("henderson, GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA- | twentieth year mm HOUR RECUUTIONSMIPFIVED * _ ******* ******* „ * „ o Roosevelt Names McNinch Power Commission Head 1 highSpliment Commission Itself Jhould Have Named Its Own Chairman, But Roose velt Stepped In WAS AN ANTL3MITH CAMPAIGNER IN 1928 Appointed on Commission in 1931 by President Hoover as Reward for State’s Elec toral V?te; Succeeds George Otis Smith, Ousted Bv Roosevelt Kfchißgton. July 19. — (AP)— Dr. ftjrge Oti3 Smith today resigned as ffcairnian of (ha Federal Power Com m»-:ion. a* s he request of Pres'dent Roouvelt. who designated Commis ficner Frank R. McNinch. of North Carolina, as his successor. Smiths resignation today was only for 'he chairmanship of the commis sion. but it was understood his re fgnatnn a? a member of the agency waild be forthcoming within the next 90 day?. In ratifying the designation of Mc- Ninch as chairman, the commission nam c d Basil Manly, of Washington, D. C.. a new appointee, as vice chairman. McNinch, a Democrat, was appoint ed a commission member in 1931. The resignation of William E. Hum phrev as a Republican member of the Federal Trade Commission also has be*n rumored as In prospect. H" and Smith met opposition when up for confirmation by the Senate. Mr. Roosevelt wll have to choose Republican? in their places, however. Although the Power commission (Continued on Page Six). Killefer Resigns Managership With St. Louis Browns * f . lons, Ho,, July 19.—fAP)— R'H Ktl'efer, manager of the St. Browns .today telegraphed hie res'enation from Washington. President Phil Bail announced Al Rothfitron, who has been coach act as manager tempor arily. President Ball, who is in a hos ri'al. said he would take steps to chtain a new manager when he is in a few days. He had no ('frnment on Killefer’s resignation, h’Jt it has been no secret that he "ffH displeased with the showing rs the Browns, who are in last place in the American League. No Report Is Had Yet From Post Irkutsk Airport Con cerned as to Fate of flier After Leaving I here '.Jk< . Siberia, July 19. Irkutsk airport be- f a concerned today over the of word about the progress u ilev Post, American round world f'-Mw, and ui-gent re ''' res were broadcast along his p ,,ri ' e as far as Khabarovsk. was last reported at 11:20 a. • iloscow time (3:20 a. m., eastern gr 'Hrd time), flying over Kosinaya. oho r ' rom Irkutsk to Blagoves lr'KUtqk wireless station is re ' in K directly to Nocosibirsk each nou;\ rvn;ST leg of flight begun in bad weather " '• niheiin, July If* (AP* j J( ' 1 ' 1 4 *' *■ i his 11*31 record having ' harply to three hours and (Untjnued an page jjjk Himhrrsmt 'ULL LEASED WIRE SBRVIom OF THE ASSOCIATED PRBga * North Carolina Should Outdo Alabama, Arkansas On Repeal, Murphy Says Outwit# Kidnapers y* ‘ 75 7 | < \ **s£&**■ of the Solid South to speak on the i< prohibition amendment, have voted 1 for its repeal. . Approximate and incomplete figures l showed today that Alabama favored s repeal by about two to one. The vote 5 for repeal in Arkansas was three to two. j Yesterday s vote brought the num t ber of states on record for repeal to s " (Continued on Page Seven) ‘■iff B ; Orphanage To Reject \Beer Fund e [j Clinton, S. C„ July 19.—(AP)—Dr. L. Ross Lynn, president of Thorn well orphanage here, announced today that the school would in the future g refuse any State public school fund aid because part of this fund is de e rived from sale of beer. Dr. Lynn said trustees of the or- V phanage endorsed this stand follow ing a meeting. The orphanage, housing approxi mately 375 children, most of whom are of school age, is supported in the main by the Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. _ At the same time, however, a por -1 tion of the State’s school funds goes to the orphanage to aid iii'its support, and Dr. Lynn said that it would be “inconsisttent” for the school to ac cept ths money, part of which ac cumulates from sale of beer in South Carolina. WIATHIR fob north CAROTIN A- Occasioual showers tonight and Thursday.. i PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA HENDERSON, N. C„ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 19, 1933 Mil Biawairh MRS. WILEY POST KEEPS TRACK '* i As her daring husband speeds around the world alone in the Winnie Mae, Mrs. Wiley Post fol lows reports of his progress by radio and by telephone at her *, _ Agree Upon More Silver For Subsidiary Coinage! May Get High Post I BMifii HH ■ ■HW "Ihp'JHb yih|fe«ii® : w rn **yj§p • *•■•• ss j|raHwk wk,_L Irak mBBwS State Senator C. M. Waynick. of High Point, alo editor of the High; IPoint Enterprise, wbo will probably be appointed Director of Hie-employ ment for the State of North Carolina, (according Itio latest reports coming j f rom Washington Senator Wayniek j is now en route to the annual summer meeting of the North Carolina Press Assciation, which meets in Ma’mteo Thursday a™* Friday and where hie will be one of the feature speakrs on the program. mSSsK Point Editor-State Sen ator Slated For Big State Office Daily !>i»pnfoli Bnrpxa, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BT J. C. BASKERVItiL. Raleigh, July 19-—The director of re-employment for North Carolina, who will be in charge of coordinat ing, all of the available labor in State both unemployed as well as rmploy ed. wi'.l probablv be State Senator Osin/ V< . \.ayi.Jk, of High Point, -editor of the High Point Enlerprise. according to reports teaching here (Continued on Page Six.) I apartment in New York City. Post hoped to break his previous mark of approximately eight days, which he made with Harold Gatty. Part of Senator Pittman’s Resolution on* That Metal Is Adopted by Sub-Committee NO ACTION AS YET ON OTHER SECTIONS Recommendation That Ac tion Be Deferred Pending Further Discussions Is Ap proved; Pittman Proposal Thus Falls Far Short, But He Is Satisfied London, July 19.—(AP) —The in creased use of silver in subsidiary coinage was agreed upon by the world economic conference sub-committee on silver today in adopting a part of Senator Key Pittman’s resolution. Other important features of the Am erican silver program were held over for future action. A proposal to regulate this world out put of the metal will await decision by conference of producers and ex porters . , A third important feature of the Pittman plan regarding the use of silver as a part of central bank cov erage metal also failed to produce de finite results, as the sub-committee recommended that action be delayed pending further discussions. This limited action on Senator Pitt man’s resolution to something far short of its original expectations when the Nevadan introduced it several weeks ago. Senator Pittman told the Associat ed Press he was quite satisfied with the results. Governor ToTly To Camp Glenn To Inspect Soldiers Raleigh, JuJv 19. —(AP)—Gover- nor J. C. B. Ehringhaus will fly by army airplane to Camp Glenn tomorrow, weather permitting to inspect the something like 1,000 members of the North Carolina National Guard now in camp there. Tli« governor has been tendered »he use of an army plane by General Manus McCloskey, commander of Fort Bragg. A special rev’ew will be staged » for the governor. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY, Industrial Board Approves Plan Os Director Johnson Balbo Dressed Up \' i! | | Newest Dosed photo of Mai. Gen. ItalOsßalbo shows him in full-dress uniform, wearing the insignia of his orders and his various decorations. He’ll have a new medal to add to these when he returns to Rome with Ihis good-will aerocade. (Central Press) worn Wilkes Woman Does Not Want Her Father Elec trocuted For It HER MOTHERTOINS HER Wife-Daughter Says She Told Truth on Witness Stand in Relates Her Husband’s Testimony About Father Raleigh. July 19 (AP) —Edlwin M. Gill, pairalie oomrnissionieir, heard Mrs. Bryant Stowe and her daughter, Mrs. Wayne Norman, plead (that Bryant Stone, Wilkes county man sentenced t Q b e electrocuted for the murder of his daughter’s husband, not be put to death. Stone was scheduled to hav© been elsctonocuted Friday, but was given a reprieve until Sepfemfber 1, in order that Judge G. Vernon Corwper, who tried him, afnd has conferred wffcih him in prison, her© may personally invest igate certain angles of the case. Mrs. Norman, who testified in court that her husband fold her just' befor© he died that he was shot by Bryant Stone and had seen him run ning from a smokehouse, told Gill that she had told the truth in court and that she believed her husband had! told the truth. \ “I don't want him (Bryant Stone) elictefrocuted, though, even if he did do it,” M|rs. Norman told Gill. Master of Rescue Tanker “Gulf Gem” Dies From Strain Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 19. (AP)— Captain Anton Niilsson, master of the tanker Gulf Gem., died last night in a hospital here, and physicians attributed primary cause of death to exhaustion in curred during the rescue of crew members of the Cities Service Perol when that vessel sank after two explosions last Friday off the North Carolina coast. Oaptssin NHlsson was 'on the bridge of his ship for more than 36 hours directing the contacting of the blazing oil tanker, after being attracted to it by *he ex plosion. t 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Changes Suggested by At torney General and Ag riculture Secretary Included In It ROOSEVELT SOON TO APPROVE IDEA Executive, However, Has Already _ Indicated He Would Rely on Johnson’s Judgment as ito What (Is Needed; Board’s Approval Announced by Roper Washington; July 19 (AP)—The spe cial industrial advisory board com posed of cabinet members today form ally endorsed the plans of Hugh S. Johnson, recovery administrator, for a campaign to bring a ll industry and business quickly into wage raisifng fhd Ijf ur-liimi Voluntary £gr«e>- menits. Changes in procedure from tlhe plan originally drawn were suggested by Attorney General Cuibmminig and See retary Wallace. | The board decided these should be made and General Johnson immedi ately set about rvising the form by ■which ajubscirlibinig- firms will come under the geneira.l limit. After tMs„ foie will take theta direct Ito Frseidenf Roosevlit for his final approval. The chief executive already had in dicated that h e would rely chiefly on Johnson’s judgment as to what is needed to make the recovery cam tpaign successful. The approv a l of th e board was made known in a short and crypt'c statement by Secretary Roper, its) chairman. “Certain procedure and forms for carrying out that procedure,” said the statement, “were given careful in sider ation, and were approved subject to sornq minor changes suggested by the Department of J ustice ahd tho secretary of agriculture. “The forms with the suggested •changes are in the possession of Gen eral Johnson, and will be given out by him.” f •_. State Banks Glad To Get State Notes Issue Over-Subscrib ed and Very Few Banks Ask Payment on Due Date Unlly ninpiihh Unrefn, In the Sir Winter Hotel. J r. BANKER Vl* l„ Raleigh, July 19 —Not cmlv are all flhe North Carolina banks holding $3,- 377,000 worth of State notes due July 25 and August 1 willing to renew them at that time, but they have agreed to taike $485,000 worth of ad ditional notes if the State wants to sell that many more, State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson said today. This is despite the fact , that the in-f ere t rate has been reduced to five per •cent instead Os »ix per cent in she past. \ “In other words, the banks' in the State already holding these notes hav© oversubscribed the loan by $485.- 000, while the holders of only $38,000 worth h a ve asked shat they be paid —and most of these are held by indi viduals,” Treasurer Johnson said. Os this total of $3,377,000 in notes due July 25 and August 1, the sum •of $1,560,000 is due July 15 and sl,- <817,000 is due August 1, all to State Banks. An additinal $833,000 is due New York banks August U Anticipating that some of the banka might not want .to renew their notea. Treasurer Johnson some days ;|K<* wrote some eight or ten of she larger iContiuned on Page Six) 111