North Carolina Newspapers

G CENTBAh CAROLINA VnCNTIETH YEAR REBELiMAY FORCE U Roosevelt Plans New Laws To Tax Legalized Liquor With More Than Enough States Ratifying Repeal, President Shape* New Legislation $2.20 PLR GALLON IS tentative program Present Tax Is sl.lO and Some Have Estimated New Levy High as $3; House Committee To Meet No, vrmher 27 to Frame Bill for the Congress Washington. Nov. 9. (AP) Presi dent Roosevelt is jurntng his a'ten- U„ n t<> the liquor traffic problem, now that 37 rtntc.-i one mot*' than th*‘ nec f.si rv Luce-fourths have voted to .gkf th' * ighteenth amendment from . th*' Constitution. I A program of tax legislation to be submif '•'<! to Congress along with re peal rs the Volstead acf to permi sale of distillates in the District of Colum- Vi and th*' territories will be con fid-red at a meeting of department rproeatative* at the White House Friday. Th:i program includes plans to keep (liv th stafes that did not vote to lalify repeal and may revive the send ing of the much-feared pre-prohibi tii'ii i**vmi* agents into moonshine I areav Obj*dives of the program are tem ptmice. and methods of dispensing alcoholic citings without the return of the old-time saioon. In addition. «tej}» at* to UOcem. the roast guard t° prevent smuggling of so:• ign liquor across the eastern and rout horn coasts, where rum fleets are (Cor.tlr.ued on Page Seven.) Cullen Had 1 luge Profit In Sinclair Noted Stock And Grain Trader Made $3,000,000 ‘Without Putting Up Cent . Washington. Nov. f). —(AP) —Arthur 1 utten, noted stock and grain trader, t* !d. •tenyj* investigators today he tl'd imt pm up any cash for his par ticipation in the Sinclair oil stock pool of 1929, which yielded profits of $12.- 009 000 I'hc gray-haired trader, whose share 'd lb* profits was $3,000,000, said he • s * ! d stock before it, was delivered to h'm hy the oil company and paid for j* *hrcju hgrcee cmfwyp shrdlu etaol •' 'hrough receipts from the sales. fatten testified to tihe Senate Bank '!’S Committee immediately aft”r John •’ Kaskob, former chairman of the I '* mocratlc national committee, had 'xpiained ilia' only 230 shares of ; , ,<: * < were sold hy a syndicate in wliifh h* and Alfred E. Smith the ,; '-H Democratic presidential nominee Participated in 1929. I have never been able to find out why w , did that” he said, adding that '[ Wa "unfair” to give the impres ton that t he syndicate had engaged s'oek market, operations. Gardner Argues Against Compensatory Rayon Tax Washington, Nov. 9.—(AP) —Rayon Hu* if.sps. i* presented by former Gov c‘nor G- Max Gardner of North Caro illlH; today launched a counter drive •'k iinst jh< vigorous efforts of cotton o).JU"fa c turers to have the Farm Ad nnlHlrotion levy a compensatory tax ' product* competing with cotton. -ofton man want the compensatory ■'* to equalize she 4.2 cents a pound Moc .ssing tax on cotton, but Gardner d ),h'*ie had been no excessive • lf t from cotton to rayon products • oicc 'he incepfion of the tax August liiutiinrsnit Assures Press .-•NJ TOpt JE: jfcx&x fsggjggjgl *Ws‘•. .*.v; v.v.jv. .-.v.•-vX’XvX'X'XvXvXS General Hugh S. Johnson General Hugh S. Johnson, admin* istrator of the NltA, is picturec as he spoke before a gathering of the Chicago Association of Com merce and the Illinois manufac turers’ association in Chicago at his first appearance on his tour of the west to inject renewed enthus iasm in the National Recovery act. In his address, Johnson as sured the country that newspa pers were in no danger of being licensed and said the “biggest im • itation dead cat” thrown so lar by objectors of the NR A is ■he one 'dom of the ure.,;: Carolinas Led Prices On Cotton Washington, Nov. 9. —(APi — The Carolinas led all principal cotton glowing states in average prices for their 1932 crop, the Department of Agriculture announceu today. The department, in its final reporf in 1932 crop values, said South Caro lina growers received an average of 7.21 cents a pound for 716,000 bales, and North Carolina 7.12 cents for 660,- 000 bales, as compared wish the na tions average of 6.52 cents for 13,- 002,000 bales. One state, Arizona, which produces a small quantity of long staple, had a higher average than the Carolinas, but sold only 69,000 bales for 7.79 cents. The total paid f,h e nation’s cotton growers for the 1932 crop was $424,- 061,000, the department said. It was on the “excessive shift" phase of the act providing for processing taxes that Gardner based his prin cipal argument. He declared Congress had provided that before a compensatory act is levied the proponenest of such a tax must show they have suffered disad vantages by reason of excessive shifts and consumption of such commodities. To beb excessive, Gardner said the shift, must be extreme or abnormal. He said it was not the purpose of the act to restorate to cotton any of the markets it may have lost to rayon by any competitive reason. ONLY DAILY S E , D WIRE SERVICE OF IHE ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEWSPAPER purushed HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER# 1933 FEARS OF RETURN OF MN GREAT Big Moral Issue Involved In Repeal Issue, According To Convictions Os Many Voters DEMOCRATIC HEADS WERE NOT ACTIVE They Thought It Good Poli tics Not To Interfere And Run Risk of Split in Ranks; Farley’s Visit Cut Wet Vote Sharply; His In terference Resented Dolly Dhpiiti'k Ra'pc*. In tne Nit Wulter j r lusKinivm Raleigh, jNov. ,9. Th*' oonvfictiicm among Democrats and Republicans a ik<* that a big moral issue was in volved in the votei on repeal of the eighteenth amendment and that a vote for its repeal was equivalent to vot ing forth* 1 return of the wide open sailoon and unrestricted sale of liquor throughout ithe State, were the domi nant factors that caused she people o* the State to vote against repeal with a majority of almost 150.000 in the election Tuesday, according to most observers here who have been analyz ing the outcome. This conviction caus H d the drys to have a zeal and fervor that the repeali<sfs did not have and caused them to work harder and get out their vote to better advantage, if is agreed. The injection of the moral and re ligious angles of tho liquor question into the campaign also served so dis courage many of those who personally favored repeal purely as a constitu tional question, but who as a result husHafod u* advocate repeal f&o vig orously for fear of getting “in bad” with the moral and religious elements in their communities it is now agreed. There is no doubt, according to op inion h ire, that many local political leaders who were personally for re peal, failed to make any active cam paign for it because they did not •want to run the risk of antagoniz ing f,he people who weire opposing it. This was undoubtedly true of a great many Democratic Leaders, it is now agreed. They saw: the trend in their (Communities and counties, saw that that, 'he trend against repeal was stronger than the party organizations and as a ire suit decided it was better to keep tne party organizations out lof the repeal fight than run the* Tisk of splitting she organizations. So they sat tight and did nothing and let the drys go ahead. Could Have Increased Vote. “If the Democratic leaders and Dem ooratic county organizations oveir the State haa taken an active part in she campaign and made it a party fight, itheire is no doubt that a much larger vote son repeal could have been poll ed. a high State official said here to day. "Bid it is now apparent that many of these local Democratic lead ers thought it better to lef the drys go ahead and defeat repeal rather than run the risk of splitting up the party organizations and making re peal a party issue. And I am inclined itio think they followed a wise course. For if the Democratic party, as a party, had come out for repeal and made it a party issue, this would have given the Republicans jusf the oihance they have been wanting to try to set, the Republican party up as the dry party in the Staf.e. They can not do this now. however, nor can they claim the credit for defeating repeal, since (Continued on Page Seven.) Accord For Soviet And U. S. Begun Washington,, Nov. 9 (AP) —Found- j at'ions for an American-Societ under ! .standing embracing economic and diplomatic implications were formu lated at a two-hour conference today 1 between Secretary Hull' and Maxim JJitvinoff. The next event im th eswift suc 'ce-isioo that has suddenly brought re lations between the two countries to ‘focus after years of aloofness will be {presemtatiom of the situation to Pres, ident Roosevelt late this fternoon. No further State Department meeting is (planned. It aippeaxe dnot unlikely that the Hull Ldtvjnoff accord forecast the early establishment of a more or less close relationship between the United States and the Soviet., Bailtr SfSratrh IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VISHNIA. S. INTERVETION IN CUBA Ltivinov’s Arrival for Recognition Talks Seeking recognition of the Soviet government, Maxim Litvinov, Russian Commissar of Foreign AfTii.-. ' S v“*"y .''-'m 1 W i t, ? K V K>t , on U 4 n s e ?, tates soil ’ Bte PP in £ from a government cutter which rushed him up New \oiL hay. Later he departed (left) on a special train for Washington for discussion* with Pres? dent Koosevelt (Central Press) Another Railroad Bridge Destroyed In Farm Strike Third Since ‘War” for Higher Prices Started; Pickets Abandon Highway, Howe’ver, and Porkers Continue w ~ Td MdTfe to Market in The Troubled Area Sioux City, lowa, Nov. 9. —(AP) Further destruction of property was reported in the farm strike today. Another railroad bridge—the third since the “war” for higher prices started—was destroyed by fire early | today. The bridge, the property ofi the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad, was situated a mile south of Portsmouth.; Sheriff George E. Jehs6n, of Shelby county, said he found evidences of keiosene and other combustible tna- STATE iiOPPOSED TO THE PRESIDENT' Dry Victory No Slap At Roosevelt, State Chair~ man Declares Deity liiapaipfc Bar***, In the Mir Waller Hotel, BT J. C BASKEBVILL. Raleigh, Nov. 9.—No opposition t° President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s na tional recovery program is to be in ferred from big majority polled against repeal in North Carolina, but only opposition to the legalization of the liquor traffic in the 'State, Cale K. Burgess, campaign director of she United Diy Forces said today, in a statement prepared for this bureau. “North Carolina's overwhelming vote against repeal of the eighteenth amendment is no indication of her opposition to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his campaign for na tional recovery,” Burgess said. “North Carolina knows that legalizing the li quor traffic is not an essential part tof a program for recovery, eiths" economic or moral, because no nation can drink itself into prosperity or se curity . “Refusing t° submit to outside coer cion or to be influenced by the action bf other sfates, North Carolina pre ferred to abide by her own convic tions relative to temperance and pro hibition under the leadership of her college presidents, her ministers, her women and a majority of the leaders of both political parties, instead of taking any chance on the return of whiskey distilleries and saloons. “Our campaign was free from bit terness. We now appeal to all believ ers in tempe’rance in North Carolina to join in a program of education that will assure the enforcement of pro hibition and the practice of temper ances.” WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Friday and in 1 exixcmt west portion tonight. ’ rial on the burning structure and blamed farm strikers. The little pigs, as well as ihe big ones, continued to move jo market, however, as farm strike pickets aban doned she highways. Backers of anti-selling movemeni sponsored by (he National Farmers Holiday Association as a means of getting higher prices for farm pro duce, pushed the organization of civil committees pledged to uphold efforts of peac*' officers. Drys To Map Out Plan for Future Raleigh, Nov, 9. —(AP)—The exe cutive committee of the United Dry Forces, the organization which I handled the campaign leading up t« North Carolina’s overwhelming anti-repeal vote Tuesday, will meet here Saturday Jo map its future plans. It is known that it »s contem plated *o continue (he work of the organization in opposition return of liquor to the State, but along what lines the Dgh< will be made must be decided. NINE KIDNAPtNGS BELIEVED SOLVED Four Alleged Criminals Held; Involved Upwards of $400,000 Chicago, Nov. 9.—(AP) —The solu tion of at least nine kidnapings, in which the victims paid ransoms va riously estimated at from $400,000 so $600,000, was claimed by police today as they closed in on the alleged gang and held at least four of its reputed members. While every attempt was made so maintain secrecy, word leaked out yes terday when a habeas corpus petition was served upon Captain Daniel Gil bert, chief investigator for the State's attorney, to produce Frank Soude, Benton, 111., in court. Gilbert replied in (the criminal court of Chief Justice Philip L. Sullivan shat he could not produce Soude at once, but that kidnaping charges would be filed against him today. The list of alleged victims of the gang, said by police to ahve been virtually in retirement since enjoying peak prosperity in 1930 and 1931, was topped by James Hackett, suburban Blue Island gambler, kidnaped twice and forced to pay a total of $150,000. Besides Soude, ofer are in custody, since most of the arrests were made last week- end. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. DRV VICTORY CAUSE OF EMBARRASSMENT Some Democratic Leaders in Difficult Position As A Result REYNOLDS AND BAILEY Also Max Gardner and Some Others Who W 7 cre Openly for Repeal Will Now Have To Do Lot of Kxplaining Dully DlMpnlcb nnr>>n«, In Ibe Sir Walter Hotel. IIV .1. C , II ASK.Bit VILL. Raleigh, Nov. 9—What next? What iy going to b*' the effect of the defeat of repeal on North Carolina politics Does ij mean the end of the Demo cratic and Republican parties in the State and the creation of two new panties—wet and dry? Is prohibition oigai.n going to become she main po_ Xtical issue in the State? These are some of the questions be ing heard on every hand here as a re sult of the outcome of Tuesday’s elec tion in which the drys defeafed re peal by a margin of almost 150,000 votes. ' *>* As to the effect, of the repeal vote on the. Democratic party, if is agreed ithat it has put some of tthe party leaders im a rather difficult position, (Continued on Page Seven) TWO NEW AIDES ON STATUS OF NEGROES Washington, Nov. 9.—(AP)—The ap pointment of fwo new aides, Dr. Jospeh L. Johnson of Columbus, Ohio, and Dr. Robert C. Weaver, of Greensboro, N. C.. was announced to day by Dr. Clark Foreman, advisor to Secretary lekes on the status of Ne groes . Dr. Johnson was minister to Li beria under President Wilson. Dr. Weaver, a native of she capital, has been granfed a leave of absence from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro, where lie is professor of economics. Exp ect U. S. Government To Protect N. C. As Dry Raleigh, Nov. 9. —(AP)--Governor Ehringhaus said today he expected the Federal government to protect North Carolina in its status as a “boned dry State, except for bevereages with 3.2 percent alcoholic content, and “the State proposes to endeavor t° enforce its prohibition laws." “After the eighteenth amendment, is obliterated, our Turlington act will bar the sale, manufacture, transpor tation or advertising of alcoholic beverages of more than 3.2 percent al coholic content” the chief executive said in an interview. Asked what step the state will take to. enforce its laws, especially in .view O PAGES ° TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY AMEfiSSfy 1 ‘ Three O’Clock This After noon Set as Deadline for Government To Meet Demands AIRPLANE BOMBINGS OF CITY PROMISED Public Warned To Stay off Streets Under Threat To Dynamite All Vehicles In Sight; Despite Battle Be tween Rebels and Loyal Troops Looms Washing-ton, Nov. 9.—(AP)—Threats rrom Cuban revolutionary factions to sack American property, unless the battle ov**r control of the government is settled quickly, today brought ap~ /peals for protection jo the State Department from United States in terests in Havana. WARNING BY REBELS SENT T OAMERICAN RESIDENTS Havana, Nov. 9.—(AP)-Leaders of the ABC, the radical and secret re volutionary society, broacast a warn ing today that they intend to sack Am erican property and provoke interven tion by the United Stages if their two day battle for control of the govern ment is not decided by 3 p. m. At the same time they warned the public |o stay off the streets, as they intended to fly airplanes over the city and bomb the palace of President Grau San Mat-fin at that hour. They also specified 3 p. m. as the moment for dynamiting all vehicles found on the street. Around noon the artillery fire train ed on 'the famous old Atares fortress, where the more than 2,000 rebels defy the government, grew desultory, but the defenders steadfastly continued to ma.n their guns. Colonel Fulgencio Batista, leader of the army, placed two more field pices in Belascoain street, near the Ford Motor ag'-ncy, and other pi ' s at (Continued on Pago Thiet > Touheys Go On Trial In Kidnap mgs Steel Circle of Guards and Tear Gas Guns In . Court Room At St. Paul Sf Paul, Minn, Nov 9 (AP) —A steeil circle of armed guards patroll ed count room corridors, and deputy sheriffs gripping tear gas guns placed at strategic points ihemamd in four Tough ey monsters today as t/heir tidal on kidnaping charges started in Federal district court. A moment later Federal Judge J. M. Joyce convened court before she four defendants filed) in, flanked by deputy sheriffs. Wiliam Hamm, Jr. r-dMlonaire St. Paul torewwer Who was kidnaped, the government claims toy the Touh'-y Igang last June 15 was not in the court room. He had, however pro mised authorities (he would cooperate in every way to aid the prosecution of the fact '-hat beer °f higher than 3.2 percent alcoholic strength will flood the nation, in all probability, the governor replied: “The State proposes to endeavor to enforce its prohibition laws. It ex pects the Federal government, to aid it in enforcing its dry statutes in accordance with the 21st amendment ’' Asked iff the highway jjairofl, or other Slafe agencies would be espe cially assign' d to prohibition work, ' Ehringhaus said: “The duties of the patrol are defin ed by statute. The State intends t.o do its part in enforcing the Turhng t.oa act.’ ?