North Carolina Newspapers

HENDERSON (i \WAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR WIRT NAMES ALLEGED BRAIN TRUST PLOTTERS Senate Committee Approves Government Control Os Silver Supply PREMIUM ALLOWED (IN SILVER PAYMENT UPON FARM CROPS House Refuses To Pass Ban on Political Appoint, ments to Home Own ers’ Corporation TAX BOOSTS AGAIN BLATEN IN SENATE Effort? To Raise Income and Surtax Rates Fail; Senate Bank Committee Adopts Amendment to Seek Stock Market Bill; Roosevelt Against Farm Plan Washington, April 10 <APl—Shift jpp jt* major attention for the time hpiiiK from such matters as revenue and stock exchange legislation, the Capital focused its attention today on testimony of Dr. William A. Wirt that “Brain trusters’’ told him they plotted a revolution. Meanwhile, unanimous approval was given by the Senate Agriculture Committee to the Dies silver-farm re lief hill, which carried a provision that the government take over con trol of the silver supply. The Dies hill, already passed by the House, provides that £'lver may be received from foreign countries at a premium of 25 per cent above the world price in exchange for surplus American farm crops. Failure greeted another effort in th« Senate to raise both income taxe and surtaxes above the rates recom mended bv the finanme committee. Tn the House the Democrats, by 231 to 115. defeated p Republican effort for adoption of the Roosevelt-support iCnrU.imiprl on Pa*»n «rmir.» No Big Cut Probable In State’s Tax Auto Licence Reduc tion Only Real Re lief T hat Now Seems In Prospect Ujilly Dinpnteb Hu real*. In the Sir Walter Hotel HI .1. C. !USKEIIVILL. • •-‘-leigh. April 10. —No material re d"ction in the State’s tax load for the support of the public schools and oth- P| sential State activities is regard- H likely by the 1935 General As *PTn 'V in the opinion of Capus M. Bynick. State director *of the Na- Reemployment Service, and A i o represented Guilford county in >h “ :s “ n ate of the 1933 General As “ml.ly, and who is again a candidate rr the state Senate from Guilford. p does believe however that the 1935 ' ""ion of the State’s tax load and iat u and should do this. The l( ontlnuod on Page Three.) Million Dollar Letting i or Highway Commission Scores of Contractors Bid on 31 Different Projects Ag gregating $1,100,000; Brings Total of Federal Aid Projects to $6,700,000 for This State Chilly l)U|t»ti>k Hnrraa u»r th “ s,r Walter Hotel. Ral , B ’ 1 c - HASKEHVILL. w , sh > April 10 -The largest high s ettln K held by the State High sihro *! übllc Works Commission Cf , n .' ( '’* federal emergency highway - ruction program was started, is Conti ° H \ ress here today with scores of Pto:„!f tors biddin S on the 31 different. j e «{V S ’ be otal cost of these pro snooll stimated at approximately of t h l by Ch airnaan E. B. Jeffress commission. All of these pro H. LESLIE PERRY MEMOKIAU . HENDERSON, N. O* MetuUM*son Batin Btsaatrb NEWTON D. BAKER TO HEAD ARMY’S PROBE OF AVIATION STATUS Party Finance Head ■nf- Ml JH| m mm Jama* W. Gerard Here is James W. Gerard, ambas sador to Germany when the United States entered the World war, who has been appointed hoad of the finance committee of the Democratic national committee by Postmaster General James A Farley, national chairman. MAN FROM INSIDE WILL SUCCEED POO I J. B. Roach Talked for Pri son Job Made Vacant By Resignation SALARY WILL BE LESS Fou Got $6,000, But New Man Will Be Hardly More Than Half That; Governor and Jeffress Point to Needs Dully Dispatch Rnrenn In the Sir Walter Hotel. DY J. C DASKEHVILL. Raleigh, April 10. —Some one al ready connected with the prison di vision of the State Highway and Pub lic WJorks Commission is expected to be appointed by the commission to succeed George Ross Pou as head of the prison system, rather than some outsoider with no previous experience in prison work it was learned authori tatively here today. It is not expected however, that this new head of the prison division will receive as much salary as Pou received, or that he will have any authority over, any thing except prison matters, Pou’s salary was $6,000 a year, without the “perquisites” which he had formerly received while superintendent of the State Prison, before it was merged (Continued On Page Four.) jects are being built with Federal money, of course, since no State fund have been used for new highway con struction work for morp than three years. This letting here today will bring the total of Federal aid projects al ready contracted for in North Caro lina to approximately $6,700,000 and get the Federal Aid highway construc tion program two-thirds under way or (Continued on Page Two.) ONLY DAILY I t?ik E a D r J S^ e se Rvice OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRmNIA. HENDERSON, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 10, 1934 War-Time Secretary of War Accepts Appointment Refused by Colonel Lindbergh FIVE OTHER CIVIL LEADERS TO ASSIST Will Aid Army Generals In leaking Military Aviation Inquiry; First Meeting Set Late This Week or Early Next Week; Follows Mail Deaths Washington, April 10. —(AP) —New- ton D. Baker, war-time secretary of war, today accepted appointment as chairman of the army air corps in vestigating committee upon which Colenel Charles A. Lindbergh declin ed to serve. Secretary Dern, announcing the ac ceptance of five other civilians to aid army generals in making the mili tary aviation inquiry, said the first meeting would be held here late this week or early next. The investigation, planned by the War Department itself, stepped into natJ|ona|l focus following a list <pf tragedies sufferd by the army air corps in flying the mail. MRS. GRICE TRIAL AGAIN POSTPONED Goldsboro,’ April 10.—(AP)— Mrs. Ruby Grice, charged with murder in connection with the death of her iron worker husband here last year, will not be this term of Wayne Superior Court, it was announced to day. The case was postponed on ac count of congestion of the criminal docket. TRAIN IN AUSTRIA; 2 ICILLED Vienna, April 10.—(AP) Train wreckers derailed the Vienna-Paris- London express early today between Wells and Linz, capital of Upper Aus tria, causing two deaths and a score of injuries. No foreigners were re ported among the injured. Police Commissioner and Sheriff Strike Back at Baptist Minister Dully Dl 'patch Hnrraa, In the Sir Wnlter Hotel. HY J. C. BASKRRVILL. Raleigh, April 10 —Commissioner of Public Safety J. H. Brown only laugh ed and declared that "the public and my friends know better” than to be lieve the charges of corruption and misconduct in the police force made in a sermon here Sunday night by Dr. J. Powell Tucker, crusading pas tor of the First Baptist church, who has been conducting a whirlwind pul pit campaign against bootlegging and bawdy houses in Raleigh. He also charged that the police commissioner and Sheriff Numa F. Turner were controlled by "higher ups” and poli ticians who told them what to do. But Sheriff Turner struck back at Dr. Tucker’s accusations and vigor ously denied his charges. He showed that some of the cases of alleged mis conduct on the part of his deputies had already been investigated and the deputies cleared of such charges. “I want unequivocally to deny that either I or my office is controlled by anybody,” Sheriff Turner said of Dr. Tucker’s charges. "I was the first open charge of that nature I have heard concerning my administration During my tenure in office of nearly eight years I have tried to conduct a clean administration and have waged unrelenting war on bootleggers and blockaders. I have tried to be fair and open in all my dealings and havr never hesitated to probe any reports concerning my deputies.” Some of the charges made by Dr. (Continued On Page Fotfr.) Heirs to $22,000,000 jr Mrs. Campbell Mrs. Sutcliffe Two daughters of the late Judge E. H. Gary will share in the $22,- 000,000 steel fortune controlled by their stepmother, Gary’s sec ond wife, until her death recently. They are Mrs. Bertha Gary Camp bell of Chicago and Pasadena, Cal., and Mrs. Gertrude Gary Sm clifFe of Chicago. “Eli Labor Board Measure Fav ored by Hugh S. Johnson, NRA Administrator I*-.-'* . , LEADERS NOT SO SURE Democratic Chiefs Hold Privately It Has Mighty Slim Chance; John son Explains Failure To Testify Washington April 10. —(AP) —Demo cratic leaders held privately today that the chances for enacting the controversial Wagner labor board bill at this session were slim. Senator Wagner, Democrat, New York, author of the measure, which would outlaw employer-dominated company unions, nevertheless held to the view that the legislation had a fine chance of enactment. The New York senator was parti cularly pleased by what he said wai* an “okeh” placed on the bill by Hugn S. Johnson, NRA administrator, be fore his departure for the South ye»- (Continued on Page Four.) Highways, Bridges Safe After Storm Daily Dispatch Rnrcnit, In the Sir Walter Hotel, BY .?. C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, April 10—In spite of heavy rains throughout the State yesterday, with many creeks and smaller rivers flowing bankful and up to the flooring of bridges, no reports of any bridges having been washed away had been received by the State Highway and Public Works Commission this morning, Chairman F. B. Jeffress said. Nor were there any reports that any of the State highways had been overflowed *or damaged, already Jeffress said he was expecting much damage to shoulder and to county roads. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Wednesday: warmer in the interior tonight and o nthe north coast Wednes day. - . SpmElly Bishop’s Lawyer Says Jury’s Only Duty Is To Deter mine if Conspiracy Existed GOVERNMENT HOLDS FUND WAS MISUSED Attorney McNeill Tells Jury ‘ Every Dollar” of Unre ported Part of 1928 Anti. Smith Money Was Spent Under Advice of Virginia s Committee Washington, April 10. —(AP)—Rob- ert H. McNeill, attorney for Bishop James Cannon, Jr., told a criminal court jury today that “every dollar" of the unreported part of a 1928 presi dential campaign contribution to the churchman “was spent under the management” of the Virginia State Anti-Smith Committee. e referred to a $65,300 contribution made by Edwin C. Jameson New York insurance executive, for the Southern Methodist churchman's use in his efforts to defeat Alfred E. Smith for the presidency. * Bishop Cannon and Miss Ada L. Burroughs, who was treasurer of the Virginia committee, are on trial charged with failure to report the en tire contributions. The government contends only $17.- 300 of the amount was reported to the clerk of the House under the Fed eral corrupt practices act. The remainder was spent in Vir ginia, McNeill, said, and Jameson was so advised. He told the jury that the question before it was not whether the money was "misused,” which government counsel said yesterday would be shown. "The only thing you have, to con sider,” McNeill said, “is: was there a conspiracy to hide it?” Horne Sentenced To Pen for Fraud OnN. C. Treasury Raleigh, April 10 (AP)—Claude (Horne, one-armed former bank em ployee, and ex-convict of Columbus county, today pleaded guilty to, charges of conspiracy to defraud the .State of North Carolina through the insurance of forged vouchers on the (State Treasury, and was sentenced conditionally to serve 20 years in State Prison V Judge Henry A. (Grady in Wake Superior Court. Rebecca Westmoreland, attractive young woman of Thomasville, who admitted aiding Horne to pass two forged vouchers here, was given a two year prison term, suspended on the condition she be of good behavior The woman testified for the State against Horne. In sentencing Horne, Judge Grady specified that he may be allowed his freedom after service of five years of the 20-year term if he posts a $2,500 bond then to assure his good behavior for ten years. If he fails to comply with the pudgment, or gets into trou ble during the ten years he is under bond, he is to serve his 20 years. Cotton Bill Adjustment Is Coming Washington, April 10. —(AP) —With one of the major Senate amendments to the Bankhead cotton bill already tossed into the discard, conferees to day hoped for an early compromise to speed the measure back to the House and Senate for final congressional action. Little bickering was required to dis card a Senate amendment, that would exempt from the tax provisions of the bill six bales of cotton by every farmer. Advocates have contended this would destroy the usefulness of the compulsory production control measure. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Conviction Laid Upon Dr. Tugwell Os Existing Plot He Calls Names *». ■.■ y. :V.-. v ft DR. WILLIAM A. WIRT Dr. Wirt’s Assertions Are Denied Miss Kneeland At Chapel Hill and Speaker Rainey De clare Story Wrong Chapel Hill, April 10.—(AP) —Miss Hildegrade Kneeland, mentioned by Dr. William A. Wirt in Washington today as one of his informants regard ing “brain trust” recovery attitudes, said here today: “I’ve never talked to the gentle man on anything connected with all this.’’ She said she had never. met Pro fessor Rexford Tugwell at the time she .was reported to have quoted him as saying recovery was a “speculative spree,” and that he would like to close the grain and stock exchanges. Miss Kneeland, a field worker for (Continued On Page Four.) - ASSASSINS FAIL TO GET SPANIARD Madrid, Spain, April 10.—(AP)— —Assassins today missed in an attempt to kill Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, son of the fo>- mer dictator of Spain, and himself leader of the fascist movement. The attempt took place in the central section of Madrid. The shot which was fired went wild. EPISCOPAL WOMEN GATHER IN OXFORD Oxford, April 10 (AF) —The 52nd annual meeting of the Woman’s Aux iliary of the Diocese of North Caro lina of the Protestant Episcopal Church, convened here today with (Bishop Thomas C. Darst and Bishop E. A. Penick on the program. South Carolina Farmer Kills Wife, Her Mother Bamberg, S. C., April 10. —(AP) — Joe Barre, 45-year-old farmer, was arrested near here early today after an extensive hunt since late yester day by officers, who charged him with killing his wife and mother-in-law at their home near Batesburg. Officers said Barre had shot the women to death evidently in a fit of anger, reporting they could learn noth ing that precipitated the affair, except that there had been a quarrel. Sheriff T. J. Hadwin and Police men J. W. Price said Barre was drunk when they arrested him. 8 PAGES TODAY five cents copy Says Budget Director Doug las and W. I. Westervelt Can Throw Light On Subject SPEAKER RAINEY’S NAME ALSO CALLED House Leader Quoted as Having Said Congress Would Become Rubber Stamp, Government Would Seize Some Industries and Things Would Happqn Washington. April Kk—(AP)—Nam ing “brain trusters” and their “satel lites" as his iniormants. Dr. William A. Wirt indicated today that he traced back to Dr. Rexford Ouy Tugwell, as sistant secretary of agriculture, his conviction that a plot exists to "over throw the social order.” Fort two sensation-studded hours, he recounted his fears to the House investigating committee while a mass ed crowd followed his words. The story ended with the Indiana educator unable to complete his testi mony today, suggesting that the com mittee summon Lewis W. Douglas, budget director, and W, I. Wester velt, Chicago business, man formerly with the Farm Administration. They, Wirt asserted, could throw more light on the alleged plotting to brink com munism. Speaker Rainey’s name figured, too Wirt quoting Westervelt as having said he had asked Rainey what Con gress was going to do and Rainey replied that Congress “would assem ble, pass certain laws, stay in esssioh (Continued on Page Four.) simWEo in Heard Plans at Dinner He Attended Near Washing ton September 1 Washington, April 10. —(AP) — Dr. William A. Wirt testified today in' the House investigation into his “brain trust” charge that six persons were present at a dinner where he first heard the assertion of a plot under way to bring communism. He gave the names as Robert Bruere, Lawrence Todd, Hildegrade Kneeland, Mary Taylor and Alice Bar rows and David Cushman Coyle. Chairman Bulwinkle, Democrat, North Carolina, asked Dr. Wirt where he first heard “brain trusters talking about a revolution.”. “From a group of individuals pre sent at a dinner in Virginia near Washington,” W!irt answered, refer ring to cards on which he had closely written notes. “When was that?” Bulwinkle pur sued. As a hush settled over the more than 600 persons in the committee room, Wirt replied: “As I remember it was Friday eve (Continued on Page Four.) The officers received a telephone call from a man who said he was Barre’s brother and were asked to take the fugitive into custory. When the officers arrived they found two other men in an automo bile with Barre and his brother. The other men said they were cousins of the Barres. Barre was placed in county jail, while the brother explained he had taken the fugitive’s two children to the home of a relative, where they were safe.