North Carolina Newspapers

HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR Government Budget More Than Evened Up, Excluding Huge Relief Expenditures INCLUDING RELIEF, HOWEVER, DEFICIT Expenditures Are $4,848,- 004,000 for First Nine Months of The Fis cal Year ROUTINE EXPENSES UNDER 2 MILLIONS And Revenue Is $2,305,704,. 000; Emergency Outlays Are $2,860,965,000, But Spending Won’t Reach Es timates; Public Debt Now $26,157,509,000. Washington, April 3. (AP) The government closed nine months of the fi-cai year today with expenditures oif l $4,848,004,000, and a deficit of $2,542.- 299.000. As this was made known, the Trea ty was planning for one billion dol lars of April financing and noting what it considered tangible evidences of business improvement Routine operating expenses at the clo.-e of March totalled 1,987,939.000. compared With revenue of $2,305,704,- 000. Emergency outlays of 2.860,965,000 exceeded the amount of the deficit. Only three months of the fiscal yeai remained, and Treasury officials con ceded that, emergency spending would not reach the seven billion dollar fig ure previously estimated for June 30. The public debt at the close of March wr< $26,157.709,000, tas comV pa-ed with 21.352,464,000 a year ago. the rale of spending again draped off in March to the lowest figure since November. Total March outlays were $610,237,937. as compared with $635,- 321.855 in February, and $980.579 087 in the peak month of January. The emergency portion of March spending was $447,323,000. ENGINEERS TO MEET AT STATE COLLEGE College Station, Raleigh, April 3. Tli« spring convention of the North f ’a.»olina Section of the American In stitute of Electrical Engineers will bf h<-'d thi year at N. C. State College, April 13, it was announced today. The convention will A e held in cele bration of the fiftieth anniversary < ,hr organization Afternoon and even ‘-n v sessions will he held and the pro gram; for both have been prepared. Roosevelt Decides On i r i - ' • Longer 1 rip Assured He Is Not L rgently Needed in Capital, President I o Remain A wav J Miami, Fla., April 3. <AP)—-Presi •b'lit Roosevelt sailed into new soutn ,,|n waters today determined to con ,b'ue b > s happy vacation cruise over the week-end. ■Mis ship was pointed south late yesterday after a consultation with ' "iigressional leaders had assured him n r t > was no need for his return to “■** capital this week. 'yith the words, “All well and hap- I’.' the yacht Nourmahal proceeded oitanew base today in the vicinity of -1 kkw Key ight, Cay Sal Banks. e President's two elder sons, •. -'mes Elliott, were en route to Uh ishin 8 grounds from here by t'ndght t>lane 1 expected to return in extending his fishing cruise, the tesi ent set the record for recent I n * rs ln ab «ence from the capital dur y a session of Congress, but his Mil/ ' onfac^B b y radio with Capitol gave him the needed assurances Th\ ° n f ° r a * ew more days. ‘ trip originally was scheduled hrlVe ended on Friday. CM Its M Hrttbrrsrm iJatlu Stauatrh Hats in Ring in Pennsylvania • fTJ mTJ «- 5 MORRIS MAURICE BLOOM „ - ° * " EED C D COPELAND of.the candidates for governor and senator who are makine the welkin ling in Pennsylvania as primaries near and Democrats seek to ma ve more gains. George H. Earle, recent minister to Austria and C D opeiand are Democratic candidates for governor, and Roland S. Morris* •itbUf t a, I \ ,l,as j iy - (io^to^ a P an ' is Democratic candidate for senator in oppo-’ Dav,d A -ff eed * « whose seat is also sought by Gifford Pinchot and Maurice H. Bloom, Republicans. Wm. Schnader and Charles Mar giotti are Rep. candidates for governor. fCentral Press) Prison Camp Here Most Progressive In State Daily D!«pt»tcfc llßrent l»i the Sir \V(lifer Hotel. OT ,1. V DASKFJIYII.L. Raleigh, April 3.—The most wide awake and up-and-coming prison camp in the State is the one hi Vance county, near Henderson, according to Assistant Warden L. G. Whitley, in charge of discipline in all the State’s 87 different prison units scattered over the State. The prisoners in the Vance county camp have organized a night school, with some of the bet) ter educated prisoners volunteering as teachers, and have asked permission to carry on this school, Whitley said. "This is the first camp in which tlie prisoners have voluntarily taken the initiative to organize a night school j and we consider it a most commend able indication of a healthful state ol j mind among the prisoners,” Whitley i OLD FORI MACON TO BE RESTORED National Park Service To Assist In Creating Recre ational Area Dully DI«M»Mt«*l» In lh»* Sir Walter Hotel. )f V J. c. BASKEH VII/L. Raleigh, April 3.-Historic old Foil Macon, which for centuries has been the site of fortifications guarding tht» territory near Beaufort and Moreheau City against attacks from the sea, will oe developed into what gives promise of being one of the greatest recrear tional attractions in North Carolina, under plans being worked out by the Department of Conservation and Dev eiopment and the National Park Ser> vice. A Civilian Conservation Corps camp has been allotted for the project and it is expected to be established by the middle of April with possiblf an advanced detachment sent to the site within a few days, according to in formation just received by State Foi ester J. S. Holmes. Although official notification has not been receifed to this effect., it is believed that the camp now station ed at Stantonsburg will be moved to Fort Macon. The fort property, consisting of some 412 acres, was granted to the State of North Carolina in 1924 by act of Congress, and has been admin istered by the Department of Conser vation and Development as a State Park since that time. Plans for improvement include the restoration of the massive old fort, he completion of a motor road from the beach terminus of the cause-way across Bogue Sound from Morehead City, and control of drifting sands as the first step in reforestation of that portion of “the 'banks.” The road. (Continued on Page Four.) ONLY DAILY LEASED WIRE SERVICE Oir THE ABBOOATED PRESS NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. * HENDERSON, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 3, 1934 waid. “J ait once instructed the camp superintendent to permit the pr lon ers to hold the night school" and to organize and hold whatever classes they wauled to." While he did not remember the names of the prisoners who were most, active in organizing the night school., Whitley said that some of those who helped get the movement started were among the more intel ligent and better educated bootleg gers or “retail liquor dealers" who have been convicted and are new ser ing sentences. Whitley says that at 73 per cent of the State’s short term prisoners and a large percentage of tiie longer term prisoners are in carcerated either directly or indirect ly as the result of violation of the •State’s prohibition laws. MAXWELL DEFENDS Speech At Chapel Hill Look, ed Upon As Reply To Reactionaries Dully Dl iMiteh Ifiirenn, In the Sir \V .Iter Hotel. IIV J. C. BASKEII V 11,1, Raleigh. April 3.—The many advan tages which the proposed new State Constitution as worked out by the 1933 General Assembly and the State Constitutional Commis.- on, which will be submitted to a vote of the people for adoption or reject on in the No vember election this fill, were point ed out by Commissio er of Revenue A. J. Maxwell, in a talk before thb University of North Carolina Law •School in Chapel Hil last night. Mr. Maxwell was a member of the Com mission which drew up the original draft of the new constitution which was submitted to the 1933 General As sembly and which was not changed materially by that b-xdy. For some weeks now there has been an increasing interest in the new con stitution and the opponents of its adoption, regarded as belonging to the reactionary and ultra - conservative wing of the Democratic party, under the leadership of Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt and former Lie utenant, Governor R. T. Fountain, have ibeen carrying on a more and more intensive campaign against it. While Mr Maxwe.l did not refer to any one by name nor to the campaign a gainst the new document, his address is regarded as a reply to some of the changes that have been made con cerning it. “It is true that the proposed con stitution does not rely upon arbitrary constitutional provisions to fix tax rates. This method of tax protection has been found in our own expert ence to be wholly unreliable and un workable,” Mr. Maxwell said. Vlex icans Feared Miss Duke Pauper «• E., April 3 (Al*)—The American colony was still chuck ling <dd »y over the case of Miss Dorb I‘uke, heiress to the Duke million*- She i' rrived here last night on a visit, as provided by law, was gravely questioned by immigration official* as to whether she had suf j [ ficicnt money so that there was no danger she might be come a charge on the hands of the republic of | Mexico. OF PRESENT SIZE Motion Affecting Executive Committee To Be Made At Convention T omorrow LOCAL PATRONAGE MAY BECOME LOCAL County Committees May Be Entrusted With Passing Out Jobs; Lively Fight Over Chairmanship Look ed for at ChafioHe Meet ing Tomorrow Charlotte, April 3. —(AP)—Warren V. Hell, of Charlotte, announced just prior to a meeting of the State oi gan’zation committee of the Repub lican party here today, that he would move in the meeting for reduction ol the State executive committee to ap proximately half of its present size The committee was also understood to number among its members sev eral pioponents of plains for returning local patronage matters into the hands of county committees, with the State committee merely acting as a rubber stamp of approval. The organization committee's ses sion was executive, sa will be tonight’s session of the platform committee. The State Convention of the party will be held tomorrow, with a lively fight promised over selection ot a chaiAnan. BROKER GUILTY OF WOMAN’S MING Arthur Morse, Wall Street Operator, Pleads Guilty lini New York New York, April 3. —(AP) —Arthur W. Morse. Watt Street broker, today pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree in connection with the death of Mrs. Edna Field Geavett, of Brookline, Mass. Judge Charles C. Knott, Jr., in gen eral sessions court., remanded Morse lo Tombs prison for Sentence April 17. Mrs. Leaviette was found beaten and; 'unconscious in Morse’s apart*- ment. in Greenwich Village March 13, last, and died a short time later. An autopsy showed death was due to cerebral compression. Morse was held on a charge of homicide .and later a grand jury in dicted him on a charge of murder in the first degree. “First, we tried a constitutional li mitation of the composite rate of tax for State and counties of 66 2-3 cents. This became so unworkable that it was thrown out by amendment in 1919 and Bf limitation of 15 cents for couiir ty levies for general expenses sub stituted for it leaving no limitation for schools, roads and debt service. “To illustrate the worthless charac ter of this limitation, levies were made for general expenses last year in 93 of the 100 counties that exceeded 15 cents. These levies varied from seven and ninetenths cents in the low est to seventy-five cents in- the high est county. The limitation losses its value as a constitutional mandate when it gives the unlimited right to exceed it upon authorization of the General Assembly.” The wide variety of rates which different counties find it necessary to levy shows the utter impracticability of trying to fix in the constitution of the States a uniform limitation on tax rates for all counties, Mr. Max well said. The proposed constitution abandons this theory of tax limitation and places the responsibility on the fOntHuM on Page Four) WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Wednesday; not much change in temperature. i*ro3g. i Stock Control Bill Starts Its Way Through Congress And Weathers First Attack Congress Mourns Edward W. Pou fpl || |j.'||it|pHl JU ijp Official Washington mourns the death of Representative Edward W. Pou, of North Carolina, dean of the House. Photo shows genetfM view of the funeral on the House floor, at a joint session of the House, Senate and Congressman Pou Buried At Old Smithfield Home Great Concourse of His Colleagues from Washington and Prominent North Carolina Citizens Gather In Final Tribute To Noted Statesman Smithfield, April 3. —(AP) — The body of Edward ’William Pou, veter an congressman from the fourth North Carolina district, and dean of the House was brought home today for burial. Borne south on a fast train of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, whicn made a special stop at this little home town of the political leader, the body was accompanied by one of the most distinguished congressional delega tions ever to attend a funeral outside Washington, As the train drew to a stop here, hundreds of townspeople were waiting in quiet sorrow, and nearly a thou sand Negro school children stood at attention, the flag at their head at half mast, in tribute to “Mr. Ed.” as the congressman was known in the district he served for 33 years. A cortege of automobiles more than a mile long wound its way from the station behind the motor hearse whicn bore the body to St. Paul’s Episcopal church, within a stone’s throw of the Pou home on Second street. In the delegation which accom panied members of the Pou family were Speaker Henry T. Rainey of the House; House Majority Leader Jose South Carolina Highway Patrolmen Rushed to Nearby Town in Huint Columbia, S. C., April 3 (AP)— A report that John Dillinger, gangster, was heading through this section of South Carolina to day, proved to be a false alarm. State highway patrolmen who hurried to investigate the report, said that, although they did not find Dillinger’s car, fhey did locate one of similar description belonging to tourists. What might have been taken for machine guns, they said, were only pieces of luggage. Columbia, S. C.. April 3.—(AP) — State Highway patrolmen were rush (Continued on Page Taree.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. U. S. Supreme Court, as the body rests in State, Vice President John N. Gar ner and Speaker Henry T. Rainey, are shown presiding jointly, as House Chaplain James S. Montgomery offers prayer. • ph W .Byrnes, of Teimesse; House Minority Leader Bertram E. Snell of New York; Representative John J. O’Connor, of New York; Representa tive Joseph Martin, Jr., of Massachu setts, and Representative William B. Bankhead, of Alabama who will suc ceed Mr. Pou as chairman of the pow srful House Rules Committee. North Carolina members of Con gress who accompanied the ibody were Senator Robert. R. Reynolds and Re presentatives Walter Lambeth, Ze~ bulon Weaver, W. B. Umstead, J. Bayard Clark and A. L. Bulwinkie. Kenneth Romney, sergeant-at-arms of the House, was with the official delegation. Mrs. Pou, bearing her bereavement bravely, greeted scores of friends of the family, both white and colored, at the home. She was accompanied by her son, George Ross Pou, and her daughter, Mrs. Tom Wadden. Other members of the family motored from Washington and joined the family here. Hundreds of persons, aged and gray constituents as well as youthful men and women, filed slowly to take a (Continued On Page Four.) Joseph B. Keenan Denies AL legations at Trial Held 'ln Charlotte Washington, April 3. —(AP) —Joseph B. Keenan, assistant attorney general denied today that he had offered Isaac Costner ireedom in return for information regarding the activities of the Touhy gang In Chicago Ln con nection with the kidnaping of John Factor. Shown a dispatch from Charlotte, N. C., saying attorneys for Costner, who has been implicated in a $105,000 mail robbery at Charlotte, had testi fied that Keenan had said Costner wouldnever serve a day “if the Unit ed States evidence against Basil Bang hart, who was convicted of the Factor abduction. Keenan dictated to report ersa statement denying the assertion. 8 r PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY SSS BY PROPOSED LAW Congressmen, Mindful of Approaching Primaries, Turn to Speeding Local Measures huge income-tax PLAN NEARS VOTE More Appropriations Meas ures in Offing Including PWA Measure; Federal Aid to Education Gets Con. sideration; Farley To Quit New York Post Washington, April 3. —(AP)— The Stock market control legislation, buf feted for months between contending factions, finally reached the vqting stage in congressional committee® to day and weathered first attacks. Business before the House and Sen ate proper prompted no such intense feelings as displayed in the commit tees of each branch that dealt with the regulatory proposal. Senator Gore, Democrat, Oklahoma, launched an attempt to strike out the declaration of purpose in a closed ses sion of the responsible senators. The comparable House committee, in the meantime, decided on further consideration of the margins sections, but at the same time approved fix ing marginal requirements by law. Mindful that primary election reck onings are closer at hand, conferees turned to a “step lively” tempo, witn taxation bothering the Senate and the House membership embracing a, chance to get personal bills across, Between now and the first primary in Illinois a week hence, the senators will get many a chance to speak and vote on details of the $330,000,000 in come tax tightener. It has grown a bit in committee already from the $258,000,000 version sent over by the House, and strin gent amendment have yet to be acted: on. ' . . More appropriation measures are in the offing, also, such as for PWA en (Continued on Page Three.) Testimony In Costner Case Ends Charlotte Federal Court Hears Gang ster Had Admitted Mail Robbery Charlotte, April 3 (AP)—The case of Isaac Costner, , Touhy gangster, charged with implica tion in the $105,000 mail robbery here last November 15, was given to a jury today along with instruc tions to hold a verdict until 9:30 a. m., tomorrow if one were reached meanwhile. Charlotte, April 3.— (AP) —Evidence was completed here today in the trial of Isaac Costner, Touhy gangster, charged with participating in a $105,- 000 mail truck robbery here last No vember 15. Tom Watkins and Richard Young, local newspaper reporters, and J. X. Earle, fingerprint expert, were toe government’s closing witnesses and the defense offered no testimony. Watkins and Toung testified that Costner admitted his part in the crime to them and Earle produced fingerprints taken from an apart ment where Costner admitted prior to the trial he and others of toe gang stayed while planning the hold-up. Costner, before the trial, had sail he would plead guilty, but changed his mind when, he and his counsel said, government officials failed to keep promises to him that he would be granted amnesty in return for hi® testimony in the Chicago trial of Basil Banghart for participation in toe Jake Factor kidnaping. Banghart, also indicted for the mail robbery, is un der a 99-year-sentence for the kidnap ing. _