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’central* CAROLINA. twentieth year hoarders OF GOLD IN UNITED STATES NEAR END OF ROPE Government Going After Their Hidden Pots Os , Gold at Once, Depart ment Asserts j D RAWING~WARRANTS for the hoarders May Be Announced Thurs day When Attorney Gen eral Returns From Vaca tion; Warnings Have Been! Issued and Penalties Have Been Explained Washngton. August 16 'AP) —G-o-ld fciarders of the United States have about cached th® end of the rainbow, far the government is goin s after thrir hidden pots of gold. In the Justice Department, legal expert sare quietly drawing up the | n?e against the gold hoarders. It would n ot surprise official Washing ten if warrants for the arrest of tho boarders were announced by Attor «r n°ner:il Cummings wflieir, he re r r n« from h : s vacation Thursday o.r Friday. Before he departed for his vacation Cutm ngs said that prosecution of pod hoarders who- continued to defv the government would b? started in ( ‘Te or (lire o we.'ks. The three week® mil's Thursday. Th a Treasury and Department of Justice have completed the'r investi fattens into a long I'st of persons who vlhdrew gcM from banks during the March crisis. At last reports there r”i wer? 280 persons holding $845.- 025 n the metal, which they refuise ij give up- while $27,481,198 -not turn td in when President Roosevelt crd. c-red it done had voluntarily been giv en to the banks aftor Justice agents visited hoarders. • t In e'l Justice Department agents [ called cn more than 5,000 person;? | whes? names were cn the lists of j tho?e who withdrew gold. That lisit has been checked and rec-h-p-cked and finally returned to the Justice De. partment. The groundwor khas been prepared, every hoarder has been informed o’ th e'.aw ar,d cf the penalties of up to ten yenrs i.n. prison or a fine of not j tree than SIO,OOO or both. SUITED FEVER IS ! BLAMED ON TICKS Dogs, Horses and Other An. imals Carry Insects Spreading Disease Dnlly nnrrna, In Ihe sip WiitM-r Hotel, nr j. r. n/.SKnnviM,. Hnltigh, Aug. 16. —The ticks are to i'lmr for it not ‘.he ticks in clocks but th 3 ticks on dogs, cattle, horses and ground rodents. 3ucn ar, ground I squirrels and ordinary wood ticks j f'-und in !?nse woods and underbrush, j F°r the so-called Rocky Mountain • c .pote*d fever, of which 17 cases have tteer imported in North Carolina since •vine 1 ot this year, has at last been traced to ticks as the (Continue- on Pane Six) To Exhume Bodies Os j 2 Negroes Bullets foße Taken from Lynched Pair I o Determine Iden tity of Mob Tuscaloosa. Ala., Aug. 16.—(API— b’li -t riddled bodies of two ne ► • • victims of a lynching mob. were exhumed today in an effort to th( identity of the killers. he 1 uscaloosa county grand jury the slaying of the pair *. 1 ! ° woudlng of another negro, all “togH with the Hilling of a white , rv, "n, directed Coroner S. T. Hardin v up the bodies and turn the . in, ’ ,s over to a ballisticts exi>ert for ?Xn thin«tion. .. Aftei heaving a half dozen witnesses, | , |l,: '"fn visited the place on the 1 ‘ wheie tier negroes were seiz h lIV <’• ma-ked band from deputies 1 • t;; them to Birmingham last ' “ ’t- y f.u safe-keeping. Utetiiteramt tilatlxt Btswalrlt The President Eats j, ‘ Here you see a most unusual pic- ‘ ture of the president of the Unit ed States, thoroughly enjoying a hearty meal during his visit to Camp Meadows, one of the Civil ian Conservation Corps encamp ments, located near Harrisonburg, Va. President Roosevelt stopped off there on his return to Wash ington from Hvde Park* A FAMILY OF FOUR Akron, Ohio, Attorney Gives . Confession To jH»t Springs, Ark., Police FORGER Y~IsTINVOLVED Arrest of One of Viet'ms Imm ne.it | on Charge of Getting Papers From Prosecutor’s Office, Is Police Theory Hot Springs, Ark., August 16 (AP) —A confession thoit hie poisoned four members of a family was signed to day by Mark H. Shank, am attorney of Akron, Ohio and police advaoriced as a motive the imminent arrest of one of the victi ms for gets mg papers for Shank from the prosecuting at torney's office in Akron in a forgery case against a client of Shank. Police said they found a letter from Shank in the clothing of one of the victims, Mrs. Ethel Colley, advising her and her husband, Alvin to “keep eyes open month shut.” and he would soon jo'n them and “you will all be rich. ” Colley and his wife and two sons, 7 land 11 years of age, were found dead or dying of poison on a highway’ near Malvern late yesterday after their ca.r ihad crashed into a stump and Shank had fled into the woods. 50 Police Hit Trail i For Gang Chicago. Aug. 16.—(AP)—Fifty police with machine guns and rifles were | rushes from Chicago to southern Wis consin today in an attempt to corral a [ band of suspected kidnapers. I Police said the desperadoes sought I probably were members of the same gang as the two fugitives who eluded 300 officers after a gun battle or, Chicagos western outskirts yesterday. The exact destination of the mobili zation of police was secret, but it was known to be in the Wisconsin summer resort region. The notorious Touhy gang, four members- of which have been named as the SIOO,OOO kidnapers of William Hamm, Jr., St. Paul brewer, are known to make their headquarters in the region. George “Bugs ’ Moran, gang reader, dethroned by the killing of seven fol lowers in the St. Valentine’s day'mas sacre, also has operated there. ONLY DAILY FULL CHASED WIKSt xusvi/m OP THE AHSOCIATBD “ 888 NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VUTOINIA. HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 16,1933 Gains Acquittal HPIISkf * «n Mr*. Jessie Costello Mrs. Jessie Costello, Peabody. Mass., widow on trial for her lief at Salem, Mass., for the poison murder of her husband, was acquitted by a jury there late Tuesday. The picture above was snapped as she laughed h earthy during the progress of her trial. It was made in the yard of the Salem jail between sessions. She frequently posed for frhotographeres. AMERICAN BANKING BACK ON IIS FEET Treasury Records Show 13,- 951 Banks Licensed and Operating Without Restrictions BANKS INCLUDED IN DIFFERENT FIELDS National and State Banks Among Number, But Not Mutual Savings Institu. tions; Only 2,870 Still Closed or Operating On Restricted Basis (Copyright by the Associated Press) Washington, August 16 < AP) —.The American banking structure is virtu, ally back on its feet. The records of Waiter J. Cummings, executive assistant to the secretary of the treasury, today showed 13,951 lic enced banks operating without restric t':.in>3, and only 2,870 closed or oper_ ated on a restricted basis. These figures include national banks and State members and non-mem bers of the Federal reserve system', but exclude mutual savings institu. tiions. The record is as of the close of bus lines® August 12 for member institu tions, and as of July 26 for non.mem ibers. * 1 Cummings, brought to Washington iby Secretary Woodl'n, and regaled with itlhe unofficial title of “bank opener,” ®ai'd that on August 12 there were 4,- , 961 nation-all banks doing an unre stricted banking business, with depo sits of $16,938,145,000; that 74§ state member banks with deposits of $9,- 741,987,000 and 8,250 non-members Jbaviing deposits of $5,057,596,000 were inoeratiing on a full-time basis on July 26. The deposits are as of December 31, 1032, as there has been no assembled report of the (condition of bank® since that timie. The next such condition report, based on the national bank call of {the comptroller as of June 30, will made in about two weeks. Prices Higher on Timmonsville Mart On Day’s Offering Timmonsville. S. C., Aug. 16.—(AP) —Prices on the local tobacco market ranged upward today with more than 300.000 pounds on the floors, as com pared with 394.196 pounds yesterday, which sold for an average of $13.17. A blocked sale resulted on one floor yesterday, but it was believed this could ,be cletred today in preparation for expected heavy offerings tomor row. , , ' - Steel, Oil, Coftl and Automo bile Industries Slowing Down Speed in NRA Progress STEEL FLAUNTING PLAN, LABOR SAYS Johnson Sends Word That Codes Must Be Agreed on Quickly To Provide Min . imum Wages and Hours; NRA Wins First Court Test of Authority Yet Made Washington, Aug. 16.—(AP)— President Roosevelt moved for a decision in the dispute over the new working code for the key steel industry in a conference today wilh Myron Taylor and Charles M. Schwab—the leaders of the steel business. Washington, August 16 (AP)—Vex liipjr difficulties in formulating trad codes for the four tiiitate of American industry—steel, oil, coal and automo bile —today were shortening the pre_ iseiub stride of the NRA toward it? goal of enrolling all busiirseis under work-spreading, pay-raising agree ments. To comp beat es Wilber the issues a>f_ feeding these four, admin'®t rater Hugh ■S. Johnison and b'l3 aides were toOd by nrgantizieid Idbcr tihlat ttkiol wao flau itlhe Recovery Adiminisira tlcin’s efforts to compose diiffetrsnees. Johnson', bring'nig aDI NRA facili ties to bear on the four major in dustries, sent word to t hem that codes 1 must De agreed upon quickly to pro vide minimum wages and maximum I hours. His action bore full approval of iPresident Roosevelt. Both were eag er to bring in thesle four basic Indus. tries, which employ four to five mil lion persons. 'k. •As a'NRA offfidtaH® ihad’ approva'.l in principle of their ma •chimery from Justice Joseph W. Oox o fthe Difi-triot of Columbia Supreme Court. In a<n opinion yesterday, he denied an injunction agaiinst sections of true law pcrmiittinig. Fed'eraQ regulation of oil production, challenged as uncon. s tittutional. For them Johnson approved a' mod ification of th e naitional re-emplloy. ! metntt agreement submitted by the j American Newspaper Publishers Asso | ciatlon 1 . ' A conference today with represenia. I tive s of the coal industry was looked j to hopefully to start arrangements for that Industry. Sanitation At Schools Mandatory Counties Must Pro vide This at Own Expense, Attorney General Rules Daily IMapntoli Bnr^n*. In the Sir Waller Hotel. J C BASKKII VM.I. Raleigh. Aug. 16.—Proper sanitary facilities for school children, such as toilets and safe drinking water, are of just as much importance as build ings and desks and are an integral part of any school plant, and it is the “unavoidable duty of the county com missioners” in the various counties to provide these facilities, according to Mi opinion written by Assistant At torney General A. A. F. Seawell, but but signed by Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt and delivered to Dr. James Parrott, of the State Board of Health. The opinion cites Article 9, Section 3 of the State Constitution, which make* it mandatory for the county comisnioners in each county to pro vide for the maintenance of the public schools, and which says further that “if the commissioners of any county shall fail to comply with (he aforesaid requirements of this section, they shall be liable to indictment. ’ Armed with thus opinion from the attorney general to the effect that it is the” definite responsbility of (he county commissioners in every county to provide adequate sanitary facilities icon timed tn Page Pour.) MTAIHEH FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, preceded by showers to night; slightly warmer in extreme west portion; Thursday partly cloudy and warmer; possibly show ers in extreme west portion;. Tobacco Industry Code Is Given Approval Os NRA On Basis Os 40 Hours A Week On Guard in Havana Harbor r: j: -iT - \ f y£~'\ M 1 **"£*■ r r r 1 1 : . •. .• ••••. 4 • • ’a?*.&>:•• ' . ?*•••: .li ; • 4 • j* The U. S. Destroyers, Taylor (top) and Claxton, which are anchored in Havana Harbor to protect American citizens until the new Cuban gov ernment has restored order on the island. Three destroyers were ordered to Cuba by President Roosevelt after a conference with U. S. Ambassa dor Sumner Welles. fCentral Presal Gandhi May Quit Fast Unto Death Poona, India, Aug. 16.—(AP)— After the Mahatma Gandhi had announced today that he was start ing a fast until death, the govern ment came forward with an offer which it was expected would Impel him to abandon the plan. The govenment was willing to provide the Nationalist leader with facilities enabling him to continue under certain condtions his cam paign to better the status of India’s j most lowly caste, the untouchables. Thus far the Mahatma has not actually missed any meals, and it is expected that he would eat as usual this evening. SHAKE-UP LIKELY ~ IN HIGHWAY BODY Highest Officials Expected To Be Retained In State Work, However Daily Dispatch ntirenn. In the Sir Walter Hotel, nv J. C. nASKICItVILL. Raleigh, Aug. 16. —When the State Highway and Public Works Commis sion ends its executive session here to day—provided it gets through by the end of the day—announcements of far reaching interest and importance are expected to be made, especially with • egard to the reorganization of the highway and prison departments. It was generally agreed that virtually all of today’s session held behind closed doors, would be devoted to a consid eration of the report presented by the special sub-committee on reorganiza tion. It is understood this committee is recommending some rather drastic changes ir. the plans of organization for both divisions. It is also regarded probable that some surprises will be forthcoming when the announcement of the final results of the meeting is made. There i" every reason to believe, however, that Leslie R. Ames, present chief engineer of the highway divi sion, will be retained in that post, and that Warden H. H. Honeycutt of th® central prison here, will be retained in that position. Ames is regarded as one of the outstanding highway engineer* in the United States and served as assistant chief engineer of the com mission back when Upham was chief engineer and when Frank Page was chairman of the commission. Honey cutt is alikewise regarded as one of the most successful prison wardens in the country and is noted for his ability to maintain excellent discipline and morale without resort to any “strong arm” methods. * It is understood that Executive Di rector George Ross Pou has submit ted a plan to the commission which will be considered today, for the better coordination of the prison division, including former highway camps and state prison units, that will bring about an estimated saving of at least (Continued on Page Pour.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. mgm Might As Well Be Dead If Blocked In His Work, Mahatma Declares SAYS WORK"" HIS LIFE Upon His Arrest Recently, Gindhi Sent Ultimatum Demanding Cer tain Concessions and Re quest Was Ignored Poena, India, August 16 (AP) —The IMaihaitma Gamidlhi began -at noon today what he said wo if Id be a fast until death. The little Nationalist -leader, who was arrested August 1 at the outset of a' new disobedience campaign, and to Yeroda ail here for a y*ar, because be refused to obey a •ounmnand to cease political activities, threatemad to start the fast unless ho was given full -rights a« a state or ipcUticail' prisoner. “I might as well be dead if I am not allowed to proceed with mv work which is my life, “said the Mahiatm % a statement he sent to the Bombay government after -his imprisonment. At that time he asked several con cessions and delivered an ultmatriro threatening a fast if they were not granted. The request was ignored so he determined to carry out tb threat. Handsets and Longer Cords Especially Reduced By Commission Rule Daily- Dl*i»nt«'li Bnren*. Ju tne Sir Walter Dote!. HV .1 V. UASKERVII.L. Raleigh, Aug. 16.-—Going into a hur ried last-minute huddle, the State Cor poration Commission issued an order several davs aw ri rr the charge for handset or monopbone telephones and reducing the charges for extra length telephone cords. But this order apparently has been overlooked, de spite the fact it was released last iSunday morning. The order was is sued by R. O. Self, clerk of the com mission upon order of the entire com mission, after it had been announced ,by Utilities Commissioner Stanley Winborne that no order would be issued the -latter part of this week.' The ojrder does not make any changes in the cnarges to oe made by telephone companies for the installa tion of telephone or for the removal of telephone sets from one place to lano-ther on the same premises, a!-- ‘ though it was expected this woulc' be done. These charges will be dealt tContiuued on Page Eight.) O PAGES O TODAY FIVE CENTS ku, \ 16,000 ADDITIONAL WITHIN SIXTY DAYS Re-Employment Agreement Includes Cigarette, Chew, ing, Smoking, Snuff Industries RESERVATIONS FOR ; EMERGENCIES MADE Those Handling Green Leaf in Season May Have Tol erance of 20 Percent And Outside Workers Leeway of 10 Percent; Minimum Wage 40 Cents Hour Washington, August 16 (AP)—A 40- Ihto-ur work we?k a s provided tn a mod ified Presid'en't’s re - eniip loiyrncnli: a zrae imemt approved today by the Nation, 'al Recovery Admiliri'etirafikm far the -cigarette, chewoing and smoking to- Ibadco and snuff industries. S. Clay Williams, chairman' of th* code commiitf-ee of these industries, in a telegram to Deputy Adlmihistim »tor Slater, estimated that inclusive of seasonal lemployees, 16,000 addi. tionail workers will fund jobs withttn the next 60 days in these lines. Under the terms of the modified agreement th, e -maximum -work week s -fixed at 40 hours, or not -mo-re than, eight hours in any diay, provided that handling green leaf tobacco in season shall have a tol-enancO of 20 -percent and ouibsid-e employees a lee way of ten percent. The minimum wage is fixed at 40 cents an hour, un-lesis, the hourly rates for the same- type of work on July 15,, 1929, whs less than 40 cenlts ih ’which case not less than that rate and in any evenlt not less than 30 cents an hour is to be paid. Telephone Votes Usual Dividends For the Quarter New York, Aug. 16.—(AP) —Thd’Ssg- ular quarterly dividend of $2.25 on tha capital stock of the American Tele phone and Telegraph company was ordered by directors <»f the company today. The dividend is payable October IS to stock of record September 15. NAME COMMITTEES ON RE.EMPPLIYMENT Raleigh, Aug. 16.—(AP)—The re employment committees for Orangi and Yadkin counties were announce! today by Capus M. Waynick, State di rector of re-employment. Policy On Inflation Unchanged President Will Em ploy Powers Only tq Maintain Steady, Upward Swing , Washington. Aug. 16. — (AP) —ln quirers today at the White House on President Roosevelt’s policy for in flation and a manged currency brought the response that there has been no change and that future ac tion depends on conditions. This was interpreted to mean thalt Mr. Roosevelt will employ the infla tion powers in his hands only as is necessary to maintain the steady arid regular upward swing in. prices, which he wants. So far Mr. Roosevelt apparently is satisfied with the pace upward. His charts have shown a general levelling off between price® and wages, with the average of 1910 to 1914 now pre vailing. The 'evel of about 1924 to J 926 ft tha goal. Mr. Roosevelt gave indications he would pull the levers as hr sees fit to reach that .standard in prices, wages , md living. _
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