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II UNPERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR BANKHEAD COTTON BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE Underworld s Armed Men Exceed U. S. Army And Navy. Senators Told ATTORNEY GENERAL PLEADS AUTHORITY Tfl COMBAT CRIME Cummings Appears Before Committee To Urge Leg islation for War Upon Gangsters TWILIGHT ZONE OF AUTHORITY EXISTS l ack of Full Coordination of Federal and State Activi ties Ba sis of Request For Greater Government Pow er; Situation Benefits Rov ing Criminals W'ji. liinglon, March 19. (AI * * At t"im V Genorjtl Cummings said today j 111;11 Anici ica's underworld has more limed men than the United States At my and Navy combined. The statement was made to the j Senate Judiciary Committee as it be-j :;;m consideration of a group of bills j übmitted hy the Justice Department | to aid the government in a war on gangsters. Speaking in ea:m, quiet voice, tic called on Congress to enact strong legisintion, asserting: "There are more people under arms in itie underworld today than in trie aims and navy of the United States." <'niiiniings outlined the legislative ptopo als and explained they were tiiee. ,aiy because of a “twilight /.one of authority between the states and I'Vdeial jurisdiction, which has ar foided roving bands of criminals op portunily to operate with success.” ONE POTOVERON PRSION OFFICIALS No Punishment, However, For Brother of Victim Who Crashed Gates Dully OlM|»n<<-h Itnren#. In the Sir Walter Hotel. j Fla! i; 1) March IV*. Prison officials who Lad one put over on them Fri-j da\ win n Jesse Brooks, of Durhaitt, ! and James Johnson, of Hoke, were j i \rented for murder, say there is no punishment for a witness who crash- j i*s the iron gates in disobedience or j the rule against relatives of these | < i iminals’ victims witnessing the elec ei i ocut ions. It all happened this way Friday: Crooks was put to death for killing j Mr.wland A. Gill. Mr. Gill had a. broth | it, Jmdie Gill, who wished to see tne } man cl it who killed his brother. The ! I mu ham officers did not seem to know , that their neighbor was not the "Mi. King” that he represented himself to L, and introduced him as an officer! The prisoner came in and smiled as he spoke to "Mr. Jerdie." The news- j (Continued on Pafia Two.) Mussolini’s I language Is Feared Now Hold Speech Sunday Like I hrowing Dust” In Eyes of French Officials Kome, March IfMAP) —Mussolini’s '•"id language in his speech at. Rome v> lerday, in which lie reviewed taly’s L lejgn relations, was described au- Kioriial ively today as like “throwing 'hi f | n the eyes of French officials. They were keenly disappointed, Kaiing II Ducc had upset the apple 'art .they thought, was quietly heading toward a French-Italian a.nd Little T'aitento friendship. I! Duce told Facists that none of Ku problems with France in 15 years has been solved, warned Paris not to (Continued on Page Two) Mtxwvr&tm Batin B f snatch Lindbergh On Witness Stand Candid Camera shows how Col. Charles A. Lindbergh looked as he spoke into microphones of radio net works and sound cameras and told Army Resumes Mail Job, Guarding Safety First Another Hier Loses His Life, However, on Eve of Re sumption of Flying; Total Now Eleven; Roosevelt May Agree to Modify Permanelnt Air Mail Bill Washington. March 19. (AP) Mail-laden army planes again zoom ed -oday over a skeletonized system of airways, with “safety first” the ol der of the day. Grounded for a. week because of a ten-man death list now raised to eleven -the army mail men took io Ihe air again over eight routes. Flight operations were started during the night. The War Department waited for the report of a board of inquiry into tne crash that took the life of Lieutenant H. G. Richardson at Cheyenne Sat urday. SALES TAX VOTES SHOWN IN SURVEY Merchants’ Journal Funnish es Fuel for Fire In Cam paign Battle Daily Di*|Mil«b Uorpnu. In the S»« Walter Hotel. Raleigh, March 19.—Record votes on the sales tax in the 1933 General Assembly have been compiled by the Carolina-Virginia Retailer and put in to the March issue with an editorial injunction to remember that some oi the men who voted for and against this “most injurious, oppressive, and unfair piece of tax legislation ever written into law. The Increasing number of public meetings which arc assailing the tax makes certain that it will be an is sue in the campaign despite the uni versally recognized populat indiffer ence to paying the tax. Secretary Wil lard Dowell, of the merchants asso ciation of the State, warned his peo ple that once on the books the law la.w never would be taken off. Lig business, he said, would not suffei it. But he knew also that long sub mission to the tax would make the people forgetful of it. However, there is more aggressive and organized opposition to it than appeared to be possible at the outset. The merchants are helping to hurt it by going after the men who enacted it. The issue will be bothersome. Many very violent opponents of it do not wish to be committed irrevocably a gainat it. Very few pledge unequi vocal opposition to it. Others would (Continued on Page Two) ONLY leased wire service of the associated press. DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 19, 1934 I Senators and nation of his objections j to the new air mail bill now before j senate postoffice committee. (Central ! Press Photo.) When Brigadier - General Oscar Westover, chief of air mail activities, gave the word that his men were “all set,” the fliers were provided witn carefully inspected planes. newly equipped for blind and night flying and with improved radio facilities. Coincidentally, some indications were seen here that President Roose velt might acquiesce to modifications of the permanent air mail bill. Congressional leaders acted to speed the bill after a conference at the White House yesterday that was at tended also by Attorney General Cum mings and postal officials. Calls Off House Vote On Silver Washington, March 19. — (AP) House action on the Feisinger bill for the purchase of a billion and a. half ounces ol" silver was called off by Speaker Rainey today at the re quest of President Roosevelt. This was made known by Speaker Rainey at a press conference shortly after Secretary Morgenthau said Pro fessor .Tames Harvey Rogers, of Yale, (Continued on Page Two.) Three Representatives Seek, ing Renomination For 1935 Legislature Dully DlsjiaO-h Harrs e. In the Sir Walter Hutel. Raleigh, March 19.—Wake county IHjlitics will have a chance this year to break an all-time record by re nominating and electing three repre sentatives. Dr. S. E. Douglass and W. Brantley Womble, who were members of the 1933 assembly, have announced their (Continued on Page Two.) Court Rev erses Order of I. C. C. Washington, March It). —(Al*) — An Interstate Commerce Commis sion order directing the Pennsyl vania railroad and the Pennsyl vania company to dispose of stock in the Wabash and the Lehigh Val ley railroads was set aside today by the Supreme Court. INDEPENDENCE FOR” PHILIPPINES BILL PASSESTHE HOUSE Not Necessary To Take Rec ord Vote To Determine Sentiment on the Proposal HAD ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT Somewhat More Liberal Than Lapsed Hawes-Cut ting Act, But Embodying Most of Its Features; Early Action In Senate Is Now Expected "Washington, March 11* (AP) — I The McDuffie-Tydings Philippine inde pendence bill passed the House today and was sent to the Senate. It would grant the Philippines until October 1 to organize a republic. There was not even a record vote on the measure. Having administration approval, the measure was brought, up by Chair- ] man McDuffie, of the insular commit tee, under suspension of the House rules which required at least a two thirds majority for passage. President Roosevelt requested the legislation, somewhat more liberal than the lapsed Hawes-Cutting act, but embodying most of its important features. Early Senate action is expected. Attacks Renewed By Bishop Cannon Upon Indictments Washington, March 19 (AP)— Bishop James Cannon, Jr., and his secretary, Miss Ada L. Burroughs to day renewed their attacks on indict ments charging them with conspiracy to violate the Federal corrupt prac tices act. They asked the District of Colum bia Supreme Court to quash two counts remaining against them. Pre viously the Supreme Court had thrown out eight of the ten original counts, but had upheld the sufficiency of the others. The motion to quash will be heard Friday by Justice Peyton Gordon, who is expected to pass upon it before de ciding a date for trial, Roosevelt’s “Deserters” Are Listed Sensitive Patronage Nerves of House Democrats Conced ed ly a Bit Jumpy Washington, March 19.—(AP) —The sensitive patronage nerves of several House Democrats were conceded a bit jumpy today after word seeped out that Speaker Rainey is compiling a list of all those who have voted “wrong.” With House leaders being over thrown hy large numbers on recent bonus and veterans’ votes, the list will be a long one. It will cover 21 roll calls, stretch ing back to the start of the Roosevelt (Continued from Page Two.) Insulls FaceDifferentFate 'n fl m mm II || ittj The long fight of the Insull broth ers, Samuell, left, and Martin, right, to avoid extradition to the United States, where they face charges of lanceny and embezzlement resulting from the collapse of the vast Insull utilities empire, appear lost until Sat urday. Samuel Insull’s effort to es cape from Athens in a Greek boat he had chartered ended unsuccessfully when the Greek ministry of marine ordered the boat to return. It return ed, and then the government told him he would have to ~gft -out again. He Revenue Os Government Far Ahead Os Last Year Already In Excess of Entire Fiscal Year of 1933, With Over Three Months Still To Go; Processing and Liquor Taxes Help; Deficit Is Greater Also Washington, March 19—(AP)—Gov ernment receipts for the 1934 fiscal year .which ends June 30, today reached $2,132,545,000-or more than was collected in the entire fiscal year of 1933, when receipts came to $2,- 079,696,722. New taxes, including those on agri cultural processing and distilled spirits, were important contributors to the larger revenue. Income tax collections for the fiscat year to March 16, the latest day avail able, were $422,212,000, as against $453,007,000 last year. Deposits on income taxes during Instill In Danger In Sea Storm Athens, Greece, March 19.—(AP) Samuel Insull, Sr., erstwhile giant of American public utilities, cruised the storm-swept Mediterranean today in a tramp freighter. His friends here said that the very life of the 74-year-old man was in en dangered by the violence of the storm, since Insull was not a good sailor, even in the days when he oc cupied while suites in the best ocean liners afloat. Rumor said that the safety of the Chicago fugitive also was endanger ed by the presence aboard the old freighter of a group of gangsters who hoped to hold Insull for ransom. The presence of gangsters was theoretical, but there was no question about the actuality of the storm. The freighter, the Maiotis, was pre sumed to be about 300 miles off shore, probably cruising a zigzag course and awaiting instructions from shore as to where Insull could head on his pre sent attempt to escape United States justice. , PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. He did, without even landing from the boat, and may now have made his es cane permanent. The solid line in the map shows how far the boat had progressed when it was ordered back to a point near Piraeus, while the dotted line shows Insult’s intended de stination. While Samuel’s flight was halted, his brother, Martin, who has been in exile in Canada, lost his ap peal in the Ontario appeal court to escape extradition, and is expected to be returned immediately to Chi cago, where indictments were issued. March were $125,005,359, as compared with $69,667,920 last March, when banks were closed. Actual collections, however, have ex ceded $150,000,000, but will not show on the Treasury’s daily statement un til checks are cleared and the cash is actually on deposit. Expenditures for the fiscal year to date were $4,589,680,000, as compared with $3,595,878,000 last year. This year’s deficit was $2,457,135,000, as compared with $2,234,280,000 in 1933. Emergency expenditures during tne fiscal year were $2,652,216,000, or more than the deficit. S. C . s Suit On Tobacco Firm Lost Washington, March 19. —(AP) —The Supreme Court refused today to rule on the validity of a South Carolina law under which proceedings had been started against Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company for doing business in that State without filing such papers and dismissed the ap peal. The South Carolina Supreme Court held certain parts of the act of Marcn, 1922, invalid, but sustained that pan requiring the filing of “domestica tion” papers. These related to its prin cipal place of doing business in the State, provided how service of legal papers could be made, and requirea annual statements of capital stock ac tually paid, the names and addresses of officers and the board of directors, and a copy of its charter and by-laws. WEATHER. FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, rain tonight and pos sibly in northeast portion Tuesday morning; colder tonight and in south portion Tuesday. 6 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Opponents Base Objection Largely on Compulsion Principle Embodied In Measure VOTE FOR MEASURE VERY MUCH LARGER Cbeck-Up on [Democrats’ Who Oppose President' Roosevelt Believed To Have Caused Many To Change Their Minds; Emergency [Limited jTo Two Years New Orleans, La„ March 19. (AP) Cotton futures rallied sharply today in response to * ’ House passage of the Bankhead crop control lull, more than re covering an early reaction of $1.70 a bale. Washington, March 19.—(AP)—The’ Bankhead compulsory cotton control bill was passed today by the House. It now goes to the Senate. The House count was 251 to 114. Its advocates urged enactment on the ground that it would be a boon to cotton producers, and opponents based their objection largely on the compulsion principle. Only eight Re publicans sided with 238 Democrats, and all five Farmer-Laborites in vot ing for the bill. •Twenty-eight Democrats, however, joined 88 Republican against, it.. Speaker Rainey voted "yess,” and two Democrats, Doughton of North Carolina, and Gray, of Indiana, voted "present.” Designed to stabilize cotton prices, the administration measure would li mit, production in the coming cotton year to 10,000,000 bales, and levy a tax of 50 percent of the market value on staple produced in excess of quota allocated to producers. Termed an emergency measure, it would have a life of two years, and could be extended a third year by presidential proclamation. Production in the second and third years would be fixed by the secretary of agriculture, provided two-thirds of the growers approved continuation of the law. The President would be em powered to suspend it at any time. Advocates of the measure were sur prised by the vote piled up for the I (Continued on ’"age Two.) Think Veto Planned By Roosevelt President Calls For Figures on Increase In Costs Bv Recent Bills Washington, March 19.—(AP) ; President Roosevelt today called for figures on the increases in veterans’ allowances and government salaries voted in Congress, and was told that the sum is $288,000,000 above budget allowances. Representative Wood rum, Democrat Virginia, chairman of the House cofu mittee in charge of the 'bill, reported on the figures involved. He said that Mr. Roosevelt gave no expression of view, but the op inion was apparent that Mr. Roose velt was not favorable to this increase in appropriations. His call for figures involved in the upset made by Congress in the economy legislation was belljfefred by some to foreshadow a veto. House and Senate conferees will gb into session Wednesday to adjust dif ferences between the two chambers. The bill is expected to reach the White House late this week or early next. Should the President determine to veto the legislation, it is believed the administration will offer an imme diate new plan on veterans and pay cuts. K .
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