HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
central
CAROLINA
TWENTIETH YEAR
MAY URGE GOVERNMENT TO
PUSH RELIEF WORK
FOR EAST CAROLINA
WITH DEAD NOW 21
four Unidentified Bodies
Discovered To Cause
Toll To Rise
From 17
PROPERTY DAMAGE
IS UP IN MILLIONS
Adequate Provision Made
for Those Who Lost Every
thing In Week-End Storm
• as Red Cross Starts Appeal
For Relief Funds In This
State
New F?rn. Sept. 20. —(AP)— The
death toll in the storm-battered sound
country of North Carolina stood at
21 todav r.s rehabilitation was pushed
lirn? » 100-mile shore line.
Dl«cov*iy of four unidentified
brdies at Portsmouth brought the
number ol known dead from 17 to
21.
Properly damage was estimated in
the millions of dollars.
P.ed Cross and other relief workers
hve made their way into the de
rated coast vHlage3, pn£r
<;>• '.aticn was reported everywhere,
tfctre was no starvation or outbreak
c! disease.
However, precautions were being
tii:en to prevent the latter. John M.
Farrar, special Red Cross representa
tive said that “adequate provision
has been made for those who lost
everything in the storm.”
"There is no hunger, but there
i would have been hirtMt"Twt beeITTW
quck action,” he said. “The relief
work is being done on a family bass
wth no *oup ktchens beng operated
cr breadlines set up.**
A Sta ewldc drive for funds was
launched at Raleigh by the Red Cross
Throughout the area, the Red Cross
workers continued to distribute food
ar.d clothing and to provde shelter for
the hundreds made homeless by the
tropical hurricane.
Distribution of
Pork to Needy To
Start Next Week
V'r' Sept 20 (AP) —Die 1 ;
ttbut'on cf 100.000,000 pound's of
P'k purc u a~ei by the Agricultural
AdTrOni'btrart’an (for the
t will be started next week by
Fed'-ral Emergency Rel’ef Ad
r titration.
The organization received word to
day that the p-ork is ready. Noti.fi
fi'ai'cn w-aa scrit to the various State
agencies. }
The allocation of pork ny states in
chiifcd North Carolina. 2,430.000
Pounds. ill |j: f
Army Gets
54 Million
On Housing
Allotment of $75,000
Also Made For
Bridge on Water
way Near Belhaven
Washington, Sept. 20— (AP)— The
p ub!:c Works Administration today
3 ‘‘ c, tfed 554.709.358 to the War De-
for army housing construc
ted
Secretary Ickes said the money will
to construction and reconditioning
ygiving quick employment to
h 'usand3.
0f the total, $53 573.397 goes for new
and salvage work on
Do*ts. ■ '
sum of $1,135,961 will be used
r ’ completing facilities now under
[y and providing acces
! ' ** in connection with facilities at
1 rests.
Allotments by posts included Port
'Continued on Page Five.)
HIATHiK
H»U NORTH CAROLINA.
•uii tonight and Thursday;
'I bursday and in north por-
l
3Hntiiersntt
Jean Harlow Weds
Taking Hollywood by surprise,
Jean Harlow, . platinum blonde
film star, flew to Yuma, Ariz.,
with Harold Rosson, ace camera
man, and returned to Los Ange
les by air with Rosson as her third
husband. Miss Harlow, the widow
of Paul Bern, Hollywood film ex
ecutive who committed suicide, is
22. Her new husband, shown
above, is 38. ~ ,
THREATS RECEIVED
IN KIDNAPING TRIAL
Two Prosecutors and Chief
Witnesses Put Under
Heavier Guards
Oklahoma City, Sept. 20. —(AP)—
The families of three principals in the
Charles F. Urschel kidnaping case,
two Fedreal prosecutors and the chief
witness, the victim mmself, were
placed under heavier guards today
after receipt of threats from gang
land.
The threats came in air mail let
ters to Urschel and Joseph B. Kee
nan, assistant attorney gfeneral in
charge of the government’s drive on
criminals.
The two threats were re
vealed after receipt by the Daily Ok
lahoman of letters from George Kelly
fugitive in the abduction case, in
which he said Mr. and Mrs. R. G.
Shannon and their son, Armond, were
innocent of kidnaping conspiracy
charges filed against them.
All of the leteers were postmarked
at Chicago and dispatched by air mail
They bore Kelly’3 fingerprints.
Keenan, although not admitting
outright that threats against prosecu
tors and Urschel had been received,
issued a scathing denunciation of lin
(Contlnued on Page Five.)
Says Inflation
Already Started
By the President
Washington, Sept. 20.—(AP) —
An assertion that President
Roosevelt gradually was bringing
about inflation of the currency,
but that he would not even dare
to admit it, was made today by
Senator Thomas, Democrat, Okla
homa lender In the movement to
increase farm commodity prices.
“It is my opinion,” Thomas told
newspapermen, “that President
Roosevelt does not want to make
a statement on Inflation, because
If he even. ‘hinted it. commodity
prices would jump too fast and
too high before the money is dis
tributed among the people.’V
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER
L THE E ?^IJ? E service of
the associated press.
HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDA
STATE FIDS FOR
SCHOOL ALLOTTED
FOR COMING YEAR
Total Is Cut from $4,591,514
Last Year to $2,137,962
Spent In Last
Session
FUEL NEEDS WILL
BE MADE ADEQUATE
Assurances Given Parents
That Quarters Will Be Kept
Comfortable; Allotments
for Bus Operations Made,
Cutting Costs About 35
Percent
Dally Dtapntf'h Rrrftit,
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
nv j r u*«KF.itvii.i..
Raleigh, Sept. 20. —A total of $2,-
453.552 has been alloted to the various
county and c'ty administrative school
units by the State School Commis
sion for other than instructional ser
vice, as compared with allotments of
$4,522,514 for these same objects last
year, thus showing a reduction of $2,-
137,962 in the expenditures for these
purposes, according to an announce
ment made today by Leßoy Martin,
secretory of the commission. The total
ainou.iis alloted by objects are as
follows:
This year Last year
General Control $ 2392,402 $ 734.032
Instructional
Supplies 45,476 163,170
Operation of
Plant 850,702 1,431,934
Auxiliary
agencies 1.164,972 2,262,378
Total $2,453,552 $4,591,514
* The State £chqal. Commission has
already alloted a total of $13,050,000
for the salaries of teachers, principals
and superintendents, which is 81 1-2
i Continued on Page Fiva.)
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Washington, Sept. 20.—(AP)-*- The
cotton spintting .industry was reported
today by the Census Bureau to have
operated during August at 106.7 per
cent of capacity on a* single shift
basi3, compared with 117.5 percent
during July this year, and 72.4 per
cent in August last year.
Spinning spindles in place August
31 totalled 30.781,802, of which 25,884,-
707 were active at some time during
the month, compared with 30,893,970,
and 26,069,158 for July this year, and
£1,643.898 and 22,022.490 for August
last year.
Active spindle hours for August
totalled 7,924,027.549, or an average ,of
258 hours per spindle in place, com
pared with 8,127,978,275 and 263 for
July this year, and 5,539,006.107 and
175 fer August last year.
North Carolina reported 1,778,824,-
829 active spindle hours for an aver
age of 290 per spindle in place.
Mayor Watkins Commends
Big Rotogravure Edition
Thinks Present Good Time To Make Survey of Hender
son To Present Advantages and Opportunities Offer
ed for Future Development of City
Mayor Irvine B. Watkins, Hender
son’s enterprising and progressive
mayor, has written the Dis-patch tfhe
following Tetter praising the fort’h
com'imgc Rotogravure Development
edit!or of this paper, to be issued
wiiithiin the next several weeks. The
letter follows: \
“I am taking this occasion to con
gratulate your splendid paper for the
services you have rendered the com
munity in the past and for the en
terprise and progress that you are
showing In. bringing out yotJr Roto
gravure Development Edition.
“Now thrait the country has tftartied
hack toward recovery industrially, it
appears to me that this would be a
•good time to make «. survey of Hen
derson and vicinity iai order to de
itermkine what industrial properties
ajre available a* this tome, a fair price
for each, available tabor, water sup
plies. taxation studies, and various
•other factors having a direct bearing
upon plant location.
t sincerely hope that you will be
able to make a, very successful issue
! jCootlpusci on Page JSi
PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
SIGNING OF COAL CODE ENDS LONG CONTROVERSY
Climaxing a long and bitter fight,
during which 30,000 miners went
•n strike in Pennsylvania because
°* : m- delay in completing the ne
gotiations, a code for the bitu
minous coal industry has been
signed by a maioritv of the onera-
Hearing Is
Now Ready
On Tobacco
Ehringhaus to Wash
ington With Tobac
co Men Generally
for Price Plan
Raleigh, Sept. 20. (AP)—Governor
Ehringhaus left today for Washington
to lead representatives from flue-cur
ed tobacco growing sections tomorrow
at a public hearing on the proposed
buyers’ agreement to bring higher
prices for this year’s weed crop.
Tonight at the natiohal capital the
North Carolina delegation to attend
the hearing tomorrow will caucus.
Committees to speak for both grow
ers and warehousemen will attend.
Governor Ehringhaus went to Wash
ingten by motor, being accompanied
by his wife '<nd son. Houghton, and
a newspaper man. The trip north was
routed by Woodbury Forest, Va.,
where Houghton will be left to re
sume his studies.
HENDERSON DELEGATION
AMONG THOSE ARRIVING
Washington, Sept. 20.—(AP)—Re
presentatives of the tobacco industry
in Carolinas were arriving today for
the hearing tomosrow on the proposed
trade agreement.
Among those who have arrived for
the conference are W. B. Daniel, Jr.,
secretary and W. J. Alston and A.
H. Moore, all of Henderson, N. C., re
presenting the Middle Belt Ware
housemen’s Association.
IMP jii
fly JH
! MAYOR IRVINE B. WATKINS,
Dmht tltsuafrli
AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 20, 1933 PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
* EXCEPT SUNDAY.
TAKE HALF COTTON CROP
tor* with the approval of NRA of
ficials. The photo pictures the
leaders signing the code, showing,
left to right, seated: Donald Rich
berg, NRA attorney; Gen. Hugh
S. Johnson, NRA administrator;
J- D A. Morrow, president North
Americans In Cuba Are
Fleeing For Protection
Os Warships In Harbor
No Orders for Evacuation H ave Been Sent Consuls,
However, Hull Says; Malaria Breaks Out In Many
Places To Harass Island Republic
Washintgon, Sept. 20.—(AP)- Re
ports of extreme and growing disor
der in the interior of Cuba, from
which many Americans were said to
be fleeing to tne protecuon of Unit
ed States warships at coastal ports,
were received today at the State De
partirient.
Some Americans have been advised
by United States consuls to move to
the coast for protection, it was said,
and others were fleeing from their
horned on their own violation.
Secretary Hull told newspaper men
that there were no plans at present
to land American bluejackets, and
there was no intention of transform
ing the protecting American ships
into a, rural police force.
The, secretary of state said, how
ever, Americans in the interior were
supposed to hse their discretion, mov
ing under the protection of warship
guns, rather than have . troops come
inland 1 to their rescue. It was made
clear fbe department that no gen
eral oj-der had been sent to consuls
DAMAGE ESTIMATED
Half Million Each In Dare
and Pasquotank; Home,
less In Carteret
Raleigh, Sept. 20 tAP)—Mrs.
'Thomas O’Berry. State dirddtor of
•relief, today was notified from New
Bern that Red Cross relief workers
had vl’sllted the Gum Neck section of
Carteret counity late yesterday for the
first t'ms since it was swept bby last
week’s 'hurricane, and caime out to
day with reports that 1.000 persons
im the eomaniunity needed aid.
DARE COUNTY’S LOSS IS
PLACED AT HALF MILLtON
Manteo, Sept. 20 (AP) —Dare coun
ty’s storm ’os rvas estimated today at
a million dollars.
Early reports of wreckage on Roa
tnoke Island were exaggerated Sev
eral homes were blown ofi their foun,
dat'ions, but there was no flood dam
age at all.
PASQUOTANK CROP DAMAGE
IS ESTIMATED AT $300,000
Elizabeth City, Sept. 20 (AP)—Crop
(damage in. Pasquotank county from
riie storms of August 23 and Septem
ber 16 was estimated by County Farm
Agent Grover today at $500,000
He sadd the August 23 storm caus
ed $150.00c loss, and that of last
week $350,000. The total estimated
damage r , Pasquotank from the f?ep
terr I bf..r 16 storm is $431,500, includ
ing $81,500 In Elizabeth City. About
<515,000 damage was done to the Nor
folk and Carolina Telephone Cora
ipany’s equiipmnet in the Albemarle.^
em Coal association; standing, E.
C. Mahan, president Appalachian
Coal association; W. A. Jones,
Northern Coal association; Hugh
R. Hawthorne, Appalachian Coal
association, and K. M.
NRA deputy administrator.
to evacuate Americans.
MALAAIA IS NEW PLAGUE
ADDED WITH REVOLUTION
Havana, Sept. • 20.—(AP)— Wide
spread outbreaks of malaria were ad
ded today to the burden of suffering
Cuba. Many towns in the island re
ported numerous cases of the disease,
hnd conditions were especially bad at
iCienfugos.
i This new affliction came as the
government headed by President
Ramon Grau San Martin was doing
its utmost .toj hold power, against an
opposition determ toed to oust it and
by that opposition movement crystal
ized into virtual civil war.
Various and conflicting reports
came from the hill country,of Cama
guey province, where soldiers, stu
dents and workmen were attempting
to stamp out the rebellion headed by
Captain Juan Bias Hernandez, the
“Cuban Sandino.”
The general staff reported that Cap
(Continuad i c Page Five.)
1 Dead, 7 Escape
When Ship Burns
Baltimore, Sept. 20 (AP) —One
man was burned to death and
seven others escaped in life boate
when fire swept through the oil
freighter New Berne, nine mill's
below Smith Point, in Chesapeake
Bay. early today.
The boat was bound from Nor
folk to Baltimore. Captain Ira L.
Hillman, who telephoned a re
port of the fire from Reedville,
Va., said the blaze started from
an explosion.
“Buzz” Evans, a second engi
neer, w r as the ma n killed.
GIANT WHITE MAlf
TO ESCAPE CHAIR
Commutation Is Expected
for Luther McLamb, of
Johnston County
Raleigh, Sept. 20 (AP)—Adwin
M. Gill, parole commissioner,
said today he did not expect John
Lewis Edwards, Negro, sentenc
ed to be electrocuted fox the al
leged murder of a street car con
ductor in Charlotte, to die in the
electric chair Friday, and that no
final decision has yet been reach
ed in the case of Luther McLamb,
whit©, also scheduled to *»e exe-
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BANKHEAD HOPEFUL
raKoum A K
Fight on Cotton Processing;
Levy Is Abandoned for
Present, If Not
Permanently
SOUTH'S PLIGHT IS
CALLED DESPERATE
President Is So Advised by
Cotton Committee in Wash
ington To Lay Appeal Be
fore Him; Group Is To Be
Received by Roosevelt On
Thursday
Washington. Sept. 20.—(AP)—Sena
tor Bankhead, Dmocrat, Alabama '
said today the cotton convention
committee named to confer with of
ficials of the Farm Administration
was “pressing" a plan to take half the
cotton left in the farmer’s hand off
the market
Bankhead said he was “hopewul
something will be done.”
He said the cotton committee, of
which he is a member had abandon
ed for the present its fight on the >
cotton processing tax.
Resolutions adopted by the cotton
conference urged removal of tl)o 4.2
cents per pound tax, but Bankhead
said “It seems to be the only method
to raise money to pay benefits to the
farmer and we have dropped our.
fight on it, temporarily at least.’*
The Alabama senator said his re
marks about the processing tax re
ferred only to the cotton committee,
and that he did not speak for the gen
eral conference of representative* Os
southern states.
The proposal to take several ttlil
lion bales off the market) is connect
ed with plans to export large quan
tities of cotton.
The Alabama senator remained at
the Department of Agriculture after
his colleagues on the cotton comttiit
tee had gone to join the general Con
ference.
ROOSEVELT TO RECEIVE
DELEGATION THUT. OAT
Washington, Sept. 20.—(AP)—:~rc -
dent Roosevelt sent word today ha
would be glad to receive the Southern
delegation urging currency inflatio..,
but, meanwhile, ,he maintained his
strict silence as to his views ort
subject.
He went to his study in the exe
cutive mansion for the first tittle
since Ins recent cold.
He had a group of callers whd hid
been waiting since Monday.
He will be unable to see the dele
gation of inflationists before tomor
row.
Leaders in <he cotton gathering h|id
decided not to insist upon a confer
ence with the President.
Before hearing from him, and ltt
i Continued on Page Three.)
Huge Navy
Program Is
To Continue
' , i
Roosevelt Not To
Stop Work Despite
Rumored Protests
From Other Nations
Washington, Sept. 29.—(AP)—Presi
dent Roosevelt intends to go ahead
without restriction on tl\e $238,060,000
program to build the navy up to
treaty limits.
Reports have been current from
abroad that suggestions had Ifceen
made to Norman H. Davis, America’*
roving ambassador, that there be some
abandonment or curtailment of the
building program.
It was asserted at the WJhite House.,
that no such suggestion actually had
been received by the President him
self, even though some such word
might have been delivered to otlier
sources.
The President let it be known that
contracts have been let for the pro
gram. and that under no circum
stances was there any intention of.
calling back these contracts or alter
ing plans.
It appears that any such Sugges
tion that may have been made to the
United States by Great Britain, would
concern the fourth class B cruisers
called for by the program, which
would lay down tonnages up to the
last pound of tire IQ-000-ton limit,
with six-inch guns, *