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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL. CAROLINA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR Fear Fire Menace In Toledo Strike Sals oppose FIAT TOBACCO CUT spv Horizontal Tax Slash Wonlrl Put 10-Cent Man ufacturers Clear Out of Business SAYS GROWERS THEN WOULD BE DAMAGED i Would Lessen Demand For F lue Cured Types; $2 Tax for Present 15-Cents Brands and $1.70 for 10-Cent Cig arettes Is Proposed Instead Washington, May 26 <AP) A belief that the Vinson bill for a horizontal in per cent reduction in tobacco taxes would bo contrary to the best inter ests of flue-cured and hurley growers j« expressed by Department of Agri culture officials. Repeating statements made to mem bers of tire House Way sand Means Committee and at hearings on the bill, they declared such a reduction would probably force manufacturers of present ten-cent cigarettes out of business, and eliminate their demand for tobacco. Tobacco growers gain most by competition of their products, officials said, and elimination of the independ ent manufacturers might mean a re turn to a virtual monopoly of the market by manufacturers of 15-cent brands. As a compromise, department spokesmen propose a gradual tax of S 2 per 1,000 on the present 15-cent brands, and $l7O per 1.000 on present 10-cent brands to enable manufactur ers of the latter to sell at a fair profit on the basis of two packages for 15 cents. Revisions of the tax rate would not affect processing taxes now levied on tobacco, since they are absorbed by manufacturers and would probably continue to be. they added. PRESBYTERIANS WILL CUT DOWN ASSEMBLY Montreal, May 26. (AP) —The Gen eral Assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United tSates. in session here sent to the committee on (bills and overtures today a proposal that the number of commissioners be re duced. The proposal, a step designed to bring about economy, brought fort>i a vigorous discussion, with ruling eld ers taking a prominent part. japan Plans To Abandon Parity Idea I ok vo Fears Anglo- American Combine Against Her In Naval Armaments Tokyo, May 26 (AP)— Japan, -fear *nk an Anglo-American combine at the 193.1 naval is ready, it Wi| a indicated today, to abandon any claims to naval parity with the Unit ed States and Great Britain. Th< se claims never have been en unciated by responsible officials. They have been hinted so strongly, how ever, that most observers had come ,0 anticipate a vigorous demand for partly. Instead, it was Inferred by some officials and In editorial comment, the cnipir,. now is willing to forego parity 'I 'itns, provided Japan is given a high , ' 1 ratio and theoretical equality. Tokyo leaders have repeatedly em- Phasized their determination to op pose maintenance of the present 5-5-3 tieaty naval ratios among the three countries. , The new trends cropped out today ‘O' a high official source made known endon likely will be notified within ■ c next, 24 hours of Japan’s willing- O'-hs to engage in discussions preli nary 10 the 19335 naval conference. n these discussions the Japanese s'O'crnment plans to pry into the uch-diacussed question of naval 11m !;‘ tion ». as well as helping lap the -" led work for the conference. Heniirramt Ohio national guardsmen are shown in the streets of Toledo, setting up a machine gun, rift, right near the Electric-Lite company’s plant where serious rioting has occurred between strikers and police and sheriff’s deputies. At Poil And Cooley Running Neck And Neck In Race Detailed Forecast of Next Saturday’s Vote Puts Pou Ahead by 2,500; Gives Z ollicoffer, Evans and Bailey Combined Less Than 10,000 Votes Dully DlHpnteh Bareua, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY J C, nASKKIIVILL. Raleigh, May 26.—While the race in several counties in the fourth con gression district for the Democratic nomination to Congress is going to be close between Harold D. Cooley, of Nashville, and George Ross Pou, of Raleigh and Smithfield, present in dications are that Pou will have a majority over Cooley without Wake county and that his maority in Wake will give him a substantial lead, ac cording to observers who have Ibeen studying the fdurtn district campaign for the past week. It is also agreed that while Jere P. Zollicoffer, of Hen derson, has continued to make some progress with the result that few now believe he will overtake Cooley and get in second place. W. F. Evans and Palmer Baile>, the two other Californian Wins British Golf Play ♦ Trestwick, Scotland, May 26 (AP) —W Lawson Little, of Cali fornia, defeated James Wallace, Scottish carpenter, 14 to 13, today for the British amateur golf cham pionship, smashing all evisting rec ords for the classic tournament. After gaining a 12-hole lead In the morning round by shooting a sensational 66 to break all records for this strenuous seaside course, Little quickly put an end to the one sided match at the 23rd hole with another display of sub-par golf. He was three under par for the five holes of the afternoon round, and eight under par for the match. inn One Dead, Two Hurt and One in Jail In Alabama Shooting Friday Athens, Ala., May 27 (AP)-Two charges from a shotgun fired into a family group last night killed one wo man, seriously wounded another and slightly wounded a brother-in-law of the two. The husband of one of the women was in jail here. Mrs. Myrtle Rogers. 42, was killed by the charge that converted a family dinner party into tragedy; her sister in-law, Mrs. Janie Carter, 38, was in a critical condition from wounds re ceived, and John Rogers was slight ly hurt. Reece Rogers, husband of the slain woman, was arrested by officers and taken to jail here suffering slight wounds In the chest, which officers said were self-inflicted. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. <£s™ SED WIRB SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Ohio National Guard Moves in to Halt Toledo Riots Sl MM ißhwßiWMt.. v ": : "' A y ; - -v. . \ ;•„... • ... J HENDERSON, N. C. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 26, 1934 candidates for the Congressional no mination are still regarded as being in fourth and fifth place, respectively. It is still true that the .Cooley forces are claiming he will carry almost every county in the district with the possible excev.tion of Randolph and Vance, since they conceded Vance to Zollicoffer and Randolph to Pou. But most of the experienced observers here maintain these claims are greatly exaggerated and that Cooley is not likely to carry more than Nash and Franklin counties, and that he must get a large majority in Wake if he is to be high man in the first primary. Nor is it expected that Zollicoffer will carry any other county than his home county of Vance, although it is ex pected that he will get his next high (Continued on Page Two.) CLAIMS AUTO TAX SAVES 65 MILLIONS Present Levies Make Up keep Possible That Cuts Operating Costs Daily Dispatch Barrna In the Walter Hotel. BY J. F BASKERVILL. Raleigh, May 26, —Although the au tomobile and truck owners in North are now paying approximate ly $21,000,000 a year in gasoline and license taxes, this is the minimum amount needed to retire the bonds and interest due on them and 1 to maintain the roads as they should be, accordingto Miss Harriett M. Berry, secretary of the North Carolina Good Roads Association, and who is now carrying on a determined campaign against any reduction in the amount spent for highway maintenance in North Carolina. For by spending this $21,000,000 a year in paying for the roads already built and for their proper maintenance, the car and truck owners of the State are actually saving $65,000,000 a year, Miss Berry maintains, since it costs twice as much tto operate automobiles and trucks over unimproved roads as over im proced roads. At the present time approximately 360,000 automobiles and trucks are registered in the State, Miss Berry points out, representing an investment of at least $350,000,000. Fully 25 per cent of this cost would go for opera tion and depreciation if they were to be operated on unimproved highways, which would make the cost of operas tion $87,500,000 a year, to say nothing of loss of time, restriction of trade and marketting of farm products, the breaking down of the rural school program and other things, Miss Berry points out. “The income now derived from the gasoline tax is $13,500,000 a year and (Continued on Page Two.) ATiathir FOB NORTH CAROLINA Fair and slightly warmer to night and Sunday. Satin Bianatrh left is a view of the plant showing company guards in front of the shattered windows, broken by missiles hurled by strikers and sympathizers. STATE SCHOOL TAX WOULD BE 76 CTS. Uniform Levy of That Much Would Be Necessary To Raise $16,000,000 for Schools THAT IS THE SUM STATE IS PAYING County Tax Rates, Already Burdensome, Despite State Relief, Would Be More Than Doubled In Some Cases To Meet Such Statewide Levy Dally Dispatch Bureau In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY .1. r BASKERVILL. Raleigh, May 25. —A State-wide property tax rate of 76.43 cents would be necessary to raise the $16,000,000 which the tSate is now sending to the various counties for the support of the State wide, State maintained eight months school term, figures just compiled by the State Depart ment of Revenue on the basis of the valuation in the various counties in 1933, and released today by Commis sioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell, show. These figures show that the assessed valuation of all the property in all the 100 counties in the State in 1933, following the revaluations or dered by the 1933 General Assembly, amounted to $2,089,209,188, or almost sl,ooo,oo<\ less than it was several -years ago. These figures further show that the average county wide tax rate in the State last year for regular county purposes and not including the main tenance of schools, was 88 centts. Hence, if the counties had had to levy 'Si tax of 76.43 cets in addition to the other 88 centts for regular county purposes, tthe average property tax .Tor all the counties would have had to be $1.64 instead of 88. cents. ■i Thus the tax rate in CCleveland county, which was the lowest in the cState last year, amounting to only 36 cents on the %100 valuation, would ’havebeen $1.33 centts if it had levied r a property tax for the same amount it received from the State for school •purposes. Hyde county, which last ’year had the highest county tax rate (Continued on Page Three.) House Will Adopt Silver Bill Before Senate Acts Washington, May |26 (AP)—lmpa tient House leaders traced plans to day for beating * the Senate to the draw by quick enacting the new silver monetary bill next week. Confident that little difficulty will be encountered in gaining House ap proval, Chairman Doughton, Demo crat, North Carolina, pf the ways and means committee, said today he plans to send it to the Senate as quickly as possible. Democrats Will Name New Judge State Committee To Meet in Raleigh On _Thursday To Put Man on Ticket Asheville, May 26 (AP) —Chairman J. Wallace Winborne, of Marion, to day called the State Democrati Execu tive Committee to meet in Raleigh Thursday at 8 p. m. to select the of the State Supreme Court, party’s nominee for associate justice Judge Michael Schenck, of Hend ersonville, has .been appointed to the unexpired term of Associate Justice W. J. Adams, who died Sunday. Judge: Adams was the party’s nominee to sue ceed himself. Mr. Winborne explained that the nominee for superior court judge of the eighteenth district will be selected by the executive committee of the ju dicial district. Judge Schenck’s ap pointment to the supreme court cre ated this vacancy. Congress May Quit On June 9 Washington, May 26 (AP) —Senate leaders saw a “good possibility” today that Congress will adjourn in two weeks. They based this forecast on the agreement by Senator Long, Democrat Louisiana, to end what they had term ed a one-man filibuster against the tariff bill. Senator Harrison, Demo crat, Mississippi, obtained an agree ment from Long and the Republican opposition late yesterday to limit de bate on the administration reciprocal tariff bill, beginning Wednesday, bring ing a final vote Thursday. It already has been approved by the House. Adjournment by June 9 —a drte ten (Continued from Page Two.) Originally, it had been planned by the Democratic chieftains to let thei Senate substitute the ne wmeasure to make silver a fourth of the monetary stock of the United States for the House-approved Dies bill. Then the House would tack on the proposed tax features against silver speculators. Determined to sped consideration, Doughton said he would seek to “shoot it through." This "would leave up to the Senate the simple matter of acceptance. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY., More Troops Are Prepared For Use When Called For Aged Farmer Kills Two and Suicides Ramsey, 111., May 26 (AP)—En raged when a young farmer called to marry his housekeeper’s daught er, Thomas Hayes, 59, today shot and killed three persons, including the bride-to-be and her mother, then committed suieide. GLASSWINSOVER ~~ STOCK MART BILL Roosevelt Said 1 o Have Capitulated to the Virgin ian on Administ ering the Law SPECIAL AGENCY IS TO DO REGULATING Settlement Clears Way For Final Agreement on Meas ure; One of Strangest Sen ate-House Conferences In History; Glass Virtually Dictates Terms Washington, May 26 (AP) —Presi- dent Roosevelt was reported autho ritatively today rto have capitulated to the demands of Senator Glass of Virginia, that a special agency rather than the Federal Trade Commission should regulate the stock exchanges. Settelment of this majo rcontroversy between the Senate and House clear ed the way for a final agreement to day pver the form of the stock mar ket regulation bill. It was Glass who through the long market control controversy led the fight for the independent commission. The chief executive only ten days ago urged the trade commission plan. The agreement was reached in one of the strangest Senate-House conferences in congressional history. The official Senate representatives were in con stant contact with Glass, who had pro tested at being left off the committee. Present in the stage wings also was Eugene Black, governor of the Fede ral Reserve Board, who acted as spok esman for the President. STRONGER LABOR BOARD OF THE NRA ENDORSED Washington, May 26 (AP) —Settle- ment at last of Senate-House differ ences over the stock market control (Continued on Pace Three ) Plan Hop Paris To San Diego De Bourget, France, May 26 (AP) —Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi world’s record long distance fliers, decided today they will start tomorrow on an attempt to fly stop to San Diego, Cal. They will take off at 5 a. m. (11 p. m. tonight eastern time). They reached their decision on the combined trans-Atlantic and trans continental flight at 6:30 p. m. tonight after a study of weather maps em bracing the whole route. Good weather was reported over the Atlantic route which the fliers planned to take. They immediately discarded the alternative plan for a, flight to Rio de Janeiro. The runway here already has been, prepared for them. Their airplane is ready to be wheeled out of the hangar and filled with gasoline and oil shirt ly before their departure. The Frenchmen said they intended to pass directly ovre New York City, leading jto the bellies that they will fly the regular trans-continental route over the United States. * 8 PAGES TODAY five cents copy One Man Arrested And Charged With Arson In Sector Where Fir ing Is Renewed SERIOUS INCENDIARY FIRES IN THE NIGHT Military Passes Are Issued for First Time to Newspap. er Men and Others Desiring To Enter Riot Zone; Ma chine Gun Cavalry Moves Up Toledo, Ohio, May 26 (AP) —Militia men tightened their lines about the riot zone at the Electric Auto-Lite plant today, frankly worried pver a fire menace as one man was booked on an arson charge. One man, who ,gave his name as Thomas Mayer, 26, was arrested by National Guardsmen in the area where renewed rifle fire broke out early tor day in the wake of strikers’ rejection of a peace proposal. His arrest followed an investigation of the series of incendiary fires dur ing the night. A. F. Gartz, district fire chief, said most of a dozen alarms were false, but that a box car and two houses had been fired with oil waste. The flames were extinguished quickly. Military officers said they were wor ried over the fire menace. Military passes were being issued this morning for the first time to newspaper men and others who wish ed to enter the 'riot zone. Meanwhile, orders were issued for the Toledo machine gun cavalry troop, which has been holding itself ready for strike duty, to proceed with horses and guns to the downtown armory. 11.34 c Per Pound Base For Setting Bankhead Act Tax Washington, May 26 (AP) — Rex ford G. Tugwell, acting secretary of agriculture, said today an av erage price of 11.34 cents per pound for lint cotton had been es tablished as the base for deter mining the tax rate on all cotton under the aßnkhead act. Tlie figure was determined tthrough a study through a price per pound of 7-8 inch staple, pniddiing spot cotton. The tax which is fixed at 50 per cent of this pricey will be levied on all cotton ginned in excess of the ttotal of 10,000,000 bales establish ed in the act. U. S. Envoy At Havana Is Marked Plot Is Found To Kill Ambassador And Destroy United States Property Havana, May 26 (AP) — Cayetano Fraga, chief of the Cuban technical police, announced today he had in formation of a plot to assassinate Jef ferson Cafferey, United States ambas sador to Cuba, and to destroy United States property. He said the techni cal police, as a result were observing the strictest vigilance of the ambas sador, and all American-owned build ings. Mr. Cafferey, who is from Louisiana a United States diplomat for 20 years and former assistant secretary of state, went to Havana December 12, 1933, as President Roosevelt’s person al representative. He was cheered by a great crowd of Cubans when he arrived, and later, largely through his recommendation, the United States recognized the pres ent regime of Carlos Mendieta. Mr.: Cafferey was made ambassador.
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