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"henderson, gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA. twentieth year COTTON SIGN-UP Cox, In Fighting Speech, “Curls Hair” Os Economic Leaders ICOTUFE i Expectation Now Is That Central Bank Coopera tion May, After All, Be Dealt With OBJECTIONS~WOULD first be removed Elimination of Sections Ve toed by Federal Reserve Might Permit Discussions To Go Ahead; Washington Is Asked for Advice Along That Line London, July 13. (AP) —New life to injected into the drowsy world foonomic conference today by James M Cox, of Ohio, who convinced his colleague.* of the steering: committee rhat the parley could continue despite refusal of the American Federal Re serve Board to consent to consider co operation of central banks. In a fighting speech which one de legate said “curled the hair” of the Raders of the conference. Mr. Cox gave a clear exposition of American difficulties an dinduced the commit tee to keep work ng at the problems of silver and commericail indebted ness. , ' Prominent gold bloc delegates had taken the position that the Federal Reserve Board’s veto of discussion of central bank cooperation had effec tively put an end to all discussions of monetary matters. Indeed, there was an expectation today that central bank cooperation might, after all, be dealt with by eli mnaing features of ft he resolution which were objectionable to the Fed eral reserve authoritis. It was understood that this possibil iContinued on Page Four) Kidnaped Doctor Adds Mystery To Strange Case ft- Paul, Minn.. July 13 <AP) —A mystery woman and marked money entered the strange case of two kid tfsped doctors today, further entang ! ng the we'- of circumstance surround ln ? the atjf emj\j,ed mutilaitio’n of a Paul chiropractor. The revelation wag made by Dr. filter Hedberg, 34. a chiropractor. '*'hil“ he was recovering from an at tack by four men. who also abducted E J . Engberg, prominent physi clan; in a n effort to compel him to mutilate the chiropractor. Dr Hedberg said that on July 5 * Woman cam* to his offic easkiing hat he perform an illegal operation. New Ruling Made Upon Tax Several Clarifying Statements Relate to .Specific Phases Os l’he Levy bully DlMpntoh Rnrran, In thf Sir Waller Hotel. "7 ,T c - MASKRIIVVIjIj j July 13.—Several new rul the reß ' ard to The application of bo h* 3 * 3 8X law *° merc h ants doing an-i 3 re ‘°il and wholesale business, 8s answering questions of merchants fa!e » H hal] beconsidered wholo dav , ransact ions, were announced to ,h. „ Director Harry McMullan, of mont * » 8 i tax div i sion of the Depart r ' ° *T«venue with the approval of W p n m ' H3 t ,oneT Revenue A. J. Max per k, t uil sales must be taxed three ]r m enl of 'he gross sales, under the sc.ti revenue a °T- hut wholesale trans <hr ns are Taxed only a t the rate of lb °T one per cent. h, ' S( * nf w rulings are of tre i- I u/i ■ hitereal and importance to 11 ■ ele merchants oi any mer tt-'oritinyed on Page Pour.) . Hmtfrcrson fßaUxt ifenaij PULL. LfISASBD WIKB Slßvina. OP THE ASSOCIATED PRJBSB Freed For $250,000 John Factor John Factor, Chicago speculator, was freed in LaGrange, 111., last night after being the prisoner of kidnap group 12 days. A ransom of $250,000 is reported to have been paid for his release. I (is. mum OF STATE RAILROAD Herbert Peele, Publisher of Elizabeth City Ad vance, Secretary NAMED BY GOVERNOR Mrs. Aycock Gets SBOO and Peele $1,500 Annually; Norman Shep herd, Smithfield, Named at torney at S9OO Salary Greensboro, July 13.—(AP)—Di i rectors of the State controlled North Carolina ra’lroad met here ! today but a quaroum was lacking, ! and officers appointed a short wfijV beflxre by Governor Egl inghaus cou'd not be elected. No mination of officers was made, but no election held. No dividend was declared. Raleigh. July 13 (AP) —Mrs. Chas. Brantley Aycock, St., of Rale’gh. wi dow of the late governor, today was appointed pTesiden tof 'the State-con trolled North Carolina Railroad and Herbert Peele, publisher of the Eliza beth City Daily Advance, was named secretary-treasurer toy Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus. The governor’s appointments are in ( the form of nominations and are pre sented at the stockholders’ meeting, which was today set for Greensboro. As the State owns a controlling in terest in the railroad, the govevmor’s proxy. Gilbert C. Powell, Greensboro attorney, was formally to cast ihis l vote for a full slate of appointees. * Norma n C. 'Shepherd, of Smittofield • was named attorney and Ed Tonnisen, (Continued on Page Pour.) Couzens As Successor ‘ To Woodin Is Rumored Michigan Senator As Treasury Head Would Delight Pro gressives By CHARLES P. STEWART Washington, July 13.—Intimation that Senator James Couzens probably will succeed Secretary of the Treasury William H. Woodin within the next few weeks is creating the major sen sation thus far in the Roosevelt ad ministration. It is not so much that the Michigan lawmaker is a Republican. The strongly individualistic streak in his make-up ds the characteristic that would seem to make it most difficult for him io subordinate his personality in a. pos' under any dominant lead ership. Os his peculiar fitness for the treas t. on Page Sl*2 ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER Italian Seaplane Armada Flies On To Canada EXPEDITION FLIES , FROM LABRADOR FIVE HOURS’ TIME General Italo Balbo, Youth ful Bearded Leader of 24 Planes, Among First to Take Off PERFECT FORMATION ON THE DEPARTURE Lindberghs Are Held at St. John’s, Newfoundland, by Weather and Fail to Reach Cartwright Before Italians Continue South to Canada Cartwright, Labrador, July 13. (AP) —Italy’s colorful air armada took off from Cartwright harbor this morning and roared down the Lab rador coast on it s 800-mile flight to ■Shediac, New Brunwick, its next halt ing place, on the journey from Or betello, Italy, to Chicago. The seaplane piloted by General Italo Balbo, youthful bearded leader of the expedition, was one of the first group to rise from the- water at 8:20 a. m., easten standard time. Other groups' followed in perfect formation until at 8:55 a. m. the en tire fleet of 24 ships was in theair. Gnerela Balbo expected to reach .gbpdiac in ahoujt five hours. How long the armada would remain at Shediac would depend on weather conditions, he said, but his men would certainty stay long enough to attend the receptions which have been pre pared for them there. LINDBERGHS BEING HELD BY UNFAVORABLE WEATHER St. John's Newfoundland, July 13. —(AP) —Unfavorable flying weather along the Newfoundland coast prevent ed Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind bergh from leaving here for Cart wright, Labrador, todya on their areial mapping expedition. It was cold, wet and foggy when the colonel arose and he said he would not take off in his monoplane until the weather clears. The famous flying couple had look ed forward to meeting the Italian air fleet at Cartwright, but General Italo Balbo led his 24 seaplanes southward from that port today for Shediac, N. B. Abandon Recount Upon Pasquotank Horse Race Vote Elizabeth City, July 13—(AP)— The Pasquotank County Racing Commissio ntoday abandoned its announced plan to demand a re count of the vote cast in Tuesday’s referendum, in which the proposal to legalize pari-mutuel betting at horse races was defeated by a small majority. The commission announced yes terday it wouldask the recount. ,4' v Sfflfc y v ; ■■ -V- n Jtmei Couzeq^ PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VufelNlA. HENDERSON, N. C„ THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 13, 1933 WILL DUMP MILLIONS INTO Balbo Armada’s First Stop in America **l : :;i; r~ VOftK. —■ ■■ --■= |This is the first view of the Italian air armada being led by Gen. Italo Balbo from Rome to Chicago got of North America. This photo is an air view of Cartwright, Labrador, the first landing point picked out for tohm’ after the hop ajeross the Atlantic, and Where- the 24 planes landed yesterday after a 1,500-mile flight from Iceland. Held for $250,000 Kg**# Pa&ppoglggK ‘ John J. O’Connell, Jr. Ransom of $250,000 has been de manded by kidnapers for the re lease of 24-year-old John J. O’Connell, Jr., of Albany, nephew Os Edward J., and Daniel P« O’Connell, powerful Democratia leaders of upstate New York* Page Trust Restrained In Merger Judge Stack Grants Temporary Injunc tion on Petition of Creditors Albemarle, July 13.—(AP)—A tem porary restraining order enjoining the Page Trust CompaiV fom using its assets to purchase stock in the newly organized Guaranty Bany was for warded to Charlotte today for service upton Gurney P. Hood, State commis sidner of banks, at his hotel there. The order was signed late yester day on petition of some of The bank’s creditors. It is returnable in Rock ingham July 26. In addition to Hood, it is also di rected against S. IJ. Hinsdale, (bf Raleigh, liquidating agent for the Page Trust Company; Robert N. Page, Henry A. Page, Jr., L. W. Barlow, D. I. McKeithan, R. W. Page and other unnamed directors. The proposed Guaranty Bank was scheduled to be formed by consoli dation of the North Carolina Bank and Trust Company of Greensboro, the Pave Trust Company and the In dependence Trust Company of Char-' lo.te. Organization of the institution had already been completed and the , (Continued on Page Poor.) Congressmen Fight Move By Roosevelt Rebel Against Civil Service Postma&terships, Elimi nating Patrnoage Washington, July 13.—(AP)—Presi dent Roosevelt’s move to place all postmasters under the civil service fell with a thud today on Democrats in Congress who realized that about 15,000 jobs thus would be taken out of the political patronage category. Senasor McKeller, of Tennessee, chairman of the Post Office Commit tee, and ranking Democrat of- the civil service committee, predicted that Congress would reject a bill such as the President poposed, that all first, second, arid third class postmasters be put under the civil service. These appointments have for years been made on recommendations of congressmen and senators. Onty fourth class postmasters are now un der civil service. ' # The order and legislative recom mendations surprised House Demo crats, but many of those in the city ■refused to comment pending a study of the order and inquiries to deter mine the fuli significance and the reason for it. Fogleman Receives Reprieve Raleigh, July 13. —(AP) —Clay Fog leman, Rockingham county man sche duled to die in the electric chair to morrow, received a reprieve fom Gov ernor J. C. B. Ehringhaus this aft enoon after a lengthy hearing in the governor’s office, during which Fog leman's counsel portrayed for the gov ernor the circumstances surounding the killing of W. J. Carter, filling station proprietor. The governor granted a five-day re prieve, but, under the State law, Fog leman’s death date was automatically set for August 4. In a dramatic scene, the governor, within two minutes after telling news paper men he had not changed his mind on the Fogleman case, directed Parole Commissioner Edwin Gill to prepare a respite of at least five days duration. The ' action came after Fogleman, 30-yea.r-old father of three children, had already had his head shaved and prison attaches had “tuned” the chair so that all would be in readiness for his execution at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fai tonight and Friday slightly warmer Friday in north portion. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTKKNOOM HXCBPT SUNDAY, Kidnapers Still Hold Two Victims (By the Associated Press) Two of three recent kidnap vic tims remained in thfe power of their abductors today. John (Jake the Barber) Factor, of Chicago, was released in La- Grange, 111., a few miles south of ' the spot from which he was kid naped July 1. He said he paid no ransom, although other sources be lieve he did. John J l . O’Connell, Jr., Al bany, N. Y., abducted july 7, flrom near his home and August Luer, aged banker, of Alton, 111., who was taken from his home July 10, are still missing. mwISTAr \ A. & P. and Pender Law yers Threaten To Test Whole Law In Courts Fayetteville, July 13 (AP) —Charges •that two chain grocery stores here had violated the sales tax law by “ad vertising” they would absorb the tax, and by failing to post the required! 'placards* fthsmT-elecl toy pudgi? Ma Violm McQueen\ in Cumberland county recorderi scourt today* because of insufficient evidence. The iprosjecution submitted itesJLil mony that Larks in the stores—-one A. and P. unit and the other a mem ber of the D. Pender chain—told cus tomers they would take care of the tax arid that neither store had dis played sign® ad vis tag- customers that the amount of the tax was included iris he retail price of their purchases. No testimony was offered by the de fense, but counsel declared they were prepared to test the constitutionality of the sales tax law if the decision were adverse to their clients. Judge McQueen ruled that the stores had not bean given “reason able” time for display of thfc. plac ard® a few days after the regulations for collecting the tax were promul gated, and the reported conversation of the clerks would not b econstrued ■as advertising. ■ CALL FOR BIDS ON QUARANTINE HOUSE Washington, July 13. —(AP) — The Treasury Department today called for public bids for construction of a quar antine station at Charleston, S. C., to be opened here August 10., 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY SOUTH wn'! Calls It One of Greatest Demonstrations of Intel ligence in History of U. S. Farming ' NORTH CAROLINA IS AT HALF-WAY MARK Some 30,000 of State’s 90,- 000 Cotton Growers Have Signed 180,000 Acres of Quota of 363,000 They Were Asked To Pledge for The Campaign Atlanta, Ga., July 13 (AP)—South ern planters f feu red their potential profits in the millions today as cot ton hovered about the 11-cent level and farm administrators described the campaign to cut acreage as a price stimulant a success. Official figures on the curtailment drive that closed at midnight last night, were not available but ,in, Wash ington Secretary Wallace, of the De partment of Agriculture, said h« be lieved when all returns are in “it will be shown that the South has made me of the greatest demonstrations of ntelligence and unified actiop. In, the history of American agriculture.” Ninofficially it was said the aggre gate of reduction offers toby cotton planters might exceed' the original goal cf 10,000,000 to 11,000,000 acres. Administrators were confident that •toe crop would be reduced 3,000,000 bales, with some prospect the figure may reach 4,000,000. \ NORTH CAROLINA SIGN-UP AT ABOUT HALF WAY MARK Raleigh, July 13 (AP)—Some 30,000 of the State’s 90.000 cotton growers agreed to reduce the acreage of this year’s (cotton crop by about 180,000 acres, though the State was set a v*uoto of 363,000 acres, North Carolina; State College authorities said today. Charles A. Sheffield, assistant Stata director of the cotton reduction cam (Continued on Pace Six). John Factor Paid $50,000 To Obtain Freedom, He Says Chicago, July 13.— (AP) —John Factor disclosed today that $50,- 000 was paid in $5, and $lO bills to his kidnapers as the price of his freedom. “I suffered unbelievable tor tures,” Factor, said, “which it is impossible for me to describe or you to believe.” Awakening from a 12-hour sleep, after 12 days as prisoner of a kid naping band, he refreshed himself and shaved off the long growth of beard that gave evidence of his capitivity. Factor asserted there must have been 20 men in the gang that seized him the morning of July 1 as he motored home from a night club. He said he was struck in the face bound, threatened with machine guns and driven near hysteria by the brutality and threats of his captors. $66,000,000 Is Assigned To Projects Attention Turns To Army and Rivers- Harbors 500 Million Proposals Washington. July 13 (AP)—W.th about $66,000,000 already allocated to 'Federal construction out of the $3.- . (300,1000)1)00 (public Hvtorke! ftrlid she rabinet board in charge of the pro-< gram turned today to consideration of War Department estimates of more than half a billion dollars for army* construction and riVer and harbor im provements . Allocation of the $60,000,000 which was approved yesterday by President Roosevelt, will he released for public ation tomorrow afternoon- but the de tailed projects will not be announced iContmued oa Page Six.l mp
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