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HENDERSON, GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. TWENTIETH YEAR HUGESPENDING BILL IS MADE LAW BY STATE SENATE Roosevelt Might Crack Deadlock On Disarmament 1, Seriously Considering Agreement With Powers To Consult on Peace Pact Violation MACDONALD’S PLAN TO BE CONSIDERED Proposal Made at Geneva by British Premier To Come Up During Economic Con ferences In Washington; Herriot Speeds His Trip to United States Washington, April 11. —(AP) — The Roosevelt administration is seriously considering as a possible key to the Kuropean disarmament deadlock the proposal of Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain, under which the Unit ed States and other signatories to the Palis peace pact would agree to con sult together in event of a violation. In the forthcoming international economic conversations here, in which the British prime minister and former Premier Edouard Harriot of France will take part, the IQea. ad vanced at Geneva a# a part 6f Mac- Donald's • widely discussed disarma ment plan will be an Important sub cot of discussion. if the United States should agree t) this extension of its responsibility under the peace pact, and the French should feel such American action would sufficiently insure their se curity against attack, officials believe French objections .which have acted to prevent agreement at Geneva, might dissolve sufficiently to permit some definite accomplishment, Three of the nations invited to send representatives to Washington, have definitely accepted. Others are ex pected to fall in line soon. Canada is (Continued on Page Seven.) Roosevelt To Extend Rail Loans hirther Aid To Be Given as President I ackles Problems of the Carriers Washington, April 11 (AF»)—Diiffi cuit ■ s confromfc'.'nig the railroad in dm try are to get immediate consid eration from the administration, witih President Roosevelt having final say a - s to tie method! of extending aid. ' 0 far as Federal support is oon ccrne d. that apparently has been as sured for the period of stress through continued loans. Put the President wants defintf accon Ly t'|* roads themselves to lu.ng baout economies and put their houses in order. Executives and 1 r have not agreed cm just how this H|a H he done. Therefore, the aides of Mr. Roosevelt, whlo have been •'’ ilJl ggTng with the problem for days, pui‘> it before him in a three-hour Wrote House conference last ngiht. Transportation Control Set-Up Is Now Complete Washington, April 11.—(AP) A complete program for a huge trans- I" i 'a*lon regulation agency under the commerce department has peen com ;' 1 b y Secretary Roper and laid ,;1 " I‘resident Roosevelt. "tier 'he set-up as outlined today m ' I'niniatraiion quarters, the Inter ' C ommerce Commission would ' nyin a separate unit, retaining Its 1 l ; 1 1 j'idiclal functions, while it ad -1" out native activities would be trans ' to 'ho new agency. * v _ O') assistant secretary of commerce f , Preside over the transportatlfen ivi m»i. With four separate units un _ mu, each headed by a director. “ proposed four divisions in tfo# • 'merce department section would A ”T . ipi rC-KKT MC-MVjmCVU ItirttiU'rsnu tlatht tHsmrtrit ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION CAROLINA AND VlftlNlA. ’ * Ruth Judd Smile* j x Winnie Ruth Judd With only a few days before she is scheduled to die on the gallows at Florence, Ariz., for the trunk murders of her two friends, Win nie Ruth Judd manages to smile in this picture taken on the grounds of the Arizona state pris on. Mrs. Judd sent the photo to her attorney in Los Angelea. GREAT WALL CITY IS IAKEN BY JAPS Massed Chinese Concentra tions Resisted Enemy For Whole Month Tokyo, April 11. —(AP) —A smash ng Japanese attack along a 2uo-mile stretch of the Great W)ill of China was reported to have resulted finally in the capture of the city of fyeng kow today. Massed ChTnese concentrations had stubbornly resisted assaults at this ooint for a month, the Japanese ad mitted, while claiming the occupation of every other Great Wall pass along ‘he Southern Jehol border. The Japanes war office announced this last stronghold, about 50 miles west of the Yellow Sea, was taken over by its troops this morning. The immediate objective of the new (rive, launched yesterday there and into China propert from all other important passes along the wall was o prevent Chinese rushing reinforce nents to Lengkow. be as follows: Land transportation, waterways, aeronautics and communi cations. Under the first would be railroads, motor transportation and pipe lines; under the second inland waterways, transferred from the War Depart ment; the bureau of navigation and parts of the functions of the Shipping Board; under the third aeronautics, with the Weather Bureau moved from the agriculture <|epiartm©n|t; hinder the fourth the Radio Commission and regulatory functions of the Interstate Commerce Commission applying to telephones and telegraphs Another possible division would em brace map and surveys, including the coast and geodetic surveys and per haps the observatories. WIRB SERVICE OF THE ASSOCLATED* PRESS. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 11, 1933 lEeSordered QUASHED By JUDGE Judge Cunningham At Clarksville Grants Appeal, However, and Fixes Bond at $15,000 QUESTIONS RAISED ALREADY ACTED ON Extradition Steps by Gover nors of North Carolina and Tennessee Regular And Leas Are Fugitives From Justice, Jurist’s Decision Sets Forth Clarksville, Term _ April 11 (AP)— Criminal Judge John T. Sunningham today issued an order quashing a writ of habeas corpus granted Colon el Luke Lea and Luke Lea, Jr., on March 14 after their arrest on awlar vvart ordering thqjir arrest for extra df/ion to North Carolina to serve sentiences for bank larw violations. IThe Leas w.ere granted an aippeal by Judge Cunningham,, wlho also fix ed therr bond at $15,000 each. An exception to his order quashing the writ and sustaining the demurrer of North Carolina, wias entered by the Leas through their attorney,, L. E. Gw’nin. | Judge Cunningham’s order said that the Leas" petit'.on for a writ of habeas corpus raised questions of law and (Continued on Page Seven) Philip S. Henry, Noted Tar Heel, Dies In London London, April 11 (AP) —'Phillip S. Henry, resident of N. G., was born in Australia, died last night in his London apartment. He is surbcjbed by hfs widow and two daughters. He 1 Was appointed in 1914 by the governor of North.- Carolina as a spe cial cortHmss'.oner to investigate mun icipal government and conditions of public utilities in’. England and Sfc* rope. He later "Was appointed a com mjissioner Jto report on cotton condi tions in Egypt, India and other coun tries. He was an unofficial observ er at the League of Nations in 1924, and l in 1929 wias an honorary com missioner to the Ibero-American Ex position. ; * He Was appointed a member of th,e League of Nations International In stitute of Intellectual Cooperation in 1926. ? ,i ——- ~r- Mrs. Judd Seeks’ Habeas Corpus To Avoid the Noose Phoenix, Ariz., April 11.—CAP) — With but a day or so remaining be fore Winnie Ruth Judd is removed to the death cell, her attorneys today planned a direct appeal to the State (Supreme Court for her release by a writ of habeas corpua Mrs. Judd, sentenced to die at dawn April 21 for the “trunk murder” of Agnes Anne Leroi, lost another legal move yesterday in a superior court decision denying her a new ,• .y^,. EXPLORER’S FATHER PASSES IN EUROPE Lausanne, Switzerland, April 11 — CAP)—Julies PioCard, father of Dr. Auguste Piocrd explorer of the stra tosphere, d : ed today at the age of 93. Says Men On Akron Did Duty Lakehiurst, N. J., April 11 CAP)— Lieutenant Commander Herbert C. Willey t competing his story of the Akron disaster at the naval inquiry today said the officers , and crew dlid their duty to the best of their ability before thie ship hurtled through, the liglhitnjiing to hler destruction in the ocean. “If any errors were made.” he said before he Vast the wiitness stand, “they were beyond skill and experi ence existing today.” NAVY BURIES VICTIMS OF AIRCRAFT DISASTERS MMHKp > • ,« M |si it OMMlii-M*. ' * BBPSfMISEE!®S£ A s ■•■ n m MBEMMMafe • BBSBEEk f : . x^r 5 <?•><•' *-'<>Ws?*zz.vix'' v->x '•*, s .;•<^;s'j :^; •».;:<;„ /'i Funeral services for the late Lieut. Commander Harold E. MacLellan of the U. S. S. Akron and the late Lieut. Commander David E. Cummins of the J-3 are SR ARGUED BY HOUSE Currency Inflation Proposal Tacked Onto Mortgage Bill on the House TENNESSEE BASIN BILLS PRESENTED Wagner 500 Million Dollar Relief Bill for Direct Aid to States Heard In Com mittee, As Is ' Also 30- Hour Work Week For In dustry Measure Washington, April 11.—(AP)—Con gress moved ahead today with the pressing farm relief legislation and received the bills to carry out Presi dent Roosevelt’s recommendations for operating the Muscle Shoals power plant and developing the Tennessee river basin. ?''■>' ~ The $2,000,000,000 farm mortgage bill was taken up by the House with debate and amendment limited and a vote effected tomorrow. In the Senate .where this measure has been combined with the farm price raising bill, legislation was laid aside temporarily to begi.i the im peachment trial of Jufge Harold Harold Louderback, of California. (Continued on Page Seven.) POLICE DIRECTOR MULROONY RESIGNS New York, April 11. —(AP) —Police Commissioner Edward P. Mulrooney today handed his resignation to Mayor John P O'Brien to accept the appointment by Governor Herbert H. Lehman as chairman of the State Alcoholic Beverages Control Board- SHAW DECLINES TO GRANT INTERVIEW New York, April 11 (AP) —Oeorss Bernard Shawi, wlho recently char acterized the American peoople au deaf and diumtb, today placed him self in the same clssaif&catkm “for tho moment. ” “I miay be regarded as deaf amd dlumb for the moment,” he said in a note deefliitmilng to be interviewed as he arrived to miake ft speech ait the Metropolitan Opera House tonight. gj*W ILL f# ROGERS \J p *oys: Beverly Hi 11s ( Cal)., April 11— Beer brought on one of the most quiet week-ends we ver had- -less accidents and everyth* lg. Pople just got full of bee- and layed down and took a good nap. I was playing polo, went to sleep, woke up and found I had been beaten But it was ail right. I did it for Roosevelt. There ain’t nothVig we can do too much for Roosevelt nowadays. I tell you ( we never wag living In a better time. We got a smart man doing ,our thinking for »s. You see, what put. this country on ilie limn was dumb people thinking for themselves, lours, T»- ! WILL. pictured being held in Arlington National cemetery at Arlington, Va. Commander MacLellan’s body was recovered the day fol lowing the Akron disaster. Com Expect Sales Tax Fight Will Be Close In House Division as Between General and Luxury Levies Is Narrow—Bowie To Fight for Former as Emergency General Sales Tax, Preferring Luxury; Doughton BY J. C. BASKERVIM,. Mail}’ Hin|mti>li Bureau BY J. C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, April 11.—The principal battle in the House is expected to be oetween the luxury sales tax advo cates and the general sales tax back ers when the sales tax section of the revenue bill is readied, according to the prevailing opinion here today. It is also agreed that the fight is going to be very close and many would not be surprised if the House should de cide to substitute a luxury sales tax Roosevelt Lauded By London Papers London, April 11 (AP)—London newspapers bestowed warm praise the vigor and directness in which on President Roosevelt today for he is hndling preiimtaarteg for the Leridton world economic con*, ference. The Times said: “He has shown decision and capacity for firm action.” The Post said: “Roosevelt de serves ail credit for having boldly assumed the initiative.” TY fSothisyear ■ i Epidemic Already Making Appearance In Various Parts of State Daily Dispatch Barenn. In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh. April 11.—With less funds than ever for fighting typhoid fever and other communicable diseases, the State is being faced with a material increase in typhoid fever especially at this time, according to Dr. James M. Parrott, executive secretary of the iState Board of Health. Within the ipast few days word has been received of a small typhoid epidemic in Avery county, at Banner Elk, where six ty phoid cases have developed with 30 persons sick, with either typhoid or dysentery, caused by the bacilli. As a precautionary measure, (Continued on Page Seven) TARIFF MODERATION DEFENDED BY HULL April 11 (AP) Secre tary Hull today described as anti quated, obsolete and bewhlskered the theory htlait a moderation of tariffs would flood the country with tJhe pro ducts of cheap foreign labor and drive dowin the Amlerioan saJtndard of Irving. Weather FOR NORTH CAROLINA. (jk>udy, showiers tonight and probably Wednesday morning; cooler in extreme west portion to night and in west portion Wed nesday. i i i ! PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT BUNDAT, mander Cummins was drowned when the blimp J-3 crashed into the Atlantic while searching for survivors of the Akron, off the New Jersey coast. plan for the general sales tax of three per cent now in the revenue bill a.s drawn up by the finance com mittee. But most observers here are convinced, however, that regardless of what the House does, the Senate will pass the committee bill with the ihree per cent general sales tax pro vision and that if it does this, the House will eventually accept this tax. The House started work on the re (Contlnued on Page Seven.) STATE INSURANCE^ Would Bring New Revenue to State and Save Em ployers Big Sums Daily Dispatch Bnrrnu. In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, April 11. —The question of when and if North Carolina is to fol low the policy of several other states and set up a State-supervised com pensation fund will be left entirely up to the governor and his Council of 'State if the Generali Assembly en )acts the pending compensation in surance fund bill .which has been, •approved by the Senate Insurance Committee after extended hearings. The original bill, introduced by Senator Dunagan, of Rutherford, and others, provided for the immediate (Continued on Page Five.) FIRSTJtECRUITS IN NEW CORPS ARRIVE Newport News, Va., April 11 (AP) —A Pittsburgh contingent composed 150 m 4 en wias the first group of “re cruits” in the conservation corps due at Fort Monroe, Va., today. Luxury Tax Revenue In South Carolina Falling Dally Di«imtefe Rareai, In the Sir Waiter Hotel.. BY J. C. BASKERVILL. Pailigh April 11 —Revenue from the luxury tax in South Carolina, impos ed on. cigarettes and tobacco products ammnJniltiiorL, playi'mgi iorldls, mjalt, soft niriniks and theatre admissions, showed a derease of 13 per ent for the first three months of this year, according to report® just req&ived, Commissioner of evenue A. J. Max well 1 pointed out today. Tlhe total seventie from this luxury tax iln South Carolina was $2,320,000 for the c&V?nidiar year of 1932. Taking into consideratio nthe dif ference in population in North Caro lina and South Carolina—the popula tion of this state is 82 per cent great er than in South Carolina —a luxury sales tax of exactly the same amount on exactly the sfamje commodities, would have y-'blted only $4,222 400 in North Carolina last year, Comarf'e sioner Maxwell pointed out. On the basis' of the reduced yield of 13 per 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY HOUSE ML DEBATE SALES TAX TONIGHT OR ON WEDNESDAY Senate Follows House In } Adopting Conferees’ Re port on Appropria tions Measure 35 SENATORS VOTE FOR IT; 10 AGAINST License Tax Section of Rev enue Bill Quickly Approv ed, But Lines Are Rapidly Forming for Showdown on Section Containing Gene ral Sales Tax Raleigh, April 11.—(AP)— Approp- v nation of $83,159,218 by the State of North Carolina for the next binnium received final legislative approval -o day, as the House neared debate on the controversial general sale stax article o fthe biennial revenue bill. The Senate talked for two hours labout the $83,000,000 appropriation compromise and provision for a $16,- 000,000 annual allotment for an eight months school, but followed the House in adopting the conferees’ report. Thirty-five senators voted for the report and ten against. Last week the House approved the supply bill 51 to 40- Though the final measure was $4,- 000.000 above the House bill, and sl,- 000,000 below the Senate allotments, it is nearly $24,000000 less than the ap propriations voted in 1931 for the cur rent biennium. The theme in almost every debate on debate on the appropriations bill laid the basis for the fight facing the House tonight or tomorrow on a sales tax. Without a serious fight the House approved section aftr section of the .license tax article of the revenue bill, but the lines were rapidly forming (Continued on Page Five.) Senate For General Tax Upon Sales Favors That Method of Balancing Bud-i get, Regardless of Action in House DallY Dlupntch In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. C. BASKERVILI, April 11/ —Regardless of what form of sales tax the House writes into the revenue bill, senti ment in the Senate Is preponderant ly in favor of a three percent general sales tax, according to most obser vers here, and wnen the revenue bill is finally passed, by that body it is •belived that it will contain a pro vision for a three percent general sales tax as contained in the bill sub mitted to the House by the House Finance Committee. If the House approves the bill in (Continued on Page Fiv»» cent for the first three months of th's year it would not yield more than $3,673.,448 for 1933, he believes. "These figures. should indicate that any straight-out luxury tax, modelled after the South Carolina plan, would be entirely inadequate to raise the amount of additional revenue needed here in North Carolina unless a large number of commodities that cannot in any seme be classed as luxuries, should be included,” Mr. Mlarwell said "Even then there would be serious doubt as to the amount such p tax wbuld yield, since the figures shown a decided decrease in collections from ■this type of tax, indicating that peo ple more and mk>re aire refusing to buy commodities that are’ taxed.” Mr. Maxwell believes that the oply form, of sales tax that wall yiteld any thing like the amount of revenue re quired is a g.neinal sales tax that wiTfl have to b epuid on everyvthmg, so that it cannot evaded by the pub lic. - .1 i .
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