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'""TTbnderson, iATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. TWENTIETH year join ATTEMPTS 8) FOICE HIGHER VICES POS T IS OFF FROM ALASKA FOR THE U. S. Resumes Aerial Jaunt Around the World In Early Morning From Emergency Landing PREPARES FOR HOP TO CANADIAN CITY Will Re-Fuel at Fairbanks, Alaska, for Long Jump To Edmonton, Alberta; Broken Propeller Replaced and Post Takes Off, With the Weather Good Fa' Alaska. July 21. — (AP)—Wiley Pest. Oklahoma Te3umed his a .ial jaunt around the world today at 7 28 a. m., Fairbanks time (12:28 p m., eastern standard time). Joe Ciosson. Alaskan pilot, who (brought a new propeller for Post’s plane from Fairbanks, circled over the field here at 7:25 a. m., and three minutes later Post joined him in the ah Both planes headed east for Fairbanks, where Post will refuel for hs flight to Edmonton, Alberta.. The weather was good. SIKS CRASH IN WILDEST TRADING Trading Demoralized In Most Chaotic Session Since 1929 Collapse New York. July 21.—(AP)—Stocks cr?.sh f d dowrt today in the wildest market ?mce 1929. Extreme losses genera'ly ranged from $3 to more than 112 a rhare for shares of the country’s largest corporations. Trading in many issues was de moralized. clue to the absence of sup perting orders. Pools liquidated stocks in enormous volume, and there was tremendous selling from speculative margain accounts that had collapsed. Reports that the New York Stock planned to close were de nied by 'ho exchange, which also said 'hat dealings had not been suspended in any issue, despite the chaotic con ations of the market. The tape at cne time fell half an hour behind f! r, »r transactions. Bv 2:55 o'clock the market had ral- Eed from the lows. The rebound for sen: leaders was substantial, Ameri tan Telephone snapping back to sll9 from 1114, reducing its loss by half. United States Steel common, which had collapsed under SSO for a loss 6f af'out SB. veered back to above $52. ’vhile New York Central, after losing SB cut its decline by $5. ThiiikNjC. Now Headed For Repeal Political Op inion In Raleigh Sees Cer tain Approval Os Amendment Here Walls IM*,int<'l> in the Sir Walter Hotel. UV J. c. BASKERVIIX. • a.ejgh. July 21. —Nothing short of 5 m * r acle can keep North Carolina " i m voting for repeal of the eight amendment on November 7, es- ; f ally s ince both Alabama and Ar s have voted for repeal by heavy i , a , lnr * t ' es ar| d with Tennessee fol '' og .according to most of the op a .,i ller? - Even some of the most rirys, personal as well as po tv>r are alreafl y conceding that t ‘ s not much chance to defeat ;j ' a PParently growing wave of sen l!!" * n favor of repeal in the State. , b A lnoe lhe campaign this fall is to j, non partisan campaign, leaders ' 'h Parties are declining to make ■ 'elements concerning repeal for ,r ( ' ' F.u' with the exception , ardent dry*, most of them h.t this State will vote for a (.Continued on Page Two.) Uvnavt&nn FULL LBAHKIt WTKR fWmvtom OF THE ASSOCIATED "pRB 8 V» Libby Will Avoid Stage Two Years Winston-Salem, July 21.—(AP)— The moaning tones of. Libby Hol man Reynolds, widow of Smith Reynolds, and former Broadway blues s nger, mill not be heard *rom the stage again until her Infant son is at least two years old, ac cording to announcement by Benet Poiikoff, her attorney. Po’ikoff, returning here after a visit to the young widow, said she WPS determined t» devote her full tirre to the baby until he is past the dangerous first two years. He said he found L bby’s health much improved and the baby “do ing fine.” ROY PARKER MADE STATE HESS HEAD C. C. Council, of Durham, New Vice-President; Manteo Meeting Ends Manteo. July 21 (AP) —J. Roy Par iker. of Ahoekie, publisher of sever a l weekly newspapers, was elected pres idnit of the North Carolina Press As sociation today. C. C., Council, publisher of the Her ald-Sun papers of Durham, was elect ed vice president, and Miss Beatrice Cobb, of the Morganton News-Her aid was re-elected secretary treasurer. B. Arp Lowrance, of the Mecklen burg Times. Charlotte, was elected histori a n. Election of officers and adoption of several resolutions, one pledging sup port to the proposed new State Con stitution. ended the association’s two day convention. Selection of the next meeting place was left to the executive committee. Charlotte ex tended an invitation. APPOINT OHIO MAN GUATEMALA ENVOY Washington, July 21. —(AP) —Presi- dent Roosevelt today appointed Mat thew E. Hanna, of Ohio, to be min ister to Guatemala. South Carolina Is Again Refused Earlier Opening Durham, July 21.—(AP)—The sales committee of the Tobacco Association of the United States denied for a second time today South Carolina’s request that its market be allowed to open earlier than August 15. W. T. Clark, of Wilson, was ap pointed by A. B. Carrington, of Danville, Va., chairman of the as sociation, to inform the United States Department of Agriculture that opening dates fixed several weeks ago would remain unchang ed. Carrington presided over the sale-) committee meeting, which was attended by a large delega tion cf South Carolina warehouse men, farmers and others from the tobacco area of that State. Lindbergh Is Off For Greenland Cartwright, Labrador, July 21 (AP) —Colonel Charles Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh took off from here today <or Greenland on their serial map making expedition. Lindbergh was piloting the ship and ■his wife served as wireless operator. They arrived in Cartwright a week ago from St. Johns, Newfoundland. At C!artwright they waited for bet ter weather. Meanwhile, the supply sihip Jelling was on route to their (Greenland base. | The weather w a s clear and fine to daX- o—i* i~ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER Extraordinary Air View of Balbo Armada Over New York City :v **....•* I .. ‘ ’• *** * ♦ •” .**•• v* : ": f V |j| - |w .. y • \ '-■y-.f'/:'. .. x:.:.x' • ! • * ■ SBL SB BK . ■ :4| ► . . . ' • : : New York had its moat exciting day s.nce Lindbergh’s return, from Francs in giving a maos meeting to th-e Italian /aerocade on its arrival from Chicago. Extraordinary ae|.' phc.o cameraman of Cenitr a l Press and this newspaper shows the planes at the tip of Manhattan Island, with the Sta.ue of Liberty in the foreground Cotton Spinning Mills Hit New High Mark For Activity During June Run at 129 Percent of Capa city on Single Shift Basis For the Month Just Ended MORE THANrfwiCE THAT IN JUNE, 1932 Nearly 40 Million Spindles Operated at Average of Nine Hours Per Day; Cot ton States at Highest Peak; North Carolina Sets New High Record Washington, July 21 (AP)—United (States cotton spinning operations reached a new high record of activity during June. They operated at 129.1 percent of their capacity on a single shift basis. This was a sharp advance over acti vity In May, which was a t 112.3 per cent of capacity. June’s activity was more than twice that of the same 30-day period in 19i32, according to tlhe monthly report of the Census Bureau today. Based on an activity of 8.96 hours per day. thd average number of spindles, operated during June w a s 39.917.475. Many of t;h e mills ran at capacity around the clock, with 25,- i 540,504 »pindites (active during the month. These set up a new record iby operating an aggregation of 9.- Ej)91026 ispindle htouns . duSAng the month, or 301 hours average for each spindle in place. __ Cotton growing States showed the most activity. Both North and South a rolina set up new records by each operating well lover two billion spindle hours during the month.) South Carolina led all states. iflAl HtK FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair tonight and Sat urday, except probably local thundershowers Saturday after noon in west and central portions. PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 21, 1933 Batin Hiauatrh Furniture Mills High Point Open High Point, July 21.— (AP)— Work in High Point furniture manufacturing plants was gradual ly resumed today following a strike of approximately 2,000 workers, but the impasse between seamless hosiery manufacturers and approx imately 4,000 of their employees remained unbroken. Several furniture plants, pressed for time in which to complete theii arrangements for the Southern Fur niture Market opening here next I Monday, reached agreements with ! their employees and negotiations j were reported progressing at others. - I New York Welcomes Italians Balbo and His Men Return in Early Morning From Washington Visit New York, July 21.—(AP)—General Italo Balbo, Italian flying ace. and more than 30 of his flying companions arrived here at 8:58 a. m., eastern standard time, today after an over night train trip from Washington. The partv returned in three special Pullman cars and immediately were whisked to their hotel to freshen up in preparation for their parade and reception at City Hall later in the morning. Dozens of detectives and uniformed police circulated in the crowds at s he station as the fliers left their train, but there was no disturbance. 2 ALLEGED BANK RODDERS ARRESTED Paul Edwards And Dave Cromwell Taken Into Custody at Norfolk Alleged To Have Been Part of Gang That Robbed Battleboro Bank Thursday; Cashier Goes To Identify Them. Rocky Mount, July 21 CAP)—Paul (Edwards, wanted i n , connection with the hold-up yesterday of the Planters ißank of Batfctlebore, was arretsed iri Norfolk, Va.. today, apt aim W. S. W a ters, of the Atlantic Coast Lin# Raiilway police, was Smformied here today. ! Edwards' companion, his name be ing received here as Dave Cromwell ■was also arrested. Railway detectives ha/ve been searching for Edwards tor several weeks in an effort tp connect him with the robbery of box cars in Eastern North Carolina. Judge A. Daughtridge, cashier of the bank, and O. P. Hedgepeth, of the Rocky Mount police left here immediately for Norfolk to at tempt to identify the men. Waters said Jimmi e Hill, who of fConMnneh ,n Pane fM*> HAS ROOSEVELT SWITCHED? Babson Tells Inside Story of London Conference BY ROGER W. BABSON, Copyright 1933, Publishers Finan cial Bureau. Babson Park, Mass., July 22.—Many rumors have come to this country concerning the London Conference. ,The general impression is that the Conference has been a failure. Such, however, is not the case. Tales have been sent over here regarding con flicts between different members of the American delegation. Some of lhe--e grief stories are due to Amer ican delegates “getting ini Dutch with certain newspaper correspond ent's. Other propaganda has been de finitely put out by the eaypenslve PUBLISHED EVERT AFTBMNOOI EXCEPT SUNDAY, Encburage Public To Ignore Houses Refusing To Join Harriman Returns jpir mm Sk'^'TlßP mm ft |J Joseph W. Harriman Committed for mental observa tion following his second disap pearance from a private nursing home, Joseph W. Harriman, head of the defunct Harriman National bank, is under close watch at Bellevue hospital. The banker is facing trial on charges of misap propriation of funds. He is shown here with a reporter as he suddenly returned to the nursing borne, telling a rambling story nf his whereabouts. TENNESSEE VOTES DRY LAW REPEAL Becomes 19th State To Favor Return of Liquor; Margin Is Small (By the Associated Press.) Tennessae became today the 19th state to approve repeal of the eight eenth amendment as Oregon procedfed to ballot on the problem. The margin of victory for anti-pro hibiitionists in Tennessee was smal ler than in any of the other states which have held popular elections on the proposed constitutional change. Repealists, however, continued to hold their advantage of approximately 10.000 as additional precincts reported today. In Oregon today leaders of the re peal movement predicted two to one victory. Dry leaders seemed agreed that they had no more than a “fight ing chance.” (Continued on Fage Three > French Publifcity Bureau, which is operating in this country as well as in other countries. Hence, I believe readers are entitled to the real facts based on information from the high est authorities. Internationalism Vs. Nationalism. President Roosevelt is essentially an internationalist. He believes in world peace and all nations working together for the common good of the world. Vv’ ( hen I first became well ac quainted with President Roosevelt he vva- campaigning for the League of Nations as Vice-Presidential candi (Continued on Page Three.), 6 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Employers Who Have Sign ed Are To Display Post ers Showing They Are Cooperating TO ASK CONSUMERS TO SUPPORT THEM Volunteer Unpaid Boards of Seven Will Be Named In Each of 24 Department of Commerce Districts To Supervise Movement In All Sections WMish ngton, July 21.—(AP)—Here’s the plan which Hugh S. Johnson and •his aides have mapped out to put the big re-employment campaign across.’ On July 21 mail carriers will begin distributing to every establishment employing more than two people blank agreement forms by which sign ers plcdgs limitation of working hours and boosted wage minimums. Each signer mails his agreement to the nearest district office of the De partment of Commerce in a return ■nvelope provided. On and after August 1 each em ployer who has signed may present a certificate of compliance furnished him by h.s postmaster, receiving pos ters and badges bearing the words: “Membsbr in N. R. A. We do our part.’,’ (N. A. R. means national Recovery. Administrat.on.) This may be displayed on goods. Re-employment agreements will be filed in Washington, and also posted in* the local post office. After August 1 consumers who wish to help may go to authorized estab lishments (to be designated later) and sign this statement; “I will cooperate in re-employment by support.ng and patronizing em ployers and workers who are mem bers of N. R. A.” They will be given ! he N. A. R. membership button. Volunteer unpaid boards og seven will be named in each of the 24 De partment of Commerle districts to su pervise -and advise on progress of the re-employment movement. State recovery boards of nine mem bers will be created in each State to gtive further supervisdon and coop erate 1 with the governors. A council w.ll accompany each board, its mem bership drawn from heads of Stat°, labor, trade, civic, welfare association j and so forth. There will be no com pulsion except that of “conscience anl opinion. ’’ A thorough program of public ex planation and agreement and its aims will be carried on by addresses an l otherwise with civic,, j ?triotic, re ligious and fraternal organizations cooperating. Says Wets Used Fraud Tennessee Dry Leader Claims Repeal Margin May Vanish When Final Vote Is In Nashville, Tsnn., July 21.—(AP)— Charging that the “grossest possible frauds” were perpetrated in Memphis and Nashville in yesterday’s referen dum on the eighteenth amendment. John F. Baggett, chairman of tha dry campaign, said in a statement today that the vqte is being ‘‘very; iDarefully s.iuc’A d.” with a ta contesting the election. Mr. Baggett said that ‘‘all right thinking peop e, regardless of whether they were for or against repeal, know we deserve and have won,” and added: “We have rthe city 'machines of Nashville and Memphis to thank for the very narrow margin which the wets are claiming.” Pointing to <he fact that a number of precincts are unreported he said it was possible the repealisi marg n, will be overcome when complete re ports are in. pi t i
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