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gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA. YEAR D. S. CONSENTS TO TIME EXTENSIONS IN NAVAL HOLIDAY Four Months Delay Give* Arms Meet In Geneva Time In Which To Reach Agreement explanation WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY State Department Will Tell Why It Joined In Accord; Does Not Apply To Ships Already Laid Down Nor to the Replacement of Exist ing Vessels XV,-h r ,z' *r Ort. 21— tAP> — The s* his agreed to an ex- Mfirh 1 1W33. of the naval ment which was due to npue November 1 f,. r ms! notification of this agree to thr extension will be sent wrihou- ilH.iv to Geneva. The State lVpartment will Issue an ! fxplana'ion of its reacsons for the tven.uon. This j.cre mer.t to cessation in rfl.i. building did not apply to ships *hrh were already laid down when «h» hoiide went Into effect the first | f f n;* November, but forbade the eor-Muc’i >n of any ships not already ' • ■ pr-jjtv' It did not prevent the re-; paremen' of <*xisting ships. '• wi< exp'ained in official quar- j •o', •hi- afternoon that the extension vi*ii March 1 is for the purpose of I j.vme the dirarmament conference, j whi.h w;!l re-ume its sessions at •Viera in February an opportunity *.’> ruch a settlement of naval reduc t >fi. Japs Launch \ew War On » Bandit Gang Captured British Man and Woman Safe Troops Launch afresh Offensive N»w-hing. Manchuria. Oct. 21. The Japanese army was re- T r'*d •', hav» begun a new drive ** ,nv Chinese bandits in thia area . ’arting from Taian, their hnds by the release of Mrs. h Cawley and Charles Corkran. Br, ’ l ' h subjects, who reached here >®-’®rdav after having been held cap tiv* f ‘>r a month and a half. I - was eplained here that Tel he?fl of the band - w hich held . r- Tawlt-y and Corkran with his 1 would probably be cap tured by the Japanese. A dramatic scene occurred when the * r mor«»d train carrying the two cap 'v's hack to safety reached Ying *nf'w last night. F®nntth Cawley met the train, '“sped Into the coach, hugged his w, f e whom he married only a short me before she was captured, crying • inko let me look at you.'* He lifted her from the coa<; |, an< j 7 1 ha nded her to her Japanese re r°r for m«l presentation to the t'ii*|jh consul. Roosevelt Raleigh Speech To Be! At The Fair Grounds °* M r Oupaifk narna, W«Ufr Hetel. D , ' MAHKKH vili. Ort 21 The Roosevelt l-isl hearing the Democratic nomi **r««-«t «f the United State* at the State Fair 'founds, four miles from Raleigh on ; 1 "»*hw«y. and Governor Frank r...l, | Roosevelt will '•peak to the ■'*<! ftom approximately 10 o'clock aSout 10 13 it was announced at P Dmocratic headquarters this e*'ernooii. v Th “ r,fflcial schedule o fthe Roose special say* that the train wtM u'l ‘ taleiKh at 1° 10 and remain o r K ,m ' U 10 2S ' but u waa Panted com ' me ™b«ra of the arrangement mittec that it will reach the jrd sue approximately 10 mlnutaa r.ur it ia sche j ule<J to arrlve Raleigh proper. oday Captain Charlea Farmer of jj! * ta ‘* Hl ?hway Patrol, Sheriff ~ Turner of Wake county. Chief ' " Clarence B. Barbour of Rn •t ~ ' 1 •f' -rge Roes Pou. chairman of J h n ” * n ~ ement:: committee, and " Jn Aver >. or the Democratic lirniirrsmt Satin tHsuatrh r^ L JJ* lgo wnta BBKVici Or TH* AMOCUTRD PRMI. As Stronghold of Republicans Greeted Governor Roosevelt *T "ts. W.-Jp >• . IBK mSHm^rn Invading rock-ribbed Republican Pennsylvania, Governor Franklin D. Roo'-e --veU. the Democratic choice for the White House, learns from Democratic leaders at Pittsburgh, left, that they believe he has "an excellent chance" of GARDNER WILL GET INTO CAMPAIGN IN GOLDSBORO OCT. 26 Governor Hopes To Make Number of Speeches From Then on Right Up to the Election REYNOLDS STILL IS THE MOST POPULAR Greatest Demand For Him, ,With Ehringhaus, Bailey Gardner, Hoey In Order Named; Gardner Espe cially Asked For In East ern^Countie* of State Dntly LHupilrk Barrna. la the Air Walter Hotel nr j rahkkkvii.i, Raleigh. Oct. 21.—Governor O. Max Gardner, who so far has been prevent ed from taking any active part in the Democratic campaign because of the (Continued on Page Foot) Accuse Four Men Os Arson In Loss Os Plant by Fire Grahanv Oct 31.—(AP)—Four men charged with arson in con nection with the burning Septem ber 32 of the Home Lumber Com pany's plant In Alamance county, waived a preliminary hearing here today and were bound over to su perior court. F M. Johnson, foreman of a hosiery mill at Liberty, who was already un der 32.500 bonf In connection with the burning of 440,000 feet of lumber near Gibsonvlile recently, was released on $2,000 bond today. J. C. Swain, Jr., who was at liberty on SI,OOO bond, in connection with the Gtbeonvllle fire, was released under £SOO bond. The same bond was given by Dewey Broadstreet, of Forsyth county, and Ossie Buckner, of Greens boro, arrested on charges growing out of the Home Lumber Company fire. Executive committee, inspected all possible locations along the track and unanlmousl yrecommended the fair ground location. It was approved by the committee. Another point settled definitely was the place at which the North Caro lina delegation will board the Roose velt Special to welcome the nominee into the State. It was announced that the train would be stopped at Hamlet at 7:45, and take on the delegation headed by Josephua Daniels, secretary of the Navy In the Wilson adminis tration. The special will remain at Hamlet several minutes to take on ice and. water, the official schedule showed. Another brief stop will be 'made at Sanford for the train to take on water. It will atop again at John ston street, ten minute® out of the Raleigh station, for l. supply of water according to the schedule. Fnimer said he would have 80 patrolmen on the fair gruond lo cation at 7 o’clock in the morning to direct traffic and superintend the parking of the thougwids of cars ex pected. . , • —^ « * U ONLY DAILY NEW Corporation Commission Outlines Objectives For Lower Electric Charges Ottawa to Mexico Flight Tomorrow Hartford, Conn, Oct. 21.—(AF> -Junes R. Wode'l, racing pilot, airplane designer and builder, of Patterson, La, hopped off from Rentschelor field at 10:05 a. m. for Ottawa, Canada, and will start a sunrise to sunset flight to three national capitals as soon as weath er permits. Wede‘l hopes to ffy from Ottawa to Mexico City In ten or eleven hours to break a record held by James H. Doolittle, of about 12 1-2 hours. The distance Is 2,485 miles. He will stop at his home town which is on the direct route. The pilot expected to reach Ot taws In less than two hours. ! ——— ! CONCORD LEADER IS i ACCUSED OE ARSON r. C. Niblock Charged With; Hiring Two Men To Fire Lumber Plant Concord, Oct. 21.—(AP)—A capias was served on F. C. Niblock. Concord business man ana civic leader, today on charges of abetting in burning his large lumber plant here May 13. Judge T. J. Shaw said he would fix bond in superior court later today. When he was arrested Niblock de nied to Sheriff R. C. Hoover that he had ever seen two men who yester day told a grand jury he paid them <fo start the fire. Niblock collected $27,500 insurance on the fire, which did damage esti mated at more than $30,000. Captive Convicts Curse And Jeer At Guards In Prison Kingston, Ontario, Oct. 21. (AP) —More than 200 mutinous pHsoners besieged In two corridors of the Portsmouth perytentfary yelled curses at the guards today - as good conduct inmates were marched from cell tiers In the main building to the new women’s penitentiary not far off, and Inside the prison walls. The mutineers threw the prison in to a turmoil last ntght when they broke from the dormitories where they were confined and liberated, other prisoners from two cell blocks. Troops were called out and there was some shooting, but the men barricad ed themselves in the corridors and then shooting stopped. This afternoon the prison officials moved the good conduct men and pre pared to round up the rioters and plane them In the vacated cells. WEATHER FOB If OBT HCABOLDfA. Fair, sUgMy edtaMJ^omgjl frost In extreme west portion to night; SaturdayM gita*; hUghtty , odder en Qjo \ SPAPER PUBLISHED IN THI| SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 03T0BER 21 ,1932 carrying the keyshcik State. AS. right the governor leaves his train in Pitts burgh following hsi. son, James, from the rear platform of his private car cn the tangway. * Proposes Rate Structure Ap plicable To Like Com munities Under Like Conditions UNIFORM CHARGES ONE OF FURPGSES Adjustment In Smallar Com immitiii . ..Would Bring Slight Increase; Want Schedule So Simple Every \pne Can Understand It; Four Companies Involved llnllr Hares* la the Sir Walter Hotel. ll¥ J. I n.tMKtHVIIX Rftlei™h, Oct. 21.—After weeks spent in marching up the hill and then marching down again, the State Cor poration Commission has at last de cided to lay its cards on the table and take the public Into its confidence concerning what it is trying do to to get lower utility rates. The fnii" objectives which the com mission hjp,... a.-ain, as set out in a letter just transemitted to the four power companies that have already submitted rate reduction proposals, are as follows; 1. A uniform rate that will apply to domestic electric service of every description. 2. A rate structure that will apply similar communities with similar conditions. 3. To adjust the rates for smaller communities and rural commuqjties by increasing the rates a definite per centage over the reduced rates or possibly increasing the monthly mini mum charge. 4. To aaopt a schedule of rates that is so simple that the ordinary con sumer can understand them and realize that all other consumers are on the same footing and that the rates are just and equitable both to the consumers and the companies. The second and third objectives as set up by the commission are for the purpose of discussion at the present time it was said. But the first and last objectives will be fought for to the last ditch, it was indicated. The (four Companies with (Continued on Page* Four) . State Institutions v At End September Raleigh, Oct. 21 (AP)—The popu lation of North Carolina’s; S’ate and County correctional and charitable in stitutions increased by 65 during Sep tember to a total of 17.529. R. Eugene Brown, institutional director for the honed of welfare, reported' Unlay. The total of mental patients decreas ed four during the month from 6.343 to 6.339. Physical defectives being eared for increased from 512 to 515. a gala of three. Inmates of county homes and the state home# for con federate veterans and widows in creased from 1411 to IJ3B. The total of juvenile delinquents re mained stationary at 979 dmfetg the month while ‘he total of State’s pris oners also remained constant it 7.467. There were 49 more persons confined In county jails and prisons the last by of the month than «en the -tout, * eecnirf ' LiL Cigarette Drop Arrested Sharply During September Ne~v York, Oct. 21.—(AP)—Cig arette consumption in September fell 3.9 percent below last year, but, barring August, 1932. which showed a slight Increase, and June and No vember, 1931, the drop was the smallest for the past 17 months. cTabernethtT CONDITION BETTER Doctor Advises Congress man, 111 In Washington, To Avoid Campaign Washington, Oct. 21. LAP)— The condition of Representative C. L. Abernethy. of North Carolina, who is ill here, was described today by Dr. J. D. Stout as “satisfactory." "I am entirely satisfied with his improvement and with his present condition," Stout said. “I feel there is no question of his being able to re sume his official duties in the near future. I have advised him, however, to refrain from aking part in the fall election campaign, and to conserve his strength for the coming session of Congress.” RENEWED RIOTING IN ONTARIO PRISON Quiet Restorer AfU*r Outbreak Thursday Second Time Within Week; Prisoners Make Threats Kingstown. Ontario, Oct. 21.—(AP) —Poitsmouth penitentiary, where more than 900 prisoners rioted last Monday, was in a state of siege to day after another yesterday. 1 **’ Gilbert —Tilth, acting warden of the prison, said quiet was entirely re stored this morning after the dtstur bances which turned the penitentiary into a bedlam for nearly 12 hours during afternoon and evening and caused the authorities to call In troops with machine guns to assist the guards. The warden denied reports that 40 prison guards were being held, by the prisoners as hostages. The report, pub lished by the Toronto Mail and Em pire said the prisoners threatened to take the lives oV the guards if “un duly repressive measures” were used against the men. WASHINGTON SEES DEFEAT OF HOOVER Sensed In More Cordial At titude of Officials To ward Democrats naiiT niapairk Here**. I* the S*r Walter Ratal «T J. C. BAtKRRVILt. Raleigh. Oct. 21.—The surest sign that Franklin D. RooeeveK Is going to be elected president November 8 and that Herbert Hoover and the Re publican party ietß«d from power, to the change of attitude on She pert of Republican office-holders la tWk*b ington toward Democrats, according to George Rom Pop, superintendent of the State Prison, who has just re turned from a bust new trip to Wash ington. v . "The Republicans already know ttafct ; (Conttumd pa Page BgMJ 1 POBUSHBD XVIRT ATTUNOON KXCXPT aUMDAT. Farm Relief Plans' • Given By Roosevelt At Springfield, 111. I). S. DEFICIT NOW 00 HALF BILLION - SINCE EAST JULY! - /‘ % • ; « Increased Tax Collections For September Failed To Halt *Shdrtage In The : Treasury BUT LITTuTuNDER LAST Y£AR‘S LOSS Expenditures Over Billion And Income Little Qver Half That; New Income Taxes, Not Due Until Next March 15, Expected To Cut Figures Down Washington. Oct. 21. -<AJ>) Sep tember's Increased tax collections fail .ed to halt a Treasury deficit that to day had pushed beyond the half bil lion dollar mark to trail last year's corresponding deficiency bv only $lO,- 000,000. From the beginning of the fiscal year on July 1 through October 17, last night’s Treasury statement show ed the government had spent $1,064,- 497,48, or more than twice Its revenue of $510,140,206. But Treasury officials said collec tions did not Indicate the aggregate returns that may be expected from the new tax law during the entire fiscal period. When It was approvevd laat spring, these officials estimated $3,125,000,000 in collections during the 1933 fiscal period. The new Income tax scale will not make a showing until March and Is expected to boost the year’s revenue. So far old rates are showing a steadily declining return. In Septem ber, income tax receipts came to $142,- 203,202, as compared with $263,877,854 In September, 1931. SOCIALIST PASTY'S CANDIDATE COMING Norman Thomas Scheduled To Visit Four Tar Heel Cities Tomorrow Raleigh. Oct. 21.—(AP)—The So cialist party's bid for votes in North Carolina will be accentuated tomor row by the visit to the State of Nor man Mattoon Thomas, Socialist can didate for president. Thomas, whose presidential electors were placed on the official State bal lot only after his followers secured 10.000 names to petitions to fulfill a requirement established by the board of elections, is scheduled to visit four Tar Heel cities that day. His first appearance is scheduled for Winston-Salem in the morning. From there it is planned for him to visit Greensboro and High Point, with a stop and campaign address Saturday night in Raleigh. Thomas,* visit to North Carolina will be the first time a Socialist presiden tial candidate has made a personal bid for votes in the State. Signiflcause also will be attached (Continued on Page Three.t Capital Sees Scant Hope Os Rail Puzzle Solution ' Through New Commission By CHARI.ES P. STEWART , i Washington, Oct. 21.—Distinguished . as is the membership of ex-President . Calvin Cootidge’s unofficial, non-par tisan commission, chosen to plan re lief of the country’s railroads, no par ticular .enthusiasm is evident in Wash 1 ington in anticipation of a generally satsfactory soluton, by the new board of the transportation problem. Almost every where the inquiry ap pears to be looked on somewhat as kance, ‘as too distinctly representative of only a single interest railroad bondholders. Five outstanding men of high in- , tegrity and achievement form the commission They undoubtedly had to be„ “drafted” to gtv* up ao mseh of their time to what may be a thank lees task. Thus has .been on coiwvihuint 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COP'S Fair Price*, Lower Taxes and Smaller Interest - Rates on Mortgages Are Advocated NOISY GREETING IS j, ... TO NOMINEE i State Capital Welcomes j Democratic Leader, Who Also Visits Lincoln Tomb; Help for Miners Pledged; Urges Beer Tax; Feels Certain of Indiana Springfield, 111., Oct. 21. (APi ' Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt in i a campaign address before a near eap- I aeity crowd at the Springfield arsenal today, advanced <t mree-polnt program for agricultural relief. “The three great steps which we must take." he said, "are. first the Federal government owes It to agri culture to see that It gets a fair price for its products. That means that the price of farm products must be raise! above the present ruinously low levels to which they have fallen.” "Second, there must be lifted fmn| the bocks of every farmer the heavy' load of taxation, which today weighs upon him. This load is made up of three parts, the local, state and na tional units. “Third, we come to the vastly im portant principle concerning the bur den which farm mortgagee now bear on every agricultural community. I want take this occasion at this time to amplify that part of my program." Recalling what he said on fartn re lief at Topeka at the start of nls coast to coast c-/.>paign swing, the gover nor said be wanted to add "that the government should make a definite condition when advancing Federal credit that wherever possible interest .(Continued on Page B|bt) State Fair Has Profits Near $2,500 Pays Out And Has Something Left; Costs 35 Percent Less to Operate Raleigh. Oct. 21—(AP)-The 1932 North Carolina State Fair, which was held here last week, not only paid for itself, but slulwed an operating profit of about $2,500, or about S3OO mon profit than the 1931 exposition showed Henry Burke, assistant director of tba budget, said today after getting the report of Auditor R. G. Dayton. While Burke was not able to glvg definite figures, he said the fair’s op erating profit, after figuring in the cost of its operation through Octobaa 31, would approximate 32.500. This was the second time in a rosifc and the only two times since it was reorganized and upt under State op* eration five years ago, that the ex position had paid for its operation and showed a profit besides. Burke said the arrangement thS fair had with the Midway shows brought in about 38.0300, The fair was operated at about 38 percent less than the 1931 State Fair; he added. aWut it. The five commissioners— Mr. Coolidge, chairman; Bernard M. Baruch, financier, and head, under President Wilson, of the War Indus tries hoard; Alfred E. Smith; Pub lisher Clark Howell of the Atlanta Constitution and President Alexander Ic-ggee of the International Harves ter company, former chairman of the Federal Farm board were picked for their task by the big insurance com* panics, savings hanks and certain educational Institution*, with enor mous investments In railroad securi ties. , The managements of these great fls "nanctal reservoirs put their funds into transportation bonds at a time whan the leading rail systems were regard ed, from the standpoint of safety, *W tPmtwd on Page ThreeJ
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