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HENDERSON GATEWAY to central CAROLINA TWENTIETH year London Hears Os 500 Million Loan For Russia Here $450,000,000 Would Go For Machinery and Steel Rails and $50,000,000 for Cotton OMISSION OF FOOD CAUSE OF SURPRISE Economists Say Russia Is In Urgent Need of Foodstuff and Livestock of All While Millions of Pigs Are Being Destroyed Here London, Oct. 21.—(API —Observers ;n close touch with Ihe Russian sit uation cypressed amazement today at ■3. rep:.t New York that a $500.- COOCOO cfdit was being sought in be jj-lf of tb Soviet in connection with prtiiden: Roosevelts overtures look ing to p ssible American recognition with $4 r 0,000,000 wanted for ma chinery and steel rails and SSO 000.- COO for cotton. The observers said rails formed one of the diiest of Russian needs, but pointed o L ;: that Russia’s most urgent need is so. foodstuff and livestock of all kind« Indep l indent Agricultural econom ists h ” sav Russia could absorb the whole world agricultural surplus on long terni credits. Instead, it was not ed Amer.can farmers are destroying Billion* of pigs they could have ship ped to Russia, and likewise many cat tlj which could easily be transported cn Do'h land and sea. If th» Russian transport system p jved unequal to the task of handling *he IfvM'ock the animals could be herded across the country as in the cid davs of the American West, one« authority conUnd'-d. Statesville Bank Receiver Is Sent Up for Two Years flttt-svTe, Oct. 24.—(AP)—Earl H. J nes. former receiver of the closed C nm "c;al National Bank here, who d ",pp*aied some months ago. and n found was said to be suffering n amnesia. pleaded guilty today misapplicat’on cf funds from the o k and wa* sentenced to prison ft ’ two years. fudge E. Y. Webb, in passing sen-' r -ct. said that if Jones “makes full I ■ •‘ituticu ’ to the bank, the court and j Lie attorney will recommend a shorter piison sentence. i ’ho amount of the misapplication 'V2S set at $1,200. Morrison’s Strategy Is Speculative His V igorous Entry! Into Repeal Cam paign Discussed By Politicians TJnlljr Dlapntch Rarest, •»* in** -• Uiurl, D >» C. RASKERVILL. Kaleigb. Oct. 24.—The entry of for ty r Got ernor-Senator Cameron Mop -1 ; n into rh** repeal cpnipaifn as an opponent of repeal of the eighteenth ra 'ndm<r.t is causing the politically Tlnd*fi H ere wonc p. r whether hs is ally in'« rested in defeating repeal •r.d u trying to keep the State tech nically “ary” or whether he is mere seeking to build up new political ‘ f with a. view to re-entering P°Uf*C3 later on. Some think , orriaon is mei-ely gambling that the tv or anti-repeal forces will win in November 7 election and that his ,' r ‘ sen position has been taken in the fbat he will emerge on the win -Ip‘&p ‘& s ’de j,nd that if he has succeed (!r ' n picking the winner, he will try l ' ° niP ’lack in State politics. Oth rh tbink he is sincerely opposed to , e " B nd that he has taken the stand t has without any thought of re <nt rin g ho tStat.e’s political arena again. Uh°thc.| Morrison’s sudden advo- I" 2 v of Clyde R. Hoey for governor n was premediated or merely nta 1 -the belief here is that it V j as mo ” accidental than anything “ agreed in political circles Z l ' thm it j H certainly worth pon ' h ( > i p (he State/should vote 's 'nst repeal of the eighteenth ndnarnt and the drys emerge as 1 virtor : ous party, there is no doubt i Morrison would be sitting in a w . arhon la genus position. Tt is al ibii if Hoey should decide '» - i,i n candidate for governor he (Continued on Page Three.)., ~ Tintiirrsmt fcnvoy to Soviet? ■ Mu - m : '' T' 7 '' '3™ «r 9 m •’ M B ■' ’ ••• ** BPPMWj mk jHHHB Henry Alorgenthau. Jr., governor qf the Farm Credit Administration, who is prominently mentioned as probable U. S. Ambassador to So viet Russia, if and when, this coun try formally extends it diplomatic recognition. Morgenthau long has taken a hand in all trade matters connected with the Soviet, REPEAL ELECTION 10 BE VERY CLOSE OBSERVERS THINK On Lookers In Capital Con tinue To Give Edge To Anti-Repeal Forces In The State RETURN OF SALOON INJECTED IN TALK Drys Have Spread Idea That Vote for Repeal Means That; Murphy Says People Have Made Up Minds How To Vote and Will Follow President Roosevelt Dally DlNpaf«*ii Rnrpiia, In tuff Sir Walter Hotel, nv .1 r n/«oKTCiivvT.f. Raleigh Oct. 24—If the election on the repeal of the eighteenth amend ment were to be held this week the vote would probably be against re ipoal by a good size margin according to the opinion of many observers Ti'rire. Even •the more enthusiastic irepeal advocates admit that the vote is going to be close-—perhaps much too close for comfort. “I still believe there will be be. tween 70 and 75 votes for repeal in the Stat e convention on the basis of sentiment I have found in many of the counties in the State” an active repeal supporter said today. “How ever there is no doubt that the min isters the church people and the “drys” generally have been and still ore very active with the result that North Carolina may still vote against (Continued on Page Eight.) 2 Senators Are Now In Wet Ranks Charlotte, Oct. 24.—(AP>- Both of North Camlina’s senators are ir. the repeal parade today. As Senator Reynolds launched a whirlwind speaking tour of the State in behalf of repeal. Senator Bailey issued a statement in Raleigh declar ing himself for repeal. Sena,tor Bailey, who had not pre viously committed himself, an nounced, however, that, ho was against any change in. ithe State’s prohibition law without a special referendum on that, question. Senator Reynolds, who was elected to office on a wet platform last fall, launched his campaign at Charlotte last, night and today he will spealc at Sparta. Before November 6 he ex pects to visit 57 counties. ONLY DAILY LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF the associated press. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, RUSSIA ACCEPTS RECOGNITION BID President Roosevelt President Kalinin M. M. Litvinov Responding eagerly to the move of President Roosevelt, left, to ward the recognition of Russia by the United States, the Soviet government, through President Makhail Kalinin, right, peasant president of the All Union Central Executive committee at Moscow. Daring Escape Is Made From Wake County Jail Dewey Williams, Waiting Trip to Atlanta Peiniten tiary, Ties Bed Clothes Together and Slips Down Four Stories to Freedom During the Night Raleigh, Oct. 24- -TAP) —Dewey Wil liams, facing a term in thr ! Fedei'al penitentiary in Atlanta for j larceny and car-breaking, and also j under indictment in Durham for rob-' b<*ry, staged a daring escape from the Wake county jail here some time early today. , * Sheriff Numa F. Turner said Wil liams sawed the bars to the window of his cell or. the fourth floor of the Wake county court house, knotted bed clothing into a rope and slid to the ground. The .section of the building down wh'cb Wuaams slid is in deep shad ow at night, but is on Fayettevike street in the heart of Raleigh’s busi ness center Renew Case For Insull At Athens Prosecutor Says Mul titude of His Vic tims Are Clamoring for Justice Athens. Greece, Oct. 24. —(AP) —The hearing in the sceond attempt of the United States to Jex Samuel Insull to face charges in connection with the collapse of his utilities in terests was resumed this afternoon. Christos Ladas of the Insull coun sel, in beginning his plea, thanked the judges for their attitude. He describ ed his client as a man who once had millions cf dollars, but who now was unable to pay “Ferryman Charon across the Styx.” The attorney repeated the previous statement of other defense attorneys praising Insull, and asked what good it would ao to send the 74-year-old man back to America. He called the prosecution’s document in the case scraps of pa.per, adding that no wit ness has stated the facts. The p-cseeution interrupted to say that multitud of victims were seeking justice. ICELAND REJECTS PROHIBITION LAW Reykjavik, Iceland. Oct. 24 (AP)—For repeal 10,137; against repeal. 5,427. That*, how the count stood loday as slow’ returns from outlying dis tricts in Saturday’s vote on con stitutional prohibition in Iceland gave a steadily mounting major ity to repeal, &mlu Hfstmtdr has accepted “gladly-' the invita* tion to send representatives to Washington for a conference which is expected to lead to for mal recognition. M. M. Litvinov, center, people’s commissar of for eign affairs, will head the Russian delegation to Washington. Sheriff Turner said it was believed the escape occurred about one o’clock •this merning, as a taxicab was stolen by an unidentified man believed to be Williams at about 1:30 a. m. The thief who took the car worked a ruse on the driver, Turner said. He entei u] Ihe cab and asked the driver to change a $5 bill. When the driver said 'he would get change then before the trip started, the passenger gave him r he $5 but took the taxi as the driver entered a nearby store. The taxi stand is about a block from the jail. Williams was being held here for Federal authoii-ics. He was sentenced in Wilson along with Jim Hill, in a case in which M. P. (Railroad) Ray was acquitted. Mount Olive Has $50,000 Fire Loss > Mount Olive, Oct. 24. —(AP)— The Mount Olive Manufacturing Company was destroyed by fire last night. Damage was estimated at approximately $50,000. u* The flames apparently started In a dry kiln and quickly spread tltrough the plant, destroy . ing all machinery and a large quan tity of stored lumber, boxes and barrels, products of the company. It was one of the most specta cular blazes in the section’s history, and coukl be seen in Goldsboro, 13 miles away. EHRINGHAUSSiLENT ON REVENUE PLANS Governor Won’t Talk Noble’s Suggestion Un til Maxwell Returns > » Dally Utxpntch nnrena. In the Sir Walter Hotel. BT .1 C B#SKERVIH, Raleigh. Oot. 24. —Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus was unable to give any in dication today as to when action on the proposed reorganization of the Department of Revenue might be ex pected. H? said he had received two reports from Executive Assistant Com mi.ssioner of Revenue M. C. S. Noble, Jr., and had read them, but that he ihad not yet had an opportunity to go over them with Commissioner of Re venue A. J. Maxwell, who has been away for more than a week, although he is expected back today. Two separate reports were received from Dr. Noble’s office, one his own report and accompanying rerommen dr.‘tons with regard to the reorgani zation of the Department of Revenue (Continued on Page ThreeJ, - NORTH CAROLINA AND VrioHNIA. OCTOBER 24, 1933 40 Feared Killed In French Wreck Evercuv, France, Oct. 24. (AP) —Forty persons were feared killed today rn the derailment of the Cherbourg-Paris express. The engine, baggage ear, and three passenger coaches of the train plunged off a viduet over the Roular river near Elier. Ten bodies were recovered from the cars, which were smashed by a 33-foot fall. Many of the injured were brought to hospitals in this city, which is nine miles northeast of St. Elier. Sc far as was determined, none was Americans. SARRAUT IS SEEN ASIM IN NEW President Leßrun Initiates Series of Conferences \ Before Offering the Office DALADIER U)S£S IN BUDGET FIGHT Premier Goes Down Fight, ing to the Last for Balanc ed Budget and Insisting Sound Finance Alone Can Avert Inflation and Fall of Franc Paiis, Got. 24.—(AP)—The cabinet of Premier Edouard Daladier fell ear ly today, battling for a balanced bud get and msisting to the last that sound finances alone could avert im minent Inflation and the fall of the fra-. Within an hour after its defeat, 329 to 241, on a vote of confidence, the entire cabinet hurried to Elysse pa lace and presented resignations to President Leßrun. The president immediately outlined a ssries of consultations with Senate and Chamber of Deputies presidents, committee heads and party leaders be fore offering the premiership. Albert Sarraut, a senator, was men tioned a* the most likely to succeed M. Dalad'er. Ow‘ r ig to the bitterness which developed in the Chamber, it •was not considered likely a deputy would be considered. As M. Daladier fell, hes burned his bridges behind him in an open break with the Socialists —reproaching their' millionaire deaden, Leon Blum, for negotiating a compromise and then re fusing to support it. CHASE BANK LOANED $1(X),OOOT TO MACHADO Washington, Oct. 24.—(Al*)— Loans of more than SIOO,OOO to former President Machado of Cuba by the Chase National Bank were disclosed today to Senate inves tigators A. K. Geiger, second vice-presi dent of the bank, read a prepared statement outlining the loans to Machado, and asserting they had no connection with the huge loan made by the bank to the Cuban government. ARMED GANGROBS BANK IN NEBRASKA Nebraska Ci*y, Neb., Oot. 24. (AP)—The Merchants National Bank was held up and robbed to day by an armed gang which kid naped ihe cashier. 122,724,90 TEN FOR CONSTRUCTION Various Parts of Country Share Funds; Imperial Valley Helped Washington, Oct. 24 (AP) —The Public Works Administration today allotted $22,724,900 for Federal con ’Strueti'Om in, various parts of the country including $6,000,000 with which to begun the Al,.American ean fcul supply water to the Imperial Val ley in California. The cost- of the All-American jrojeot is estimated at $27,000,000 approxi. nrately $12,000 000 less tiha® the far mer ¥t aindier considieir'atilo.n which called for a water supply to .both the Imperial and Coachelle va»- levs. / WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy tonight and Wednesday, preceded by rain in central and east portions tonight; not much change in temperature. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. iTWO MISSING, WITH OTHERS BADLY HURT IN NAVY COLLISION Probes Lindy Case j' _ Thomas F. Cullen Here is Thomas F. Cullen, special agent of the department of jus tice at Washington, to whom has been assigned the task of push ing the * investigation into the Lindbergh kidnaping case. On the order of President Roosevelt, Cullen has been assigned to stay with the case until something definite has been accomplished. firstloverWeni PURCHASE OF GOLD Transaction To Be Consum mated at Treasury De partment by High U. S. Official WILL DECIDE UPON PRICE TO BE PAID Foreign Gold Quotations At That Time Will Be Obtain ed ; Roosevelt Confers With Three Officials Who Are To Have Charge of The Buying Washington. Oct. 24. —(AP) — The first purchases oT newly-mined gold after President Roosevelt’s move to ward a managed currency will be made tomorrow. II. Jones as chairman of the Reconstruction Corporation; Dean Arheson. as acting secretary of the Treasury: and probably Henry Mor •ggnthau, Jr., representing th<* Presi dent; will meet at the Treasury at 9:30 aim,, or soon thereafter. Though the Treasury’s regular fa cilities, foreign gold quotations at that time will be received and the price •and amount of the first Federal pur chase decided upon. President Roosevelt today confer red with three officials wo will par ticipate in tomorrow’s conference. It was asserted later that the price of the purchase would be announced by 10 a. m., eastern standard time. BurwelVs Parole Is Resisted Raleigh. Oct 24. (AP) —A delega tion of about ten Vance county people today appeared before Edwin Gill, State parole commissioner, to urge that a parole be given to George Bur well, who was given a three to five year sentence for biting a hunk out of the ear of Officer Perry Ellis of Vance county. Sheriff J. E. Harriett, of Vance, is opposing the granting of a parole and so is Officer Ellis, who contends that since Burwell sank his molars into his ear and clamped down on that organ, he has never been the same in appearance. “Before h« (Burwell) bit it, my left car was shaped like my right ear, arm my ear *s not in the same shape it was.” said Officer Ellis. Commissioner Gill reserved his de cision in the case. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Cruiser Chicago Is Rammed By British Tanker Silver Palm Off San Pedro, Cal. CRUISER’S DAMAGE VERY CONSIDERABLE Penetrated to Amidship Line by Tanker, Much Smaller Ship; Cruiser Proceeding Northward To San Fran cisco as Crash Occurs Washington, Oct. 24.—(AP)— The Navy Department received a report today from the cruiser Chicago say 'ng that, two officers were missing and a Marine officer and some Navy Enlisted n.en were seriously injured in a collision today between the cruiser and the British tanker Silver Palm, off San Pedro, Cal. The Chicago, a 10,000-ton vessel, re ported it was struck just forward of the No. 1 turret. Tlw Sin-or Palm penetrated to the amidship line of the cruiser, which was proceeding northward from Pedro to San Francisco. The missing men are Lieutenant A. H. McFarland Haverhill. Mass., and Chief Pay Clerk John W. Troy, Newport R. I. The Chicago is commanded by Cap tain H. E. Kays. The Silver Palm is registered in the name of the Silver Line London. The tonnage of the Sil ver Paim is given as 6,373. In the absence of more complete de tails, Navy officials speculated that the damage to the Chicago would be considerable. Mail Driver Gets 5-Year Term Upon Confession Plea Wilmington, Oct. 24—(AP)—Hugh Hawley, 26_year-old Wilson mail truck driver, today was under sentence of five years after pleading guilty In -Federal court hero to a charge of at tempting to steal three registtira-'’ mhil pouches, one containing $50,000 Hawley W as r rate need to serve u i term in the Atlanta penitent' * "’’o confessed to officers that, ha 1 '' three pouches irv a wood tie-- 1 ' and concocted a story of b ~ - up by bandits, wih forced him d turn over the pouches. The n bags were found in the woods intaC PRESIDENT SUFFERS WITH ANOTHER COLD Washington, Oct. 24.—(AP)—Presi dent Roosevelt set up his workshop for today in the White House, remain ing away from his office because a slight cold. Negro Will Face Trial In Virginia Habeas Corpus Writ In George Crawford Case Vacated By Judge Lowell Boston, MJass., Oct. j24.—(AP)— Federal Judge .Tames A. Lowell to day vacated the writ of habeas cor pus he granted last April to Georg® Crawford, Virginia Negro, wanted j;t that state for the murder of two whi‘e women and ordered him turned ov c to Frank Hate, lieutenant of State police, for extradition. In doing so, Judge Lowell obey the mandate of the circuit of apnea's, which yesterday directed the writ o be vacated and the prisoner be remov ed from Federal detention and given to State authorities. Th<- circuit, court overruled Lowell’s action on the writ some-time ago, and the Negro's appeal to the Supiemc Court of the United States was lo c t when tho.t. body recently declined io review the decision of the circuit bench. Federal authorities said they were informed that Virginia officers would arrive in this city soon to start Craw ford back t© London county for “rial. Crawford, accused of the slaying of Mrs. Agms Boeing 11-°ley, wealthy sports woman, and her maid, Nina Buckner, at M'ddleburg, Va., w~.s thrust into national spotlight when Judge I/>well stayed h's oxtinditi u after Governor Joseph B. Ely hi d ordered him turned over tq Virginia,
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