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1 "Anderson, gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA. | TWENTIETH YEAR . FINAL, PERMANENT DEBT ill Would Avoid Damage to Reparation Accord Achieved Last Year At Lausanne Meet ROME ALSO LOOKING FOR BARGAIN OFFER Meantime, Paris Assumes Stubborn Attitude of With holding December Pay ment in Default Until Trend In Dealing With Debts Is Established <Rv the Associated Press.) The British government, preparing for the debt conference with the Unit pH States, will base its procedure on nil effort to obtain a final, lasting settlement cf the entire issue, which will not involve damage to the re parations settlement achieved last vrar a' Lausanne. The personnel of the British commission has not yet been selected. Rome also is casting about for bar gaining points to be used when the Italian debt is taken up in Washing ton. hut reports that the government had decided to offer alum sum in <Contlnued on Page Bight.) Embezzlement Is Charged Against , Greenville Man Greenville, N. C., Jan. 25. — (AP) T. E. Beaman, former U. S. commis sioner and minister, was under indict ment here today on charges of em bezzlement and remained in jail in ck fault of SSOO bond. The bill, charging collection of in surance premiums without turning them over to the proper authorities was drawn toy Solicitor D. M. Clark, on complaint of the National Guar anty and Finance Company, which Beaman is said to have represented. Beaman is already under a Federal charge of robbery and conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws, and was released from Martin county jail sev eral months ago under SI,OOO bail. Sees Revolt If Farmers Not Helped Farm Leader Tells Senate Committee Allotment Bill Will Ease Situation Washington, Jan. 25.—(AP)—Speak ing in vigorous support of the domes tic allotment farm relief bill, Edward A. O’Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, told a Sen ate committee today that "unless something is done for the American farmer we will have a revolution in the countryside in lest than 12 months. ’’ O'Neal was the first witness as the agriculture committee began hearings on the price boost bill passed the House. As he spoke of "revolution,” Sena ,or Thomas, Democrat, Oklahoma, a leading exponent of currency infla -lion, broke in to ask him how it ro'ght. be averted. ( )’Neal replied that the “fundamen ,;il need” is inflatation by reducing tho gold content of the dollar, but thsi “the allotment bill wil go far " bring hack faith and confidence ,n the countryside.” Southern Railway Cannot Pay Its Taxes February 1 R aleigh, Jan. 25.—(AP)—Alien J. aJtwell, State revenue commissiou- Ka ' d tQ day that he had been in *n°»l that the Southern Railway , sem wi;- no | a jjj e mee t its obligations to the Stale and coun <j, Jr on l, when they are offi XWell sai< * Haddon Johnson, tax cet of the railroad system, told hJ* , ye3,ord ay that the payment could Th f met ° n t,me "cvf»r liiil,oad official related that ta*seV:r b,e effort to me^*the di = been made, but they can’t N.Q* ‘ ** : * > * * v ■ Until its mt Dniht B!stmtrfi! _ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED LN THIS SECTION CAROLINA AND VHftHNIA. First Scenes of New Japanese Drive in China These photos, the first to be received in the United States, show a Chinese fort at the Great Wall at ohanhaikwan after its capture by Japanese troops. The city, gateway to JehoJ Province, was badly dam aged by Japanese artillery and bombing planes. Ten Japan Defers Decision On Quitting The League, Waiting Geneva Action Nature of Report Being Framed at League Center On Sino-Japanese Situation May Determine Future Course of Tokyo Government, Official Says Tokyo, Jan. 25.-—(AP)—It. was au thoritatively stated today that the de cision of the Japanese cabinet con cerning withdrawal from the League of ations had been postponed until the nature of the report being framed in Geneva concerning recommenda tios on the Sino-Japanese situation becomes known. This statement was issued as a re sult of the appearance in morning ffIWHIT High Officials Rather Than Teachers Aimed at In Legislation Ilnlly DlMpnteh Bnrt>nn, In the Sir Wnllrr Hotel. nv j. r. BA«Kenvu,», Raleigh. Jan. 25. —The school re form legislation so far proposed, es pecially that designed to reduce the cost of operating the State public school system, is being aimed at the county and city superintendents, or the highest salaried group in the schools, rather than at the teachers, as has been the usual procedure in the past. Already three bills have ■been introduced to materially reduce the number of county and city super intendents in the State and it is al ready conceded that the joint com mittees on education will undoubted ly bring out a committee Bill em bracing the better features of all three. Big Saving Estimated. * It is estimated that Irom $400,000 to $750,000 a year can be saved by reducing the number of superinten dents, depending upon what plan is followed in reducing them. There are at present approximately 190 county and city and special charter district superintendents. The bill by Repre sentative Douglcss, of Wake county, would abolish all county superinten dents, of which there are 100, and set up instead 11 district superinten dents, but leave the 90 or so city su (Contlnued on Page Six) be paid February 1,” Maxwell said. Total figures for the various coun ties and the State were not available here today, but Mr. Maxwell estimated that the average tax rate on the rail road would be about $1.50 per SIOO valuation assessed. On this basis, with the railroad's assessed value at $90,000,000 on the State’s books, the delinquent taxes will approximate $1;350,000. Maxwell said that Johnson added the railroa4 expected to hav£ to pay the usual delinquent tax penalty of one percent after February 1, F H^ L U,.VJ? ABED WIKI) SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. HENDERSON, N. C. t WEDNESDAY AFTERNO ON JANUARY 25, 1933 newspapers of a story that the cabinet had met in special session to con sider the situation at Geneva. The foreign minister, these stories said, warned his colleagues that very soon they would be called .upon to make a decision of grave importance about the League, if a report in pre paration by the League conciliation committee should be hostile to this country. :s2e Protest Mild Economies and Tax Increases by the Government Paris, Jan. 25.—(AP) —The Bourse was tied up today strike of brok ers, who refused to quote prices in protest to the Chamber of France committee’s action yesterday in tear ing down the government’s contem plated economies. Police reinforce ments watched to the scene. There was no trading. No quota tions, including those of foreign ex change, were posted, except rentes (government loans), when the Bourse opened at noon. The big building was devoid of the usual noise, with brokers quietly standing aiound the boards, which were blank, except for yesterday’s figures. The entrance to the Bank of France also were guarded by soldiers with f 7 ed bayonets. The Chamber of Deputies commit mil tee yesterday returned a budget wit honly 915,000,000 francs in econo mies and 2,530,000,000 francs in new taxes provided. The governin' nt has called for ten billion francs in econo mies and new taxes. AWILL f** Rogers XJ7 Tsoys: Beverly Hills. Calif., Jan. 25. Well, this is not only the lamest “l ame Duck” Congress, but it’s our last “Lame Duck” Congress. States stayed up all night in or der to be able to ratify it, and here it was turned down by Con gress six years in a row. But we got to give the old Senate credit —they passed it every year. So, quit knocking the Senate—they were six years ahead of the House. Give the Senate a great big hand. If the House had followed out the people’s wish like the Senate did. ,this session of Congress which . is being held now just for ahiusei tnent’s sake would not have beeii held, ’and we Would have been S usfc three months’ nearer prosperity* or posterity, or whatever it is w&- ftre headed. Yours, WILL, thousand picked Nippon troop? took part in the battle and the Chinese losses were placed at five hun dred. Japanese officials placed the blame for the outbreak on the Chinese garrison at the captured city. ROOSEVELT TALKS ON CAPITAL VISIT Budget Balancing, Agricul tural Relief and Money Inflation First Big Questions DICTATORIAL POWER SEEN AS POSSIBLE Inflation Means Rising Liv ing Costs t to Hurt of Ur ban Residents But to Groat Advantage of Farmer, Agricultural Relief Is Im perative , By CHARLES P. STEWART Washington, Jan. 25. —Although in clined to pooh-pooh the importance of President-elect Roosevelt's latest chat with President Hoover, politicians by no means minimize the consequence of the , ex-governor’s conference, dur ing his rfecent Washington visit with leaders of his own party and promi nent G. O. P. progressives who sup ported him last November. The three questions with which these elder statesmen agree that the new administration will have to deal first (unless friction with Japan forces them to wait) are: 1. Budget balancing as a sub-subject of economy and taxation. 2. Agricultural relief. 3. Monetary inflation, complicated with the farm issue. x It seems definitely decided that the budget problem is to be met. except as to beei>revenue, by expense cur tailment. Roosevelt advisers concur that ab solutely essential retrenchment calls inexorably for a grant to the chief executive of authority verging on the (Continued on Page Eight.) Felix Alley Made Judge District 20 Wayhesviile Lawyer Succeeds Judge Walter., Moore On Superior Bench Raleigh, “Jan. 26 (AP) —Felix G. Alley, prominent attorney of Waynes ville, today was appointed to the sup erior court bench of North Carolina to succeed the late Judge Walter W. Moore, who died Monday. The appointment was announced to day by Governor John C. B. Ehring haus. * Allye will serwe until the next gen era. lelection. Mr. Alley was a member of the leg islature some 25 years ago* and also has served as solicitor of his judicial district. He will be resident judge ,of the 20th district. weathM FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fmr and cosldfr tonight and Thursday. Highm Motor Vehicle Tax :V i Given Unfavorable Report; j $y Joint Roads Committee Pritchard Contest For V ; ' { } Bailey Seat Dismissed Washington, Jan. 25.—(AP) — The Senate Elections Committee agreed today to dismiss the con test brought by George M. Prit chard, Republican, against the election of Senator J. W. Bailey, North Carolina, Democrat. The committee’s action .tajeen informally, was announced ■ by Chairman Glenn, who said the for mal dismissal would not be made until a settlement had been made of the cost of the contest. Councel for Pritchard asked the committee <o reimburse their Sales Tax Preferred Over Mercantile Levy , Is Claim Made For State Merchants Death Rides With Storm In Georgia Quitman, Ga.. Jan. 25.—(AP)— A severe windstorm which struck the northwestern part of Brooks county early today killed Mrs. Warren Cone, of Barwick, when her home was blown down. Miss Rachael Cone and k Mrs. Miller, living in the same house, were re ported seriously injured. The home of Wiley Yates was de molished, and it was reported sev eral residents, there were injured. Several Negro houses and barns were reported to have been de stroyed, and many high tension wires were down and telephone communication interrupted. CAPONE IS DENIED REA FOR RELEASE Atlanta Federal Judge Dis misses Gangster’s Habeas Corpus Action Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 25. —(AP)—Fed- eral Judge E. Marvin Underwood -to day dismissed the petition for a writ of habeas corpus whereby A1 Capone, notorious former Chicago gangster, sought his release from the Atlanta Federal penitentiary under the statute of limitations. Capone was convicted of violating the income tax laws of 1926, 1927 and 1928, and was sentenced to serve ten years in the Atlanta penitentiary. The gangster, in his bid for freedom alleged the three-year clause under the statute of limitations had expir ed before he was indicted on the charges of which he was convicted. JUNIUS J. GOODWIN, OF LUMBERTON, DIES Lumberton, Jan. 25 (AP) —Junius J. Goodwin, Lumberton attorney, died at his home here today of heart trouble, with which he had been con fined to bed for several days. Dsimiss Charges Against Halloran In Judd Hearings Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 25. —(AP)—Su- perior Court Judge J. C. Niles dis missed today a charge of accossory to the crime of murder against John J. Halloran. Judge Niles, sitting as a commit ting magistrate in a preliminary hearing, termed the State’s case in consistent, and said a “trial in su perior court would amount to an idle gesture and an expense to the taxpay ers of this county.” He added, however, that his order was not final. "If new additional evidence is dis covered, the county attorney may file before any magistrate in this, bounty the identical complaint aginst the de fendant.’’ “The inconsistency in the State’s case,” Judge Niles said, “arose from the testimony of the State’s chief wit ness, Winnie Ruth Judd, condemned slayer, who charged that Halloran aided her in the disposal of the bodies of Hedvig Samuelson and Agnes Anne Leroi.” PUBLISHED EVERY AFTHJtNOOM EXCEPT SUNDAY. client of expenditures of about " sl2 OIK) in carrying oil the contest. • They said he had spent about $7,609 for impounding ballot boxes in addition <o fees for attorneys. A sub-committee composed of Senators Moses, Republican, New Hampshire; Wtatson. Republican, Indiana, and Bulkley, Democrat, Ohio, was set up to consider the claims. Glenn said formal action in the case would be withheld until this phase of the matter was set tled, but announced the commit tee was agreed the contest should be dismissed. Secretary Doweli Points Gut Condition of Retailers to Joint Finance Committee REALLY ON VERGE OF BANKRUPTCIES Nearly All Operating in the Red and Hanging on by Skin of Their Teeth, and Additional Taxes Would Put Many of Them Out of Business , i hnlly nfMpHtch Btirenii. In Ike Sir WiiHer Motel., BY HENRY LESESNE. Raleigh. Jan. 25. —While retail mer chants of North Carolina are naturally trying to put up a bold front, they are virtually on the verge of bank ruptcy, and they would prefer even a bitterly-hated general sales tax than the 300 percent increase lin-. mer cantile taxes proposed in the budget revenue bill, according to W. L. Dowell, executive secretary of the North Carolina Merchants Association This alternative was presented to the joint finance committee of the House and Senate by Mr. Dowell after more than a score of merchants appeared in rapid-fire order before the committee and protested that de (Continued on Page Six.) Wilmington Gets Wilson’s Tobacco Export Business Raleigh, Jan. 25.—?AP)~Wilming ton is to get the, shipments of the "export tobacco” of the Wilson tobacco maiket, amounting to something like 750,000 hogsheads of leaf annually, the joint Gene r al Assembly Committee on Roads v-/as told today during a hear ing- Willis Hackney, of Witeon, a to bacconist, told the commMee that the export leaf from the Wilson market formerly had been shipped to Nor folk, Va., but that arrangements had been made whereby It would''move through Wilmington. Trans-Atlantic steamship lines have agreed to pick up the freight there, he said. Motor Vehicles Attack Moore’s Tax Measure* Wauld Reduce Gas and License Revenues, Committed is Told; Truck Owners Head Says He Favors Fed- . eral Regulation for 5a ke of Uniform Lawg \ j f j ,4 Dnliy Dlipntct Bureau. 1 In tfce Sir Walter Hotel. 3Y J. C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, Jan. 25. —Passage of any kind of bill increasing or putting a new burden on the truck and bus industry of the State would not only reduce the State’s collection of gaso line and licens pelate taxes, but would impose an unbearable hard ship on the truck farmers of Eastern North Carolina, the joint Senate and House Roads Committee was informed yesterday. , . John L. Wilkerson, of, Charlotte, president of the North Carolina Truck Owners’ Association, told the commi tee that passage of the Moore bill re- 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY) SENATE VOTES TO ; REPEAL MARRIAGE Two Liquor Measures Are f Also Offered In House to Weaken thqStale’s Dry Laws r• v _ WANT TO LEGALIZE LIGHT WINES, BEER Tam Bowie and Pete Mur phy Authors of Measure, and Murphy Proposals Drug Store Liquor Sales; Two Measures Would Re strict Motor Vehicles Raleigh, Jan. 25.—(AP)—The Gen eral Assembly’s joint committee on roads today voted an unfavorable re port for the Moore bill, which would have levied a tax of one-half mill per gross ton mile on all motor vehicles operated for hire in North Carolina. The measure was vigorously oppos ed by representatives of farmers, newspapers, tobacco industries, tex tile mills, bus companies, transfer companies, oil companies and other businesses. Senator Kirkpatrick of Mcklenburg moved that the unfavorable report be given. A substitute motion by Sen ator Burgin, of Davidson, seeking to defer a vote, was defeated. The un favorable report was by practically unanimous vote. This usually means the death of a bill. For Marriage Bans Repeal. Without debate and without a rec cord vote, the Senate today passed the Thompson-Wilson bill to repeal the State’s marriage oans laws. Liquor Bills Offered. Two proposals to change North Carolina’s prohibition laws were made (Continued on Page Sis). Huge Farm Credit For U. S. Asked Includes Billion Dol lar Credit Corpora tion for Second Mortgages Washington, Jan. 25.—(AP) —A huge program of farm credit leg v i station* including a billion dol lar Federal corporation to lend money to farmers on second mort gages was introduced today bby Senator Robinson, DDemocrat, Ar kansas, party leader. Other features of the legislation advocated by organized agricul ture and presented by the Demo cratic leader, are designed to strengthen the Federal land banks so they can take over privately held mortgages, grant ertensions and lower the interest Tate. gulating the true*. business and levy ing a tax of one-half mill per gross ton mile, would strangle the industry, which even nov/ is bearing its just portion of the ? tate’s tax. Says Trry -ks Help Farmers. After the tr uck and bus interests had made t h sir Case against the Moore bill, u,n popped Rivers D. John son, former member of the legislature from Duplin who told the committee that he v/? 3 “representing the truck farmers of Duplin' county and East ern North Carolina” and that he had come" ta '-Raleigh at his <?jvn expense (C ontinued on Page Pour.i
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