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CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-FIRST YEAR
RESPONSIBILITY for
MISS BURROUGHS IS
REFUSED BY CANNON
Bishop Testifies at Trial He
1* Not To Blame for
Campaign Reports
She Made
NEVER TRIED TO
CHCEK ON HONESTY
Savs Woman Never Knew
fje Had Obtained the
Money and They Two
Could Not, Therefore,
Have Conspired To Violate
Corrupt Practices Act
Washington. April 20. (AP>
Bishop James Cannon. Jr. told a Dis
trict of Columbia jury today that he
was not responsible for reports made
hv Miss Ada L. Burroughs of conti
butions used against the 1928 presi
dential candidacy of Alford E. Smith.
The Southern Methodist churchmau
was testifying for the second day in
his trial with Miss Burroughs in a
charge of conspiracy to violate the
Federal corruptp ractices act in mak
mc reports to the clerk of the House
of the funds received.
He said also, that he kept campaign
funds in a safe deposit box in Rlcn
mond and in a “big tin box’’ in his
Washington apartment.
Cannon testified it was the duty of
Miss Burroughs, treasurer of the Vir
ginia anti-Smith committee, which the
bishop headed, to make the reports.
" went over them in a general way”,
he added, "and they seemed to be
correct. It never occurred to me to
check whether she had been honest.”
Bishop James Cannon. Jr., told a
District of Columbia jury today that
he and Miss Ada L. Burroughs could
not have conspired to violate the Fed
eral corrupt practices act in failing
to heport $48,000 received for his 1928
anti-Smith campaign because the wo
man never knew he had obtained the
money.
I se of Convicts
To Replace Mules
Ordered Stopped
Little Rock, Ark., April 20.
< AF) Governor J. M. Futrell to
day ordered the state penal board
to stop the use of convicts in place
of mules to pull cotton planters on
the Rucker State Prison farm.
The governor acted after re
ceiving a report from hisp rivate
secretary and Chairman Waiter
Helms of the penal board.
witnessed a demonstration of the
unioue method adopted by Prison
Superintendent A. G. Stedman to
get the huge prison crop planteu.
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I T. VALENTINE IS
COOLEY’S MANAGER
Raleigh, April 20.—(AP)—I. T. Val
entine, of Nashville today was selected'
hy Harold D. Cooper of Nashville, to
manage his campaign for the Demo
f,iaUo nomination to Congress from
th * fourth district.
Hearings On
Monday For
Tobacco Bill
I ar Heel Congresss
nien Marshal Wit
nesses To Support
Kerr Measure
Washington, April 2.—(AP)—With
H,| ngM on the Kerr bill for tobacco
° n I °' sc heduled for Monday, repre
statfrom tobacco growing
wit t<>day m «de plans to marshal
"f bst's who will testify the measure
d„ M eC<ssary if the voluntary crop re
' 'on plan is to succeed.
live 'if "Produced by Representa-
Wmt ** rr ’ Democrat, North Carolina,
all t * V 8 taax °f 25 per cent on
in th UC ,° ,so,d ' Farmer s cooperating
be i f v ° ontary plan, however, would
their SU<KI taX exem P t warrants fo\
The*,, IH ° l ata share of the crop.
Pavnu l ants Would he accepted In
Payment of the tax.
ceiv°e r rr ratin S S rowers would re
them ax ' exem Pt warrants, forcing
Cooper- n Pay tlle tax on an y leaf sold,
more th. mß L farmers who wish to sell
be ai ‘ ,heir allotment would also
"able f or thfi tax
mmlu Ufamtt th
fc O. K.* Law and Order
Governor Allen
In sharp contrast to the attitude of
California’s Governor is that of
Governor Oscar K. Allen of Louisi
ana, who mobilized two companies
of State National Guard to protect
confessed killer under arrest in
Caddo Parish courthouse, Shreve*
port, from mob of 6,000.
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BAILEYS HAND IS
SEENJNCONTEST
Raleigh Postmaster and Her.
bert Gulley Suspected of
Being Active
BOTH ARE BAILEY MEN
Would Likely Work for Cooley; Pal
mer Bailey Resorts to Publicity
By Wearing Overalls On
Street Corner
Dally Dispatch Bnrenn
In the Walter Hotel,
nv J •' n ASK LRVI 1,1,.
Raleigh, April 20 —The apparently
well authenticated reports that two
Federal inspectors have been here for
several weeks checking up on the po
litical activities of Postmaster Carl
L. Williamson and Herbert Gulley,
connected with the prohibition en
forcement service, formerly attached
to the secretarial staff of Senator
Josiah W. Bailey, and regarded as one
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Notorious Prison
Escapes Pardoned
By Gov. Talmadge
Atlanta) Ga., April 20.— (AP3—
Governor Talmadge today pardon
ed Iceland Harvey and Aubrey
Smith, two of Georgia’s most no
torious prison escapes.
Harvey at the time had 110 years to
serve and Smith 145 years. Both had
participated in a series of robberies
and Smith hadoften boasted that he
will “never be captured alive”, but
was returned to prison each time he
got away without any serious trouble.
Governor Talmadge, in announcing
the pardon, said that since his visit
to the prison farm at Milledgeville a
year ago when he commuted Harvey's
sentence to ten years, he had serious
ly considered a pardon for both men.
General MacArthur Urges
48,000 More Men In Army
Chief of Staff Approves Bill of Texan at House Hear
ing: Would Lift America in Army From Danger Line,
Where It Now Stands; Greater Strength Needed
Washington, April 20—(AP)—Giv
ing his "unqualified approval” to a
bill to add 48,000 men to the army,
General Douglas MacArthur, chief of
the army staff, told a ouse Military
Affairs sub-committee today that the
measure seeks to remedy one of the
most glaring critical defects of our
military establishment.”
The bill, introduced by Representa
tive Thompson, Democrat, Texas,
would direct an increase in army en
listed men from 118,750 to 165,000, and
the officer personnel from 12,000 to
14,063.
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Gertrude Musier
Blind since she was stricken with
infantile paralysis 15 years ago,
Gertrude Musier, of Flushing, L. 1.,
is shown in her home after she sud
denly discovered her sight was re
turning. Physicians had pronounced
her case hopeless, but Gertrude’s
vision is coming back now.
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No Charges of Violations
Brought Against Large
Manufacturers Will
Stand Up
GEN. JOHNSON TALKS
TO EDITORS’ GROUPS
Tells Them If They Will
Help, the Objectives of
NR A Will Be More Quick
ly Achieved, but If Not It
Will Take Longer, Admin
istrator Says
Washington, April 20. —(AP) —Hugh
iS. ohnson told newspaper editors to
day that no charges of NRA code vio
lation brought against large manu
facturers had developed a case that
would stand up in the courts.
Addressing the convention of tht»
American Society of Newspaper Edi
tors, he said their help would speed
accomplishment of NRA objectives.
Johnson said frequen reports in the
“opposition” press asked why somt,
drastic action was not taken against
some conspicuous firm alleged to o©
violating an NRA code.
• “On reference to the Federal Trade
Commission, or to our legal depart
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School Boy, 14, Is
Shot In Battle of
Police and Gangs
Lincoln, Neb., April 20—) AP)—
A gun battle on Lincoln’s princi
pal thoroughfare, O Street, be
tween two gunmen in an automo
bile and police in a speeding cru
iser, today resulted in the wound
ing of a 14-year-old schoolboy by
a stray bullet before the officers
finally arrested gunman.
Luceen Marshall, son of Walter
A, Marshall, was shot in the sto
mach seriously as the two cars
flashed past the 24th street cross
ing. A few minutes later the po
lice captured the two gunmen
about ten miles nortseast of here.
“Enactment ofthis bill would en
hance the security of the United
States,” MacArthur asserted. “It
would lift the American army above
the danger line. Give us an opportun
ity to rehabilitate thousands of
young men whe are now suffering
the results of the economic depres
sion.”
He recalled that although authori
zation now existed for 286,000 enlisted
men and 18,000 officers, in the last 12
years • reduced appropriations had
fcirought “a continuous shrinkage of
these numbers to the dangerously inr
adequate figure we now have reached.’
SHOWDOWN IS DUE
AT GENEVA MAY 23
ON DISARMAMENT
Conference of. Nations To
Reconvene ■ There At
That Time of Vast
Consequence
FRANCE MAY MAKE
EXACTING DEMANDS
—l —;
May Request Inquiry of Ger.
man Armaments; New
Japanese Statement on Far
East Set-Up May Likewise
Tend To Complicate World
Situation
(Copyrighted by The Associated
Press)
Geneva, April 20— (AP)— League of
Nation circles forecast today a dra
matic shown on disarmament on May
23rd.
That is the date when represen la
lives of the nations in the world dis
armament conference will return to
Geneva in full session to attemept it
catch and pull together the flying
strings of the many-sided problem ot
arms control.
There are even unconfirmed rumors
that France may insist upon an inves
tigation of German armaments before
consenting to negotiate any sort of a
disarmament treaty.
But the differences of France, Ger
many and Great Britain form but
one section of the problem as a whoie.
Today a tendency was seen in Gen
eva to link what one official called
the “ditsurbed” disarmament situa
tion with developments in the Far
East, growing out of the newly-stated
Japanese policy that western powers
must keep hands off China.
Somep rogress was seen by well
informed sources here in the British
“white paper” revelation at London
Thursday that Germany had express
ed a willingness to postpone reduc
tions of armaments ifcy other powers
for five years.
This stand; takeaina previously un
revealed note to Great Britain, it was
stated here, may reduce the apprehen
sions of France regarding- Germany’s
arms—apprehensions which led her to
state flatly that there could be no
further hope of bi-lateral agreements
with the Reich operating under a
budget granting increases for mili
tary purposes.
Municipal Group
Ask State Road
Aid For Streets
Raleigh, April 20 (AP)—A de
mand that the State dsitribute ten
percent of its gross highway reve
nue to towns and cities to be used
in maintenance of strets in towns
with a populaion of more than 2,-
s>4hj|iersons was vo | d today bby
the North Carolina Municipal Lea
gue.
The league, nearing the end of
its annual convention,, also de
manded that the State maintain
all streets in towns of less than
2,500 population.
The demand was embodied in a
proposed bill to be given to the
9135 legislature. It contemplates
the allotment of about $2,500,000 to
the municipalities. The basis of
distribution would be $3 per cap
ita in towns of over 2,500 popula
tion. #
Schools To
Have Safer
Bus Service
$500,000 U. S. Grant
Will Make Possible
One of Best Systems
In Nation
Dally Dispatch Bureau
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. V BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, April 20.—North Carolina
will now be able to have one of the
most up-to-date and one of the safest
school transportation systems in the
entire United States as a result of
the grant of $500,000 made to the
State to help pay the salaries of school
teachers for this current school year.
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WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair and cooler tonight; Satur
day fair; warmer in west and cen
tral portions, probably lights rost
in extreme west portion tonight.
Revised Bill For Control
Os Stock Market Reported
Favorably Into The Senate
TROTSKY ORDER SEEKS SUPPORT
While the leader of the party,
Leon Trotsky, inset, exiled Rus
sian Communist, is casting about
, for a place to live in safety. Arne
Swabeck, organizer for Trotsky’s
Fourth Internationale, is pictured
following his arrival in New York
City to carry on organization
work in the United States. Or
dered to leave France after he
World Dazed By Latest
Pronouncement Os Japan
Tokyo Officialdom Likewise Bewildered by Hostile Re
ception of Japanese Claim to Domination Over
China; Most Startling Since 21 Demands
(Copyrighted by The Associated
Press)
Tokyo, April 20.—(AP—The world
as represented by foreign diplomats m
Tokyo seemed dazed today by Japan a
“re-statement of policy” toward China,
and what the diplomats regarded as
her avdacity in issuing it.
The representatives of other powers,
still wondering at the exact meaning
of the declaration, labelled it vari
ously a “white hands off China” state
ment, and an “Asiatic oMnroe Doc
trine.”
foKS
75 Others Arrested And
Tried for Drunken Driv
ing In March
Daily Dispatch Rnrrna,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, April 29.—Hiighty-two driv
ers were arrested and tried during
March for reckless driving arrested
land tried for driving while drunk,
according to figures obtained today
from Captain Charles D. Farmer,
commander of the State highway pa
trol. The total number of arrest for
all violations in March amounted to
699
With only 56 patrolmen in the State
.highway patrol and with more than
6,000 miles of highways to police, it
is impossible for the patrolmen to
get anything like as many violators
of the highway laws as actually vio
late them, Captain Farmer pointed
out. However, despite the small num
ber of patrolmen as compared with
more than 350,000 automobile drivers
registered in the State, the patrolmen
are arresting more and morer eckless,
careless and drunken drivers eaen
month. Captain Farmer said. Ht is
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was discovered living secretly
near Paris and plotting new
“world revolutions”, Trotsky is
reported to have telegraphed the
Turkish government, asking per
mission to return to Turkey. The
Trotsky group differs from the
Communist party chiefly in its
policy of international rather
than national socialism.
Japanese officialdom appeared be
wildered by the world’s hostile recep
tion of Tokyo’s declaration which, in
part holds apan is solely responsible
for maintaining the peace of East
Asia.
There is almost unanimous concur
rence among thed iplomats on two
points:
1. —That Tokyo’s statement consti
tutes the most startling and most am
bitious declaration of policy of tne
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March Activity Greater
Than In February or
March Last Year
Washington. April 20. —(AP) —The
cotton spinning industry was reported
today by the Census Bureau to have
operated during March at 102.9 per
cent of capacity, in a single shift
.basis, compared with 101.5 per cent
in February and 93.9 per cent in
March last year.
Active spindle hours for March to*
tailed 7,720,212,745 or 249 hours per
spindle in place, compared with 6, 92,*
120,318, or 216 in February this year,
and 7,048,197,106 or 227 for March last
year.
North Carolina reported 1,629,789,-
866 active spindle hours and an av
erage of 265 hours per spindle in
place.
ROCKY MOUNT HEARS
EHRINGHAUS SPEAK
Raleigh, April 20 (AP)—Governor
Ehringhaus will go to Rocky Mount
thi safternoon to address a joint
meeting of the civic clubs there to
night. . _Li u< __ i .Jttlll
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PLENTY OF TEH
AT FI PRACTICES
Intended To Prevent Repeti.
tion of Dealings Uncov.
ered in Long Senate
Inquiries
COMMITTEE’S VOTE
EXTREMELY CLOSE
11 to 8 Ballot In Line With
Sharply Divided Sentiment
in Committee; Roosevelt
Backing Measure and Early
Consideration Now Look
ed For
Washington, April 20.—(AP) —The
revised stock market control bill was
approved by the Senate Banking Com
mittee today, 11 to 8, culminating a
two-year investigation of Wall Street
practices and weeks of conflict over
provisions of the measure.
The bill was reported to the Senate
in a form which Ferdinand Pecora,
committee counsel, said had “plenty
of teeth” to prevent repetition Off
practices he and his predecessors had
uncovered during the long inquiry in
to market operations.
The closev ote by which the bill was
finally approved was in line with the
sharply divided committee sentiment,
which has resulted in half a dozen rel
visions.
With President Roosevelt’s support,
early consideration of the bill in the
Senate was assured.
Night Watchman
Fatally Shot In
Resisting Police
Experiment, Ga., April 20. —(AP) —
W. M. Ward,, a mill night watchman
was fatally wounded today by ma
chine gun fire by Atlanta officers who
were called here after the watchman
had killed a ten-year-old boy and then
defied police who tried to arrest him.
Ward was shot down by the Atlanta
officers after they had routed him
from the house with tear gas, where
he had defied local police for several
hours, holding them at bay witn
pistols, a shotgun and a rifle.
A detachment of Atlanta police,
armed with machine guns and gas,
responded to the call for help.
COL. FRED OLDS IN
REX HOSPITAL ILL
Raleigh, April 20 ((AP) —Col-
onel Fred A. Olds, known to thou
sands of Tar Heel school child
ren, who was in Rex hospital here
today.
The “colonel,” who has guided
school children through the Capi
tal, State departmental buildings,
the executive mansion, and his
own special creation the State Hall
of History, entered the hospital
yesterday on account of infirmi
ties due to advanced age.
Bids Low On
Offers For
Flying Mail
Some Companies
Only 19 Cents Per
Airplane Mile For
The Contracts
Washington, April 20. —(AP)—Spec-
tators whistled in surprise when Post
master General Farley ripped only
the envelopes and read the bids to
day for carrying the air mail on the
21 .routes the government intends to
place in private hands for at least the
next three months.
Some of the companies bid as low
as 19 cents an airplane mile in offei
ing to fly the mails. The maximum
range stipulated in the specifications
was from 41 to 45 cents per airplane
mile.
The small room where the bids were
opened was jammed with Post Office
and ustice Department officials ana
aviation men. _ .