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" HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA YEAR MAY DROP Senate Tax Boosters Add On Another WlOl4 VOTE NIGH TOWED Exemptions on Gross Estates Reduced from $50,000 I o $40,000 By Sen ate Action president is not SURE OF ATTITUDE Will Wait Until Bill Reach es Him To Say What He Will Do About It; House Vote -Favors Paying De positors In Closed Banks i Up to $2,500 W.Hc-hiDSton, April 12. —(AP) .N’uurished by repeated votes for j Loaviei levies on weatlh. the compaia- j Lviv small tax bill passed bv the | ID use became really formidable today | While the House took its time allot ting: funds for the District of Colum bia. the Senate voted 65 to 14 for in creased collections from inheritaces aimed to put $92,000,000 more into the Treasury each year. That brought the measure from the House's $258,000,000 to almost $490,- f\Ki.OOO. But whether it reaches Presi dent .Roosevelt in that shape still depends on the House reluctance to boost taxes in an election year. As to the W hite House attitude, the President, en route from the South, told reporters he would wait to see what the bill provides after Congress ha? completed action. The House Banking Committee took a -ignificant cue. meanwhile, from the .Continued on Paae Three.) Politics In Fight Upon Relief Head Salisbury Labor Ob jection to Pay Scale Believed To Have More Behind It Dally Dispatch Borens In the Si., %Vn!ter Hotel. .1 e UASKEIIVII,L. April 12. —Factional po h'lr. well ag y )e dissatisfaction rs t!i« -albbury Central Im-bor Union "i h flip wage scale paid by the Em- Relief Administration on wi .k relief projects pending the fix ,,'i of h peirnanent local wage scale. l> in the demand made by the •-'O l i- ui\ union seveial days ago that - Uiemas O’Berry either resign or l " I ‘’moved as State relief adminis !|'doi. While the labor union based !l action on the fact that it regard-j "J 'he relief wage scale temporarily | 111 Ufect In Rowan county and Sails-! ’ y a' too low an din conflict with j ,|l “ union wage scale, there are sac- j ißontlnuftri on Page Three.) Dillinger Being Hunted Now At Shreveport, La. st - p aul, Minn., April 12 (AF)— Authorities prosecuting the hunt f " r John Dillinger, who allegedly "'■'l from an apartment here ‘’lurch 31, have uncovered opera •"*ns of a criminal gang which l,ls token five lives and loot of l; ,' lf a million dollars, It was learn **'• today. ■ k | ae major participants have "''' Con nected with the gang. he in formation was given Fed •' officers by persons caught in following Diliinger’s pjrs.T?- La " Aprii 12 (Ap >— Re * ac j o » 8 ,lohn Dillinger, the desper f oni Tnd,ana . was headed this threw U? AlAbama with ft machine wii d f .v rif lS stction early today into "J excitement. ' K, " s from Department of Just Umiteraim Batin BiawSrhl Cannon on Trial JMI v : ■ HiHIH DDf B t ' j Bishop Janies Cannon, Jp. Bishop James Cannon, Jr., prom inent Southern Methodist church man, is photographed at Wash ington as he arrived at the court for his trial on a charge of con spiring to violate the corrupt practices act by failing to report all of the anti-Smith presidential campaign contributions he re ceived in 1928. The bishop and Miss Ada L. Burroughs, treasurer of the Virginia anti-Smith com- * mittee headed by Cannon, who also is on trial, have pleaded not guilty to the charge. vlence flares IN STRIKE AREAS Unidentified Persons Fire On Miners Entering Coal Valley Shaft 50 SHOTS ARE FIRED Workers at Alabama Mine Scattered by Shooting from Distance; One of Few Alabama Mines Still Running. JBh mingliam, Ala.. April 12.—(AP) —Violence flared in the strife-tom Wtelker county coal fileds today wtrfem unidentified persons fired on miners entering the Coal Valley shaft, slight ly wounding two of the workers. Officials of the Debardeleben Coal Corporation, which operates Coal Val ley, said between 50 and 75 shots were fired. Fired from a considerable led dis (ConUniind on Page Three.! ice agents from Dallas and New Or leans. which were telegraphed here, sheriff’s officers from Shreveport and Marshall, Texas, 45 miles to the west, blocked the Dixie overland highway and took a desperate stand to over haul the desperado for whom the na tion is seeking. They were told to watch for an automobile bearing a designated Ten nessee license or an undetermined Minnesota license, which was seen yesterday at Carbon Hill, Ala., and several small tbwns in Walker county, Alabama, headed west. These messages informed the Shre veport officers that there were three men in the car and that one, the driver, had been identified as Homer Van Meter, a paroled Indiana convict. The belief was expressed officially that one of the occupants was Dill inger, and that he was wounded and in' need of medical aid. ONLY DAILY LEASED WIRE SERVICE nv THE ASSOCIATED press NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OFNORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA HENDERSON, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 12, 1934 LICENSING mjSn New Jersey Republican Gave Bishop SIO,OOO in Anti-Smith Drive Back In 1923 TESTIMONY OFFERED AT CANNON S TRIAL Defense Attorney Resents Evidence and Asks Court To Draw Line Where Gov . ernment Must Stop In Throwing Out Its Dragnet on Contributions Washington, April 12.—(AP) Evi dence that Joseph Frelinghuysen, foi mer senator from I.ew Jersey, con tributed SIO,OOO to Bishop James Can non. Jr., for use in efforts to defeat Alfred E. Smith for president in 19215 was presented today in the trial of the Southern Methodist clergyman. This was testified to by Frank C. Ferguson, president of the Hudson County National Bank of Jersey City, over the objection of Robert H. Mc- Neill, chief defense counsel, who said: “This can be for one purpose only -to prejudice the general handling of these funds. Your honor will have to draw a line somewhere where these gentlemen will have to stop with their dragnet.” The bishop and Miss Ada L. Bur roughs are on trial on a charge ot violating the Federal corrupt practices act by failure to report all of a $65.- 300 contribution made by E. C. Jams, son. New York insurance executive, for the anti-Smith campaign. SEED CRUSHINGS LESS FOR PERIOD Washington, April 12 (AP) —Cotton- sed crushed in the eight-month period August 1 to March 31 was reported today bby the Census Bureau to have totalled 3,683,394 tons, compared with 3,823,936 for the same period a year agcJT and cottonseed on hand at mills March 31 totalled 503,7:/! tons, com pared with 748,584 a year ago. Last Hope For Insull Is Blasted Istanbul, Turkey, April 12 (AP) — The Turkish court of appeals today refused to consider Samuel Insult’s appeal against extradition and author ities notified him immediately that he would be started on return trip to the United States without delay. The decision blasted the last hope of the famous fugiitve’s lawyers to halt his extradition. Turkish authorities immediately completed plans for starting him to ward Smyrna this evening—the point at which he will be handed over to American agents tomorrow, continu ing in their custody to the nited States. A. F. OELSIGIG STATE EMPLOYEES Gets Jump On Group and Declares War on “Com pany Union” Plan hnilr Dispatch Bnrena, In the Sir Walter Hotel, BY J. C. BASKERVILIi. Raleigh, April 12. —The American Federation of Labor already has 12 local labor unions composed entirely of employes of the State Highway afid Public Works Commission or ganized in North Carolina, thus get ting the jump on the new State Em ployees Association, Inc., stalled here a week or two ago by employes of the highway department, It was learn ed here today from R. R. Lawrence, president of the State Federation .of Labor, and George L. Googe, chair man of the American Federation of Labor’s committee on southern ac (Continued on Pace Three.) Named by Dr. Wirt at “ Brain Trust Plot” Probe Irak gjgggxijijgk Robert Breure Alice Barrow David Cushman Coyle M * ,! ' T *» lo ' r '* ' HilJcgard. Kn.eUnd ? e eh a I ■"“Win t educator, named as the informants on whose statements stthfr!!!? srus.t5 rus .t plot to bring about a revolution in the United States. Miss Kneeland r* n< i ' *!? are ' connected with the Department of Agriculture. Breure is chairman of the Textile Code Advisory Coyle is a member of the PWA; Miss Barrow is connected with the Department of Education while Todd represents the Tass Agency of the Soviet Government. (Central Press) isSS TO GETHTJGE SUM Administration Leaders Think Latest Amend.' ment to Bill Is Cer tain To Carry 487 MILLIONS TOTAL WOULD THEN RESULT Measure as It Came From House Was Modest $258,- 000,000 Bill; Estates of One to Ten Million Dollars Would Bear Brunt of Lat est Proposal Washington, April 12.—(AP)—Sen ate tax boosters put their shoulders to n inheritance levy amendment to day that will, if accepted, add $92,000,- 000 to the Tmerican tax bill. Administration leaders think the amendment will carry. This, together with the boost in income taxes, will hoist the total of the general tax bill to about $487,000,000. When the bill came from the House, it was a mod est $258,000,000. Chairman Harrison, of the finance committee, in charge of the bill, has announced his acceptance of the in heritance tax levies sponsored by Sen ator LaFollette, Republican, Wison slh. The amendment proposes to in crease the super-estate taxes. The finance committee has agreed to increase the rates on. estates worth from $1,000,000 to $10,000,000 to pro vide a maximum tax of fifty percent as against an existing 45 percent. The LaFollette rates would raise the entire schedule to a peak of 60 percent. The agreement to vote on the higher inheritance rates was reached after two steps had been taken yesterday which made the ultimate fate of the bill uncertain and threatened it with a presidential veto. WEATHER FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Fair, colder in east and central portions tonight: Friday fair: ■ slightly rising temperature in ex treme west portion; light to heavy frost in exposed places tonight. SECTION OF CODES $92,000,000 To Tax Load Henderson Tennis Entry Is Beaten Chapel Hill, April 12—(AF)—The 19th annual State high school ten nis tourney got under way here to day with 15 schools represented, and play moved swiftly through firgt round singles without an up set. Ruth, of Charlotte, defeated Wat kins, of Henderson, 6-0, 6-2. Ruth was 1933 winner of the title and was ceded first. SG fINJ P OBS REDUCED Reemploymetnt Offices In State To Be Cut From 102 To 29 Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BV J. C. BASKEItVIBD, RaleighE, April 12. — The number of reemployment offices in North Caro lina will be reduced from 102 to 29 as the result of orders from head quarters of the National Reemploy ment Service in Washington to dras tically curtail the service in the State according to State Director C. M. (Continued on Page Three.) Think Body Is That Os TouhyMan Chicago, April 12. —(AP) —The po lice were informed today that the body of a man believed to be Frank (Porky) Dillon, notorious Touhy gang ster, had been taken from the Miami river at Dayton, Ohio. Police Commissioner James P. All man said he received the information in a letter from the chief of police at Dayton. Dillon was one of the last of the Touhy gang of outlaws at large. Except for him at Tommy Touhy, reported slowly dying from an incur able disease, the more vicious mem bers of the gang have been killed or sent to prison in recent weeks. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Roosevelt’s Party Gets Close Call Group Hurrying to Docks to Greet President Barely Missing Train at Crossing ESCAPE BY INCHES AS ENGINE PASSES President Is Driven From Yacht to Train Over Route Where Last Year Assassin Attempted His Life And ..Fatally Wounded Mayor Cermak of Chicago ———— Miami, Fla., April 12 (AP) —A nar rowly averted accident involving mem bers of his party today marked the de parture of President Roosevelt for Washington at the conclusion of a two weeks fishing trip in Bahaman wat ers. A train narrowly missed striking a combination automobile trailer carry ing General Hugh S. Johnson, nation al recovery administrator, and other party members as they were en route to the docks to greet the President after he arrived on the yacht Nour mahal from the Gulf Stream fishing grounds.. The trailer barely cleared the tracks ( (Continued On Page Four.) Germans Are Defending Huge Military Program London, April 12. —(AP) —Germany was believed today to be defending strenuously her increase of $150,000,- 000 in 1934 for military purposes. The Reich submitted a reply to the query of Sir John Simond, British for eign secretary, regarding the increas ed appropriation. It was forwarded to the foreign secretary by the Bri tish Embassy in Berlin, and Sir John read it at once preparatory to mak ing a report to the House of Com 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY MELT SACKS NRA Czar Confers With Roosevelt on Train As President Returns From Vacation RECOVERY CHIEF IS ORDERED FOR REST He and Richberg, General Counsel, Told, To Remain In South Few Days; May Leave Train Tonight At Charleston; No Policy Changes Contemplated En Route With President Roosevelt to Washington, April 12 (AP)—Gen eral Hugh S. Johnson, industrial ad ministrator, said today after a con ference with President Roosevelt, that he was not sure what recommenda tions might be made for extension of the licensing provision against of the National Recovery Act as a weapon of strict enforcement of the code. Johnson said, “I think we have teeth enough without it, but there may be other reasons for continuation of the licensing power.” ' The general, also disclosed that the President was in accord with his gene ral support of the Wagner bill estab lishing bby law a quasi-supreme court of industrial relations. “I"think?' he said, “the President is in general agreement with the views I this week no the Wagner bill.* Johnson gave an optimistic report on the general business report to the chief executive on the way northward from the President’s vacation cruise. In return, the President ordered that Johnson and Donald RichbCrg, general counsel for the NRA, take a few more days off in southern terri tory for a rest. Johnson seriously considered leaving the train at Char leston, S. C., tonight. Other import ant questions of policy were talked over on the way north, but Johnson said no decisions were made and no changes in policy contemplated. . .j.. Mine Area Civil War Is Talked Alabama Mine Own ers Say They Simply Will Not Accept NRA Demands Washington, April 12.—(AP)— Ala bama coal operators today stood fast on their threat to start a “civil war” in the bituminous fields rather than accept NRA’s demand for a seven hour day and higher wages. In a sensational climax to a storm filled three-day hearing on the ques tion, Forney Johnston, representing the Alabama operators, last night charged Hugh S. Johnson with "arbi trary, illegal and unwarranted” action in approving the new schedules. For a moment, fisticuffs between the Alabaman and John L. Lewis, heavy set leader of the United Mine Workers, seemed immiinent, as Lewis accused Johnston of attempting ’to "browbeat” members of the union. mons. Although the contents of the Ger man communication were not official* ly disclosed, pending this report, it was understood the reply declared the treaty of Versailles ending the World. War placed no restrictions on the amount of money which Germany could spend, and argues that the Reich is free to appropriate as muon or as little as desired for military purposes.
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