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Dispatch Cooking School Opens Tomorrow At SteveHSS^f^TKeatre 'HENDERSON gateway TO central CAROLINA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR Kerr's Bill Approved In Committees House Rules Committee Gives Privileged Status To Tobacco Con trol Proposal IT WOULD RESTRICT TOBACCO’S OUTPUT Would Give Agriculture Secretary Authority To Take Out of Productions as Many Acres as He Sees Fit in Any County In To bacco Belt * Washington. June 6 (AP) —Compul- sory control of the tobacco crop for the coming two years was approved bv the House Rules Committee today when it gave a privileged status to the Kerr bill to limit output. The measure’s purpose is “to make the big buyers pay a reasonable price' foi tobacco, and to protect the grow er who is cooperating with AAA.” Representative Kerr. Democrat, North Carolina, told the committee. The legislation gives the secretary of agriculture authority to take out of production as many acres of to bacco as he sees fit in any county, and to refuse the right to grow to bacco to anybody who has not culti vated it for three years. Reductions in tobacco import quotas are authorized also, a feature describ ed by committee members as aimed particularly at {he Sumatra product, where the commodity was said to be grown by indenture labor. Representative Koppleman, Demo crat. Connecticut, said: I believe there should be an em bargo on the import of Sumatra to bacco.” This bill is simply a qquestion of keeping faith to protect those who signed AAA contracts.” Representa tive Warren. Democrat, North Caro lina. said. J Violence In Havana Continues Havana, June b CAP) —The chauf feur of the Spanish consul was grave ly wounded otday by thre unknown assailants who clubbed him as he sat in the consul's automobile while the wife of the consul was shopping. The asault was committed in the Trado, the show thoroughfare of Ha vana, which leads from the waterfront to the Capitol. Police went to the assistance of the injured man and oaptured one of the alleged asailants after shooting at the trio It was the second attack upon the chauffeur of a foreign diplomat with in a week. A group of gunmen waylaid she au tomobile of H. Freeman Matthews, first secretary of the United State® Embassy, May 28, smashed the car’s wnidshield .and threatened the car’s chauffeur with death if he did not ;eave Cuba in two weekks. Matthews was not in the car at that time. Blackmail Accusation Fromlckes Bold Charges Flung By Interior Secre tary at Two Chi cago Lawyers Chicago. June 15. tAP)— Secretary of th ? Interior Harold D. Ickes flung a hold charge of blackmail at two hicago attorneys today as he took " e witness stand as the complaint in ‘‘barmen* proceedings against them. Ickes asserted that Lucius J. W. * a| min had tried to bargain with him 7 ° r the governorship of the Virgin l,,a nds. threatening to file disbar mf>nt charges against the interior sec- if he refused to use his influ (Continued on Page Five.) lUettiterßmt Hailrt Btsnatrh 500 MILLIONS TO RELIEVE ARID WEST Brooks And Foust Retired From Their University Posts Shades of Joe Cannon V -A.. .MAMUWim IIMIIJI IMB MSBW- . H s* * 9 s Shades of the days of “Uncle Joe” Cannon, whose powers while •peaker of the house of repre sentatives made him a virtual c*ar, have fallen over the house as a result of the adoption of a drastic rule giving Speaker Henry T. Rainey the power to control the remainder of the present ses sion. The rule provides that the speaker at any time can entertain motions to suspend the rules; the majority leader can move a re eess at any time, and at any time It will be in order to consider re ports from the rules committee without the usual two-thirds vote. It was adopted following a pitched buttle between the Repub lican minority and the Democratic majority after two days of Re publican filibustering. sTeel MEN PLAN MARCH ON CAPITAL If There Is a Strike, It Will Be In Washington, Leader Says Pittsburgh, Pa., June 5 (AP) —Plans for a march on Washington by steel workers “who have been discriminat ed against for their union activities” were announced today by Earl J. For beck, head of the self-styied “rank and file” group of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. Tomorrow was set for the begin ning of the march “unless President Roosevelt assures steel leaders now In Washington that the Wagner bill or similar legislation prohibiting so-call * Continued on Pace Five.* Roosevelt Still Popular But “New Deal” Slipping President’s Personal Strong th Weaker in Northeast But Stronger in South; Few, H owever, Willing To Scuttle NR A Program Entirely, Babson Finds By BOGEB YV. BABSON (Copyright, 193, Publishers Fl an cial Bureau, Inc.) Babson Park. Mass., June 5. —My or ganization has just completed a na tion-wide survey to ascertain what, in the opinion of the rank* and file of the voters, is the present status of the popularity of President Roosevelt and the New Deal. This survey included newspaper editors, bankers, labor leaders, lawyers, manufacturers, re tailers governors, mayors, physicians, advertising agents, ministers, educa ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VHUUNIA. leased wire service of the associated press. HENDERSON, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 5, 1934 WOMAN’S COLLEGE AMD N. C. STATE TO HAVE DEANS ONLY Both University Branch Exe cutives Are Relieved of Duties at TJieir Own Request WILL DRAW PAY OF $4,000 YEARLY EACH Dr. Brooks is 62 and Recent ly Suffered Stroke of Pa ralysis and Dr. Foust Is 68 Years of Age; Trustees Take Action at Meeting in Raleigh Raleigh, June 5 (AP)—The board of trustees of the University of North Carolina today retired Dr. J. I. Foust, of the Wbman’s College, Greensboro, and Dr. E. C. Brooks, of State Col lege, from active duty, and abolished iheir offices of vice-president of the University. The board stated in resolutions that it acted on the request of the two men. Dr. Brooks was made president emeritus of State College and Dr. Foust was named president emeritus of the woman’s college. The changes are effective July 1. In their new posts the men will re ceive salaries of $4,000 yearly without any grant from the State. The resolu tions retiring them state they were to be paid whatever “compensation and grant” the trustees determine. To replace the officers of vice-pres ident of State College and Woman’s College units of the niversitv there will be a dean of administration at each. There will also be a dean of administration at the Chapel Hill unit. BOTH MEN ARE RELIEVED OF DUTIES BY REQUEST Raleigh, June 5 (AP) —As the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina opened its annual meeting here today, it was authoritatively learned by The Asociated Press that the heads of State Colege and the Woman’s College, Dr. E. C. Brooks* and Dr. J. I. Foust, have signified to the board that they desired to be re lieved of their duties. It was understood that the execu tive committee of the trustees had received notice of the wishes of the two men, and that they would be re tired at (today’s meeting. It was also learned that there was little probability that successors to the two men would be named *today. Dr. Brooks has been in poor health for some time, and several months ago suffered a stroke of paralysis, from which he has not completely re covered. He is 62 years old. Dr. Foust is 68 years old. YOUTH KIDNAPED BY UNCLE’S ASSAILANTS Scottsburg, Ind., June 5 (AP)— Ralph Fields, 18, was kidnaped to day by a man believed to be one of the seven Indiana bandits who forced the youth to drive him away after slugging his uncle, Gil bert Shields. ' tors, engineers, Chamber of Commerce secretaries, etc. Personal opinions of these men were avoided and only facts as to trend among those boters whom the contacted were obtained. Here are the two questions which were asked: (1) Is President Roosevelt’s person al popularity stronger or weaker to day than it was six months ago? (2) Apart from the President’s popularity, is the New Deal stronger (Continued from Page Six.) WHERE DROUTH IS MAKING ‘SAHARA* OF NATION i c A hh* S«Kf d DROUTH - AR6a\ —. —-—— -• i —jßbßhl SENATE MAJORITY CHOSEN SATDRDAY FAVOR SALTS TAX i Preliminary Survey Indi cates 23 for, 10 Against and Others Not Learned Yet NEARLY HALF HAVE LEGISLATED BEFORE 14 Have Been In Senate Be fore and Will Likely Get Choicest Committee Ap pointments for 1935 Ses sion ; Analysis of Personnel Given Daily Dispatch B arena, In the Sir Waiter Hotel. BY J. C. BASKERVILIi. Raleigh, June s—Returns5 —Returns from the 100 counties in the State as ifo who have been nominate dto the House of the 1935 General Assembly are still too incomplete to show just who have been nominated or how those nominat ed stand with regard to the sales tax, although the anti-sales tax forces here claim they have won a majority in the House. But the results of the pri mary in the various senatorial dis tricts are more complete and indicate that out of about 40 senators nomi nated, or apparently certain of nom ination, 23 are believed to be definite ly in favor of retaining the sales tax as an emergency taxation measure with only 10 definitely opposed to the sales tax, leaving the position of the! others as yet undetermined. As a result of this early analysis of the personnel of the 1935 jftenate, the belief here is that the saj** tax is iContinued on Paee Three/) Turmoil In Arms Meet Continues Geneva, June 5 (AP) —Arthur Henderson, president of the inter national disarmament conference, threatened to resign today after Louis Barthou, French foreign minister, had torn to pieces a pro posal by Henderson for a disarma ment resolution. The French leader particularly objected to Henderson’s suggestion that new and special efforts be made to get Germany back Into the conference. Henderson, who Is british, pro posed a sine die adjournment un til the political difficulties now di viding the powers, particularly France and Germany, can be re conciled. Only Little Finland To Pay War Debts June 15 Os $174,647,539 Due United States from Europe Next Week, Only $166,538 Wil 1 Be Paid; France and Oth er Nations Gloat Ove r England’s Default (By The Associated Press) The approach of June 15, on which date 13nations once promised they would pay the United States a total of $174 47,439.19 finds the likelihood that a total of $166,538 will actually be paid. That amount has been promised by Finland as the complete installment on its war debts. Great Britain announced that, since a “token” or partial payment of the $85,670,765 due from her would not prevent her from being regarded as a defaulter, she would pay nothing at all. France, which for two years past has made defaulting on her war debt to the United States a policy received the news of the British default with jubilation. Foreign newspapers hailed the British action as proof that France ™sSply ' ’ $23,752,847 in May Wa* $3,- 617,260 More Than That for April Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. C. BASKERVIL.I*. Daleigh, June s—Collections of in ternal in North (Carolina by the internal revenue office here, amounted to $23,752,847, which is $3,- 617,260 more than was collected in April, Collector of Internal Revenue Charles H. Robertson announced here today. Collections in April ampunted to |520,135,587. Total collections in North Carolina for the eleven months from July 1, 1933, to May 31, 1934, amount to $232,- 698,413 while collections for the same eleven months in the preceding fiscal year from July 1, 1932, to May 31, 1933. amounted to only $187,018,321. Thus the collections so far this fiscal year show a gain of $45,680,091 as compar ed with collections for the correspond ing months of the previous fiscal year. Most of this revenue, of course, is collected from the Federal tax of $3 per thousand on cigarettes manufac tured in North Carolina. Some of i is from the Federal income tax and the tax on beer and alcohol. But most of it is collected from the tax on cigarettes. “Since it is generally conceded that internal revenue tax collections are a pretty certain indicator of the condi fContinued Pace Five.l WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Partly cloudy tonight and Wed nesday; local thundershowers in Interior Wednesday. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY* was right all along in refusing 'ay what she owes. The amountw hich France w _ d be required to pay June 15 is $50,000,218. (Semi-official circles in taly indicated that nation probably would take the same action as Great Britain. The Italian quota due is $14,741,593. Other nations whose payments will fall due, butw hich are regarded as likely to default are Belgium, Czecho slovakia, Esthonia. TT ungary, aXitvia, Lithuania, Poland, Roumania and Yugoslavia. Neville Chamberlain, British chan cellor of the excheequer told the House of Commons that Great Britain would have paid at least a “token” June 15 but for the fact that President Roose velt could not guarantee that Great Britain would not be classed as a de faulter. TO™ W1 Only 75 Escapes, and -of These, 58 Were Recap tured During Month Daily Dispatch Barean, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. C BASKERVILL Raleigh, June 5. —A total of 7,681 prisoners were on hand in the various prison camps and prison units of the State Highway and Public Works Commission on June 1, sEtUipugh a total of 9,123 prisoners were handled during May. monthly report of the pri son division, issued today, shows. Os the 9,123 prisoners handled dur ing May, only 75 escaped and of these 58 were captured,' the report shows. It further shows that while 34274 prisoners were discharged on completing their terms, only 51 were (Continued on Page Six.) Three Youthful Slayers Sought ■ In Middle West Underwood, Ind., June 5. (AP)— Three youths who killed a deputy sheriff and shot down a policeman in a wild fight through southern Indiana last night were put-*ne« today in the sparsely settled hill country -"west of Underwood by a posse of some 200 (of ficers and citizens, aided by blood hounds. John Pfaffenberger. 36, a Seymour policeman, who tried to halt the out laws’ automobile, was shot four times, and Harold Amick, 33, of Scottsburg, a deputy sheriff, was killed in an ex change of shots with the trio after they crashed their automobile into a filling station here. O PAGES O TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY TcaKbe BEGUN OVER WEST Meat Thus Acquired Will Be Used for 'Government Relief Work During The Winter JOHNSON SEEKING STEEL AGREEMENT Industry Is Asked To Accept Plan for Handling Labor Differences Similar to Th*t in Automobile Business;; Silver Debate Is Sense* tional Washington, June 5. (AP)—Agree ment upon a $525,000,000 drought relief program, fresh approaches to assuring order in the steel industry and sensa tional dissension over the silver pur chasing bill made for liveliness today in the capitol. President Roosevelt and a congres sional delegation readily joined hands for legislation embracing huge cattle purchases in dry areas, the meat to bo used for Federal ‘relief, for distribu tion of feed and seed to farmers, and to provide work where possible. In another conference, the President reviewed the labor question in general and the steel situation with automobile manufacturing executives. It was not certain as to what effect, if any, thelt* talk would have on the Wagner bUH (Continued on P&ae Sts). Counting Os Votes Is Begun Raleigh, June 5. (AP) —The work of officially tabulating the returns from Saturday’s primaries got under wiy today when county boards of elections gathered throughout the State to can vass the votes. As soon as these reports have been forwarded to the State Board of Elec tions here, that board will canvass the results from the whole State, and the official figures will be released. Raymond C. Maxwell, secretary bf the State board, said that the board will probably be called to meet Satur day or early next week, depending upon how fast the county votes are re ported to State headquarters. Meanwhile, available unofficial re turns indicatede five run-off racep on June 30 to offices other than county and legislative posts. Indications were also that a number of local and legislative races would re quire a, second primary. - ‘ > Carolinas Hoping For Dry Season Dead Line at Hanti and Further Rain Will Start Serious Crop Damage Charlotte, June 5. (AP)—While western states today hoped for rain, the Carolinas sent out word they would be thankful for a little dry weather which would avert serious! cropd amage. Rains in North Carolina and South Carolina recently have thrown -a shadow of damaged or even ruined crops, and farmers, watching weeds skyrocket, at the same time that they read discouraging weather forecasts, wondered when they would be able to work in- their fields. Weather bureaus said more rain was i on Page Two.) y
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