I 3EI WHSfI I BEM*”!! U FT,.. :'''<■' ■ i H Wtflßl-JMMMI I L—-' ■fa-rw-y g af| Tomb ot the unknown soldi,,-. H ———ryj Kvawavam*mVAV.V.V.V.\VZ.VZ.V/.\V/.\V/.\\V.V.V.V? •*•-•?•••*•*•••••••••’•*••*•*«-V.VAV«V.V.V.\V?1v1vava*V**»*••*•••••• •’•’•M HENDERSON gateway TO CENTRAL CAROLINA twenty-first year Roosevelt Moves To Avert Steel Strike Roosevelt Shapes War Debt Plan To Be Given Congress Confers With Secretary Hull as Word Comes That Britain May Make New Offer general revision OF DEBTS UNLIKELY Administration Strongly Op posed to Such Move, But Will Consider Each Claim Separately; Effect of John son Act Awaits Events of June 15 Washington. May 30 (AP)—-Presi dent Roosevelt conferred otday with Secretary Hull on war debt payments ar.d on his message to Congress soon ifter word came from London that treat Britain planned to propose a :ew offer. The President said at his regular press conference that the treatment of the debtor nations under the John son act. banning financial transactions with defaulters, would depend entire ly upon what was done on June 15— the date when the next war debt pay ments are due. It was emphasized that he would not talk on this subject now, until he had received offers from abroad and (Continued On Page Four.) Signs Code For Canning Industries Roosevelt Puts For ward Phases of Tug well Bill In Giving Approval Washington, May 30 (AP)—Presi dent Roosevelt today signed a code for the canning industry providing for the creation within 90 days of an a ?«ncy to study and propose means of establishing quality standards and proper laoelling, a chief objective of proposed Tugwell pure food bill. Establishment of definite quality standards on package goods Whose' content is not visible to the customer has been a chief demand of consilTner groups since the administration went int ° code making. The canning code order of approval ■ thf! President also required that ;' ita for upward revision of wages. ar d improvement of work hours be by December 1. Airplane Tampered With In New York, Pond Says London, May 30. (AP)—Captain '’ i ’ e A. Pond charged today that ' ' fc a ‘ r &lane in which he and Lieut- An f ‘ sare Sabelli recently flew the . ilntic had been maliciously tamper- .before they left Nwe York. Maiming that he had definite proof, tr aced trouble the fliers encoun -1 the alleged sabotage before ta ke-off. He eaid ne would at -onmptnmpt to fasten the guilt on some ' ‘ when he returns to New York. r>f cardboard in thee oil tank, Pond said - “ Thre were a . ‘ evidence of three types ol a tin ‘fillercap’ in the oil line. “TO™ ' ' mvtMvr&tm Satin Sfetratrh — , ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION CAROLINA AND * Vote Hours Cleared Up Raleigh, May SO. (AP)—North Carolinians will have 14 hours and 28 minutes during which they can cast their ballots In Saturday’s pri mary . The United States Weather Bureau here today gave the hours of sunrise and sunset for Elizabeth City, Asheville and Raleigh, and with the polls opening with the sunrise, theree will be 868 minutes for voting before the sun goes down. In Elizabeth City It will be legal to cast votes at 4:48 eastern standard time, with the polls to close at 7:16 p. m. At Raleigh the polls will open at 4:58 a. m. and close at 7:26 p. m. and at Ashe ville they will open at 5:13 a. m and close at 7:24 p(. m. 10 PAY ROAD DEBT Money Worrying So Mainy People Won’t All Be There When They Go There To Get It ROAD MAINTENANCE REQUIRES BIG SUM If Funds Are Used for Other Purposes, Highways Will Deteriorate; No New Build ing and Very Little Upkeep Has Been Done Present Biennium Dally Di 'patch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel, lIY J. C DASKERVILL Raleigh. May 30. —The surplus in the highway fund, which seems to be worrying a lot of people, and which gives indications or being one of the chief bones of contention in the 1935 General Assembly, is not going to be as large as some people think when -the bond and interest payments of approximately $4,300,000 are made July 1, it is pointed out here. While there was a book balance in the highway fund on April 1 of $10,915,576, some $4,300,000 must be taken from this amount to pay interest and to redeem bonds on July 1, leaving only about $6,613,576 surplus in the fund, based (Continued on Page Three.) The main feed line from the rear of gas tank was definitely shut off, and the water canteens, one of which I filled myself, were emptied. "Fortunately, foreign articles in the oil tank did not prevent oil from get ting through, though they may have restricted the flow somewhat. Tam pering with a gas tank is most seri ous and could not possibly have hap pened accidentally Pond and Sabelli were forced down at Moy, on theweset coast of Ireland, May 15. They flew by stagees to Lon don aftere experiencing much diffi culty with the motor of the plane. WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. HENDERSON, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 30,1934 K committeee reported the treaty as soon as the Senate met, and obtained eoMwit for con sideration. Senator Long, Democrat; Lou isiana, blocked immediate action by demanding consideration of atin-American affairs. Before Long could begin his re marks, the Seenate was divertea temporarily into other subjects. Washington, May 30. (AP)—The Senate Foreign Releations Committee 6 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY sSSis President Provides for Em ployee Election Under Collective Bargain ing Act ACTION STRIKES AT BIGGEST COMPLAINT Federal Trade Commission and NR A Directed To Make Joint Study of B&s --ing Point System of Tlstab lishing Prices To Discern The Results Washington, May 30. AP)—Approv ing indefinite extension of a revised steel code today, President Roosevelt acted to stem the threat of strikes in. the industry by arranging for em ployee elections in the steel mills. The President’s executive order con •taineda statement, not a condition to his approval of th code, hat to pro vide free exercise of the collecting bargaining rights of employees” I will undertake promtply to provide, as the occasion may demand, for the election of employees in each industrial unit (Continued from Page Six.) Roosevelt Speaker At Gettysburg President Leads Na tion in Paying Tri bute to Nation’s Sol dier Dead (By The Associated Press) On the once-blood-drenched battle field of eGttysburg, President Roose velt leads the nation’s homage today to its soldier dead. The President arranged to leave his desk around midday for the Civil War meeting ground and will stand as the first Democratic chief executive to speak at the cemetery which marks where the greatest thrust of the Con -fedarcy met the stone walls of Meade’s blue-clad ranks. Throughout the nation—including those states that commemoratee their heroes on April 26, banks and public buildings were closed. In Washington, however, although the ranch observed a holi day, both branches of Congress ro fContinued on Page Three.) today voted quick approval to the new treaty with Cuba, under which the United States renounces its right to intervene in the island republic’s af fairs. At the same time the committee postponed action on American adher ence to the World Court until next session. ' The committee adopted a resolution by Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, that the protocols of adhorence to the tribunal for sen timent of international disputes be taken up by the committee at its first meeting next anuary, and pressed for final Senate action. Chairman Pittman, Democrat, Ne vada, in announcing the favorable re port on the Cuban treaty, signed yes terday, said there was no record vote g and no serious opposition expressed