HENDERSON,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
TWENTIETH YEAR
INFLATION FACING SUPREME
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Senate Nears Vote
Will Vote First
On The Hinsdale
Luxury Tax Plan
If That Loses, Clement Tax
on Manufacturers Will
Follow Before 'Gen
eral Sales Tax
SENATE KILLS BILL
ON BANK DEPOSITS
House Debates Reorganiza
tion of Textbook Commis
sion; Also Adopts Confer
ence Report on Measure
Abolishing 'Free Tuition at
State Schools
F.a'eigh, April 27.—(AP)—The Sen
ate today neared a vote on the con
troversial sales tax article of the
liiennial revenue bill, as the House
passed the Btat<» beer regulatory act
and sent it back to the Senate for
concurrence in amendments.
Debate on the sales tax was un
limited, but indications were that a
roll call would be taken on the pro
posal to substitute the Hinsdale se
lected commodities tax for a general
talcs tax during the afternoon ses
fcion.
If the Hinsdale bill lose 3. the Sen
ate wi'-l then be offered the Clement
tax plan to tax the products of in
dustry in the Stat© in a production
tax before final action on the general
sales levy mey be taken-
The rveenue bill before the Senate
contains a two percent general sales
tax. but I’l® finance committee has
offered an amendment to boost the
rate to three percent.
House passage of the beer regula
tion act came on an 85 to 4 vote, and
the measure was rushed to the Sen
ate b}* special messenger without be
ing pngmssed, in an attempt to speed
itj enactment.
The Senate v/as In committee of
the whole on the reve'nue measure,
so it did not take lip the measure im
mediately. Sale of beer becomes legal
in the State at midnight Sunday.
The House adopted a conference re
port on the Clement bill to abolish
(Continued on Page Six.)
Merchants
Bitter Oil
Sales Tax
But They Carry on
an d Stage Last-
Ditch F ight as Sen
ate Prepares to Act
Hally DiMpnffh linrroa
la (he Sir Walter Hotel.
av J. CJ. lit SK CUV 11,1.
Raleigh, April 27. Despite the fact
'hat a sales tax is now regarded to
be rnevitable since the House of Re
present at ives la«t week approved a
revenue bill carrying a two percent
general sales tax, the merchants who
have fought a sales tax from the be
ginning and had depended on the tow
*'> br inch of the General Assembly
block it« passage, have not given
U P hope of defeating it. Yesterday
thoie were numerous delegations ir\
Raleigh to fight the proposal as the
&':nate began consideration of the
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Concord Bank Questions
Reynolds Case Authority
Concord April 27 (A!P)—The Cab
ailUfc aad Trust Company, co-
KUardian of baby Anne Cannon Rey
n°W->. today questioned the authorv
v °* any court hr North Oarolarja.
11 to sanction a proposed
1 'em cat cf Smith Reynolds estate
• i'jthy earth of hits two children
V " ulfi receive t wo million dollars,
:nd an estimated $15,000„000 balance
\ 1111 ' used to establish a phil
anthrop'c foundation. ,
Hmtitersnn Haifa Hiamtfrii
F OF L THE A ahq^ Wlßll SERVICE
ur THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Judge Facing Ouster
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Federaf Judge James A. Lowell, of
Boston, against whom impeach
ment proceedings are threatened
by Representative Howard Smith,
of Virginia. The judge recently
freed George Crawford, a Negro,
who was under indictment in Vir
finia for the murder of Mrs. Agnes
Usely, wealthy sportswoman, and
her maid, at Middleburg. Va.. last
year. Judge Lowell refused to ex
tradite Crawford on the contention
that if the accused man were con
victed in Virginia, the U. S. Su
preme Court would nullify the con
viction. because Negroes are not
allowed to serve on the jury in that
State.
beemlbui”
MAY BE JOftLATE
House Amendment to Sen
ate Measure More or Less
Inconsequential
SALE BEGINS' MONDAY
If Upper House Concurs Immediate
ly in Proposal It May Become
Law by That Time, Pro
viding Regulations
Dally DlnpiKcft Rnrenit.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
r» J C. iMVKRnviIiL.
Raleigh. April 27.—The beer ma
chinery bHI. setting forth the manner
it vhich the isle of beer shall l,e
taxed and otherwise regulated in
North Carolina, finally passed the
House today on, third reading and
was sent, to the Senate. It is hoped
that the Senate will concur in the
numerous House amendments, none
of which is material, so that the bill
can be ratified and become law by
tomorrow or Saturday. If the Senate
does not concur in the House amend
ments and sends the bill back to the
House again, it will have to go on
three more readings, with the result
that it cannot be finally passed until
next week. In that event, beer will
go on sale in the State May 1, with
out any regulatory law in effect at
all-
Even if the Senate does concur in
the House amendments and the bill
can be ratified by tomorrow or Sat
urday, it will still be impossible for
the State Department of Revenue to
set up the necessary machinery pro
(Oontlnued an Page six.)
The bank filed a supplementary
statement to its petition requesting
that Mrs. Anne !L. Cannon, joint
guardian, be ordered to participate in
proceedings testing the validity, of the
pre-divorce settlement, in which little
Anne’s right to the estate of her fa
ther were renounced for $255,000.
This statement was filed here short
ly before Judge Wilson Vi arlick was
scheduled to consid'x tjto bank’s ori
ginal petition. 4 , i j ( •
ONLY DAILY
On Sales Tax As House Passes Beer Bill
HOUSE IS PEEVED
ATJHEATTITUDE.
Dissection of House Reve
nue Bill Highly Displease
ing to Some Mem.
bers of House
TOO MANY FAVORS
FOR CORPORATIONS
Meanwhile, Crop of Lobby
ists Grows and More Os
Them on Hand Now 5 Than
at Any Time This Session;
Power Tax on Kilowatts
Is Thrown Out
i
Daily Di«i»nt<-h Ititrenti,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
MY J. O. BASKGRVILL.
Raleigh, April 27.—Openly peeved
a,t the manner in which the Senate
has disregarded its wishes and eli
minated almost everything from the
revenue biilit which' they put in it,
Oiomebers of the House are growing
more and more determined to stand
their ground and refuse to concur in
(Continued on Page Six.)
Huge Beer Cargo
From Cuba Comes
Into Wilmington
Wilmington, April 27.—(AP)— The
Norwegian freighter Dampfire ar
rived here today from Havana with a
cargo of 3,335 cases of Cuban beer
for distribution in North Carolina
cities.
The beer was consigned to repre
sentatives here of a Norfolk, Va.,
Wholesale firm. The firm announced a
second cargo of 4,000 cases was ex
pected here Saturday. Virtually all of
this will be sold through a chain of
grocery stores.
The duty on cuban beer is $1 a gal
lon, less 20 percent, because of re
ciprocal' treaties in effect between the
United States and Cuba.
Rogers
xy Sqvs:
Beverly Hills, Cal., April 27
This labor woman Perkins looks
like she is not only going to do
something for labor, but is going
to be a real contribution to wo
men in politics. She has put com
mon sense ahead of lip rouge and
the petticoat.
See where the newspaper con
vention in New York (they are al
ways holding a convention of
some ' sort some place) Lord
knows when they ever have time
to write or read anything—Well
the rascals, regardless of politics,
all were unanimous in saying
there was a “better feeling.”,
Well, a better feeling is all you
want. If you feel better, you are
not going to die.
Yours, WILL.
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OFNuRTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 27, 1933
A MOMENTOUS BRITISH-AMEKICA N CONFERENCE AT WHITE HOUSt
Wi- |j> Jjl A
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Secretary of State
Cordell Hull
Sir Ronald Lindsay
British Ambassador
Trouble Is Now Brewing
With Japs And Russians
Dispute Over Control of Chinese Eastern Railway,
Which Japan Wants; Desperate Battle Between
Chinese and Japs, With Chinese Resisting Foe
Tientsin, China?, April 27—(AP)—-
The sudden withdrawal of Japanese
troops from the coastal area of North
China was attributed by Chinese
leaders to trouble, brewing between
Japan and Russia in Manchuria.
(An Associated Press dispatch from
Moscow told of a Soviet report that
the Japanese army in Manchuria rad
approved a plan to seize the Chinese
eastern railway from Soviet Russia.
The report received last night in Mos
cow from Khadarovsk. Siberia, quot
ed “competent sources.”)
The Chinese assert that the firm
stand t.ikf.n by Russia in protesting
the seveiing ts ‘lie railroad connec
tion into Siberia and the seizure of
trairts by Manchukuan guards has
forced Japan to send its army north.
The railroad built by Russia, is oint
ly operated by Russia and Man
chukuo.
Crew Are Rescued
As Yacht Grounds
Manteo, April 27.—(AP)—The
yacht Finda, out of Nassau for
New York, went ashore off Chico
moco Station, 20 miles south ol
here, shortly after midnight and
her crew of six was rescued by
coast guardsmen at the station*
The yacht was drawn shoreward !
by a strong inserting current alter
passing off Womble Shoals No. ‘1
buoy. A 35-mile-an-hour northeast
wind was blowing.
Captain John Green is master ol
the boat.
Ft. Bragg Soldier
Killed by Officer
At Woman’s House
m-
Faydttevilie, April 27 (AP) Private
Lacy Kilby,, of Font Bragg, was shot
to death and a woman slightly
wounded today when army and
county off’oens investigated) a report
that Kirby was terrorizing obcuipants
of a (house about three miles from
here.
Kirby, a member of Battery D, 17th
Field Artillery, died instatiy under the
gunfire of Sergeant J. B. Garrett, a
military policeman who was called
to the house with Constable' Frank
Gray.
Billie Gray, an occupant of the
house, was hit in one finger by one
of Garrett's bullets.
Kirby’s home address was not im
mediately available..
WEATHER
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair tonight and Friday; light
fros* in northwest portion tonight
if sky remains clear.
TEST INIMHE
Prime Minister
Ramcay MacDonald
SANGUINARY BATTLE IN
PROGRESS AT NANTIEMAN
Peiping, China, April 27—(AP)
The Chinese and Japanese armies
were fighting a sanguinary battle to
day near Nantiemen, to the south of
Kupeikow, a Great Wall pa3s north
cast of Peiping.
Japanese artillery and air bombers
were pounding the Chinese positions
with slight effect. The Chinese dug
in and succeeded in halting the Jap
anese infantry.
It appeared the Chinese were put
ting up the stiffest resistance the
armies of Japan have encountered
south of the Great Wall.
Japanese and Manchukuan troops,
evacuating the Lwxn river district in
the coastal area of North China, were
lushing t 0 booster the Japanese be
low Kupeimow, Chinese sources as
'sseried They declared that in the area
of the Great Wall pass there were
30,000 Japanese soldiers.
Today's heavy fighting followed a
lull in the hostilities yesterday.
fiIifiNNERS GET
Federal Court In Wilming
ton Convicts Men From
British Freighter
Wijming'on, April 27 (AP)_Three
persons indicted for prohibition law
violations i n connection with the seiz
ure of the Zabad’ahi, British ram
runner, were convicted in Federal
court here today. Two of them
were given prison sentences and, the
other placed on probation.
Joseph C. Brooks, of Seaside,
Brunswick county alleged leader of
the free in the ram running en
terprise, was sentenced to a year and
a day on hag conviction of conspiracy,
and a year an'd a day on his plea of
guilty to a, charge of smuggling. The
sentences are to) run concurrency.
Brooks will be sent to Chillicothe,
OihCo.
A1 WesSel, of Daytona Beach, Fla.,
a member of the Zebadiah’s crew, was
given the asme sentences on the
same convictions and guilty plea.
His sentences also ar eto run con
currently. He will serve his time
in Atlanta.
Rollie Mix. of Daytona Beach, Fla.
another memiber of the Zebadiah’s
crew was placed on probation * for
three years upon his conviction of
conspiracy. i
The sentences were pronounced by
Judge I. M. Meekins aft(£ a sealed
verdict returned late last nigljat hlad
been opened.
Five Carteret county Negroes cap
tured when Ithe boat was seieed
pleaded guilty yesterday to via]tion
of prohibition lawis. Four were sen
tenced to one day in jail and one was
sentenced to five minutes, ,
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY,
President
Roosevelt
A 5Sp .
Davis’ Declaration That U.
S. Wants To Do Some,
thing To Preserve
Peace Has Effect
PLANS UNDER WAY
FOR ADJOURNMENT
But Movement Is Squelched
hy Declaration That Con
ference Should Concen.
trate on Mergers of Dis
armament; Committee
Tackles the Question
Geneva, Apr! 27 (AP)—The United
States is ffu]ly determined to contri
bute something to increase interna
tional security against wtar, Norman
H. Davis told the steering commit
tee of the world disarmament con
ference today.
The American ambassador-atJarge
urged that the conference continue itg
sessions without adjournment and
concentrate its discussions on actual
mergers of disarmament.
"That is whiat the world is expect
ing and waiting for,” he said.
Mr. Davis told the committee his
government was studying to deter-
Z mtinued uii Pag* Six)
Jewelry Robbers 1
Seize $50,000 In
Lower New York
b
New York April 27 (AP) —Two
rnlanufaoturimg jewelers and a visit
ing salesman wree robbed today in a
fifth floor office on Canal street, low
er Manhattan,, of approximately $50,-
000 worth of gold and precious stones
by three armed men who used hand
cuffs, copper wire and! tape to make
their victims helpless. <
An engraver who knocked on the
door as the bandits were about to de
part wtas pulled inside and bound
with them, but was not robbed.
The hold-upmen escaped desite the
speedy arrival of police in, wireless
equipped cars after another jeweler
in the building had telephoned an
alarm;. , '■> < ! :
Roosevelt And Canadian
Premier Hold Conference
Washington, April 27 (AP) —'Presi-
dent Rooseveßt and Prime Minister
Bennett, of Canada, after a confer
ence today, Stated they had found
the exchange of views l “very help
ful.”
The joint statement said:
“The Prime Minister of Canada
and the President hove discussed the.
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Administration Leaders
Confident, However, of
Victory for Roose.
velt’s Program
PAYMENT OF BONUS
FORGING TO FRONT
Indiana Republican Fight
ing for It in Senate, and
Patman, of Texas, Pre
pares To Press for It In
House; Another Bonus
March Strongly Rumored
Washington, April 27.—(AP)—The
greatest test of the Roosevelt infla
tion program, a vote on the clause for
Powering the dollar’s gold content
loomed immediately ahead as the Sen
ate drove for final disposal of the
whole plan before adjournment.
The campaign by Senator Reed. Re
publican, Pennsylvania .against the
measiy e was resumed with his motior
to stretch out authority for the Presi
dent to reduce the dollar’s goid vahu
by as much as 50 percent.
The administration leaders were con
fident of victory on this point, how
ever, and worked to vote down also
during the day the Robinson, Repub
lican, Indiana, amendment to pay the
soldiers bonus out of the new cur
rency to be issued under the new bill
The bonus issue, meanwhile, con
tinued <o develop toward a new show
down in the House.
Though Representative Patman,
Democrat, Texas, chief leader of the
bonus advocates, agreed to postpone
bis demand for a Democratic caucus
on the issue pending Senate outcome
of the Robinson motion, Lundeen,
Farmer-Labor, Minnesota, today pre
sented a petition to force a House
vote on the question. If 145 members
fc-ign, the issue will have to be faced.
Wiith this trouble back in the back
ground, the House waded into a short
debate on the Roosevelt $2,000,000,000
home mortgage re-financing bill. Pas
sage today was held unlikely.
The Senate Banking Committee for
mally gave its approval to the ad
ministration bill for Federal control
of security issues.
As debate began on the gold sec
tion of the inflation measure, some
opponents of the clause expressed be -
lief it would be retained,.sinte Reed's
motion to strike out, if adopted, als-*
would eliminate the Wheeler-King bi
metallism amendment, which was ap
proved yesterday 41 t Q 26 as part of
(Continued on Page Six).
France Will
Likely Pay
Up Default
Roosevelt Aonur
ances Move Premier
To Action on Her
riot’s Return Home
Paris, April 27. —(AP)— Premie
Edouard Daladier was said by hi
friends today to be actively prepar
ing to pay the defaulted debt install
ment due to the United States.
He is known to consider as3uranc<
of a moratorium on the June 15 pay
ment by President Roosevelt as sat
isfaotory, and it is expected he wi
decide either to pay the defaulted ir.
stallment immediately after forme
Premier Herriot’s return from Wash
ington, or that he will ask the Cham
ber of Deputies to approve the sl9,'
000,000 interest when that body con
venes May 15.
program o ffthe world economic con
ference and related questions ol
trade policy in which these tw*
neighboring governments have an im
portant and immediate concern.
“They have found this exchange of
views very helpfful.”
Present also was the Canadian m'n
ister, the secretary of state, and as
sistant secretary of state . j. . t