HENDERSON,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
TWENTIETH YEAR
HOUSE SENDS REVENUE MEASURE
Sales Tax Plan
Exempting Foods
Is Now Proposed
Unprecedented Step Taken
In Seeking To Find Way
Out From General
Sales Tax
BILL TO PUT STATE
IN POWER BUSINESS
Measure In Senate Would
Authorize Issue of Bonds
and Condemning Sites for
Hydro-Electric Projects;
Semi-Holiday Over East
er Is Ordered
FilC'Sh, April 14. —(AP> — North
Cavclim’a llou c today placed Its
tav-rai ing problem in the hands of
r special sub-committee and vote r '
to allow the Senate in enjoying an
l>s‘.er holiday, adjourning for only
■prfunctory sessions Saturday and
Ea te: Monday.
Having rejected two sales tax pro
pese 'j, thereby reducing the biennia’
revenue bill’s money raising capacity
ty an estimated $20,000,000. the House
considering the measure on second
j: ding took an unprecedented step
mi voted to re-refer it.
Speaker Harris named a sub-com
mittee cf seven instructed by the
Jlcure to attempt to draft an accept
able sale, tax proposal.
The now proposal levy is expected
to follow the principle of the rejected
tlnec percent general sales tax, with
the "necessities of life" stricken from
its provisions.
ftfeanwlrile, the Senate, meeting for
c R ide! jtJcn of local bii’s only, re
ccivd a proposal to pu' the State into
Continued on Page Three.!
ELI SPRINGS DiES
IN NEW YORK CITY
New York, April 14 (AP)—Eli
Spnngs. retired capitalist and former
mayor of Charlotte. N. C.. died In
the New York hospital early today
t cr a noperation for gallstones, t
Mr. Spings was 81 yeas old. He
teas a bachelor. His sister, Gladys
ttzj at his bedside when he died.
The body will be taken to Char
lctte today for funeral services and
bvrial tomorrow.
STATE" INSURANCE
EXPECTED 10 PASS
Measure Expected To Be
Revived In Senate Tues
day of Next Week
llnily Kar*»ni».
In Ike !Slr AVnlter Hotel,
mr HENRY MOSF.SVK.
Raleigh. April 14-—Although the
Kena ’e this week defeated the Duna
fiuti bill setting up a monopolistic
8* at e-opera ted workman’s compensa
'ibn insurance fund by a margin of
' ie vote, the fight is not over by any
naeans, and the proponents of a State
Jund are confident that the bill will
e finally passed by both Houses of
he General Assembly.
The Senate passed the bill on second
reading by a vote of 21 to 20, but
( Continued on Page Three.)
Salaries Represent Less
Than Half State’s Costs
AH Salaries $19,959,000; All Debt Service, $12,993,275;
fw All Supplies, $8,547,725, or Total of $41,500,.
000 for the Coining Biennium
Dally OI»|tnl(!h ftnran*.
nv ~ n the s,r Walter Hotel.
C > HABKERVILL.
KdUigh, April 14.—The cost of sal
" k is lea Kthan half the cost of
. ! n ' lin ' n K 'he State government
, f " ' ls! Public schools by the State
ili,* . I J f ' ar °hna despite the fact
t(( 1 rl many people continue
I'ii-p .a™ ha ' salarlea represent the
>,,, V , i <:m ot nx P en «e for the State.
of 1 l| c proposed expenditure
v! ir ,501},00 ° a y° ar for the next two
.v '. 1 , ,l,! Provided for in the appro
*i-' w oaa bill alread y adopted, only
,*•. will go for salaries, includ
lu“alarieß ot school teachers of
* glxt months school term. The re
Until its nit
TTWaa was?*
Envoy to Holland?
'v
William Gorham Rice, Civil Service
Commissioner of New York, who is
regarded as the choice of President
Roosevelt as United States Minister
to Holland. Rice has held many im
portant posts )in State and Federal
government, and is the author of
several books.
REVENUEBiuTs
OF BUDGET NEEDS
Lack That Much of Provid
ing Money for Appropri
ations Already Voted
Into Law
SENATE WILL ADOPT
3 PRCNT. SALES TAX
Also Expected To Repeal
Kilowatt Tax and Corpor
ate Excess Levy; If It Doe s
All These Things, House
Will Refuse, and Sitting
Contest Will Be On
Fliill)’ lllMpnlt-h Rnrenn,
In (he Sir Walter Hotel,
nr J. C. BASKEHVILL.
Raleign, April 14.—Shorn of all
sales tax provisions the House is
sending a revenue bill to the Senate
that lacks between $8,000,000 and $9,-
000 000 of yielding as much revenue
as is called for in the appropriations
bill which both the House and Sen
ate have adopted and. which is now
law. As passed by the House the re
venue bill will barely yield enough to
pay for the eight months school term
appropriation of $16,000,000 a year,
and provides nothing for general fund
debt service or for the maintenance of
the various State departments and
institutions, including the University
of North Carolina and other educa
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maining $21,541,000 must go for debt
service and equipment, supplies, food,
and clothing for the thousands of
Inmates in State institutions.
The amount of salaries going to the
various groups, is as follows:
School teachers $12,750,000
State Department and
Institutions • • 4,209,000
Highway Commission and
State Prison * 3 ; 000,000
Total 1 $19,959,000
By dividing the entire
tion of $41,500,000 a year up into
(Continued on Page Three.)
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER
Huge Public Works Program Planned By Roosevelt
:ss
If It Is Accepted by Con
gress, There Will Be No
Need for Cutting
Navy Yards
ASKED
FOR ECONOMY VIEWS
No Decision on Economies
Will Be Made Until
Amounts Available For
Operating Navy Are
Learned, Secretary of the
Navy Declares
Washington, April 14.—(AP)—Sec
retary Swanson said today he was
‘hopeful’’ that the navy building pro
gram suggested by Representative
Vinson, Democrat, Georgia, chairman
'f the House Naval Committee, would
bo acceptable to Congress, and, if
so, cuts in navy yard personal would
iot be necessary.
"he navy has asked all station com
manders to submit prospective econo
mies, and if the construction program
Is not approved, "every navy yard
• will have to stand its share of econo
mies,” the secretary said.
As expressed by Swaiison to re
porters, until the amounts available
‘o operate the navy* is determined, no
decision will be reached as to econo
mics to be effected.
"If the construction bill goes thro
ugh. there will be plenty of work for
the yards,” li e said.
"If not, there is no use in keeping
people for whom you have no work ”
postponFhearing
ON REYNOLDS’ WILL
Troy. April 14.—(AP)—A hearing
on efforts of guardians to obtain for
two-year-old Anne Cannon Reynolds
a share of the estate of her lather,
Smith Reynolds, scheduled to have
been held here today, was postponed
until the week of June 24, and will
be held in Concord.
State’s Refusal
Os Rail Charges
Will Be Probed
Wias'hJ.ngton April 14 (AP)—ln
vestigation into refusal of North
Carolina, Georgflai, 'AfiMtamfe and
South Carolina to permit railroads to
continue surcharges cf freight hills
was ordered today by the Interstate
Commerce Comiml’ssion.
The commission set the investiga
tion' for hearing on May 1 to May 4,
inolusuve, with North Carolina ap
pearing May 1.
The four S’ate railroad cornmls 1 -
sions refused to go along with the
Interstate Commerce Commission
when it recently authorized the rail
roads to Continue surcharges for six
months from March 31. They direct
ed that the surcharges, wlhlidh had
been In effect for 15 months, be dis
continued on freight hauled Within
the states.
The railroad®- operating- in these
States appealed to the compriission
and tiho investigation was ordered.
TSt trial
i
Britisher Says $1,500 Given
Russian Was Not Bribe*
But Loan
L- -Ml I - I . ■■ I
Moscow, April 14 (AP)—A specific
charge of bbribery wtas flung today
from the witness .stamd in the trial of
six British engineers and eleven, of
thieljr Russian associates on-charges
of espionage against the Soviet Un
ion). V , 1
Alexey Dolgov, chief of inshenition
(Continued on Page Four.)
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy, rain Saturday and in
pou*h and west portions tonight;
cooler Saturday afternoon in ex
treme west portion*
PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIITOINIA.
HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 14,'19-33
Baflu 3rsmttrir
Walter J Gumming;;, former business associate of Secretary of the Treasury William H. Woodin, hat
been named his executive assistant in the treasury department to expedite the release of resources now
tied up in closed state banks.
Notes Os State Renewed
In New York By Governor
Raleigh, April 14 (AP)—Gover-
BW J. C. B. Ehringhaus an
nounced today upon ibis ltetuiu
from New York that, he had been
successful in j£pi™owtng for w»
days iat six percent! iXjenest, tire
$5,670,000 in North Carolina short
term notes maturing there April
17. ‘ . i
The renewal was ncgotlsuDstl, the
Terrorism
Flares Up
In Havana
*
One Dead , Several-
Hurt in 17 Bomb
Explosions Herald
ing “Red Week”
Havana, Cuba, April) 14 (AP) —
Troops were called to stamp out ter
rorism today after 17 bomlb explos
ions killed one person and injured
three or four.
The blasts came on the heels of
severa lanonymous letters to police
headquarters warning that yesterday
would start “red week in Havana.”
Cavalry Was called out after police
had started a round-up of persons
suspected of terroristic tendencies
(Continued On Page Four.)
J^tVILL
Beverly Hills, Calif., April 14
Say f my beer offer the ohter day
to buy the Senators or Congress
men a n*P in return for their un'e
looked-f*>r public good, has
brought me a lot of bills. Here is
one from a man in New Hamp
shire:
‘‘You didn’t say anything about
lex-Senators, but knowing your
personal regard for ex-Senator ■
Moses, thought it wiould be O. K.
so bought him him one. The beer
didn’t suit him; said he couldn’t
get .back onto it. So, had to give
him something better; so enclosed
bill, to one drink for S<*.iator
Mioses, fifty cents. Discount 40
cents, which I took care of myself
which leaves balance due 10 cents
Moses seemed mighty satisfied
with this arrangement! ”
That’s O. K. with me. An
Republcan Senator is worth a
dime anywhere. Will do the
same for Jim Wilson of Indiana.
Yours, ’
WILL. ; 1
BACK TO COMMITTEE
. governor saiu, without reaui>
ing (notes by (as
New Yci.-k bankers had sought,
suggesting this amount be taken
from the Stated (taking fund.
Ehringhaua, Said the Wolfs bett
ers were “conißnced” North Caro
lina’s record of reducing Its cost
any other governmental Jvnlt 9n
of government wtes ’ better than
the country.'*
Train Bearing Him To Mex=
ico City Is Armed For
His Protection
Mexico City, April 14.—(AP)—
A train eaiTying a special guard
of detectives for Josephus Daniels
traveling oward the capital today
to his new duties as ambassador
from the United States.
Railroad circles heard reports, not
confirmed here, that an armored car
had been added to th train at the
border as a further protection to
the Washington envoy.
Half a company of Federal sol
diers were reported riding in the
armored car as a train escort.
Armored cars were removed from
Mexican trains several years ago. Or
dinary trains today carry from 10 to
16 soldiers as day coach passengers.
A dozen Mexican dectectives were
assigned to accompany the train from
the border to Mexico City.
MORE RELIEF MONEY
MAILED TO COUNTIES
Htt. igii, April 14.—(API—The
Governors Office of Relief today
mailed checks totalling $236,901.-
80 in North Carolina’s 100 coun- •
ties, the remittances being the sec
ond of four April installments.
Family of Five
Burns to Leath
At Buchanan, .Va.
Roanoke, Va., April 14.—(AF) —
A family of five lost their lives
andt w 0 firemen were overcome
by smoke when W. E. Garland’s
general store at Buchanan burned
early this morning.
The dead were Mr. and Mrs*
Roy layman; their son, about 16
years old; a daughter, about 14,
and a baby. The baby was suf
focated, accordpug to flifrstb re
ports.
A volunteer fireman, Jack
Fitch, son of the town's mayor,
was brought to the Jefferson hos
pital here. Fitch signalled the
presence of the bodies when he
climbed from a ladder into the
apartment.
The family and Fitch were car
ried down ladders.
PUBUSHBD EVERY AFTIftNOOM
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
s?e craft
Acting Commandant At
Lakehurst Talks of Lost
Rescue Dirigible
HE’WAS READY TOGO
> I. ' - S
Would Gladly Have Taken Aid (On
Little 'Craft; TwV* M<»i Lost \
Their Lives When It Crashed '
.. At Sea) April, 4 ) t
Lakehurst, N- J., April 14.—(AP)
Lieutenant Commander Jesse L. Ken
worthy, Jr., who became acting com
mandant of the navy air station when
the commandant,*Commander Fred
erick T. Berry went down with the
Akron, told the court of inquiry ot
day that, although the weather was
bad when the blimp J-3 toon off on
her disastrous rescue mission, he be
lieved she could be operated safely^
"I would gladly have gone myself,"
he declared.
Lieutenant. Commander David E.
Cummins, commander of the non
nigid dirigible J-3 ,and one of her
crew, Pasquale Bettio, chief ma
chinists mate lost their lives when
she went into the sea while out
searching for wreckage and possible
survivors of the Akron April 4.
Before he testified, Commander
Ken worthy at his own request, was
designated "an interested party” as
the navy’s investigation board turn
ed from the story of the Akron to
that of the ill-fated J-3.
Beer Is Legalized
In South Carolina
As Bill Is Signed
Columbia., S. C.„ Ajgril 14 (AP)
Governor Blackwood today signed
the beer ac tlegalizing sale of 3.2
percent wiine and beer in South Caro
lina for the first time in 16 years.
The stroke of the chief executive’s
pen wias a signal for dispensers in all
parts of the state to get ready to pass
out the foamy liquid to the thirsty of
the Palmetto dtate.
The measure wias ratified l>y the
legislature last nlglht. ’ It, authoriz
es immediate gales anywhere at any
tithe, placing no restrictions except
payment of a 15 cents a gallon tax.
or two cents on 12 ounce bottles,
with one cent for eac)h additional six
ounlces. I ‘
Crucifixion Is Re-Enacted
By Strange Cult In West'
Albuquerque, N. M., (AP) —
away in the mountain hast nesses of
New Mexico, Loss Heran&nos de
Peinitente (the brothers of the Pen-
Itentente) today enacted with earn
est realism the drama of Christ’s
crucifixion.
While most of the Christian world
observed Good Fridlay with prayer
and. fasting, this strange offshoot of
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GOVERNMENT, STATE
AND LOCAL GROUPS
WOULD COOPERATE
Two to Three Billion Dol
lars Contemplated in
Huge Employment 1
Project Shortly
PLAN ABOUT~READY
SECRETARY STATES
Mrs. Perkins Has Program
Nearly Completed; Water
works, Grade Crossing
Elimination, Road Build*,
ing, Slum Clearing and
New Homes Included
Washington, April 14.—(AP) —The
administration rounded into shape
plans for a far-reaching employment
program designed to bring Federal,
State and local agencies behind an
enormous public works drive today,
at the same time that opposition was
arising in the House to the Roosevelt
approved $500,000,000 relief bill.
Secretary Francis Perkins, who has
been working on the employment pro
gram for Prsident Roosevelt said that,
a two or three billion dollar program
would be put under way within four
or five months.
At a press conference, she revealed
that such a program should embrace
Federal, State, county and municipal
projects, such as waterworks, grade
crossing elimination, road building,
slum clearing and building low cost
(Continued on Page Three.)
Louisianans Call
On U. S. Senate To
Expel Huey Long
■Washington, April 14,—(AP—
A petition filed by a score of cit
izens of his State asking removal
from the Senate of Huey P. Long,
self-styled Louisiana “kingflsh,”
on charges of personal dishonesty
and corruption, was before the
ejections committee today.
Chairman George of that commit
mittee, said that if the pet»tton con
tained anything that "goes to tin
rights” of Long to hold his scat, a
..“proper ,inves;tiJ|at|ion" would bo
made.
'Long said:
“I don’t know anything about it,
and I don’t care.”
Roosevelt
Vacation
Sea Trip
Washington, April 14. (AP) —>
President Roosevelt is planning to
take to the open sea again thi3 sum
mer on a cruise up the New England
coast. James Roosevelt, his eldest son
is arranging for the use of a 45-foot
boat owned by Paul D. Rust, Jr., of
Massachusetts.
As in last summer, when he guided
a 40-foot yawl around the capes, Mr.
Roosevelt intends to have only his
three boys with him, together with
George K. Briggs, a Marblehead
yachting enthusiast.
It is the hope of the President to
begin his sea trip from Marblehead,
Mass., the latter part of June depend
ing on the adjournment of Congress
by that time. The cruise will end at
|his Campo Bello, Maine, summer
■home.
Christianity re-enacted the Crucifix
ion in secret and under heavy guard.
In Paos and Rdo Arriba counties,
in the northern part of the state, in
smlall mountain village salting the Rio
Grandie ( and even in the nearby Sa/n
--dia mountains, the Pen Rente proces
sions moved to their appointed placea
to worship and do penance in their
own way.