HENDERSON, GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. TWENTIETH YEAR 50 NATIONS CALLED UPON TO JOIN TARIFF TRUCE jr • _*.*****. ******* ********.* * * Major Prosperity Job Done, Cotigress Drives On To Finish Task At V V o «• • i FARM RELIEF AND INFLATION MAJOR WORK TO PRESENT Roosevelt $3,300,000,000 Public Works Program Biggest Item Still to Be Tackled THAT IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK Securities Regulation And Tennessee Valley Measure Almost Ready for White House; Railroad Emer gency Measure In Commit, tees In Both Houses Washington, May 13.—(AP>— Cnnyrcsslonpl conferees today reached a complete agreement on the administration Tnncssee Val ley development. Muscle Shoals bill, and early Senate approval will be sought* Senator Norris, Republican. Ne braska, whose hill was accepted in the main by the conferees as to government construction of pow er transmission lines and experi merr'a! production, /of fertilizer, described the final draft as the ‘ best Muscle Shoals bill we have ever had.” Washington, May 13.—(AP)—With Congress enjoying a week-end rest, leaders took stock today of two rec ord-making months of activity and planned a drive to close shop in an other four weeks. Behinu was the outstand ing job of tho special session— the farm relief, mortgage aid and infla tion law. Ahead was a dwindling list of strictly administration mea- X r »nt.imied on Pag# Si*) Chinese Line Is T hrown Back from River In Attack Tokyo, May 13 (AP)— The Chinese defense lire was reported thrown hack to Miyun, only 4p miles north of Peiping, today by a smashing Japanese attack. Japanese reports said the town of Shih-Hsiachen was captured by the eghth division. Japanese fdroes were said to have completed the cross* ig of the Lawn rtvre on the eastern 1 front and to be pressing on to "’"rd Peiping from th,vt direc tion . i It was reported that these troops aimed to cut off the retreat Pf Marshal Chlang Kai-Shek. One Percent Industry Tax Now Planned Re - Employ m e n t Levy for Huge Pub lic Works Bond Is sue Is Worked Out Washington, May 13-—(AP) —A re fcmployment tax of between one and one and a half percent on the output all industry has been agreed upon T 3" President Roosevelt's committee which is drafting the public works Indus*rial relations bill as a means Paying interest and providing a maturity fund for government securi ties to be isaued for financing the construction program. With some details yet to be settled committee members said as they left a lengthy confer,enc theat the pro posed legislation would undoubtedly hid before President Roosevelt in completed form tonight. lewis W. Douglas, director of the v nidgf t ) had a dinner .engagement at ~ls White House tonight. 1 was said that the draft to be Phced before the chief executive would specify neither bond nor short | m seem Hies for obtaining the $3,- ' ,(| o,(iOO,uoo, but would leave the door '‘l en for bonds or short term bqfrow lng as seemed best to fit the financial TirniUTsmx TDatht iltsiratrh F OF L TH» A s| G a , L, WIRIB SBRVICF OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. LEGISLATURE TO ADJOURN SINE DIE MONDAY NOON PARAGUAY MAKES WAR ‘‘OFFICIAL” Wc : /. " :vv'- • A * y v • pj|si> • In declaring war on Bolivia, after nearly a year of “unofficial fight ing”, Paraguay becomes first pow er to make war officially against another country since 1918, when Guatemala declared war on the central powers. Gran Chaco, a fertile region, 100,000 square miles in extent, lying between the Pou Fighting To Retain Farm Bank For Raleigh Washington, May 13. —(AP) —Rep- resentative Edward W. Pou, Demo crat, North Carolina has filed a vig orous protest with Henry Morthen thau, J., chairman of the farm board against any move by the new farm credit administration to remove the (regional agricultural credit bank from Raleigh, N. C. There have been reports that un der the new plan a regional agricul tural credit division is to be created in the southeastern states, with Lead SIX MEN SEEKING 1935 SPEAKERSHIP i Moss, Lumpkin, Thompson, Turner, Mcfcachern, John son Speculated Upon Dully Dlnpntch ltarena, In the Sir Walter Hotel, Hf .1 C. UASKERVILL Raleigfh, May 13—A large crop of potential candidates for the speaker ship of the House for the 1935 ses sion of the General Assembly than is usually the case, emerged from this session,, with at least six members being prominently mentioned for the post, with still others in a receptive mood. The six whose names are being heard as the most likely candidates for the speakership next session are Representatives O. B. Moss, of Nash county; W. Avery Thompson, of Co lumnfbus; Laurie McEaohern, of Thomas Turner, Jr., of Guilford; obert Grady Johnson, of Pender, and W. L. Lumpkin, of Franklin county. Representative Moss has been one of the leaders in the House this ses sion and was a candidate for the on Page Six), ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIg SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. * two countries, is the bone of con tention. Top, trucks loaded with Bolivian troops at Villazon, Bo livia; center, maps of the dis puted area and South America; below, Paraguayan troops march ing through the streets of Asun cion, Paraguay, en route to Gran Chaco. quarters at Columbia, S. C. and branches at Raleigh, Macon and Or lando, Fla. There also has been talk that the regional banks might be li quidated and a new system inaug urated to make crop production loans to farmers. Pou said the farm credit admin istration would become effective May 27 under executive order, and thus far Morgenthau had not made known his intention with regard to the Raleigh institution. Deposits Guarantee Approved ■Washington, May 13.—(AP) — The controversial Glass btU to ttrenplicn the national bankhiug laws and insure deposits was ap proved unanimously today by the Senate Banking Committee. No material changes were made in the bill as approved by the sub-com mittee last week. Chairman Glass, Democrat, Virginia, of the sub-com mittee, said he would submit the re port' to the Senate Monday and ask for consideration, as soon as possible. Early action on the legislation is expected in the Senate as no other major measure is pending. An effort to amend the bill to make its deposit insurance provision effec tive immediately upon enactment, in stead of waiting a year was defeated in the committee, 8 to 4. This was the .only major contro versy in the committee, and it provok ed long debate. Senator McAdoo. Democrat, Cali fornia, moved to modify the insurance provision by making it partially ef fective immediately. HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 13 1933 adoptedKth HOUSES TO CLOSE School Machinery Comproni ise Bill Passes Second Reading in Senate by 36 to 6 Vote 1 BOTH BRANCHES IN REGULAR SESSION Only Saturday of 1933 Leg islature That Has Happen ed; House Legalizes Pari- Mutual Betting and Horse Racing In Rowan County Under Vote Sales Tax Levy Made Mandatory Raleigh, May 13 (AP)—The Senate this afternoon passed by , unanimous roll call vote a bill re quiring that North Carolina's three percent general sales tax be pass ed on to consumers under regu lations to tie'niiiuke fiy the cbiruriisf si<*wr of revenue. The proposal would majre it mandatory that the levy be pass ed on by merchants. After passing the bill, the Senate inserted in its record a letter from Willard Dowell,, secretary of the State Merchants Association sayl'ng such legislation would “in all probability’ prevent a court contest of the tax by organized merchants. The sailes tax included in th e 1933 revenue act goes into effect July 1, the beginning of the 1933-35 biennium It is estimated to prodluce SB,OOO 000. A clause requiring that the levy be passed on was s tricken from the revenue bill by conferees who believe it would subject the sale s tax to a court contest. * No regulatio for passing on the tax are included in the supplementary (Continued on Page Six.) Mrs. S. P. Cooper Presents. D. A. R. , Tablet to State Raleigh, May 13 (AP)—Follow ing elaborate ceremonies a tablet commemorating the Hei’vicLs. I»f the patriots of the lower Cape Fear section of North Carolina was presented to the State of North Carolina today by the Dau ghters of the American Revolu tion of the State. The presentation address was by Mrs. S P. Coper, of Henderson, State regent of the D. A. R., and the tablet was accepted for the State by Governor Jl. C. B. Eh righaus. The exercises were unde** the auspices of the Stamp Defiance chapter of the D. A. R. of Wilmington. Dr. A. R. New som .secretary of the State His torical Commission, was the prin cipal speaker. • ’ ■ • ' AW.ll F*? Rogers W Vsy*: Tulsa, Okla*, May 13.—Well, here we are flying out of Tulsa, the first town in America *o become a city. This is one of the best and busiest airports in our country. Oklahoma wants to vote on the beer thing but they have no money to pay for the election. So Missouri offers to pay for Okla homa’s election provided Okla homa will guarantee to vote dry and let them have the sales pri vilege as they do now. Corn is forty and fifty cents a bushel but no farmer has any. He sold last fall and winter at fif teen cents. They thought Roose velt was just another President. Yours, WILL. Bonuseers "Sign in” at Capital In sharp contrast to their welcome of 1932, bonus mai-chers received a pleasant surprise on reaching Washington, to find that elaborate prep arations had been made to house them during their stay. A small city of tents have been erected at Fort Hunt, Va., by the U. S. Army. Here the marchers will be billeted. But precautions are being taken that only genuine veterans be permitted to use the camp. Above are members of the Bonus Army advance guard showing their credentials to Registration Officer Frank L. Flynn before admittance to the camp. The registration . * office is in the shadow of the United States Capitol. Z 5V Right for Ninth Month In Term Is * Retained in . Machinery Act by Conferees FINAL PASSAGE ON MONDAY IS LIKELY Legislature Is Expected To Adjourn Sine Die Then; O’Berry Amendment T o Prohibit Supplements By Units in Default Is Kept in Measure Dnily DlMpnftfh Rtirenn, In the Sir Walter Hotel, ev j o. it a ?KEn vis .1. . Ltaleigh, May 13. —The House pro gressives who adopted the amend ment to permit the larger cities and counties to levy supplemental taxes for a ninth month of school won a decided victory over the Senate when the conference committees on the (Continued on Page Six.) Tax Relief Uncertain Os Status Various Measures Are Still Ricked Back and Forth Be tween Two Houses Hally Ulupateb Bnrem. In th» Sir Walter Hotel., HI HEJiRY LESESIVE. Raleigh, May 13.—The time for ad journment still finds the General As sembly running around in circles try ing to decide upon gome definite pro gram of tax relief. The abolition of most of the 35-cent advalorem levy for schools appears to be about the only thing that is certain. There is (Continued on Page SUg. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY, Says Means Story Pure Imagination Washington, May 13.— (AP)— A Federal, official, after investigat ing tho story told by Gaston B. Means of his “contacts" with the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby, today pronounced the tale a “fig ment of a weird imagination that makes Baron Munchausen like like a piker. ” Definitely dhsp roved was the statement that the Flizalieth. N. J„ safety deposit box of Max Hassel, murdered beer baron, contained 1 either Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mc- Lean’s or Colonel Charles A* Lind bergh’s ransom money. The $214,000 in currency in thaf box was all in denominations rang ing .from SSO to $5,000, Federal men said, while the largest bills in the ransom money (he colonel paid out through Dr. J. F. Condon were s2o’s. WALLACETOPLAN RELIEFINCQTTON To Meet With Cotton Pro cessors Monday To De. vise Program of Aid Washington, May 13. —(AP)—Sec- retary Wallace agreed today to meet Monday with cotton industry repre sentatives to take his first steps in devising a relief plan covering the major crop of the South. Representatives of cotton proces sors were said to have reached an understanding on some phases of a voluntary trade agreement. Names of the conferees were not made public. The conferehc will be “entirely informal,” and no final ac tion is contemplated until later when the formal cotton commodity coun cil is organized. Wallace was swamped with callers today, but turned them aside to spend most of his time with aides who will have key places in his administra tion . -, WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy tonight and Sun day, with showers and thunder storms in east portion Sunday and - probably in west portion tonight and Sunday; somewhat cooler Sunday in west and north por tions. _ t O PAGES OTODAY FIVE CENTS COPY — - » Adherence to American Proposal Would Bar All Increases In Customs Duties COVER DURATION OF ECONOMIC MEETING Eight Originating ments Conceded Minor Reservations Without Sac rifice of Principle at Stak* Parley May Last Until Near Year’s End London, Ma.y 13 (AP)-Fl% na tions were called upon today to join the immediate tariff truce now ac cepted by eight leading countries. ' Prime Minister MacDonald, chair man of the w*orld economic confer ence, is seeking universal adherence bo the American proposal by present ing the agreement reached here yes terday to all the other countries in* vited to the conference. » The eight originating governments —the United States, Great Britain' France, Italy, Japan, Germany, Nor way an df Belgium—were conceded technical and' mlinor reservations with out sacrifice of any of the principles in the American plan. » The section of the triice address ed to other nations saidfl “The said governments agree and strongly urge all other governments participating in the conference to agre e that they will not, before Jume 12 n or during the proceedings if? tRe adopt any new initiatives which might increase the many vari eties of difficulties now arresting in ternational commerce.** The conference is expected to last from June 12 to late this. year. PALMETTO SOLONS ADJOURN TONIGHT Columbia, S. C., May 13. —(AP) —The last obstacle to sine die ad journment of the South Carolina legislature—an education bill lift ing the school tax burden—was reported out by a free conference committee today. Both Senate and House have adopted resolutions calling fdr sine die adjournment by 11:50 p. m. tonight. Bandits In Durham Get Big Payroll Unmasked Men Hold Up Hosiery Mill Treasurer To Es? cape With $l,lOO : Durham, May 13 (AP) —Two un * masked bmditg held up Homer n £ Motsinger, treasurer of the i Knitwell Hosiery Mills today, i forced him to drive his car sev- . eral miles <‘ats of the city, and , then robbed him of the mill’s SU > 100 payroll. The bandits escaped. 1 The holdsup took place a block from the mill as Motsinger was re turning from an uptown bank with the payroll money. Using a car to block Motsinger*® machine, one bandit leaped on the* running board, thrust a revolver in Motsinger’s face and ordered him t