fIENDEIibON,
gateway to
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
TWENTIETH YEAR
EARTHQUAKE DEAD PUT AT 132
Treasury Charts Course For Banks To Pursue In Opening Again
HE WILL BE
0 ONLY WHEN
SOUNDNESS KNOWN
I Rational Banks Apply to
Reserve Bank and State
Banks to Own State
Authorities
I WANT AIX~BANKS
TO REMAIN OPEN
Seek To Determine That
Assurance Before Start;
Fact That Some Bank May
Be Late Opening Does
Not Mean It Will Not
Open Shortly After
IVAH lIFUL WAITING IS
gurkny iiooirs roiicY
Raleigh. March 11.—(AP)—Gur
ney I*. Hood, State commissioner of
Milks, this afternoon was conduct
ini; r ‘’watchful waiting” policy be
fore formulating plans for the re
opening of State hanks in North
Carolina, and he still lacked de
tails concerning reopening plans
from the Treasury Department.
*Tve asked the secretary of the
treasury what he means by ‘sound
hanks’, what lie means by ‘sound
rssei,' and what formula we are
to use in working out reopening
plans for our hanks, hut l haven't
heard from him,” llood said.
Washington, March lIT- (APV- The
rceret try of the treasury today au
thorized all bank'ng institutions to
buy and pay for any United States
government obligations which may be'
offered for sale.
Already the Treasury, through re-
Subtion-s following the line of an cxc
(Continued on Page Six).
Legislature
Meets For
29 Minutes
Only Local Bills Con
sidered in Two
Houses* 3(5 Present
of 170 ’
bjlcigh. March 11. (AP)—Meeting*
,|J consider only local bills, as is cua
’.rr.-iry on Saturday, 36 of the 170
Members of the legislature attended
H si °ns which lasted a total of 29
lU'nutcs today,
Jo 'lie House 22 members met for
n ‘ n - minutes, recived a bill by Re-
f rc cmativc Gatling, of Gates, relat-
n S to pay of Gates county officers,
,Mlf tended the rules, passed the mca
tll,c nncl adjourned.
Th? Senate had 14 members present,
20 minutes and passed five strict
•' one-county mensures
•s'j'h divisions of the assembly will
I' ume tegular work Monday night,
e Hou.so having as its special order
01 debate the Cover biM to repeal the
prohibition 'laws.
Ehringhaus Now Expected
To Ask Levy Os Sales Tax
Governor Will Demand That Legislature Balance Bud
get To Save State** Credit; Wants Better Treat
ment for State’s Institutions and Schools
Dully lll«i»nlfh llnreim, .
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. c. BASKKIIVILL.
( sleigh, March 11.—A general sales
Hx is hi in being considered by a good
lH| >y as the only means of raising
“ revenue for he maintenance
’ | ,le most essential activities
rj ' a for the balancing of the budget.
c *c are others in this same group
'’■* I>e lieve that if a sales tax is en->
, ' L(1, ’* will he made- large enough
< , C!,a hle the State to take over an
° 11 ni( *nths rehool term, though at
< oir jrjerably reduced budget.
* l -dly any one here believes lUqtt a
" 'a:, of any kind could be enact
tight now, probably not even in,
“iSSSSf;
mtxxutVßtnx DatUt Htsmttrft
ROOSEVELT ECONOMY BILL i STRIKES SNAG
Uncle Sam's Mill Grinding Out New M^ney
"fu -"I y v §?•{ %
Passing this building at night, one might truthfully
remark that the company which occupies it must be
a money-making concern. It is the Bureau of Engrav
ing and Printing at Washington, D. C,, whepe em
ployees are working day and night to turn out two
NEWCONSIITUTION
WILL BE DEBATED
LONGPERIOD YET
Legislature Going Slowly,
Conscious That Organic
Law Will Stand
Many Years
DIFFERENCES OVER
SUBMISSION PLANS
Method of Jury Trial Would
Be Changed and New Pow
ers Conferred in Filling
Office Vacancies; Restric
tions on Incurring of In
debtedness
Dully Riirenn,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
nV ,1. V. IIASKF.ItVIM,.
Raleigh, March 11- -Although nearly
a year and a half’s work has already
gene int'o the draf'lmg of North Caro-
Fn&’s proposed-' new constitution.
Which will) hlavc to be finally approve
hy the voters of the State in the next
General will likely add sevb
crail iltemss, in the present draft which
Will I'o bitterly fought. The State
Constitutional Gomimiission, authoriz
ed! by the 1931 lcgipHature and appoint
ed by 0.. Max Gardner, spent 14
months drawing up the new constitu
tion. which was presented to i*lhe pr<v
f ent General Assembly and referred to
the Senate Committee on Constitu
tional Amendments two mlonltlhs ago.
Gming Slowly
The bill offering the new constitu
tion, which carries out the major re
commendiat'Jpno of the S'tat ConsUfui
tional Commission, is now pending in
•Continued on Page Three.)
the Senate where the sentiment for
a sales tax lias been and still is
stronger than in the House, and cer
tainly not in the House. The very
mention of a sales tax in the House
now has about the same effect as the
waving of a red flag in a field full
of grump bulls. But four or five weeks
from now, after the present hysteria
over the banking situation has pass
ed, and after Governor J. C. B.
Ehringhaus has said his say and out
lined to the General Assembly in de
tail his program ,it is believed that
even the House will come around and
(Continued ca Page Six.)
ONLY DAILY
'o“m“iga o ?,8Bf ■
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VlftlNlA.
HENDERSON, N. C„ SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 11, 1933
billion dollars worth of additional Federal currency
ordered by President Roosevelt as an emergency
pleasure to preserve the nation’s banking system dur
ing the present crisis. The new money will be bacU -J
by the liauid assets of all national and state banka.
Governor Before
Assembly Monday
Raleigh, March 11.—(Al*)—Gov
ernor J, C. B. Ehringhaus will ad
dress a join! session of tho "North
Carolinr General Assembly a* 8:3(1
o’clock Monday night on Hie pre
isent cC sis created by the national
banking situation. *
This week Ehringhaus suggested
to the legislature that it defer con
sideration. of the biennial revenue
and appropriations biHs until the
hanking situation has been
strp gh tedctl ou*.
He said at that time he desired
to express Ills views on financial
legislation and proposals involving
the schools. •
EHRINGHAUS HOLDS
Craving for Jobs Will Draw
Many Legislators to
His Support
a
Dully Dispatch Huroin,
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
BY J. V. BASKISItVIIiIi.
Raleigh, March 11. —Governor J. C.
B. Ehiinghaus is in a very strong
position and when the time comes
will be able to exert a great deal of
influence over this General Assembly
despite the fact that so far he has not
to exert /much pressure
upon it, according to much sentiment
here The feeling is also growing that
the time is not far off when the gov
ernor is going to start exerting this
influence.
‘‘There are three reasons why Gov
ernor Ehringhaus has and will con
tinue to have a great deal of influ
ence over the General Assembly, al
though so far he has not brought
•much of this influence into action,”
Senator C. M. YVaynick, of High Point
said today.
"The first is that he has a natural
ly persuasive personality that tends
to melt opposition and encourage co
operation with him and his ideas.
“The second is that he still holds all
the powerful patronage always held
by an incoming governor, and that
none of this patronage has yet been
•awarded. Th ! s tends to make all those
who are hopeful of sharing in any
of this patronage anxious to follow
his leadership and do what’ he wants
done.
“The third reason for his influence
is that he is a new governor, with his
first legislature, and that the first
legislature in the administration of
a new governor is more likely to fol
low his leadership then than later
on.”
Others agree that these are potent
reasons for the growing rather than
waning influence of Governor Ehring
haus, and that the first two are es
pecially potent. It is also pointed out
that the governor has been able to
conceal his intentions with regard to
(patronage and appointments better
than any governor in years, and thus
keep all factions guessing. This in
turn means that all factions are more
anxious han tisual to win his favor.
3,000 Bales
Cotton Burn
At Tarhoro
Loss Put at $125,000
In Fire; One Man
Injured as Result of
Blaze
Tarboro. March 11 (AP)—One man
was burned and two others otherwise
Imlured When fire ibtoat raged yeste •-
dtroyed 3,000 bales of cotton In the
day and throughout, early today de-
Edge rrrr.be bonded warehouse here.
Total los s c •(’■'mated at appromi
mfatcly $125,000.. The loss was in
sured.
Origin of the fire Was undetermined
but tbdsj morning cotton in the base
ment of the bu(ikLi<ng wae still burn
ing. i
E. M. Dav.s, an employee of the
Warehouse, was buflnjacl about tlhe*
hands and face when trapped by the
ffames. Hi was taken to a hosp'tal.
He had 'to run Kibe length of the
structure from the rear to the front
to escape. There was mu door at the
rear. |
EARTH SHOCKS ARE
FELT IN MISSOURI
Ttoplar Bluffs, Mo., Mairch 11—
(AP)—Two distinct earthquake
tremors were’ felt here at 6:48 sud
7:V4 a m. (CT).
Dr. J. L. Lindsay said wind
ows ratlted and pictures chock
on th e wals of his hornet Poplar
Bluff is 50 mile smorthwest
New Madrid, Mo., where a severe
earthquake occurred in 1811.
Peace Or
War Issue
In Balance
Tokyo, March 11.—(AP)—The
question of war or peace in North
China proper hangs in the balance
today with *he Japanese army
firmly implanted on the Great
Wall of China awaiting Chinese
moves.
These will determine the answer
a war office spokesman said-
With Marshal Chang Hsiao-
Liang abandoning the struggle and
Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek taking
charge a new situation has de
veloped.
WfATHIf
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy and warmer tonight and
Sunday; probably light rail in ex
tre'e west portions.
mTmeSe
JN CAUCUS PARLEY
Leadership Able To Get
Bill Up, However, By
Voice Vote and Thus
Down Opponents
RELYING ON G. O. P.
TO PUT IT ACROSS
Defections From Democra
- tic Ranks Expected To Be
Balanced by Republican
Support; Measure , Not
Taken up in Senate at All
During Day
Washington, March 11.—*(AP)—The
Roosevc't economy bill hit a stormy
road in the House today, with the
Democratic ranks ou the loose for
and against it.
In caucus the Democrats fell short
by 14 votes of bind'ng their great
majority to support the President. The
leadership was able to get the bill up
as soon as the House met. however,
by voice vote that downed its op
ponents.
But with support • evident on the
Republican side, there was no appar
ent dimunition of confidence among
those close to President Rgp^evel l
that he would'get' the xtenVve power
requested over veterans and Federal
(Continued on Page Six.)
STATE WINS HONOR
IN DEBATE AWARDS
Salisbury. March 11 (AP) North
Carolina P ate College* won top honors
in Abe trGtate fccehixc {tournament
taking first pDace 5n debating when
which, ended here today, the college
eXPlrir.iat.lve and negative clubs were
boh victorious.
..In a t'e for o-ccnd were Lenoir
•Rhync, winning the negative sxle, end
High Point, wjnn'.ng the affirmative
side, after 55 debates had beau heard
during the past three days.
Sen. Howell,
Os Nebraska,
Passes Away
Dies In Washington
From Heart Attack
After Being 111 With
Pneumonia
Washington, March 11.—(AP)—Sen
ator Howell, of Nebraska, died of
a heart attach about 2 p. m- today
at W>X.ter Reed Hospital.
The Nebraska senator had been ill
for several weeks of pneumonia,
which later developed several com
plications.
His condition took a turn for the
worse a few days ago after it appear
ed he might recover.
AjWILL
ROGER)
\J Sovs:
Beverly Hills, Calif., March 11.
—Say, didn’t the Rockefellers
(through their hired, man. Mr.
Aldrich) throw a custard pie right
in the twee of the Morgan bank
ing outfit. Why if the Chase Na
tional turns “square,” and re
moves itself from security com
panies. (that’s the bank’s roulette
wheel ) it will be a death blow to
modern banking. Imagine a bank
jus» having to live on interest
alone. Removing their securiy or
holding companies is like taidng
loaded dice J away from a crap
shooter.
# 193*. M«Nati(fcl Bra4ic*W, (a
PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON
EXCEPT BUNDAT.
Property Damage
In California In
Tens Os Millions
Urges Bank Reform
JR-:-: : .;.f : :
v.
Calling for the complete separation
of deposit banking and investment
banking, Winthrop W. Aldrich,
h.vad of the Chase National Bank, a
Rockefeller institution, urges a
i' ustic reform program designed to
p irge the commercial banking busi
ness of all taint of speculative lead
ership and to reduce the present
overlords of the money market to a
position of relative impotence. The
program would strike directly at
the J. P. Morgan corporation.
ROOSEVELT DEFERS'
UNEMPLOYED BILL
Will Wait Until Congress
ional Air Clears To Pre
sent Project
O D A Y
11 May Conic Monday or Be Delayed
Until Lttteir in Week; Wants to
Clear Economy Measure
From Decks First
Washngton, March 11. (AP)-*-Presi
dent Roosevelt today decided to with
hold “indefinitely’’ his special' mes
sage recommending a bond issue and
ihe enlisting of 500,000 unemployed
men into camps-
He originally had planned to send
(he message today.
At the White House, it was said the
chief executive might decide to send
the message on Monday, but there was
a possibility that lie might withhold
it until later in the week.
Authoritative quarters felt that Mr.
Roosevelt desired to wait until the
congressional air cleared from his
yesterday’s message requesting au
thority to slash $500,000,000 or more
from Federal expenditures.
The President’s plan for the relief
of unemployment calls for the estab
lishment of camps throughout the
country, in which the unemployed can
be quartered. The camp would be lo
cated close by reforestation, reclama
tion and other projects on which the
men would work at wages not to ex
ceed one dollar a day.
VACUUM KING DROPS
TO DEATH IN CLINIC
Cleveland, Ohio, March 11.—(AP) —
Dan P. Hoover, 47, vice-president of
the Hoover company, manufacturers
of vacuum cleaners, dropped to his
death from the fifth floor of the
Cleveland clinic early this morning.
Uniform Farm Aid Bill
Sought By Farm Leaders
Washing toil, Mirdh 11 (AP) —A com
mittee wise appointed today !by farm
organizaifckxn leaders 'seeking a unjj
form program of farm relief it ocon
fer with Preteiidemit Roosevelt .this aft
ernoon. j
W. R. Ron'eld, Mitchell, S. D.\
utiwjpaper publisher, a supporter of
the original domesti c allotments plan
was appointed chairman of the group.
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22 Major Shocks Strike At
Intervals During Night
And in the Early
Morning
LOSS $25,000,000 IN
LONG BEACH ALONE
Many Small Buildings Col
lapse, While Cracks Are
Made In Some Larger
Ones in Region Including
28-Story City Hall in City
of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Cal., March 11—
(AP) —Light earth shocks con
tinued in southern California to
day in the wake of a terrifying
quake which early last night,
caused the deaths of at least 132
persons, injuries to possibly 4,000
and untold millions of dollars
property damage.
There had been 23 distinct
shocks, but they generally were
of diminishing intensity.
I«on*r Beach, Cal.. March 11—
tAP)—D. W. Pontius, member of
the governor's emergency relief
committee, rod president of the
Pacific Electric Railway, announc
ed today after a survey through
the streets of Bong Beach that the
damage would appnovimate $35,000
000 in this city.
Los Angeles, Cal., March 11.—(AP)
Counting its earthquake dead at
120 or more, its injured at about 4,-
000, and Us property damage in th»
<ens of millions of dollars, southern.
California felt the aftermath today
of 22 major shocks which struck at
intervals last night and this morning.
Long Beach, where the trcmoi !
struck hardest, reported at least 6*
dead and about 1,000 injured- Ana
heim Boulevard, extending almost two
miles eastward into the residential
(Continued on Page Three.)
California
Banks Help
For Relief
Hoover Telephones
His Wife and All
Safe in Earthquake
Zone
Washington, March 11.—(AIM Cali
fornia banks were authorized today to
advance cash necessary to rel : evc dis
tress caused by the earthquake, and
if further assistance is 'necessary it
will be granted by th Treasury.
HOOVER S FAMILY SAFK IN
. EARTHQUAKE AREA IIV WEST
New York, March 11. —(AP) —For-
mer President Herbert Hoovver was in
touch with Mrs. Hoover and other
members of his family in Southern
California by telephone early today,
his secretary said, and was assuxed
they were safe.
Secretary Wallace arranged to jo : u
in the conference wlith the President.
The committee will ofifer eevrsl
suggested plans of relief and seel:
guidance from <tihe President of tlhe
type he believes most workable. U.
B. Blaylock of Rale'gh, N. C., pre
sident of the American Cotton Co
operatives, is a member of the com
mitted.