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HENDERSON gateway TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR Ten Women Die In Flames That Sweep An Infirmary In Severe Cold Weather WIDOWS, DAUGHTERS CIVIL WAR VETERANS ROUSED IN HOME Fifteen in Building at Time of Fire, Five Saved Through Heroic Efforts TEMPERATURE WAS 18 BELOW ZERO MARK Fire Gained Great Headway Before Arrival of Firemen; Nozzles, Hose Lines and Plugs Freeze; Strong Wind Whips Flames Rapidly Beokville. Pa,. Feb. 20. —(APt Ten women, widows and daughters of civil war veterans were burned to d-xith in a fire that destroyed the in firmary of the Pennsylvania Mcrnorail Home early today. Tin re were fifteen women in the uiie story frame building, one of a group at the institution, when the blaZ' started and five of therr were n.oued as firemen battled the flames in bitter 18 below zero weather. The home is operated by the wo nt-n- relief corps of Pennsylvania, a c i ii it able organization. The fat I elow zero temperature froze fire hose. nozzles and fire l>lux- and greatly hampered the work of the site fighters. The firemen said the blaze had gained great headway by the time if their arrival and they found dif ficulty in gelling close to the burning building. Most of the patients, infirm women who apparently were helplessly trap ped as the flames burst forth. A I tong wind whipped up the fire and attendants worked heroicly to rescue the helpless women They carried out five, bundling Hu tn in blankets and overcoats to pro tn't them from the freezing cold. But a wall of flames, growing even hot ter blocked efforts to get at the re maining ten. TEXTILE SENIORS AT STATE ON TOUR t’olbge Station, Raleigh, Feb. 20. .Members of the senior class in the Tixtili School at N. C. Slate College lii'tai) their annua.) inspection trip this morning. Thirty students cotn j«i i<| the par ty and were accom panied by Dean Thomas Nelson, head of the Textile School. I’hr inspection trip will include visit to the Burlington Mills and the May Hosiery Company located at J’.ut lingion; the Proximity Print Works and the White Oak Mills in theen boio; the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Mills in their plants at Leaks ville, Spray, and Draper in North Carolina and Fieldale, Va.; and the lliverside and Dan River Mills In Danville, Va. HEAVYRREIOSS HAD Al SMITHFIELD Sanders Building Gutted, Presbyterian Church Is Damaged by Blaze Smithfield. Feb. 20.—(AP) Fire ‘ "ly today destroyed the Sanders building here, a structure occupying ;i MUnrter of a block and damaged ’be I’lesbytcrian church of Smith field. Ownci.s o f fp c building and fire de l’:"tment. officials this afternoon es ’imated the loss at SIOO,OOO partially «overed by insurance. 1 he Sanders building owned by Wil burn Sanders, of Raleigh and Smith aid. housed the local post office, 'stern Union and theatre of 650 ' :,, ii.g capacity in addition to a num b'' of small offices. f, '» u time after the flames were 'h covered at. 12:30 a. m. they threat- l ‘ l, "l to spread to a number of nearby '"‘ii'lings, and as a precaution guests made to leave the Smithfield l "’’' The church, however, was the '"'iy other building damaged and the guests returned to their rooms "■’"i the fire was brought until con ’"'l two hours after it was discover ed. [he mail was saved from the post HENDERSON, N. Qb iirnurrsmt ißatln Sfeuatrh WIHB SER VICE OF HIE ASSOCIATED PRESS. GERMANY SEEKS MOUNTAIN OF ORE? r;- * ... grx. 1 \ *Ra po ' ti ”\ land u V £? a A . rtRZBERG —4“- , near EISENER2, ’ I V STYRIA \ ~UE ■*_ -1—* — V. Here is a view of Erzbcrg moun tain, so-called “mountain of orc”, in southern Austria, which foreign observers assert may become a potential cause of war in Europe. To bring Erzbcrg within German borders is declared to be a reason why Germany would like to gam possession of Austria. The moun- COMMUNICATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND AREA BLOCKED BY S N 0 W Violent Gales Pile Drifts into Mountainous Propor. tions Stopping Traffic SNOWFALL IS ONE TO TWO FEET DEEP New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Caincels Train Service; All Rail Communications from Bos ton, Springfield to New York Blocked Boston, Feb. 20 (Al')— Violent Gales and heavy snow cut off Boston and other New England cities from all rail communications with New York city, imperiled ships and lives at seas and caused serious collisions on land and the demoralization of motor and rail way traffic. The New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad announced cancel ation of all train service between Bos ton and New York and Springfield and New York since yesterday. All service on these lines to New York City was annuled officials announced until further notice. Snow fall of 1 to 2 feet were driven into mountainous drifts, isolating whole communities, demoralizing traf fie and causing serious accidents. Several passengers were reported injured in a collision of a narrow gauge railroad train and a snow plow between Boston and Lynn. At Wal tham, Mass., a big oil rtuck stalled on a railroad crossing and was demol ished by a train. APPEAL IS MADE TO TOBACCO GROWERS Ask That They Request Con. gressional Action to Reg ulate Non-Signers Woodsdale, Feb. 20. —An appeal for flue-cured tobacco growers to request Congressional action to regulate non signers of the reduction contracts was made today by Claude T. Hall of Per son County, chairman of the Tobacco Growers Advisory Board in North Carolina. He stated that it is imperative that the production of non-signers be con- (Uontinued on Page Three.) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VtEGinta tain, which contains 300.000 00<i tons of iron ore. would keep G< r many supplied with all the oie -n --now needs. As a wsult of (1 ■ Treaty of Versailles. Germaj.y lost three-fourths of its iron oh in Al sacc-Lorrainc, Luxembourg and the Saar Location of the mountain is shown on map. REPEAL NDI EFFECT CORN SURPLUS MUCH Dean Schaub Points Out Only 1 percent of Crop Used Before Prohibition College Station, Raleigh, Feb. 20. Repeal of the 18th amendment will have practically no effect upon thv corn surplus of the Nation, says Dean I. O. iSchaub, extension service director at State College. The amount of corn used by dis tillers of spirituous liquors will be so little in comparison with the national corn production, Schaulb said, as to be negligible. Before the 18th amendment, was (Continued on Page 'lTiree.) Cotton Spinning During January 98.5 Os Capacity Washington. Feb. 20.—(Al’) — The cotton spinning industry was rejwrted today by the Census Bureau to have operated during Januaiy 98.5 of cap acity on a single shift basis, compar ed with 73.15 in December and 95.1 in January last year. Active spindle hours in North Car olina during January were 1,453.968,- 397 and the average per spindle in place 277. 67 Killed In January Automobile Accidents Figure Lower Than In December But Highest In Past Three Januaries; 317 Accidents With 401 People Injured In Crashes Dully Dispatch Bureap, In Ibe Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. V. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, Feb. 20—While the num ber of killed and injured in automo bile accidents in North Carolina in January was considerably fewer than in December, with 67 killed and 401 injured in 317 accidents involving 488 cars, as compared with the December figures of 103 were killed and 463 in jured in 357 accidents, they still ex ceed the number of killed and in jured in January of both 1932 and 1933, according to the figures releas ed today by Director L. S. Harris of the Motor Vehicle Bureau. The fig ures for the three years period are as follows: Killed Injured Accidents Jan., 1932 .. 55 370 282 Jan., 1933 .. 46 353 248 Jan., 1934 . . 67 401 317 Both Director Harris and Captain Charles D. Farmer of the State High- HENDERSON, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 20, 1934 SOUTHERN PINES BUSINESS SECIION IS HIT Bl' FIRE Fire Discovered at 8 a. m. In Grey Building Out of Cofntrol Two Hours Later AID IS SENT FROM TWO NEARBY TOWNS Eight Hose Lines Played on Blaze; Building Is Owned by Dr. Mcßrayer; Loss Is Estimated, Unofficially, at $25,000; Offices In Build, ing Burned Southern Pines, Feb. 20. —(AP)— Fire broke out in the Grey building in the business section of Southern Pines today and was istill out of control two hours alter it was dis covered. The fire, discovered at 8 a. m., threatened the entire business dis trict. Pinehurst and Aberdeen fire de partments were called to assist the Southern Pines department but smoke hampered their efforts. Eight hose lines were laid imme diately and the streams of water were played from all directions of the blaze but the flames continued to reach through the building. The ouilding is owned by Dr. L. B Mcßrayer, head of the North Caro lina Tuberculosis Association and houses the Western Union, a barber shop and the offices of the North Carolina Medical Association and the Tuberculosis Association. As the morning wore on, the fire fighters continued to battle the flames which roared on out of con trol. Unofficial estimates this morn ing placed the damage at $25,000. CHAUFFEURFINED 120 IN ALBEMARLE / Governor’s Driver Pays for Speeding; Trial Had Before Recorder Daily DinpHlch llureun. la Uir S». Walter Hotel, BY .1. BASKEiIVILIi. ■Raleigh, Feb. 20 Friends of Gover nor J. C. B. Ehringhaus here are hop ing that Albemarle is satisfied with the pound of flesh it got yesterday when it fined the Governor’s chauf feur, ‘‘Red” Aldridge, who is a native of Stanley county S2O yesterday for violating the speed limit when he drove the Governor’s car through there the other afternoon taking the Governor to deliver an address at Gatsonia. Governor Ehringhaus would make no comment today other than to say that he had directed his secretary, Charles Powell, who went to the trial before a judge of record er’s court there with Aldridge to plead "nole contender” to any charge or evidence offered and that he had signed ,his own personal check in blank to be filled in for whatever the fine and costs might be. Experienced legal minds here say that no officer in North Carolina has any power to arrest any state officer or any one operating his car, if the car is proceeded by a state or city on Pase Three.) way Patrol are glad to see the reduc tion from the December figures, which were the highest on record, and as cribed most of this reduction to the psychological effect of Governor Eh ringhaus’ appeal for safer and saner driving and his orders to the State Highway Patrol to be more severe with reckless drivers, drunken driv ers and irresponsible drivers. While the Highway Patrol has not complet ed its full report for January, it is known that more arrests were made in that month, the number running into the thousands. Many of these, of course, were for having improper license plaltes. But many of them also were for reckless driving, drunk en and careless driving. In this connection reckless and careless driving were responsible for a far larger number of killed and in jured in January than drunken driv- (Contlnued on Page Two.) House Certain To Vote On Cash Payment Os Bonus March 12; Names Secured Succeed 10l hroiie of Belgium ■ / ;J lorInKHBB ' x ll IMgWfi W fi hl Hr w A recent picture of Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium and his wife, the former Princess Astrid of Sweden. They have two chil dren. Sales Tax And Liquor Seen As The Principal Issues In ’35 Assembly BANKHEAD CONTROL PLAN FDR TOBACCO Advisory Board of N. C. As sociation Seek Method to Protect Control Signers CONFERENCE" IS HAD N. C. Congressional Delegation And Farm Heads Meet With Group at Representatives Kerr’s Office Washington, Feb. 20.—(AP)— Ap lication of the Bankhead principal of compulsory control to flue-cured to bacco as well as cotton was advo cated today by the advisory board of the North Carolina. Tobacco Growers Association. Board members here to seek some mctliod of protecting farmers who joined the acreage reduction plan for having their objectives of a smaller crop defeated by non-cooperators, agreed the Bankhead compulsory con trol plan was the “most feasible.” Claude T. Hall, of Woodsdale, N. C., president of the board, indicated an effort might be made to the cot ton control bill introduced by Senator Bankhead, Democrat, Alabama, amended to include tobacco. Hall 1 , and other board members, later today were to attend a con ference in Representative Kerr with farm administration officials and members of the North Carolina Con gressional delegation. Representative Hancock, Democrat. North Carolina, who arranged the conference, invited Chester Davis. AAA Administrator, J. B. Hutson, chief of the Farm Administration to bacco section, and J. C. Lanier, to bacco specialist, to meet with the de legation. W EATHER FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Wednesday; colder in east portion tonight; slowly rising temperature Wed nesday. FOR HENDERSON. For 24-hour period ending at noon today, highest temperature, 45; lowest 17, .66 inches of rain, northwest wind, clear. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY.. Observers Believe No Chance for Repeal of Sales Tax Law, May Be Changed MAY MAKE EFFORT TO SUBMIT REPEAL Experience In Recemt Elec tion on Repeal of Eight eenth Amendment May Prevent Submission Os Questioln; People May Change Their Hearts Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Waiter Hotel, 111 J. C. UASKEHVILL. Raleigh, Feb. 20.—The sales tax and liquor are going to be the two big gestquestion with which the 1935 Gen eral Assemlbly is going to have to wrestle, according to more and more observers here. The bulk of opinion is to the effect that while there is not a chance for the sales tax to be repealed, unless the people of the State want to Close the schools, that many efforts will be made to change the sales tax law and that it probably will be changed in several respects. With regard to the Turlington Law, the State’s prohibition enforcement act, the bulk of opinion now is among both the public and former members of the General Assembly, that while a strong effort will Ibe made to repeal or revise it in the 1935 General As sembly, that it is not likely to do any thing about it. An effort may be made to submit the question of re peal of this act to a vote of the peo ple before the 1937 General Assem bly meets, probably at the general election of 193 Q. But the experience in the recent election with regard to (repeal of the eighteenth amendment may even prevent the submission of this question in a general election. There is a possibility, of course, that eleven months from now the people of the State may undergo a change of heart with regard to State prohi bition and decide that some changes need to be made in the Turlington law. But at the present time t>e pre vailing opinion in political circles here is that few, if any, changes will be made. But there is going to Ibe a real fight over the sales tax, everyone agrees, although it is becoming increasingly popular—so that some of the candi dates for the 1935 General Assembly (Continued on Page Three.) 8 r PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY ROOSEVELT NOT ID SANCTION PAYMENT IN CASH AS N 0 W Message From Bankers Os Business Improvement Is Received By President HOUSE TO PASS AIR MAIL BILL TODAY Emergency Bill Expected To Go Through Before Ad. journment; Federal Spend, ing Leaped Past Four Bil lion Dollar Mark on Bill Recommended Washington, Feb. 20 (AP)—De spite expressed opposition by President Roosevelt to cash pay ment of the bonus, the 145 signa tures necessary to get that propo sition before the House of Repre sentatives were obtained this aft ernoon and a vote March 12 is certain. > PRESIDENT SEES TROUBLE AHEAD IN HIS POLICIES Washington, Feb. 20 (AP)—Sight ing troubles ahead for some of his policies, President Roosevelt passed the word today that he could not sand tion cash payment of the bonus now. This was given to the press by Speaker Rainey a khort time after the President had a reassuring message from bankers that they have been lm~ polled to more lenders by business im provement. He received representatives of the American Bankers Association before turning later in the afternoon to the Western Congressional objectors to the sugar control prospects, who had plenty to say. Senate and House concern, mean while, was mainly over strengthening navy sea power and tightening adr ministration of that department. House leaders decided to pass tha administration emergency air mail bill before adjournment tonight. A spicy point of today was the frankness with Which a stock ex change specialist, Charles C. Wright, testified how he made $138,000 last summer in the stock in Which he was a specialist. He had referred to some dealings when the stock was going down as "a nightmare.” Federal spending for the fiscal year leaped past the four billion dollar mark today to the accompiment of a recommendation to the House that $62,226,000 be allowed the agricultural department and Farm Credit admind istration for the year beginning July 1 Two Ships In Distress In Blizzard Furious Seas Hamp er Coast Guard, Un known Number Im periled (By the Associated Press.) Distress calls from two ships caught in a raging blizzard off the Massa chusetts coast sent Coast Guard craft plowing through furious seas to the rescue today. The steamer, Northern Sword, a coastwise craft of 2,548 gross tons, ran ajVhore at Winthrop Head, just off Boston. An S.O.S. was sent to Mackay and Radio Marine Corpora,- tion at 6:30 a. m. A short time early, the fishing schooner Hope Leslie a crew of ten, clinging to the rigging, sent out dis tress signals off Buzzard Bay. Signal rockets called for quick as sistance shot upward in the blinding sleet and snow An unknown number of lives were imperiled aboard the two crafts.
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