Caro
’* 1 'iH.imm of the commls
- •<» -he trip alone with H. C.
■‘ i "’viy; W. O Saunders.
T C:»v. president of the
1,1 Is,and Historical Association
'r—rrh Washington. N. C..
' T -;it-' pubi,oiler, and member of
’• s *’ fdrmii<«i.
10 OFFICIAL IS
APPARENT SUICIDE
Graham, of Graham-
Paige Company Jumps
Into Creek In Canada
c r 1 n n:ario. Aug. j| (AP>
A '■rih-im. 43. secretary-treas
’ Gr *ham-Paige Motor Com
r,. ,nil w **s drowned today
*•" * i • < creek
witnowa told them
“ i Tim hid re'utried to his
<’’ending a church serv
... ‘' ' f ‘'here only a few min
h- r?n out and jumped
• • r ~. k
k recovered 20 minutes
' ' “tforts to revive him failed.
r.~-„ tm ‘he youngest of the
n ". r "" h 'her-., who in 1927 ac
r. Detroit Motor Car
' • ** '■ *n..
Soap Selling Campaign Os
young Democrats Picks Up
• nuftfitrh Birmia.
- ,l "- '‘•r Uxitrr
» • 13 Plans for dUtri
r’* cakes of soap
•»,.< '' t*'H on the market
f r by the Democrats
, ' U P America” have not
... n *. ■' "' Wlt h the demand for
• t, ‘" - • soon as the mac
tl>i ' di'ti Uniting It is ready
*-i,„ A ' A| sh to wash them*
* 1 opponents will have
1 ' ' P r of the Young
Hgititersmt Kattu
LEAKED WIKI WftVira
OF THE ASMrt.'IATRD PIUm “
Walker at Roosevelt Hear!
.
Hi • •-- - , jl
r«* V k'* ~V, | U Al.tWl.jv 5,4 . . . tl I; I m *ri ..UfePir.U
& the public hearing before Goverau, i. , ; oT
Ux charges against Mayor Walkar. Ths New York
Tobacco Crop In State
Trifle More Than Half
Os Last Year’s Figure
Frank Parker, Crop Reporting Statistician, Says Esti
m*tes Are For Only 266,000,000 Pounds,! Against
476,000,000 Last Year; Predicts Higher Prices
Raleigh. Aug. 13.—( AP)— A
decrease of more than
pounds in North Carolina’s 1932
tobacco crop under the 1931 pro
duction was estimated today by
the State-Federal crop report here
today. The revised estimates in
dicated production this year for
the state s farm belts qf 20SJM0.-
Mo pounds, cehipafar td'flSJBS,-
000 pounds last year.
"While the cultivation has been
excellent, the lateness of setting
of the crop, combined with dry
conditions, has offset the favora
able prices and Is expected to pro
duce low grade quality,” the re
port said.
The condition of the crop on
August 1 was said to have been
only 20 percent of normal, com
pared to 57 percent a month pre
vious. ... ...
Frank Parker, fatistician of the
Counties To
Get SBO,OOO
In Insurance
State Equalizing
Board Makes Allot
ments for School
Aid Purposes
Raleigh. Aug. 13. —(!AP) —The State
Board of Equalization today approved
the allotment of SBO,OOO to counties to
help pay the $300,000 insurance bill
on North Carolina school buildings.
This afternoon the board had clear
ed Its slate of other business, and
was ready to begin its study of county
school budgets, for which purpose the
meeting was called. Delegations were
heard yesterday.
Lieutenant R. T. Fountain attended
today's session. It was the first time
he has been present since the Demo
cratic primaries.
RUTH CHATTERTON
IS MARRIED AGAIN
Harrison. N. Y., Aug. 13.—(AP) —
Ruth Chatterton, actress, who was
divorced yesterday from Ralph Forbes
was married shortly aftel 5 noon today
to George Brent, movie actor.
Democratic Clubs of America, has re
ceived many orders. They have come
from New England and Roc|jy Moun
tain atatea. Utah and Massachusetts
have asked for shipments. One en
thusiastic Democrat desires four cases
What amount that would be is not
determined, but it must be consider
able. Blither - there in communities
calling for this cleaner people who
greatly need cleaning, or there is a
soap nethueiaat in a country that
j £Oon tinned 9*ft**9 ■***>& |
ONLY DAILY
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED
HENDERSON. N. C.,
crop reporting bureau, declared the
reduction ought to result in an in
crease in the price of the weed this
tall.
Despite the fact that the tobacco
companies are reported to have large •
stocks of raw tobacco on hand, it was
pointed out that the 1932 crop, be
cause of its smallness, may bring con
siderably more than the average .pries
paid last year.
The old belt last season paid an
average of S.BB per hundred pounds,
while the new belt paid an average
of SD.
The Indicated ptodnuion for the
old belt for 1932 was 87,860,000 pounds
compared to 179.016,000 for 1931.
The bureau also released figures on
the estimated production of other
crops of the State. The condition of
the peanut crop on August 1 averaged
(Continued on rage Eight)
Urging Valera To
Proclaim Republic
I»ub*in. Irish Free State, Aug. 13.
—< AP>—Ramon De Valera, presl
dent of the Irish Free State, was
beleaguered from two sides today,
to declare the Independence of the
republic of Ireland. Anpoholacht, of
the Irish Republican army, and an
official organ which demands In an
editorial “an emphatic answer by
de alera" that the mere abolition
of the oath of allegiance to King
George would not alter the repub
lican position.
breakfastbaskeT
BREAKS OP FLIGHT
Kips Wing of Endurance
Plane and Forces It To
Descend To Ground
Valley Stream, Aug. 13.—(AP) —The
old breakfast basket that swung in
the sky brought an endurance flight
of two women to an untimely end to
day.
Frances Marsalis and Louise Thac
zen took off late yesterday in their
attempt to establish a new refueling
endurance record for women. They got
through the first flight all right, and
completed their refueling successfully
today. And then the ship let down a
bucket of breakfast, the bucket hit
in ig the plane and ripping the can
vass. They will try again today, after
being forced down
Brisk Recovery
In Stock Market
Follows Decline
Rew York, Aug. 13,—(iAF)—The
stock market recovered in the Last
hear today after a dip In earlier
trading. Losses from 91 to $6 In
many of the leaders on top of
even sharper decline yesterday,
were largely regained and a num
ber of Issues were closed with ad- ,
igairir ranging from a few cents *
Is a dollar. u j _
SATURDAY
, executive us shown to-Tier? .• . nti'.| urtis
' (left) and Judge Adelbert Rich making iiist minut«
I Dreoarations while awaiting arrival of tM Goveinar
IN THIS SECTION OP NORTH
/ rTERNOON, AUGUST 13, 1932
FEDERAL EXPENSE
FEDEARL EXPENSE
COI IS, EXPECTED
United Slates „ Chamber of
Commerce 'to Demand
Further Rigid Cur.
tailment
TO APPEAL TO NEXT
CONGRESS SESSION
Analysis of Appropriations
Made at Last. Session Ad.
emits mi lorjp—mjjUdoc
tion, Business Men Believe
and They Declare They
Will Expect It
Washington. Aug. 13.—( API - At
least $800,000,000 reduction in Federal
expenses is expected in the next ses
sion of Congress by the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States.
Henry Harriman. president of the
Chamber said so in a statement to
day as the executive committee of the |
nine-government agency met.
Federal appropriations for this year j
are $f00.000.000 less than those for |
last year, he said, adding.
"Analysis of the appropriations!
made by Congress for the current fis
cal year nr.a i*. '•i'tr that it is rea-J
sonable to expect Congress, during
the coming year to reduce them fur
ther than $800.000,000."
Garner, Passing
Charlotte, Won’t
Discuss Hoover
Charlotte. Aug. 13. <AP) —
Speaker John N. Garner, the Detn
ocrath- nominee for vice-presi
dent. passed through Charlotte to
day on route to Albany to confer
with his running mate, Governor
Roosevelt.
The red-faoed Texan, always up
with the dft<rn, decline to comment
on President Hoover's speech ac
cepting the nomination for Presi
dent.
“I can’t do any talking yet," he
said, explaining that he would
make no comments on politics un
til after conferring with Roose
velt.
hooverToWer
FURTHER PROPOSAL
!
President To Cell Industrial
Leaders To Discuss Re. -
covery Plan
Washington, Aug. 13.—(AP)—Presi
dent HooVer is applying to a new drive
for better business, one of his fa
vorite and oldest ideas, that of ask
ing help from the men he thinks can
give it. He will present to business
and industrial leaders in conference
“a united and concerted action thro
ughout the country.” The date of the
meeting he expects to announce Mon
day.
Then the President will explain his
nine-point program to men of im
portance from each of the twelve
Federal reserve districts.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy, possibly shower*
ou Che eoast tonight and fas the
Btatmtrh
CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
STATE DEMOCRATS
THINK SPEECH BY
HOOVER HELPFUL
Hag Strengthened Their
Own Position in Favor of
Modification In Pro
hibition Law
BOOM IN BUSINESS
MIGHT HURT MORE
But Bailey Is Going To Tell i
Tar Heels Losses of Three |
Year* Cannot Be Recuper
ated in Three Months;
Democrat! To Make The
Attack There ‘
Daßg RlspaVc* Rarcat
im ikt sir IVallrr Ratal
Raleigh, Aug. 13. —Democrats who
listened in on President Hoover
Thursday night as he made his speech
of acceptance construed his < onces
alons to the Democratic position on
prohibition significant enough to
make very safe their more extreme
and candid advocacy of change
The betterment in business will be
more serious, even if it is more in- j
substantial, they feel. If there should
be visible lifting of the gloominess in
the country the Democrats would feel I
that more. Even so. it Is the purpose I
of the Democrats to use to the utmost i
the three years of almost upparalleled
depression during which time great
banks went down, real estate became
the prise symbol of poverty and crops
either rotted for markets or failed to
bring the price of production.
Senator Josiah William Bailey in
speaking to the Democratic Executive
Committee Tuesday night, adverted to
the rise in cotton, wheat, and pork.
He did not believe there could be in
three months recovery from the ap
palling waste and tosses of the past
three years. He Mid he means to go
everywhere in North Carolina and tell
all the people that It is a well settled
principle in the wdrld that America’s
economic condition is the result Os
political setter*, ffe welcomed pseu
perity. but declared that if it has been
delayed three years and restored In
three months It will be In order to in
quire what methods have been used in
manipulation the money of the coun
try.
The Democrats will make the at
tack here. They will contend that the
federal reserve, eternal guaranty
against financial failure if .used pro
perly has been employed in behalf of
administration favorites. It lsrihe op
inion of men su<-h as Senator Bailey
(bontiaued on Page Five.)
AGRICULTURE BANKS
TALKED BY HOOVER
Northwest Group of Leaders
Conferring With Finance
Body Also
Washington, Aug. IS.—CAP)—
After a conference today with
President Hoover, Secretary Hyde
said there had been discussion of.
plans for the creation of agricul
tural banks.
The secretary or agriculture said
he informed Mr. Hoover that a
group of leaders, some represent
ing governors of Minnesota, North
Dakota, South Dakota and Mon
tana, are here conferring with him
and with members of the Recon
struction Finance Corporation up
on this subject.
Salisbury’s
Cotton Mill
Strike Ends
Mayor Tells of Settle
ment of Difficulties
With 300 Workers!
There
Salisbury, Aug. 13 (AP) —Mayor
B>. V. Hedrick today announced
the strike of employees of the
Salisbury Cotton MHls has been
settled and the mills wffl reopen
The mayor's announcement was
made as he eame front a confer
ence with mlB officials arid a
strike eeiumWiee. Details of the
settlement, wont not wade pub
lic. ”
Approximately Ml emptoyeee es
the mills walked eat two weeks
ags in pretest sgstnet a wage cut.
PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERMOOM
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
HITLER WILL '
NOT BE MADE
CHANCELLOR
Defied High Post
”* y . 9
Adolf Hitler (above), Nazi leader in
Germany, was denied the office of
dhanceHor of the German republican
government by President von Hind
eotrurg at a conference of the iwo
today.
lanWrlnieT
TELLING MOTHER OF
.OIOF AFFAIR
Questioned As To Whether
He Ever Told Mrs.
Clarke He Might Have
Done Shooting
MORE EXAMINATION
IN ELEVENTH DAY
Lancaster Testifies That
Writer Took His Own Life
In An Honor Suicide After
Finding That He Could
Not Marry The Australian
Aviatrix
Miami. Fla.. Aug. 13.—(AP)—Denial
that he told the mother of Haden
Clarke, for whose slaying he is on
trial, that he was so confused on the
night of the shooting that he some
times thought he killed her son, was
shouted from the witness stand to
day by Captain W. N. Lancaster. Bri
tish avator.
"Did you at any time after the
shooting tell Mrs. Clarke that you
thought sometimes that you killed
Haden?" State’s Attorney N. Vernon
Hawthorne asked Lancaster.
"I did not. I have never told her
any such thing." Lancaster shouted.
The flier was called for further
cross-examination on the eleventh day
of his trial.
Lancaster testified Clarke took his
(Continued on Paxe Five.)
Mills And Hurley Pushed
Into Campaign Background
After Rout Os Bonus Army
By CHARLES P. STEWART I
Washington, Aug. 13.—Virtual eli
mination by the G. O. campaign l
management of Secretaries Ogden L.
Mills and Patrick J. Hurley from the
party's speaking program, between
now and election day, expresses’ a
mouthful concerning Republican strat
egists' okn estimate of popular reac
tion to the recent "Battle of Penn
sylvania Avenue," with which the two
cabinet members' names are promin
ently associated.
MHls’ demanded as custodian of the
property on which the bonus forces
had squatted, for the trespassers' evic
tion from government land, primarily
was responsible for the employment
of troops to oust them.
Hurley issued actual. qgder
which brought the’ regulars front PL
Myer to Washington.
Hardly necessary to say. the policy
really was President Hoover’s tout he
cannot very well- be pushed into t)xe
campaign background. ' Secretaries
Mills and Hurley can be, and ho At
tempt Is being made at a,' O. p. head
quarters In the capital to conceal the
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TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPS
Aging President Hinden.
burg Refuses Highest
Government Post To
Nazis Chieftain
NOTHING LESS WILL
SATISFY, HE STATES
rlace In Cabinet Refused by
Hindenburg, But Hitler
Wants Whole Hog Or
None, and Leaves, Pledg.
ing Against Violent Seiz
ure of the Government
Berlin. Aug. 1.1.—( AP)— Preel
dent von Hindenburg talked for
lfi minutes the* afternoon with
Adolf Hitter, head of the National
Socialist party and announced
after tka conference that the pre- -
sent cabinet under Chancellor
Franz von Pa pen sill remain In
office.
Hitler reiterated his demands that
on the stiength of his power in the
ranks of the party he be made chan
cellor of Germany. The president re
fused for "moral reasons and forth»
sake of the fatherland."
With grea: dignity he added that
his ■ onscience would not permit him
to entrust to one party the sole re
sponsibility for the entire German peo
ple.
He entreated Hitler to be content
with a cabinet office, but not that of
chancellor.
The Nazi chieftain refused. He as
serted that nothing but the chancel
lorship would satisfy him, and that
he would not share the responsibility
with others
He straightened his shoulders, click
ed his heels, saluted and left.
It was understood that Hitler had
given his assurance that no Illegal
attempt would be made by the Na-
party taaeixe the gov
erning power.
$5,000,000
Blaze Hits
Manila City
Two Colleges and
Government Build
ings Destroyed In
Disastrous Fire 1 -r~j
Manila, P. 1., Aug. 13 (AP)-s
Fire swept through three blocks of •
the old walled city of Manilla to- I
night, destroying the building of *
the Insular Bureau of PubUo 7
Work, two aolleges, the Ateno *
Musum and other structure* ante ‘
dating the American regime. The *
loss was estimated as high as |se }
000. too. i
The colleges burned were the 1
Ateno de Manila and the Santa |
Isabella, the latter a rtri’s school.
Flame waged through the at roc- 1
tures,* mostly wood, for three *
hour*. Many records of the Pub- !
lie Works Bureau and the Branch *
Registration office were loot.
f»- t that it is beinjj drne or the rea
son for it.
If rtie administration iwas under
any impression that its method of
scattering the bonus seekers would ba
favorably received by the public, local
ex-service men’s organizations, many
of whose members were eye-witnesses
of the affair, were not long in undo*
ceiving it.
The council of administration, con
sisting of department and poet com
manders and representatives of ea<*h
of the 14 District of Columbia chap
ters of Veterans of Foreign Wars,
was first on record, with resolutions
condemning “the shameless disregard
for human rights shown by Gen.
Douglas Mac Arthur, chief of staff of
the United Btates army in carrying
out the brutal ami un-American or
der of the president.’’
Vincent B. Costello poet of the Am
erican Legion followed with the de
claration that “we denounce and con
demn the president of the United
States and other federal officials re-
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