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HENDERSON, GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. TWENTIETH YEAR CHAS. E. MITCHELL ACQUITTED Hull Attempting To Get Showdown Over Trade Bans Americans Seeking To Force Hand of Economic Con ference on Contro verted Issue OFFER RESOLUTION AT LONDON PARLEY Move Understood To Be Ef fort To Bring an End To Stabilization FIgHI, Threat ening Life of the Confer ence; U. S. Cannot Stabi lize Currency Now London, June 22 <AP)—An Ameri can attempt to force the world eco nomic conference to declare its policy rgearding trade barriers of every drj- was initiated today by S-efc r'tary of State Hull in a resolution introduced before the economic com mission. * The resolution took cognizance of tariff quotas exchange regulation and other restrictive and discrimina tive measures. Asked by The Associated Press what speciffic measures were - contemplatf ed Hull, leader of the American de legation replied: “To* get rid of them all." Hull said h.” would have included some of the resolutions in the first outline of th.3 general policy made to the conference, but thought it better to wait "a more seasonabble time." which he said he believed had arrived. Hull's movie is understood in Ame rican quarters to be an effort to bring an end to the staidliaation #!gh,t. which had been threatening the life cf the conference, and to give the something concrete to work cn, apart from that burning issue. American sources I this morning reiterated that the United States can not stabilize currency at this time, da spite severe pressure from the Euro pean gold bloc. . i i Wealthy Detroit Man Wills $20,000 To N. C. Purposes Detroit, Mich., Jun= 22 (AP) —Two North Carolina institutions —a church and an orphanage —are to share in the millions of the late Horace M. Raekman, who made his fortune as one of the original stockholders in the Ford Miotor. The will of the wealthy philanth ropist, who died June 13 at the age of 73, was filed so rprobate today. It ir)i luded. among other bequests. SIOOOO (for the Quaker Children’s home Mr Connell. N. C.. and SIO,OOO for the Christian Science Church of Southern Pines, N. C. The will also created a trust fund for various charitable uses, which at torneys said will result in making nearly $30,000,000 available over a per iod of 25 years. Between $13,000.- 000 and $15,000,000 Is available in* mediately. Will Apply Farm Act To Y ege tables Fruits and Other Not Listed as Basic Commodities ‘ Also To Be Aided Washington, June 22. —(AP) —Ad- ministrators of the farm act have de fect to apply ft to fruits and vege ,; Wles and other crops which nr r listed aa basic commodities in the law. The intention was made known to day with announcement of the ap pointment of Dr. H. R. Tolley, of *he University of California, as chief of the section of special crops, a di v 1 ion created to carry out the pro- Ptam for fruits and vegetables. Dr. Tolley is director of the Gian tiini Foundation of Agricultural Eco itornioH at the University of California "1 wns formerly assistant chief of ;,l “ bureau of agricultural economics. 1 ha 3 arrived here to begin pivpara 'l' n of a program of relief for tope- Malty crops. ■. ri Hcttiirrsmt DatUt tHsuatrfr F of TSKS* Boy, 15, To Plead To Second Degree Greensboro, June 22— (AP)—Grif fith Welch, 15, charged with kill ing five-year-old Bobby Sechrest by throwing him into a H gh Point sewer will plead guilty to second degree murder when his case Is : ca"ed in Guilford Superior Court, : his attorney, T. J. Gold, announced J today. WORKS IS BEING CARRIED ON FAST AS POSSIBLE Efficient Organization To Administer $3,300,000,- 000 Fund Is Now Be ing Set Up SECRETARY ICKES TO BE IN CHARGE Administration Not Yet Ready To Allot Funds for Public Works Projects; State Administrator And State Advisory Boards To Be Appointed Washington. June 22.—(AP)—Presi dent Roosevelt’s public works board today informed the nation that “we are proceeding as rapidly as possible" to get going the $3,200,000,000 appro priated for construction activities by Congress. An official statement said “an ef ficient organization” to carry out the program for which funds were pro vided in the industrial recovery bill is nuW being set up. Secretary Ickes, chairman of the cabinet board, will be in charge, while beneath him will be the public works administrator. Colonel Donald H. Sawyer, the present temporary ad rninistator, today moved his head quarters into the Interior Department building and found dozens of appli cants for jobs in his ante-ioom. To those seeking funds for construction, he said the administration is not yet ready. The board made clear that the administration of public works will be entirely distinct from the indus trial control administration under Hugh S. Johnson. To handle applications on State, county and city projects, there will be a State administrtor and State ad visory boards to be appointed by President Roosevelt. The Federal board, through Ickes, said it hoped to submit to the chief executive on his return from his va cation a list of state administrators from which he could choose. “To correct some erroneous current reports,” the board added, “it may be said that not a single State public works admin strator has yet been an» pointed.” Convict Is Shot Dead In Escape Raleigh, June 22.—(AP)— Glenn Frye, convict sent to State’s Prison from Guilford county, was shot and killed early today at Polk prison camp near here when he tried to es cape. Frye was one of a squad of prison ers being taken out to work, but he alone tried to get away, officials of Central Priosn said. He was shot In the back at about the hip line by two guards and died practically instantly. The prisoner was about 21 years of age He entered the prison in Jan uary of this year to serve five to seven years for robbery with fire arms. He also had two previous con ditions against his record. Frye was the th'rd prisoner killed in escape 1 attempts in two weeks two men having lost their lives in breaks at Caledonia prison farm in Halifax ONLY DAILY MacDonald Addressing Economic Conference m —~~ i f n ■■ T - saßlf MvM pEI ■*— — ■pBB rcLyJ M ' IWi Heio is the t'iwt inteioir sceiie of the "W oi'ld Economic Conterenc ein session in a remodeled museum building in London. Premier Ray.say MacDonald of Great Britain is addressing the delegates of al most every nation on earth. Inset is a closeup of the British Statesman as he made his historic speech Four Men Killed As Two Trucks Crash Head-On South Os Wilson Wilson, June 22.—(AP) —Four i men . were fatally injured today i and a fifth was slightly hurt when two trucks crashed near Lupama, nine 'miles from here. Frink Brockington. of Olanta, 8. O,- and Madon Tmjuck, of Lake City, S. 'C., were killed in stantly, with Dick Graves, of Monroe, died in a hospital here a few hours later of bums. Herman Waldron, of Lumberton, was burn ed to death whe nthe machines took fire. James 1. Johnson, amateur box er, of Birmingham, Ala., was slightly injured when thrown by impact from the truck occupied by Brockington and Truluek. He was taken to a hospital and then MERCHANTS NOTTO CONTEST SALESTAX Momentous Winston Con vention Next Week Will Decide on Course Untlr niNimlch Unrenu. In the Sir Wnlter Hotel, nv J. C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, June 22—The annual con vention of the North Carolina Mer chants Association, to be held in Win ston-Salem next Monday and Tuesday June 26 and 27. is significant to the entire State of North Carolina in two respects, as follows: 1. It will decide whether or not the merchants of the State will contest the validity and constitutionality of te three per cent general sales tax law by the 1933 General Assembly. 2. It will receive the announcement by Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell of the rules and regulations that must be followed by the mer chants in passing the three per cent sales tax along to the consumers. There will be many other impor tant phases of the convention, of course,, but it is agreed here that the two most important things that will come before it are the two listed above. If a majority of the merchants iat the convention decide they' will not seek to contest the validity of the tax it means they will go ahead and col lect the tax according to the law and (Continued On Page Four.) • . ■—■ ■ Investigator for Immigrant Officer Under Indictment tN-ew York, June 22 (AP) —Irvine S. Bmwn, : nephew of former Secretary of Labor William N. Doak, and head of the recently abolished division of investigation *of the immigration de jparlfcmtent here: was sndtcijsd v (by a Federal grand jury today on a charge of soliciting and accepting a bribe from a criminal alles® At the Federal bulidiag it wa ssaid that Brown is at |#n*; in Tarnr! Fla’, where it was .!■*** tadi he would be arrested at on## u.tder the in dictment, __ L.. —— NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OP NORTH CAROLINA AND * HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY, AFTERNOON, JUNE 22,1933 discharged. Wilson, June 22. —(AP) —Three men were dead today and a fourth was ex pected to die momentarily of injuries suffered in a head-6n collision of two larg-y-trucks nine miles from here this morning. The dead were identified as Frank Brockington and Marion Truluek, both of Olanta, S. C., who were in a /South Carolina truck going south without a load, and Thomas Waldon, of Lumberton, driving a truck going north loaded with empty besr cases. Dick Graves of Monroe, working on the truck driven by Waldon and own ed by the H. G. Nash Grocery Com pany, of Monroe and Lumberton, was : so seriously burned that phys.cians I Red Envoy to U. S.? jmrav.y&vi-v:’:* * WmL::. ' " iniitfliirtlliii ' Gregory Sokolnikoff, former am bassador to England, will be named the first envoy of the U. S. S. R. po the U. S. when President Roose velt formally recognizes the Rus sian government by sending an en voy to Moscow. Sokohiikoff is now vice commissar for foreign affairs. State Commission Meets In Raleigh To Tackle Its Big Job Further Daily Diatiatelt Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY .1- C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, June 22—The State School Commission started n all-day session here this morning to determine the boundaries of the new districts it must set up in the counties, as well as pass upon several other city ad- TTiiry'stTfctiiye districts. J3o 'far, .the commission has approved 40 city ad ! ministrative districts, none of which i has a school population of less han 1,500 children. It is expected that the I (Continued On Page Four.). haid he would die during the day. A third occupant of the South Caro lina truck, which apparently ,was re turning from a northern trip, where it delivered truck produce was a Bir mingham, Ala., hitch hiker James Ivey Johnson who was thrown clear of the highway “when the trucks crashed. R ding in the back of the truck, Johnson said he was picked up in New Jersey yesterday and was asleep when the accident occurred. It was feared at first he suffered a broken neck, but an examination revealed on.'iy slight bruises. Thy Wilson fire department was called to the scene of the crash and it was evident that the trucks had met at high speed. lodeathsrisT IN STATE FOR MAY 64 Fatalities Last (Month Make Total of 271 In Five Months 1933 Hally Hlaimlcb Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel, ev j nuKKnvir.i, Raleigh. June 22.—Automobiles con tinue to kill more people in North Carolina than any other one agency. During May, 6 were killed and 335 injured :'n 233 accidents in which 373 automobiles were involved, according to figures made public today by L. S. Harris, director of the Motor Ve hicle Bureau of the State Department of Revenue. This brings the total for the first five months of this year to 271 killed and 1,659 injured in 1,197 accidents. For the first five months of 1932, a total of 231 persons were killed and 1,888 injured in 1,258 ac cidents. This is an increase of 40 in the numebr of persons killed as com pared with the same fice months of last year, but a decrease of 229 in the number injured and a decrease of 161 in the number of accidents. Director Harris is unable to account for the increase in the number of deaths and the decrease in the num ber of accidents, unless the large number of old and mechanically im perfect cars on the roads has some thing to do with it. “I believe the large number of old and nearly worn out cars, together with speeding and reckless driving, have had more to do with the in crease in the number of fatal acci dents than anything else,” Harris said “For it cannot be attributed to the f Continued on Page Three.) WEATHER FOH NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy, with local show ers and thunderstorms tonight or Friday; slightly cooler in central and northeast portions tonight. FOR HENDERSON., 1 For 24-hour perod ending at noon today: Highest temperature. 102; lowest 62; no rain; southwest wind; clear. Temperature at noon today, 99. , ; PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY- New York Banker Freed Os Charges Os Evading Taxes To Raise $325,000 | To Pay Teachers ■: Greenville, S. C,. June 22.— (AP) —A movement to raise $325,000 by popular subscription to pay school teachers in Greenville county 100 cents on the dollar for State notes was started here today by several county officials, who said they ex pected the entire issue to be sub scribed. Conviction of April 9 and Death (Penalty It Carried Set Aside by Ala bama Judge EVIDENCE GREATLY FAVORS DEFENDANT Judge So Holds, Together With Indications of Unre liability Or Improbability of Testimony of Prosecut ing Woman Witness at the Trial Athens, A:a., June 22. (AP) Judge James E. Horton today grant ed a motion for a new trial for Hay wood Patterson one of nine Negroes indicted in the Scottsboro case, set ting aside the conviction with its death penalty imposed in Morgan county circuit court April 9. Judge Horton held that the “evi dence greatly preponderates in favor of the defendant.’’ In his opinion, Judge Horton said, “as heretofore stated the law declares that a defendant should not be con victed without corroboration where the testimony of thA prosecutrix bears on its face indications of unre liability or improbability, and parti cularly when it is contradicted by other evidence.” Patterson twice has been convict ed on a charge of attacking a white woman, who was hoboing on a South ern Railway freight train March 25, 1931, and each time sentenced to death. Luther Hamilton To Announce for Congress Shortly Raleigh, June 22 (AP) —-Luther Hamilton, Carteret county’s represent tative in the General Assembly, told friends here today that he expects soon to announce his candidacy for the congressional seat from the third district which is now occupied by Charles L. Abemethy, of Craven county. Graham A. Barden of Craven conn ty. recently announced he would seek to unseat Abemethy and] th econ gressman will be a candidate for re election. Barden also is a legislator. Would Bar Child Work Under Act Washington, June 22—(AP) —-Secre- tary Perkins told newspapermen to day that she personally was recom mending that in drafting each Code under the industrial recovery act, pro vision be made to bar employment of Child labor. Miss Perkins said no definite age limits were being mentioned, but she thought 15 should be the minimum, with 16 the- most desirable limit. “I think it is time,” she added, “that ■no child should be employed when -so many adults are without employ ment nd the real purpose of the re covery act is to spread work as much as possible. __ 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Jury, After Deliberating Over 24 Hours, Finds Him Innocent of All Charges Brought LEAPS TO HISIfEET ON HEARING WORDS Grabs Hand of His Attor ney, Max Steuer, and Leaves Court Room While Jurors Are Still In the Bo*; Face Is Fiery Red and Eyes Filled With Tears New York, June 22.—(AP)—Charles E. Mitchell was acquitted today on all counts in the indictment which, charged him with income tax evasion. The jury which had heard the gov ernment charges that Mitchell, former chairman of the National City Bank, had cheated the government, in 1929 and 1930 of'more than $850,000 in in come taxes, took the case at 11:25 a. m. yesterday. It returned the verdict a little more than 24 hours after getting the case. The charges gainst Mitchell, who for many years was one of the most (powerful figures in the banking world, were, briefly, that he had fail ed to report a payment of $666,666.67 from the National City Company in 1929, and that he had mada sham stock sales to make it appear that he had suffered such heavy income losses that he owed no tax in 1929 and 1930. The jury had been instructed that it could convict or acquit on all the charges together or could convict or acquit on any one charge. Mitchell leaped to his feet as he heard the words, “Not guilty,” pro nounced in a low vice by James K. Campbell, forman, and grabbed the hand of Max F. Steuer, his counsel. His face was fiery red his eyes filled with tears. With Steuer he left the court room while the jurors were still in the box. “I can’t talk now—l’m too moved,” Mitchell said as the crowd pressed around him as he left the court room. A crowd followed him as he walked down Broadway in the direction of Whll Street. Accuse Bachelor Os Assault Upon Woman Wednesday Morganton, June 22.—(AP) —Everett Connelly, 47-year-old bachelor, will be given a hearing here today on char ges of assault on a female following the finding of Mrs. Mary Ellen Burns 30, unconscious on a highway near Connelly Springs early Wednesday. ' Mrs. Burns said she had been work ing in High Point, and was hiking back to her home here, that she asked where she might obtain shelter for the night, and that she was directec 1 to Connelly’s place. She said he threatened her, kickec her and beat her, then refused to givi up er baggage. Passersby found he unconscious on the highway and sh was taken to a hospital. Seek Money For Harbor In Morehead State To Bp Askei To Help Get S4OO, 000 for Port Im provements There Raleigh. June 22 (AP)—Luther Han ilton, of Morehead City, long an ard ent advocate of development of por; and harbor facilities at Morehead, will appear before the Council of State tomorrow* to seek the State’s backing i n a program to get money from the Reconstruction Finanfce Corporation to be used in port deve lopment. Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus said Hamilton did not acquaint him with the full details of the project, but that he understood it was plan nett, uq try to get some $400,000 In federal fund's to be used in developing More [ head. _ j \ t • >
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