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HENoS MOR,AL WBpaws. MIDDLE BELT TOBACCO MARKETS OPEN OCTORFR in HENDERSON gateway TO central CAROLINA TWENTIETH year TOBACCO COMPANIES SUGGEST 17™ AVERAGE 10c ADVANCE UPON COTTON IS PREDICTED Bankhead Says Administra tion Considers Speedy Relief for Growers of the South WOULD PROMISE TO , CUT 1934 ACREAGES Would Cut fro.m 40 Million This Year to 25 Million in 1934; Cotton Purchase Plan Is Also Under Consid eration; Conference Held at White House Washington, Sept. 22.—(AP) An administration plan to advance ten cents a pound on this year’s cotton crop to farmers who will conform to the 1934 acreage reduction program wes predicted today by Senator Bank hend. cf Alabama, after a call at the White House. After conferring with President Rc:>sevelt. Secretary Wallace and George N. Peek, agricultural admin istrator, Bankhead expressed a de finite belief that “a plan will be worked out as quickly as possible to advance ten cents a* pound on this year's cotton crop to farmers in con sideration of an agreement by the farmer to conform with Federal acre age reduction program for 1934. ’’ The administration has set a goal of reducing the 1934 cotton acreage from 40,000,000 to 25,000,000 acres. •—* Secretary Wallace and Peek left the While House to confer with fin ancial agencies of the government with the obvious Intent of putting the plan into early operation. President Roosevelt today called in his agricultural advisors to consider the cotton purchase plan submitted yes'erday by the conferenced South ern representatives. Those summoned weTe Secretary Wallace and George Peek, the ad nrnistrator of the agricultural adjust ment act, and Senator Bankhead, ot (Continued on Page Seven) American’s Cuba Home Is Looted Government To Make Representa tions to Authorities for Insult Given Washington, Sept. 22.—(AP)— The United States government will make representations to Havana authorities as the result of the looting of an Am erican citizen’s home there. Details cf the affair were not avail able today at the State Department, ncr was Secretary Hull informed of the name of the American concerned. He said, however, that apparently no one had been hurt. On th basis of reports from Ameri can consuls, received late last night, Hull said conditions in the interior (Continued on Page Seven.) Says Rotogravure Issue Will Boost City Upward Another Hem|3r»cm ibuftiness mfcln. v -ho has given hile cooperation to tlhie r-3 Ty Dispait.ih rotogravure edition, is harFejs L», Carter, ow of /the owin>- of the Pattemom.Carter general ( ontiracfmg flume and buiildiinig mb- ia»l dealers, and alte 0 president of 'the Hendtersow Rotary club. t The idem of the edition lw impresw ' iiis immy people of /the city, and some '! •?%<:* < i mile .i,n; volumtaJrily and pur ■ Hased space in the coming edition. Mr. Carter said: 'Tour plan to Isoue a edi smtitersmt Sat lit Btatratrh service of THE ASSOCIATED press. Moley’s Successor HRjjK * '-n* R. Walton Moore lere is R. Walton Moore, of Mt. Vernon, Va., who has been ap> pointed assistant secretary of state by President Roosevelt to succeed Raymond Moley, wht m aiened. REUEFOFnCE IS AIDiNGSUFFERERS Mrs. O’Berry Handling One of Biggest Jobs in State In- Her Office NEED SEEN AS ACUTE (Mrs.i O’Berry Made iSnvteral Visits Into Stricken Hurricane Area To Get Firsthand Facts on Conditions llnllr nt«nn*<’fc Bi»r—» In (ks Sir Wnlter Hattl, «*v j c Raleigh, Sept. 22.—One of the busiest State officials here now and one who is handling one of the biggest and most difficult jobs in the entire State —and right now a much bigger job than any one ever thought it would be —is Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, director cf the Governor’s Office of Relief. For, while the job of directing the regular relief work in the State Is a tremendous task, the new problems that have been added by the recent hurricane in the eastern part of the State have made It about the big gest and most difficult job in the entire State. But the increased work and added responsibilities are not worrying Mrs. O'Berry, who has al ready gone with relief and Red Cross workers Into devastated sections in order to get a better idea of the needs and how to care for them. “The need for aid is acute in many (Continued on Page Seven.) tion. in the ibAufiful rotogravure tone, setting forth the attractions an/d advantages of our section, gives me groat pleasure. Such atn edition (in this interesting form should serve as a starting point for wcw and greater achievements for the com munity. Henderson,. Kike all com munities, has had' and Will have its seasonal depressions. Snch an edT.- (bio/n wnL 1 no doubt hearten our* pen. pd e in their purpose to make the nteaot few years a period of greater achieve ment, and Inspire 4ho present genCr _umY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Lindbergh Kidnap Trail Is Believed Found In Europe Parcs, Sept. 22 (AP)—The trail of the Lindbergh kidnapers was soughs today by Paris police, who said they 'had. the naime Os a man who had tn hits pceasssiom a 1,000 pound note ddientJ'ffied by the Bank oif EngJamd as ipart of the ransom money extorted from Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh * -1 -•'*-*’* ... ■ .»•* ~ | I || n— - Iclim. j^ai. (The Lmdbergih, ransom money wa s paid itn, United States $5, $lO and S2O toill* and heretofore there (has been, no* report that British currency was involved. The American bills might !*■ ' • Federal Reserve Bank Mes sengers Robbed Behind Smoke Screen Chicago, Sept. 22. —(AP) —Behind a smoko screen laid in Chicago’s loop today,' five gunmen staged a daring hold-up of four Federal Reserve Bank employees and five minutes later shot and killed a policeman after their automobile collided with an other. The robbery, carefully planned and swiftly executed, probably will not net much in the way of loot, an of ficial ,of the Federal Reserve Bank said. The policeman, killed as he and a fellow officer approached the des peradoes’ car about a mile from the scene of the robbery, without knowing of the hold-up, was Miles Cunning ham, 35. A moment before, the machine had overturned, after striking another and as Cunningham and Policeman Mor ris Fitzgerald stepped into the street the men crawled from the wreckage and sent a barrage of machine gun bullets toward the officers. Cunning ham fell mortally wounded, while Fitzgerald jumped ttshind a metal sign and returned the fire for a mo ment. The desperadoes commandeered a passing motorist’s machine and sped from the machine. A few minutes later they forced another motorist from his car and fled, leaving the other behind. The whole chain of events, Includ ing the robbery, the slaying of the policeman, and the dramatio escape of the gunmen occurred in such swift succession that police were not in formed of the hold-up until word of the officer’s death was received. raStion to dedicate itself anew to a larger service for the community and the fulilest development of all the re (sources f thfls section, both, human and material:. «.\ “I assure you of my cooperation. o!nd full appreciation of the interest you are taking in promoting the clivic loyalty of Henderson and environs.” WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Saturday; wanner Saturday and in extreme w(?st portion tonight, HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 22,1933 SOUTHERNERS PROPOSE MARCH TO FORCE INFLATION ®to Mm \ ORwF Wi *. fcJEMK- Moi ; » J AHmkl It i JEii® rj ■ 1 I BMM» ;; ! ■» 0/ ; -x j ’al wi ’ , . Bwßjf - Irked by President Roosevelt’s de lay in exercising his inflationary powers, a group of southern sen ators, congressmen and cotton planters propose to stage an in flationist “march” on Washington and climax it with a convention of all Dersons interested in eur rency expansion. Members of the resolutions committee of the southern group, in session at Washington, urging immediate in flation and the of the cotton processing act, are shown in the photo, left to right, seated, H. D. Wilson. Senator Elmer howeveri, havtej (tjfdkn (exchanged for Britt &h currency ajgd tihe 1,000 pound note la-ter have been traced ,to tßnait exchange.) Three men were arrested in Ant werp, i!b was reported, after trying to cash the British note. It later dis appeared, but wqg_ recovered in a judge’s WastebasESr O n df tTfe'prJ sners Jiatoer revealed that the biill bad been en'closed in an envelope ad dressed -to the judge and mated after the three mien had been- surrounded by police. } Lindberghs Reach I Leningrad, Russia Leningrad, U. S. S. R., Sept. 22. —(AP)—Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived here at 1:58 p. m. t (lav after a flight from Hel singfors, I inland. They were escorated by two Soviet naval jftaneis, whflch 'H*,*t them over the Kronstadt fortress. Representattvs of the foreign of fice and aviation officials greeted them at the airport. Roosevelt Speeds Up Food Plan Government Pur chase of Surpluses To Begin in 30 Days Under His Order Washington, Sept. 22 (AP)—»Pres c/dp|ivt( fßoosevlelit today topaededl ihto program for* Federal purchase of sur plus foodstuffs and staples for the ineedy with orders to get sit under way within 30 days. H conferred with Secretary Wal lace and Lewis Douglas, director of the budget, who arranged for appoint mient of a special committee to carry int oeffect the dual plan to' take sur. pluses off the glutted markets and to feed * the unemployed. Douglas arranged for the neces sary funds, which are roughly esti mated to toe about $75,000,000. Secretary Wallace named Chester Davis and L. H. Bean, of his de partment, to cooperate with a repre sentative fronh the Federal: Emerr gency Relief Agency in carrying out the Roosevelt proposal to purchase surplus beef, dairy and poultry pro ducts, cottcm and cottonseed. Wallace also took up with the President the problem of a. longterm program for reduction* and control of com and hogs. He is considering the poo-sibilily of including surplus com purchases in the new relief plan, but he is more interested in provid ing for a permanent price.lifting plan (for corn and hogs. : ; „ , Thomas of Oklahoma, chairman] Senator Eluson D. Smith of South Carolina, J. D. McDonald of Texas, and S. F. Tompkins of Ar kansas; standing, Tom Linder, George Lambton of Mississippi, C. B. Gregg of Missouri, and C. tX Nance of South Carolina. The judge thought the matter a joke and gave the envelope to a clerk who crumpled it and threw Lit away. AMERICAN CONSUL GENERAL INVESTIGATING EXCHANGE New York, Sept. 22 (AP) —-Police learned toda yfrom Washington that the American cnosul general at Ahl -werp, Belgium, was inveotigatiimig an exchange of American, money believ ed in ®cimie quartern to have been j ipart of the $50,000 ransom paid in the Lindbergh kidnaping case. Indianapolis Meeting Takes Steps To Care for Needy Ones Indianapolis, Ind., Sept 22 (AP) — Assorting no mother who gave a eon to wiar slerviice should be dependent On public charity,, the national exe cutive committee of tlhe American War Mothers Organization wtsn»t into isetssiiom. benei today to develop a pJan, for an endowment fund to meet such (situations. *• The committee hopes to find away to raise sufficient money to endow the it-wo homes they already owp in order to take care of dependent war mothers. One plan under consideration im tciuded the changing of the orgaim:;-* tiiom’s by.llawis to increase the annual /dues from $1.50 to $4 a. year. There lane approximately 13,000 traembfcrti dn the organization. ' 1391 H SESSION OF UNIVERSITY OPENS Half-Hour Program Held In Memorial Hall Presided Over by Robert B. House, Secy. Chapel Hill, Sept. 22.—The 139th session of the University of North Carolina was formally opened here this morning with a half-hour pro gram presided over by Robert B. House, executive secretary of the University. The gathering was held in Memorial Hall at the regular chapel period. Classes were also begun today with a larger number of students than had been anticipated'earlier in the year on hand for the* first day’s work. An unusually large number of students transferred from otlier institutions and a high percentages of out-of-state students was noted. Although official figures were not 1 available at the register’s office in ' dications during the registration of | freshmen Wednesday, and upperclass PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Scales To Apply On Purchases Up To Next March 31 Monday Opening Is Not Changed, Ehringhaus Says Washington, Sept. 22 (AP)— - Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus of North Carolina today told news papermen his proclamation open ing the North Carolina tobacco market On Monday “stands for the present.” Ehringhaus, In answer to ques tions whether he would rescind the marketing opening order if a satisfactory plan to raise prices to flue-curcd tobacco growers were not reached meanwhile in Wash, ington, said he did not wish to comment himself. “All I can say is that the order still stands.” he said;. railTaluesover* STATE REDUCED BY ASSESSMENT BODY Cut $44,380,001 from $204,. 954,876 in 1932 to $160,- 574,875 as Values for 1933 TELEPHONEVALUES INCREASED, HOWEVER Heavy Depreciation in Rail j Properties Accounts For 1 Cuts There; A. T. &T. Pro. perty Raise Makes Differ ence in Telephone Com pany Assessments Daily Dlnimfcit Biitmi, In tne Sir Wnlter Hotel. 3Y J O »4SKKimU. Raleigh, Sept. 22. —Valuations of the various railroads in North Carolina were decreased $44,380,001 or from $204 954,870. the valuation fixed on them in 1932, to $160574,875 by the State Boaid of Assessment, according to figures released today by Commis sioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell, chairman of the board, The valuations of the various telephone companies were increased $1,523,702, however, as compared with last year’s valuations. Hast year the valuations of the tele phone companies were fixed at $lB,- 140,733 by the State Board of Assess ment. which this year boosted these figures to $19,664,433. The express and Pullman companies as well as the telegraph companies managed to get heir valuaions re duced from $3,400,093, what they were lised at in 1932, to $2,497,000 for 1933 a reduction of $915,093. Tthe various -bridge., canal and steamboat ■com panies got a reduction of $2,450 as com pared with last year, and the private ly-owned water companies a reduction of $1,391 as compared with last year, or from $101,924 in 1932 to $100,533 for this year. The vauous refrigerator car com panies, however, had their valuations boosted $5,301, or from $49,949 at (Continued on Page Seven) Middle Belt Set To Start Oct. 10 Winston-Salem, Sept. 22. (AP) —It was announced here to day that Old Belt tobacco mar kets win open October 17 and those of the Middle Belt one week ear lier. The Middle Belt was originally scheduled to open September 19 and the Old Belt September 26. The sales committee of the To bacco Association of the United States recently dcided, however, to O PAGES 0 TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Government Proposal At tacked on Ground of Lim itations Upon Adver- 1 tising Funds HEAD OF REYNOLDS SPEAKS FOR BUYERS 1 i Clay Williams Suggests To* hacco Companies Agree T$ Buy Up to Next March as Much Tobacco as Was Consumed During Yel*r Ending Last June 30 Washington, Sept. 22. — (AP)— Td bacco manufacturers proposed it Sub stitute today for the marketing ngeijfr ment put forward for them tentative ly by the government, attack!h|f *ll* latter on the ground it would empblir er the secretary of to limit expenditures for advertising.! S. Clay Williams, president of tjie R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and representing others in the busi ness as well, proposed a* a‘ public hearing provisions to bind the cOtt cems to pay an average of 17 cent! a pound for the flue-cured leaf they bt»y up to next March 31. Williams’ proposal was offered at a hearing on a marketing agreethttit (Continued on Page Seven.) Ford Plans Work Week Below NR A To Cut Employees to 32 Hours Weekljy; Code Is Not Signed as Yet * s Detroit, Mich,, Sept, 22 The Ford Motor Company, rtoVr operating on a 40-hour work week shortly will place its on a work week within the 35- hour week provision of the ft# automotive ' code which Henry Ford has not signed. “Mr. Ford intends to confefs. with the code by working hi* men an average of 35 §, week,”- said one Ford official to* day. “He does not intend to vlo.' late the NRA code.” Detroit, Sept. 22.—(AP)—There wire strong indications today that the Ford Motor Company within A fort night will place its employees oh-k 32-hour-week basis, thus bringing tlfe comparv within the work week'plih/? vision of the NRA automotive Coa£, which it has not signed. Although there was no dffiOlgl statement from the company, com ment in automotive circles generally was that the company is revising i|a working schedules so that employees will work 64 hours every two Wefekfc, averaging 32 hours every week. ’JCTfe NRA automotive code provides fo* a 35-hour v/ork week and a pay of 43 cents an hour. The Ford scale at present is $0 cents an hour for the lowest paid ployees. ,* delay the opening of market? In ‘ the Old and Middle Belts? by t&6 same number of days the raw and Bright South Carolina bells wet* j closed as the result of tobac4d i holidays declared by the govSf- j nors of North and South Carolina, j The holiday has been lifted In i South Carolina, but warenoush- j men delayed resumption of saV*t j until next Monday, when sales will | be resumed in North Carolina, * \ j
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