"HENDERSON,
gateway to
J CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
TWENTIETH year
DRASTIC LUXURY TAX BILL OFFERED M SENATE
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Hoover And Roosevelt Agree To Discuss Wttr Debts With Britain-
World Economic Plight
Also To Be Considered
At Conference In March
Ways and Means of Improv
ing World Situation Will
Be Discussed by Two
Big Powers
LONDON SEES MOVE
AS “BIGGEST NEWS”
Diplomatic Quarters In
Washington Observes
Statement Following Meet,
ing of Leaders Makes No
7/lention of France; Sena
tor Denounces France
Washington, Jan. 20. —(AP>- Presi
dent Hoover and President-elect
Roosevelt at today's White House
ronferenco agreed upon aa iscussion
of war debts wi»h representatives of
Great Britain to take place early in
March after the change of adminis
trations.
A statement issued at the White
House following the hour and a half
meeting in the red room, said the of
ficial talks with Great Britain would
include also the economic problems of
the world, and “ways and means for J
improving the world situation.”
Secretary Stimson was instructed
immediately to initiate negotiations
with Great Britain arranging for the
projected conference.
Mr. Roosevelt made no statement'
when the White House session was
over, but let it be known that he plan
ned to do so In late afternoon.
In diplomatic quarters note was
taken immediately that the statement;
referred to Great Britain alone. At
the very time it was issued blasts
against the French default on pay
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Japs Call
New Troops
Into Army
50 Percent Increase
In Man Power of
Army Seen in Next
I" evv Months
Tokyo, Jan. 20.—(AF) The
arn, .V has decided to dispatch a
majority of that portion of *he
RKI.'l conscript*, plus auxiliaries
composing General Nobuyoshi
Muto’s command, to Manchuria
immediately. Throughout Japan
rookies began reporting to army
stations today.
At. the same time 1931 conscripts
rind veterans in the Manchurian
"ices will remain in service, a war
(> ttice spokesman said, desplite the
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HkWILL
Rogers
V7 P soys:
1 Beverlj Hills, Calif., Jon. 2(l—
- how this tw({-headed I’res
-1 *'* Pn t thing widrk& out:
'Ve have a President that’s i»*.
"d has no authority; a President
that ’ s ou t, but tuts no authority.
' senate that’s >.i, but has no
' a House that ’s in, hut’s
” , ‘ e n voted out.
' budget that both sides are
Bf raid tj> try balance,
b' Ms that are owed us that will
*J er be paid; debts that we owe
"bich we keep adding toj*
. are sore at Japan blecause
"took Manchukia; sore at the
'dd because they won’t disarm.
. n ,ac *> we are just sore alt tour
'Cs because we muddled every-
n ir up. And Vj the midst of it
c , ’ e . 4 U l1 th * Fhill l’P in<, s “what*
constiuttes liberty “
Yours, M ;
11 , WILL, ■ ‘••’’l •
iiruiirrsmt Uatlit Btapafrh
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OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
France Ready To
Negotiate Debts
Paris, Jan. 20.—(AP)—France
was ready today to negotiate re
lative to the debt owed the Unit
ed States should President Hoover
and President-elect Roosevelt
choose to reopen the question be
fore March 4.
A foreign office spokesman said
the government was amply oc
cupied with interna) financial pro
blems. but also would be willing
to discuss the debt.
Officials and Fre.nct> newspapers
were watching the Hoovcr-Roose
velt interview in Washington with
closest attention.
POLICE REQUESTED
10 HUNT COLLINS
Durham Hotel Clerk Disap
pears ‘‘Under Strange
Circumstances”
HAD OVER $2,000 CASH
Washington Duke Manager Hesitates
To Issue Warrant; Missing Man
S<*i of (} W Collins
ms Middlobilrg
Durham Jan. 20.—(AT)—Dur
ham authorities said today poliie
over North Carolina had been ask
ed to search for W. L. Collins,
night clerk in a hotel here, who
M. S. Llewellyn, operator of the
Washington Duke hotel, said dis
appeared “under strange circum
stances” a week ago with more
than 52.01M1 in cash.
Llewellyn was quoted by George
Proctor, Dhrham police chief, as say
ing he did not wish to swear out a
warran for the man because of the
manner in which he dropped from
sight.
Llewellyn said Collins had approxi
mately $l5O of the hotel’s money in
a package belonging to a Raleigh
man with more than $2,000 in it. The
hotel operator said he believed the
clerk left here “under duress,’' or
had met with foul play.
PARENTS OF MR. COLLINS
RESIDE IN MIDDLEBURG
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Collins, of Mid
dleburg, are the parents of W. L.
Collins, missing night clerk of the
Washington Duke hotel in Durham,
for whom police over the State have
been asked to search. The parents of
the young man here as much concerp
ed over his fate. So far as has been
learned here, he has not. been seen in
this vicinity since his disappearance
from Durham several days ago.
WAKE STUDENTS ASK
SHOWDOWN ON COACH
f
Wake Foreat, Jan. 20—(AP) —
The student body of Wake Forest
College today called upon the
hoard of trustees to “meet imme
diately and make a definite de
cision” on the question of retain
ing Head Coach Fat Miller.
ANTI-LOBBY BILL
UP MONDAY NIGHT
Dnlir ft ft r f% #
In the Sir Wiillrr
3Y J. C. BaSKRII Vll.l.
Raleigh, Jan. 20 —The Ew ng anti
lobbying bill, which would compel
lobbyists to register with the secre
tary of the state and would p.lso pro
hibit them from appearing on the floor
of the General Assembly while it is
in session, was reported favorably to
the Senate today by the committee on
prpositions and grievances.
The bill, which has already passed
the House, was placed on the calendar
but since the legislature, customarily
takes up only local bills on Saturday,
it is not likely to come up for a vote
until Monday night. Relatively little
opposition to he bill Was advancevd in
committee room, and the measure is
expected to pass the senate by; a wide
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HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 20, 1933
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DRASTIC REORGANIZATION RECOMMENDED
$2,000,000 SAVING
ANNUALLY IS SEEN
UNDER NEW SET-UP
I •
Legislative Committee Pro
poses Material Strength
ing of State Bud
get Bureau
MANY MERGERS OF
DEPARTMENTS ASKED
Highway and Prison De
partments Would Be
Merged, With Virtual
Abolition of Welfare De
partment; Equalization
Board \Powers Would Be
Raised
Raleigh, Jan. 20. —(AP) — Drastic
changes in the State governmental
set-up of North Carolina, winch it
was estimated by the General Assem
bly’s joint committee on reorganiza
tion would save the State $2,000,000
annually were recommended today.
Senator Moore, of Craven, author
Ot : the resolution creating she coib--
mittee. which he headed, explained
the report to the Senate, while it was
read to the House by Representative
Cherry, of Gaston.
Under ihe proposals, the power of
the budget bureau would be mater
ially strengthened, and it would have
power to control all public school ap
propriations.
The recommendations included:
Consolidation of the highway and
prison departments.
Virtual abolition of the Department
of Public Welfare, with its duties to
be done by the board of health.
Suspension of the annual State Fair.
Abolition of the present Corpora
tion Commission and creation of the
position of public utilities commis
sioner.
Enlargement of the powers of the
board of equalization.
Transfer of the highway patrol to
the revenue department, and giving
it numerous new duties.
Consolidation of the State librarian
and head of the library commission’s
job.
Other business came virtually "to a
standstill as the report was read in
each house, mnd imme
diately began discussing it privately.
The House immediately approved
the committee report.
New bills to repeal the Statewide
primary law and to legalize Sunday
baseball were introduced in the House
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Four of Crew of **s
British Freighter
Perish* In Storms
New York, Jan. 20.—(AP)—The
British freighter Exeter City bat
tled heavy Atlantic seas today in
a storm that cost the lives of her
master, third officer and two
members of the crew, damaged
her considerably, and caused her
to flash an SOS in the early dawn.
The loss of life was reported in
a radiogram to f his owners by
Captain Giles C. Stedman, master
of the liner American Merchant,
which reached the stricken
freighter after a dash of 15 miles
that because of the weather re
quired three hours.
Angry Farmers Continue '
To Frighten Washington
|
More Than Urban Unrest
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Washington, Jan. 20.—Angry farm
ers fright-Washington statesmen even
more seriously than urpan unrest.
City disorders are concentrated and
can pe forcibly met.
The yeomanry, in revolt here, there
and rapidly spreading, at rural county
seats 1 in comparatively small but
Piccard Goes Aloft
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. . Prof. August* Piccard
Prof. Auguste Piccard, the Swiss
scientist, who is visiting the Unit
ed States, goes aloft in a new
cabin autogyro, being tested at
Washington. Professor Piccard
broke all altitude records last year
when he went aloft in his sealed
ball to study the stratosphere.
rams
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Charleston Editor Tells
Press Institute More
Prosperity Coining
Chapel Hill, Jan. 20.—(AP)— The
ninth North Carolina newspaper in
stitute adjourned here today after
hearing an address by Dr. W. W. Bell,
editor of the Charleston, S. C., News
and Courier, and viewing a newspaper
exhibit.
Chapel Hill, Jan. 20. —A new type of
civilization “in which the country
weekly and the small town daily, in
their totality, will outweight the large
town and city press as a factor in
state and national affairs” was fore
seen here today by Col. William W.
Bail, editor of the Charleston News
and Courier, who delivered the prin
cipal address at the final session of
the ninth annual North Carolina News
paper Institute. '
Colonel Ball who spoke - from the
experience of one in the newspaper
game for 42 years, as country editpr,
icity editor, managing editor, jour
nalism professor, and editorial writer
said the changed conditions which
he foresaw would be the natural re
sult of a “back to the land” move
ment which is already under way.'
“£team engines are no longer draw
ing the people together in a few
cities,” he declared. “A thousand horse
power is now distributed over a' thou
sand square miles. Anybody’s acre is
a factory site, whether it he on the
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mighty numerous groups, presents a
problem with which authority realizes
its practical powerlessness to deal.
Last summer’s outbreak of picket
ing in the corn, belt thoorughly alarm
ed Washington officialdom.
The current winter’s development
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‘Luxury Taps’ Will Again
Furnish The Big Battle
i• A k
™ r\
Woqld Go Long Way Toward Providing Extra $10,000,-
000 Annually Needed by State Next Two Years,
and Would Hit Only Non-Essentials of Life
Daily DiNiintch Bnrenn.
In th* Sir Walter Hotel. i
* lIY J. C, RASKERViLL.
Raleigh, Jan. 20. —It may be a gen
eral sales tax, modelled after the Mis
sippi plan, or it may be a manufac
turers’ production tax something
along the lines of the Clement bill,
but the prevailing opinion here,
among legislators and impartial ob
servers, is that a selected commodity
or “luxury” tax will again furnish
the big battle in the North Carolina
General Assembly.
The introduction of a bill calling for
a selected commodity tax today by
Senator Hinsdale, of Wake, fur
nishes the joint finance committee,
which has only about two weeks more
to draw up a new revenue bill, with
another possible solution to its pro
Highway Commission Is '
Fighting For Its Life
And Roads It Has Built
If Raiders of Road Funds
Succeed, State Will Have
Little Left For
Its Own Use
GOVERNOR FIGHTING
WITH HIGHWAY HEAD
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Ehringhaus and Jeffress
Have Able Backing In
Legislature, But It Is
Questionable Whether
They Can Win; Opponents
Divided Among Them
selves
Dnllr Dhpntdi
In the Sir Walter Hotel
RT 4. r >USKK,nviI,I.
Raleigh, Jan. 20. —For the first time
since its creation, the State Highway
Commission is fighting for its life
and for the roads it has built, fit, has
been subjected to sniping attacks be
fore from various quarters. But never
before has it been subjected to the
united attack now being made upon
it by almost a score of agencies seek
ing reductions or diversions in high
way revenue. If only half of ihese ef
forts should prove successful, the
highway fund will be depleted to such
an extent that the highway commis
sion will be unabe to lmaintain even
its 5,000 miles of surfaced State high
ways, to say nothing of the 45,000
miles of county highways, according
to most of those here who have
studied the real facts involved.
Face Hard Fight.
Because of the strong headway
which several of the forces working
either for diversion of highway funds
or for a reduction in gasoline and li
cense taxes have already made and
because of the very substantial back
ing which several of these movements
have, a number of observers here be
lieve that Chairman E. B. Jeffress, of
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Famous U. S. Army
Airman Is Killed
As Plane Crashes
Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 20.—(AP)—Lie
utenant I. A. Woodring, 31, last of
the army’s “three musketeers of avia
tion” noted for their daring, was
killed today when an experimental
type observation plane which he was
testing rollapsed near here.
Lieutenant Woodring had completed
a test flight at 2,000 feet and wap re
turning, to Wright field when, without
warning, the engine exploded. The
ship was torn to bits. •-
Lieutenant Woodring seemingly had
no opportunity to take to his para
chute. He was killed instantly.
PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
blem of raising 110,000,000 additional
revenue for each' of the next 'two
years.
That the committee will have to
consider some drastic departure from
the present taxation system, if it in
tends to balance the budget,, now goes
without saying. For it has indiUcated
that it will not wholly adopt the plan
of the budget commission, which sug
gested away of balancing the budget
without imposing any new forms ol
taxation. It is believed that the com
mittee favors a sales'tax rather than
a general production tax along the
lines of the Clement bill.
Another Sales Tax War.
The failure of Governor Ehringhaus
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Roosevelt Wants
Relief Hastened
Washington, Jan. 20.—(AP)—
Senator McNary, of Oregon, today
told newspaper men after a con
ference with president-elec* Roose
velt that the incoming president
urged him to expedite the domes
tic allotment farm relief bill now
before his committee.
Joint Finance Committee
Listens to Arguments
Against Taxes
Dnily Dt*|»nti a h Ilnrena.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
. »>V J. C. BASKERVILI,.
Raleigh. Jan. 20 —An analysis of
tihe Sta'to’s financial condition and
measures recommended for correcting
it were presented to the joint finance
committee of the General Assembly
today as the body wound up the first
week’s work on its three weeks’ job
of framing a new revenue bill. The
information was given to the commit
tee by Henry Burke, the State’s un
official financial czar, and Chairman
A. J. Maxwell, of the Sjtate Tax,
Commission, l
Both men had previously appeared
before the committee to furnish it
with their ideas on the question of
divertitighig hway funds to the gene
ral fund, but today they were invited
to give a complete and detailed pic
ture f the State’s financial condition
and an analysis of the proposals re
commended to balance the budget.
They had been scheduled to appear
Saturday morning, but their appear
ance was moved up one day to per
mit members to go home over the
week-end.
The bus and bottling interests were
heard by the committee in joint ses
sion yesterday. The bus companies,
whom the tax commission has recom
mended should not be permitted to
use gas tanks ,in excess of twenty gal.
lons, thus forcing them to pay the
State gasoline tax wee represented by
. H. B. Brawner, who submitted figu
res to the committee to show that the
bus companies bought as much gaso
line in this state as they did in others
and to’explode th e“myth’’’ that buses
operating in this erritory buy most of
their fuel iq the Distract of Columbia.
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TODAY
FIVE CENTS COP
*■ — ~— U \■ 4
Cigarettes, Cosmetics, jSoft
Drinks, Malt Liquors,
Sugar, Automobiles,
All Included!
BETTER BIITtHAN
ONE BACK IN 1931
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Hinsdale Says Some Way
Must Be Found to Balance
Budget, and Thinks Indus
try Is Already Carrying as
Much of Government
Burden as It Can
Raleigh Jan. 20.—(AP)—Sena
tor John W. Hinsdale, of Wake,
today in< reduced his “luxury tax”
bill.
The measure is similar 10 (he Hins
dale bill of 1931, around which the last
General Assembly fought for months.
Two years ago'the measure missed a
single senator’s vote of becoming law.
Senator Hinsdale proposes a com
bination of stamp and retail sales tax
on “non-essen'tials,” which he esti
mates will raise $4,800,000 a year.
As a safeguard to the Stale and an
answer to those who say his bill will
not raise the estimated revenue, Sen
ator Hinsdale plans to offer a flex
ible clause that will levy additional
revenue in case the “uxury tax” re
venue falls below expectations. This
provisional tax will be either a gen
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gaffneylman died -
BY “MEANS UNKNOWN”
Gaffney, S. C., Jan. 20.—(AP)-i
Clarence E. Marsh, Gaffney business;
man, whose mangled body was found
on railroad tracks here Tuesday
night, came to his death “bv means
unknown,” a corner’s jury found to
day, and Sheriff Zeb V. Welchel im
mediateily released five men held id
connection with the death.
Democrats
Put Ban On
Tax Raising
Override Republic
cans, on., all. Sucli
Measures In Ways;
Means Committee
Washington, Jan. 20. —(AP) —Demo-*
crats overrode Republicans on the
House Ways and Means Committee
today and voted against all proposals
for passing tax legislation at this
session.
Hawley, of Oregon, ranking Repub*
lican on the committee, moved con*
sideration of last year’s administra*
tion tax bill, which included a gen
eral sales tax, but he was defeated by,
a Democratic motion to table all tax
matters.
Lost on this same motion was a pro*
posal by Bacharach, Republican, New;
Jersey, to continue the gasoline tax
another year, and boost it from ond
to two cents.
Chairman Collier said the commit*
tee did not discuss the merits of the!
tax plan, but simply reaffirmed the
previous decision of the Democratic
members not to prepare a general tax
measure at this session.
The issue is thus left to the un
avoidable special session of the new
Congress. ' ! ' ■
WUriTHIR
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy tonight and Saturday;
i occasional rains in /west and
north central portions Saturday,
and probably in extreme south
west portions late tonight and Sat
' nrday; occasional rains in west
and north central portions Satur
day and probably in extreme
southwest portion late tonight and
Saturday; slightly colder in north
west portions tonight*