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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR ROOSEVELT TO North Carolinians To Ask Ickes For Highway Routings Want Equal Treatment With Tennessee In Sharing Smoky Mountain Park Benefits ENGAGEMENT MADE BY SENATOR BAILEY Though Route Has Not Been Publicly Announced, Tar Heels on the ‘‘lnside” Fear This State Is Getting W orst End ofi Bargain cations Washington, June 26. (AP) —Senator Bailey, of North Carolina, made ar rangements todoy for a North Caro lina delegation to talk with Secretary Ickes, public works administrator, Thursday about the route for tTle pro posed scenic highway to connect the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park in North Carolina and Tennessee. Although the route proposed for the $16000,000 highway has not been made public, interested North Carolina parties have expressed fear that the location will not be favorable to their state. The delegation will call on Ickes to impress upon him North Carolina’s be lief that it should share equally with Tennessee, Senator Bailey said. FEDERAL AID FOR EDUCATION URGED Chapel Hill. June 26. (API—Dr Jchr. K Norton, of Teachers College, Columbia University, stoutly cham pioned Federal aid for publi ceduca ticr. i! an address here todav before a conference on education in the ra tional program of reconstruction. Seven Held In Slayings InOklahoma Three Canadian Highway Workers Found Slain; Note Gives Officers Clue McAlester, Okla., June 26 (API- Seven person* were being held for in vestigation of the mysterious slaying of three Canadian Oklahoma high way workers whose bodies were found yesterday in the hill country 20 miles northeast of here, two days after they had disappeared from their home. In the vicinity where the bodies of Homer Beasley, Hobart Watkins and Bill Gann were found, officers discov ered a scribbled accusation on the bac k of a campaign card. Officers theorized the note was writ ten by Gann as he faced death. It read; "lack Rackley, Bill Moore and Geo. Baker, killed Homer and Hobart and to&ybe me.” The three men named, also Cana dians, were arrested along with the w >ves of Moore and Baker, All de nied knowledge of the crime, which officers said may have been caused by a bootlegging war. Kidnapers Seek Ransom For Chicago Case Owner Chicago, June 26. (AP) —A band of kidnapers was believed by police today tfl he holding Andrew Sciacca sos ran som. i Sciacca, 50-year-old owner of the Oriental Case, was seized by five or six early today while he was putting 11 is ca r into his garage at his home, she abductors were armed with re vi »lv«*r« and a shotgun. Wf’fK police officers,” the leader of tht band said as they wrested Sciacca HntJtrramt HatUi B tatratrlt A.T.& T. Questions State’s Authority Raleigh, June 86 (AP>—The American Telephone and Telegraph Company today questioned the jur isdiction of the State Utilities Com mission as an investigation of loop and drop charge-* levied on press associations and ether leased wire subscribers were Deepened. Contending that its lease, con tracts, wire phases, loops and drops were all used in interstate and foreign commerce, and not in tri-State business, the company con tended that jurisdiction in the probe lay in the Federal commis sion’s having power to regulate communications. PRIVILEGE LICENSE COMINGIN FASTER Over $30,000 Daily Re&ch * ing Revenue Department „ lin. Raleigh SALES TAX IS HIGHER Expect To Reach $6,000,000 Or Near That by End of* Week, Which Marks Close of Fis cal Year, Dully Dfsijtitcli Burma, In the Sir Walter Hotel. nY J. C. JASKERVILL. Raleigh, June 25 —License tax or “Schedule B’’ privilege tax collections are increasing dail yas the dead line of July 1, after which they become de linquent, draws nearer, according to Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Max well. Last week there were still 40,- 000 business and professional men subject to the State license tax, due June 1, who had not yet paid it. But during the past two days many of these have been remitting the taxes due. Collections from this tax so far this month amounted to $379,405 up to Monday morning. But collections are now coming in at the rate of from $30,000 to $40,000 a day, according to George Scott, director of accounts. “All of our 56 field deputies have the names and addresses of all those who have not paid their licenses taxes ■both for this year and for back years and they are making an effort to see as many of these delinquents as pos (Continued on Page Three.) Miss Tufverson May Be In India With a Poderjay Vienna, June 26. (AP) —Police inves tigators today identified as a possible link between Ivan Poderjay and India the fact that his missionary brother is the Rev. Father Stanke Poderjay, who lives in the Catholic mission Ba janti via Caning, 24 Paignas, British India. When Poderjay was first arrested here three weeks agon on “the suspi cion of murder” of Miss Agnes Tu»- verson of Detroit and New York, he said that he believed it possible Miss Tufverson was in India. Miss Sallie Tufverson, the missing woman’s sister, told police when the investigation first began that she be lieved originally that her sister might have gone to India. from his automobile and dragged him to another motor car and drove away. The victim’s three children were with their father in the automobile when the '‘snatch” occurred. They had ridden home with him after he had closed up his place of business for the night. . One of them ran into the house ana summoned police. Just as they arriv ed, they received a telephone cal warning them not to notify the police. ONLY DAILY Leased wire service o» -THE ASSOCIATED PRESS* NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA HENDERSON N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 26, 1934 ADDRESS NATION ON THURSDAY Vi She Is Takein To Jasper, Ala. Hospital Near Starva tion at the Hands of the Woman ARM BROKEN, WITH INFECTION IN SIDE Though 12 Years Old, She Weighs Only 45 Pounds; Mrs: Earle Porter, Where Child Lived 16 Months After Mother’s Death, Is Held In Custody Jasper, Ala./ June 26. (AP) —A 12- year-old girl suffering from wounds and malnutrition wa s in a hospital here today while Fayette county au thorities investigated her story of tor ture and near starvation at the hands of a woman who had her in custody. The child, Mary Virginia Johnson, was brought here yesterday by Fayette county residents, suffering from a broken arm and infection In one side. Her daunt, skeleton-like body was cov ered with scars. She weighed only 45 pounds on admission to the hospital. In Fayette county, a Mrs. Ear; Por ter, with whom the child had made her home for 16 months, was under bond of S4OO pending a hearing on charges of assault and battery with a club. Officers said the child was placed in custody of Mrs. Porter early last year on the death of her mother, who through a period of illness had given her nine other children, one by one, into the keeping of others. Hitler Threatens Sharp Retaliation To His Opponents Berlin, June 26 (AP)—The govern ment, hearing for almost the first time since Adolf Hitler’s acendancy as chancellor the rumbles of dissatisfac tion in some sections with Naziism, threatened sharp reaction today. Government officials indicated to day they would move for “complete extinction” of the auxiliary branch of t# r -Wfr Veterans League. Recent rumors said the league held secret plans to replace the Hitler re gime with a military dictatorship. Farmville Greek Freed of Charges In Double Murder Raleigh, June 26. (AP) —Sam Zahar ras, * case owner of Farmville, today was ordered released from custody by Associate Justice George W. Connor, of the Supreme Court, when the justice said he could not find evidence to justify holding the man on the charge ot killing Talmadge and Dalton Strick land, filling station operators, of near Garner. Zaharras got his freedom on a writ of habeas corpus after a Wake county coroner’s jury had ordered him held for superior court in connection with thed eaths of the Stricklands. The two men were killed last January. Gambling Ban Hits Louisiana New Orleans, La., Jupe 26. (AP) — Gambling in New Cwleans went on a hamless tiddledy winks standard to day as the words “came down the line” that it was best not to woo the gods of chance so vigorously—at least tem porarily. The dice stopped rolling and the-rou lettte wheels ceased to spin in dozens of establishments in the city early last night. Card games, poker, black jack and others hold out a little longer, but they, too, soon folded up. And in Baton Route, with Senator Huey P. Long back in harness, Gover nor O. K. Allen stuck to his announce ment of several days ago that gambl ing must be run out of the State. The tSate administration headed by Senator Huey P. Lon*, fs none too friendly with the city administration headed by Mayor T. Semmes Walms ley. ! .. _ _ Five Picked to Rule Nation’s Stock Exchanges James M. Landis Dean Witter Ferdinand Pecora George C. Matthews James Auchinclosa The men pictured above are slated to rule the stock exchanges in the nation, locations of which are shown fn the map, as the Federal Securities Exchange Commission after July 1. Landis, a member of the Federal Trade Commission, was one of the framers of the act setting up the securities control; Pecora, New York lawyer, was the Senate’s hired inquisitor into Wall St. practices; Mathews, a Wisconsin man, is also a member of the trade commission: Auchincloss and Witter are New York and San Francisco, respectively f, investment bankers. (Central Press) Bloody Battle In S. Americans War Goes Unchecked Buenos Ayres, Argentine, June 26r < AP >—After nearly a fortnight of steady fighting, 100,000 Bolivian and Paraguayan troops were still locked today in a prolonged battle for Fort Ballivian, Bolivian stronghold in the Chaco Boreal. Because of Paraguayan flanking at tempts, the line of battle is gradually extending northward until Paraguay ans are attacking intermittently up and down the front with three alter, nate objectives They are: 1- —To dislodge the Bolivians from Johnson Defiant Toward Harriman Washington, June 26 (AP)—Hugh S. Johnson today said that “with out some amelioration the blue eagle is not going to be restored” to the Harriman Hosiery Mills in Tennessee. Johnson was bac kat his desk today after a few days at Walter Reed hospital. The NBA chief was treated for an abscess after his return last Friday after a speaking trip to Tennessee. Job That Cost State $30,000 • Years Ago Now Being - Done for $4,000 Daily Dispatch Bnreos, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. C BASKERVILL Raleigh, une 26. —Painting of the in terior walls of the Capitol, as well as the outsi ie of all doors and other ex terior woodwork, is rapidly nearing completion, under the direction of A. A. Howell, supervisor of all painting projects being done in State buildings by the FERA. All of the offices on the main floor of the Capitol have been painted as well as the interior of the State Senate chamber on the second floor. Scaffolding is now being erect (Contfnued on Page Three.) Dean Miller, Os Duke Takes Oath For Federal Job Washington, June 26. (AP)—Justin Miller, dean of the Duke University Law cShool, today became a special assistant to the attorney general, as signed to the office of Solicitor Gen eral J. Crawford Biggs. His appointment was formally an nounced, and he took the oath of of fice immediately. At the request of President Roose velt, he was granted a leave of ab sence by Duke # Avanti and Ballivian at the south end of the line. 2 . To pierce the Bolivian line in the Canadat-stroagestand El Carmen sec tors, farther to the north, in order to drive a wedge behind Fort Ballivian to the Tilcomayo river. 3. —To outflan kthe Bolivians at the Inorthern end of the line in the hope of making a circle and cutting Boli vian communications with Borbigny, the next most important Bolivian stronghold. fsst. i Benefit Payments by Gov ernment Responsible for the Advance College Station, Raleigh, une 26. Farm purchasing power on the aver age throughout the United States has been 25 per cent higher during the first nine months in which benefit payments have been distributed through the provisions of the Agri cultural Adjustment Act than in the corresponding period the previous year, says Dean . O. Schaub, of State College. Mr. Schaub was supplied this infor mation by L. H. Bean, economic ad viser to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, following a study of the prices farmers receive for tj>e products, compared with the cost pf commodities farmers buy. Cash in come including benefit payments dur ing this nine mopth period increased 38 per cent, but this increase was par tially offset by an increase in the cost of commodities farmers Duy. “Benefit payments on production ad justment contracts contrvbutecr nearly one-fifth of the net increase of 25 per (Continued on Page Three.) Claims Druggists Do Not Desire To Dispense Whisky Durham, June 26 (AP) —Opposition to the dispensing of whisky in North Carolina by druggists was voiced by J. C. Hood, of Kinston, president of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association, in his address delivered as the feature of the morning session of the 55th annual convention of the organization, in progress here. He also made a plea so ra reason able attitude on the retail sales tax until the period of the emergency had passed. Officers of the women’s auxiliary are to be elected this afternoon. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Fair tonight and Wednesday; notm uch change in temperature. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY* Sand Dumped Into Oiling Systems of Motors At Fort Riley, Kansas INVESTIGATORS SHOWN ♦ ! , House Military Sub-Committee Ad vised of Apparent Effort To Dis credit Truck*; Price Ad vance Denied Washington, June 2e. (AP)—Evi dence that twelve CCC trucks had been sabotaged by the introduction of sand into their oiling systems was given today to the House Military sub committee investigating War Depart ment expenditures. An apparent reason for the sabotage, committee members told reporters, probably was to discredit the trucks in question. Submitted for the committee ree ords by Representative Goss, Republi can, Connecticut, was a letter form A. G. Lott, com manding officer at Fort Riley, Kansas, to War Department officials. General Lott recalled it had been necessary to replace the motors in 12 Fargo trucks, and addea; “A thorough investigation of the mo tors when they were torn down by Jfee Swanson Motor company revealed the fact that an act of sabotage had been committeed, and from samples of resi due in the pans and in the oil cart ridges, it was determined that an abra sive material conssiting of sharp crystally sand had been poured into the oil reservoir of each motor. The committee also received from J. B. Woodside of General Motors Fleet Corporation, sales agency, a letter denying that prices on Chevrolet auto mobiles sold to the government had increased because Henry Ford’s failure to sign an NRA compliance certificate barred Ford from bidding FACTOR FREED FROM PRISON IN ILLINOIS Washington, June 26. (AP) —Judge Evan A. Evans, of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, today order ed the release of John Factor, wealthy speculator, from the Sycamore, 111., jail where he had been held pending the issuance of a final order for his extradition to England on charges of defrauding investors of $7,000,000. War On Gas Smuggling Puts Crimp Into Liquor Running Daflr Dispute* Bnrea*, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, June 25.—The activity of the State Highway Patrol against gasoline bootleggers from Virginia and the fact that patrolmen are stationed at all the more important highway gateways from Virginia into North Carolina, is not only stopping the gaso line bootleggers, but the liquor boot leggers as well, according *to Captain Charles D. Farmer of the State High way Patrol. “The liquor bootleggers have evi dently seen the stories in the news papers about the highway patrol guarding all the highways leading from Virginia into North Carolina, looking for liquor bootleggers too,” Captain Farmer said. “The result has 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY president plans • REPORT TO PEOPLE BEFORE HE LEAVES Will Not Discuss Politics In Speeches on Trip Back Across The Country STARTS SATURDAY ON HAWAIIAN TRIP Has Stop Booked for Haiti on Way Toward Canal; President Clearing Up His Desk These Final Few Days Before Long Journey To The Pacific Washington, June 26. (AP)—Presi dent Roosevelt will talk to the natidn over the air at 9:30 p. m., eastern standard time, Thursday, presumably to give a report on the state of the nation’s affairs. • > He has given a few such talks since he became President on March 4, 1933 The subject of the forthcoming ad* dress was not made known. Returning tqi Washington from a trip into New England, the President emphasized that he had no intention of injecting politics into any talks he may make upon his return across the coun try from the west coast this summer* After making his talk to the nation, Mr. Roosevelt will clear up his desk on Friday and depart on Saturday) from Annapolis on his cruise. Mr. Roosevelt worked today on gov ernment business, wnich must be dis* posed of this week. He signed some bills, including one authorizing formation of a corporation to insure more effective diversification of prisoni ndustries. “I am glad to approve this bill,” h 4 said in a statement, “because It rep* resents a distanct advance in the pro* gress of prison industries. “ Without any important competition (Continued on Page Three.) Roosevelt’s Mother Sees Queen Mary They Sip Tea iin, Queen’s Private Room and Talk Things In Common London, June 6. (AP) — Two of tha world’s most talked-about women— Queen Mary and Mrs. Sarah Delapo Roosevelt —sipped tea together this af ternoon in her majesty’s private apart ment at Buckingham Palace. King George was present, but most ' of the animated conversation was car ried on by the mother of the Ameci can President and the queen of Gre# Britain. Just two mothers —grandmothers, la sact —they found many common in terests as they chatted merrily # Their majesties were impressed, as the prime minister and other empirel eaders had been, by the gaiety, friendliness and frankness of Mrs. Roosevelt. She radiated pride in her famous son out Mrs. Roosevelt gave expression to a common sense view of the world and its affairs gained in her 80 years of experience. been that liquor running from Vir ginia into North Carolina through these various gateways has virtually stopped”. Since the State Highway Patrol is limited in its powers to the enforce ment of the motor vehicle v and high way laws only, it does not have au thority to arrest liquor runners and bootleggers unless they violate, some of the motor vehicle laws, Captain Farmer explained So as long as tha driver of a liquor car observes the motor vehicle and highway laws, he is immune to arrest by highway pa trolmen He is likely to be arrested by any county or city officers, how ever. But since few county officers have cars or motorcycles, it is diffi* (Continued on Page Three.)
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