""henderson,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA-
TWENTIETH year
ROOSEVELT SAILS
FOR VACATION ON
HE ASTOR YACHT
Makes Brief Speech of
Greeting to Jacksonville
People Before Board
ing Vessel
states PROCEDURE
IN DEBT MEETINGS
Will Carry on Discussions
Himself, But Will Call In
Congressional Committees
- for Advice; Final Confer
ences Held Prior to His
Departure
larksonv’llc. Fla.. Feb. 4. (AP)
Waving h farewell from the quarter
deck. Freridcnt-elect Roosevelt put
put j 0 the open seas today aboard the
yacht Nourmahal for a ten-day
fi>hinp cruise.
The spacious white yacht glided
HWay fl t 10:05 a m.. surrounded by
the intimate personal friends accom
panying him. Mr. Roosevelt answered
a last cheer from the people of Jack
sonville with a wave of the hat.
Before departing, he disclosed plans
|o call in a congressional commit
tee durng the forthcoming British
debt negotiations to discuss the pro
gress cf the conversations..
Fully prepared for the debts talk
pi the very outlet of his administra
tion. a month hence, h 6 made it clear
that he regards the actual negotia
tions an executive function and will
go ahead in that way.
Reaching Jacksonville early today,
the president-elect drove over a six
mile course through the city before
boarding the yacht of Vincent Astor.
Cheering crowds lined the streets. In
the center of the city he stopped and
tpoke a word of greeting through a
microphone.
Governor Sholitz and Mayor Alsop,
who rode in the car with him. intro
duced Mr. Roosevelt.
Once aboard the yacht, he had a
final talk with Democratic leaders,
including James A- Farley, national
chairman, and a last interview with
newspaper men',' who agreed hot' to
trail him on this last private vaca
tion before he enters the White House
a month from today.
CITY MANAGER FOR
RALEIGH IS SOUGHT
Raleigh. Feb. 4. —(AP) —The Ra
leigh Junior Chamber of Commerce
today started circulating petitions
h king that an election be called on
the proposal to change the present
commission form of the Raleigh
municipal government to the city
manager system.
russianTeasants
DRAFTED FOR WORK
Archangel, Russia. Feb. 4.—(AF)
—All peasants in the northern re
gion, numbering thousands, have
been summarily drafted for one
month’s labor in the lumber
ramps in the effort by the Soviet
government to prevent failure of
‘he timber export plan for 1933-34.
Activities
Os Bullitt
Under Fire
State Department to
Investigate Hi s
Hinted Debt Nego
tiations Abroad
Washington. Feb. 4.—(AP>— The
S ,j vernment today undertook an in-
V€ Ration of William C. Bullitt’s ac-
in foreign capitals which have
/ r " alleged in some quarters to re
dtp 'o war debt settlements.
So move followed immediately on
ccp'ipt 0 f state Department of
Ki ,ei ,om Senator Robinson, Re
’’ 'ican, Indiana, formally requesting
action.
f . ,n *be Senate Robinson had direct
j al * en, ' on l o reports of Bullitt be
r<7 en rout ® *o Vienna after being
lin t n l * n k° ndon . Paris and Ber
» aave been conferring as a
Cou em isaary” of someone in this
'hp ry ‘ su ££ested prosecution of
tach P 0ne ‘ time State Department at
der , h and T former newspaper man un
'vhirii act Passed in 1799,
fiom !>r °bibits American citizens
cu ,i, r ° ndUlCt mg imi«.ur.hoifi)zed dfls
nis with foreign governments.
v NOT AT HOTEL
4 (AP)—At the hote(l
it \ Vj c - Bullitt is registered
•wla.j ab , S 4hte aif.teriuoon that he
knowa hda wll sPeiaJbouts ujn
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the aim of President-elect Roose
velt in proposing a gigantic proj
ect which would make a modern
utopia of the region stretching
from the mountains of Virginia
to the Gulf of Mexico. The proj
ect would constitute the greatest
Legislature Not Going
To Let Schools Suffer
Nor Will Appropriations For State University be Kept
Low as Estimates; But General Assembly Is Still
Determined To Make Economies
Daily Dispatrli Bnrenn,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. BANKERVI 1,1, .
Raleigh, Feb. 4. —Indications are
that the General Assembly is as
strongly in favor of reducing the cost
of the public schools as ever, in spite
of the educational mass meeting held
here Tuesday. For with little or no
discussion, the joint (appropriations
committee has already approved the
budget recommendation for an ap
propriation of only $13,375,000 a year
for the six months school term for
the next two years, which is $2,275,-
000 less than the $16,100,000 the six
months schools are now getting from
the State In approving this amount
for the six months school term, the
AUTOMOBILE SALES
IN STATE GAINING
Maxwell Wonders If Jan
uary Figures “First Har
binger of Sprhig”
Raleigh, Feb. -4.—(AP)—An in
crease of 366 in sales of new
motor vehicles in North Carolina
in January this year over the
same month a year ago today set
A. J. Maxwell, commissioner of
revenue, to “wondering” Jf the
bottom has been reached in motor
vehicle registration.
Sales las: monGi aggregated 1,-
9**6 vehicles. 1.524 cars and 402
trucks, and in January, 1932,
there were L 231 automobiles, 829
trucks, a total of 1.560.
“The commissioner of revenue
is wondering,” Maxwell said in a
statement, “if this increased sale
of new motor vehicles is ‘the
first 'harbinger of spring’ iwith
respect to motor vehicle registra
tion.”
AWILL
fw Rogers
\7 VflH:
Santa Monica, Cal., Feb. 4
The I-ieagUe of Nations' d<»i’t know
whether to kick Japan out or
Japan don’t kniow whether to kick
the League out. They are both
equally disgusted with each
The League as conceived is a won|<
derful idea, and it works on small
u.itic».is, but the minute a big one
wants to “giobble up” something,
then they say the League is inter
fering. Japan wants a “Monroe
Doctrine” now, with them playing
the part of Monroe, doctering on
China, not ‘‘doctering” but oper
ating. , Yours,
i ": ! (I WILL 1
Win* SERVICE)
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 4, 1933
( social and economic experiment in
history. The president-elect pro
poses to utilize . the Tennessee
river basin as a national labora
tory in which to combine agricul
tural development, flood control,
power development, reclamation
and reforestation into a single co-
committee also approved the recom
mendation for a 15 per cent reduction
in teachers’ salaries, a 25 per cent re
duction in superintendents’ salaries
and a 22 per cent reduction for all
other employes, most of whom are
gan'itors and bus drivers. The com
mittee is already aware that these
cuts must be made for the six months
school to operate-on the amount bud
geted.
It is generally agreed, however,
that a material increase is likely to
be made in the appropria> ions for the
University of North Carolina and sev
“eral of the other State educational
(Continued an Page Six.)
Smithfield Fires
Are Investigated
Smithfield, fW 4.—(AP)— A
“secret three” went to work today
to combat recurrence of fires
which have destroyed a number of
buildings here within the past few
weeks.
Only the mayor knows the names
of those on the “secret three” com
mittee, which will investigate sus
picious fires in the future.
The committee was appointed
after insurance companies indicat
ed they would refuse to issue po
licies unless drastic steps were
taken to curb fires here.
Extradition
Os Luke Lea
Is Expected
Raleigh. Feb. 4.—(AP) —A. A.
F. Sea well, assistant attorney
general of North Carolina, ex
pressed the belief here today that
Governor Hill McAlister, of Ten
nessee, Monday will honor North
Carolina’s requisition for Colonel
Luke Lea and Luke Lea, Jr., who
are wanted in this State to exe
cut sentences imposed for bank
law violations.
Seawell and Solicitor Zeb V.
Nettles, of Asheville, represented
North Carolina iii extradition
hearings for the Leas before Gov
ernor McAlister in Nashville,
Tenn., this week.
Governor J- C. B. Ehringhaus,
Attorney General Dennis G. Brum
mitt and Mr. Seawell conferred to
day on the matter.
The governor said Seawell left
Nashville in the belief that Gov
ernor McAlister will honor the
, papers when he announces his de
cision Monday,
ordinate movement. Layout
shows Roosevelt at his desk at
Warm Springs, Ga.; the nine
states which would be affected,
and a view of Muscle Shoals dam
in Alabama which would play an
important part in the develop
ment.
beweVbut
LAW WILL CHANGE
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New Proposals Are for $50,-
000 Annua] Saving Un.
der Revision, First
Since 1909 i ,
WOULD ELIMINATE
ELECTORS * NAMES
Instead Would Print Presi
dential Candidates; Sav
ing Would Be Made From
Rediri r D«vs Books Are
Open and Also in Cost of
Printing Ballots
Daily Dispatch
In the Sle Walter Hotel.
BV J. f. BASKERVIW,.
Raleigh, Feb. 4. —A bill has been
drawn up by the State Board of Elec
tions for early introduction: in the
General Assembly that brings the
primary election laws up to date and
which, if enacted, would save the
taxpayers of the State something like
$50,000, it was learned here today.
The present election laws have not
been completely revised since 1909 and
the new bill, besides effecting cer
tain economies, does away with many
duplications, ambiguities, and incon
sistencies in the code. It does not
(Continued on Page Six).
Mrs, Gandhi
Arrested In
Ras, India
Wife Os Famous
. Leader Detained for
Reason Yet Unan
nounced There ,
* /
Bombay, India, Feb. 4.
Mohandas K. Gandhi, wife, of the
Mahatma Gandhi, was arrested today!
at the village of Ras.
The charge against her has not yet
been made public. This 'is the third
time she has been arrested in the past
13 months.
Mrs. Gandhi' has been •An active
leader in her husband’s campaign,
against British rule In India.'She was
arrested twice in the last year for pajr
tieipation in the disobedience move
ment of the Nationalists.
The Mahatma’s wDife also was -a
leader in a movement against liquor
shops. She joined in picketing liquor
shops and went through liquor areas
singing songs against drink.
LEGISLATURE GETS
BILL ON REPEAL OF
' $
Measure Is Offered By Rep
resentative Everett, of
Durham, at Brief
House Sitting
SHORT SESSIONS IN
BOTH HOUSES HEED
One of "three Bills by Kirk
patrick In Senate Would
Limit CharloKte School
Costs to $600,000 Annual
ly; R- 'iume on Monday
Night
Raleigh, Feb. 4—(APl—The North
Carolina General Assembly today con
tinued •to comply with the constitu
tional requirements that formal leg
islative meetings be held each week
day during a session, but, as usual,
practically no work was done at Sat
urday gatherings, as only a handful
of legislators attended. ,
The Sena*c got three new bills, all
by Kirkpatrick, of Mecklenburg, and
passed one of them immediately. It
would limit the cost of Charlotte
schools to $600,000 annually.
In the House a resolution to recog
nize the State coast was passed, and
Everett, of Durham, introduced a bill
to repeal the tax examination on
foreign stocks.
Both divisions will resume regular
business Monday night.
Tar Heels
Endorsing
No Person
Washington, Feb. 4. — (AP) — The
North Carolina House delegation sajd
in a statement today dt had noV en
dorsed any one for a cabinet osition
/because “custom and good taste for
bid.”
The statement was issued by Rep
resentative Pou, dean of the delega
tion and w of all Democrats in the
House. It read:
‘‘The North Carolina delegation in
the House has not formally endorsed
any one for a cabinet position be-
Cjause it- is not considered good form
to place any one in the position of a
candidate for a cabinet place. Mem
bers of the cabinet constitute the of
ficial family of the President.
“Custom and good taste forbid that
any attempt be made to influence
the action of the President in deciding
upon the membership of his official
family. In the attitude they have
taken, the members of the House of
Representatives from North Carolina
ibelieve they are in harmony not only
with custom and tradition, but also
with consideration of propriety and
good taste”
Dissolution Move
In Prussian Diet
Barely Defeated
.Berlifrt, Feb. 4. —'(AP) —The Prus
sian diet today defeated a National
Socialist motion for dissolution.
The Communists, Centrists and So
cialists in combination defeated the
proposal by a vote of 214 to 196.
The Nazis shouted, “Hail Hitler,”
and Hans Kerri, the National So
cialist president of the diet, and
abruptly terminated the session.
FATHER-SON DEAD
IN RUINS OF HOME
Statesville, Fe*». 4 (AP)—lsaac
Wellborn, 65, and his 11-yearfold
son, Tommie, Were found dead in
the ruins of their home 20 mile*
from here early today.
Roosevelt To Be Dictator 1
On Order Andrew Jackson
Prseident-Llect Equipped With Plenty of Nerve for Task
Facing Him, and Will Likely Demand and Receive
Broad Powers To Change to New Deal
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Washington, Feb. 4.—The number of
(Roosevelt programs now being broad
cast from Washington and Wlarm
Springs. Ga., is astonishing. The only
thing it is possible to say With cer
tainty of any and all of then} is that
not one can be attributed to the presi
dent-elect except on the strerigth of
its author’s guesswork.
It is true that an ordinarily in
telligent dopester, familiar with pre
sent conditions, thoroughly versed in
the ex-governor’s record and an in-
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTBRUOOH
EXCEPT SUNDAY,
Hitler Expected
To Demand Return
German Colonies
Loss to Journalism
w / * jMIBWBBg
Fre f ’. ick G. Bon tils, owner and
publisher of the Denver Post, who
died of pneumonia at Denver, Colo.,
at the age of 72 after a colorful
career in journalism. Bonfils grew
up with the great West, where he t
won a reputation as a “fighting edj-‘
tor.” He claimed personal friend
ship with President Harding and
other personages of world promi
nence. Under his guidance the
Denver Post achieved an interna
tional reputation.
DISCUSS FURTHER
ACTIONS AGAINST
- SENATE OFFICIAL
Sergeant-at-Arms David F.
Barry Suspended For
Writing New York
Magazine Articles
HINTED MEMBERS
HAD SOLD VOtES
Norris Notifies Barry To Be
Present at Meeting j of
Committee Monday, And
Says if Testimony Is Taken
It Will Not Be Behind
Closed Doors
Washington, Feb. 4. —(AP) —Chair-
man Norris today called a meeting
of the Senate Judiciary Committee
for Monday to consider whether fur
ther action should be taken against
F. Barry, who was suspended as ser
geant-at-arms of the Senate yesterday
for writing a magazine article hint
ing that some members sold their
votes.
Norris, who lost 40 to 31 a motion
to remove Barry immediately, said he
had written the suspended officer to
be present Monday in event the com
mittee decides to take evidence-
Should the committee decide to
hear testimony, the chairman said, it
would he in the open.
“I don’t want to take any testimony
behind closed doors,” Norris asserted.
COMMUNIST GROUPS
ORDERED DISSOLVED
Berlin, Feb. 4.—(AP)—The com
missionary government of Prus
sia decreed immediate'dissolution
this evening of all communal par
liaments in the State.
tensive student of his personality,
'has some title to consideration as
an expert guesser.
The mixture of error, waste and
downright dishonesty involved in the
(predominant series and succession of
American politico-economic policies,
dating back for several generations
and culminating during the World
war period in the beginning of the
(jamboree which collapsed with the;
crash of 1929, has been revealing itself
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TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
May Stir Up Entire Mandate
Problem in League of
Nations When Be
gun at Geneva
IT WOULD INVOLVE
JAPANESE ISLANDS
l _
United States Much Inter
ested In Future of Islands
Mandated to Japan in
Equatorial Section; Their
Disposition May Be Issue
Vfashington, Feb. 4.—(AP)—Adolf
Hitler’s government | s expected by
international observers to start a
vigorous camnaign in Geneva 'for re
turn of the fornjer German colonies
—a step which may stir up the entire
mandate problem -in the League of
Nations, and, throw additional light
on the status of the equatorial is- I
lands in the Pacific, mandated to
Japan.
The question in the minds of the
Gerro-an Fascist leader and officials
of other powers is what disposition
might be made of the islands should
Japan carry out her threat of se
ceding from the League because of
the Lytton Commission’s condemna
tion of her aggressiveness in Man
churia-
The American government is par
ticularly interested in the future of
the islands because of t heir nearness
to Guam, the Philippines and
Hawaii.
Glassford
Will Open
Camp Soon
C'imvcf, |N. Y., Feb. 4.—(AP)—
Brigadier-General Pelham D. Glass
ford, retired war-time officer who
was head of the Washington police
at the time of the bonus march dis
order last year, announced today that
-by the ertd of this month he will open
a camp for 500 men near WashirigitcAp
and will' run it himself. : <
General Glassford came hereto in'-
spect a tamp of, 200 unemployed men
taken from NeW York City:muhicipAl
lodging houses; which is operated by
various State/relief organiations*,
He ate with the men in the inter
state park dance hail, which is their
temporary home, and planned to.
sleep there with them on an army
cot tonight. After lunch, he mode a
brief speech and disclosed the plans,
for his camp.
Salary Cut
Rejected In
House Y ote
Measure To Reduce
Own Pay Beaten In
Congress by 172 to
37 Count 1
Washington, Feb. 4.— (AP) —• The
House today voted down a proposal
tc reduce salaries of
and senators to $7,500.
Beacause the House was in the com*
mittee of the whole, there was nq|
record vote.
The standing vote was 37 to 172*
defeating the amendment.
The action leaves the annual pay|
at the present $9,000 rate; but moral
controversy is expected to center on
the point, |f not now. then in thV
next Congress.
The amendment, vigorously debated!
for an honr, was sponsored by Ran
presentative Whittington, Democrat*
Mississippi.
Representative Bulwinklb, Demaw
crat. North Carolina, was presiding
when the amendment was offered.
Whittington sought to get a telle®
vote, but he was the only one who
stood on his demand. He was jeered
by the other members.
Earlier a proposal l by Whittington
to cut all Federal (salaries eleven
percent, in addition to the present
furlough slash, was ruled out on a
point of order raised by Represen
tative Sap.dlin, Democrat, Louisiana.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy, preceded by rain in east
portion; slightly colder on the
coast tonight;. Sunday partly
cloudy, I ' ' 1