North Carolina Newspapers

"HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA twentieth YEAR ATLANTIC FLEET MERGING ITCDMOVATERS Tobacco Growers Vote Big Slash In 1834-35 Crops HIGH MEETING IIP GOVERNMENT IS READY TO DEEP Plans Are Launched For Crop Reduction Com paign To Begin In State Next Monday DECISION IS MADE IN UNANIMOUS VOTE By Rising They Pledge To Adopt Any Program Gov : ernment May Propose; Parity Prices Promised By Federal Spokesman; 30 Percent Cut Planned P.aleigii Spt. 6.—(AP) —Delegated representatives of tobacco farmers of Carolina today unanimously voted th‘>m>plve3 to cooperate with the government to reduce the tobac co crops of 1934 and 1935 by any stip ulated amount up to £.O percent of th:e years crop after being assured the government was ready to aid them Plans were to be launched this aft ernoon for a crop reduction cam paign to begin in this State next Mon da-. Con tact forms are expected to airive from Washington by that time. Fvf»t To Sign. Cooperation of Virginia and South Carol na was pledged in the campaign tf’h L M. Lawson, of Darlington, S. C. sifting a copy of the tentative contract that was available at the meeting. T don't want to he in the lime light. he .said, “but I want to be thr first person to sign one of the con tracts." About iSO official representatives rent here by tobacco growers of North Carolina’s 57 tobacco producing counties, which produce flue-cured tobacco and some 600 to 700 others in terested pledged themselves to adopt any program the government may propose by a standing vote. Parity Prices Promised. J B. Hutson in charge of tobacco production for the Agricultural Ad ministration in Washington had just outlined the tentative reduction con tacts and told the. growers “for our part we pledge you we will use every resource at our hands that you get parity prices this year as well as the t'vo following years” if the farmers VT.uH p’-dge reduced production in 1934 and 1935. Hie representatives of the growers were asked to pledge themselvevs to at> 1e by the government’s final de c' °n for flue-cured tobacco growers and to work to pledge their neigh bnrs. VisPora from Georgia, Virginia and South Carolina were in the crowd wf?re asked tlo sitand. (Continued on Page Three.) 14 Dead,2s Injured In N.Y. Wreck Milk Train Plows Into Chicago to New ork Fly er In Bing ham pton Yards p tighanipton, N. Y., Sept 6 (AP) ''Fourteen persons were killed and others injured, some of them so lOii'sly they are expected to d r 'e, • ’ a milk train travel at a fast r ! plowed into a Chicago to New ‘ ! 'k flier at the Brie railroad yards ’> ■ city’s eastern outskirts last night. The flier, en route to New York. c -'n stepped by a switch engine work ahead. ' 1 of i,be dead were taken from a ■’.oden roach that sandwiched be -1"n f’ars of steel, and three cars ‘ f m the end of the fl’er telescoped an necordian in the hands of aai Pr :, R ( -d giant. , f " tu*>nu,*nt before, the coach ’• L. n filled with/ home-goers. " "i Dim returning from vaca. ,v The next, it was a mass of (Continued in rage Sl*), iff Hrttiiersnn 32 DEAD, HUNDREDS HURT IN HURRICANE THAT RAKES TEXAS “Warns’* President \\ K ■ Washington is “sitting up’ 1 at the sharp warning issued by a leading Democrat, Senator Patrick A. Mc- Carran, of Nevada, that President Roosevelt is violating the primary principles Q£4£tnocracy by assump tion of "arbitrary powers.” Speak ing before the American Bar Asso ciation meeting in Grand Rapids, Mich.,* Senator McCarran warned that a “revolutionary turn” may come “when a liberty-MJving people realize that their rights and liber ties have been shorn from them.” tCentral Pratt > ehringhausleT CREST OF WAVE OF GREAT POPULARITY Miifhty Stroke for Tobacco Farmer Snatches Him From Depths of Pub. lie Scorn GOVERNMENT 7 MIGHT FIX PARITY PRICES Would Buy Tobacco Sold Under That Figure; An other Plan for Immediate Relief Would Be for “Big Four” To Pay That Level Voluntarily at Once Daily Dispatch Itarran, In (he Sir Wnlter Hotel. BY J. C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, Sept. C. -laving performed a skyrocket act (hat has jerked him from the depths of a growing wave of unpopularity to the pinnacle of ac claim in the State, Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus is more popular and in a stronger position politically than at any time since he became governor as <he result of the crusade he is mak ing in behalf of the tobacco farmers, it is agreed here. For while it is not yet definitely known just what the government is going to do to help the tobacco farmers, it is generally agree that it is going to do something and do it very soon, and that when the tobacco warehouses reopen the farm* ers are going to be sure of getting a parity price for their ci-op. It is also agreed that whatevevr action is taken by the government will largely be the result of the decisive and somewhat (Continued on Page Four.) NEW BERN DEATHS DUE TO MENINGITIS New Bern, Sept. 6.—(AP)—Carl ton Barrow. 19, of Gran < shore, died here today, the second local victim of meningitis within 36 hours. Mrs. Catherine Vvhedbee West, elderly woman, was the first vic tim. She died in an ambulance early Tuesday while en route to a hospital. . «_ only daily newspaper THH |J IKE SERVICE of 7 he associated press. HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 6, 1933 Toll of Death Would Have Been Much Greater But For Warnings Week In Advance BROWNSVILLE DEAD COUNTED AT SCORE Calls Issued for Help And Even Martial Law In Some Sections; Texas Woman Governor and Federal Au thorities Move Swiftly To Bring Relief Edinburgh, Texas, Sept. 6. —(AP) Thirty-two dead, approximately 1,500 injured and damage estimated at mil- Mons of dollars was the known toll today exacted by the great tropical hurricane which devastated the beau tiful and prosperous lower Rio Grande valley of Texas and Mexico Monday night and Tuesday. Crashing in from the Gulf of Mexi co, the mighty storm spread death and desolation over one of the richest agricultural areas in the United States, and only the fact that warnings had been broadcast aw eek in dvance pre vented much larger loss of life. Despite the warnings, however, the hurricane caught many people unable to withstand its tremendous force, and fears were expressed the death list would grow as crippled communica tions made it possible to gather the complete story of the catastrophe. There were 20 known dead in Brownsville and vicinity, ten in Har lings and two in Rio Honde. Whether the storm snatched addi tional lives from the many small towns and villages and agricultural sections as it raked a path of terror from the mouth of the great river toward the wee, moving into Mexico, was not know immediately. Calls tor rel'ef and even for insti tutions of martial law went out from some of the stricken communities, and Governor Miriam A. Ferguson, as well as Federal authorities, moved swiftly to bring them succor. NO SALESTAXFOR TOBACCO IS LEVIED Border Rumor Start ed by South Carolina Warehouse People Daily l)Npa4rh Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY .1 c. BASK ER VILE. Raligh, feept. 6. —The report em anating from border counties to the effect that farmers selling their to bacco in North Carolina markets rath er than in South Carolina, would have to pay a three percent sales tax on. thfir sales, was emphatically spiked as absolutly false today by Director Harry McMullan of the sales tax di vision of the State Department of Re venue. Director McMullan did not say so, (Continued on Page Three.) Big Loss In Storm 2 Minutes Charleston, S. C., Sept. 6.—(AP) — Seven houses on Sullivan’s Island were damaged, two of them being practically demolished, and one man was slighit.ty injured 'when ja high wind lasting barely two minutes cut across the island at Station 28 early today. Henry Hamlin, a bus driver, was cut on the head by a piece of flying tim ber and removed to a hospital, but his injuries were regarded as not se rious. A record rainfall of 10.13 inches for 24 hours ending at noon today, was recorded here and in some sections the water stood at two feet deep in streets. Uitihi £1 tstmtrlt PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIIKIINLA Denmark Welcomes Lindberghs Ruth Bryan Owen, American Minister to Denmark, is shown with Co! and Mrs. Lindbergh at the reception tendered the famous American flvinc couple on their arrival at Copenhagen, completing their flight from New York via Labradoi, Greenland and Iceland. Lower shows Lindy directing Danish sailors anchoring the plane in Copenhagen harbor. * Central Press) Roosevelt Sends Swanson To Cuba To Survey Revolt Naval Secretary Says He Goes Without Orders; Leaves on Cruiser Indianapolis, Due In Havana Friday Morning; Atlantic Fleet Ordered There Washington, Sept. 6.—(AP)—Presi dent Roosevelt today directed his sec retary of the navy, Claude A. Swan son. to proceed directly to Havana, Cuba, aboard the cruiser Indianapolis. Swanson v.i i :;ail from Annapolis at 4 o’clock today and will arrive in ; Hvana Friday morning. Leaving a White House conference ! on the Cuban situation, Swanson said I he would go directly to Havana. He I INSANE PRISONER " SLAIN BY TROOPER . "'*7 Officers Force Room Where Crazed Men Had Plot. * ted To Make Escape Mattewan, N. Y., Sept. 6. —(AP) One inmate of the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane was shot to death by a State trooper and two oth ers were overcome by tear gas when officers forced their way into a small room where four crazed men had bar ricaded themselves during an attempt ed escape early today Ray Fisher, 26, of Buffalo, leader of the attempted break, was killed by Trooper Robert Galvin. Fisher had levelled a 22-calibre revolver at Gal vin when the latter crashed through the door. The troopeT his gun already drawn, fired a bullet through the young des perado’s heart. Two of the remaining three were sprawled on the floor where they had fallen overcome t>y the enormous amount of teair gas ! fired into the room. Communists Are Arrested After Court’s Rulings Brooklyn, N. Y.. Sept. 6.—(AP) — Picketing of an NRA manufacturing plant in violation of a Supreme Court injunction led to the arrest today of Robert Minor, Communist candidate for mayor of New York, and Jack Rosenberg, a member of the Com munist party. Minor and Rosenberg led a picket line of about 20 persons in front of the Progressive Table Company, where 60 workers have been on strike for the past five weeks over wage differeuc. added he had no specific orders. At the tame time Admiral H. Standley, chief of naval operations, flashed orders for a concentration of most of the warships in Atlantic wat ers around Cuba. It was emphasized at the White House that the President is withhold ing a decision on intervention as the last step to be taken to restore or der. Synod To Davidson For 1934 Greensboro Sept. 6. —(AP) — The North Carolina Presbyterian Synod, in session here, decided today to meet next year at Davidson College. Davidosn wa selected during the, morning session of the Synod’s meet ing which was given over largely to discussion ol' schools supported by the Synod. Another matter brought up was the question of continuing special work in State-supported colleges. During this discussion it was disclosed that a gift of SI,OOO was received for sup port of the Presbyterian church at Chapel Hill, seat of the University of North Carolina. The donor’s name was not disclosed. R. F. C. Will Buy $50,000 Stock In New Oxford Bank Washington, Sept. 6—(AP)—Di rectors of the Reconstruction Fi nance Corporation announced to day they have authorized the pur chase of $50,000 of preferred stock in the Frst National Bank of Granville at Oxford, the new bank to succeed the First National Bank of Granville. Tho preferred stock purchase authorization is contingent upon the subscription of an equhl amount of common stock by those interested in the organization of a new bank. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Intervention Not Contemplated, But Will Be Prepared Found Guilty by U. S* jUllc x mfl Corporal Ralph Osm^n The photo shows Corporal Ralph Osman, of Brooklyn, N, Y., who* ihas been sentenced to two years alt ihard labor and fined SIO,OOO by a 'United States court-martial board at Cristobal, C. Z., -which found him 'guilty of possessing documents re lating to secret military defenses of the Panama Canal. Osman denied the espionage charge. ROOSEVELT TOACT ON FORD’S DELAYS President Will Confer To night With Johnson About Code Refusal NO WORD IS RECEIVED Pending Conference, Roosevelt Is Keeping His Own Counsel As To What Course lie May Have In Mind Washington, Sept. 6. —(AP) —Presi- dent Roosevelt has arranged to confer tonight w'th Hugh S. Johnson, his in dustrial adminitsrator, on the tatus of Henry Ford, who has failed to align himself with other members of the automobile industry under the new NRA working agreement. By telephone this morning, John son told the President he had no news about Ford. Pending tonight, the President te saying nothing about what he has in fnind regarding Ford. He has made no threats and the administration is relying upon public opinion to sup port the national recovery program. There have been rumors here that Ford was making overtures, but this could not be confirmed. 268 JOBS ObWNED DURING PAST WEEK t Unemployed Given Work by Private Employers, Way nick Announces Daily Dispatch Barm*, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BT J C n + SKFRVII/L Raleigh, Sept. 6. —Jobs for 268 un employed were found last week by the reemployment offices in 17 counties, all on calls from private employers, 'according to Capus M, Waynick, State director of reemployment. This total is expected to swell still further when reports are received from additional counties. “It mu't be remembered that all these jobs were provided by private employers and not any from public works projects,” Waynick said. “For while the reemployment service was ? (Continued oa Page Fourl 6 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COP Every Precaution Being Taken To Protect Ameri can Lives and Pro. ■ perty in Island UNREST CONTINUES J IN OUTLYING AREAS 1,000 Marines Being Con centrated at Quantico, Va., To Be Ready If Needed; President Roosevelt Is Against Meddling; Swan son Sails Aboard Cruiser Washington, Sept. 6—(AP)—Presi dent Roosevelt is congregating the At lantic fleet in the vicinity of Cuba for the protection of American lives in the event of violence there; but he was said today to contemplate no in tervention and h>s latest information told of no new disturbances. Secretary Swanson boards the crusier Indianapolis at Annapolis at 4 o'clock today on a scheduled trip to the west coast, which will take him within a day or two to nearby Cuba. The battleship Mississippi, now cruising in southern waters, was or dered today to join the four other Am erican vessels already in the Cuban nieghborhood. Reports of continued unrest in the outlying districts, such as GuanJ>n amo and Santiago, led the administra tion to order half a dozen smaller craft, destroyers and sub-chosers, to lie off within steaming distance. Meanwhile, more than 1,000 Marines were being concentrated at the Quan tico, Va., base in readiness in case of danger to foreign life and property that would warrant their presence in Cuba. It was said at the White House the President did not know of this move, but he supposed it was being done by the navy merely as a precautionary measure to save time in event Marines are noed-^d. It was emphasized that intervention is tho last thing to be thought of by the administration, and that Presi dent Roosevelt does not want it. JUNTA TAKES CHARGE AND , SEEKS WORLD RECOGNITION Havana, Sept. 6. —(AP) — Within (Continued on Page Three/) Price Boost On Peanuts Is Planned Growers To Meet In Washington S n me Time Industry’s Code Is Discussed Washington, Sept. 6 (AP) —Cheseter C. Davis, director of the ■division of the Agricultural Adjust ment Administration, said today ■Southern peanut growers will meat ihere to discuss plans for increased prices for then products about the time a heairing is held on the pea nut mlill code. No date has been set for the code hearing. Davis said this meeting would g’ve the growers an opportunity to be here and present their program at a time when, the entirei industry would be represented in WashinlgCcei. Govrnor J. C. B. Ehringhaus of North Carolina called on Davis yes. iterday and discussed with h*m and George N. Peek, farm administrator, the problem of peanut growers in his •State. Davis said the only agree ment reached at these conferences was the calling of a general peanut meeting. Davis said his office is prep-trUns# a memorandum showing the .r-om mic background and the price t r.n \ of peanuts in relation to product^ over a period of year*.