North Carolina Newspapers

gateway TO °CENTRAL CAROLINA Twentieth year patrol expecting STEADY INCREASES II DRUNK DRIVING Repeal of Prohibition And Lack of Control Law Tui. State Is Deplored By Farmer , i rri K EFFORT AT ENFORCEMENT now State and Federal Authori ties in State Almost Inact ive as Overthrow of Eight eenth Amendment Became Apparent; Recent Months Higher lliilly ni«|in(<'k Hri rt-nm Im Hip Sli Wulter Hnfrl, ,»V .1 < I-It v l l.i. N'.'t’. 13. A decided |n , c i.r in (ImimU n driving- and in jhe mmib'-r of drunken pedestrians on tin higlwy* |>!'diet'd by Captain Charles D. Farmer, commander of tlv S>;!' Highway Patrol, as a. result of tlv ti| . d "f the eighteenth amend incut and the absence of any liquor control laws in North Carolina. Dur ing October highway patrolmen ar retted 115 for driving while drunk and 101 p-de trians for being drunk on th" highways, while in September the nitmb'T was almost as great, "Ccltlei weather may have had *inv-thing to do with this increase, but net much," Captain Farmer said. "Most of 'h increase Is due we be li-vc. i (lit psychological effect pro duced by tlv belief i hat the eight eidh uneiirtnieut would soon be re m ! 'hl by ih*’ absence of any ad* 1 <|ti ■"«’ ii'iut.control laws here in Smt!. Carolina. V* ry Liti> Enforcement. It Ins bon known for several ft' itit" 'hat the Federal prohibition ii* have bom doing little or noth tag to cnfcrce the prohibition laws, while local law enforcement officers invc not bothered much to enforce thim so- a number of years. As a' rt ult there has been more liquor I dunking and wide open bootlegging tlv’ pi. 1 two or ihroe months than in yato. witii the result that [here has I" n mote drunken driving and more drinking In public. .Vow that the eighteenth amend ment Ini been repealed, we arc look in - f a ire e drunken driving and gtn*-r;» 1 drunkenness fhan ever before ■p* daily when the sale of liquor is legal 1 zed in Virginia Kentucky and 'Tennessee, with bootleggers and in dividuals bringing it in from these • ' il'.s in their cars. For most of those who haul if in will also drink some cf it along the way.” M Larger Force Needed. It is going to require a veritable ;• i my of Federal prohibition agents to ’v o make a dmt in the bootlegging 't tics in Notfh Carolina from now ,n . Captain Farmer believes, unless various sheriffs a ndlocal police * f ft r*i a I s show a great deal more en ' ■*)’ 1,1 i tiuiiing down bootlegging thin 'hey hive so lar or unless the ' nuft.s some new regulatoty and oiforcemenf laws with real teeth in 1 ni Captain Farmer pointed out "if State ighway Patrol is for * tit' irfmni| of th*- highway and t vhlnle laws only and that it w Hid have to be enlarged to at least r ' oo P''* 1 1 <ilmen instead of f-he 57 men tt' w in th*- patrol. Mi re Patrolmen Needed. " vv ” t ‘ ally need from 100 to 150 patrolmen now to enforce the high vv; ‘.v and motor vehicle laws and to ,; 'tty on (ho gasoline and oil inspec -1 m work the 1033 General Assembly pm on us,” Captain Farmer said. “It weiild thus be impossible for the ■highway patrol to start acting as pro ,'il",i'>n enforcement officers and l;i1 ' to chase bootleggers and rum (Continued on Page Seven.) Approve 838 Home Loans J n This State Duly 25 Actually Closed So Far, How ever; 840 Applica tions Are Rejected Washington. Nov. 13. (AP>— The •ome. Owners’ Loan Corporation has " mmively approved 838 applications m loans in North Carolina, but only ,oan » have been actually closed, h' figures include all loans made up to November 3. 1 wenfy-three of the closed loans, •'mounting to $81,106, were closed by exchange of the corporation’s bonds f,r mortgages and two, amounting to were closed on a fifty per cash loan basis. I he corporation rejected loan •■ replications before appiaisal and 166 H,t " r H Ppral.gal. Thirty applications W'.re withdrawn. lEiritiir'r‘srm iatlu Itsatttrb Residential Homage at Tomb of Unknown _ Jlie I*resident, accompanied by his military aides, at salute during the blowing of Taps at tie Armi.li— J ay ceremonies at the Tomli of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery. 1 fCekirat Prana! Wcodin Denies Treasury Bucking Gold Purchases By President Roosevelt Motor Line Seeks Bus Rights Here R-.t!«*igh Nov. 13 (AP) —The State Corporation Commission an nouneed dates today for a num ber of hearings on different util, ity and public carrier questions. On November 21 the Motor Tran sit Company will ask for a fran chise. to operate from Raleigh to Virginia line byway of I lender son for road rgihts t° run from Durham to Henderson, and for a franchise to operate from Norlina to the Virginia line byway of Routes 18 and 40. P. I. A. GROUP 10 REDUCE IIS DUES Hayes. Barton Association in Raleigh Resents Outside i Dictation Unity «)lN|)nl<'b ftnr»*n«. In lhr Sir WnJier Hotel. «V .1 ls lUSK'inviUi. Ra'eigli. Nov. 13. -The largest Par ent, -Teach" r Association unti In Ra leigh, that affiliated with the Hay«s- Barton school, revolted against dicta tion from 'he Norjh Carolina Educa tion Association and from the teachers last week and is now on the verge of withdrawing from the Sfate and Na tional Parent-Teacher Associations, it was learned today. This is being in terpreted her© as indicating thaf the various parent-teacher groups are re belling at (being used as propaganda 'CasernUnfat ofs' for the North Caro lina Education Association, which in turn is the organization through which the superintendents, principals and teachers carry on their lobbying ef forts in |he North Carolina General Assembly. It is also thought by some observers to indicate that the North Carolina Education Association is be ginning to have some trouble in hold ing its former ally, the Parent-Teach er Association, in line. The fireworks started in the Hayes Barton parent-teacher meeting last Wednesday night when it was propos ed to reduce the membership dues from 50 cents to 25 cents per member .per year, and also to reduce the a mount which she individual groups have been paying <o the State and national organizations. The local units have been paying 15 cents per memlb'T to both she State and na tional organizations. Several speakers said they thought these organizations should be willing to reduce their dues and pointed out that this money was needed more by the local units to buy clothes and food for needy children than by the State and national units (Continued on Pag? Seven) HUGE BOMBER DOWN NEAR ROCKY MOUNT Rocky Mount, Nov. 13 (AP) —A United States army bombing plain© :pi.oted by Lieutenant Joe Barton en froute from anglfey Field, Va. to Max iwell Fieild Ala. was forced down near (here today by motor trouble. Barton sent to Langley j field for ipjajrto and expected t° resume his flight late today. i , The plane was not dames?a. ONLY DAILY L ?£ E ?«! vire service op 111 L ASSOCIATED PRESS. newspaper published HENDERSON, N. C., Secretary Calls In Reporters lo Tell Them He Is Backing President To Utmost REPORTS TOLD OF MUCH DISSENSION Had It That Neither Woodin Nor Reserve Board Gov ernor Black Was in Sym pathy With Roosevelt Pro gram; Appears Disturbed i by the Rumors Washington, Nov. 13.—(AP) — A vigorous denial that the Treasury is opposing Pr«sidenj Roosevelt’s gold buying policy was made today by Sec retary Woodin. The secretary of the treasury was a White House visitor. Later he call ed reporters to his desk at the Trea sury and said: “The President has been good enough to consul! with me in his program, “1 am heartily in sympathy with hit his policies and will back them Lo the limit." I The move apparently was occasion ed by public reports |hat Secretary Woodin, as well as Governor Black of the Federal Reserve Board, ana I-lenry Bruere were not in sympathy with the government’s monetary pro gram , Woodin said he was speaking only as secretary of the treasury and for the Treasury Department itself. He expressed dissatisfaction that rumors of discord between the various fiscal agents of the government had arisen from time to firm', declaring these deterrents to business recovery. Senator Missing; Election Probe In Louisiana Delay New Orleans, La., Nov. 13. —(AP) — Procedure in the planned resumption of the investigation into the election of John H. Overfon, as United States senator was thrown into confusion to day as Senator Tom Connally, Demo crat, Texas, chairman of the Senate investigating committee, failed so ar rive for the scheduled opening of the committee session at 10 a. m. Com mittee atfaches said they had been advised that Connally was making a speech today at Tyler, Texas. Big Loss By Fires In Woods Raleigh. Nov. 13—(AP)—Thirteen forest fires, centered in three north eastern counties —Ncrthampton, Hert ford arid Bertie —d d thousands of dollars of damage to woodlands over the week-end, and Charles H. Flory, assistant State forester, this afternoon issued a warning that woodlands are very dry and fires may be disastrous. Indications were that all fires were caused by hunters. With the entire Sfate su|fering from a deficiency from rainfall; Flory said the forest fire danger will be extremely acute until heavy rains re . lieve the situation. IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VHTOINIA. MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 13, 1933 First Snowfall In Balsam Mountains Sylva, N. <J„ Nov. 13 <Al*)_ I In- first snow reported in the ta,< ‘ season fell today it I’lott Balsam mountains near her* following « light rain. The snow was light and remain ed on i he ground only a short time. Mount a i tieers in ihis section pre- G pted the winter would be the wirsi in years in the Balsams, which are over 6,000 feet high. Kills Girl, Turns Gun On Himself •South Carolina Man, Is Murderer and Suicide in Quarrel Near Gatfney Gaffney, S. 0., Nov. 13.—(AP) Philips, 25-year-old farmer, killed Miss Lula Childers, 19, at her home here today, and. then fatally wounded himself followin a quarrell with the dead girl’s sister. Officers were -searching for Phil lips a* •be time with a warrant charg ing him wjih slapping the sisj-yr Sat urday night. he warrant was sworn out by Grant Childers, the gills father. Chief of Police H. H. Lockhart in vestigated the slaying and said Phil lips appeared as Miss Childers’ house, and engaged her in conversation re garing the impending trial. Almost immediately, Lockhart said lv learned, Phillips pulled a pistol from his pocket and shot her thro ugh the head. She fell dead instant ly- Then he turned the gun on himself and sent a bullet through his own head. H© died a minutes arter be ing taken to a hospital. Police said Phillips and Miss Lula Childers had been seen together fre quently for some time. They could no apparent reason for the farmer’s sudden action. HUEY LONG CALLED TO GIVE TESTIMONY New Orleans Nov. 13 (AP)—(Sena tor Huey P. Long and Seymour Weiss 'treasurer of Long’s political organi zation, today were called to testis this afternoon in the Senate commit tee’s investigation of Senaor John H. Overton’s election in November 1933. lErtfi Four Cents Advance On Op tion! Cotton To Be Of fered Very Soon Washington. Nov. 13.— (AP) —Farm officials today were working out de tails of their newest loan program— loans of four cents a pound on cot ton on which growers are entitled to options. The loans are to be made avilable on more than 2,200,000 bales. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair and colder; probably front in west and central portions to niht; Tuesday fair colder on the coast and slowly rising tempera ture in west portion. GOVERNMENT BUYS 19,000 HOGS EOR PURPOSES Federal Surplus Relief Ad ministration Pays $4.35 to $4.50 for Pork, ers in Chicago SITUATION DUE TO * A SELLERS’ STRIKE Relief Follows Condition In Which There Had Been No Sizeable Hog Purchas es on Chicago Market; Government Agents Ord ered To Act Promptly Washington, Nov. 13. —(AP) Agents of the Federal Surplus Relief Administration ard *h«- Farm Credit Administration purchased 19,000 hogs on the Chicago market last Saturday from $4.35 to $4.50 for hog* averaging 250 pounds each. Although denials of such purchases were rr.ad< Saturday, it was asserted by shef he re’'ef agency today that the purchases—-by Captain E. H. Cope, assistant director of procurement for the Surplus Relief Corporation, and S. K. Baxter, of the Farm Credit Ad ministration— relieved a situation created by a sellers’ strike on the Chicago market. For several days there have been no sizeable hog pur chase* on the Chicago market, and it was stated today that, when the two men went to Chicago to handle dis tribution aliotLe:! for animal feed in draught, areas, they found such a se rious situation that they asked per mis*ion to intervene and it was given. VOTEDDRYJBUT GETS A LIQUOR SENTENCE Murphy, Nov. 13—(Al*)—Henry Ixigan may have picked the wrong horse. Logan, who admittedly voted the dry picket in last week’s re peril election, came up in court here on charge** of possessing, transport lug and se|,ling liquor.. Judge Fe.Hx Alley gave him ail 18 months road sentence. SEED CRUSHINGS IN QUARTER ARE LESS Washington, Nov. 13. —(AP)—Cot tonseed crushed in the three months period August 1 to October 31 was reporfed today by the Census Bureau to have totalled 1.402345 tons, com pared with 1,432.033 tons in the same period a year ago, and cottonseed on hand at mills October 311 was 1,073,- 072 tons, compared wish 1,218,142 tons a year ago. E. L. TRAVIS DIES AT THE AGE OF 38 Durham Nov. 13 (AP) —43. L. Travis, of Halifax died an a hospitall there last night. He was 38 years old and was clerk of superior court of 'Halifax county. His widow, a dau ghfer of the late Governor Kitchin survives with one son. Gold Price Stepped To A New Top Washington. Nov. 13. — (At*)—A price of $33.45 was fixed «oday for R. F. C. purchases of newly-mined domestic gold, 13 cents higher than Saturday and a new high. The figure was 46 cents above the price of gold at Lonldon con verged into dollars at the opening exchange rate of $5.11. The exchange rates later moved to $5.14. The increase of 13 cents in the domestic rate compared with an increase of 30 cents in the Lon don gold price. Road Building Projects Are Called For By Wire Washington. Nov. 13.—(AP)—In a move to create employment through road building, T. H. Mc- Donald, chief of the bureau of public road**, called upon ail state highway departments to submit by wire projects for each county in their jurisdiction on to cost up to $5,000. To highway department heads he wired the Federal Relief Ad ministration, through its local agencies, would furnish 65 per cent of the cost, and that there would be a set-up of Federal funds PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Kidnap Suspect Is Slain In Illinois; Woman Arrested Refuses Foreclosures ■P JHhL JigS This photo shows District Judge * George A. Henshaw, of Oklahoma City, who has refused to grant foreclosures to mortgage holders who reject as payment the bonds of the Home Owners’ Loan cor poration His first ruling was in the case of Mofi'cit Chamberlin, of Oklahoma City, whose mortgage held by a Philadelphia insur ance company. HABEASCORPUSIT ASKED BY WOMAN Accused as Accessory In Goldsboro In Slaying of Her Husband Goldsboro. Nov. 13—(AP)—-Officers here waited today for a writ direct ing a habeas corpus hearing Wednes day for Mr*. Herbert Grice, charged with complicity in <he recent am bushing of hev husband, an iron foundry pattern maker. The writ was signed by JJudge W. C. Harris, in Raleigh, yesterday, and directed thaf Mrs. Grice be given a hearing before Judge Frank A. Danels in Lillington Mrs. Gric< is held in Johnston county jail at Smithfield to prevent, officers said, h< r communicating with Rufus Satterfield, who is charged with the actual shooting of Grice at his home hero when Grice came onto his porch to investigate his dog’s barki ing. Lindberghs Make Safe Landings In Spanish Province Madrid, Spain, Nov. 13. —(AP) —Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh land ed safely today at Caldelas de Tuy, province of Pontevedere, on a flight across Spain. The Lindberghs descended to a landing because they lost their way in the clouds and rain which en veloped the Spanish coast. The colonel landed the big seaplane expertly on the sheltered bay near the fishing village and he and hi* wife said they expected to spend the night there before proceeding tomorrow morning for Lisbon, providing th«i weather clears up suffici«’n<tly to per mit a flight at that time. in the State highway departments, possibly to the extent of 35 percent of the total expenditure. The r rogram will be under general supervision of mainten ance officials of the state high way departments, and will be in supplement to the bureau’s main $400,000,006 program, under way for months. McDonald urged State highway departments to recommend such projects by wire, selecting six or eight per county, and more if nec essary in the more populous coun ties. 8' PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Russell Hughes, 35, Sought for Questioning, Killed by Police in Peoria Barber Shop WOMAN WANTED IN KANSAS CITY TAKEN Mrs. fc.. B. Conner Captured in Raid In Memphis; Was Sought in Kansas City Massacre of June 17; Two Mein, Long Hunted Not Found With Her Peoria, 111.. Nov. 13 (Al*)—Ruaaell Hughes 35 was sliot and killled in a •uanber yho-p today 'by police seokkig to question, ihiim about the operation ot “Hansome Jack” Kiras’ ihalf mil lion dollar kidnaping (gang. Police said Hughes was an imti miate friend of Klutas and other mem bers of a syndicate that is charged with kid'n/aplng Ja dozen *w£>aithy gamb.ers of Chicago a n dotther Illi nois cities. They (indicated he might 'have het>n a memlber of the gang. Two police detectives were wound ed in the fight Detective Fred Mont gem cry recognized Hughes i na door way, i n .spite of a false mustache as the. officers cruised Iby the shop. Hughes retreated to a barlcr chair kind wag shot dead. As the detectives entered Uhe shop Hugh' s began blazing away with two pistols. Montgomery was wounded in the right side and Detective Rob ert Moran in the shoulder. Despite 'his wound, Montgomery continued firing until Hughes fell dead. Physicians said tthaf Mont gomery’s wound was serious but that Moran’s was not. * Police said Hughes associated with many gangsters and criminals. WOMAN IN MASSACRE IN KANSAS CITY CAPTURED Memphis. T*‘nn., Nov. 13. — (API A woman described by police as Mrs. E. B. Connor, under indictment a* Kansas City in connection with the Kansas City massacre, was captured her<- today. Federal operatives said Mrs. Conner was file woman who telephoned from Hot Springs Ark., to Kansas (’ll-' to give the gangsters th" infot u ion that resulted in she mas sac j, i i which four officers and Fip -’t Nash were killed in front of the L; n Ua tion on June 17. Police said they had hoped they would arrest either Charles (Pr* | y Roy) Floyd or Verne Miller, the Kan sas City machine gunnejr, but if either had 'been in hiding here they were gone when officers staged their raid on a dinner club on the out skirts of the city. The arrest was made at 8;30 a.m., central time. Another woman was taken into custody with Mrs. Conner, hut. police withheld her name on the theory she was not involved in the case. Will T. Griffin, inspector of police detectives, said he had obtained in formation some time ago shat Mrs. Conner was hiding here, and wrote J. Edgar Hoover, chief o fth« Federal Bureau of Investigation. Griffin said he had been hopeful either Miller or (Continued on Page Seven.) Public Work Engineer In South Fired Tennessee Man Is sued Circular Say ing Money Might Not Be Repaid Washington, Nov. 13. —tAP) Sec retary Ickes today dismissed Harry S. Berry public works engineer for the State of Tennessee, assigning a-s a reason that Berry in a circular let ter to civic organizations had express ed the opinion loans for non-Federal projects would not be expected to be repaid. The circular letter, a statement by Ickes said, wa« written on a letter head of she Tennessee State Public Works Advisory Board. Ickes, in a telegram to Berry, said:, “I have before me copy your cir cular letter October 25 addressed ‘tor all civic organizations’ expressing your belief that municipalities asking for loans for projects will not be ex pected to carry out their obligation.* and repay those loans. Your'services as State engineer are hereby ters minated.”