Newspapers / Henderson Daily Dispatch (Henderson, … / Jan. 10, 1933, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Henderson Daily Dispatch (Henderson, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
HENDERSON, GATEWAY to CENTRAL CAROLINA. — twentieth year PRODUCTION TAX ON ACI ION IS SOUGHT By PRESIDENT FOR ARMS SUPPRESSION Trade In Implements of War Would Be Curtailed by Ratification of Convention WOULD LIMIT WAR MR. HOOVER CLAIMS If Not Ratified, Then He Wishes Legislation Per mitting Executive to Re strict Shipment of Arms Abroad for Purposes of Carrying on War Washington, Jan. 10. — (AP)—Presi d'Nit Hoover, in a special message to Congress today, urged either the speedy ratification of the projected convention to surpress ‘trade in im pUmpnls or war or special legislation empowering the chief executive to prohibit or limit shipment of arms foi military purposes. The message, which has been awaiting presidential approval for several weeks, did not mention any specific conflict, such as the unofficial Sino-Japanese war, or tlie differences between Paraguay and Bolivia in the Chaco. The ehief executive said, however, that either ratification of the inter national convention signed at Geneva in 1925 or the special legislation to fothid arms shipments in cases where cooperation should be secured with oilier major arms manufacturing na tion 1 would aid in the "prevention and limitation of war.” Store Near W arrenton Is Held Up I‘our Negroes Get S3O In Cash and SSO In Merchandise T roni Mack Capps Warren ton, ,J«n. 10.— (AP) Four Negroes early this morning ferced Mack Capps, Churchill merchant, to open his store safe, rot) it and, after binding Capps "Mb » plow line, escaped. * a l'P‘ s said the quartette held him at the point of a pistol and '»i»de him open the safe. About ' n cash and SSO in merchan dise whs stolen, he said. No trace of the robbers had been found this afternoon. Law-Makers In Washington Puzzled On Aid To Farmer, Put Help Needed At Once 1 1 hIN is the third of a series " f Tories by Charles P. Stewart ' " Hi** solution of the farm prob- Hs Washington sees it.) K.V CHARLES P. STEWART Washington. Jan. 10.—Even econo ""' I s wh <> know what ails the far ’ '* ie puzzled to decide how to nave him. Many have no clear idea what as „ ' . flicts him. Some frankly say so. The case uppals the few who really do understand it. "Agriculture,” say Representa t i v e David J. Lewis, of Maryland, by com mon consent on Cap itol Hill one of the ablest thinkers in congress, "is like an ■ * emergency hospital nob!' h" ,’ , "" KS patient with half his u '>Ken, appendicitis, arthritis, HENDERSON, N. a Mrnhrrsmx HaiUt Dtsmtfrh WIRE SERVICE OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.: LEAVES SIX WHITE HOUSE WIDOWS The sudden death of former Pres ident Calvin Coolidge adds the JAPANESE PUSHING THEIR AGGRESSION Strategic Pass In Great Wall of China Occupied By Armed Forces BLOCKS OFF CHINESE Prevents Them From Taking New Positions To Defend Rich Mon golian Province; Second Move by the Japs Tokyo. Jan. 10.—(API—Japanese cavalry and infantry units occupied Chiumenkow pass in the Great Wall of China today, blocking a further pouring of Chinese troops through that famous gate into Jehol. It was the second strategic position taken by the Japanese in a week to block off China from the rich Mon golian province and frustrates Chin ese attempts to defend it against im pending invasion announced by Jap anese military commanders. Occupation of the Chinese city of Shanhaikwan a week ago by the Japanese cut off the eastern gate only a short distance from where the wall comes down to the sea. Chiumenkow is 12 miles north of Shanhaikwan and near where the 2,000-year-old barrier turns westward. diabetes, arterio-sclerosis, his skull fractured, fatty degeneration of the heart, a lung punctured, tuberculosis of the bones and a. miscellaneous as sortment of additional diseases and injuries. "Science is almost at a loss to de 4 termine where to start on such a com plication of problems.” Like Representative Lewis, Senator Robert B. Howell of Nebraska, in dulges in a medical comparison. “Treatment which certainly would have helped the farmer a few years ago,” he says, "cannot possibly bene fit him today, just as the mild reme dies one could safely rely on to break up an ordinary cold would be wholly insufficient after the cold had drift ed into prjeumonip.. - Congressman Marvin Jones of Texas chairman of the representatives’ com mittee on agriculture, acquiescing readily in the similes employed by the Maryland and Nebraska lawmak ers, suggests that) "first aid” is need (Contlnued on Page Eight.). I ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VH^INIA. I name of Mrs. Coolidge to the list i I of six living American women Five Perish When Residence Burns Ba'timore, Md., Jan. 10.—(AP) —Five persons were burned to death 1 na fire which destroy, a three story home in the northwest ern section of this city early today. The bodies were recovered and taken to the city morgue. One woman leaped from a win dow and was taken to a hospital with severe injuries. The fire broke out on the first floor and crept up the stairway, apparently cutting off escape from the sleeping inmates of the house. CLAIMS DEMOCRATS WONT GET MONEY Not Trying To Balance Bud get, House Republican Leader Says Washington, Jan. 10 (AP) —'Post- ponement by th e Democrats of any revenue raising plans until the end of the session, and their announced in tention of depending mainly upon ex pedite reductions for bringing the budget into balance, today brought from Republican House Leader Snell, of New York a prediction that they would fail. , Snell said it was "Perfectly evident that the Democrats are not going to do anything about balancing the bud get at this session. They don't even intend to try before ten or 15 days before the end of the session, and that means they have thrown it up in de spair.” i *■■ ■ • • South Carolina Legislature Now Is Facing Crisis Columbia, S. C„ Jan. 10.—(AP)— The eightieth South Carolina General Assembly convened here at noon to day to seek solution of multiplied problems before it. The overshadowing; problem con fronting the legislators is that of fi nancies, and how to steer the state through the crisis threatened by the sharp shrinkage of revenues. ILLNESS DELAYING JOURNEY TO PRISON Greensboro, Jan. : 10 CAPI-r-Mrs. William E. French, young matron sentenced to serve ten to 15 years, after her cpnviction of an attempt to kill her husband was ill here today and may no tgo to Raleigh to enter .State Prison until tomorrow.. 1 •' HENDERSON,HN. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 10, 1932 1 7 MANUFACTURES ASKED I who ane the widows of former I presidents. They are shown above; Plan Hunger March Feb. 3 In Richmond Unemployed Work ers To Be Mobilized in Different Parts of the City Richmond, Vam„ Jan. 10.—(AP)— Abe Tokin, organizer of the Rich mond unemployed council, announced today that a city hunger march on the city hall had beerl planned for February 3. He said tnus action was decided at a meeting of the council last night, and that unemployed workers would be mobilized in various parts of the city to converge on the city hall and attempt to present their demands. , "All workers’ fraternal and political organizations will be asked to give their moral and financial aid to the marchers,” he said. Tomkin was ar rested sometime ago when he went to the mayor’s office to present the de mands of the unemployed grotip, but a charge of vagrancy lodged against him was dismissed. DAN HILL HEADS PIEDMONT LEAGUE Greensboro, Jan. 10.—(AP) Dan W. Hill, Asheville postmas ter, was elected president of the Piedmont League here this after noon. There was no opposition to his election. Farm Bills Passage In House Near Washington, Jan. 10.—(AP) — The House waded into the last hours of general discussion of the emergency farm relief bill shortly after a predic tion of its approval from Represen tative Rainey, the Democratic leader. Just two hours and 38 minutes for speeches were left when debate was resumed. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair and somewhat warmer to night; Wednesday increasing cloudiness and warmer; colder Thursday. | , j Prohibition Repdal Sought In North Carolina In Bill t **'•*,_! Presented ByCherokee Man Every Manufacturer Os Anything Would Be flit :A‘ k'l 9 'it ki •• j l Senator Clement of Rowan, Anti-Sales Taxer in 1931, Author of Measure; One- Half of One Percent Levy Proposed; 3,790 Plants Would Be Affected Raleigh, Jan. 10.—(AP)—A “pro duction tax act” which v/ould tax every manufacturer of anything, as well as all public utilities, insurance companies, banks, newspapers, mines and storage warehouses operated in North Carolina was introduced in the State Senate today. Senator Hayden Clement, of Rowan chairman of the appropriations com mittee, and one of the leaders of the anti-sales tax fight in the 1931 Sen ate, startled his colleagues when he sent forward the measure, which would levy one-half of one percent Woman Is Saved From the Chair Columbia, S. C., Jan. 10.—(AP) —Governor Ibra C. Blackwood to day commuted the death sentence of Mrs. Beatrice Ferguson Snipes, 29-year-old expectant mother, to life imprisonment in the South Carolitia penitentiary. EASTERUNGIiRGES MERGING COUNTIES Joins Gardner and Ehring haus in Pointing to Many Economies Ofilly Di*pnt<-h Rnrpnii, i In the Sir Walter Hotel, dv J c. nASKRHVIU. Raleigh, Jan. 10. —Adoption by the 1933 General Assembly of Governor Ehringhaus’s recommendations on lo cal and county government would go a long way toward the bringing about of county consolidations and reduc tion in the costs of county govern ment, in the belief of W. E. Easter ling, director of local government. “I would not recommend any spe cific instances of consolidation,” Easterling said, “for there are usualy political obstacles which can only be removed by the voice of the people. But should the General Assembly pro vide machinery with which the con solidation of counties might be ef fected with the least possible com plications, it would be a long step forward in paving the way for local governments to consolidate.” Pointing out that the cost of local government has risen more rapidly (Continued on Page Four.) $30,000 SEED HOUSE FIRE ROCKY MOUNT Rockym Mount, Jan. 10.—(AP) —The seed house of the Southern Cotton Oil Copany’s plant here was destroyed by fire today. Damages was estimated at $30,000, covered by insurance. TWO ARE KILLED IN BUS-AUTO COLLISION Baltimore, Md., Jan. 10. —(AP) — A man was killed, a woman fatally in jured and three other persons hurt early today when an automobile anrf a bus collided on the Philadelphia road near Aberdeen, Md. First Reprieve By Ehringhaus Is Given for Negro Raleigh. Jan. 10. —(AP) —Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, acting in the first capital case coming before him tince he took . off fee, this afternoon gave Jake - JoneS> ;; Raleigh Negro, a 30-day extension of life- » • : . *. The 18-year-old Negro, convicted of killing a Raleigh filling station opera tor, was scheduled to-have been'elec trocuted Friday, J angary 13, .when a reprieve granted by former’ Governor 1 0. Max Gardner expired,' PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. incomes or receipts. The bill* provisions do not apply to retail business. “We must collect revenue upon all wealth at its sources, that of produc tion,” Senator Clement asserted in a statement. “The production tar is a tax on ac tivity, the creation of wealth and the circulating dollar. The. best illustra tions are to oe found in the income tax levied on the production of per sonal activities and the production tax (Continued on Page Five.) TO LIGHTEN STATE LAW 1 MARRIAGE Present Law Has Almost Wiped Out Knotty mg In Tar Heelia • . . i Raleigh, Jan. 10—(AP)—Dan Cupid may be given a freer hand in North Carolina. Two new bills now are before the iSha/llefc General Assembly would loosen the strong bands about mar riage in Tar Heelia, and, their pro ponents claim, produce more “home made” weddings and thereby increase revenue. —“ The measures, proposed by Repre sentatives! Wilson, of Caswell, and Thompson of Columbus, both repre senting border counties, wouß repeal the physical examination require ments and the statute requiring five days notice on intention from minors in lieu of parental consent. Representatives Wilson and Thomp son claim the State’s present strie* marriage laws are driving anxious couples into border states. The tax commission, in its bien nial report, bore out their conten tion It pointed out that in 1920, the numbe- of mav*~ age licenses issued in the State v/a, 29,754, l»u. that in (Cci»tinu*d on Page Five.) Spanish Uprising Has Collapsed In All Big Centers Madrid Jan. 10*. —(AP)—A ( report today indicated that uprisings against the government in various parts of the country have collapsed, but extra precautions are toeing taken in some localities to prevent the revolt from spreading to workers who thus far have had no part in the uprising. Unofficial reports listed upwards of 38 persons killed and 100 wounded in ] the battles which began Sunday. Tney were centered mainly in attempts to take over police and army quarters in various cities and towns. More Than Salaries Must Be Cut To Balance Budget Sentiment Is Str mg, Including Governor Ehringhaus, Against New Taxes; Analysis of Situation Shows Se rious Problem Confronting Legislature Dally Dispatch Burma, In the Sir Walter Hotel., BY J- C. UASKERVILL. Raleigh, Jan. 10.—Although the General Assembly is continuing to show every evidence of meaning bus iness in its efforts to. reduce thee cost of State government, jboth throughU the reduction of salaries and the ele mination of some governmental func tions, the prevailing belief is that it is going to have to go. a good deal farther in oyder to balance the budg et. For while both Governor J. C. O PAGES OTODAY FIVE CENTS COPy GROSS SALES TAX ! "" * Associated Press Hears Four-Tenths of One Per cent Will Be Urged by Commission TAX FOrTtOBACCO IS ALSO PROPOSED Would Be Fixed at One- Twentieth of Federal Tax; County Mergers Provided In One Bill, Together With Repeal of Foreign Stock Exemptions Raleigh, Jan. 10 (AP)—The As sociated Press learned today on what it considers reliable author § tty that the iteport of t|he State Advisory Budget Commission to the General Assembly will recom liend a • Statewide sales tax of fourKeiiths of one percent ion gross sales. Details could mot bb learned. The report will prob ably be presented t the legisla ture next Mnday night. Raleigh, Jan. 10 (AP)—lm portant bills of a Statewide na ture today were dropped into the mill in both houses of the Gene ral Assembly at short sessions. Topping the list were measures (Continued «c Page Five.) ■*' ■; I Sharp Drop Thus Far in Auto' Funds Arrests Ordered Aft er Today for Drivers With 1932., License Plates : ! * ij ' Dally Dispatch narena. 1 In the Sir Walter Hotel.- ! nr J C. BASKERVILI,. Raleigh, Jan. 10. —Collection of au tomobile license revenue for 1933 has been considerably lighter than it was at the same time last year, but the fact that State highway parolmen and municipal police have been given orders to arrest all delinquents after, today is expected to swell the total of revenue collected through thisi source by an unprecedented amount. At the beginning of the current week only 133,279 new automobile li* (Continued on Page Five.) Elirinfjhaus and the General 'Assem bly ara being commended for their efforts to curtail governmental costs and to secure greater economy, those who have studied the real facts and figures are convinced that it is going take more than salary . cutting and th# elimination of bureaus and com missions to make expenditures bal ance with revenue, unless some new sources of revenue are found. According to the report of the State I 4 {Continued on Page Four),
Henderson Daily Dispatch (Henderson, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 10, 1933, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75