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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR 1934 COTTON ACREAGE 68 PERCENT OF THAT IN 1933 **** * * * * * * *****#*i#*« # ■ W Court Denies Senate's Power To' Jail McCracken jt TERM GIVEN WAS IN DISREGARD OF CONSTITUTION District of Columbia Court of Appeal* Reverses Low er Court’s Ruling In the Case MINGLING OF TWO branches illegal Government May Appeal Decision to United States Supreme Court; One Man In Air Mail Inquiry Served Sentence Rather Than Con test the Issue Washington, July 9 <AP)—The Dis trict of Columbia Court of Appeals to day reversed a lower court ruling and held the Senate did not have the pow er to sentence William T. McCracken to ten days in jail for contempt in con nection u ith the air mail investigation McCracken, former assistant secre tary of commerce for aeronautics, and L. H. Britten, former vice-president of the Northwest Airways, Inc., were found guilty by the Senate February 14 and each sentenced to ten days. Britten served his term, but counsel for McCracken contested the legisla tive body’s decision. Justice Daniel W. O’Donoghue, of the District of Columbia Supreme Court, later held the Senate had the 1 (Continued On Page Four.) PHONE HEARING TO RESUME TOMORROW Raleigh, July 9.—(AP)—The State Utilities Commission tomorrow will re sume itshearings atw hich the South ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company is attempting to show cause why its rates in Raleigh should not be decreased by 20 to 25 percent. TO R EPORT~TUESDAY ON PAROLE RACKET Raleigh, July 9—(AP)—Parole Commissioner Edwin M. Gill said today he expected to report to Governor Ehringhaus by tomor row night on his investigation of an alleged '‘parole racket’* In North Carolina. Gil! said he would! not release any part of his report, leaving to the governor the decision as to whether the findings shall be pub lished STIRLING BrPIERCE WELDON POSTMASTER Washington, July 9.—(AP —Acting postmasters announced today by Post master General Farley included Stir ling B. Pierce, at Weldon, N. C. Big Revolt In Cuba Is Staved Off Raids for Arms Throughout Cuba Nip Move By For mer Army Officers Havana, Cuba, July 9. (AP-—Faids for arms were spread throughout Cuba today by Colonel Fulgenccio Batista, commander-in-chief of the army, who is convinced he has htwart ed what would have been a major revolution fired by former army of ficers. Batista ordered the arrest of sev eral ex-officers, as well as enlisted men. Some three score are already in jail charged with conspiracy. Jubilant at what he considers a >trh|mph over this \enemie4 {Batista said apparently some members of the ex-offlcers association, whose head quarters were raided Friday, planned to make him a member of their as sociation, Honoris Causa ((for the sake of honor} Mvtxhvt&mt i&mlxi Btatmtrir MRE AND FIGHT RAGE ON SAN FRANCISCO DOCKS /iremen as well a* police saw iuty when thousands of strikers «nd police engaged in pitched bat tle on San Francisco’s waterfront. Firemen are shown fighting a con- Cooley Is In Washington ~ For Congressional Duties Washington, July 9 (AP) —Harold D. Cooley, who was elected Saturday to fill the unexpired term of the late Representative Edward W. Pou of the Fourth North Carolina district, came to Washington today to assume his new duties, but the likelihood was he will remain an “unofficial” congress man until his short term expires in January The office of the clerk of the House SERGEM KILLED Sentry Slays Wilmington Soldier at Fort Moultrie Training Area Fort Moultrie, S. C., July 9. (AP) Sergeant Herbert L. Aires, Jr., of the North Carolina Natonal Guard, of Wilmington, N. C., was shot and killed early this morning about 12:35 by a regular army sentry on duty at Fort Moultrie, outside the limits of the National Guard camp. The bullet, which was fired from a regulation army rifle, entered his left arm breaking the bone and glancing off, entering his body near the heart. It is thought that death was in stantaneous. Artillery Regiment, of National Guard, which is in training here at the present time, is conducting an in vestigation. Pours Gasoline on Fire in Stove and Dies From Burns Winston-Salem, July 9.—(AP>— Mrs. Athel May Attowood, 35. was fatally burned at her home here this morning when gasoline with which she was starting a fire in a stove exploded setting fire to her clothing and to the home She died in a hospital a few hours later. Mrs. Attowood used the gasoline by mistake, thinking the liquid she was pouring on the flames was kerosene. She is survived by her. husband and five children. Vlilllll^ FOR NORTH CAROLINA GeaereJly fair and Tues day. „ -.,,, jljS ONLY DAILY leased wire service of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND * ' HENDERSON N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 9.1934 Hagration which resulted when longshoremen, on strike since May 9, overturned a truck which was to be used in an effort to move cargo from the docks. Police, explained that, although Cooley will receive a representative's salary and perform all the duties of a regular congressman, he cannot take the oath of office unless a special session of Congress is called. Cooley is the Democratic nominee to succeed himself in the November election for the regular two-year term beginning next January. His oppon ent then will be Hobart Brantley. Who he defeated in Saturday’s special elec Roosevelt Sails Toward Colombia Aboard the U. S. S. Gilmer, Ac companying President Roosevelt, July 9. (AP)—President Roosevelt had the opportunity for real vaca tion relaxation once more today after busy visits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The cruiser Houston steamed across the Caribbean Sea at a rapid clip toward Colombia, due to ar rive at Cartagena tomorrow. After meeting President Knriqiv Olaya Herrera at CaSJagena to morrow, the President will proceed to Panama and the Canal Zone, be ginning the, Pacific crossing to Hawaii Thursday. NEWRACKETS ON GASOLINE WAGONS Filling Stations Fail to Get All They Pay for Under the Scheme Doily Dispatch Burenu. In the Sir Walter Hotel, BY J. C. BASKERVILL Rqleigh, July 9. —Inspectors for the weights and measures diision haev reecntly found some gasoline tank wagon drivers who have not been ob serving the law requiring them to al low adequate expansion space, with the result that they have been fleec ing the filling station operators out of from eight to ten gallons on ach 1,000 gallons they have been deliver ing, according to C. D. Baucom, state superintendent of weights and mea sures, As a result of these findings, Mr. Baucom is sending out a letter to pH the gasoline and oil companies doing (Coutlaiicd Oa Four.) outfitted as soldiers, are shown with tear gas gun and bomb. Several are reported dead and scores injured in the recent out break of fighting. tion to fill Pou s unexpired term. The representative-elect said he ex pected to remain in Washington for a week to learn his way around. He has been assigned an office in the old House office building, Cooley said he was going to make a bid for some sort of Federal agency to take over the quarters in the Ra leigh post office, which will be abafid oned when the North Carolina revenue office is removed to Greensboro To Abandon Agreement On Ginning Administration and Ginners Unable To Agree On Prices To Be Charged Washington, July 9. (AP) —Abandon- ment of the proposed marketing agreement for coctton ginners is ex pected to be announced late today by Farm Administration officials. Negotiations over the agreement hae been goving on for several months Differences between the administra tion and representatives of ginners over prices to he charged for the first processing of cotton delayed action. Ginners and the administration were unable to agree on the schedule at. a conference in two months ago, and subsequently a series of opening hearings were held through out the South to discuss the proposed agremeent. Ginners desired to set minimum prices for their work, contending htat the amount of ginning to be done this year would be less than ever before because of the Bankhead compulsory control act, and, therefore, to guar antee a fair return for their labor, they should be promised, under the agreement, a schedule of uniform charges They, suggest 35 cents per 100 pounds of seed in Alabama, Geor gia, Florida, North Carolina and Vir ginia; 40 cents in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee; 45 cents in Oklahoma and the n on-irrigated sec tion in asd 90 cents for Pima cotton- ITALY REFUSES TO FOR LARGER NAVY Move by Mussolini Casts Shadow Over Anglo, French Naval Conver sations at London ITALIAN PROGRAM CAUSE OF CONCERN France Might, Therefore, Refuse To Go Ahead With Her Pre-Conference Discus sions Im Preparation for 1935 Naval Parley; Musso lini’s Plans Awaited London, July 9. (AP) —Refusal by Italy to modify her naval construc tion plans cast a shadow today over Anglo-French naval conversations proceeding the presence of the French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou. It was understood in informed quar ters that the British told the French of their concern over the Italian pro gram of two 35,000 ton battleships and it was reported the French may feel una.ble to jpursue extensively their pre-conference discusions in prepara tion for the 1935 naval parley. They will be retarded, it was de cided, until the full extent of Musso lini’s exact plans is revealed. Beyond the scene, pressure has been brought to bear on Italy from sev eral qquarters to bring about modi fication of her building program, but so far unssuccessfully. North Carolina Railroad Groups Appointed Again Raleigh, July 9. (AP) —Governor present State directors of the North taht s rC|.P)gM2shrdlu cmfwypetaoin that Mrs. C. B s Aycock, Sr., of Raleigh widow of the former governor, be re elected as president of the road when the annual meeting of directors is held in Greensboro Thursday. Eight directors re-appointed for one year terms were Mrs. Aycock; D, W. Royster, of Shelby; R. T, Amos, of High Point; R. W. Griffis, of Canton; J. H. Yelton, of Hendersonville; A. M, Dixon, Gastonia; and Robert Lassi ter, of Charlotte. Herbert Peele, publisher of the Eli zabeth City Advance, be re-elected secretary-treasurer o fthe road. “SCOTTSBORO CASE’’ EXECUTION HALTED . Montgomery, Ala., July 9.—(AP) —A stay of execution was grant ed today to Haywood) Patterson and Clarence Norris, two of nine Negro defendants under sentence of death in the “Scottsboro case” by the Alabama Supreme Court on receipt of an application for re-hearing for the condemned men. American Woman Is Held Spy Paris, July 9 (AP) —An American woman, Pauline Jacobson Levine, 32, was ordered today by Magistrate An dre to appear for questioning in a new drive to clean up an alleged interna tional ring of spies. She was to be questioned regarding her relation to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gordon Switz, of New Jersey, when have been held in a Paris jail for sev eral months under espionage charges. Six other summonses or warrants were issued in connection with the alleged espionage srevice, with which the Switzes are linked. These included three men and three women,* Authorities declared their latest in vestigations revealed that informa tion was being gathered all over Eu rope, Including France, concerning the gas and microbe warfare. Investigations into stratospheric possibilities were also being investi gated, it was indicated. PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY„ 28,024,000 ACRES UNDER CULTIVATION ON FIRST OF JULY Economic “Dictator” ■ST"' 1 f r IjHL ji $■ Bbl JR gap iJffi < Dr. Kurt Schmitt The first attempt to unrav >1 lh« economic crisis in Germany after the recent Nazi purging resulted in the vesting of Dr. Kurt Schmitt, Reich minister of eco nomics, shown here, with unlim ited power to reorganize the na tion’s trade and punish anyon» disobeying his orders. COMMUNIS? COUP FDR U. S. FEARED Anxiety is Reaching Propor tions Amounting Almost to Hysteria GROUP GROWING FAST Reported Numbering Well up in Mil lions and Large Enough to Cause Trouble; Russia’s Communists Small By CHARLES P, STEWART (Central Press Staff Writer) Washington, July 9.—Fear of a com munistic coup in the United States is reaching proportions that amount to hysteria on the part of a not incon siderable group in Washington. Presumably It reflects a similar state of panis elsewhere throughout the country. t-i There is enough of it anyway to sup port quite a pretentious monthly pub lication, known as the National Re public—a makazine of fundamental Americanism, devoted principally to the broadcasting of warnings against the supposed “red threat” against Uncle Sam’s government and all his institutions. The National Republic undoubtedly is as well, meaning a periodical as ever was issued. As to the justifiabil ity of its alarm however*'there may be room for two or more opinions. ♦ * * Its general manager, Walter S, Steele, is described to me by ultra anti-radicals as the foremost author ity between the oceans on the subject of bolshevistic activities under the Stars and Stripes. He has, in fact, in his Washington (Continued on Page Four.) Hope Causeways Can Be Opened By Noon on Tuesday Raleigh, July 9. (AP)—The State Highway and Public Works Com mission today worked on final de tails involwing the State’s pur chase of toll bridges and cause ways at Wrightsville Beach andd Morehead City, with a view to de claring the structures toll-free and State-owned by noon tomorrow. Charles Ross* general counsel for the commission, returned from Wilmington this morning with hopes that final details may be straightened out today. Mr. Ross said that he expected advices during the day which would determine whether the transfer of hte Wrightsville struc ture could be completed tomor row. Things &T 0 now in line for the transfer of the Atlan Bticeach. causeway at Morehead Clyt. 6 PAGES TODAY five cents copy Compares With 40,852,000 Acres Same Time Last Year, Agriculture De_ partment Says ACREAGE REDUCING PROGRAM IS CAUSE North Carolina’s Acreage This Year 977,000, Com pared With 1,320,000 Last Year; Arizona and Cali fornia Only Two States Showing an Increase Washington, July 9 (AP) —The De partment of Agriculture today esti mated cotton acreage in cultivation July 1 in the United States at 28,024,- 000, which was 68,6 per cent of the 10,852,000 acres under cutlivation a year ago. North Carolina’s 1934 acreage is estimated at 977 000 acres, against 1,- 320,000 in 1933. During 1933 cotton farmers rented approximately 10,495,000 acres to the, government and plowed up standing cotton. This year approximately 15,- 000,000 have been rented to the gov ernment. The crop reporting board said the 28,024,000 acres was 31.4 per cent less than on July 1, 1933, and 32.4 per cent less than the average for the five-year period 1938-32, inclusive. The decrease from last year’s fig ures ranged from 25 per cent in Geor gia to 36 per cent in Oklahoma. Ari zona and California were the only two states showing an increase over 1933. The drop was attributed chiefly to the crop reduction program of thd Farm Administration, combined with the “restricting influence of the Bank head crop control act on planters who did not sign voluntary reduction con tracts. Mills at Monroe Closed as Strike ' Is Started There Monroe. July 9.—(AP)—< The Union Mills, formerly known as the Icemeree Mill, a combed yarn plant here, under management of the Johnston Mill Company, of Charlotte, closed here early today after about a dozen workers struck. Officers said they knew of no reason for the strike at the plant, where approximately 200 opera tives are employed. Mill officials would not elaborate on their statement that a dozen workers had quit, and that the mill would be closed for an inde finite time. France Is Cool Over Hess Talk German’s gesture for (Peace Leaves Menace of War Un abated, Paris Holds Paris. July 9. (/P)—French offi cialdom today considered the “menace” presented by Germany as unabated by the gesture for peace In the speech of Rudolph Hess, aide to Chancellor Hit ler yesterday. Called a “superfluous” warning against “invasion”, it was regarded here as an attempt by Hitler to dis courage French effort to line up with Great Britain and the rest of Europe in “defensive rapproachments”. “The French veterans did not need any reminder of the fighting qualities of Germans,* said an official, indicat ing at the same time that the speech was intended principailv for Germaia ears. “The French, who reiterated their own desire for peace as a pacifist people,” regarded the speech as chang ing nothing, since “it winds up with the same old demand for arms, tq which France cannot consent”.
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