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Henderson gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTIETH YEAR ARMS. CONFERENCE AT GENEVA ADJOURNS TO JANUARY Roosevelt PRESIDENT SILENT UPON RESIGNATION ADVISOR SPRAGUE Leading Lights in Recovery Program In Washington Trek to Georgia To See Chief GENERAL JOHNSON IS COMING FRIDAY Morgenthau Also To Go To Warm Sprnigs at Week- End, Together With Secre tary Ickes, Hopkins and Others, To Talk Over Pro gress Being Made W;nm S(iiiiigs. Ga., Nov. 22. (AP) Pr?;id*>nt Roosevelt will confer *\t|i Acting Secretary of the Treasury rgenth;»u here late this week in pusr.ins ahead with his gold contrpl monetary program. It was stated today at the “little White House” that nothing special was up for consideration in the Mor gPiithau talks. Meanwhile. Mr. Roosevelt said noth ing about the resignation of O. M. W. Sprague, as special advisor to the ircajuiA. No doubt was left here today that be is going ahead with his dollar re valuation program with Mr. Morgen thau in ''ii■'igr> of the effort. The pi evident will continue through Hip remainder of his vittry -here -Mw with otbet government officers, par ticularly those in charge of his re covery campaign. General Hugh S. Johnson, industrial administrator, will come here tomor iow or Friday. Secretary Ickes the public works administrator, is coming down to the presidential cottage, and William C. Bullitt, newly-appointed ambassador to Russia, and Harry L. Hopkins, Federal relief administrator, ate other prospective visitors. Relief Load Is Greater In Oetober V ante One of Coun ties In State, How ever, With Decline I'rom September , KaHgb, Nov. 22.( AP3—There were North Carolina families receiv relief aid in October, an "'crease of a little more than three P 7’!’ etU over the total of 50.587 fa- J 1 ?, 1 ,p in September, the State tilci-y VV °* m * n * s^ra^on reported Hie families were aided by the re administration, which is now the >ri Works Administration ’era was a. general increase over ( '! in destitute families in Oc /’ . P| .. ' aa compared with September, ,' 11 counties showed reductions in ramitieH aided in October. anoo was among the counties to ’low a decline in the number of fa rn'lies aided. HIATHCR K °K NORTH CAROLINA, 'lastly cloudy and colder to !">d Thursday; probably o ('al rains in west portion. Sen. Norris Plans Electric Plants On The Missouri t J Va^ !n & ton . Nov. 22.—(AP)—Sena m,,,,, 0!f ’ 8, Republican, Nebraska, Spp ; 8 n BPlr,t for y ears ln the Tennes -8 development plan, said to- P ‘ le w °uld introduce a bill when „ J ' lg,ess nieets to accomplish the i' l ends for the Missouri river. made his announcement to spaper men upon his return to Washington from the west. n r ll * s P lan . together with Cove y - - dam on the Clinch river in Ten BntiU'rsmt Batin Dtanatrhl LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. 1 o Speed Dollar Revaluation Program American Embassy InHavana Guarded As Trouble Feared Devises Money Plan H j KHSuA * BBBBkBk . : : : IIHII Professor Warren tlcre is Professor George F. Warren, of Cornell university. A/ho is credited with devising the pr.ogram r the Roosevelt. administration is now working. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., acting secretary of the treas ury, and William 1. Myers, who succeeded Morgenthau as head of the Farm Credit association, studied under the professor. Both are advocates of the commodity •tollai plan sponsored by Prof** •or Warren. SEVEN BOND ISSUES ACCORDEDAPPROVAL $200,000 for Durham Will Be Sold to Federal Gov eminent Soon Raleigh, Nov. 22. —(AP) —The execu tive committee of the Local Govern ment Commission today approved seven proposed bond issues by local government units of the State who want to sell the securities to the Fed eral government and construct public works with the proceeds. Durham got $160,000 in bonds for waterworks and $40,000 for incinera tors approved. POSTING MACHINES CHECK SALES TAXES Raleigh, Nov. 22. —(AP) —Two new posting machines costing $1,900 each have been placed in operation in the State sales tax division to enable a quicker check on sales tax receipts and to allow quick selection of delin quents. BIG SOVIET PLANE CRASHES; 14 KILLED Moscow, Nov. 22.—(AP)—A dis patch from Kharkov said the new ly-constructed airplane K-7, said to be the largest airplane for over land flying in the world, crashed there yesterday, killing 14 persons. nessee, would harness enough water to “control the flood waters of the Mis sissippi.” Norris believes be can get admin istration support for the bill he is now framing, and recalled that when President Roosevelt signed the Ten nessee Valley-Muscle Shoals bill, he > said this was but the beginning of a nationwide system to develop power, improve navigation and provide ir rigation and flood control. only daily Strife-Weary Cuban Capital Is Tense as Rumors Say New Revolution May Be Near NEW DISORDERS IN INTERIOR REPORTED Bombs Are Exploded In Camaguey and One Man Is Gravely Wounded; Batista Continues Extraordinary Preparations for Emer gency That May Come Havana, Nov. 22.—(AP)—Three powerful bombs exploded in Cama gue.v province today, killing one youth and injurying four others as new disorders occurred in the interior. Tlie second death of the day came to a man gravely wounded last night when seven bombs ex ploded in the same province. Havana, Nov. 22.—(AP) —New dis orders in the interior developed last night and early today as rumors that the threatened revolution was near, circulated In a. tense and strife-weary capital. Seven bombs exploded in Camaguey province' 'during the ' night. One man was gravely wounded. Considerable property damage was reported. Manzanillo port strikers, in an ugly mood, fired on vessels in the harbor, but there were no casualties. Colonel Fulgencio Batista continued his extraordinary preparations for any emergency. Army planes went aloft early this morning. A guard of four soldiers and a sailor was stationed at the United States Embassy. Soldiers remained at their posts around -and on the roof of the palace. Despite the preparatory activity, however, the capital was fairly quiet during the night—with only occasional scattered firing. No lights were per mitted at the arm yand navy bar racks. Huge Paper Profits On Stock Made $16,000,000 Garnered In General Theatres Issues, Senators Are Told Washington, Nov. 22. —'(AP) —Evi- dence that a paper profit of about $16,000,000 was made by promoters of General Theatres Equipment Corpora tion from purchase of Fox Film stock at lower than the market price was given today to Senate investigators. The backing committee found that shortly after buying control of the theatres properties of William Fox, General Theatres Equipment purchas ed a new issue of Fox film stock for $16,000,000 less than the prevailing market price without offering it to the stockholders of that company. The Fox Film stock was purchased by the General Theatres Equipment, the evidence showed, for S3O a share when the market price was S4O and up. Shortly thereafter the stock went up above SSO a share. fgs NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIITOINIA. HENDERSON N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 22,1933 As Balloon Took Off Ip;.;., :;y <' A 1 li iiSF i [ : •! | ' o | WbHW Shooting skyward, the huge bal loon carrying Lieutenant Com mander T. G. W. Settle and hia aide, Major Chester H. Fordney, is pictured as it took off from the Akron, 0., municipal airport in an attempt to reach the strato sphere and break the altitude rec ord. The balloon was inflated with 120,000 cubic feet of hydro gen gas before leaving the ground. $ 12,3 09,230 Allotted To 54 Projects Durham Gets Fur ther Grant for Sew age and Water Works Undertaking Washington. Nov. 22 (AF)--Secre tary Ickes today allotted $12,309,230 for 54 non-Federal public works pro jects in 27 states. The allotments include sewage sys tems, sewage treatment plants, water systems, eleven school buildings, municipal buildings. State improve ments, highway improvements kind hospitals. . The public works administrator es timated allotments for 750 non-t Fed eral projects totalling $477,443,068 had been approved in the last four months. Administratino officials estimated today’s list would provide 5,873 man months of quick employment. Thirty-one of the allotments were for loans and giants, while the oth ers were on the grant basis. The allotments included one at Durham, N. C . (amended) loan and grant, sewers, $50,000. The $50,000 loan and grant to Dur ham brought to $760,000 the amount allotted to the city for the re-location and extension of truck sewers, con struction of an activated flood treat ment plant for present requirements, with provisions for future extensions. The allotment, it was announced, supplemented one made October 17. FIVE MEN BURIED IN ROCKS CAVE-IN Scranton, Pa., Nov. 22.—(API- Five men were buried in a cave of rocks and coal while digging fuel in South Scranton today. Two of the men later were re moved alive, but three still are trapped. 10,000 MEN GIVEN NEW JOBS JEW 50 to 100 Projects Employ ing 2,000 to 3,000 Ex pected To Be Added Daily Now TAKEN FROM RELIEF ROLLS IN COUNTIES Water Works. Sewer Jobs, Malaria Control, Oyster Planting and Numerous Other Projects Included In Lists To Furnish the Idle ntf In the Sir XV» '♦***• IVotvl BY J. C. BASKFRVIII,. Raleigh. Nov. 22.—Ten thousand men are already at work on approxi mately 450 civil works projects over the State since the new Civil Works Administration started functioning the first of the week, it was learned today from Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, new civil works administrator. It is expected that from 50 to 100 new projects, calling for the employment of from 2,000 to 3,000 additional peo nle, will be approved almost every dy from now on. The objective of ‘.he new Civil Works Administration is to put the State's quota of 68,- 000 unemployed to work by December 15 if possible. With projects pouring bjr-the hundreds for approval. Mrs. O'Berry believes that her organiza tion will be able to reach its objec tive, despite the fact that there are still many details to be worked out and the short time available. All of the 10,000 men now at work on the 450 projects already approved are from the relief rolls of the old Emergency Relief Administration, and the 450 projects are those which for merly had been approved as work re lief projects and which have now been trnsferred to the Civil Works Admin istration ,it was pointed out. In fact, from now until December 1, all of those given employment on Civil Wjorks projects will be drawn from the 53,000 families formerly on the Emergency Relief rolls, although not more thn 34,000 of these cn be given employment on Civil Works projects, since that is the quota fixed in Wash ington. The other 34,000 who will be (Continued On Page Four.) RALEIGH HOSTS FOR GROUP LIBRARIANS Raleigh, Nov. 22. —(AP) —Some 75 librarians and library workers from this section of the State met there to day with the State Library Commis sion. The morning session was devoted to technical library discussions. William T. Polk, of Warrenton, was the prin cipal speaker at a luncheon meeting. Relief Work May Strike Snag Here Seems Government Expects States To Share Load, And This State Cannot Dally Dlapatck Bareaa In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. C. BASKKRVILL. Raleigh, Nov. 22—With everything in readiness, to put thousands of men to work on hundreds of road improvement projects throughout the State under the new Civil Works Administration program, the plans have already struck a snag and may be held up indefinitely, it was learn ed here today. For while the State Highway and public Works Commis jects already to submit to Mrs. sion has between 500 and 600 pro- Thomas O’ißerry, now civil works administrator for the State, and while there are thousands of unem ployed who need the work, the ques tion is whether the Civil Works Ad ministration will supply all the (Continued On Page Four.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. EFFORT TO BE MADE TO INDUCE GERMANY TO RETURN BY THEN Soviet Envoy to U. S, ' JShShH A. A. Troyanovsky The appointment of Alexander An tonovich Troyanovsky as first So viet Ambassador to the United States is hailed in both countries as a happy choice. Troyanovsky, for mer Ambassador to Japan, is con sidered a foremost authority on the Far East. Before his selection as i envoy to Washington he held the > important post of vice-chairman of the State Planning Commission. (Central Frees) 1 PEANUI GROWERS TO RECEIVE DEEP i Ehringhaus Says Satisfac tory Progress Being Made In Washington Raleigh, Nov. 22.—(AP)—Governor Ehringhaus said this afternoon that he had been informed from Washing ton “satisfactory progress” seems to be being made in plans of the govern ment to help peanut growers. The governor said definite details could not yet be announced pending approval of the marketing agreement by peanut growers of other sections besides North Carolina, but that it was hoped plans would be ready for extension of stabilization loans short ly. Accused Banker’s Case Given Jury In Bayboro Court Bayboro. Nov. 22.—(AP) —The case of W. J. Swan, charged with receiving deposits in a bank knowing it to be insolvent, and making false reports of the condition of the closed Eastern Bank and Trust Company, of which he was president, went to a jury of Greene county men here today. The trial has been under way for the last eight days in Pamlico court. Judge J. P. Frizzelle is presiding. NEW ACCOUNTING METHODS STUDIED Raleigh, Nov. 22. —(AP) —A. J. Max well, commissioner of revenue, said today “further studies” are being made by the State Bureau and George Scott, public accountant, of new meth ods which it has been recommended be installed in the revenue division. The methods have not been revealed. Cotton Spinning Shows Increases For October Washington, Nov. 22.— (AP) — The cotton spinning industry was reported today by the Census Bureau to have operated during October at 101.9 per cent capacity on a single shift basis, compared with 99.6 percent during September this year and 97.0 percent in October a year ago. Spinning spindles in place October 31 totalled 30,869,848, of which 25,- 875,142 were active at some time during the month, compared with 30,- 6 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Heroic Attempts Planned To Save Parley from Dis banding Fully and Permanently CONFERENCE HEAD TO BE INFORMED Arthur Henderson, of Great Britain, Will Be Advised by each Participant of Pro gress Toward Accord Made During Interim Until Jan uary. Geneva, Nov. 22 (AP)—The steer ing committee of the disarmament conference voted today to suspend the parley until January. In the meantime, international dip lomacy is to be given full play in its effort to save the disarmament con ference from oblivion and to bring Germany, : which withdrew last month from the negotiations, back into the conversations. The committee unanimously ac cepted a statement by Arthur Hend erson, of Great Britain, president of the conference,, which said there shall be “parallel and supplementary efforts between the various states and the full use of diplomatic ma chinery conducted energetically to ad vance in every possible way the work of the conference.” The committee decided that the governments concerned will keep Henderson informed as to the results of these diplomatic efforts and the president furthermore is to decide how far the work of the committee should be carriod in the meantime. Brush Blaze at Los Angeles Is Threat to City Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 22.—(AP) — Defying the efforts of 600 or more trained fire fighters, a brush blaze which started at 8 o’clock last night in the foothills northwest of La Cres centia was still out of control today More men were being rushed to the area. The fire had been confined to Pickens and Sutton canyons northeast of Los Angeles, the county fire war den’s office reported. Fighters said there was no imme diate danger of any of the palatial residences in the section being de stroyed. Early this morning fear had been expressed for the buildings on two large estates, as well as a sanitarium. Ambulances stood by during the night ready to remove the patients. R.EOGoId Price Held A t $33.76 Washington, Nov. 22. —(AP)— A price of $33.76 per ounce was fixed today for R. F. C. purchases of newly mined gold, unchanged from yester day. With the dollar again in a slump, this figure was below the world price of gold, $34.41 at London, on the basis of sterling opening at $5.44 to the pound. The dollar later showed some im provement and recovered to $5.41 3-4, only to depreciate again to $5.45 1-4. 827,726 and 26,002,148 for September this year, and 31,489,918 and 24,587,732 for October last year. Active spindle hours for October totalled 7,260,822,134, at an average of 235 hours per spindle in place, com pared with 7,057,744489 and 229 for September this year, and 7,045,544,610 and 224 for October last year. North Carolina had 1,602,668,312 ac tive spindle hours and an average of 261 per spindle in place.
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