HENDERSON,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
NINETEENTH YEAR
OBAGCO
Thirty Known Dead In Hurricaneljn Porto kico
PROPERTY DAMAGE
IS MUCH GREATER
THANJ92B STORM
Full Force of 12Q.Mile Wind
Strikes Before Midnight
and Lasts Almost
Three Hours
HUNDREDS INJURED
DURING HURRICANE
Thousands Made Homeless;
Most of Dead in Small Out.
lying Towns; Fatalities In
San Juan Greatly Red/;ed
As Police Remove Hund
reds to Safety
San Juan, Porto Rico, Sept
27 (AP) —At least 30 per
sons are known to have been
killed in a terrific hurricane
which struck this city last
night.
The full force o fthe 120-mile wind
struck before midnight and lashed the
cry until 2 30 this morning causing
property damage even greater than
tint left in the wake of the disastrous
WW blok.
Hind reds were injured and thoua
rdj were left homeless. Most of the
drad 'he first report indicated, were
in smaller outlying turn in Oata—we•
Barrios .-ibanalona, Catano and Rio
Pied r a.-
Here in the city the loss of life was
materially reduced by the police, who
took precautions of rounding up hun
dreds of women and children, remov
ing them from their homes and plac
ing them for safety in the more sub
itan'ial church and school buildings.
The villages, consisting for the most
part of flimsy homes, had no such
protection Even in San Juan, homes
»*re unroofed by the score and
streams of rain poured in.
Long Strike Os
Textile Workers
Ends In England
Manchester, England. Sept. 27.
(AP)—The long strike of tex
tile workers In Lancashire ended
today, with representatives of
worker* and employers signing a
working agreement.
State Asks
To Dismiss
Bank Cases
Luke Lea, Davis,
Rhodes and Ship
man Involved In
Different Appeals
P-aleigh. Sept. 27.—(AP)-'The State
moved to “docket and dismiss' 1
*PP*als in four banking cases from
Western North (kroiina which in
volved Colonel Luke Lea, of Tennes-
Wallace B. Davis, of Asheville;
Rhodes, of Hendersonville, and
"Thomas H. Shipman, of Brevard, as
' v ■*51 %s others facing prison terms for
T<»nk law violations. ;
A A F Sea well, assistant attorney
appeared before the Supreme
Court and served notice that he would
■U'pear next Tuesday to ask the court
immediately to docket and dismiss the
T ’nder normal court procedure. tho
rjj es would gone up for argument
*h*n the l*th Judicial district cases
*re reached In about two months.
The court would than take the ap-
P*ais under consideration and hand
down its decision at wilL
If the court accepts ths view of
Seawell and Attorney General
Dennis G. BrummMt that alt of ths
appeals, which covar various pleas of
11 'egularlty in the lower court, an
matters not appealable," the cases
"‘’l he docketed and dismissed jt
once.
Hendersm
>ULL. I.Mtirwn
j V> jHHB, \
Thaee am characteristic camera stu
er of thd Indian" independence move
ment. whose “fast unto de.-th" pras
hroke nby Hindus and ‘‘Untouchables”
reaching an agreement on the com-
New Mexico *s Republican
Senator Greets Roosevelt
But He Refuses To Speak
A. C. L. Deficit
Less For August
Wilmington. Sept. S7. —(AP) —
The monthly statement of the At
lantic Const Line railroad company
released today, showed a deficit
of $07,703 in net railway opmat
ing ineeine for August.
Bailway operating revenues for
the month amounted to SUM6£6I.
Por the first eight months this
year railway operating revenues
amounted to in compar
ison to S4O!fiU,T7O for the same
period last year.
A deficit of *594.388 in net rail
way operating income was shown
In the August. 1931. report.
STATE DEMOCRATIC
HANDBOOK MADE IIP
Goeg To Printer And 1$ Ex
pected To Be Out Early
Next Week
Dollr Dispatch Bureau.
!■ the Sir Walter Hotel.
ST J C. BABKERVILL.
Raleigh, Sept 27.—The State Demo
cratic Handbook, which nas been in
process of preparation for several
weeks, was delivered to .the printers
Monday and is expected to be off the
press and ready for distribution the
latter part of this week or first of
n ext it was learned at Democratic
headquarters here today.
The handbook was prepared by the
committee of which A. J. Maxwell,
commissioner of revenue, was chair
man. Most of the copy has been ready
for a week or more, but it was held
up pending the receipt of the Na
tional Democratic Handbook, to see
if anything more should be included.
The handbook will be distributed to
all campaign speakers, county chair
men and other active workers.
This week will not be a very active
one for campaign speakers, with only
a few speeches scheduled. In fact, it
> r £Coptlnae4 on Fiff FoorJ, Jh,
DAILY NEWSPAPER
HENDERSON,
MfßmX voting question. These fae
in mtSm 0 ll»* .irfmdat
Hound “fable conference and Great
Britain imposed rules against which
Gandhi protested by starting his fast.
Britai*nnow Is believed ready to con
Democratic Nominee Wel
comed to State at Lamy
Junction, With Gov
ernor As Speaker
ROOSEVELT OFFERS
STAND TO CUTTING
Young Republican Smiles
But Declines; Roosevelt
Call* Him ‘‘Very Dear
Friend of the Family**
Whom He Has “Known
Since He Wore Short
Pants**
•> y> -« , / ■
Roosevelt Special. Lamy Junc
tion, N. M-, Sept. 27.—(AP)—Unit
*4 W«. Senator Bronson Cut
ting, young Republican indepen
dent, appeared on the platform
and shook hands with Governor
Roosevelt, the Democratic presi
dential nominee, when Nex Mexico
extended Its official welcome to
the New Yorker here today.
Cutting smilingly waved aside Mr.
Roosevelt’s offer to yield the platform
to him for a speech.
Roosevelt, after a personal tribute
to Senator Sam Bratton, and Con
gressman Dennis Chavez, Democrat,
began to introduce his f&mii yto a
crowd of about 1,500, including dele
gatee to the State convention In ses
sion at Santa Fe.
Governor Seigleman interrupted Mr.
Roosevelt and whispered in his ear.
Roosevelt, turning toward the side of
the speaker's stand, which was flush
ed with the nominee’s private car, re
marked : *
“I think there la a very dear friend
of the family in the crowd, a young
man I have known since he wore
shot* pants. You know him as your
own Senator Cutting. If it is all tight
with him, we will be glad to have him
come and say, ’Howdy.’ ”
Many in the crowd had eeen Mr.
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WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Occasional shower* tonight and
Wednesday; somewhat wanner tat
wait and north central portions
Qiaptftfa
PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
N. C ? TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER. 27,1932
""" * *' ‘ ‘
STARTS
■ aider Ks settlement* of th* question,
t show, leftjtfcve. Gandhi at his
apffiavtg; center, a re
, cent picture of the great leader; right
. as he appeared with his goat in Lou
-1 don a year ago below, left, Gandhi
I eating; and right, Mme. Gandhi.
ROOSEVELT GAINS
FAST IN EAR WEST
Daniels Thinks Democratic
Nonr-*""' Certain To Win
That Section
Dally Ul«t*tcb flareaa,
I* the Sir Waller Hotel.
mt J. C. BAtKKHVILL.
Raleigh, Sept. 27.—The sentiment in
all the western states in favor of
Franklin D. Roosevelt for president is
almost unbelievable and is growing
by leaps and bounds, Josephus Daniels,
editor of The News and Observer,
who has just returned from the Pa
cifio coast, said today. Mr. Daniels
attended the national convention of
the American Legion in Portland.
Ore., and then spent about two weeks
in a number of the western states.
“Although most of these western
states are normally Republican, it is
now apparent that Roosevelt will car
ry most of them,” Mr. ‘Daniels said.
"Even in lowa, Mr. Hoover’s home
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Gandhi Has
Birthday In
Prison Cell
Recovering From
Fast and Holds Con-
Market Is
Closed In Honor
Poona, India, Sept. 27.—(AP)—Ma
hatma Gandhi, recovering slowly from
the effects of his six-day fast, cele
brated his 63rd birthday today with a
private conference in his cell.
The doctor was delighted „as he
propped himself up and asked that an
Indian musician be brought in. One
of them came and sang Indian song*
to his own accompaniment' on the
“sittam,” a native instrument like the
mandolin.
BOMBAY STOCK EXCHANGE
CLOSED IN GANDHI HONOR
Bombay, Sept. 27.—(AP)—The stock
exchange and the cotton bullon were
cloeed today in honor of the birth
day of Mahatma Gandhi. __■*»
ESTIMATE STATE
NEEDS $2,000,000
RELIEF FUND NOW
Unofficial Quarters Believe
Gardner Will Ask Th*t
In Washington
Thursday
COUNTIES' REQUESTS
ARE CONSERVATIVE
No Indication of Desire To
.■Go To Extregne In Getting
Every Dollar Possible Be
cause Government Is Fur
nishing It; Many Counties
Are Slow
Dally DUpatt’k Iltirra*,
la the Mr Walter Hutel.
BY J. V IIASKKKVH.L
Raleigh, Sept. 27.—Governor O. Max
Gardner probably will not go to
Washington until Thursday to present
North Carolina's request for a relief
loan to the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, since it will be necessary
for him to be here Wednesday for the
first meeting of the executive commit
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Police Search For
Missing Boy And
Estranged Father
Charlotte. Sept. 27.—(AP)— The
mysterious disappearance of Douglass
Martin, aged 5, from a bed in his
grandmother’s home here today
launched police on a search for the
child’s father. E— A. Martin, who is
estranged from Mrs. Martin.
Mrs. Martin and the child’s grand
mother, Mrs. J. K. O'Donohue, report
ed to police that the lad was last seen
asleep with his two-year-old brother
in Mrs O’Donohue’s home. That Was
at 11:30 p. m. last night. A cut screen
over a window in the bedroon) was
the only clue police had.
Mrs. Martin said her husbind took
the child from her in February, 1931,
and went to Dallas, Texas, where she
recovered him.
Last July both Martin children were
placed in the custody of Mrs. O’Dono
hue by an order signed by Judge
Thomas A. Alexander, of the court of
domestic relations. The child’s mother
and grandmother said Martin had
been at the O'Donohue home for brief
periods Sunday and yesterday.
Cuban Senate Head
Probably 1 Fatally
Shot By Assassin
Havana, Cuba. Sept, 27 (AP)— |
Ctemente Vacquez Bello, president: of
♦ h*» (NiMn Senate, and head otf the Na
tional Liberal party, was probably fat
ally wounded this afternoon by an un
identified assassin.
As Dr. Bello was leaving his home
next door to the Havana Country Club,
his assailant opened fire.
The victim crumpled to the ground
and the gunman fled.
Dr. Bello was hurried to the mili
tary hospital at Camp Columbia.
There was an attempt on the life of
Dr. Bello in July last year, when two
persons who never were Identified
tossed a bomb at his automobile and
followed JR with a volley of shots as
he drove through the residential sub
urbs of Miramar.
Police blamed the attack on a radi
cal student group, but" there was no
arrest*. * ' i
Revival Os Farm Factory
Viewed As One Method Os
Solving Farmer Problem
(Charles P. Stewart, well-known
Washington correspondent, la taw
lag the country to aaniutnln eco
nomic and poMtteal trends.)
By CHARLES F. STEWART
Sioux City, lowa, Sept 27.—“T0 pre
dict a return to the spinning wheal
probably would.be to prophesy a re
trogression a trifle too far Into the
jpast*” admitted Paql* M. Hatfield.
nnjn &<*gFSZ*£7 ma * oom
AT $13.71
Season Opens Here
With Break Placed
At 150,000 Pounds
Big Crowds Attend Sales arid Farmers Ap
pear Pleased; Common Grades Sell
ing Much Higher Than 1931
An average of $13.71 per hundred for 25,226 pounds
sold was was reported by the first warehouse to com
plete its day's sale when the Henderson tobacco market
got under way for the season today. It was estimated
that the offerings on the market for the first day were
around 150,000 pounds, and that the average price for
the sale would be about sl3 per hundred.
U. S. Navy Balloon
Wins Bennett Cup
Warsaw, Poland, Sopt. 27.—(AP)
—The United State* Navy balloon
participating in the Gordon-Ben
nett cup race landed at 10 a. m.
today close to the town of Wasjule,
‘ near Vilna on the PolLsh I-atvian
frontier.
The exact distance it had travell
ed from Basel, where the race start
ed, had not been computed, but It
appeared that the Navy bag had
won the race and the cup.
JUDGE'S RESIDENCE
lECIOTBiB
Jurist Who Tried Sacco and
Vanzetti Shaken by
the Explotion
HIS WIFE Iff INJURED
Taken to Hospital But Not In Seri
ous Condition; Maid Climb* Down
Fire Ladder; Man Seen
Ri Fining From Yard
Worchester, Mass., Sept. 27. (AP)
The home of Judge Webster Thayer,
74-year-old jurist who presided at the
Sacco-Vansetti trial, was destroyed
early today by a dynamite bomb that
injured his wife and a maid.
The house was wrecked, a garage at
the rear was tipped over on its side
and homes for several hundredyards
were shaken by the blast.
Polioe said a neighbor saw an au
tomobile go up to the front of the
Thayer home a few minutes before
the explosion. A man got out, walked
to the rear of the*house, ran back to
the automobile, a moment later and
sped away.
At the rear, beneath a veranda and
directly under the judge’d bedroom,
police found bits of the bomb. Had its
dome been in an upward direction
rather than sideways the judge would
have been killed, police said.
The Thayer family and the maid
were literally blown from their beds.
Mrs. Thayer was helped through a
front door by firemen and taken to
Memorial hospital, where her condi
tion was not regarded as serious. She
received several cuts about the head.
The maid crawled down a fire ladder
f(x>m her second floor bedroom, and
was taken to the city hospital with
cuts and bruises.
The judge walked from his home
unaided and remained on the ground
to offer what aid he might to inves
tigators. He was evidently shaken.
Virtually the entire city was arous
ed by the blast, which was heard for
■miles. Neither the police or the judge
were ready to lay the blame at tha
door of any person or organization.
Sioux City lawyer and leader in the
mid-western agrarian, uprising, “but it
is astonishing to wnat ,4*t|xtent the
corn belt farmer is reverting toward
conditions of a generation or two ago,
when American agriculture was prac
tically sufficient unto itself, in dis
regard of the products of city indus
try.” -
Lawyer Hatfield, a younger mem
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6' pages'
, TODAY
FIVE CENTS COES
| On the opening day last year the
average was officially given as $lO 55
per hundred for 209.216 pounds ac
tually sold, with an estimated 75,000
pounds left over on the blocked sale
for the day. If the market as a who’s
| should equal the record of the first
I warehouse to sell, the opening pries
this year would be more than $3 per
hundred better than last year's stari
| er.
j Today's opening was attended by a
large number of farmers and business
| people, all eager to see what the price
: trend would be. There was unaimous
J opinion that the opening was much
better than last year, with the com
mon grades selling from 50 percent to
two and three times what they
brought a year ago. One tobacco man
*aid the types of leaf up to sl4 wer®
Toing at a higher price, while from
that figure on up the average appear
ed about the same as the 1931 open
ing day.
There was no turning of tags, so far
*s was learned, and farmers generally
seemed to be satisfied with the gen
erally higher level of prices they ware
receiving. Competition between the
buyers appeared to be keen through
out. with the bidding rather spirited
most of the day. f
Moat of the day's offerings consisted
of first and second primings, and much
of the leaf was from the early crop.
For the first time in many years th*
reason started today with cui mg noth
ing ,:.:e complete In the county, and
wits 2 deal of tobat-c-: itlll . n the
• ta'kj Uie field*. Tin? was due to
the lute stat last eprtai* a;..i the hand
icaps the farmers faced el: the way
the growing seac.r mclud ng
pests, pant diseases and wit.i weather
too cold too or too hot. and with in
sufficient rain bring the plant*
through on time and wth the beat
quality of leaf.
The season started here today w’th
a single set of buyers, but with heavier
sales looked for at the beginning of
ixxt week, double aro to be
launched ait that time.
Today's brak of around 150.000
pounds was expected to be disposed
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Breaks Are
Light Over
Middle Belt
Average sll to $12.50
With Common
Grades Well'Above
Last Season MMNBf
(By. the Associated Press.)
Light breaks with prices ranging
from sll to $12.50 per 100 pounds to
day greeted the opening of the ten
mid Jle markets of the North Carolina
Old Bright leaf tobacco belt.
Cor mon grades on practically every
warehouse floor were bringing price*
two or three times better than open
ing day last season, while the bet
ter grades registered a substantial In
crease.
Farmers appeared well pleased with
the opening and no tags were turned.
Loutsburg reported the SO,OOO
pounds on its warehouse floor* was
bringing an average of sl2 a hun
dred. Some individual planter* report
ed their first day s offering* netted
them average* of sl2 to $25 a hundred,
depending on the grada
An average of sll a hundred was
reported from Aberdeen, i where far
mer* appeared well pleased at the tub
stantial increase over last season’#
opening bids.
No estimate' of poundage was made
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