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hendersoiJ, gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA. TWENTIETH YEAR Compromise Upon School Machinery Measure Is Near Agreement By Conferees Expected Today In Last Major Task Before Legislature HORSE-RACING BILL PASSED IN HOUSE Would Permit Pasquotank Voters To Decide Whether They Want To Permit Bet ting; 1933 Tax Sale Certi ficate Refunding Amended by State Raleigh. May 12.—(AP)—Conferees on 'he biennial school machinery bill, the last major act the General As sembly must agree on before it can adjourn sine die, promised a com promise measure late today as the two legislative divisions worked leisurely on odds and ends on their calendars. The eight legislators engaged in ironing differences between Senate and House school bill 3 reported at the end of a four-hour meeting that it was likely an unanimous report would be ready during the afternoon. Th? major points of contention be tween the two houses is over the length of school terms. This is the first legislative session which had to delay adjournment be cause of failure to enact a school law in the memory of Representative Doughton, of Allehany, veteran, of 16 years. Under suspension of the rules, the House passed and sent to the Senate a rule to allow the voters of Pas quotank county to decide whether or not there shall be horse-racing and pari-mutuaij betting /in /their com (Contlnued On Page Four.) WILL SELL OFF LAST GOVERNMENT COTTON Washington, May 12- — (AP) Henry MorfAnth.au, Jr., chairman of the Farm Board, announced to day that the last remaining cot ton of the stabilization corpora tion’s 19,806 hales would be sold to the highest bidder at the cor poration's office at New Orleans next Tuesday. Will Defend Public From Farm Strike Officialdom Moves InF ace of Threat to Withhold Food From the Cities Chicago. May 12. —(AP) —Official- dom moved today to prevent any farm strike inconvience to the American public. At various points where tie up of marketing of foodstuffs were threatened officials took action. Thp 'hreat, under sponsorship of the Farmers Holiday Association, is scheduled to start tomorrow. In Wis consin 'he governor warned the sheriffs and district attorneys they would be held responsible for any dis orders growing out of the situation. A strike by some dairy farmers in northern Illinois, which was opposed hy members of the Pure Milk Asso ciation, was threatened for tomor tow and the health commissioner is sued a warning that milk from any see*ion where tie-ups are 1 attempted would be barred from the metropoli tan area. He contended in the past such strikes had jeopardized the purity of the milk supply. Jersey Rummers Linked To Kidnaping By Means Washington, May 12. —(AP) —New Jersey rum runners were linked with ,hfl Lindbergh kidnapers today in the I'ind tal« that Gaston B Means relat lfrl in District of Columbia Supreme Court. Continuing his story of the ac ’iyities that led to his present trial wi *h Norman T. W|hitaker on charges ()f ( f >nspiracy to defraud Mrs. Evelyn v; ikh McLean estranged wife of the foi incr publisher of the Washington r ; !t of $35,000. the former convict C'id ihe man he knew as Irving Fen *on i old him Max Hassel •and Max -'teenberg were associated with Fen Utettitersmt Batht tHsuatrlt F OF L THR A faiL^ IKB SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. NEW FARM CREDIT GROUP SET-UP TO Will Have Corresponding Units in Each of 12 Cities With Federal Land Banks Now functioningwill START ON MAY 27 Will Unify] All Scattered Farm Credit Agencies Un der Single Direction; All Loans To Be Handled hy Offices Opened in the New Divisions Washington, May 12. —(AP)—Ac- tivities of the new farm credit ad ministration which will begin func tioning May 27, will be organized in five divisions which will have cor responding units in each of the 12 citie3 where Federal land banks are now situated. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., farm board chairman and governor designate of the new administration, which will unify scattered farm credit agencies, expects to have the set-up complete .and ready for operation in 15 days when President Roosevelt’s order creating the executive agency becomes effective. Thg nation will be divided into 12 regions, following the same pattern now in use by the Federal land and intermediate credit banks. All loans will be Handled through these banns, except for some to be made dirctly by the Washington of fice to national farm marketing co operatives. Under Morgenthau will be three! deputy governors, a general council and five commissioners, each heading a division. The biggest will be the land bank division .which will continue the work of the Federal farm land bank board. All members of this board'except Paul Bestor, who is also land bank com missioner, will no longer have func tions under the new arrangement, their positions being abolished. Peru and Colombia To Negotiate For Peace Settlement Lima, Peru, May 12—(AP) —Peru and Colombia agreed today to direct negotiations to solve their conflict over the Leticia border territory in the upper Amazon region. The conflict between Peru and Colombia was precipitated September 1, 1932, when Peruvians seized the town of Leticia and ousted Colombian officials. Since that time there have been a few instances of fighting on a fairly large scale. Both nations have concentrated men and materials of war in the district. Meanwhile. American neutral coun tries and the League of Nations have endeavored to compromise the dis pute. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy tonight and Sat urday; probably local thunder showers in west and north cen tral portions. Slightly warmer in northeast and. slightly cooler in northwest portions tonight. ton in the kidnaping. Means said Hassel and Greenberg had sold beer to servants in the l house hdld of Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, and that on one occasion when they had delivered beer they had simply picked up the baby and taken it away. He added that on one occasion, after lengthy negotiations with Fenton, for the return of the baby, he returned to Washington and found a memorandum saying that “in an attempt to remove the baby from its hiding place in New Jersey, the baby was dropped on its head and killed, _ tT'.h . i —n. . ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. * Germany Soon To Agree To World Tariff Truce On Minor Reservations New Reserve Head mmsr • JMw Mi, :•. '.•<> . iVpiWniilmF Eugene Black Eugene Black, governor of the Atlanta, Ga., Federal Reserve bank, is the man picked by Presi dent Roosevelt to succeed Eugene Meyer as governor of the Federal Reserve board. Black was slated for a place on the board and, when the president had difficulty in finding the right man to head it, he decided to name Black, at least temporarily, according to authoritptiv*' reports in Washing- Roosevelt and Schacht Agreed in Statement as Conferences End TO MOVE~OBSTACLES SlaWf Conditions in Monetary Field Also Urgent; McAiey and Econof , mics Are Equally Urg ent, They Say Washington, May 12.—(AP) — A joint statement issued today by Presi-- dent Roosevelt and Dr. Hjalmar ■Schacht, German representative, said both were convinced that the world economic conference could not be a success unless “along with economic disarmament there is military dis armament.” “We emphasize the necessity of a speedy elimination of the obstacles to international trade,” the communica tion said, “and we feel that the crea tion of stab'.ie conditions in the mone tary field is equally important. "Economy and monetary questions are so interdependent that the ad justment of both must necessarily go hand in hand.” The statement, issued at the con elusion of the informal parleys with Germany’s representative preparatory to the world economic conference in Jjondon, said that “quick and far reaching solutions are necessary to save the economic life of the world.” WILLIAM H. JULIAN IS U. S. TREASURER Washington, May 12- —(AP)—Presi- dent Roosevelt today named William A. Julian, of Ohio, treasurer of the United States. AWIU. Chelsea Okla., May 12— 1 hmoa never looked prettier. N Haven’t sem a tractor working ' all day. The country has gone ' pane, and got back to horses. ' Farmers all look worse, but 1 they feel better. One of the very next things Mr. Roosevelt is go ing to do, so I wait told in Wash ington on the- best authority, to appoint an oil “czar.” No ini dustry needs a warden worse. Spring has come! Rockefeller and Brisbane art drifting North front Florida. These two old men are a surer sign than the geese used to be. | Yours, | i 1, -i _.. xl . HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 12, 1933 Dr. Schacht Makes An nouncement as He Ent ers Final Conversa MISUNDERSTANDING IS MYSTERY TO HIM Declares Exceptions Will Be Insignificant Compared to Those of Great Britain and France; Envoy Here Says Decision Is Coming Soon London, May 12.—(AP) — The American proposal for an inter y national tariffs truce was unani mously adopted today at a meet ing of the organizing committee of the world economic conference. The armistice was agreed upon after the representatives of the eight nations oh the committee had been in session more than three hours. Norman 11. Davis, President Roosevelt’s negotiator, came from the conference room in the for eign office, his face wreathed in smiles: “It is good news,” he said. In the course of the negotia tions, each country participating had an opportunity to express views supporting the broad prin ciples of the armistic in making it effective immediately. Wushirpton, May .2-—(AP)—Ger man rea/iness to agree to a world tariff truce “with minor reservations” was announced by Dr. Hjalmar (Schacht, Hitler government represen tative, as he entered his final talks today with Secretary Hull at the State Department and President Roosevelt at the White House. Schacht said it had been Germany’s intention tp do aUj&tehk and re marked he did not Understand why sd much confusion on the point had been created. He said Germany’s re servations were minor compared to those of Great Britain and France. He indicated that his country's ag reement to a truce would soon be made known formally. He did not. say what his country’s reservations would be. Chinese To Fight Back Jap Planes Peiping, China, May 12. —(AP) Chinese authorities moved today swift Jy today for the defense of Peiping after a second reconnaissance of the city by a Japanese war plane. This prane, like that of yesterday, dropped handbills saying the Japan ese ere ready to extend their attack to Peiping and Tientsin unless the Chinese cease armed resistance. Chin ese anti-aircraft guns fired ineffec tively at the plane. The plane flew directly over the American Legation and quarters of 500 Marines. The Chinese are expect ed to give battle if the Japanese at tempt any more flights over the city. Industrial Tax Bill Is Made Ready $220,000,000 Annual ly Needed and Sales Tax for It May Be Imposed Washington, May 12. —(AP) —A re vised draft to the public construction industrial control bill was carried to the White House today by Senator Wagner, Democrat, New York for a finaf check with President Roosevelt and a last minute dete.mination of the taxation program. Speaker Rainey predicted to news paper men that the $3,300,000 measure would be ready for congressional pre sentation next week. Wagner held a brief conference with Donald Richberg, representative of or ganized labor just before turning to th© White House with the latest draft of the revolutionary plan for controll ing and speeding up industry. He said lie form of taxation to finance the proposed construction program would (Continued on Page Four.). _ < Farm Aid-Inflation Measure Becomes Law With Signature Attached By The President MOB STORMS LINDBERGH AT TRIAL pHWL ;$ iMmUmgk lpß .W-: • 3v aBF xßp ■■•••■:■•■:■ • •: j Colonel Lindbergh Hundreds of hero worshipers en joyed a red letter day in Wash ington as Col. Charles A. Lind bergh, left, arrived at tfre District of Columbia supreme court to testify for the government in the trial of Gaston B. Means and Norman Whitaker on a charge of defrauding Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, society matron and news Bombs Are Found In Home Os U. S. Consul In Mukden Mukden, Manchuria, May 12. (AP) —Bombs were discovered to day in the residence of the Amer ican Consul General, Myrl S. Myers, and in the British con sulate general. They were removed without exploding. Japanese police were investigat ing the incident. Mr- Myers had been active in ghthei/ing tacts for the United ■ i State Prison Has Population 2,840 Raleigh, ,Mjay 12—(AP)—North Carolina State Prison gained 18 inmates in April, and on May 1 hao a population of in its various units of 2,840 persons. The largest num ber of inmates the prison has ever had is 2,912. The prison received 112 new con victs, had 15 escapes re captured and got 13 other prisoners for a total of 140 April admissions. Dur ing the month of 78 persons com pleted terms, 13 were paroled, one pardoned, 21 escaped, four died and five were given temporary paroles, b total of 122. On May 1 there were 1,299 white men, 1,4443 Negro men, 31 white women and 67 Negro women in the prison. mm But Some of Amendments School Law Will Be Contested There Dully Dispatch Barm, In the Sir Walter Hotel, inr .1. C. JUASKERVILL, Raleigh, May U— wnue the Senate is expected to agree to the amend ment added to the school machinery bill in the House to permit counties and the larger special charter dis tricts, or cities to levy supplemental taxes for a nine months school term, as well for supplementing the) eight months term, it is not expected that its conference committee will agree to anything like all of the House amendments. It was because of the wa Rage Four.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT BUNDAY, m .mm fry ' y ft 3~‘ i; MB * Gaston Means paper publisher, of $35,000 on the pretext that they could turn over the Lindbergh baby to her. For the first time Colonel Lindbergh told the story of the kidnaping and murder in public. Means, al ready serving a 15-year term for defrauding Mrs. McLean of $104,- 000 in the Lindbergh case, is shown, right, smiling. States government concerning the Japanese military occupation of Manchuria and Japan’s sponsor ship . of ' the Manchukuo govern ment in the territory seized from China. Lately reports said he had been engaged in negotiations seeking the release of Dr. Neils Nielsen, American missionary kid naped several weeks ago by Chin ese brigands. Arthur Morgan Believed Roosevelt’s Choice for Valley Project Washington, May 12.—(AP) — The belief was growing in Washington to day that Arthur E. Morgan, of Yel low Springs, Ohio, is President Roose velt’s choice for director of the vast $18,000,000 Tennessee alley conserva tion program. Morgan is a proneer in educational thought, as well as civil engineering developments. Since 1902, when with but a high school education he began engineer ing work at St. Cloud, Minn., he has planned and supervised construction of 75 water control projects, includ ing the Miami conservancy project at Dayton, Ohio, and the Ambition St. Francis Valley reclamation workings in Arkansas. Sales Tax Fight Goes On, Despite Passage Os Law Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY HENRY LESESNE. Haleigh. May 12 —Although the Gen eral Assembly has already enacted a revenue bill carrying a three percent general sales tax, the merchants have not given up the battle, and they are now fighting for a supplementary bill which would mlake it mandatory that the merchants shall pass the I sales tax on to the consumer. But \ such a proposal, according to observ-, ers here, will find concerted opposi tion in both blouses, since seme of the best legal minds of the G-c-neral 8 PAGES , TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY SENATE NEAR VOTE ON NEW TAX BILL WITH POSTAL COT Muscle Shoals Tennessee Valley Bill To Be Agreed on by Conferees by Evening CONCLUDE HEARING ON RAILROAD BILL To Begin Hearing Amend, ments Next Tuesday; Framer of Resolution To Probe Movies . Told He Only Wants Free Trip to Hollywood Studios Washington, May 12. — (AP)— The 'Ttrm |>ecame Jaw today with President Roosevelt’s signature of the document, empowering him and his aides to inflate the currency and lift farm prices and ease, mortgage trou bles of the farmers. Meanwhile, the House, by a one sided vote, passed and sent to the Senate the independent offices ap propriation bill, cut in half to around half a billion since last year, and carrying extensive new economy pow ers for the President, including au thority to cut or cancel train, air and. mail contracts. The Senate, delayed by debate on tariffs and other issues was approach ing a final vote on the tax bill, which continues the present one-cent gaso line level, reduces postage and shifts from home customers the burden 6f (Continued on Page Pour.) Germany To Ban Land Ownership To Jewish Folk Berlin, May 12.—(AP)—The Prus sian government will invoke on Mon day a bold revolutionary law to set tle its most vixing farm problem heavy landed indebtedness. The law will abolish large landed estate ownership, set up a new class of equally landed genty and will serve ultimatel yto deprive any person of Jewish or colored blood from ownyl -of farm land. "Only a German citizen of German birth can inherit land as a farmer/’ 1 the law states. "German blooded ii he who has neither Jewish nor color ed blood within four generations.” Mortgage Delay Is Requested Washington, May 12 (AP)—Pres ident Roosevelt today urged farm mortgage creditors to abstain from foreclosures pending operation of the newly signed farm re-financing mort gage bill. In signing an agriculture debt re lief measure into law, the President in a formal statement said: "I urge upon mortgage creditors until full opportunity has been given to make effective the provisions of the mortgage refinancing methods of the farm relief act, that they abstain ( from bringing foreclosure proceed ings and making any effort to dis possess farmers wfho are in debt to them.” Assembly are firm In the conviction that this is a trap by which the mer chants hope to ensnare the assembly so that they can have the sale tax declared: invalid in the courts. According to Willard L. Dowell, the head mJan of tihe North Carolina Merchants Association, the legisla ture is already afraid that it has en acted a revenue bill that will not stand up in the courts.' In Dowell’s words, the "legislature is scared 10 death.” Dowell said here yesterday (Continued On Page Four.),
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