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HENDERSON, GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. TWENTIETH YEAR CURRENCY PLAN AGREED UPON SAYS RELIEF FUND TO PUT 1,000,000 MEN ON 1 SOON Harry L. Hopkins, Adminis trator of $500,000,000 Emergency Law, Out lines Program STATES MUST BEAR SHARE OF THE LOAD Must Also Be Tightening of Relief Administration By All Agencies, He Tells Na. tional Meet Os Social Workers in Convention at 'Detroit Detroit, Mich., June 17 (AP)—. Harry L Hopkins, administrator of the $500,000 000 Federal emergency relief fund, told the National Confer ence of Social Workers today that he expects 1,000 new public works pro jects to put 1 ? 00,000 men to work by October 1. He said the depression had “plung ed 4.000,000 families and 18,000,000 in dividuals fro mself-«upport to public dpeendency,” and outlined in detail the policies to be followed by his ad ministration. Mr. Hopkins empha sized that states must bear a fail share of the cost of their own relief problems, and (th|at there |must be “cooperative tightening” of relief ad ministration—‘Federal, state, county and city—to determine to th# besi possible degree who needs relief and who does not. j .J£r. Hopkins said that of the forces now v working to take people “off the rolls and put them on payrolls of ernployment. th e most important is the recently-enacted trade recovery act, with its tremendous outlook for re-energizing our consuming power through the payment of wages to a great number of workers.” sheriffYTfreed BY DESPERADO CAR Eolivar, Mo.. June 17. —(AP) —Held captive by Charles (Pretty Boy) Flcyd, Oklahoma desperado, for more than 14 hours. Sheriff Jack Killings worth, of Polk county, returned home today fol’owing h's release near Lee’s Summitt, Mo., about 20 miles south east of Kansas City. Forced to accampany Floyd and his companion, Adam Richitti, after the two had stopped here to repair their motor car, the sheriff rode with his abductors for about 500 miles over the s'de roads of central and western Mis souri. Released with the sheriff was a motorist whose name was not obtain ed. Floyd and Richittti had comman deered his machine near Deep Water, Me. * Plan For Cotton Cut Postponed Delay Occasioned by Protest Filed By, Senator Smith Os South Carolina Washington, June 17 (AP) Secre tary Wallace today postponed for this week announcement of hi scoHon program, calling for a sharp reduc tion i n acreage of the growing crop and levying alt the maximum a pro cessing tax of about four cents a pound. Official announcement of the plan was tentatively scheduled for Mon day afternoon. The delay was understood to have resulted from a protest fi’ed by 9sn ator Smith, Democrat, South Caro lina, to the use of taxes Which, 'it was estimated, would yield afcgut $2')0.o00 000 on the portion of the cotton crop' domestically consumed, normally nhout 50 percent of produc tion. 1 ’ ftmith and a group of southern sen ators and representatives of spinners 'hHd a couierence with Dr. R. G. Tugwell, assistant secretary of agri culture, and Chares J. Brand, colad minisfrator of the farm act. presented arguments that a processing tax woud be unnecessary th's year, because $200,000,000 is evailabe for Wallace's ap propriations made by ongress. A """■V lif > Mrttilyrsmt fiatlit Btanatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIiRINIA. * *'U-LL LEASED WIRE RRRVirv OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS .PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT LAYS VACATION PLANS . j Franklin. Jr., John and President Roosevelt ready * After months of intensive work President Roosevelt eagerly looks forward to a brief vacation from his desk and an opportunity to in dulge in his favorite sport, yacht ing, with his sons. He hopes to attend the graduation exercises of 4 Officers And Robber Dead In Kansas Battle Gunmen Turn Machine Gun on Party Boarding Autos Returning Fugitive From Leavenworth Prison; As sailants Flee an 1 Elude Police Posse Kansas City, June 17 (AP) —Four officers were slain by machine gun fire and another was wound ed in fr<»it of the Union station here today by gunmen who appa rently sought *o effect the release of Frank Nash, Oklahoma matt train robber, being returned to Leavenworth Federal prison. Nash, one of the few surviving members of the AI Spencer gang of train robbers > also died >i the hail of bullets. The killers fled in one or more automobiles after pouring a mur derous fire into a parked car, which the officers an dtheir pris Miss Margaret Dula, 19, of Lenoir, “Could Not Live” Without Youth Lenior, June 17.—(AP)—Miss Mar garet Dula, 19-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Dula, of Lenior, was found dead in a hotel room here today. An empty bottle which police said had contained a poison, and a note found in the room, indicated she had committed suicide. The note, signed hv th~ girl, said she was in love with a Lenior youth, and “could not live without him.” It was found in a waste basket. Police said they were informed Miss Dula left home last night aftftr an argument with members of her family and registered at the hotel alone about 9 p. m. A porter at the hotel said he heard the telephone switchboard bell short ly after midnight, but got no re sponse When .he answered the call. The switchboard showed Miss Dula’s room was calling, he said, and, after waiting a short while, he went and knocked on the g-rl’s door. Getting no response, the porter said he opened the door and found the girl dead, whereupon he summoned a physician, and police. L HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 17, 1933 his son, Franklin, Jr., at Groton, Mass., on June 16, then motor to Marblehead, Mass., where the yacht, Amberjack 11, is waiting for the president and his young est sons, Franklin, Jr., and John, to sail it to Buzzards Bay, then oner were boarding just south of the east door of the station. Three of the officers and nash died on the spot. Another officer died in a hospital one was woilnf ef, while two escaped. The assailants fled west and eluded police cars which rushed to the scene. FEDERAL AGENCIES JOIN TO RUN DOWN GANGSTERS Washington. June 17. —(AP) —At- torney General Cummings today or dered every law enforcement agency under his command into the quest for ithe gangsters who took part in the Kansas City shooting this morning. N. C. State T o Receive Its $40,000 R. F. C. Agrees To Lend Money for En larging At h 1 et i c Stadium’s Capacity Washingtong, June 17.—(AP)— The Reconstruction Corporation today agreed to lend the North Carolina State College at Raleigh N. C., $40,000 for increasing the seating capacity of its athletic field. The loan will be used to con struct a concrete addition of 7,- 500 seats to the State College sta dium. It will be a first lien on the gross receipts from athletic events. The announcement said that 60 men will be employed on a 30- hour week basis for four months IDENTIFY BODY OF MAN FOUND KILLED Greenboro, June 17. —(AP) T* lo body of a man found by the southern Railway tracks here yesterday was identified today as *hat of John Saw der, 33, of EUzabeth City. i northward to Campobello, N. 8., where he and his mother, Mrs. James D. Roosevelt have a sum mer residence. After cruisifig in Maine waters Roosevelt may board the new cruiser Indianap olis for a run down the coast. BRUMIWin OFF TO LUKE LEA HEARING Will Present State’s Claim O'n Tennesseean In Su preme Court UNDER SENTENCE HERE Wanted for Bank Law Violations, for Which He Was Convicted; Lea i Seeks of Habeas Corpus Plea Raleigh. June 17. —(AP) —Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt and As cistant Attorney General A. A. F. Seawell will leave tomorrow for Ashe ville and Nashville, Tenn., represent North Carolina before the Tennessee Supreme Court C.’utesday when (the court hears the latest appeal of Col onel Luke Lea, under sentence in this State for bank law violations. The State officers will motor from Asheville to Tennessee with Solicitor Zeb V. Nettles, of Asheville, and Sheriff Lawrence E. Brown, of Bun combe county. Lea is appealing to the Supreme Court from the judgment of Judge John T. Cunningham, of Montgomery county, Tennessee, which quashed a writ of habeas corpus the newspaper publisher secured when he was ar rested on extradition papers from this State. Says Bread Prices Not ToAdvance Washington. June 17. —(AP)-j-Will the price of bread be increased by the 30 cents a bushel processing tax soon to be imposed to finance the wheat program? George N. Peek, chief administra tor of the act, believes that the rise, if any, will be slight. Representatives of organizations of bakers, at a meeting called by Peek recently, pledged that they would “pass on to the consumer no more than, no less than the tax,” and that it would not be made an ezfcuse for boosting prices. Peek, however, said that the entire tax need not be passed on to the con sumer. WEATHER i .3 FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Sunday; not much chaise in temperature. L euiSeS HI ENURE STATE Not Only Highway Dep&rt ment but Others See Bet er Times Ahead In North Carolina 8,000 MEN~EXPECTED TO BE GIVEN JOBS Will Be 'Put to Work In 90 Days, and Several Hund red Contractors Will Get Work for First Time In Months; Large Orders for Materials Possible Bully Blniiiilpli Rnrpim, In th«* Sir Wnltrr Hotel. IIV .? e. BASKERVIU,. Raleigh, June 17.—There is no more gloom in the State eHighway and public Works Commission since Con gress played Santa Claus in June and will drop $11,000,000 into the lap of the new commission July 1 with which to start bu lding new roads in •North Carolina There is already an <Contt*Mje«i on Pate Four! LEADERS OF ROBBER GalnG ALMOST FREE Dewey Williams Put In Special Cell In Wilson After Digging Hole In Jail Watt Rocky Mount, June 17.—(AP)—Po lice revealed today that Dewey Wil liams, suspected leader of a gang of box car and wholesale house rob— ibers, was confined in a special cell to day following his attempt to escape jail at Wilson yesterday. Williams was arrested Wednesday night at Sm thfield. He was the tenth man taken as police rounded up what they believe to be a band of theieves operating in Eastern North Carolina. Police here said Williams tore a radiator from his cell and used the' iron pipe to beat out the br ck of the ! wall near his window. He was d.is-; covered shortly before he could have | crawled to freedom. “I needed fresh air” was his only comment when officers found him. Roosevelt Speeds On To Outing Care - Free And In Leisure Manner President To Board Yacht for Cruise En Route to Marlon, Mass., With President Roosevelt, June 17.—(AP( —Over the winding highways of Mas sachusetts, care-free, President Roose velt hurried today to his vacation rendezvous —the harbor of Marion, in which rests the schooner Amberjack 11. A happy smile on his face, Mr. Roosevelt motored from Boston to Groton School in the morning, and, after a stop for luncheon there with his son, Franklin, Jr., and John, re sumed the ride for Marion at the end of a caravan of cars carrying secret service men, newspaper men and photographers. The President was in a true holiday mood, and schedules were tossed over board as he took his own time. Sleep ing late, he remained in the l south railroad - station aboard his car for two hours this morning. Beer Revenue Os State < For May Around $90,000 Raleighs June 17 (AP)—Legalizar tion of beer resulted in collection of some $90,000 in State revenues for May, Allen J. Maxwell revenue com missioner reported today. The State revenue department, on the basis of figures up through yes terday; had actually collEjted $37,- 749.75 in bottle and barrel taxes, with some reports not yet in for May, Maxwell said. He estimated at lea sit $3,000 additional would be reported. Up to yesterday approximately sso, r PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY, London Proposal Awaits Approval By United States Gives Jobless Hope vYgljgSggjSgj mmm ' Genera! Johnson Figures showing that 4,000,000 idle men can be put back to work by October 1 have been an nounced by Gen. Hugh S. John son, director of the huge public works-industrial control program, at Washington. General Johnson iST shown here at his desk in the Department of Commerce build in e*. WEALTHY SI. M_ William Hamm, Millionaire Head of Concern, Held For SIOO,OOO DEATH IS THREATENED Police Retijre From Case After Preli m» iary Investigation, Leaving Family To Negotiate for His Release St. Paul, Minn., June 17. —(AP) — The millionaiie president of a brew ing company, William Hamm, ap parently was a prisoner today of kid napers who demanded payment of SIOO )C0 under thread of death. Th3 po : ce, after making a preli minary investigati-.n of the abduc tion. wifhdjew from. further efforts to find the kidnapers, at the urgent request of. the missing man’s family. (Continued on Page Pour.) HENDERSON jDURH AM BUS CHARTER GIVEN Ra’eigh, June 17.— (AP)— The State Corporation Commission an nounced today it had ordered a certificate issued to the East Coast Stages to allow a passenger bus line between Henderson and Durham. Five firms sought the franchise. 000 had been collected for State lic enses on beer with the definite fig ure not available, while some license applications still hav enot been de finitely acted upon. Maxwell estimated, on the basis of the first month’s receipts that the revenue department’s predictions to the legislature of $500,000 in beer in come annually was very close to what .the actual returns will be.” Under the State’s law, 12-ounce bet tles are taxed one cent and 31-gallon barrels are taxed $3. a PAGES o TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Plan Submitted to Home Governments After Ac ceptance by Experts at Economic Meet MONEY FLUCTUATIONS WOULD BE SMOOTHED •French Circles Say Every thing Now Awaits Action In Washington; Hope for Announcement Before Markets Open Monday; Tariff Truce Approved Washington, June 17.—(AP) —A Eu ropean proposal for a temporary stab ilization of currencies has been trans 'mitted to the Washington govern ment by the American delegation at the London economic conference. It is being given close study at the Treasury. TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON STABILIZATION IS REACHED London, June 17.—(AP) —A tenta tive! agreement on controlled stabili zation has been reached by expert and submitted to the home governments for approval, it was learned in im poitant world economic conference quarters today. The agreement, it was understood, •provides for the control of exchanges to smooth out money fluctuations rather than for definitely fixing rates In French delegation circles it wgs said that only Washington’s approval was lacking, and this was expected to be forthcoming so that the announce ment of the accord could be made be fore the opening of the markets Mon day. This forecast was regarded as too optimistic by some of the other major delegations, however. The French and other delegates from gold standard countries this morning were rather avoiding the use of the controversial word "stabiliza tion,” and employing the more euphe mist phrase “agreement to minimize •fluctuation.” Conference headquarters, mean while, announced 14 more nations had accepted President Roosevelt’s truce on tariff changes, making a total of 33 adherents so far. Gov. Ehringhaus At Duke Hospital For Examination Raleigh, June 17.—(AP)—Gov ernor J. C. B. Ehringhaus was at the Duke hospital in Durham to day for a physical examination. The governor has been suffer ing for several months with kid ney trouble, and is considering undergoing an operation in order to be relieved of a kidney stone* 10 Percent Tariff Cut Is Proposed American De’ega tion Is Moving To Get Speedy Action I on Recovery Plans London, June 17.—(AP)—A pro posal for a general ten percent re ducton in tariffs has been sub mitted to the economic commis sion of the world economic con ference by the American dele gation, it was learned today. This topic, presented for considers, tion, was submitted among others a the request of the chairman, who ask ed the various delegations to file, briefs to assist in making up the com - mission’s agenda. Other suggestions from the Amer icans included: A continuation of the tariff truce. I Bi-lateral trade agreements, j Compensation and clearance agree ments . The economic commission is exist ed to deal chiefly with tariffs It was - ! pointed out in American quarters that | the suggestions made by j States delegation were merely ■%*. pre | sent topics for consideration.’ I A general ten percent reduction in J tariffs has been strongly urged by; [some Amer-can delegation quarters.
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