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HENDERSON, GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. TWENTIETH YEAR GREAT BRITAIN ***♦***•*»_ ▼ ¥ y State Merchants Are Workinv MAXWELL PLEADS ‘FAIR AND HONEST’ TEST BE ASSURED Resolution Pushed for For mation of Political Unit To Make War on the Measure PAUL LEONARD WILL DIRECT THE FIGHT Will Head Political Phase of State Association; Direct ors Nominated and Invita. tions Are Received for 1934 Convention From Eight Cities Winston-Salem, June 27. —(AP) — With a floor fight on the best meth od of combatting sales tax close at hand the North Carolina Mer chants Association today heard a plea by Allen J. Maxwell,S tate revenue commissioner, that the controversial m.asure be gifen a “fa r” and hon €;V* trial. • Even as he spoke, the resolutions committee had before it a resolution framed by James Womble, of Win ston-Sfilem. which, if adopted by the convention, would direct the associa- j ticn to organize itself as a political unit to war on the sales tax. Members of the committee, how ever, said it was not probable that the resolution would be reported to the convention in its original form. Others desiring an organ zed fight on the tax have advocated formation of a political organization, backed by the association, but separate from the present set-up. In either event, delegates said, J. Paul Leonard, of Statesville and Win ston-Salem, would probably be select ed to direct the political phase of the (Continued on Page Three.) Drive For Cotton Cut Succeeding Schaub Says Few Contracts Signed, But Vigorous Cam paign Opens Rale'fjh, June 2'h —(AP) —Though dtfin.te figures were not announced, Dean I. O. Schaub of N. C. State Ccllsg:, cotton reduction director for the State said today “early returns from a few of the 67 cotton grow ing counties indicates a successful reception of the cotton reduction cam paign in this State.” Only a few contracts were actually reported, Schaub said, but a vigorous campaign to get signatures will start tomorrow. Dean Schaub urged the 90.000 cot 'on farmers of the State to ava»' themselves cf the chance to get about $5,000,000 now by making the pro gram a success. “This money will come at a time when the farmer needs cash most to buy necessities,” he said, ‘‘and at a time when an increased purchasing pew-r by the grower will be a boon to local business.” 1,300 Dry Agents Will Be Dropped Washington, iJurrei \27. — (AP) —At— h'-rney General Cummings announced ,r Jde.y that more than 1,300 of the pro hibition bureau will be furloughed or dismissed July 1 to save $4,000,000 in tin conning fiscal year. Among the employees to be dropped the attorney general said, are admin icle.' 01 ... attorneys, nvestigators, spe ‘l >1 ag. at.s, secret anew, s'enograph : ' ypi 1 s and clet’kc. fb ir narr.es were withheld. Tb- attorney general’s announce ment sa d “the last session of Con iiimftrrsmt UatUt tlisrratrit wmg D Mwgp GOVERNMENT BEGINS INDUSTRIAL CONTROL IN TEXTILE HEARING Hoover Today Wi g ' VI .■R '%f Ifc Once one of the world’s most pho tographed men, Herbert Hooover is seldom in the camera’s, eye these days. Newest photo shows him with Ray Lyman Wilbur, former mem ber of his cabinet, at Leland Stan ford University commencement. IE DEAD, SIX if IN AUTO COLLISION New York Man Killed Near Wendell; Car and Truck Come Together Wendell. June 27. —(AP) —One per son was killed and six others were injured none seriously, when an auto mobile and a fish truck sideswiped each other near here early today. Charles A. Clark, of Harmon, N. Y., driver of the automobile was kill ed. Alton W. Best of Stumpy Point, riding on the truck, and first also re ported to have been fatally injured, was not hurt. Coroner L. M. Waring, of Wake county held a preliminary hearing into the accident this afternoon after an investigation and absolved B6st ,and Amos Gatling, of Wilson, also on the truck, of any blame. Clark’s body was being held in Ra leigh and will be sent to New York tonight. Three women, Mrs. Cleola Bass, Miss Glenna Bass, both of Wilson, and Mis 3 Minnie Denton, of Bailey, rid ing i nthe car with Clark, were taken to a Rocky Mount hospital. They suf fered bruises and lacerations. Two other men in the Clark car, E. N. Vick, of Bailey, and Barney Guth rey, of Ossining, N. Y., were also in jured. Vick was taken to a hospital in Raleigh, where it was reported he probably would be discharged later today. could not be located in any hospital in this scetion, but his injuries were not considered se rious. t gress papropriated $8,300,000 fcr the purpose of carrying on prohibition enforcement, bfout, under the plan of contemjplated for the prohibition bureau. Director of the Budget Douglas ordered a saving of $4,000 000 to be made. The employees involved are scatter ed throughout every State in the union, the territories and the District of Colum-b a. The largest number is 296 in New York. The numlber of employees to be dropped in North Carolina is 24. ONLY DAILY Sets Out ; Formally on Its New Policy To Raise Wages and Decrease Working Hours JUSTICE TO ALL IS AIM, JOHNSON SAYS Restoration of Buying Pow er and Spread of Employ ment Is Sought; Would Have Textiles Pay sll In North and $lO in South for 40-Hour Work Week Washington, June 27 (AP)— The Federal govrnment set out formally today on its policy of industrial con trol to raise wages and decrease work i'ig hours through its first hearings on a “code of fair competition”—this one embracing the textile industry. Applauded by a crowd that jammed the huge Department of Commerce auditorium. Hugh S. Johnson—ad ministrator of the xtraordinary law— declared: : ■-’fi' “We want to se to it that this law attains its ends and at the same time that it does no injustice,” The end he had i n mind was to re store bujiiag power and spread ployment to rebound to the benefit f the nation and business as a whole. The immediate subject was the ar rangement agreed to by mor e than two-thirds of cotto ntextile operators which if approved, will give the force of law to the plan for a minimum wage of sll a week i n the North and $lO in the South for a 40-hour weeki, In a quiet manner, somewhat sur prising to the many industrialists and labsr leaders on hand, who know him as an aggressive speaker, Johnson explained the law briefly and then pre sented Donald Richberg as counse lfor the Industrial Recovery Administra tion. He defined tihe aims of the hearing. The eager audience fairly seemed to represent a cross section of American life, laborers in shirt sleeves side by side with brightly dressed women of wealth .who accompanied many of the business men on hand. Norfolk Man Is Freed of Blame In Fatal Wreck Raleigh. June 27 (AP)—Willie E. Powell, of Norfolk, Va. today was exonerated and held blameless by Cor oner L. M. Waring, 0 f Wake county, after an investigation into the auto mobile accident which fatally injured Miss Irene Purdue, of Roanoke, V*., Saturday afternoon near here. After being cleared of blame, Pow ell offered to defray the expenses of a forma burial of Miss Purdue whose body is at ,a local undertaking es tablishment; He was told, however, that a sister of the dead woman would be here tomorrow to arrange for bu rial of Miss Purdue. SENAEEIIIES KUHN. LGEB PROBE Otto Kahn, Head of Wall Street Banking Firm, Is First Witness « Washington, June 27. —(AP)—Re- suming its investigation of private banking, the Senate committee today sought intimate details of the set-up of operations of Kuhn- Loeb and Com pany, giant New York concern. Otto H. Kahn senior partner, was the first witness as the committee picked up where it left off ten days ago with J. P. Morgan and Com pany . In contrast to the huge crowd that stormed the doors of the Morgan in quiry, only a handful of spectators showed up ahead of time today. Kahn, small and well dressed, walk ed into' the committee room accom panied by associates. He told newspaper men he would not have a statement, as did J. P. Morgan. u . NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C„ TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 27, 1933 REFUSES TO JOIN 0010 BLOC ***!*{*! **************** Outs Plans To Battle General Sales Tax DEMAND FOR WHEAT BRINGS CHEER TO MANY FARMERS These are brighter days for the farmer* of {he northwest. Due to demands for wheat from war-torn China, thousand* of GRAHAM AND HILL HAVE OPEN BREAK Agriculture Head and Dur ham; Board Member Split, Latter Resigns GRAHAM ASKED HIM TO Differences Personal Hill Says; Mem ber of That Board Emptiest j Honor in State; Graham Remains Silent Raleigh, June 27. —(AP) —A long standing enm.ty between Commission er of Agriculture W. A. Graham and George WJoltts HSll* of Durham, a member of the State Board of Agri culture, came to a head today when Graham demanded and received he resignation of Hill, who is also a member of the City Council of Dur ham. Hill said after leaving a meeting of the Stats Board that Graham had de manded his resignation and had re ceived it. but the Durham man added that a formal resignation from the post had been on the desk of Gov ernor J. C. B. Ehringhaus since Jan uary. Graham and Hill have been at odds on many questions of policy since the Durham man was named to the board two years ago. Their feud came into public attention when Hill ask ed the legislature to reorganize the department. “Our difefrences are personal,” Hill said. “I sought before the legislative reorganization committee to get a clean-up in the agriculture aepart (Continued on Page Three.) Guard At Reynolds Quarters Wesiterley, R. 1., Jun e 27 (AP) — Chief of Police George H. Chaplin sai dtoday that two private detectives ar ein charge at th e Watch Hill es tate occupied by Libby HolmMh. il%- nolds, but that no police guard has been assigned. iThe chief denied reports that heav ily armed police guards had been plac ed about “Grim Rock”, palatial 25- room house overlooking the Atlantic to which Libby cam, e recently with her infant son. The two detectives came to him to inquire about permits to carry fire arms, Chief Chaplain said but he was unable to issue them because the men were not residents of the state. He said the detectives came from Dela ware. One policemiani patrols a regular beat on Watch Hill, Chief Chaplain said but he has not been instructed to give special attention to th e “Grim Rock” estate. WEATHER FOE NORTH CAROLINA. Pertly cloudy, with showers Wednesday and in east portion tonight; not much change in tem perature. bushels of wheat from Oregon, Washington and Idaho now are being shipped daily. With no ... space left in warehouses, the Sales Tax To Be Levied On Bracket System Plan Under Maxwell Program Rules Make It Mandatory for Every Merchant To Pass Tax Along; Three Differ ent Classifications Set Up; Schedules May Be Revised By August 1 Daily i»xpntph Rttreim, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BT J. C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, June 27. —The bracket sys tem for passing on the three per cent general sales tax to consumers is specified in the rules and regulations that must be followed by the mer chants of the State, and which have just been prepared and were promul gated today by Commissioner of Re venue A. J. Maxwell. The rules and regulations made public by the com missioner in an address he made be fore the North Carolina Merchants Association in Winston-Salem, will hold good for the month of July only and will be revised for August and succeeding months if it is found ad visable to make changes in them. The rules do not make it manda tory for every merchant to show the tax on every sale, as many had re quested. But they do make it manda tory for all merchants to pass the tax along to the consumers, with three different classifications, and a different bracket for each classifica tion. These three brackets are con tained in Rule 13 as follows: Schedule 1. For merchants who make no sales of less than 17 cents: From 1 cent to 17 cents, no tax. From 17 cents to 49 cents, one cent tax. Frank Hawks May Hunt for Mattern Chicagio Jun e 27 (AP)—Spon sors of the roundMhe world flight which Jimmy Mattem attempted announced today they planned to appeal to Frank Hawks, noted speed flier, to search for Mattern In the Arctic?. ™SmEV Upward Swing Will Be Evi dent as Recovery Act Operates, He Says Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. BT .1 C. MASKER.TILL. Raleigh, June 27. —More employ ment, greater industrial activity with a resulting increase in business gen erally is going to result in North Car olina as soon as the provisions of the industrial recovery act get into op eration, Senator Josiah William Bailey predicted today. He is resting at his home here for a few days be fore returning to Washington, where he expects to remain through most of July. “The final test of any legislation, (Continued on Page Three.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY- wheat is shown stored outdoors about to be loaded for shipment down an Oregon stream to the ocean and the orient. From 50 cents to 83 cents, two cents tax. From 84 cents to $1.16 cents, three cents tax and so on up, with frac tions of cents to be determined in favor of the major fraction. Schedule 2. For merchants having sales of articles of less than 17 cents with a total of such sales not ex ceeding five per cent in money value of total gross sales. From 1 cent to 16 cents, no tax. From 17 cents to 33 cents, 1 cent tax. From 34 cents to 66 cents, 2 cents tax. From 67 cents to SI.OO, 3 cents tax. On sales of more than SI.OO, Straight three cent tax, fractions of cents to be determined in favor of the major fractions. Schedule 3. To be applied to mer chants whose sales are of articles at cents or less constitutes more' than five per cent in money value of the total gross sales of taxable mer chandise as follows: From 1 cent to 13 cents, no tax. From 14 cents to 33 cents, one cent tax. From 34 cents to 66 cents, two cents tax. From 67 cents to SI.OO three cents (Continued on Pa.se Three.) Horse Racing Is Being Voted Upon By Polk County Tryon, June 27.—(AP) —Polk coun ty voters went to the polls here to day to decide wheher to legalize pari mutuel betting on horse-racing. The vote, authorized by special leg slative enactment, followed a heated campaign which saw numerous peti tions circulated on both sides. The fight against the proposal was led byte ministers of the county, while the racing commission appoint ed under the act was its sponsor. Two More States Voting On Repeal San Francisco, Cal., June 27 (AP) — Proposed repeal of the eighteenth amendment comes before the voters of alifornia today with prohibition leaders generally conceding defeat. Governor James Rolph. Jr., who has pictured the grape industry as “shackled by prohibition,” is among those calling on the people to place California in line with the 14 states which already have favored repeal. WEST VIRGINIA, LONG DRY ALSO VOTING UPON ISSUE Charleston W. Va., June 27 (AP) a PAGES o TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY WILL NOT IGNORE WARD SET UP. BY UNITED STATES France Leads Movement To Stabilize Continental Currencies, IRegard less of America U. S.-BRITISH SPLIT PURPOSE OF FRANCE Trying To Maneuver So Two English Nations Cannot Deal Independently On Stabilization; Gold To Be Defended to Last Ditch, Conferees Agree C«hhi, Irish Free f Kate, June 27. —(AP)—Assistant Secretary of State Raymond Moley who had intended to land here and fly to Pond on, where he will attend the world economic conference, chang ed his plans today and decided to proceed to Plymouth aboard the steamship Manhattan. The Manhattan is due <o reach Ply mouth about 1:30 eastern standard time, and Meley, therefore, is sche duled to reach London at 6:30 p. m., eastern standard time. London, June 27.—(AP) — Great Bri tain was understood in well informed quarters this evening to have refused to commit herself to a new European gold bloc scheme under which Bri tish and continental currencies would (Continued on Haute Three.) Road Bids Due About July 10th Wor k on Federal Projects To Begin Around August 1; Rules Received Dally Dltpafch Rnrcni, In the Sir Walter Hotel, ft J c niOKuntiu.. Raleigh, June 27.—The State High way and Public Works Commission, which will come into being July 1, hopes to be able to ell for bids cn the first projects to be built undt.* the new grant of $11,000,000 from tha Federal government by July 10, Chief Engineer Leslie R. Ames said today, in the absence of Chairman E. B. Jeffress, who is still confined to his bed in his hotel here after an illness of more than a week. Plans for hold ing the first letting as soon as pos sible after July 1 have been going ahead in spite of Chairman Jeffress’ illness and it‘is believed that it will not be seriously delayed. It will probably be August 1 at the earliest before actual construction can start on any of the projects, even if the first letting is held July . Ames said, since it will take about 20 days for the contractor's getting the va rious projects to get their equipment and machinery on the various loca tions ready to start work after the\ get their contracts. Since the law re (Continued On Page Four.) Dry fcr seven years before nations prohibition, West Virginia votes toda on repeal with little except conflict ing assurances of wet and dry cair pigners o n which to base an estimat of State sentiment . Ttepea lfoices * claimed 49 of 5' counties certain for ratification, ant. the drys are “hopeful.” The last referendum, in 1912 t> > State gave a 92,000 majority for pro hibiiion. Only three counties wer wet. Today is a Statewide holiday,
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