HENDERSON, GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. twentieth year Martial Law In Germany Ordered In Milder Form Hitler Cabinet Acts After Report on Fire That Damaged Reichstag Building Monday COMMUNIST RESORT RAIDED LAST WEEK Radicals Reported Prepared {or Further Acts of Terror ism by Men in Guise of Po lice, Nazi or Other Organ izations; Military State Avoided Uor'in. Fob. 28. —(AP) - Virtual martial law under a police regime was decided upon by the Gcrrnun cabinet today- The cabinet, which had been in seu rion since il a. m. and heard a re j,oil from W'lhelm Goering. minister without portfolio, upon tlie fre whch without a portfolio, upon the fire which damaged »hc Reichstag build in): yesterday, and the result of a raid last week by police ot\ Karl Lieb knccht’s house communist headquar ters on Buclowrlatz- A military fcia e of emergency was refra'iied from in order to keep the rcichswchr (standing army) out of po litic:ll action, but the measures to be decreed will have the effect of plac ing Germany under a state of emer gency wi'h the sole of object of meet ing communist dangers. The communists, he said, were pre pmed for further acts of terrorism, tonic of which would be committed by nan in the uniforms of pol'ce, the steel helmet organization and the Nazis. Cermak Is Given Fighting Chance Toward Recovery Miami, Fla., Feb. 28 (AF) — Mayor Anton Cermak pf Chicago has '‘a reasonable clirt ice to live’ in spite of the many complications which have made his condition critical since he was shot by GuV seppe angara, the assassin, Dr. E S. N’icliol declared today. l)r. Niclio! made the announce ment after ;»i examination of the patient this morning, when li© said that .in spit© of the removal last night of the tent which has been ; applying oxygen to the mayor, tile latter held his own. Smith Plan Is For Huge Bond Issue House Votes To Ar ifiie Smith Measure Until Its Final Dis position Is Had Washington, Feb. 28.(AP) —Straight bem the shoulder counsel from Al keit |<] Smith to the Senate Finance Committee today embraced recommen £t : Jf\ Pt v f UICHUNS** J/ f J | :: 5 j Two combined Japanese-Man chukuoan armies began the main advance in Jehol province by cap turing both Kailu (a) and Chao yang (b). Thirty thousand men comprise the force in the latter Washington Fearful For Safety Os Americans In Sino-Japanese War Zone Some 3,000 United States Nationals in Peiping and Tientsin Regions In China JAPS SWEEP SOUTH TOWARD TWO CITIES i Civilians Do Not Evacuate j When Warned by Foreign Government Officials; Ja panese Capture Another Pass Into Jehol Province After Hard Fight Washington, Feb. 28. —(AP) — The safety of 3.000 American in the Peip ing and Tientsin area is the cause of much concern to State Department officials as Japanese and Manchukuo forces sweep southward through Jehol toward north China. Civilians in China never evacuate when orders are given by diplomatic and consular officials- This is true of Europeans as well as Americans, who have been through so many revolu tions and civil wars they generally (Continued on Page Seven.) Henry F ord Secretary Is Missing Police Are Asked To Make Quiet Invest igation for Ernest G. Liebold' 1 * Detroit, Mich., Feb. 28 —(AP)—Er- nest G. Liebold, general! secretary to Henry Ford, was reported missing to the Detroit police today. Police said a request fop. a “quiet m wind ows, the 195 pupils wcFe inarched to safety. None was injured. Origin of the fire was not dek termined immediately. The fire broke out shortly be fore 11 o'clock, md a few minutes later the children marching from the smoking structure, whk:h was built three years ago. The. building Was a total loss, but an estimate of the damage was not ob (ained immediately^ Five Die As Home Burns Greenville, S. C., Feb. 28.—(AP) —Trapped n ther sleep on the sec ond floor of ther frame house in the Poe Mill village, five young people ranging in age from five to 20 years, were burned to death early today. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hart, par ents of four of the dead, and an other daughter, Ruby, 15. barely escaped with their lives as the flames roareu inrougn mo home. Cotton Pool Bill Winner First Tests Against Inflation, Favors Moratorium and State Action on Dry Repeal . Washington, Feb. 28 (AP) — Sponsors of the Stt.iate cotton ppol bill were victorious in first flouse test today, winning by a 193 to 179 ballot adoption iof a rule forcing consideralio nos the relief plan until its final disposition. The vote came after an hour’s debate during which the measure was vigorously at tacked by Repub lican Leaden Snell after it had been called before the House by Representative Bankhead, Demo- . crat, Alabama. Snell first sought to kill the bill on a parliamentary point of order, but was overruled by Speaker Garner. S A SALES TAX STILL LIKELIHOOD But Would Be on Budget Considerably Less Than $17,000,000 Now Re - garded Necessary THREAT TO SCHOOLS IS SEEN BY SOME Possibility of Many Counties Going Back to Six Months Term Looms Unless State Takes Over Support of the Extended Term for Them Daily D!*|»nt«*h (Ini-.’n«, In the Sir Wnlter Hotel. BY J. C. nASKERVILI.. Raleigh, Feb. 28. —A State-support ed eight months school term, but on a budget considerably less than the $17,000,000 now regarded as necessary togethr wih at esales ax of some sort, is still regarded as inevitable in spite of the present flare-up of sentiment against both, according to a number of experienced observers here. For while they agree that the present wave of opposition, specially to an ight months school term and a general sales tax, (Coniir.ued on Pace Four) 13 Injured In Raleigh Collision Raleigh, Feb. 28.—(AF)—Thir teen relief workers, one of whom is expected to die, were injured today when two motor trucks crashed at the intersection of Mar- ' tin and Fayettville streets here. V/i('am Corbett sustained a fractured skull, and hospital at taches said there was little hope for him to live. The relief workers were on a large truck used by the local relief com mittee to transport unemployed woi’k ers to projects where they were pul to work. The other truck was driven by O. E. Haithcock, local dairyman, Police placed Haithcock under S2OO bond pending an investigation of the accident. R. W. Ragland, one of the relief workers injured in the wreck, was drivng the relief truck. Fayetteville and Martin streets in teresetion is regarded as the busiest corner in Raleigh, be : ng in the heart of the busness district. Passing Car Hurts Child Riding Pony Animal Killed Near Fredericksburg, As Toby Cook Nears Inaugural Goal Fredericksburg. Va-, Feb. 28.—(AP) —Toby Cook, teeven-year-old >Chula, Ga.„ boy riding a pony to accept Presi dent-elect Roosevelt’s invitation to at tend the inauguration, today had a pany knocked from under him and suffered injuries himself when struck by an automobile 35 miles from his capital destination. The pony was so badly injured it was destroyed by Stafford county, Vir ginia, folks who witnessed the acci dent, but Toby, after receiving first aid treatment to his injuries, continu ed his journey astride one of his ponies. AjWILL ROGERS \y 'lays: Beverly Hills, Calif., Feb. 28. There wasen’t a soul in America that when they picked up their paper today 1 , dident utter the same r< ssion: “Well, that’s too bad” when they read that Mayor Cermak had pneumonia. Lot of states and places are calling a moratorium on defft. taxes, banks. Take us so long to think of anything for ourselves. Funny we thought of it before Kurope, but not for ourselves. Why pour all that Reconstruc tion money into a bank when all .had to say was: “We are goiug to pay you out as we are able to pay you out” Yours, WILL. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOOH EXCEPT SUNDAY. Assembly Warned On Repudiations Os County Debts - New Envoy to London v;H| FBfefcv:;;;:/::-" . x. R Ji Judge Bingham Judge Robei't W. Bingham, Louis ville publisher, who is authorita tively slated to be the next am bassador to Great Britain, has long been oi.e of the outstanding figures in Kentucky politics. A former judge, Judge Bingham is reputed to possess a fortune of several millions: iDOF SALES TAX IS SPECULATED ON Uncertain State of Affairs Gives Hope to Selected List Advocates OPPOSED EVERYWHERE Merchants Fight General Sales Tax, Tobacco Companies Against Luxury Tax s*id Manufac turers Fight Levy Dully Disputes ftnrenu. In the Sir Wnltor Hotel. BY HENRY LENEBNE. Raleigh, Feb. 28.—The imminent deadlock over Lhe eight months school issue, and the intention of the Bowie insurgents in the House to hold out | for a $19,000,000 appropriations bill have caused doubt in some minds • hat the 1933 legislature will aver be able to agree on a sales tax, whereas some form of sales tax was regarded as inevitable by every one a few weeks ago. V/hile only a short time ago the 00-oalled general sales tax plan seem ed to be the most generally accepted form of sales tax, recent developments have put the sticklers for variotis kinds of sales taxes in a free for all race and they intend to fight to the very last ditch to get their tax plans accepted. Although only a retail sales tax and a selected commodity tax were recom mended by the joint finance commit tee whiah recently reported, a revenue bill by the joint finance committee which recently reported a revenue bill to the full commtitee, every indi cation so iar has pointed to the scrap ping of this bill and the drawing up of a new one. But whether the new bill will be on the basis of an eight or a six months’ school' term is uncer tain there being little liklihood that the committee can get together on this item until it sees what the House does wih the appropriations bill, ex pected to reach that body the latter part of t his week. Renewed Hope. This uncertain state of affairs has (Continued on Page Seven) Capital All Dressed Up Ready For The Big Show Washington, Feb. 28 —(AP)— The capital is dressed up. Unwinding of mi(les of bunting began today as de corators prepared for Saturday’s in augural ceremonies. Already flags are flying in great numbers. More than 35,000 seats for those who will watch the three-hour parade have been completed- Finishing touches are being applied to the platform erected in front of the Capitol, where Frank lin D. Roosevelt will take the oath of office. The flow of vi i'or.s ' has started, wiih, w'*h (he big invasion set for late Friday and early Saturday. The inaugural committee, after reports 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COP Treasurer Johnson Wri’cg House Passage of Craven Tax Limit Bill Amounts to That V*. - i BILL WOULD KEEP 15c PROPERTY TAX Resolution in House Would Instruct Finance Commit tee To Retain It In Reve nue Bill; Enlarging of Compulsory School Law Killed by the House Ralegh, Feb. 28—(AP)—The lower division of the General Assembly to day killed the Turner bill, backed by the State Federation of Women’s Clubs, which would hav c enlarged the scfope of the compulsory school at tendance laws. Both branches of (he legislature found themselves tied up with locjil legislation as lengthy sessions were held. The House, through State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson sent it a letter that .passage of the measure meant “repudiation of the debts of the coun ty, ’ passed and sent to the Senate the Bardne bill to limit tax levies in Craven county to $1.30 per SIOO of valuation. N - Johnson’s letter predicted that si milar bills for every county, city and town in the State would be offered and might be a*forerunner of a si milar Statewide bill in 1935. Married Worker Bill Approved. House approval was given the con ference resolution demanding that heads of State Departments remove from their payrolls one of each of the 30 married couples now in the State’s employ The House failed to pass, when its members voted 51 to 51, the Aiken bill to direct the State Highway Com mission to reimburse the town of Newton for losses it suffered in a damage suit growing out of the death of W. L. G. Pickett in an antomobile (Continued on Page Six). Walsh For Atty-Gen’l Announced Only Labor and Commerce Posts In Cabinet Left Open By Roosevelt Hyde Park, N. Y., Feb. 28.—(AP) — President-elect Roosevelt today an nounced appointment of Thomas J. Walsh, of Montana, as his attorney general- It was Senator Walsh who proseceut cd the Senate’s inquiry into the naval oil reserve leases that sent Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, to jail. The selection of Walsh left only two more names to be announced for the Roosevelt cabinet. They arc secretary of labor and secretary of commerce. Walsh, who is assistant Democratic leader of the Senate, has hr?a prom inently identified with judicial and foreign affairs legislation, Jle was among the first advocates of Roose velt for the Democratic nomination, and in 1924 was closely associated with the drive of William G. McAdoo for the Democratic nomination. The gray-haired Montanan surpris ed his friends just recently by marry ing. from travel agencies and hotels, said that its early estimates of 200,000 visi tors "may prove modest.” Requests for lodgings from south ern states have surpassed expecta tions. More than 9,000 Democrats will come from New York, while states which swept into the Democratic column in last fall’s election ha’ ? doubled in many cases the reserva tions made in recent weeks. In all, 37 governors will attend, tho majority staying over for Monday’s conference of chief executives called by Mr. RooovoH. Inaugural said this would be 'he largest art -a dance of governors at any inaugura tion-