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HENDERSON, GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. NINETEENTH YEAR OLD BEIT PRICES BOLD LEVEES MADE FOR OPENING DAY Breaks Fall Off on Practic ally Every Market In Second D«y» Sales, However WINSTOM AVERAGE MONDAY IS $14.13 Streets Crowded With Thou sands of Farmers, and Bulk of Day‘s Offerings Is To bacco Left Over From Opening Day's Blocked Market Winston-Salem. Oct. S.—(AP) Filter on Oid Belt tobacco markets maintained their high opening aver ages today, but the breaks fell off on j practically eveiv market. • ~pprox..*>a.e,y 1.000.000 pounds were j cn warehouse floors here, and bid- I e .igs imiicated the prive average of Jli'.l set yesterday would be turned or bettered today. r>t’e:'. were crowded with thous ands of farmer 3. the bulk cf today’s t uning- was made up of tobacco that ; - not reached by- the auctioneers in the heavy opening break tr.at blocked sales At Kent-, lie the average of sll to 511: • was being maintained. The tiri* th<*.e was estimated at 75,00 u pounds Burungton reported an extremely light break with prices up to sl4 per l>/> pounds. Graham Appeals For Continuance Free University ; (j'esnsboro. Oct. 5. (AP) — Dr. j - r -ank Graham president of the Uni verstty of North Carolina, speaking f at *n* Founders' Day program at the ' Woman's College of the University to- [ dav made a plea for preservation of ! the f r ee university." where students j can obtain and develop ideas. Dt Graham said students could! grow strong intellectually" in such i a ' atmosphere He said "there are I thee characteristics of this genera- j tion aod listed them as contained In ! ar. e: a of intellectual and f.orai con fu-i n. an era "after great slayings :t. the World War. where personality I »'3< submerged." and an era of da- 1 pr»-sion when young men and wo- j ni a n should give special thought to ‘ .*< ia spiritual and economic condi- ' ti l nc' Court Starts Out To Return Insulls To Face Charges t Toronto. Oct. s—(AP)—Martin In eu'! indicted n Chcago on charges of er"h»zzlement. arrved here from Orl -1 ’ dav. He refused to talk to news paper men. CAPIAS TAKEN BY PLANE TO TORONTO FOR .MARTIN r '•ago. Oct. 5. (API- Two repre '*-• Hives of the Stage's attorney's of ■ • 'eft today by airplane for Toronto C-'sri ' bearing a cspi* a for the ar r»v of Martin Insull. SAMUEL INBULL IS NOT YET LOCATED IN PARIS p arn Oct. 5. (AP)—Efforts to t*»ch Samuel Insult today for com ” ‘•nt on his Indictment by a Cook 1 ’ mtv grand jury were unavailing. V) hi- hotel. It was said that he; : ,r bahlv would not be back until late ; ■" 'he day. Chinese In Manchuria Wiped Out Japanese Troops Annihilate Force and Commander Is Reported Killed Chan Chung. China. Oct. 5.— (AP> Japanese troops operating In the N'onni river valley in Manchuria to dav were reported to have virtually wiped out the Chinese forces com manded by Hai-Ching. ‘ hinese prisoners were-reported to >• tv- said Hai-Chlng attempts to ee ''<•“ but was believed to have been 1 4 although the body has not been luund. HXNosasofiaa ' f iirnurrantt itnlii ©tauatrh WIR» BRRVICR OF TRS ASMOdATBD PRIM WHERE CLOUDBURST CLAIMED HEAVY DEATH-TOLL With more than a dozen bodies * recovered from the flooded Te hachapi gorge near Bakersfield, Cal., hundreds of men have been Gamer Declares Hoover*s i Promises Are Meaningless In Light Os Performances Washington Oct. 5 (AP) —In reply , to President Hoover's lowa address, Speaker Garner, in a formal statement today, said: j "If we judge the promisee he now makes in the light of those he has made and failed to fulfHi. either his sincerity or his ability to make good; his latest pledges is seriously open to ( question." „ 9 ■ '* WILL INVESTIGATE SEA TRAIN SERVICE Commerce Commission Starts Probe of Service To Cuba, New Orleans Washington, Oct. S.—(AP) —The In terstate Commermce Commission to day ordered an investigation of the legality of the latest thing In Ameri can transportation. It issued a study of Sea-Train Line. Inc., a company which tomorrow will begin transportating entire trains from New York to Havana, Cuba, and between Havana and New Orleans. Sea-Train, Inc., had built two steamships equipped with tracks and capable of carrying 100 freight trains each. The cars are placed in the holds of the ship and carried to their de stination without being unsealed, low ering the cost of operation as com pared with railroads and Ordinary steamship costs. Davis Case Juror In Fined SIOO on Contempt Charge New York. Oct. 5 (AP)—Henry F. Moore, the junior who caused a mis trial in the lottery thrift of United States Senator Jarmos J- Davis, today paid a fine of SIOO for contempt of court. Moore was held in contempt by Federal Judge Frank J. Coleman for having called on Charles J. Murgiotti. of defense counsel, and informed him another member of the jury was at tempting to prejudice the panel against the Pennsylvania legislator. Father and Son Held In Slaying Farmer-Picketer Canby. Minn., Oct. S—(AP)- A fa ther and his son were arrested today In connection with the slaying of Nor dahl Peterson, 25, farmer-picket shot to death a mile west of here last night. They were placed in jail at Granite Falls. >' They are Ole- Anderson; 47, and Leonard Anderson. ; 19, whoee farm house fa a short distance from where the shooting occurred. Y Peterson’s death was the first fa tality of the Mtnneeota Farmers Ifoll day movement, which has’ brought picketing of many highway* tp/recent weeks by farmers hoping to raise prices by preventing marketing of oon-ferishahle products, ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPE R HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 5, 1932 searching for other victims be lieved drowned in the cloudburst. Forty persons are believed to have perished. The photo shows a ‘‘President Hoover’s statement to the effect that he is using his good office to <prevail upon the land mortgage companies and other financial insti tutions to which the government has loaned hundreds of ml,lions not to foreclose upon homes and farms, is tnd lea*ve of the Inconsistency that entire adminis twfcfiroft,* Sackl Garner. DISEASE STALKS IN HURRICANE’S WAKE Malaria and Influenza Pla gue Porto Ricans; Ty phoid Serum Given WlQlkiTunn Porta Rico, Oct. s—vaP) —Disease stalking in the path of the recent hurricane has raised a new menace to the people of Porto Rico. Doctors reported malaria and in fluenza was spreading in the towns of Lnquello, Fajaldo and other sec tions, and that water contamination caused a fear of typhoid. Antl-typhold innoculations already have begun, and 60,000 additional doses of serum have been ordered from the mainland. NEXT OFhIGHWAY LETTINGS OCT. 20 Numerous Projects Involved In Contracts To Be Awarded Then . , * Dally Dispatch Burras, - Ip the Sir Walter Hate*. BY J. C. BASKRRVII.L. Raleigh, Oct, 5. —The next formal highway letting will be held October 20 instead of October 18, as was first announced, it was learned at the of fice# of the State Highway Commis sion today. At this time bids on 18 pro jects providing for 101.69 miles of grading, surfacing or new construc tion will be opened. No definite esti mate as to the probable cost of these projects has yet been made, but it is expected to exceed $500,000, These pro jects are as follows: Carteret county, 6.6 miles of grad ing and structures, on route 24 from Bogus to the hard surface near the ocean. junes-Craven' counUes, 5.46 miles on route 117, grading and- structures.’ from the Joned county line to con nect with fouttet2. Northaqipton county , 9 miles on ro..tc 45, from Consray to Virginia slate line, ’ grading, structure* and topted! surfacing. Also Skttilcs on route BJO from Jackson to Seaboard, grad {Continued on Page Five.) SURFACE CARS IN CRASH, 28 INJURED alow York. Oct. 5 (AP) —Twenty*- Jtwa persons wvne injured ,one tort today whan two crowded sur face ten of the Third Avenue ftafl way tiystem (collided in the Bronx. PUBLISHED IN THIS' SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. freight locomotive j whi?h vac swept from its trftcli* by the rag ing currents, and tomed into gully made by flood INSURANCE FIRMS ASK HIGHER RATE 7 Compensation Underwriters Want 12 to 18 Percent Increase* HEARING IN RALEIGH WMi Amount to. 890,999 to I7IMN Annually; Companies Claim They Ate Losing flu Beaters* In-This State * *' ' Dally Dispatch Baran, la the Sir Walter Ret el. BY J. C. SAIKKHVILL. Raleigh, Oct. b. —Insurance com panies writing compensation Insur ance in North Carolina started their efforts to get a material increase in premium rates in a public hearing be fore Commissioner of Insurance Dan C. Bouev here today. The hearing started in the hall of the House of Representatives at 10 o’clock this morning, and is not expected to be concluded until late this afternoon. At torney General Dennis G. Brummitt will sti In the hearing with Commis sioner Boney to see that the rights of the public Interest are fully protected. The mu'us! insurance companies are asking approval of a 12 per cent in crease In their premium rates, while the stock companies are asking per mission to increase their compensation premium rates 18 per cent. Under the North Carolina law, no increases can be made in compensation Insurance rates without the approval of ttag com missioner of Insurance. These propos ed increases would cost the insurers under the workmen’s compensation law from $500,000 to $750,000 more a year than they are enow paying and would thus Impose a heavy additional burden upon business and industry In the State. For the year 1929-30, the (Continued on Page Five.) Broussard Defeat Is In Inquiry Bratton and; Connal ly, Both Democrats, In Charge of Louis iana Probe *■ , A New Orlehns, Oct. S.— (AP)—A Sen ate sub-committee investigation of Senator Eld win S. Broussard's chargee of fraud Ip the September IS Demo cratic primary in which "he was de feated for by 'J6hn J. Overton, friend of Smator Huey Long, was ordered started here today. • The tpreliirdnary Unquky will be conducted by Senators Bratton, of New Mexico and Thomas Con bally, of Texas, both Democrats. Senator Bratton said judicial pro cedure would given the hearing and that * transcript of testimony would be submitted to the committee and the United States Senate. weather FOB NOBtH CAROLINA, dowdy, wkh rain tonight and peaslhj^te^es^Stee Agrtkwes* pow* , lenteht ml Thursday. \ v I TWODAKOTASANO MINNESOTA APPEAR IN ROOSEVELT BAG Farm Legion Observers Can See Very Little Sentiment For Hoover In That -- Quarter • BOTH OF DAKOTAS TO NAME SENATOR Nye In North Dakota And Norbeck in South Dakota Conceded Winners and Neither Is For Nebraska More in Doubt But May Go Democratic (Charles P. Stewart, on tour try ing to ascertain political and eco nomic trends, records here impres sions obtained concerning some of the farm states.) By CHARLES P. STEWART Des Moines, lowa, Oct. 5. —Minne sota and the two Dakotas are set down by most Impartial judges in this part of the country as Democratic on this campaigns national ticket. Nebraska Is referred to by Demo crats with high hopes; by Republicans with grave misgivings. By “impartial judges" I do not. of course, mean Republican candidates and state committee members—at least not in their official capacities. I do mean that folk “in the street" are virtually unanimous in predicting vic tory for Governor Roosevelt in the North Star, Flicktertail and Sunshine commonwealths. In the Cornhusker state* even the best of Democrats invariably reVnark that there is, after all, a substantial normal G. O. P. majority to be over come before the Jeffersonians can be gin to count net ballots. Minnesota, it is to be borne in mind, Is not exactly & Republiacn area any way. It is FarmerfLaborlte as to Gov. Floyd B. Olson. Senator Henirk Ship ekst and -Representative £aulJ-. Kvale, and mightily independently publican as to several other members (Continue* it Page Five.) CALLS ARE ISSUED FOR BANK REPORTS Federal Comptroller and State Bank Commissioner Ask Statement# Os September M Washington, Oct. 5.—(AP)— The comptroller of the currency issued a call today for the condition of all Na tional banks at the close of business Friday, September 30. GURNEY P. HOOD ISSUES, CALL FOR STATE BANKS Raleigh, Oct. 3.—(AP)--Gurney P. Hood. State bank commissioner, today issued a call for t v .e condition all State l-rt.ika as at the c se of business Friday, September 30. Asks Spectators At Torture Murder .Trial Be Searched € . Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 5. —fAP) Fuller Warren, counsel for Solomon Higginbotham, who. with George W. Courson, is on trial charged with the torture murder of Malllefert, New Jersey convict, today asked the court that each spectator be subjected to close Inspection because of a death threat received by one of the defen dants. The request came after the seating of a Jury of 12 men following two and a half days examination of veniremen. Wfcrren Referred to * letter re ceived from East Liverpool, Ohio, dated July 17. which said the defen dants' "lights” would be “put out” during the trial. Judge George C. Gibbs, presiding, told Warren today: “We will do all we can toward that end, and, if you hear of any specific instances, please let me know, and I will take Imme diate step# In the premises.” 3 Towns In The Path Os Forest Fire Portland. Oregon, Oct. 5 (AP>— Forest fires roared through western Oregon and eoqtbwqetern Washington today, threatening (to defray 'three small towns. Flames had already left <P*6 Oregon town in wfaes end destroyed half a down buildings In another. The deserted mill town of Wendttng. ja county, ecntnl western Ore gem etUi atoo4 tJodwy as 1300 men f -g~ * that threatened it. Res idents bad fled. | . PUBLISHED IYIRT AFTBRHOOR BXGBPT SUNDAY. Government Sees Business Upturn Past Two Months Party Candidates In New York mtr * ISsU iljp- ffji HEItBKRT LEHMAN, Democrat fPBlj \ ,'c-t M ' <• ' wk OOL. WILLIAM J DONOVAN, Republican At their i-espective Sute conventions In Now York yesterday, the Demo crats at Albany nominated Lieuten ant Governor Herbert Lehman for Governor to succeed Governor Roose velt, now Dempera*ic candidate for the presidency, and the Republicans at Buffalo nominated Colonel William J Donovan for the same office ... iioFMlii DOLLARS EXPECTED Estimates In Raleigh Are Reconstruction Loan Will Be That TO LAST UNTIL DEC. 31 75,000 Heads of Families In State Re ported Unemployed, With 300,- ' 000 Individuals Out of Work or Dependent Dully Dispatch flareaa, la the Mir Walter Hotel. BY J C. BJDKKRYIU,. Raleigh, Oct. 5.- No word has been received yet as to how much money will be alloted to North Carolina for relief work by the Reconstruction Fi nance Corporation, although this word may bee received almost any day now, Dr. Fred W. Morrison. State relief director said today. Dr. Morrison would not make public the eamount that was asked or the amount expect ed, _por would he state the total esti mated needs in the State from now uivi.il December 31, saying that the officials in charge of disbursing the relief funds in Washington had re quested that none of this information M made public until after the allot ments had been made. Press reports front Washington, however, indicate that the amount re quested by Dr. Morrison for North (Continual on Flc^Flm) X CHAS. LINTHICUM, CONGRESSMAN, DIES Baltimore, Oct S.—(AP) —Represen- tative J. Charles Ltnthicum, of Mary land. chairman of the House commit tee on foreign affairs, died hers at the Maryland general hospital today. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Rapid Gains In Textile In dustry Especially Re counted by Commerce Department CONSUMER DEMAND accounts for it Heavy Industries, Including Steel, Have Felt Little Stimulus and Continue To Lag; Automobiles Season ally Inactive, With Small Production Washington, Oct. s.—(AP)—Moder ate improvement in business activity since late August marked by “rapid gains in the textile industry’.” was re ported today by the Commerce De partment in its October survey of cur rent business. Summarizing the business situation, the department said a number of ma jor industries had moved upward “more than the average seasonal growths.” The movement had been generated largely by the demands for consumer, goods as reflected in the rapid gains in the industries and the upturn of the food processing industries. So far the heavy industries have felt little stimulaton and show a con tnued tendency to lag. Steel mill ac tivity has risen to only about 17 per cent of capacity, the automobile in dustry is seasonally inactive with pro duction at a low level, and the slight advances in construction have afford ed but little support to the production end of the Industry. One Killed Whim ..Two V ehicles Near Lumberton Crash Lumberton. Oct. s.—(AP) —One man was killed and another critically In jured near Harper’s Ferry today whan their automobile sides wiped a long truck on a curve. Both men were be- \ lieved to be from Charlotte. A man identified as B. B. Mason, of 226 Lilllngton avenue, Charlotte, by letters in his pockets, was instantly killed. A companion believed to be Bob Gilmour. of 706 Providence Road, Charlotte was critically injured. He was brought to a hospital here suf fering with concussion of the brain and severe lacerations. Physicians said his condition was dangerous. Both men were identified by letters in their pockets. It Was not known who was driving the automobile. The large truck was driven by H. C. McNeill, of Red Springs who sus tained slight injuries. The truck .eras loaded with heavy logs. Officials announced an inquest would be held this afternoon. SEABOARD REDUCES , FARE ON ONE LINE Wilmington, Oct. 5 (AP)—The Seaboard Air Line Railway today , Announced a reduction oa pee- 1 sengcr fares to two cents a mile c*ie way and I 1-S cents on round * trips between all stations on the Wilmington -Charlotte route. _ gj B. E. F. May Be Open To Outsiders Relief of Unemploy ed And Destitute -Announced Goal of New Group Union town, Pa.. Oct. B.—(AP)—Out of a stormy all-night session a com mittee carried to the national con vention of the Bonus Expeditionary Forces a proposal that membership to non-eervica men be granted. The suggestion was discussed four hours last night as executives and the rules, committee struggled with a draft of constitution and by-laws. Today's 21-point policy will be laid before the delegatee for adoption. The new B. E. F., the committee suggested, will be nationwide, with units in every state. The oommittee said it would be non-partisan, but will be active in behalf of candidates in favor of B. E. F. Meals, s Its principal objective will be re lief for unemployed and destitute.
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