HENDERSON gateway TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTIETH YEAR reser ve bank NOT OPPOSING THE TREASUR Y Governor Black Denies Board Is Working at Cross Purposes on Monetary Policy gold price HELD AT SAME FIGURES Unchanged for Fifth Day at $3376 an Ounce as Re serve Board Claims There Is No Connection Between Monetary Program and Bond Purchases Washington. Nov. 25. — (AIM —With the dollar stronger abroad, the admin istration field the price of domestic (.old unchanged today with the fig- 1 ure nearly a dollar above the value of the metal in London. A price of $33.76 an ounce was es tablished ttie same rate as the four prfvlou-. days. Meanwhile, the dollar opened on foreign exchange at $5.19 to; (lie pound, at which tiie London gold price was $3v,33. Hovernoi Black of the Federal Re j?fvf* Boai 1 1 denied that his agency an H the Treasury were working at cross purposes. H<> said there was no connection Vtwecn the administration's mone-1 Any policy and the reserve system’s; in the open bond market. For sev- I ml weeks the reserve banks bought bond; at a rote of $35,000,000 a week ThiiWi*i dropped to $10,000,000. Last w??k put chases were $2,000,000. and tliio week the reserve board’s state meiit bowed holdings of government boml- $1,000,000 less than the week before. "Th?ir is absolutely no rift between Hi? Federal Reserve Board and the Treasury.” he said in reply to ques tions Negro Sought for Shooting Guard at Camp at Roxboro Roxhoro, Nov. 25.—(AP)— Joe Harris and Sam Day, Person county Negroes .today were held for (|uestioniiig regarding the shooting last night of Butler Gen try at the State Prison camp near here. Roxboro. Nov. 25.—(API —A wide search was under way today for an unidentified Negro who last night shot Butler Gentry. 30-year-old con vict camp employee, from ambush and and robbed him of an undetrrmined amount of money. ' The Negro accosted Gentry on a road near the camp, seized his pocket book and fled. Gentry, shot through the chest with a shotgun, crawled to the home of N. T. Brooks, superin tendent. of the camp. Physicians said Gentry had little chance to recovery. hotel inspector KILLED ON STREET Columbia. S. C.. Nov. 25—(AP) — Ellison Capers, of Columbia. State hotel inspector, was struck and killer 1 hy an automobile as he was crossing the street here today. 5 Machado Leaders In f ul)a Slain former Officers Tak en b rom Soldiers by Unidentified Men And Shot Matanzas. Cuba. Nov. 25.—(AP)— ..V forrner officers of the Cuban rrn ' ' Vere massacred on a highway idV ( '°* on foday by a group of un- Jtifi-i men who forcibly removed " officers fro mguards conveying ’!f'°m Matanzas to Santa Clara. ,r officers, who had served under 'o tnei President Gerardo Machado, >viM conser iuently were in disfavor ’ ’ n,p present government of Presi i,. amon Grau San Martin, were "Mia escorted by a detachment of of ficers. ~ V a point on the highway near on the detachment was stopped by id I .° men * none °f whom was ont ified, armed with machine guns an d rifles. ilolding the oscorting soldiers at va n t^ley to f° rmer officers six ’ ? f,om the road and killed them outright in a field. Htntiirramt iDaiUt lttSfiatrh Assess $5,567.42 More Sales Taxes Ruleigli, Nov. 25.—(AP)— The sales tax division of the State De partment of Revenue today an nounced its first tentative assess ment of additional sales taxes, noti fying a “merchandising group” it must pay $5,567.42 additional for the first quarter. Harry McMullan, sales tax super ' i *°r. and A. J. Maxwell, commis sioner of revenue, announced the tentative assessment. Under the law levying the sales tax, the name of the concern which is a’leged to he delinquent cannot be announced unless it becomes necessary to file a suit. Big Gains In Exports Announced Rise of $34,000,000 Is Shown for October As Compared With September Washington, Nov. 25. (AP) United States exports were shown to day by Department of Commerce to have gained $34,000,000 in October as compared with September. Imports increased $3,000 000. The excess of ex ports over imports for the month was $43,000,000. and for the ' ten months ending October was $111,000,000. Exports in October totalled $194.- 000,000 and imports were $151,000,000. The October exports were 21 percent over the September figure, 27 percent above October, 1932, and the largest total since October, 1931. Imports were three percent over the September figure and 43 percent greater than in October, 1932, The advance in export value has maintained unchanged the rate of in crease reported for September. The increase in exports during the past two months has occurred, while the import movement was leveling off after the rapid rise from May thro ugh August. WORK PROJECTS IN STATE PASSED ON Strenuous Effort Being Made To Provide Work Where Needed Most Dally niipiie-h n—r»«- In tiie Sir Walter Hotel. «V J C IMSKFJtVfI.I Raleigh, Nov. 25—Many civil works load maintenance projects have al ready been approved by Mrs. Thos. O’Berry, civil works administrator, without waiting for further • argu - ment about the proportion of the cost to be paid by the State and by the CWfA. especially in counties where the need for putting people to work immediately 1 is greatest,, she said today. An effort is being made by both Mrs. O’Berry and Chairman E. B. Jeffress, of the State High way and Public Works Commission, to Approve projects now that call for a minimum outlay of materials (Continued On Page Four.) Norfolk Canal Workers Protected By Officers Richmond, Va , Nov. 25 (AP) —The News Leader says it learns today that employees of the Arundell Cor poration, contractors on the Turkey Island cut-off canal in James river, are working under the protection of the sheriff of Menrico county after being driven off earlier in the week by armed men. When the crew first said sent on the land to clear it in preparation for making the canal cut, the paper says, the men were ordered off at the point of shotguns by men acting under in structions of Thomas B. Gay, counsel for the owners, who have combatted only daily L ™I E ?™ RE service of iHE ASSOCIATED PRESS. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED in THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VI^INLA. HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOO N, NOVEMBER 25,1933 SLAYER AND VICTIM IN MYSTERIOUS KILLING Hp • < ■ If jpljßßHS| k i-" Dr. Alice L, Wynekoop DICK REYNOLDS IS ’ WINNER IN ACTION New York Referee Says That State Without Jurisdic., tion In Suit BROUGHT BY A DANCER German Girl Had Asked Damages ot $123,550 on Basis of False C'hargtjes of Career Offer ed Her In America New York, Nov. 25.—(AP) —Referee John R. Davies today decided that Richard R. “Dick” Reynolds, heir to the Reynolds tobacco fortunte, was not subject to the jurisdiction of thig state in the suit brought against him and others by Johanna Risghke, Czechoslovakian dancer, for. $123,550. Reynolds was served in the suit in accordance with an order of the Su preme Court permitting service ; by publication. He contended sucessfuily that he was not a resident of this State .and that the order of publia tion should be set aside. The dancer also named as defen dant Gray Staples and Ned Weyburn, dancing instructors. She charged the defendants induced her to J§ Bl Rheta G. Wynekoop Here is a new photograph of Mrs. Rheta G. Wynekoop, 23-year-old mu sician, who was found slain under mysterious circumstances on the operat ing table of the home office of her mother-in-law. Dr. Alice Lindsay Wyne koop. Chicage woman physician. Dr. Wynekoop, shown above to the left has confessed she shot Mrs. Wynekoop to death after giving her chloroform. Camille Chautemps Will Be New French Premier President Leßrun Tenders Task to Statesman After Lengthy Conferences and Will Be Fourth Man This Year To Head a Government in the Republic Paris, Nov. 25.—(AP) Camille Chautemps today agreed to attempt the organization of a new French cab inet to succeed that of former Premier Albert Sarraut, overthrown two days ago. The opportunity to organize the new ministry, in which Chautemps would serve as premier, was tendered him by President Leßrun following a series of consultations with political leaders and after the refusal of the same offer by Edouard Herriot, vet eran statesman and former premier. The offer to Herriot, it was under DEPARTMENT CUTS WIDELY APPROVED Shaving of $21,136 Annual ly In Conservation Work Is Endorsed Dally DfMjiati-h Rtttenn, Ib the Sir Walter liyte*. BY J, C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, Nov. 25. —The action taken by the State Board of Conservation in eliminating jobs and activities suf ficient to reduce the operating ex penses of the Department of Con servation and Development by $21,136 a year js being generally commended by the public and the sportsmen, al though some of the politicians are! shedding some tears over it. This ac tion did not come as much of a sur prise, however, since it was anticipat ed that the board would have to make heavy cuts in operation costs as a yesult of the heavy slash made in the appropriation for the department, which was sliced from SBO,OOO a year down to only $25,000 a year. Os this saving of $21,136 a year resulting from the curtailments made by the board, $7,232 will be from salaries discon tinued and the balance fro mthe cost of materials and other operating costs The abolition of the jobs held by Charles H. England, State game war den, and J. S. Hargett, commissioner of inlar.d fisheries, had been expect ed ever since the 1933 General As sembly passed the bill ordering the discontinuation of these two jobs and their consolidation into a single post. Both England and Hargett have been getting $234.37 a month or $2,800 a year, since their salaries were reduced (Continued on Page Two.) wLArnM FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy tonight and Sunday; probably slight rains Sunday and on the coast late tonight; warmer tonight; colder Sunday night. ! stood, was more or less a, gesture .as - his friends previously bad said he - was still unable, because of his recent • illness, to undergo the strain of an ! other premiership at this time. Chautemps becomes the fourth man tliis year to head a government in i France. . The three previous cabinets were . I overthrown on the question of finan ces—because ot the lack of balance in ; the government’s budget and the flight of gold from the French treasury. | By his acceptance, Chautemps will undertake to rescue the French franc. NO JOBS YET FOR CLERICAL FORCES Unemployed Women And White Collar Men Are Still Out of Luck Dally D'pjjiateh Bafciid 1« (he Sir Walter Hotel, BY J. C. BASKERVILL- Raleigh, Nov. 25 —The unemployed women in the State who really need work, of whom there are at least 10,- 000, as well as the “white collar” male office workers .are apparently "out of luck” when it comes to getting on the Civil Works Administration reemploy ment drive For. after preliminary Pi ens were under way to develop civil works projects for unemployed wo men. word came from Washington yesterday that no civil works funds could be used to pay women workers except in the administration of the civil works program, and that if any work projects for women are develop ed, they would have to be paid from relief administration funds and at the basic rate of 30 cents to 40 cents an hour instead of from 45 cents to sl.lO. (Continued on Page Two) life h J PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. ROOSEVEL T IS SILENT ABOUT SMITH A TTA CK Pineville Blast Is Near Serious Pineville, Ky. Nov. 25 (AP) Lawrence Dwyer, international representative of the United Mine Workers of America, was injured not seriously, and five children hurled from their beds, and con siderable property damage was caused by a dynamite explosion here today. WYNEKOOP ALSO IS 10 FACE CHARGES IN WIFE'S MURDER His Mother Is Already Held for Killing Girl Follow ing Her Own Confession YOUNG WIDOWER IS AGAIN QUESTIONED His Mother, a Chicago Phy sician, Placed in Jail To Await Habeas Corpus Pro ceedings Next Friday; Earle Is Locked Up Until Next Monday Chicago; Nov. 25.—(AP)— Earle Wynekoop will be booked on a charge of murder in the death of his wife. Rheta, late today, Prosecutor Charles Daughtry announced after another round of questioning of the young widower. Hailed into criminal court after a night of fitful sleep, Dr. Alice Wyne koop was remanded to the custody ol the sheriff to await possible grand jury action for the murder of her daughter-in-law. A habeas corpus hearing was de ferred until next Friday, and Dr. Alice, throwing a kiss that her son, Earle, failed to notice, was led away to a county jail cell. Earle, too, was locked up until Monday. Dr. Alice faltered and all but col lapsed as she reached the threshold of the jail, but attendants quickly took her ar m.and she regained composure. URGE LEGISLATION TO ASSIST CITIES State Treasurer Would Per mit Municipalities To Start Over Anew Dally nt»f»atoh Borm* In the Sit Walter Hotel, et J- c tumniiviu. Raleigh, Nov. 25—Enactment of a national law which, in effect, will permit cities and towns so wegihted down by debt that they cannot pay out, to go into receivership and pay what they can, is advocated by State Treasurer Charles IM. Johnson in a letter to Senator Josiah W. Bailey, (Senator Robert R. Reynolds and all the members of the North Carolina delegation in Congress. He specifi cally urges them to support the Wil cox municipal debt refinancing bill, already before Congress, when it re convenes in December. He points out that virtually all 4he other stats (Continued On Page Four.) Says Huey Long’s Group Kept Financial Records New Orleans, La., Nov. 25. —(AP) — Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley head of the Choctaw club, city politffcal or ganization affiliated with the Huey P. Long political machine, today appear ed before the Senate committee in vestigating the election of Senator John H. Overton, Democrat, Louisiana and said he wished to correct the im pression that his organization kept no financial records of its activities dur ing the period of the Overton cam paign.” a PAGES V TODAY FIVE CENTS COP Quick Retort Comes From Field Marshals on For mer Candidate’s Statement RECOVERY CHIEFS AT WARM SPRINGS Morgenthau, Johnson, Bui* litt and Others Confer With President on Recovery and Monetary Programs Ad ministration Is Trying To Put Through Warm Springs, Ga.. Nov. 25.—(AP) —President Roosevelt checked up to day on his recovery and monetary pro grams witli his chief lieutenants. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., the acting secretary of the Treasury; General Hugh S. Johnson, the industrial ad ministrator; William G. Bullitt, the new ambassador to Russia, and oth ers of the government were here to talk with the chief executive. Outside attacks on the administra tion policies brought a quick reply from the field marshals, but Presi dent Roosevelt laughed and proceeded on his way. The severe attack of Al fred E. Smith on the commodity dol lar plan failed to provoke a presiden tial response. The President spoke over the air last night at the dedication of the new Georgia hall at the Warm Springs Foundation, but his words were con fined solely to thanks and hope for taking care of the children and grown ups who are fighting back from the attack of infantile paraysis—and many of them are here. In a roadside interview with news papermen, Mr. Roosevelt made It clear last night that he was going along on his dollar devaluation plan. As for a reply to critics, he had noth ing to say. SLAYERS OF NEGRO FACE TWO CHARGES Masked Mob at Greenville, 3. C., Might be Charged with M'irder If Apprehended Greenville, S. C., Nov, 25. —(AP)— Solicitor J. G. Leatherwood today said every member of the masked mob which shot George Green, 73-year-old Negro, to death could be held on two charges, if identified. One charge would be murder, car rying a possible death penalty and thfc other is violation of Section 1131, Volume I. of the criminal statutes, which makes it an offense to assault or attempt to assault while wearing a mask. The latter charge carries a penalty of from one to ten years im prisonment upon conviction . Press To Dine N. C. Governor Raleigh, Nov. 25 (AP)—The annual governor’s dinner of the North Caro lina Press Association, will be held at State College here December 8, John A. Park, chairman of the pro gram committee, announced today. The theme of the event will be the development of the reconstruction and conservation ideas of President Roosevelt and Governor Ehringhaus, Park said. North Carolina-raised foods will constitute the menu. Walmsley, who testified last Thurs day that his organization operated “something like Tammany,” told the committee today he had testified on that occasion that his group “did keep records.” He brought a stack of books in as contradiction to the testimony yesterday by Joseph Katz, secretary treasurer of the Choctaw club that fi nancial records were “reularly torn up or burned up” after being submitted to the club governors.