["HENDERSON,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
twentieth YEAR
MIRTH CAROLINA BANKS PREPARING TO OPEN
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Roosevelt Asks Fov Beet Legislation At Once
SHORTEST MESSAGE
ON RECORD IS SENT
SURE PRESIDENT
tv.
Tells Congress He Deems
Action at This Time To
Be of Highest Im
portance i
REACHES DECISION
ON SUDDEN IMPULSE
House Sanding /by~Without
Any Business; Govern
ment Hopes To Get $125,-
000,000 Annually in Taxes
Levied on Sale of Beer in
U. S. i
IVrhlngton, March 13.—(AF) —
In a surprise message of two sen
to:tcrs, President Roosevelt asked
Congress today to enact beer leg
islation immetlately.
Democratic leaders of both houses
hi him know at once that they would
follow ju,i recommendations. Vjicc*
President Garner referred it to the
Scmte Finance Committee. Speaker
Kainey turned It over to the House
Ways und Means Committee.
The prospect was that wihtin a few
tleyj both blanches would approve
'he legislation and put taxes on the
le aimed to bring in $150,000,-
OM a year toward balancing the bud
get.
ihe .Democratic ♦eaderehip and
rn'i-pn hibitionists expressed confi
dence that the vote to pass the bill
wthout ado were to be had.
"i nco It may be disposed of as
promptly as may be found practical,”
Viator Robinson, of ‘Arkansas, the
Dcmocrat'c leader, said adding that
we wi'l have to get this economy
program out of the way first, how
ivc."
vv hingfcon, MlT.i.ri 13 (AP)—(Pro
idifvt Roosevelt, in a surprise fpccLtl
message to Congress today, a iked for
immediate enactmemD cf i>eer legis
laticn.
in a mssaige of two sentences, the
Fre- dent said: *
I leccmmcnd to the Congress the
parage cf legCsliaitT.cni for the* Pmime
d ‘e modification of the Volstead act,
in order to legalize the manufacture
and talc of bear aind other beverages,
1 h aCcciholic content as is per
missible under the Consitltu/tcon; and
to provide on such manufacture and
sale by subs lantial taxes a proper and
tu.d ne:ded revenue for the gover
tment.
i deem »ot!bn at thSs time to be of
Iho hi&hogt importance.” I
The President considers revenue to
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Electrocution of
Zangara Fixed for
Week of March 20
•I'Miihassoe, Fla., March 13.
\l’)—Governor Ilavo ShoHz, of
Florida Jcday signed a death
w arran( calling for the electrocu
'ion of Guiaeppe Zangara at the
State Prison at Faiford during the
ui March 20.
Bowie Would Cut Expenses
$7,000,000 Under New Bill
Substitute for Proposed Appropriations Measure Would
Slash 25 Percent From $25,000,000 Measure;
Some Activities W ould Be Eliminated
Unity cli Iltirenti,
In thf Sir VVnlfer Hotel.
lIY J. C. BASKRBVILL
March. 13.—The appropria*
J“ Vi WU prepared by Representative'
* rn C. Bowie, of Ashe county, and
, cl ! wi, l b® Offered by him as a
me for the committee appro
, J,l ons bills when it la taken up ip
’ special order in the House Tuesday
'Uving, is the center of interest here
t‘\* number of reasons. One reason,
, tlat > l ia expected to be the target
1 al 'ack by Governor J. C. B- Eh ring
,’" ls w hen he appears before a joint
z ,lon of L he General Assembly to
i 3 ' he State ' H fiscal situation and
( ~ y to S et »ime concerted action
! ■ ! ' e . aopfopriationa and revenue
c - ' liil another reason this bill Is
"iascondont interest right now is
Urtthersmx ilmltt iltsuafrlt
Prepares to Rebuild as ’Quakes Continue
- mil,, 1
riot even waiting 101 the tremors cc subside, the residents of Compton
Calif., immediately started removing debris to prepare for rebuilding’
I his is a general view of a ruined street in ComDton and shows a steam
Major Bills
ToßeTleard
This Week
New Constitution,
Election Reforms
and Prohibition Be
fore Assembly
Dally l)lN|inl<-b llnrrmi.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
nr hex it y u:sEB.\E.
Raleigh, March 13.—Biennial appro
(priatiions, election laws, prohibition,,
re-apportionment of the House mem
bership, and North Carolina's propos
ed new constitution are among the
lively issues which will furnish grist
for the legislative, mill th ! s week.
The prohibition issue will come to
the fore in the House tonight when
the lower branch of the General As
sembly Is scheduled to take up the
Cover bill Repealing North Carolina’s
ten-year-old bone-dry Turlington Act.
Election Jjatv Changes.
At the same time, the senate is ex
pected to take final act’on on the
Bowie bill, which has already passed
the House, calling for drastic changes
in North Carolina’s election laws, es
timated'by election officials to save
more than $60,000 /annually.
The House is slated to get down to
work finally on the appropriations
bill Tuesday. The committee bill,
which has been efore the lower house
for more than a week, has been de
layed because of the uncertainty which
'has surrounded the banking situa
tion.
And while the House is battling
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that if it should be enacted, it would
reduce appropriations to such an ex
tent that a great many of the State
institutions and departments" would
Ibe forced to virtually close up and
force hundreds, if not thousands, of
present State employes to join the
■army of the unemployed.
Is 25 Percent Cut.
The Bowie bill represents a reduc
tion of approximately 25 per cent in
the total appropriations as set forth
•in the committee bill, and calls for a
total outlay from the State general
fund of only about $18,000,000 a year
instead of the $25,000,000 a year call
ed for by the committee bill. It not
only drastically reduces the approp
(Continuea oju Page Pour.)
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OP NORTH CAROLINA AND VtS.TNTA.
FULL LEASED WIRE inDvm ß
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRBSi.
HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 13, 1933
Ehringhaus To Demand
Needed Apprepriat*(>ii&
And A Balanced Budget
Governor Expected To Call on Legislature Tonight To
Provide Adequately for 5 tate’s Activities and En
ough Revenue To Meet the Costs
Daily I)iMpnt«>h Durean,
In lhe Sir Walter Hutef,
IIV J. C. BASKEKVILI,. v
Raleigh, March 13.—While no one
knows ust what Governor J. C. B. j
Ehringhaus is go ; ng to tell the joint
session of lhe General Assembly when
he addresses it tonight at 8 o’clock,
it is Relieved that he will tell it very
emphatically that:
Two Things Necessary.
1. It spust adopt an appropriations
bill that will provide for the efficient
operation of the public schools, State
eduoationjal and,, charttablel
tions and other necessary functions of
the State.
2. It must then adopt a revenue hill
that will yield sufficient money to
provide for the amount called for in*
the appropriations bill, and thus bal
ance the budget in fact-
Wjhether or not Governor Ehring
haus will go into details concerning
the type of appropriations bill he
.thinks should be adopted, is not
known. But it is already kjiown in
Foreign Affairs Must Wait
Until Our Own House Is
Put In Order
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Washington, Marclh 13 —The belief,
very general before President Roose
velit made 'his inaugural speech, thlat
the new adirriindiitratian deemed world
txlaide revival a first essenitilal to home
triad erevdval wias knot unnatural.
Senator Cordell Hull had. been
named for what rates as the premier
cabinet post, and Secretary of State
Hunn ihias long preached this doctrine.
Xt was «un error which the’ p.resiicLen
tSal inaugural address' 'fully jCorrected.
“I favor as a practical policy,” said
the incoming chiiief, “the pultitding of
first ttihJngs first” —taind made it pl'aiih
that he gives priority to ‘‘the emer
gency ait home’* over “Initiemaltiomial
economies readjustment. ”
The retei cabinet premier appears to
be Secretary of the Treasury Wioodin.
During and after domestic staJbdlitys
rei-establiisihirrrent, of course improved
foreign oommoercial relationships are
highly des J habile incidentally.
WETS SEE EARLIER ACTION
Thoijgh the bank crisis has muffled
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j shov-eJ at work the morning after the earthquake practically destroyed
the town. Slignt shocks were still being felt as the photographer made
i tins picture* 1
circles close to the governor that he
is vigorously opposed to reducing ap
propriations to the low level being
advocated by Representative Tam C.
Bowie, of Ashe county and some of
the imnbers of the House who have
aligned the-vevo; with Bowie. It is
Likely, of course hat Governor Ehring
baus probably will not refer either to
Representative Bowie or the Bowie
appropriations bill by name. But it i s
believed that he will go into consid
erable detail concerning the minimum
needs of the public schools, the State
University and other State education
al institutions and of the various
other State agencies, and point out
to the General Assembly the danger
involved in reducing too greatly the
{for frill f ; t,hesei State
maintained activities. After he has
done this it is believed he will ask
the General Assembly to give very
careful consideration to the approp
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NEGRO IS CHARGED
Gatesville iWmoan Attacked
at Midnig!& in Home on
, i
Gatesville. March 13. (A°)--Sud
Hampton, Corapeake Negro, will be
given a preliminary hearing r.erj to
morrow on a charge of criminally as
(sia-(iy,ng MfsiSfLeoria Brink lav, 45-
year-old white woman, at her home
about a mile from Corapeako on the
might ox March 5.
Hampton was identified by Miss
Brinkley when she picked him from
a number of Negros in the Gatesville
jail. She said her identification was
not “conclusive,” and that she par
tially identified him by his voice, as
there was no light except moonlight
in the room where she was attracted.
The victim lives with her brothr,
Lycurgus Brinkley, in a sparsely pop
ulated section in the northern end of
Gates county. Her brother was not at
home on the night of the attack. She
jsaid she was awakened from sleep
after midnight by some one crashing
a panel to her bedroom door. The
Negro entered, she said, and grabbed
(her-
Webb Simpson, another Negro, was
also arrested for investigation in the
case, but Miss Brinkley said she did
not believe he was the man who at
tacked her.
California
Experiences
Hard Quake
Damage in Long
|Beach and Many
People Scurry From
Beds Out Into Open
los Angeles, Cal., March 13.—(AP)
—Dawn of the third day since the
earthquakes of Friday brought an
other tremor, which sent thousands of
southern Californians out of bed at
5:18 a. m. today, and caused slight
damage in Long Beach, scene of more
(Continued on Pane Three.)
SENATOR, SHERIFF
FACE INDICTMENTS
Greenville, S. C., March 13.—(AP)
—Four bill 3 of indictment charging
C'.iff R. Bramlett former Greenville
county sheriff, w’th official miscon
duct and embezzlement and charging
Joseph R. Bryson, former State sen
ator, with bribery, were handed a
igrand juiy here today.
Court attches said the two would be
tried at the present term of general
sessions court if true bills are re
turned.
AW ILL
Rogers
Xy ’aoyj:
Santa Monica, Calif.—Bless Ar
thur Brisbane’s loyal heart. He
tried to say it wasn’t an
quake. He said the buildiigs were
non-union constructions, and the
people were killed through a sud
den stroke of old age.
But he didn’t know that our Cal
ifon.iia papers had turned frank
a«d just said: ‘‘Wie had an earth
quake. It was no fire, np tidal
wave, no act of the Democratic
party. It was just an old fast|-
ioned ea,rthquakej.”
You see, the Lord, in His justice
works everything on a handicap
basis. California, having th e best
of everything else, ‘must take a
slice iof the calamities. Even my
native Oklahoma (the Garden of
Eden o f*he West), has a cyclone,
Kdnsas, while blessed with its
Grasshoppers, must endure its pol
iticians. New Yogk, with its
splendors, has its Wall' Street, and
Washington, the w orld’s most beau
tiful city, IKs a lobbyist crawling
put to attack you from every man
hole. Even J. P. Morgan is Pot
sitting as pretty as he was.
So every human, and every
place is equal after all.
Yours,
PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY,
Scores Os Banks
Call Upon Hood
To Get Licenses
Daniels Is
Ambassador
For Mexico
Washington, March 13.—(AP)—
Josephus Daniels, lialcigh, IN. C.,
publisher, was nominated by Presi
dent Roosevelt today <o be United
States ambassador at Mexico Cty.
At the same time the President
nominated Robert W. Bingham,
Louisville, Ky. f publisher, t© |,e
ambassador ty tho court of St. *
James, London; and Jesse Is; dor
Straus, of New York, to be am
bassador at Paris- •• • • •
The nominations were sent to
ti e Senate along with the re-ap
pointment of Eugene O. Sykes, of
Mississippi, as a member of the
Federal Radio Commission.
rnrnm
lOE IN SENATE
Attempt To Send Roose
veitV Bill To Committee>
Is Severe Setback
for Foes
G. 0. P. MEMBERS TO
SUPPORT PRESIDENT
Effort May Be Made To
Limit Cuts for Veterans In
stead of Giving Roosevelt
Blanket Authority; Vote Is
60 to 20 Against Commit
tee Action '
Washington, March 12 (AP) —
The -Senate today tabled a mo
tion by Senator McCarran, Demi
ocrat, Nevada, to refer (the Roose
velt economy program to the jud
iciary committee;.
Falilutne of the attempt too send the
bill to comimlittltee represented t a se
vere setback for foes of the legisla
tion. It® advocates imimtediiatel'y ex
pressed more confidence ftihiat tlhe drais
t c authority requested by President
Roosevelt over veterans and payroll
costs would be granted within tlhe
next several days, the House having
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500 CHINESE ARE,
KILLED IN BATTLE
Chincliow, Manchuria, March 13.
—(AP) —Japanese reports said to
day 500 Chinese were killed fjt m
battle which lasted all day Sunday
at Hsifengkow one of the passes
(in the Great Wall of China.
The Japanese casualties were
listed as 13 killed and 31 wounded
Ruth Will
Refuse Pay
0f550,000
St. Petersburg, Fla., March 13-
—(AP) —Babe Ruth and the New
York Yankees were further apart
than ever today.
Following a brief conference with
Ruth at the training base here today,
Colonel Jacob Ruppert, Yankee own
er, announced that the home run slug
ger had refused his offer of $50,000
and that there would be no compro
mise.
“Fifty thousand dollars is a lot of
■money for a man of 39,” was Rup
jpert’s comment, and he added that
the next move was up to Ruth.
Ruth refused to consider a cent less
than S6O 000, cuting his original de
mands down $2,500 and remarked
after the conference that if Ruppert.
wanted to keep him out of baseball
because of SIO,OOO, it was satisfactory
to him.
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Roosevelt Calls on People of
;Country To Support
Plans for Financial
Operations
PLENTY CURRENCY
IS BEING PROVIDED
Work Is Running Smoothly'
State Commissioner Says,
and Licenses To Resume
Activity Will Be Issued In
Cases of IBanks That
Approved
Raleigh, March 13.—(AP)— Several
ocoxtas of State banks in North Caro
lina this afternoon had applied to
Gurney P. Hood, State bank commis
sioner, for permission to reopen for
unrestricted business, but no license
to allow resumption of business be
fore Wednesday will be issued, except
as necessary to supplement Federal
licence.
There are 230 banks in the State,
which are exclusively undr the super
vision of the bank commissioner, and
they -must each receive an individual
-icense to reopen before they can re
sume business.
Throughout the day the commis
sioner held one conference after an
other with bankers from every part
i° f the.ijiate in regard to the reopen
ing of closed institutions.
“Our work is running smoothly,”
Hood said. “When we quit early this
morning every application received,
yesterday had been cleared through
the steps necessary in this depart
ment. All, however, await the instruc
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Hood In Warning
To State Against
Hoarding ‘Money
Raleigh, March 13.—(AP)— Gurney
P. Hood, State bank commissioner,
today warned North Carolinians
against hoarding money.
“Last night the President sail
monej- was safer in banks than 5 i
mattresses,’’ the commissioner sab’.
“In my opinion in the future money
will be safer in banks than in safety
deposit baxes.”
“The President warned again: t
hoarding gold- In my opinion a ma i
exchanging gold and gold certificate!
for currency for hoarding purpose i
is jufet as much liable under the Fed
eral law as the person hoarding gold.”
Many Banks
Open With
No Limits
Federal Reserve
Banks First T o
Open; Others To- -
morrow, Next Day
(By the Associated Press.)
Many of the nation’s banks repoen
ed without restrictions today and
everywhere officials reported that
business was being done “at the right,
window.’’ (Bankers say “the right
window’’ is the receiving teller’s win
dow. It is here that deosit® ore made.)
Leading the list of those resuming
oerations under the p<lan outlined by
President Roosevelt were members of
the Federal Reserve System. Cities
with rcognized clearing houses wi'l
open tomorrow, and banks in sma tr
ier places will open as rapidly as
or Federal authorities can approve..
Many savings banks and private ir
•st'itutions also were doing busine-’s
again. In New York the savings banks
could restrict withdrawals to $25.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Showers t»* light and Tuesday;
warmer tonight; colder in West
and north central portions Tues
day aftemoiu; colder Tuesday
night.