'Tm.;N'|)KKSON
Ja'teway to
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
YEAR
DOUGHTON
Lindberghs Reach
Miami As Aerial
Jaunt Nears End
famous Flying Couple
Again Set Foot on Native
Soil After Seeing
Four Continents
HUGE CROWD LINES
MIAMI WATERFRONT
Cheer Rolls Up as Watchers
Spot Great Red Monoplane
Come into Sight from
South; Hop from Domini,
can Republic Distance of
900 Miles to Miami
Miami, Fla., Dec. 16. (AIM Colonel
mikl Mt • Charles A. Lindbergh alight
-,i ;ti 1 ofi p. m , eastern stand
ard time today to complete the last
link in an aerial odyssey that began
more than five months ago.
Colonel Lindbergh set. his large red
hydro-monoplane down on the waters
of the international iarplane base at
1:06 p. m., eastern standard time,
after flying 900 miles from San Pedro,
Dominican Republic, in six hours and
8 minutes.
\ cheer rolled up from the watchers
a ‘he hig plane was sighted in the
cth sky. Over familiar waters, Lind
t*ergh circled the base for favoring
nind.'. and then brought ihe ship down
smoothly.
A huge crowd lined the waterfront,
with the spectators good-naturally
pushing and shoving others and a
police cordon for advantageous posi
tion to watch the Lindberghs as they
went through the formalities of cus
toms and immigration on a barge hous
ing th* :n officers.
With the landing, the flying Lind
heigh; returned to their homeland
after a semi-vacation absence that
began as an exploratory expedition on
the North Atlantic islands in July.
Later completing their mission ot
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Kannapolis
W oman, 30
I li cii Fata 11 y
Wounds, Himself;
Woman Expected to
Die at Hospital
■Salisbury, Dec. 16. —(AP) —Apparent
lv migmorj because he. was told “to
2rt out and stay out,” George Gres
w,,ll. t!j, of Kannapolis, shot Mrs.
D* y Brinkley, 30. twice in the left
idr of ii*> r body, then fatally shot
him, elf through the head at the Brink
|PV borne in Kannapolis last night.
Cre.swell died earlv this morning at
local hospital, while Mrs. Brinkley
' s >n a serious condition at another
1,,c;, l institution. Her tecovery is said
bp be doubtful.
1 wo Brinkley children were the only
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Dispatch And Stevenson
Theatre Sponsor Benefit
1 *!*■ Henderson Daily Dispatch and the Stevenson Iheatre are going
play Santa Claus on Saturday morning, December 23, at 10 o’clock
“Tlie |,i|> of jimmy Dolan,” featuring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., will be
presented at the Stevenson for one performance only, next Saturday at
l,k a. m.
All adults and children .will be admitted free who will bring one
pound nr more of groceries or vegetables, such as canned meats, fruits
""gar, flour, coffee, tea, potatoes, etc.; also clothing, old toys or anything
llint will he of use to the needy of this community.
All articles collected will be distributed by the Salvation Army, under
supervision of Ensign Joseph Willett.
No cash accepted—No tickets sold for this performance.
Ihe Stevenson theatre contributing as their bit the cost of this pic
*'m“ attraction, the staff of the theatre, its service, and the Henders
dispatch this space.
Keineinlier, do your bit to aid us and the Salvation Army in helping
families less fortunate than your own.
If you can’t attend the show, send your contribution, large or small,
ami let’s make this a big gift.
Hciti)rrsmt Dtttlu Htsuatrh
France Will Buck
Mussolini, Hitler
Paris, Dec. 16 (AP)—The French
cabinet was expected in political
circles to state a firm, united
front with Poland and the Little
Entente against Premier Musso
lini s attempt to reorganize the
League of .Nations and against
Chancellor Hitler's demand for
German equality in armaments.
The cabinet will meet tonight,
the session having been arranged
after eonferences between Dr. Edo
uard Benes, Ozechslovakian for
eign secretary, and Foreign Min
ister Joseph Paiil-Boncour and oth
er leaders here.
Cognizance also was taken in
planning the meeting of a com
munication received from Warsaw
today which made it clear that
France and her allies are united
in policy.
State Fund
$1,978,714
Short Dec. 1
But Maturing Obli
trations ofKB
Will Be Met Jan. 1,
Governor Says
Raleigh, Dec. 16.—(AP) —'With pay
ments for school expenses reflecting
themselves in increased sums in No
vember, North Carolina’s general
fund entered December $1,078,714 in
arrears after having a cash balance at
the end of October for the first time
in years.
The State, taking all funds into
consideration, had a cash balance De
cember 1 of $7,381,576.20, but the sur
plus in highway funds, special funds
and for outstanding warrants was SB,-
460,290.
On November 1 the genital fund
showed a cash balance of $211,000,
compared with an overdraft of $4,-
084,932 on July 1. With school costs
accounting for a large part of them,
disbursements in November totalled
$2,842,905, while receipts were only sl,-
553,190.
The highway fund had a balance De
cember 1 of $7,226,291, receipts for
November being $3,016,153, while dis
bursements were $2,479,298.
On December 1 the State’s total
debt was shown as being $179,814,000,
including $167,584,000 in bonds and
$12,230,000 in notes.
On January 1 the State will pay off
$3,008,000 worth of bonds in New York
and at the same time will make in
terest payments of $3,095,842. The
total debt service payment, which
Governor Ehringhaus said today
would be paid on time, is $6,103,842.
ONLY DAILY
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NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
HENDERSON, N. C. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 16, 1933
Camera Records Love Tragedy on High Seas
Disappointed in love, Miss Josephine Mraz of New York cried “goodbye, I
everybody” and leaped from the deck of the Conte di Savoia as the liner
nailed along Michel Island in the Azores. Passengers crowded to the I
STATE HUS GOAL
IN IIS CWA QUOTA
But Lack of Tools and
Equipment Has Delayed
Start of Some Jobs
WEEKLY PAY $1,000,000
Next Big Task Is To Get Something:
for Unemployed Women To Do;
School Teachers Also Get
-»•, ... Some Work
Unity niM|ina)’l« Rarcvi*
in ih«* Sir Walter HntO.
ne .» c imskriivim
Raleigh. Dec. 16. —While live Civil
Works Administration had approved
projects for the employment of from
75,000 to 80,000 men on work projects
up to today, it did not quite suceed
in getting: 67,500 men to work by De
cember 15, as had been expected,
largely because of the inability to pro
vide needed tools and equipment on
some projects. Mrs. Thomas O'Berry,
State CWA administrator, said today.
But by Monday she expects fully 75,-
000 men to be actually at work and
drawing pay, which will more than
make up for the failure to have 67,500
men at work by this week, she be
lieves. Since the first quota of 67,500
CWA workers was announced for
North Carolina the number has been
increased to a present total of 88,461,
with indications that it may later be
expanded to 90,000 or even more.
The weekly payroll for the first 67,-
500 CWA workers was estimated at a
minimum of $1,000,000. Since the quota
has been increased, the total payroll
is now expected to amount to consid
erably more than $1,000,000 a week,
while expenditures for materials and
equipment are expected to amount to
about $400,000 a week. Reports from
counties where CWA projects are al
ready under way are to the effect that
business in general, and especially
the retail merchants, are already no
ticing a perceptible increase in buy
ing. It is estimated that even the
State's revenue will be increased by
an average of $75,000 a month in sales
tax collections as the result of the ex
penditure of this more than $1,000,000
a month of CWA wages with the mer
chants of the State.
Now that the quota, of 67,500 jobs
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Price Is Called
Mountains Baron
At Potter Trial
Waynesville, Dec. 16 (API— Thomas
Price, wealthy philanthropist, for
whose slaying three mountain men
and a boy are on trial here was call
ed the “overlord of [Lickstone moun
tain” today as the defense wound up
its argument.
Price was slain as he rode horse
back with two companions in the
mountains on his vast estate by Dew
gy Lotter, 34-year-old mica miner,
who claimed he shot in self-defense.
Doyle D. Alley, chief defense attor
ner, closed his address to the jury
with a denunciation of Price, saying
“Haywood county doesn’t want bar
ons on Old Bald Mountain, or over
lords on Lickstone mountain.”
"I want the word to ring out that
these four men got fair trial, despite
the money back of the trial to con
vict them,” he said.
Solicitor John McQueen was the
only attorney remaining to present
his argument, before Judge Felix A
Alley charged the jury.
Ship Is Burned At Sea
With 2 Sailors Drowned
And Seven More Missing
Lynchings
28 In 1933
InAIIU.S.
New York, Dec. 16.—(AP)—Tile
lynching of ford Greek f 0 year
old Negro, near Columbia, Tenn.,
last night brought the total num
ber of lynchings in the United
States so far this year to 28 ac
cording to records of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
This compares with only ten
last year, and its the highest total
since 1926, when 34 were listed.
The records, which extended
bade to 1889, show that 3,686 per
sons have been lynehed since that
year. The highest number for any
one year was 226 in 1892. In recent
years, lynchings have shown an
irregular decline until last year
the lowest total of ten was reach
ed. The increase this year sends
the curve upward once more.
The 1933 total of 28 comprises
24 Negroes and four white men.
Robert Chambers,
Famous Author, Is
Dead In New York
New York, Dec. 16 (AP)—Robert
W. Chambers, noted author and art
ist. died in Dotors Hospital here at
1 a. m. today following an operation
performed days ago for an intestinal
ailment.
Mr. Chambers, who was 68 years
old, had been in the hospital nearly
three months, and three days ago un
derwent an operation. His condition
failed to improve and early today he
died. The author of many thrilling
and historical fiction works will be
buried in Broad Aldin, N. Y., where
he had a large estate.
8
W EATifEI
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Probably occasional rain in
west and north portions tonight
and Sunday; not much change in
temperature.
I rails as the ship halted and boats were lowered. Sailors dived to aid fchs
girl but they were too late. Her body was carried aboard. Camera record
I of tragedy, shown here, waa brought to New York. (Central Press)
American Schooner Destroy
ed by Fire 18 Miles West
of Cape Sable, Nova
Scotia
EIGHT SURVIVORS
SAVED FROM BOATS
Eight Others Reach Tease
Island Safely and One Man
Makes Seal Island; 26 Men
Aboard at Time of Fire
Last Night; One Dory
Crashes in Surf
Halifax, IT. c>„ Dec. 16. (AP)
Seventeen seamen of the American
fishing schooner Allen T. Marshall
were rescued today, two were known
drowned, and seven were missing aft
er the schooner burned near Seal Is
land, 18 miles west of Cape Sable,
N. S.
A ship rescued eight of the survivors
from their lifeboats, eight more made
Tease’s Island safely, and one got
ashore on Seal Island.
The schooner was abandoned by her
crew of 26 at 7 p. m. last night when
she burned to the water’s edge. The
crew escaped the flames in eight
dories.
One of the dories was reported at
Seal Island to have reached the surf
only to overturn. One of the occupants
reached shore and the succor of Seal
Island fishermen. The other two
drowned.
The Danish steamer Lars Kruse re
ported by wireless the rescue of eight
men from two lifeboats.
The government steamer Arras put
to sea from Shelburne, N. S., in an
effort to aid the Lars Kruse’s rescue
work.
Louis J. Vance,
Famed as Author,
Burned To Death
New York, Dec. 16 (AP) —'Louis J.
Vance, well known author, was burn
ed to death early today at his East
Side apartment, apparently the result
of falling asleep with a lighted ciga
rette in his hand.
Smoke from the blaze attracted at
tention of an employee of the apart
ment. The blaze was extinguished
quickly, but the author was found to
be dead. His hands and face were
badly burned.
Vance’s body was burned beyond
possibility so recognition. The body
was on the floor, the head and right
Shoulder resting on theseat of a
chair, the upholstering of which had
been burned away, leaving only the
frame. A coffee table near the chair
had been burned on the edges, and a
table lamp had been knocked to the
floor.
One theory considered bby police
was that Vance had suffered a heart
attack and had collapsed as he at
tempted to rise from the chair, his
cigarette falling into the upholstery
of the chair.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Reveals Proof of
Better Times Had
Raleigh Dec. 16.—(AP)—The
.State Corporation Commission to
day claimed to have complete proof
of better times—a railroad applied
for and received permission to
place two new local trains in re
gular operation in North Carolina.
The Seaboard Air Line railway
will start new trains, one trip each
way each day, so that four trains
are actually involved, between Lum
berton and Charlotte and between
Norliifa and Norfolk, Va.
Manteo Neighborhood Re
calls Historical Event of
30 Years Ago
Manteo, Dec. 16.—(AP)—Thu popu
lace of this sparsely settled barrier is
land tomorrow will observe the 30th
anniversary of the epochal flight of
the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Or
ville, the first men ever to mak,? u
successful flight in a heavier-than-air
craft.
It was on December 17. 1903, that
the Dayton, Ohio, mechanics first
went aloft in their strange box-like
contraption that was the forerunner of
the modern-day airplane, and Alpheus
W. Drinkwater, now president of the
Kill Devil Hill Memorial Association,
flashed the word to a somewhat
skeptical world.
Lieutenant-Commander Frank W.
Hawks, when he attempts to bring
the closed course record to America
tomorrow, will fly over the dunes of
Kitty Hawk and drop two wreaths in
tribute to the pioneer aviators.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, who
tomorrow is expected to be winging
his way u pthe seaboard after his ex
tensive trans-Atlantic aerial surveys,
has been invited to circle his plane
several times over the Wlright Memo
rial shaft on the dunes as a token of
respect to the Wrights.
CHARLES R. PRICE
SWORN AS MARSHAL
Shelby, Dec. 16. —(AP) —Charles R.
Price, of Charlotte, was sworn in by
Federal Judge E. Yates Webb today
as marshal for the western district
of North Carolina.
Tobacco Growers Warned
About Exaggerating Crop
Daily Dispatch Btcreaa,
In tne Sir Walter flotel.
XX J V BvSKEHVILL.
Raleigh, Dec. 16. —A warning to to
bacco growers who are now signing
acreage reduction contracts to be con
servative in their estimates of the
weed they have grown and soKl dur
ing the past three years, was issued
today by Dean I. O. Schaub of State
College, Where evidence is found that
the amounts hav» been over-estimat
ed, he said, the figures will be re
duced.
If proof is found that estimates have
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TREASURY SLIGHT
l .
Harmony Can Be Achieved,
Tar Heel Leader Says
After Hearing New
Suggestions
TAX AVOIDANCES
CAN BE CHECKED
Proposal Is for Separate
Rates for Small Concerns
as Compared With House
of Morgan; Treasury Ex
pert Thinks Morgans Dodg
ed Issue Two Ways
Washington. Dec. 16. —(AP) —Chair-
man Dough ton, of the House Ways
and Means Committee predicted to
day a general revenue bill could be
drawn that would suit both legislative
and executive departments, despite
wide differences in plans proposed by
the Treasury and a. House subcommit
tee.
Discussing the new suggestions
made and exceptions taken by Acting
Secretary Morgenthau to the ways
and means sub-committee’s 39 pro
posals to tighten existing laws aginst
tax dodgers, and simplify its admin
istration,, Doughton told newspaper
men he did not regard the Treasuy’s
counter proposals as a bar to an
agreement.
“These are not serious differences.”
he said. “We invited the Treasury’s
views, and they are essential to writ
ing a bill intelligently.
“Our views, of course, were subject
to change. We didn’t expect both to
agree.”
One new Treasury suggestion was
to require husbands and wives living
together to file single income returns.
Practical To Check Avoidances.
Kosewell Magill, treasury tax expert
told the House Ways and Means Com
mittee today it would be practical to
check tax avoidanees by large part
(Cont.i mien on Knpi> *"nnr.)
Sales For
T obaccoln
State Halt
Heavy Offerings and
High Prices Have
Characterized The
1933 Season
Charlotte, Dec. 16.—(AP)— North
Carolina flue-cured tobacco markets
were closed today for the Christmas
holidays, and will reopen early in
January for resumption of sales, with
prices paid having run relatively high
in heavy breaks during the past week.
Greenville closed for the week after
selling for the season 68,000,000 for
approximately $11,500,000.
ftkjch tobacco remained on floors as
warehouse doors closed, and yesterday
prices were off a bit, due to low grades
offered. Sales were heavy during the
week as farmers prepared for the Yule
tide season.
At Wilson, another large market,
yesterday’s sales averaged $17.01 for
a season average of $17.03 for over
66,000,000 pounds. At Kinston slightly
more ahan 46,000,000 {pounds hav©
been sold for the season for $7,418,-
149.56.
Season’s sales at Rocky Mount sur
passed those for the same period last
year, 45,000,000 pounds of the weed
having been sold.
been exaggerated with intent to de
fraud the government, he warned, the
contracts will be subject to revocation.
The government also has power to
prosecute any grower attempting to
increase the amount of his rental or
equalization payments by grossly and
intentionally overstating the amount
of his production or sales.
So far, no criminal proceedings have
been instituted against any North Car
olina growers for misstating figures in
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