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HENDERSON CATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR ROOSEVELT PUSH TO PUT MONEY PLANOVER * * * * ******V*,** * * # X * ***;»;*;«,,_,* Eight Months Trial Proves Farm Experiment Workable, Wallace Says AGRICULTURE HEAD SUCCESS OF PLANS Farmers Signing Contracts To Cut Production Car ried Through Near, ly 100 Percent PROGRAM NOT ALL SUCCESS, HE SAYS No Permanent Solution Found Yet in Milk Agree ment; Enumerates Pay ments and Programs In Ef fect In Attempting To Handle Various Crops Washington. Jan. 18. (AIM Sccrc (arv Wallace today stated before a. Senate commit tee with the assertion* lint llie fir. t eight months operation ff thr gimtest farm experiment ever iviiuctcl in this country had provid ed a “conclusive demonstration” that it would work. Hr sere accounting for hiis steward hip over the agricultural adjustment ad, Wallace first looked ahead to the |m.» ibl« development later of “longer term phots which will provide for more flexibility on individual farms.” Tli<> farm chief, appearing by in vila'ien before the Senate Agriculture ('< mini ‘ce. was generally optimistic. Farmers signing court cats to redue pi t duel ion, lie said, had carried thro ugh "almost, 100 percent.” At the rami; time, he conceded hit ; Imini !ration liad failed to earry out HI of its plans, particularly with milk market big agreements. lie erted that some of the h-lu' v< nient t thus far included reduc ing 1 lie world entry-over of American c> 'lon 1o about 10.500,00 bales, ;us cont ].awith 13,000,000 bales in the sum mer of 1932; nearly doubling the in terne of Southern cotton framers in 1933; obtaining agreements from 80 percent of the nation’s wheat farmers to reduce their production by 15 per cent: payment to wheat farmers 6; $28,000,000; the institution of produc tion control measures for rice and tobacco: and the purchase of 6,120,- 000 pigs and sows as initial steps in a cot »-hog program. Wynekoop’s Confession Is Recited Jury Is Sent Out As Oral Statement Is Given; Court Re bukes Witness Chicago. -Jan. 18.—(AP)—The oral ronfo^ion of Dr. Alice Lindsey Wync koop that site fired a bullet into the hack of her daughter-in-law, Rheta., on I lie afternoon of November 21, was introduced today in -the murder trial of Dr. iby the testimony et f’olice Captain John Stcg. The jury had been excluded. The confession, which virtually a duplication of the written confession! igued on November 24 by Dr. Wyne koop, and repudiated by lien* later, was made on the morning of Novem hri 2) in Die presence of Captain Bteg anti Dr. Harry W. Hoffman, I>syehiatrl»t of the Behavior Clinic, Wteg, testified. Judge Josepli B, David reserved uiling on Whether the oral statement •Conttr.iieu on Page Knurl Plan For Business Aid Fold Newspaper Men Chapel Hill, Jan. 18 (AF) —A plan * ,J benefit business and an exposition ,J f how "the news behind the news” ' :s gathered were presented delegates b> the tenth annual North Carolina ■Newspaper Institute here today. 'wo of the day’s principal speak ‘ «"■> were Joseph T. Mackey, execu tive vice-president and treasurer of th.- Mergenthaler Linotype Company, who advanced the better business hlan of Richard H. Waldo, president lirnitersmt LLASLI) WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. To Sing tor Duce I ML ■ ■ jBKL Kathryn Schrafft Despite his ban on foreign opera stars, Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy makes an exception in the cass of Kathryn Schrafft, of Winches ter, Mass., who is shortly to appear in Rome before 11 Duce. She is the daughter of the candy millionaire. (Central Press) NEW ORLEANS HAS BITTER CAMPAIGN FOR MAWS JOB Walimlcy, Seeking Re-Elec tion, and Senator Huey Long Hurls Epithets at Each Other MAYOR CHALLENGES SENATOR FOR BOUT Willing To Meet Him Any where in Ring. Battle; Long Says Maybe He Made Mayor Mad and Then Adds to Statements Previously Made in His Speeches New Orleans, La.., Jan. 18. (AP) In spite of the arrest of factional workers, court injunctions and serious charges hurled in the current, city election campaign, the fans anticipate hardy entertainment if the proposed prize flight is staged between Senator Huey P. Long, the “king fish,” and Mayor T. Sommes Walmsley. whom the senator mentioned from the stump strictly by pet names. Taking offsen.se at statements Long had made about him from the stump in the nightly blast of oratory and charges Mayor Walmsloy had chal lenged the senator to meet him for a bout any place, any time and under any colors, the mayor declared pub licity that, he would make the “king fish” smallow “every insult” that had been hurled against his good name, and would overtake the senator if he ■ Continued ud Pane Five.) CWA WORKERS QUIT WHEN WAGE IS CUT Atlanta, Ga., -Jan. 1 (Al’)— Ninety-nine of a crew of 100 em ployees no a Civil Works bridge in Pulton county (Atlanta) walk ed off the job today when in formed by their foreman their hours and pay had been reduced under a reeeni CWA order stag gering work to make more em ployment. of the McClure Newspaper (Syndicate, and editor of the National Whirligig, who ghoul gathering ■news. The essence of Mackay’s plan was to regulate interstate enterprise through voluntary action on the part of business through income tax laws, "the object being to free under cer tain conditions such enterprise from the restraint of trade laws without abolition of those laws, and without affecting the publci interest.” ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA New Executive Given Posi tion by Acclamation of Leaders In Cuban Po litical Life HE FIRST REFUSED TO ASSUME DUTIES Recognition of Some New Government There By United States at an Early Date 'Looms In Washing ton, Though State Depart ment Is Silent Havana, Jan. 18.—(AP)—Carlos Mendieta 69-ycar-old pliysiciaii statesiuan and revolutionary, to day was president of Cuba—the fifth president, in as many months Mendieta entered an office which hud lieen vacant overnight since Carlos Kevin, who had held office 40 hours, suddenly resigned. The presidency was given to Mendieta by acclamation of a group of Cuban leaders in political life who gathered in the presiden tial palace. Havana, Jan. 18. -(AP) — Manuel Marquez Sterling, secretary of state refused the presidency of Cuba today, and the island republic, awaiting the induction of Carlos Mendieta into of fice, was again without a chief exe cutive. Carlos Ilevia. after serving as presi dent for 40 hours, resigned last, night. Political leaders agreed on Mendieta. veteran nationalist statesman, as his successor. But Mendieta, one of the leaders ■of the revolt which overthrew forme; President Gerardo Machado, resisted throughout the night against the (pleadings of friends who insisted he ■should take over the presidency at once. Under the constitution, the secre tary of state would assume the presi dency automatically, but at dawn i Continued nn Phvp Five i Byrd Ship Arrives In Base Point Little America, (via Mackay Radio) jam. 18. —(AP) —Admiral Richard B. Byrd and his Antarctic expedition ar rived here at 12:30 a. m., eastern ' standard time today. (Unusual static interference made it difficult for the Byrd flagship to com municate with civilization.) The flagship was forced to travel at a l&tluced speed Tuesday night, ow ing to a blizzard, but yesterday the sky cleared slowly and the waters of ■the Ross sea became deep Ibluc. The expdeition intended to deter mine immediately the state of the lold camp at Little America, which Byrd left four years ago. 557 State Highway Patrol Also Collected $85,950; 517 Convictions Uuily Dispatrk Burena, In the Sir Whiter Hotel. I\\ J C. BASKEItVILL. Raleigh, Jan. 18—Only 557 arrests, of which only 97 were for drunken driving and 69 for drunkenness on the highways on the part of pedes trials, were made in December, by the State Highway Patrol, according to the report for all divisions just is sued by Captain Charles D. Farmer. Only 35 drivers were arrested for reckless driving and only 28 for speed ing. A total of 694 drivers were stop ped by patrolmen, of which 5,164 were let off with reprimands or warnings, the report showws. A, total of $85,950 in revenue were collected from all sources. Os this amount, $73,083 went to the State, most of it in license fees, which $6,- (Continued rr page Vive.) HENDERSON, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 18, 1934 Gatin iUspatrii Where Poe Penned Best-Known Works 111111 "iwrak. M \ JjM | SsJmMls The living room of the Poe cottage Edgar Allan Poe The 125th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Puc. one of the greatest short story writers of modern Flm eS, iS^t eb | r i?Jz d - t *” B . w ®f k :. The recently-restored cottage in Philadelphia in which Poe lived and worked from 184 . to 1844 is to be dedicated on the occasion. In the room shown h»re, Poe wrote “The Masmir n f the Red Death.” “The Tell Tale Heart.” “The Pit and the Pendulum.” “The Gold Bug” and “The Raven ” (Central Press) Kidnapers Ask $200,000 For Son Os Rich Brewer Huge Ransom Demanded F or Freedom of Edward G. Bremer in St. Paul; Father Is Prominent Democrat,, Banker and Brewer in th c State of Minnesota St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 18.—(AP) — Kidnapers demanding $200,000 rat isom yesterday abducted Edward G. Brem er, son of Adolph Bremer, wealthy, wealthy St. Paul brewer anu promi nent Democrat of Minnesota, the po lice said today. / The 37-v car-old president of tho Commercial State Bank was picked up by several men between 8:15 and 10 a m. Wednesday upon his return from Chicago. The police said they had received no official notification of the abduction, and members of the Bremer family refused to discuss it. FARLEY SPARS ON PARTY SHAKE-UPS \ Smiles as Newsmen Ask About Changes In Demo cratic Organization Washington, Jan. 18 (AP) —Post- master James A. Farley greeted news men’s questions about changes in the Democratic national organization to day with his broadest smile, and “All ■I know is what I read in tlie papers.” Although he declined to discuss for publication reports of more changes to come following the resignntion of the national committee’s secretary and treasurer, there were indications that several additional resignations might be expected. President Roosevelt, in his press conference yesterday, intimated that the administration did not look with favor upon party leaders practicing law before administration offices. Robber and Loot Os $2,000 Nabbed By E. City Police Elizabeth City, Jan. 18 (AP)*— Within ten minutes after receiv ing a call from Norfolk to be on the look-out so ra robber who had escaped with more than $2,000 taken from a Norfolk hotel, two Elizabeth City policemen today took Morris Murrable, 19, off a Norfolk bus as It was pulling into Elizabeth City and recovered $2,- 048.35. Murrable was lodged in jail charged with robbery and Norfolk police were notified. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Coudy and warmer, followed by rain in west portion late tonight; Friday rain and warmer. Abduction cl Bremer, whose father owns a. controlling interest in the Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company, fol lowed by seven months the kidnap ing of William Hamm, Jr., million lire president of the Theodore Hamm Brewing Company, who paid SIOO,OOI for his freedom last June. Otton Bremer, chairman of the board of directors of the American National Bank, and Minnesota man ager of the Home Owners’ Loan Cor poration, is an uncle of the missing man, who was seized after taking his eight-year-old daughter, Betty, to school. McScTS If William Sacks, St. Louis Re. publican Leader, Testi fies to Committee Washington, Jan. 18.—(AP) Wil liam Sacks, of St. Louis, former mem ber of the Republican National Com mittee, told Senate investigators today that he twice had talked with former Postmaster General Walter P. Brown about an air mail contract for W. B. Robertson. Sacks, a lawyer, testified he had been in Brown’s Washington apart ment in May, 1931. He said W. B. Robertson had asked him to see Brown about a New Or leans-St. Louis route because of the effective way he had presented an airport matter to Assistant Postmas ter General W. rvirng Glover for the 6t. Louis Chamber of Commerce. “Because of my public activity,” Sacks said, “many people brling me law matters they othrewise wouldnt. “For the same reason, I assume, Robertson asked me to go to Wash ington because of my position.’’ Total of 2,441 Additional Work Programs Passed on In Raleigh Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. C. BA SKERVILIj . Raleigh, Jan. 18. —A total of 2,441 additional Civil Works projects, call ing for an estimated payroll of $265,- 515 and a total cost of $415,413, have just been approved it was announced today by Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, CWA administrator for North Carolina. Some of the more important of (Continued on Page Pour.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. " PAYINGSALESTAX Men Who Don’t Keep Books < Not Escaping. Levy, Di rector McMuilan Says MAY EXAMINE BOOKS Law dives Revenue Department Right To Look Into AWunts of Merchants, Big or Lit tle, Attorney Rules Hail}' Oil*|>iitch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. 11 \ J. C. lIASKERVILL. Raleigh, Jan. 18—Is the sales tax being collected from the thousands of small merchants over the State who do not keep any books or any records of their sales? and if so, how is it being collected? For while there is no doubt that these merch ants are collecting the tax frofti the public, many people are of the belief that it is not being collected from these merchants by the State. But the sales tax is being collect ed from these small merchants that are scattered over the State and even tually will be collected from all of them, Director Harry McMuilan, of the division of assessments and col lections, said today. He explained how the tax is collected as follows: “These merchants are first visited by the field deputies and told that the law requires them to keep a re cord of their sales each day, so that they will have a total of their gross sale sfor the month. ;If at the end (Continued on Page Four.) Arms Supervision 3f Germany Asked Paris, Jan, 18 (AP) —France has informed Germany that “auto matic, periodic aiid equal super vision” of all armaments must be the foundation of any disarma ment agreement between the two nations, it was learned today. Tiie stand was taken in a me morandum transmitted to Berlin January 1. The German answer is expected daily. CWA Halts Purchases As Money Is Running Short Washington, Jan. 18. —(AP) — Pre paring for possible stoppage of the. civil works program on February 10 (because of funds running out, the Fed eral Civil Works dministration today halted purchases of materials and sup .plies for use on projects throughout the country. The order, issued by Audrey Wil liams, assistant administrator, on di rection of Harry L. Hopkins, repre sented —it was stated —“a stock tak ing.” 6 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY ss mm action Will Put Monetary Program Through House This Week and Send It on to he Senate DEBATE THERE WILL BEGIN COMING WEEK Two Billion Dollar Stabili. zation Fund Offered To Forestall Such Foreign In fluences As Great Britain Forcing United States Off Gold Standard Wash hug ton, Jan. 18.— (AP) —Ignor- ing committee quarrels over jurisdic tion and attempts to get hearings, the mighty Roosevelt strength in the house today was put behind an at tempt to get the monetary bill to the Senate this week. Senate debate woh’t beem until next week, however. The coterie of regular DemocratlkS leaders in the House decided to call the bill up tomorrow. The coinage committee Had just voted to favor the the bill, but with an amendment re quiring reports on the operation at the two billion dollar stabilization fund, and with hearing's to be held later. Formally reporting approval of the administration's monetary measure, the committee said that Great Bri tain 'forced the United States off the gold standard and the proposed two billion dollar stabilization funds was “intended to prevent a repetition or this experience.” Meanwhile, Secretary Morgenthau told reporters that the Federal Re serve Bank of New York, represent* ing the Treasury, was purchasing gold abroad, as well as domestically. Ho declined to give the amount. Before returning to the St. Law rence treaty debate in the Senate artd consideration of the interior depart ment. bill in the House, members of committees on both sides took action or testimony on a wide range of sub jects. The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approved George C. Mat (Cortimifcd 01. Kive.> 852 Killed In Traffic Last Year Appalling Toll Os Highways Contin ues In North Caro lina During 1933 Dully Dispatch llureau. In. Ilit* Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. €. BASICEIIViLIi. . v. Raleigh, Jan. 18.— Autbmdbilesj Combined with speed, whiskey and recklessness, killed 852 persons and 1 Injured 5,193 in 3,435 accidents in North Carolina during 1933, accord ing to figures released today by Di rector L. S. Harris of the motor ve hicle bureau of the Departmeht Os Revenue. This is the largest number of persons killed or injured in auto mobile accidents since accurate rec ords have been kept, starting with 1930. In the month of December, 193 ft, (Continued on Page Four.) The states were ordered to submit (immediately to Washington state ments of the amount they have spent on materials, obligations they have in curred for materials arid amounts needed to complete projects. It was stated at the civil works of fice that payrolls could be met upti; February 10 on present appropria tions, but that additional appropria tions by Congress would be needed to continue work beyond that time. Pre sident Roosevelt soon will seek ap propriations for that purpose.
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