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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.
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— , 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<i«c™U
following the custom of presi
dents in the past, President Roose
velt will journey to Gettysburg.
Two Perish
As Flaming
Plane Falls
Seven Injured In An
other Plane, Big Air
Liner, Forced To
Land
New Castle Ind., May 30. (AP)—
Two men died today in the flaming
-wreckage of an airplane which fell in
a wood weset of Springport a town in
the northern part of Henry county. <
The victims were Kenneth Ruther
‘ford, 27, thee pilot, and Homer Wol- ■
verton, 22, a passenger.
The airplane burst into flames while
in theair. Dale oYst, a rarmer, who
witnessed the tragedy, said he noticed
the flames when the ship was about
200 feet from the ground. It went
(Continued on Page Three.)
LAWRENCE TO SEEK
STRIKE AGREEMENT
Laurinburg, May 30. (AP)—
Leaders of the strike in the Wav
erly Mills, Incorporated, said to
day that theey expected R. R.
Lawrenece, president of the State
Federation of Labor, here some
time during the day and that some
move for settleement of the strike
may result from his visit.
ESCAPED CONVICT
SLAIN BY OFFICERS
Lexington, May 30 (AP) —Ern-
est Leonard, 32, Guilford county
State Prison county escaped con
vict, was shot to death near here
last midnight in a gun battle with
officers, who were exonerated by
a coroner’s jury.
The jury held that Leonard died
from a pistol shot fired by an of
ficer in self-defense, but did not
name the man who fired the fatal
i shot __ I
I Pa., on May 30 and deliver an ad- I
dress in the observance of Me
morial Day. commemorating the I
Zollicoffer Gains,
Especially In Wake,
Seen As Race Ends
Dally Dispatch Bnreaa,
la the Sir Walter Hotel.
, BY J. C. nASKERVILL.
Raleigh, May 30. —The outcome of
the campaign for the Democratic no
mination for Congress from the
Fourth District is hinging more than
ever on the vote here in Raleigh and
Wake county, observers agree, with
the result that the candidate who can
get the largest vote here will un
doubtedly -.be high man tn the primary
Saturday. The five candidates seek
ing the nomination are George Ross
mEUSTOF
Distribution of FERA Allot
ment for State Is About
Completed
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. BASKERVILt.
Raleigh, May 30 —Checks totaling
$240,000 had already been written for
the school teachers who are being
paid for the $500,000 FERA allotment
up to this morning, and an effort will
be made to get all of the checks writ
ten for the entire $500,000 by tonight
or by noon tomorrow at the latest,
iMrs. Thomas O'Berry, state FERA
administrator, said here today. These
checks are being sent out to the teach
ersf as rapidly as they are being writ
fCnnt.lnued on Page Five.)
WFATIIER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
ocal thundershowers probably
tonight and Thursday; slightly
wanner in west portion.
famous Gettysburg address of
President Abraham Lincoln.
This layout shows Roosevelt and
Pou, of Raleigh SmUhfield;
Harold D. Cooley, of Nashville; Jere
P. Zollicoffer, of Henderson, and W.
F. Evans and Palmer Bailey, of
Raleigh. It is generally conceded
that the principal contest is between
Pou, Cooley and Zollicoffer and that
they will come to Wake county with
very little difference between them.
Until a few days ago It appeared
that the race would be closer between
(Continued on Page Four.)
Mrs. O’Berry Hopes June
Allotments Will Be
Enough to Finish Jobs
Dnllf Dispatch Barm a.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BT J. C. BASKERVILIi. n
Raleigh, May 30.—1 tis hoped here
that work can again (be resumed op
trench-torn Capitol Square, half of
which is still covered with mounds of
red clay piles of sand and gravel,
stacks of brick and other materials
not yet used, on the Raleigh airport
and various other old CWA projects
both here and over the State general
ly, as soon as the June emergency
relief allotment is received from
Washington for use in North Caro
lina, Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, State
FERA administrator, said here today.
It is expected that the June allotment
will amount to as much as_the May
allotment,, which was $1,000,000 and
Mrs. O’Berry is hoping that it will
be $1,500,000.
“If the June allotment is as much
(Continued cm Page Pour.)
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY,
Lincoln, together with a view of
the Gettysburg cemetery and a
copy of the Lincoln address.
TSrnCER
Indian Night Policeman At
Pembroke Runs on
Thieves in Store
ROBBERS ATTACK HIM
!
Strike Him in Stomach With Gun,
But He Gives Chase and Body
of Dead Man Is Found
175 lards Away
Pembroke, May 30 (AP) —A thief
was shot to death and Ed Martin, In
dian, night s. policeman here, (was
wounded, in a gun battle early today;
when Martin surprised intruders, in
the Pate Supply Company store.
The dead man is Cloy Smith, 23,
also a Pembroke Indian, who was one
of several men Martin said he discov
ered in the store. 1
Martin was hit in the stomach with
(Continued on Page Six.)
Cuban Treaty Approved;
World Court Must Wait
Washington, May 30. (AP)—A
quick Seneate vote on ratification
of the new treaty with Cuba was
sought today immediately after
the pact had been approved by the
foreign relations committee.
Chairmai Democrat,
evada, of tL > 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
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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