(-ffiwEkSON, I'
'gateway TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
NINETEENTH YEAR
BRITAIN WILL PAY DEBT
CONGRESS PUSHES
IN DEAD EARNEST
INTO ITS BIG TASK
s,.*natc Organizes, With
Democrats Passing Up
Chance To Gain Con
trol of Machinery
U.IKRANS* BILLS TO
LOME UP TOMORROW
Mim-ni Renews Drive For
Immediate Payment Os
Bonds; Farm Program
Hearings to Begin Next
Tuesday; Smith Offers
Federal Cotton Purchase
Plan
i . I>*'C. |C. r < API Coil- !
. . '■> ‘ into Ih" w->r k <>f its ;
• !••• in phii'l! indiiv. per-It
'» tnizatioiv taking up leg
a ilchn*' - nnd laving plan.-
Irmditiiu of farm relief
m- economy question.',
t • • t -Irlns up the PMUp|fiie
i ■ bill. expected to he pass
.)<• "it .t week the Senate agreed
• - ,
;«• 's necessitated by vacan-
T;• IVeinncrats passed up the
-eek control. 1
- tu-n to get out a beer 1 bili for j
- • on-nleration continued in the
n I Means Committee with wit- !
• fter witness ratifying in fa-1
f ' t 2 brew I >i*y will!
ml later. i
‘ ioiut veterans committee «le
• 'i. . ‘art tomorrow on rhoit hear
veterans legislation nod eeo
tod plan--*.
' o'ltallve I'dUudU, LvOiucoil.
•tewed his drive for imme
. c. ;•< ment of the bonus, making a
• • r to tfui House,
ti ns's on the Democratic farm
_ in will be Liiii.cs.ml rest
v > tne Hoii. e ApncMilm••
• nith plat.,? to limit tqej
Pipiinued on rage Eight)
Mali Billion |
I ami Relief
Demanded;
( inference In Wash-1
nitron Asks Right!
i <> Present Case On]
Moor |
I ier A IAI * • A fe*l
. 'j ri;i ‘ion of at least .‘tatHl,-
■ r ‘.t the r elief of the "distre-s
--• I ;i'>[nti)ition w;,s demanded
’b*- Ea lme is National fle
'V i rjipp.
A '»<! voestte«i ill the first re
lo|ite<l bv the conference,
■ ' red m Washington today
•• I,- legislative farm relief
• t übrni.-sion to Congress.
"■ •• .ti'ion 4hhl this amount
■ aiy to "raise nil rural fa
* * minimum health and de
dartl of living "
one time the delegates.
•aO" adopt’d a preamble to'
'Triton asking that Congress
i • tn e.-entat j ves of the confer
i m its deman’s on the floor
' ate and House, and that
- s' -- immediately enact the pro
'' i vcaied.
OWill
,1 ‘ • •-«> IUIU*. C alifs Dec. B.
1 "'"dil ik»* p, state to the rea«l
--r ' ~f Ibe Henderson Daily nia
-1 "'h that |am | n nu wa y rrepon-
S,l|| »- for the editorial or political
l "’'" '"• this paper. I allow them
r " r, | t" an to their opinion, hi
' "t is it K within the hounds of
uhscription gathering.
'■•mi I W ant It distinctly under
tbii their policy may be In
mtrast to mine. Their edl
"d- put iii purely for
" r lust to fill space.
'** r ' paper must have its va*
~ rtainiug features, and
*•' * oil,nais urr not always to
■ -n-ir'i. d as my policy.
Yours, WILL
Htmftrrsmt
WIKB URVICB
OF THE ASHOCIATED PRBBI.
* -
Death Penalty to ;
I’ irst S. C. Woman
York. <. C.. Dec. B.—<AlM—Mrs.
Beatrice Ferguson Snipes, 29-year- i
old convicted murderer, and pros
pective mother todav was sen
tenced to he executed tin April 7.
Judge Thomas S. Seaee denied her
motion fui a new trial and pro
nounced the mandatory sentence
'•hat made Mrs. Snioes the first wo
man ever to face the eleetric chair i
In this State. Her attorneys served j
m*ti« e of appeal.
Mrs. Snipes was returned to her
cell in jail here and court attache** ,
said sho likely would he taken to ■
Columbia this afternoon.
WETS APPEAL FOR
BEER AT BEARINGS.
j
Fiouse Members Testify for
the Beverage at Com.
mittee Hearing
j
SEEK QUICK ACTION
Hbpf To Enact Measure hf EIW* of |
Next Week lu Kuepiug With
Promise of Legalued
Beer By Christmas
Washington. Dec. 8. —(AP) —Anti-
trohtbitioni 1 member- of th» House
L'udrd .’’. J fierce nt beer as a non-in
t ixicating md healthful te*vt rage in
todu yin ift* wa\and i
i o io . committee.
Kfforts were made to apeeri the |
hoiring-s yo the conimitf-e can get |
to work by Tuesilav on a bill to sul>-
mil for p.t-s;i«o by the end of next j
w>.'-k. Thi . i.-i in line with the Demo- ’
emtie program for action by Christ
nia-i if possible
Reprei»enlativca Stafford of Wi.-- !
cousin, and Dyer, of Missouri. Rcpub
lictiitA and Roland. Democrat Penn-,
svlvania. led off in favor of Volstead 1
modification, to be followed by Yan- J
dell Henderson, of Yale University, j
FORT BRAGG TRIO
HELD FOR WRECK
Oeenvllle. S. C. Dec. A. (AP> j
Three Fort Bragg. N. C.. soldiers were,
still in a hospital hero today, out* ,
charged with murder, while two oth j
or person* were recovering front an.
automobile accident that took one.
life here Saturday.
Sees South
As Planning
For Upturn
Many Manufacturers
Taking !Advantage
of Low Prices To Be
Prepared
Baltimoie. Md.. Dec. 8 • 'AP' A
'harp rise in industrial construct ion
contract awards in November contrl- J
buted to a building and engineering,
total oft 29.227.000 in the Southern 1
States, which exceeded in value th«*
contracts awarded in November, 1971 1
'he current issue of the .Jiiirjfuc
turers Record reports.
The awards for new industrial
olants in the month rose to .«2.247.n0<i
from the toUl of 11.493 000. -h~ p.e
ceeding month.
"That manufacturers arc taking ad
vantage of the low prevailing prices
for materials and equipment to go
forward with plant -rehabiliatation
programs so that they may be in posi
tion to promptly fill onler* mce
turn in business arrives is definitely
indicated by the diversity of SP nes /®:
presented, although no outstandng
new plants were reported as making
up the gains ovr the previous months
total," the survey shows.
ONLY DAILY
Cold Wave Strikes
In Parts Os Dixie
New Orlcaiif*. la., Dec. B.
(AP) — Thlri) -degree drops In I
temperature occurred in a score '
of sections of the South during
the night as a teeth-chatterlng north
wind swept another early winter
cold tat* Into Dixie. I
Freezing or below thermometer
readings were general in the prln
cipsl soufhent reporting cities ut
8 a. m.. after recent mild weather,
and many points had readings In
the low yttrit* The, thcmiomeler |
dropped from 56 to 26 at Little j
Stale Asks
More Funds
For Relief
Morrison to Requesti
About $50,000 R. F.
C. Money for De
cember Needs
Unit* llUiiatrk llnrrni.
In tt* Sir Wnllrr iioirt.
ItV J ti. lItiKKRVILi,.
Raleigh. Dec. x. In order to re
'luest another allotment of relief
fund* for North Carolina for Decem
l>er nned.-i, Di Fred W. Morrison,
State director of tedlief will go to
Washington either tomorrow or Mon
day to present this State's requests.
Dr. Morrison said today. He is now
waiting to hoar from the Reconstruc
(Continued on Page Six).
birthconTrblis •
IN CHURCH DEBATE
Federal Council At Indiana,
polis Tables Move With
out Decision
Indiahapolta. Inti- Dec. B.—(AP)
—Birth control was a subject of
heated debate at today’s session
here of the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in .America.
When noon recess was taken, no
definite action had been taken on the
recommendation of the committee on
social ideals, which ret forth that
"the interests of morality and sound
scientific knowledge .'. require the
repeal of the Fedetal and State laws
which prohibit th.e communication
about birth control by physicians and
other qualified persons,” After vog
orous debate, it was decided to lay
on the table a motion to eliminate
the entire- paragraph -dealihg with
birth control, made by Dr. David O.
Burwell, of Pitt Willlasburg, Pa.
Bishop James Cannon. Jr.,, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
suggested section be charged to
read "communication erf information
about birth control by physicians to
those who consult them.”
NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTENROON, DECEMBER B,' 1932
As “Hunger Marchers” Paraded to Capitol *
i j
■ • -. (i '•
• ’ ,y r-A** * " ’
is , ■/ .jf -V A
-■/' ‘xa
MBTOBJWWr s '■
'.BBL • v ■lii imM
..I irii ana
"r.'ir'' 1 i an ’ ,y u i ,J nv !, ‘° parade and presentation of petitions to Co«v
kl* •• W ",» -♦ • °*V ' out ! w “- granted by Vice-President Curtis after a
* u °* ' n - vC " cc ■• * <Jav - ‘ ernussion \ atormv conference with leaders of the "hunaer army."
oatlu Utapatch
. Rock, and front 12 at Fori Smith.
I Ark. Asheville, N. C., had a3O
1 degree drop to 28.
Ihe weather bureau today foriv
| cast continued cold in
Mississippi. Alabama, extreme
I northwest Florida, Arkansan, Ok
' lahoma. Texas, Tennessee, Vir
varOinf*,
ana Georgia. Generally cloudy ~
hide, were In prospect with pos
snow flurries In northwest
Arkansas and north and . west
I Kentucky
RAILROADS APPEAL!
10 COME BODY;
Bui’-- Document Sets F'orth
Measure j To Restore
Rail Services
l
New York. Dec. 8. iAP> The rail
road.-!. tooting for a clear track to
prosperity, delievered a bulky docu
ment to Calvin Coolidge and asso
ciate;; today. It contained the story of
the railroads' plight, a plea for
"equality of opportunity" and a seven
point program intended to rescue the
nation's gigantic network of steel and
rolling stock from a situation called
grave. I
Alfred P. Thom, general counsel for;
the Association of Railway Execu
tives, spoke for the railroads of the.
contry in presenting the statement to
the National Transportation Commis
sion Committee headed by CootTrige.
ACCUSED OF MURDER,
BUT OFFERS ALIBIS
* !
T' t -
Long Beach, Cal., Dec. B.—(AP)— '
Walter James Guy. suspected of slav
ing Walter Wanderwell. globe trotter, I
aboard the yacht Carma here Mon-!
day night, offered an alibi today that
six person.? could testify he was n<»-
where near the scene of the murder.
Says Japan
United For
Manchuria
Geneva. Dec. B.—<AP-The Japan
ese nation, united as one man is pre
pared to confront the most severe
penalties provided in the lataijrue of
Nations covenant in derertse of ns po
licy in Manchuria. Yosuki Malsucka
told the* league Assembly this even
! ing
"The whole nation Is solidily behind
the military leaders, who have acted
as they should,” he declared. "There
i are 65,000,000 of them. Dou you think
, ail of them have gone mad?"
► So long as the League holds out to
i China the hope that outsiders will
i come to hdtr assistance, there never
can be peace in the Far East, he said
1932 COHON CROP
IS NOW PLACED AT
12,721000 BALES
Increase of 780,000 Bales
Above November l Fore
cast Announced by
Departments... -
GINNIf.GS TOTAL OF
V 11,631,361 BALES
North Carolina's Yield Esti
mated at 640,000 Bales
And Ginnings 615,223
Bales; Department De
clares Its Early Figures
Were Too Low
New York, Doc. B.—(AT)—Cot
ton eased off about 10 rente a
bale on publication of December
1 crop ea tin va ten today, bot
promptly recovered the ground on
trade buying.
Trior to the report the market
had felt considerable selling pres
sure, which forced tile active con
tracts from 6,Y to 75 rente a bale
below the previous finals.
Washington. Dec. 8. (AP> The
1932 United States cotton crop was
estimated today hv (ho Department'
of Agriculture at 12.727.000 haies, an
increase of 780.000 bales over the No
vember 1 forecast
Explaining the increase, the depart
ment said it was due partly to bet
ter yields per acre in all the major
producing states, and also to the fact
that early reports of acreage planted
u> cotton were unduly low.
The estimate was of December 1.
The total ciop laat year was 17,096,000
bales, and In 1930 it was 13,935,000
bates.
The average yield per acre #as es
timated at 162.1 pounds. compared
with 201.2 last year.
North yfeld was esti
mated at 640,000 bales.
GINNINGS REPORT SHOWS
11,631.361 BALES TO DEC. 1
Washington, Dec. 8. (AP) -Cotton
of this yemits crop ginned prior to
December 1 was reported today by the
Census BurefCu.* to 7mve totalled 11,-
931.361 running bales, including 583,-
152 round bale** counted half bales
and 6.227 bales of American Egyp
tian.
To December 1 last year 15.018.403
bn It-: had been ginned, and to that
dete tvyo years ago 12.837.099 baled
were ginned.
Prior to December 1. North Qarolina
ginnings were reported 6615,223
bales.
OUR WEATHEP MAM
' OH } " 17 PA™ ■
CHRISTMAS
'"’“.MM I*™" 1 *™"
HERRIOT MAY URGE
SAME COURSE UPON
HIS OWN COUNTRY
Ireland's Governor v i
111
Daniel Buckley
Dona! (Daniel) Buckley, the new
governoi-gencral of the iri.-h Free
State, is a shopkeeper of Kildare.
A member of the Irish Republican
army, Buckley, who succeeds
James McNeil, fought in the
Laster rebellion of 1!>16 against
the same king he now represents.
President Eamon d« Valera
Buckled■ appointment-
HUEY LONG TAKEN
MORE SERIOUSLY
r . >
TJTj
Hi * Insurgency Agtfirist
Leader Robinson Last
Term Remembered
GAINING IN RESPECT |
He i\mt Only Derated Old-Timer For
IBs Own Seat But Kicked Out
Other A*tl Then Went
To ArkajDMui
By CHAKLKS I*. STEWART
Washington. Dec s. Senator Huey
P. Ixing ot i« accepted by
his fellow lawmaker.-* in all serious
ness at this session
°f congroii.'i
JBSIIiSMIfiBjSBH They were rnis
taken in hmiat fust
thought thev
V could lame him
Senaotr Joseph T.
/a Robinson, it will be
M ■, 'J recalled. undertook
fgl' ' M the job. iYs leader on
Kjr '. SR the Democratic side
K , . of the senate chani-
BKhTher he had. in far'.
no choice in the mat
The mo=>t i">'Pn-
B In, I lead
ers task L» to main
tain discipline In hie own ranks.
And if ever a leader'e leadership
was defied it was Leader Robinson's,
by the senator from l,ouisinna.
Jt was • not then, that any options
was offered to Leader Robinson.
Nothing could have been more ob
vious. within a few days after Sena
tor Long had reported present in
Washington, about the middle of Jlhe
(Continued on Rage Eight.)
- r-
Moscow declines
To Make Apology
To Great Britain
London, |p<f. B.—(AP>--lt was stated
authoritatively <7oday that the Boviet
governmetn had t rpfused to accede to
a British ricmand*for an 'apology for j
statements published in the j
er Izvestia. officipF organ of the
Soviet regime. • >
The Soviet ambassador, in disclaim
ing government responsibility for the
objectibnable was said to
have refrained from stressing 1 Agree
ments with their substance.
The article accused the British in
telligence service of having instructed i
its agents in Riga. Latvia, to obtain ]
"real or bogus estabiist.-
<tn£ng a 'relationship btftWo , ;a 6
Soviet gotAernment and th.- ■ o .rust i
this Internationale,
'«;x
TWO SUCTION^
FIVE CENTS C ftPY
- F Premier, However;
1* Unable To Take Stand
Without Consulting
Parliament
PUBLIC OPINION IN
; ENGLAND FAVORABLE
i —.—
1 French Public Opposes Set.
tlement of Interest Du)
’ Here December 15; Britain
Due To Pay $95,550,000
and France $20,000,000;
j S. Note Sent
i
j Paris, Dec. 8 (AP)—Pre-
I mier fleniot, in conference
! today wit!) Prime Minister
j MacDonald of Great Britain
received the impression that
England will pay the $95,-
550,000 due the United
States on December 15.
The report was that the premier left
.be conference disposed to recommend
to the French Parliament that this
country puy the $20,000,000 interest
due America, on the date date, but
with the .stipulation that this will be
the last payment pending negotiations
It wa.< undereood that M. Herrlot
told Mr. MacDonald that he would
hfriv- fn TirtUTW Hirtlament before
taking a definite staxul.
Mr. MacDonald told him he said,
that public opinion in England favor
ed payment to the United Statcj. Ua
told the British pi.mo minister that
French opinior ppemed to be against
payment
An official communique L-uc4
rfter the conference said the two
countries will continue independent.
t action with regard to the debt: . but
j also will continue their effort,-! to ob
j tain by iute.rnationai co*»pemtlon
■ measures calculated to promote i tya
| economic icat«.ration <»f the world
j LATEST AMERICAN NoTfi
IS RECEIVED IN LONDON
London. Dec. B.—(APt T!:c 17nitc.d
States government’s reply to Britain's
Htnind appeal for extension of its
debt due next week arilve-1 t ( jdsy.
and its contents were 1 ram- m* Bod «o
Prime hamster MacDonuld 'in J’atis
and cabinet member.
Early publication of the, note was
expected.
Of
Good Liquor
Is Captured
Coast Guard Gets
Boat off Beaufort
and Haul Is Made
Later Ashore
Mew Bern. Dec. IcfAP)—Ninf
OMr.i, seven of then Negroes, ways
Ive'ing brought here today for pro-
Vinliisry hearings In connection
With the whun of the British
boot Psdsdlsh, of Nos sob, and »
quantity of bonded liquors valued
at S6M«>-
-The boat, equipped with twin
motor*, was seised yesterday
three miles off Core Banks, near
Stacy Owhnt county, byt Coast
Guard Boat 232. ohier command
of Boatswain C. H. Barker.
The Uquor haul was made
asho.k when prohibition agents
I and Coast (HtWA officers seised
729 cases of l Ikow on a track
and r. light ceadb in Caitaret cotin
ty- The track had broken through
a aonaty read bridge, and the
ooach wax found on the beach.
They skald the liqaors came off
the PsMkh.
| WWa Yhlr
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Tartly cloudy; oeider la mat
| portion tonight; Friday Incrrss
1 lag cioudlaesa.
Parity cloudy; colder ia east
portion tonight; Friday Inert as
tag cloudiness, ;
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