HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-FIRST YEAR
MAY CUT PHONES TONIGHT
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More Patronage And Restoration Os Pay Cuts Demanded In Consress
UNDER CURRENTS
burst an
Committee of Senators
Wants Third of Pay Cuts
Restored Tomorrow,
More In July
PATRONAGE BOTHERS
MEMBERS OF HOUSE
Sales Tax Proposal Is Again
Killed In House Ways and
Means Committee, Mean
ing Probably That It Is De
finitely Dead for the Cur
rent Session
\V'i-tiington. Jim. 31. (AP) Two
cunti acting undcr-currcnto in Con*
•jrnss burst to the surface today in a
manner that, forebodes a necessity
fur administration reconsideration of
rbirnitig omre than a third of the
Kcdcral pay checks and of how to
piaeate patronage demands.
A committee of senators favored re
Jenin;: five percent of the pay cut.
effective tomorrow, and another
tid’d in July. President Roosevelt
advocated that only the one-third be
p ll l back in July. "More legislative
flickering is due before any decision.
The meaty matter of patronage was
bothering House Democrats, who.
like all other representatives, face «
fall election. The Texan, Blanton be
lated alleged Republican domination
of ttu> farm, public works and relief
ndmiaistrations, rousing his partisans
to applause in the chamber.
All of which proved nothing imme
diately. hut was taken to indicate
more roapproachment conferences be
tween the patronage arbiter. James
A. Pailey and the legislators.
Adcovates of a sales tax to but
11the Treasury were rebuffed by
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Greece To Expel
Samuel Insull At
Midnight Tonight
Washington, Jan. 31.—(AP)—
The State Department was ad*
vised today by the American Le
gation in Athens that the Greek
government would expel Samuel
Insult, former Chicago utilities
magnate, at midnight tonight,
when liis police permit expires.
The department cablegram was
s»>nf from Athens by Lincoln Mc-
Veigh, American minister, at 3 p.
in. today, Athens time. It said the
foreign office had officially in
formed the Lcgution that tlio per
mit would not ho extended after
midnight.
William Phillips, under score*
lary of stale, refused to comment
on what uction the United States
would take when Insull left
Greece.
3 Russians
Lose Lives
In Balloon
Grew Killed In Land
ing After Piercing
Stratosphere to New
I Lights
'■lo; cow, Jan. 31. —(AP)—All three
"ii'inborn of the crew of the Soviet
1 ~;d o phere balloon “Osoaviakim”
w 'billed between 3:30 p. m. and 5
!’ "I. yesterday several kilometers
"Utluast of Moscow near the vli
of Totisgyostrog.
1 tie disaster was announced,
■y today by the Soviet civil aviation
authorities after 24 nours of uncon
fil, ni(l reports and rumors while a
search went on for tl]e fliers, who
• v ' tciday reported they had reached
an , altitude of 67,585 feet.
•he offieial announcement said the
' " w was killed while attempting to
■oul the great balloon.
I ho balloon bag broke away from
u "' gondola as it hit the ground in
u hard landing. The force of the con
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A king’s ransom, $200,000 in $5
and $lO bills, has been asked for
the release of Edward G. Bremer,
kidnaped St. Paul banker and
brewer. This photo, snapped in a
St. Paul bank vvher» the money
6,000 Roosevelt Balls
May Net $2,000,000 For
Warm Springs Hospital
Americans Dance Well Into Dawn to Honor President’s
Birthday; Rich and Poor, High and Low Mingle in
Great Democracy of Great and Worthy Cause
(By the Associated Press.)
America, danced into the dawn to
day to give its President "the hap
piest birthday I have ever kr.pwn.”
After the ball was over—the 6.000
or more balls that were held in every
state and territory of the Union -a
fund that may reach $2,000,000 was
held forth to the President for the
benfit of sufferers from infantile
paraysis.
Figures that arc official will not
be available for several days, for the
committee in New York which direct
ed the amazing party honoring the
anniversary of Franklin De.ano
Roosevelt’s birth, asked the thousand*
Disgruntled Politicians Be
lieved Behind Rumors
Spreading About
Dully DiM|».'t<4>b BurriiH,
In Ibe Sir Walter Hotel.
ItV J. C. MASK 1011VILL>.
Raleigh, Jan. 30-Mrs. Thomas
O’Berry, State Civil works adminis
trator, has not resigned, has not
even thought about resigning, has
not been asked to resign and has no
intention of resigning, she said to
day, despite the rumors that have
been current for the last two days
to the effect that she either had re
signed, had been asked to resign or
(Continued on Pace Four.)
New Coast
Ships Cost
11 Million
Washington, Jan. 31. (AP) —The
Coast Guard today awarded to the
Navy contracts totalling $11,625,000
for the construction of seven new
cutters.
The cutters, each a modified type
of gunboat, will have 2,000 tons dis
placement and be 324 feet in length.
Two will be built at the New York
navy yard, four at the Philadelphia
yard, and one at Charleston, S. C.
Funds were furnished by the Pub
lic Works Administration, the ori
ginal plans calling for construction
of nine vessels, but when bids were
received by the coast guard the ag
gregate exceeded the money avail
able, and seven will be built instead.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER
LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRIIiS.
HERE’S RANSOM FOR BREMER
HENDERSON, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 31 1934
is being held in a vault awaiting
payment to the kidnapers, gives
an optical estimate of that much
money. There are 25,000 sep
arate bills in the pile—lo,ooo $5
bills and 15,000 $lO bills.
of local committees not to spend
money in telegraphing dollar and at
tendance statistics to it.
A canvass by the Associated Press
showed today, however, celebrants
numbered more than a million and
that receipts will perhaps exceed one
million dollars,.
Democracy keynoted tt\e night.
Swells in tail coats and lumberjacks
in flannel shirts, lovely ladies with
jewels about their necks and Indian
squaws who wear babies on their
backs —white man, Negro, Eskimo—
all creeds, all colors, all classes—
danced at this birthday party, which
had 48 states and Alaska for its floor.
No Schools
To Suffer
Over Fuel
Dully Dispatch liureuN,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
MV J. C. MASKERVILL.
Raleigh, Jan. 31. —None of U&p pub
lic schools in the State will be per
mitted to suffer for lack of fuel, and
sufficient coal or wood will be sup
plied to keep all t.hej»b(uildings warm
and comfortable for the children and
teachers, even if present fuel allot
ments are used up before the close of
the school term, Leßoy Martin, exe
cutive secretary of the State School
Commission said today. The school
commission has held approximately
$15,000 in reserve with which to pur
chase additional fuel wherever it may
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Prosecution for
CWA Graft Cases
Has Been Begun
Washington' J»»- 31.—(Al*)—
United States attorneys in four
States today were drafting crim
inal charges for prosecuting al
legal civil works graft cases.
Prosecutions in six states were
ordered last night by the Public
Works Administration investigat
ing division to which Hurry L.
Hopkins, CWA head, consigned
175 complaints submitted from 45
states.
Plans for expenditures were
turned over by Hapkins yesterday
to the House Appropriations Com
mittee, but House members in
general were not able to scan
them immediately.
Three of the prosecutions order
ed were in Kentucky, while Mar
land, Arkansas and Indiana had
one each. Only the Kentucky
charges were described as “se
rious.”
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geSSe
Only Practical Solution Os
Armaments Issued, Offi
cial Statement at
Rome Says
STATUS QUO LEFT
TO OTHER POWERS
Would Abolish Chemical
Warfare, Prevent Bom
bardment of Civil Popula
tions, Limit Present Level
of Military Units Not
Bound by Treaties
Rome, Italy, Jan. 31.—(AP) Italy
came out in favor of the re-armament
of Germany a.s the only practical
solution of the armaments issue, in
an official statement issued todoy.
This would be based on status qu#
for other powers on the principal as
pects of their armaments.
The following limitations, however
w’ould be applied:
Abolition of chemical warfare.
Prohibition of bombardment of civil
populations.
Limitations at present levels of miii
tiary units not bound by treaties in
force.
Limitation to its present size otter
restial equipment of these powers.
“Public opinion of the world is
convinced that the and prac
tical question is nojjonger to impede
German re-armament,’’ the memoran
dum said, “but to avoid that, this
should be effected outside the sphere
of regulation and control.”
Satterfield Case
To Reach the Jury
At Noon Thursday
Goldsboro, Jan. 31. (AP) —Evi
dence in the trial of Rufus Satterfield
for murder of Herbert Grice, iron
worker, slain from ambush last Oc
tober 22 was closed at 11 o’clock this
morning and arguments to the jury
begun.
When both sides had rested after
rebuttal testimony, attorneys for the
defendant, middle-aged married man,
whose alleged affair with Mrs. Grice
was the motive, the State contends,
for the slaying, made a motion for
non-suit. Judge R. Hunt Parker de
nied the motion and argument be
gan.
Court attaches estimated the case
would not go to the jury before noon
tomorrow. There were six attorneys
to be heard, as well as Judge Par
ker’s barge.
H U rHEE
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Increasing cloudiness and war
mer; probably rain or snow in
southwest portion late tonight;
Thursday rain and warmer.
FOR HENDERSON.
For 21-hour period ending at
noon today: Highest temperature,
33; lowest, 5; northwestwind;
clear; no rain.
Hitler Makes Self
Absolute Monarch
Berlin, Jan. 31. —(AP) —'Abolition of
state rights and the quiet jettisonffl®.
of the republican constitution became
the new order of things in Germany
today without a disen ting voice from
the nation’s law-making bodies.
Both the Reichstag and the Reich
stat whipped Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s
monumental reform bill through with
no more outward manifestation than
minor votes of confidence would have
required. There was no debate; the
vote was unanimous.
Action followed close upon Hitler's
fiery address marking the first anni
versary of Nazi power, in which he
stripped German states of their rights
slammed the doors in the face of for
mer Kaiser Wilhelm 11, and sharply
took Austria to task for suggesting
that Germany was plotting against
her independence.
MEDDLING IN AFFAIRS OF
AUSTRIA IS VIENNA VIEW
Vienna, Jan. 31. —(AP) —The Vienna
Biapatrh
OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
French Premier
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Sfc-; ’ • IhH
% miffl
Edouard Daladier
y ter three other statesmen had de
clined the post, Edouard Daladier
Minister of War in the Ghautemps
Cabinet and a former Premier, ac
cepts the task of forming a new
French cabinet to replace that of
Premier Ghautemps which resigned
under nre in connection with the
Stavisky scandal.
(Central Press)
clsolidationF
STATE UNIVERSITY
MOVING SPEEDILY
President Frank Graham <Re.
ports To Trustees in An
nual Meeting at Ra
leigh Meeting
MOVEMENT UNIQUE
EDUCATIONAL BOON
Outlines Changes Already
Put into Effect and Indi
cates Steps Planned for
Future; Friction and Clash
es Eliminated In Changes
Made
Raleigh, Jan. 31. —Through the co
operation and participation of trus
tees, alumni, faculty, students and
other interested citizens, consolidation
of the Greater University of North
Carolina is proceeding steadily and
orderly and without the friction and
clashes that have frequently charac
terized such movements in other insti
tutions when such steps were taken
hastily, President Frank Porter Gra
ham of the University of North Caro
lina reported to the board of trustees
assembled here today for their an
nual winter meeting.
Presenting his annual report, Dr.
Graham gave for the first time a
complete, comprehensive anaysis of
the progress of consolidation since the
act creating the Greater University
was passed by the 1931 Legislature.
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Journal today assailed Chancellor
Adolf Hitler’s address before the
German Reichstag as "unpermissible
meddling in Austria’s internal af
fairs.”
Comment in the Austrian press was
generally unfavorable.
ACTION IS GREETED WITH
MIXED FEELING IN LONDON
London, Jan. 31. —(AP) — London
newspapers accorded a mixed recep
tion today to Chancellor Hitler’s first
anniversary speech before the Reich
stag.
The conservative Daily Telegram
lauded the German leader os ,r a force
ful and resolute man, whose new
proof of mastery will astound the
world.”
The Laborlte DaTly" Herald said:
Specific utter
ances are eye-wash. That may be so,
but soon an assumption would swift
ly make wax'lnevitable.”
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY. \
DEADLOCK UNBROKEN
WITH COMPANY AND
CITY HOLDING FIRM
Saved by Court
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Four-year-old Raymond Velie,
above, is reported recovering i«
a hospital at Eau Claire, Wis.,
from an operation for a shin bone
infection, which was performed
on a court order after the boy’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Velie,
shown below with two of their
six other children, refused to per
mit the operation. The parents
attempted to prevent the opera
tion because they believed “the
healing power of God’s word”
would effect a euro.
«e
Service Charges To Be
Agreed Upon Then Or
Soon After That Time
FIRST CODE REFUSED
General Johnson Declined To Allow
Banks To Put It Into Effect
Because of High Scale of
Charges Made
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
MV J. C. BASKEHVILL.
Raleigh, Jan. 31. —Just what ser
vice charges will be put into effect
by the banks in North Carolina to
help defray the cost of handling ac
counts and of the government deposit
insurance, will not be definitely known
until after the public hearing before
General Hugh S. Johnson, NRA ad
ministrator, in Washington on Feb
ruary 16, Commissioner of Banks
Gurney P. Hood said today. Several
weeks ago General Johnson refused to
approve the national banking code be
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MRS. J. L. HORNE, SR.,
ROCKY MOUNT, DIES
Rocky Mount, Jan. 31. (AP) —
Mrs. J. 'Li. Horne, Sr., died at her
home here today after a long illness.
She was 81 years of age.
Prior to her marriage Mrs. Horne
,was Miss Lula. C. Parker of Wilson,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Caleb Parker, of that city.
Mrs. Horne is survived by her hus
band, J. L. Horne, Sr., one daughter,
and two sons, including J. L. Horne,
Jr., publisher o fthe Evening Tele
gram of this city.
Interment will take place in the
family plot in Pineview cemetery
here. The hour and day for the ser-
I vices have not been announced.
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Meeting of Council With
Phone Attorneys This Aft.
ernoon Makes No
Headway at All
WARNING GIVEN TO
COMPANY BY CITY
Told If Service Is Discon,
tinned, Will Be At Its Own
Risk and Peril, and City
Disclaims All Responsibil.
ity Whatsoever; Proposal
By Company
Unless there is some yielding on
one side or the other within a few
hours—and late this afternoon there
was no sign of any—Henderson pro
bably will be without ser
vice after midnight tonight as a re
sult of the impasse between the City
Council and the Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph Company over terms
for the renewal of the telephone
franchise.
A meeting of the City Council, with
all members present, was held this
afternoon at 2 oclock, lasting for al
most an hour, at which time B. H.
Perry, of local counsel for the com
pany, submitted in writing a proposal
by the company for at least tem
porary/continuation of servityj, but
the offer was received and filed.
Mr. Perry proposed that, if the
Counci would repeal its ordinance
placing a penalty of SSO per day upon
the company for failure to remove its
poles and wires from the streets of
Henderson the company would con
tinue service until an agreement were
reached or until the city could find
some one to buy the present psrf
perties of the Carolina company and
begin operation or until a new ex
change could be built by some one
else in the city.
The statement declared that such a
compromise “would - not in any af
fect adversely the interest of the city
nor of the Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Company. It was stated
that the company could not agree to
the citys terms for renewal of the
franchise “on account of its far
reaching effect on our operations
elsewhere.”
J. P. Zollicoffcr, a city attorney,
stated to Mr. Perry “that the City
of Henderson realizes the seriousness
of the situation” growing out of the
dispute over the franchise, and de
clared “the doors of the City of Hen
derson have not been closed to the
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph
Company, and that the City of Hen
derson is willing to grant the tele
phone company a franchise, upon,
conditions to be named by the city,
which conditions, in the opinion of
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Japs Plan
Program Os
Huge Navy
Auxiliary Vessels
Will Outrank Unit
ed States in 1936,
Tokyo Asserts
Tokyo, Jan. 31. —(AP)—The minis
ter of the navy told the House of
Representatives today that new auxi
liary vessels of the JaydWfeae navy
would outrank those- of the United
States at the end of 193 W.
In the House of Peersr Kenkichf
Yoshizawa, foremr foreign nfiinistfeft
said that if the Japanese and Ameri
can navies were to dictate the pro
gram with which their respective
governments enter the naval con
ference scheduled for 1935, a rupture
would be inevitable, leading, if the
.pessimist view is accepted, to inten
sified naval competition—even if wap
is averted.
“In view of these dangers,” he said,
"perhaps it would be better to aban
don the conference altogether, unless
preliminary negotiations should show
the possibilities of an agreement.”
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