HENDERSON,
gateway TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
TWENTIETH YEAR
Accord N ear In Roosevelt Parle vs
HOUSE POSTPONES
REVENUE BILL AND
PASSES BEER BILL
Beer Measure Fixes Fees
and Regulations for
Handling Beverage
In This State
revenue debate is
SET FOR AFTERNOON
Grady, of Johnston, Named
Chairman of Committee of
The Whole for Considera
tion of Measure, Which
Includes , Controversial
Three Percent Sales Tax
Raleigh. April 24. (AP)—Senate
debate on the biennial revenue bill
with i's controversial three percent
general sales tax provision, was post
poned until late today as the upper
division of <hp assembly passed and
ten t to the Honse the beer regulatory
art
Though it met at noon to start to
work on the revenue act as a com
mittee of the whole, the Senate re
ceded an hour later to have lunch
and go back into an afternoon ses
sion to work on the money measure.
Senator Grady, of Johnston, was
named chairman of the committee of
the whole.
The beer regulatory act, setting li
cense fees and regulations for the
manufacture, wholesale and distribu
tion and sale of 3.2 percent beers and
wines, passed 38 to 2. The measure
faces promised amendment in the
House
As was its customary procedure, the
House d'd not meet today, being set
to resume its regular business after
p week-end rest at a night session.
The Senate concurred in House
amendments to the Kirkpatrick bill
to prohibit the sale of 3.2 percent al
cohollic beverages in the town of Da
vidson. and also passed a measure to
•permit bank depositors in closed
banks in Rutherford, Cherokee, Clay
and Macon counties to buy and sell
deposits in the closed institutions.
Senate approval on second reading
(Continued on Page Three.)
Banker Is
Suicide On
Eve Trial
Mrmphis, Tenn., April 24. — (AP) —
W U. Sf.msbury. former banker, was
found dead of a pistol shot today just
a few hours before he was scheduled
'• go on trial on the first of a series
of fraud charges-
Attorney General W. T. McLain said
Charles Bryan, defense attorney, tele
phoned him that Stansbury had shot
himself, and a sister of the financier
a short while later that her
brother had died.
S'ansbury, a former president of a
bank here, disappeared several
months ago, during which time he
Was reported by Inspector W. T. Grif
fin, of th> Memphis polic, as being at
vatious points in Missouri.
' Pon his return his attorney and
wife took him to the Western
Hospital for an examination,
on' he was returned to Memphis,
"here warrants were served on him.
'he time of his death he was at
liberty under SIO,OOO bond-
(Governor Says Pay Cuts
Required To Meet Debts
Mate Has $6,000,000 In Principal and Interest Due July
1 and It Must Be Paid At All Hazards; No Market
For Sale of Additional Bonds Now
Dully DlMimfch linrenn,
I« the Sir Wnlter Hotel,
p , ,1V •* 11/*SK ICR VILI,.
j p le jStb April 24.—While Governor
' 1* Ehringhaus was not able to
t'!’ toda y j ust how large the salary
•-•unions will be for State employes
01 April, May and June, although to-
f t] 11lW ’ s the April pay day for most
hem, he did say there was very
’ ! ’o indicate that the pay -dashes
, |( U,<i , uot *^ e a ‘ J heavy as at first jn*-
( • I- .»:• approximately 50 pet cent
j v ta> theao employes hj.-n-. been
. 'ng. The governor also sal 1 that
, , f ’ ;p eeding)y distasteful for him
ave to order salary cJI, and
Hxmitersmt limiti Hiawatrh
F op L thb A alsJ)ciat^ d "press 11
To Succeed Moffett
0
rm
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Captain King
The name of Capt. Ernest J. King,
above, has been sent to the sen
ate by President Roosevelt for
confirmation of his nomination to
be the new chief of the naval
bureau of aeronautics. He would
succeed the late Rear Admiral
William A. Moffett, whe lost hi*
life in the Akron <|rash.
Inflation Is
Debated By
The Senate
Check to .Expansion
and Operation in U.
S. Securities Includ
ed in Bill'
)
Washington, Ap)ril 24 (AP)—An
acrid debase ensuing, the Senate came
to grips today wiith the inflation is
sue, while (the House neared a final
vct|?f on tihe President’s gigantic Ten
nessee valley proposal.
The inflation measure as an amend
ment to the farm relief bill bad bq:4n
changed ‘by tlhe committee in two re
spects from the original draft. I
It carried provisions designed to
provide a dheck against undue credit
(Continued on Page Three.)
I. C. C. REFUSES TO
CANCEL HIGH RATE
Washington, April 24.—(AP) — The
Interstate Commerce Commission de
nied today a petition of coal and lum
ber dealers for cancellation of freight
rate increase authorized in 1931-
that all his sympathies were with ?he
employes many of whose salaries have
/already been cut to the limit, but
that the stern necessity of keeping
sufficient cash in the treasury to
meet forthcoming debt payments
made the move imperative.
Reason for Cuts.
"Many people do not seem to rea
4ize that there is a definite reason,
and a very compelling reason for our
(being compelled to curtail salaries
and expenditures for all purposes for
April, May and June, or until the new
(Continued on Page Three.)
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Envov on Post
4 ill
It JjL,
nmnwrimimHii i jrni m m *
Josephus Daniels, former U. S.
Secretary of the Navy and now
United States Ambassador to Mex
ico, is pictured with Dr. Jose
Manuel Puig Cassauranc, Mexican
Secretary for Foreign Relations,
during Ambassador Daniels’ first
official call after arrival in Mexico
Uity. The U. S. Envoy was given
a warm welcome to his new Dost.
SK
Number of Important State
wide Bills in Both Houses
In Addition To
Money Measures
DEADLOCK AVOIDED
OVER REVENUE ACT
House Acceptance of Sales
Tax Paves Way for Early
Agreement; New Consti
tution, Beer, Education an j
Textbook Bills Still To Be
Disposed of
Dully DiniMitrh Tlnrenn.
In the Sir Wnlter Hotel.
. nr HENRY L.ESESNE.
Raleigh, April 24. —Despite the fact
that the Senate this week takes up
the revenue bill, a number of other
matters will also ocme in for atten
tion before the week-end since it is
generally conceded that there is little
doubt as to wl at the Senate will do
with the money bill. The big fight
ever the revenue bill occurred in the
House last week when that body adopt
ed a bill carrying a two percent sales
tax, and it is believed by observers
here that the Senate’s approval of
its finance committee’s revenue bill
carrying a three percent sales tax will
be mme or less a formality.
it ia considered a foregone con
clusion that the Senate will follow
its finance committee’s recommenda
tions in boosting the sales tax rate
to three percent and strikes out the
(Continued on Page Three.)
lOSEVELTPARLEY
Frenchman Joins MacDon
ald of Britain in Econo,
mic Conference
Washington, April 24.(AJ?)—France
added its weight today to the White
House conversations in which Presi
dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain
have been working day and night to
forge a new international gold stand
ard .and to opne the way for real pro
gress toward disarmament
The arrival of former Premier
Edouard Herriot of France on the
scene of these world important nego
tiations threw the discussions into
an even more advanced stage. Canada
enters the picture today also wiht the
coming of Prime Minister Richard
Bennett.
For the first time the topic of dis
armament entered the Roosevelt-Mac-
Donald conversations yesterday and
held their undivided attention in a
seven-hour cruise down the Potomac.
WIATHCR
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Probably showers Tuesday and
in north and west portions to
night ; warmer in west and ex-
I treme north portions tonight.
HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON APRIL 24, 1933
ASSOCIATED PRESS
OF EXPENSE CUTS
I
Operating Costs Have Been
Reduced $2,000,000 An.
nually for Members’
Benefits
BUT IT CARRIES ON*
IN ITS EFFICIENCY
Cut of 34 Percent During
Past Year; Senator Robin
son, of Arkansas, Is Lunch
eon Speaker, Describing
Roosevelt’s Big Program
New York, April 24, —(AP)— The
manner in which the world's largest
cooperative—The Associated Press
continued its normal functions thro
ugh the financial distress, at the same
time reducing annual expenses more
than $2,000,000 for distribution among
members in refunds and lowerd as
sessmnts, was described at the annual
meeting of the news organization to
day.
Kent Cooper, general manager, in
his report to the board of directors,
announced that “exclusive of unex
pired contract charges and wire and
(Continued on Page Three.)
MISTRIAL ORDERED
IN ASHEVILLE CASE
Jury Deadlocks Seven to Five In Mi(r
--i der Charges Against Wilcey
Johnson, 19
Asheville, April 24.—(AP) —A .mis
trial was declared in superior court
h£re today by Judge Felix Alley when
a jury, aftee deliberating 65 hours,, re- ■
ported it could not agree on a ver
dict for Wilcey Johnson, 19, charged
wtih murdering Lonnie Russell dur
ing a filling station hold-up here last
September. No date was set for an
other trial, and Johnson was taken
back to jail.
The jury reported it stood seven to
five for conviction of second -degree
murder on the first ballot, and that
vote was not changed. The case went
to the jury at 3:30 p. m. Friday.
Fresh Gain
Registered
In Markets
New York, April 24 (AP) — Finan
cial markets rolled up further gains
today, 'carrying such staples as wihelat
and cotton, as well as scores of stocks
<•4O new ,highs for the year or longer.
Tlhe stock market |Han up' about $1
.Ito $3 for many issues in (heavy buy
tong during tlhe first hour It lost
roughly half tots gain in a wave of
(profit-taking la/teir, but trading slack
ened on tihe recession (and the list
(turned upward (again in the early aft
ernoon, junder leadership a t thei oil
shares.
(Wheat gained more than accent a
bushel at Chicago and cotton more
(than a dollar a ibale at New York.
A wide! assortment of commodities ad
vanoed, /
LL
Rogers
\7 fsoys:
Los Angeles, Cal., April 24—My
old friend Arthur Brisbane accus
ed me good-naturedly of being
worried over this “inflation.” I
wasn’t worried—l was just “con
fused.”
There Is quite a difference!
When you are worried, you know
what you are worried about. But
when you are “confused,” it’s
when you dy»i’t know enough
about) a thing to b© worried.
But Arthur, even my confusion
is ail over now, Everybody that
I meet has explained this whole
“inflation” thing so clearly that
now I am going around explain
ing it myself.
You see, medical science has de
veloped two ways tof actually trac
ing insanity; One is, if the pat
ient cuts out paper dolls or works
at a jig-saw puzzle. And the oth
er is if th* patient sayg *‘l will
tell you what this economic bus
iness really means.’’
Yours, i
WILL.
•I* - ‘ ‘
France And Canada Join
President And MacDonald
To Boost World Business
'‘Master Mind” of Conferences
Student N.tion.l ' 8
Normal univeraity, dHH Si
O., 1889- . JB||| jj| MembeT6MHo6^
fliiiliilisi mmm, Jfii 2i)«nd6Bthto7i*t
_ f ' jHHII ne»*ee di«trict.
jjgßji tor from Tennessee
Law degree, Leba- B
non (Tenn.) Law UM \ J mKr
school 1891; admit* ) Mp/
ted to the Tennessee |jl|
Resigned to become
9b Chairman Demo
fMsm mm. • cratic national com-
V vvc fmmk ■■•i'lgv.'.;. mi t tee 1921-24.
Member Tennessee & Cm wHt Con,idered ® ne . of
house of represents- tk H mM® ? r «»est authorities
tives 1893-97; judge UL \ W'%; BIM m America on inter-
Fifth judicial circuit K I®]-' 1,0 "*! P">Woma.
Tennessee 1903-07. WMi Home city. Carth-
MnaHKiwiV •. age, Tenn.
‘SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL
•A* l ‘/master mind" behind the I
economic conferences with Euro
pean statesmen in Washington is
Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
Estimate 3,000 Chinese
Killed In Great Battle
Dozen Prisoners
Granted Paroles
Raleigh April 24. (AP)—A
dozen prisoners, including four
long-termers, were paroled today
by Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus.
Robert Foy, a Negro convicted
in Beaufort county in 1928 of
manslaughter, and sentenced to
penitentiary for ten to 15 years
when he shot a girl who was rid
ing with him in his car ,wa» given
his freedom, as was Julius Whit
mire, Negro, sent to prison from
Haywood county in December,
1927 ,to serve ten years following
conviction on five counts of as
sault with a deadly weapon.
HOPE MOUSE
j
Counting on That Group for
Unlimited Supplements
To Be Given
Daily Dlspntcfe Rnren«,
In the Sir Wnlter Hotel.
I*T J C. BASKERVH.L.
Raleigh, April 24- —The school po
liticians and county superintendents
who are determined to get more
money for the operation of the eight
months school ter mthan the $16,000,-
000 provided by the State, regardless
of whether the people are able to pay
:it or not, are continuing their fight
for the right to levy supplemental
®ch6ol taxes, even in the more than
1,300 special tax districts. They are
centering their fight for these un
limited supplemental taxes on the
(Continued on Page Three.)
ACCIDENTS FATAL
FOR 23 IN SOUTH
Atlanta, Ga., April 24.—(AP) —
Twenty-three persons were killed
in week-end accidents over the
South, 20 by automobiles, two by
drownings and one by burns.
North Carolina reported six fa
talities.
PUBLISHED EVERT AFTEKUOOE
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
who has made a life-long study of
tariffs, exchange, debts and inter
national relations. A Central
Press artist sketches his life story.
Japan Demands Free En
trance Into Peiping and
Tientsin For Man.
chukuo Troops
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
IS CHINESE ANSWER
Air Bombers Used by Japa
, nese To Destroy Resistance
of Foes; Two Towns Re
ported Recaptured by Chi
nese in Striking Back at
the Invaders
Tokyo, April 24. —(AP)—Japanese
reports estimated nearly 3,000 Chinese
were killed in four days of a major
battle south of Kupeikow ,in the
Great Wall of China. The Japanese
ilines were reported pushed today
within 50 miles of Peiping.
A Rengo (Japanese) News Agency
dispatch from Kupeikow said Japan
ese troops, with airplanes assisting,
advanced to a point five miles south
west of Shangsuntze, nine miles be
low Kupeikow.
The troops, under Major General
Tabashi Kawahara, captor of Jehoi
City, was reported to have expelled
the Chinese from the important
(Continued on Page Three.)
Pays Debts And Speaks
First Time In 11 Years
Wilmington, Del., April 24.—(AP) —
Eleven years of selfimposed silence
have ended for Melvin Train, and a
strange vow is fulfilled.
Train, a garage employee, formerly
was engaged in business in Boston-
Friends and relatives had been in
duced to invest their money in the
enterprise.
Then in 1922, Train says, his part
ner absconded with the firm’s assets,
leaving him to face the music. In less
than six months the missing partner
had committed suicide in New York
after his funds had been dissipated.
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TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
Very Definite Proposal Foi
Armaments Reductions
Almost Reached With
Britisher
PREMIER OPTIMIST
OVER THE OUTCOME
He Tells Borah at Breakfast
He Expects Groundwork to
be Laid for Successful Eco.
nomic Conference; Econo
mic Experts Are Called In
Again
Washington, April 24.—(AP)—Op
timism prevaded the Anglo-American
trade and arms conversations anew
today as the French entry into the
negotiations neared.
For a fourth time President Roose
velt and Prime Minister MacDonaJd.
talked things over, calling their chief
advisors to their sides in the after
noon.
An understanding between Great
Britain and the United States on a
revised gold standard monetary basis
appeared in sight, together with a
very definite proposal for armament
reductions.
Arranging to see Edouard Herriot,
the French emissary, late today, Mr.
Roosevelt, appeared to be devoting
(principal attention in the morning
work to armaments.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, former
chairman of the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee, after being host
to Mr. MacDonald at breakfast, re
ported him optimistic and “expect
ing agreements which will make the.
world economic conference a success.’’
The economic experts were sum
moned to the White House for mid
afternoon for a late report of their
progress on a revised monetary basis
and an understanding cn reiprocal
tariff agreements.
It appeared Mr. Roosevelt -would
(Continued on Pa.se Three.)
France Now
Gold Fort
For World
Paris, April 24-— (AP) —France
now is a golden fortress defending
the few yellowback currency sys
tems remaining in the worid.
Gold is coming in here by air,
land and set to what the news
papers call the worlds “gold re
fuge,” adding to the vast hoard in
the Bank of France.
Here also Belgium, Holland and
Switzerland are staging a fight to
remain on the gold standard,
while France confidently directs
the battle, professing to be with
out a fear for the franc, but
realizing the danger if other gold
countries follow the United States’
example.
Train made a vow then that h*
would never speak a word until he
had reimbursed all who bad lost in
his deal.
How well he kept that vow was
evidenced here Saturday-night on his
return from a short walk.
He had been to the corner mail box
where, with strongely mixed feelings,
he had mailed the last check in pay
ment of the debt which had stilled his
tongue for so many years.
Returning to is home, the friends
who had never heard him speak we-«
startled at the sound of his voice. He
then told them his story.