HENDERSON,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
TWENTIETH YEAR
RESOLUTION would
ADJOURN ASSEMBLY
BY SATURDAY WEEK
Kirkpatrick Seeks Td Pave
Way For Final Close of
Session Not Later
Than April 30
FTATE SOLLEGE TO
SEEK $50,000 FUND
Bill Would Authorize Ap
plication to R. F. C. for
Athletic Field Improve
ments; House Resumes To
night With New Draft Os
Its Revenue Measure
Raleigh. April 18.—(AP) —The Sen
ate today hoard talk of sine die ad
journment of the'General Assembly
on or before April 30. while the House
continued it 3 Easter vicUon, waiting
a re-drnf' revenue bill.
M(T‘ing at noon for regular bu3i
n - for 'he first tim since Thursday.
th° Senate received a joint reioiiition
offe ed by Kirkpatrick, of
burg, calling for sine die adjournment
this month
A hi'l to al'ow the University of
Nor'h Carolina to secure from the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
SoO.OOj to be expended in improving
the State College athletic field here
•was passed and sent to the House.
Senator MacLcan of Beaufort, re
ceived consent, to lodge a formal mo
tion Thursday that the Senate recon
eidcr the vote by which it last week
l/.'.’ed the Dunnagan bill to allow
State to set up a fund for the writing
of compensation insurance.
The House will iesunic U 3 regular
session tonight.
Under the Constitution, the legisla
ture must hold a session every week
day. but by agreement neither division
of the assembly considerd anything
but local bills Saturday or yesterday
as on’y a bare handful of members
a'tended the perfunctory sessions.
1h« House sub-finance committee
continued work on a r-draft of Ar
tie!- V of the revenue bill, which ori
ginal y was a three percent general
erle; tax If was learned the com
mittee vos workihg on a limited sales
tax, with cer'aiti articles exempted
from taxation The bill is expected to
be rported tonight.
THREE ARE KILLED
IN WRECK ON L. & N.
- - /
Emerson, On.. April 18.—(AP)
Thj northbound Flamingo, Louis
• 'ibc and Nashville passenger
limited, piled up In a cut in the
AMocna mountains, three mi es
tmith of Cnrtersville, last night,
killed two of Its crew and an
other man and injured three per
sons.
Large Saw Mill
At Hertford Is
Lost In Flames
Hertford, April 18— (AP)—Fire de
ployed the Major Loomis saw mill
hcie early today, throwing 150 men
°u f of work and doing damage esti
m-’tpfi by mill officials at $75,000 to
SIOOO,OOO.
The fire was discovered by a night
w,t chman shortly after midnight, it
hM not mad emuch headway at that
time but was burning in the center
fJ f ’he mill, wher eit was hard to
f 'gh» When firemen arrived, they
confined their efforts to saving sur
rounding buildings.
hour years ago the planning mill at
'he same plant burned.
J hinkAkron
Located By
l. 8. Cruiser
Sunken Object
Hooked by Grap
plers Is Believed To
Be Lost Dirigible
Washington, April 18—(AP)—
,e * Va vy today received a mes
from Captain Herbert F,
• ar > commander of the. cruiser
unbind, saying: ‘
Believe Akron located.”
Uie message came shortly after
a little after reports from
. 'Vr 81 Sagamore had re
.grappling operations
... "«•»«* <*f the airship's fall
• ' < ca ted large sunken object*
f . ' "‘"'bile, a naval court of in
in ' y ., wa * PrDeeding here With Its
dLastlr'' ion lnt ° Akron's
Uxntbrrsnn
Ousted by Nazis
p *** " " T’ 1 ' '.'. l ''J
Professor Moritz J. Bonn, noted
German economist, who is among
the Jewish leaders ousted from im
portant positions in educational
circles as a result of the Nazi anti-
Semitic campaign. Professor Bonn,
formerly a lecturer at the Williams
town Institute in the United States,
was recently dismissed from the fac
ulty of the Berlin School of Busi
ness Administration.
id ASSAiLS T
FREE TREATMENT
I
Dr. John B. Wright, Medi
cal Society Head, Con
demns Non-Service-
Connected Ailments
MEDICAL INCOMES
REDUCED, HE SAYS
But High Taxes Are Paid by
Profession, Then Confront
ed With *This Situation;
Speaks In Annual Address
to State Medical Society
Meeting
Fln’cigh April 13. f John
B, Wright, of Rakigh, retiring presi
dent of the North Carolina Medical
Ujociety, today condemned governmen
tal policies which a 1 low war veterans
with non-service connected ailment 3
to recrivje free attention in govern
ment hospitals.
Delivering the presidential address
before hundreds of members of the
society assembled for their annual
convention. Dr. Wright termed the
'practice "encroachment upon a pro
fession that mus 1 pay high taxes, but
whose income is reduced by free'treat
ment of undeserving persons.”
The president’s address was follow
ed by talks by Dr. Addison G. Breni
zer, of Charlotte; Dr. Ernest M Poate
of Southern Pines, Dr. J. M. North
ington, of Charlotte; Dr. H- A. Roy
ster and Dr. G. Fred Hale, of Raleigh;
Dr. Albert Coates, of the University
of North Carolina, and Dr. Thomas
McCrae, of Philadelphia.
At. the conclusion of the annual
president's address, Dr. Wright was
presented tiie past president's jewel
by Dr. I. H. Manning, 6f Chapel Hill
president-elect of the society.
Jail Youth
For Killing
His Uncle
Mayodan, April 18- —(AP) —Sandy
(Sisk, 32, was shot to death here ear
ly today and a few hours later his
nephew, LoweM Wall, 20 was lodged
in jail charged with the slaying,
which police said followed a brawl at
the home of Sisk’s father-in-law.
The shooting occurred at the home
of Nat Martin, not far from the North
Carolina-Virginia State line. Wall was
charged with murder, but he claims
he shot in self-defense.
Charles L. Jones, chief of police
here was called to the Martin home
about 3 a. m, and found Sisk with
bullet wounds over the left eye, in
the right breast and in the left hip.
He was rushed to a Leaksville hos
pital, where he died within an hour.
Wall delivered two pistols to Htye
police chief and reiterated he shot
■Sisk in defense of his own life.
ONLY DAILY NE\
WIK» SBRVIC®
O* THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
iVSPAPER PUBLISHED
HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 18, 1933
New Treasury Aide
”* '• Ji|£—«
Lawrence Robert, J r .
Here is the newest member of
President Roosevelt’s “little cabi
net”. He is Lawrence Wood Rob
ert, Jr., of Atlanta, who has ar
rived in Washington to assume
his new duties as assistant sec
retary of the treasury. Ho is the
father of Louisa Ayes Robert, na
tionally known swimmer.
Britisher Renews Confes
sion and Says No More,
But Other Britons
Plead Innocence
JUDGES REtTre TO
MAKE UP DECISION
Russians Admit All Charges
Against Them in Metro
polkan-Vickers Sabotage
Cape and Abjectly Throw
Themselves Upon Mercy
of the Court
Washington, April 18.—(AP)— The
Senate today directed R 3 judiciary
committee to investigate the delay by
the Department of Justice in prose
cuting officials of the Harriman Na
tional Bank for alleged violatioh of
the banking laws.
It adopted without a word of de
bate a resolution by Senator Costigan,
Democrat, Colorado, calling for the
investigation.
Joseph W. Harriman former, chair
man of the bank’s board, wtfs recent
ly indicted on charges of falsifying
accounts of the institution-
A. C. L. OFFICIALS
AGAIN RE-ELECTED
George B. Elliott Continues As Pres
ident and Lyman Delano As
Chairman of Board
Richmond,* V° , April 18. —(AP) —
Officers and directors of the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad were re-elected
today at the annual meeting of the
road’s stockholedhs-
The directors re-elected George B.
Elliott, of Wilmington, N. C., as presi
dent and Lymann, Delano, of New
York was re-elected chairman of the
board of directors.
FOUR ARE KILLED
AS PLANE CRASHES
St. Louis, Mo., April 18—(AP)
—Fqtir persons were killed' In the
crash of an airplane near Val
meyer, 111., about 25 miles south
of St. Louis, at 10:30 a. m. today.
The victims were not Identified
and the ownership of the plane
was not immediately determined.
Rivers Out Os Banks In.
Many Parts Os Country
(By the Associated Press.)
Rivers on a spring spree wallowed
over lowlands in northern New Eng
land, southern Indiana .northeast Ar
kansas and the Mississippi delta today
while the weather staged a haywire
exhibition.
Snow in California and .cold in
Dixie were among the special demon
strations of what April can do.
At St. Johnsbury, in Vermont, resi
dents were aroused at midnight and
told to prepare for flight before the
unruly Passumpsic river, Rain in tor
• St I—OUUQHIL, -
IN THIS SECTION CAROLINA AND V^naA
rmuftL
*
Sales, Luxury and Anti-Sales
Tax Groups Have All
Had To Make Some
Concessions
WOULD .EXEMPT ALL
REAL NECESSITIES
Franchise Taxes Also Be
lieved High Enough; Com
mittee, Realizing Urgent
Necessity of Balancing the
ißudget, Determined To
Achieve That
Dali r OiN(»ati*fc flnrpnii.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
»IV J. C. HASKK.ItVIt,I,.
Raleigh. April 18—Agreement has
virtually been reached by the special
sub-committee of the finance com
mittee on the plan to be recommend
ed for raising the additional $9,000,000
a year or more needed to balance the
budget, it was indicated py members
of the committee here today. None
of ‘he members would indicate just
what the plan tentatively agreed up
on is, since they are pledged to se
crecy until the plan is presented to
the House by the committee when it
convenes tonight.
It was intimated by one member of
the committee, however, that the re
presentatives of the sreneral sales tax,
luxury sales tax and anti-sales tax
•groups had all made concessions and
compromises in order to bring about
an agreement on a plan that would
yie’d the necessary revenue to bal
ance the budget. It was also intimat
ed that the plan would probably be a
combination of the general and lux
ury sales tax plans, with the more
necessary articles of food and cloth
ing exempted from any tax. The
most difficult task the committee has
had to perform, it Is understood, was
trying to separate essential commod
ities from non-essential commodities.
Exempt Necessities.
By exempting the more necessary
articles of food and clothing from
(Continued on Page Six)
WINNIE RUTH JUDD
GRANTED REPRIEVE
Phoenix, Ariz.. April 18 (AP)—
The Ariiz<»ia Board of Pardons
and paroles today granted Wilnp
nie Ruth Judd a reprieve untili'
April 28.
Chaos Sure
If Re venue
Is Lacking
Sales Tax or 45 Cents
Advalorem Only
Alternative, Mur
phy Declares
Dili!? DlNpntch tlnrenn.
In the Sir Wsilter Hotel.
BY J. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleiglh, Apriil 18—A great many
people thnoughiouit the State, as well
as mctnlbers of the General Assembly
do not seem to realize the necessity
for balancing the State’s Budget, not
realizing that if t!hie budget is not
balanced that the State government
will collapse that all the schools and
institutions wlill have to cose, and,
■Worst of all that virtually all the
banks that are now open woud be
foroedi to dose and all business
brought to a standstill, according to
Representative Walter Miurphy, of
Salisbury, Rowan county. He is
convinced, however that this General
Assembly is going to adopt a revenue
(Continued on Page S«ven)
rents and melting snow helped the
river out of its banks. The Ipswich
threshed about in. Massachusetts and
the Connecticut rose in New Hamp
shire.
The White, Wabash and Ohio rivers
were swollen by persistent rains in
Indiana.
Down in the Mississippi delta re
gion the Tallahatchie, Yazoo and sev
eral other perennial miscreants chas
ed valley dwellers to higher ground.
The Mississippi was still tractable.
Thousands of acres have been inun
dated in the delta-
Currency Inflation Move
Collapses As Amendments
IjTp Farm Bill Are Removed)
NEW “FARM” GAS FOR PRESIDENT
A shipment of the new Hi-Ball
gasoline, containing 10 t>er cent
alcohol made from agricultural
products, is shown leaving Bloom
ington. 111., en route to President
Roosevelt. Middle western farm
Right To Force Operation
Qn Child Upheld By Court
Meantime, Hideway of Little Helen Vasco and Her Pa
rents Is Revealed When F ather Appeals to New
York Police for Protection From Curious
New York. April 18.—(AP)—The ap
pellate division of the Supreme Court
today upheld the right of Judge
George Smyth of the Westchester
fcounty children's court t D order an
operation performed on two-year-old
Helen Vasco.
HIDEOUT OF LITTLE GIRL
REVEALED BY HER FATHER
Hastings. N. Y., April 18— (API-
Little Helen Vasco, the two-year-old
girl whom doctors have called doom
ed unless she undergoes an eye op-
m WEEK FOR
SENATE PROBABLE
Compensation Insurance,
Beer and Re-Districting
To Come Up
linlly DiMpntch nnreen.
In the Sir Wsilter Motel.
BY It 14[VItY LESESVE.
Raleigh. April 18. —As the result
of the Houhe’s delay in reaching an
agreement on tne new revenue bill,
the Senate will face another light
week, its local and public calendars
toeing virtually cleared. The Senate is
facing a scrap over the school ma
chinery bi}l, but it is problematical
whether this bill will be reported out
toy the Senate Education Committee
before the latter part of the week-
It had been expected that the Sen
ate would be able to take up the re
venue bill this week and last week the
upper hpuse cleared its calendars in
(anticipation of the money bill. But
the House failed to get through with
the revenue measure and referred the
saleh tax section to a special commit
tee, which will necessitate another
(Continued on Page Three.)
TfifrWlLL
¥*s Rogers
Xy p agys:
Beverly Hills Calif., Apriil 18
—Every day just shows us what
a lucky country we are.
We goit lots of fleas on us, ana
everybody is scratching to get
’em off, but there is one insect)
that btohers most of the world
that we are at least free from—
and that is a newspaper press
that is not free. i >
Everybody wants to hfciow If
the Englishmen in Russia are
guilty or framed,, j&verynoay
would lojve to know Ute very
facts of wliajfc is going on in Ger
many. But over here you can
write whatever you want to. The
only trouble is getting somebody
that will read it. Yours,
lj.,i ;»V; wltL ‘
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTBKNOOM
EXCEPT SUNDAY,
ers are eager to have the president
try the new gasoline, realize its
purported worth in increased
mileage and back their plan to in
crease the size of the grain mar
ket by making its use universal.
eratiop, was found today after being
'hidden away in the home of relatives
since Saturday. The mother, declaring
against an operation, has fought at
tempts of physicians to have it per
formed.
John Vasco, immigrant laborer and
father of two-year-old Helen disclosed
her whereabouts arly today when he
called at a police station and demand
ed protection against “hordes” of
curious who have gathered around
his home since the case received wide
spread notice.
10 PROBE DELAY IN
BANK PiSEMN
Senate To Investigate De
partment’s Course In
Harriman Bank Case
Moscow, April 18.—(AP) —Just be
fore the court retired today to con
sider itg verdict in the Metropolitan-
Vickers sabotage case, William L.
MacDonald reiterated his guilt, all
the other British prisoners stoutly af
firmed their innocence and all the
Russian defendants adjectly threw
themselves on the mercy of the court.
The Russians admitted all the
charges against them.
These varying statements were
made individually to the court by
each of the defendants, just before
the judges retired to make their de
cision.
Limping to the microphone in front
of the judges’ stand, his ascetic face
unusually pale, MacDonald—the first
of the British defendants calld on
stood with his hands in his trousers
pockets looked Judge Basili Ulrich
squarely in the eye, and, in Russian,
■declared:
“I confess and I have nothing to
add” ,
John Cushny, the next Englishman,
spoke in English, as did the remain
der of his British colleagues.
Ex-Mayor Walker
And Miss Compton
Married at Last
Cannes, France, April 18-—(AP)
Former Mayor James J. Walker, of
New York, and Betty Compton, Amer
ican actress were married today.
The couple entered the city hall
here by the back door to avoid cur
ious persons. They were married at
11:15 a. m. by Mayor Gaagnaire, of
Cannes-
From the city hall the Wlalker party
went to the former New York mayor’s
■hotel for a wedding luncheon.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair tonight and Wed
nesday; somewhat warmer in ex
treme west portion tonight.
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TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
Ho Explanation Given On
Long and Thomaj Pro
posals, But Might Be
Offered Again
BAILEY DENOUNCES
OF TOBACCO
Changing of Base Attacked
by North Carolina Sena
tor; Praises Cotton Option
Plan and Accepts Mort
gage Provisions, Though
)He Is Not Satisfied
Washington, April 18.—(AP)— The
campaign to add currency inflation
to the iiidministration farm relief bill
as a rider apparently collapsed today
in withdrawal of the silver purchase
amendment of Senator Long, Demo
crat, Louisiana and the Thomas
amendment for monetary expansion.
Senator Robinson, the Democratic
leader, without explanation, withdrew
Long’s amendment which sought to
authorize the purchase of $100,000,000
in silver against which currency
would be issued- .
Thomas, Democrat, Oklahoma, with
drew his amendment himself, reserv
ing the right to re-offer it. Neither
did he give an explanation.
Senator Baiffey, Democrat, North
Carolina attacked the tobacco section
Os the bill.
Changing the base period for to
bacco from 1909-1914 to 1919-1928,
Bailey said, “is an inconsistency that
condemns the intellectual honesty of
the men who conceived this bill?”
He praLed the cotton option pool
section sponsored by Senator Smith,
and said the mortgage provisions
were acceptable, although he felt they
would aid the land banks more than
the farjner.
“But I am willing to relieve the
land banks to help folks,” h added.
Hertford Couple
Go On Trial For
Slaying of Son
Hertford, April 18. —(AP)—A special
venire of 7o 'salesmen reported in
'Perquimans County Superior Court
today for jury duty in the trial of
George K. Lane, farmer rnd hi 3 wife
who are charged with murder of
Woodrow Lane, 17, son of Lane by a
former marriage.
Lane reported his son was crushed
by a tree while they were cutting
timber. The State charges the boy
was killed by a blow on the back of
the head- »
Secretary
Elaborates
Work Bilk
Labor Department
Head Would Con
trol Production To
Prevent Unfairness
VHashington, April 18.—(AP)—Set
retary Perkins told newspaper me
today that among the changes si
had suggested to the 30-hour wee
bill was “a measure for control •
(production to eliminate unfair con
.petition.”
The secretary of labor said, hov
■ever, that the plan she had recon
mended to the Black bill, now penc
ing before the House Labor Commi'
tee, did not contemplate any “natior -
wide system of production control.”
She explained it was intended oru(.‘
to supplement the shorter work wee
bill, which has already passed tfai
Senate.
In the case of particular plant:;
which are violating s he “fair compi
tion” c'ause suggested, the secretary
of labor would be authorized to spe
cify a limit on the total hours of op
eration ot the offending plant.