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■"henderson gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTIETH YEAR COMMON TOBACCO OP ********** .... Government May Build And Sell Low Cost Housing Projects SECRETARY ICKES TELLS OF A PLAN BEING CONSIDERED Would Go Into Cities and Acquire Lands Through Purchase or Con demnation Moves SOME HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS INVOLVED Low Rent. Homes Object Os Some of Proposals; Ickes Regards Plan One of Best Ways of Cremating Jobs, In cluding Preparation of Ma terials Also Washington. Oct. 10.—(API —Stcre- tarv leki-' revealed today that the gov crr.nwnt was considering the estab l!«hment of a new co’rporation to handle construction and leasing or sale of low-cost housing projects through out the country. Ariel's of incorporation already drafted v'uuld permit the corporation to go inej cities and. through pur chase or condemnation proceedings, acquire l£i:d* on which low cost hous !nz pro.! 1 cts would be erected. The;® piece's, the public works chief said, could th<n be sold or let to occupants, with the corporation re paying to 'ho Treasury the funds ad vanced 101 the work. It 13 contemplat ci that, some of the projects will be merely for establishments of low reitt homes. while ethers will be for slum c' irance. * The secretary could not estimate th* pcsstbie cost of such a program, but hinto.-i jt might run into several ! hundred millions. Ickes ,-a d he regarded housing as ere of .he most, logical ways of creating -obs, especially since, he ad- | d.d. many men would be re-employed indirectly in the manufacturing and preparation of materials. FLORIDA VOTES ON DRY LAW’S REPEAL Tampa Fla., Oct 10.—(AP) —Florida '' era today were deciding whether! the State would be the 33rd in a row t) sar.ct on repeal of the eighteenth £mendm n* or the first in the country t 3 oppos,* it. Both v,f.t and dry leaders predicted victory lr. 'he ‘ lection —the wets more Vtiqual f|»(j)y than the drys—but all called upon 'he eLctrcrpte to turn out «nd vet® Steel Men j Go Back To Their Jobs But Cotton and Let tuce Workers in Cal ifornia Go Out On Strike There f ßy *lie Associated Press.) Return to work of several thousand ■>i'' 1 comoany employ* es in West Vir ginia unu Ohio and strikes in the co’ten and lettuce fields of Califor nifl marked the industrial scene to day. Escorted by f3O State policemen the * ir, t day shift of Wicrton, W. Va„ : te> 1 company employees went bfltk i’ 'h®>r ■jobs after a week’s strike and Pickets mesHQd about mie of the >£lll £af‘s were quickly dispersed .by tear get. Following decision of union leaders 0 recall pickets, workers in the company 3 Steubenville, Ohio, uiv*A be- K<i i to ttek back to work. Approximately 10.000 workers in -alifornia’s lettuce and cotton grow ing region* were reported on strike, ' ,nan d'ng substantial increases in pa.v. Star,- Labor Commissioner Frank '■ McDonald described the situation * !fi dangerous,” and said cotton grow ' ™ had rejected all mediation offers. Interest at the strike-plagued coal 1 l'ls of weste rn Pennsylvania was , r ; USf ion u conference in Pittsburgh w 1 ■ n Thomas Moses, president of i iick Coke Company, and ~ ip Murray, vice-president of the Ua »=a Mine Workers. Ufottitersmt Haifa WIHE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, MISTRIAL AND NON-SUIT DENIED IN VANDYKE CASE Kellys at Arraignment ■ ____________________ Kathryn and Cfeorge Kelly, who are KelcT in connection with the kidnap ing of Charles F. Urschel, are shown after their arraignment in Okla homa City Federal Building. Kelly’s shackles did not subdue his smile for the camera, but Mrs. Kelly shielded her face. iCentral Press) Cuban President Faces Overthrow 7 More Convicts In Prison Escape Raleigh, Oct. 10—(AD—State’s Prison today reported the escape oi seven com lets, including four who got away from the road camp in Alexander county. None of the es capes was serving a sentence long er than two years. Three ether prisoners escaped from camps at Durham, Fayette vil'e and in Greene county. TYRRELL BRIBERY CASE ISWATCHEO Teachers - Committee men Affair Local But Has Bear iirg On State Law ft*ll<r n«»oatofc Unroll, In tl*s Sir Wnlter Hotel. rT J V ai!?KRItVIM, Raleigh, Oct. 10.—Although the sit* uation in Tyrrell county in which one group of teachers in the Gum Neck school are alleged to have “bought” their jobs by paying or agreeing to pay a fixed amount to the school com mitteemen to secure their election, is puwrely a leal matter in wb'ch none of the State agencies has any au thority, it is being watched here with much interest. It was thought here thot the 1933 General Assembly had largely prevented any .such occurr ence by taking the election and em ployment of teachers out. of the hands of school committeemen and putting in the hands of each county board (Continued on Pace Three n CONTRACTOR KILLED NEAR FAYETTEVILLE Fayetteville, Oct. 10.—(AP)—Serge Romm, New York contractor, injured this morning in an automobile ac cident n<>ar here died in a local hos pital this afternoon without regaining consciousness. His wife, slightly hurt, was hysterical, and unable to give > jjfDgmatiea as to tjieir destination; ONLY DAILY Grau San Martin On I Brink of Ouster In Favor Carlos Men dieta, Nationalist Havana, Oct. 10.—(AP) —The hook cf governmental overthrow which has snatched more than one of ftfe pre decessors off Cuba’s stormy political stage, was extended today for Presi dent Ramon Grau San Martin. As it was held out cn a wave of shifting public opinion, the veteran Nationalist leader Carlos Mendieta, listening from the wings heard a ris ing clamor for his re-appearance. The Grau regime, fighting desper ately to atave off retirement, held out compromise after compromise in the hope of quieting the shouts of the op position . The militarized University young sters backing Grau again ratified their support of his government, but sup port in other quarters appeared rapid ly crumbling toward collapse. Even General Fulgencio Batista, who directed the attack on the Rebel lious officers barricaded in the na tional hotel, reliably was reported pre pared to withdraw his support for Mendieta and leaders in business, in dustry and agriculture, it was pointed out, have frequently expressed con fidence in the veteran. Conditions in the interior, mean while, remain for the most part quiet. Greenville Man Robbed of $4,000, He Tells Police Washington, Oct. 10. —(AP)—Henry Tripp. ,of Greenville, reported to au thorities that he was robbed near here last night by three men of S4.OQp he had withdrawn from Greenville post office to be deposited in a bank here. He said the bank was closed when he arrived, and that he was on his way to visit a sister in Edwards when he was robbed on the Aurora road. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fa»r tonight; slightly cooler on the north coast; Wednesday fair. NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH ~ 1 HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY (AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 10, 1933 AS SEASON OPENS HERE T estinjony Is Offered By Defense Bullock’s Mother Says Boy Was at Home All Day and Night of the Alleged Attack KELLY DESCRIBES ACTIVITIES THAT DAY Defense Attempting To Set up Alibi; Court Pus Indo Record Testimony Offered During Investigation of Al leged Attack on Negro Lawyers After a motion, for ;i mistrial for Beaufort Kelly and motions' for non suit for both Kelly and Florida Bul lock, had been overruled, ■trial of the two continued i.n Vance (Superior Court today cn charges of kOdin aping and attacking Miss Mlary Lena Vandyke, 16-year.oiid daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Vandyke, at iher home ;in this' county the after noon of August 23. Immediately after itihe motions had been denied late yesterday by Judge R. Hunt Parker, presiding, the de fense started putting on testimony, and that was still in process this aft. ernocn. R. O. Everett,, chief coun sel for Kelly, and M. C. Pearce, counsel for Bullock, while working together in a general way, were de veloping their defense along indivkl. uat dries, Everett' moving first, and Pearce planning to play his trump this afternoon or tomorrow mornang. Both, however, are seeking to estab lish rn- alibi,- and testimony thUs fail* offered fnds 'n that direction. 11l overruling the motions made by the defense, Judge Parker took occa sion. to place into the records the testimony given last Friday at his (Continued on Page Eight.) GRAHAM MIGHT NO! BE LOANED TO NRA Need for Hi# Services Here So Tremendous He May Not Be Spared ~H - ■■ ■ Daily Dispatch ltnrcaa, ]n tie Sir Walter Hotel. ST J C BASKFttVttI. Raleigh. Oct. 10. —Will the executive committed of the board of trustees of (the University of North Carolina, re lease President Frank Graham from his duties with the University, in or der to permit him to help Administra tor Hugh S. Johnson of the National Recovery Administration, as has been requested? While it is agreed her.e that it is a distinct honor both for President Graham and for North Car olina to have General Johnson want ■him to work out an economic-educa tional plan for the consuming public (Continued on Page Seven.) Dillion, Read Made Heavy Sales As, Market Sagged Washington. Oct. 10.—(AP) —Testi- mony that Dillon, Read and Company sold more than $3,000,000 of stocks to its investment trust in 1929 when the market was sinking rapidly today was given the (Senate committee investigating Wall Street. E. B. Tracy, president of Dillon, Read and Company’s investment trust disclosed under questioning by Sena tor Couzeus, Republican, Michigan, and committee counsel Ferdinand Pe tlisimtrli CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. MIDDLE BELT GELS EASTERN CAROLINA Auctions In Early Hours In dicate Average For Day To Be Around sl4 per 100 MOST WAREHOUSES FILLED FOR SALES Some Disappointment at Fu quay Springs, While Louis burg Reports Farmers Pleased With Prices; War renton Makes Report; Bet ter on Sanford Market Duiham, Oct. 10. —(AP) —Tobacco markets of the North Carolina Middle B'dt began sales today with the weed bringing prices in Line with these prevailing on the bright belt markets of Eastern North Carolina. The auctions during the early hours of the sale indicated the average price for the day would be sl4 per 100 pounds or better over the entire belt. Most warehouses were filled to cap acity, but there was little prospect anywhere of blocked sales. Around 200 009 pounds were on the fleers of Aberdeen’s two warehouses, where early sales were at an average of around sl2 per 100. Much of the leaf offered was of an inferior grade. Some of the better grades were bring ing as lugh as 20 cents a pound. Tobacco men at Sanford said prices (Continued on Page Three.) 467 CARS FEDERAL PORK IS SENT OUT Washington, Oct 10.—(AP)—The Farm Administration said today that 467 cat loads of cured pork had been shipped fro mthe stock approximately 100 000,000 pounds obtained in slaughter of pigs and sows in Ihe hog emergency cam paign. GIVEN LONG TERMS IN KIDNAP THREATS New York, Oct. 10 (AP)—Nico iina Dr Palma, Yonkers nurse, was sentenced to five years im prisonment and .James Medley, 1 former gasoline station attend ant, to ten years by Federal Judge Alfred C. Coxe today on their pleas of guilty to threats to kid. nap a niece of Russell C. Lef fingwell, partner in the Morgan, banking house. BOONE POLICE HEAD DIES FROM INJURY ©Lsf/sslvdllq, Oot. -Iff CAP)-H) 11 Ha gam an, chief of tihe Booms Police dcnratapitt, who was tthtot twice ■while raidi'nig a fVling station for li quor last Wednesday night died at a hoiiprtal here early today. The officer 1 had been expected to re cover units® hisl cbindiittoin became Saturday night. The body will be taken to Boone today, but if urn-rail erfrangiemenltsi were no# complete. I Ruse Lewis was held % Watauga county jail' charged with the shoot ing. Lewis was/ arrested with. Fre'd the night of October 4 when Hagamian,. wrJ|h (Deputy Sheriff Al. bent Farthing, searched O’Daniel’s ;lunch room ‘and filling station for liquor and reported finding 25 pints. cora that the trust paid $3,791,000 for Rock Island stock. Smoking a cigarette and frequently conferring with his colleagues, Tracy said it had been agreed by all con cerned that the United States and In ternational Securities Coporation, and the »J, S. and Foreign Securities Corporation wanted to buy railroad stocks. Clarence Dillon, head of the com pany, sat in the background of the sparsely filled Senate caucus building listening attentively. ; PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Market Break At Start Estimated 650,000 Pounds On Fusion Ticket f Judge Frederic Kornoehan, close friend of President Roosevelt, who is a candidate for Judge of General Sessions Court in the forthcoming New York municipal elections. Judge Kernochan is running on the Fusion ticket, headed by Fiorello LaGuardia, former Republican member of Congress. 4 Central Press! iraii TOR KELLY’S TRIAL Urschel Agent Points Finger j 1 To Kelly As Man Who Got Ransom PAID HIM~S2OO,OOOSUM Perspiring Squad of Uniformed Fo. llcemen Try To Keep CoiTidors Clear; Judge Delayed by Son’s Illness Oklahoma City, Oct. 10.—(AP) Hundreds of women, most of th<’m young, stormed the Federal court room today where George (Machine Gun) Kelly and Kathryn his wife, are on trail for what prosecutors describ ed as leading roles in the $200,000 kidnaping cf Charles F. Urschel. A perspiring squad of uniformed po liceman tried to keep the corridors cleared. There was a delay in opening the second day of the trail while Judge Edgar S. Vaught went to a hospital, where an emergency operation was performed upen his son, Edgar S. Vaught, Jr., University of Oklahoma student, fin- a stomach disorder. Young Vaught’s condition was said not to be dangerous. Judge Vaught arrived at the court (Continued on Page Seven) Farley To Argue Wet Case Here Raleigh, Oct. 10.—(AP) — The Raleigh Times says that Postmas ter General James A. Farley will probably speak in Durham Oc tober 28 at exercises dedicating the new r post office there, when former Governor O. Max Gardner and W. L. Roberts, an assistant secretary of the treasury, are also scheduled to speak. The Times says Gardner con firmed reports he and Roberts would be in Durham, and added with a smile, “Farley is going, too, I think.” Farley has made a number of speeches over the country n the interest of repealing the eighteenth amendment, and South Carolina repeal leaders have announced he will speak in that State late this month. North and South Carolina vote on jepeai on Novembej 7 e 8 PAGES TODAY ——— ___ FIVE CENTS COPY All Grades Smoking Tobac co Selling Fine From $lO to $35, Supervisor States SAYS PRICES OVER EASTERN CAROLINA Common Grades Estimated 40 to 50 Percent Higher Than Last Year; No Really Fine Tobacco Showing Up On Sale; 50 Percent of To tal Primings Common grades of tobacco sold from <lO to 50 percent higher than they wer* last season when the 1923-34 sea son got under way here today, ac cording to R. W. McFarland., eaie3 supervisor. Mr, McFarland estimated the day's offerings at 650,000 pounds, with the probability of a small block at the close, of the day’s business. Smoking Tobacco Up. All grades of smoking tobacco wers selling fine at from $lO to sls per 100 pounds, .md tips were ranging from $5 to $lB per hundred, the supervisor’s statement said. Hie balculatod that around 40 per cent of the day’s of ferings consisted of tips and 50 per cent of primings, and said that but, for such a large percentage of these grades, the general average would be around sll per 100 pounds. As is usually the case, it was stated, no really fine tobacco was in -evi dence on the opening sale, Mr. McFarland said that g’dieral satisfaction prevailed over the .open ing prices, adding that /‘many v/ho saw the sales in the east are of tho opinion that Henderson s c~ h >.v; prices today are from 15 to 2 per cent higher than the opening pr.' >s r \ those markets. The mark*'; U but' vefy - slightly blocked:” StaH of the season' HfeVe was acc.'.: l panied by the usual large crowd r visitors to the market. Many fan - era had tobacco for sale, some of the i coming from long distances to sell ; i Henderson, and going away pleas l (Continued on Page Three.) WORLD'S FAIR MAY GO INTO NEW YEA ’. Chicago, Oct, 10.—(AP)—A Century of Progress Exposition may go on ir: o Chicago’s 101st year. Officials of the World’s Fair let it he known today that, “if the publ s demand*,” the exposition will con tinue beyond November 1, the pr - vlously announced closing date. The exposition opened last May f'T and today the paid attendance reached 19,000.000 persons, who have spent a * proximatejy $30,000,000 at the gate a I the concessions within the three a’ l a half mile strip of lake front devo - ed to Chicago’s second World's Fa’ ’* Price Pact Still Being Held Back Farm Administrate a Not Yet Satisfied With Agreement for Tobacco Washington. Oct. 10 (AP)—- Apparently still dissatisfied with its own efforts, the Farm Admin istration today continued to with hold the announcement of a mar. keting agreement for flue-cured tobacco. Domestic buyers who voluntar ily offered to pay an average of 17 cents a pound for tobacco, are said to have signed the proposed agreement and left it In the hands of the administration). Since the*, the contract hes ! r been reported ready so itmnoun- I , cement on several occasions, only 1 j to be held up at the last minul' j [ for further examination. J
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