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“"HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR Tobacco At New Peak In East Declares Textile Strike Will Come As Union Ordered Instructions of New York .Convention To 3e RoTlow ed to the Letter, Gor man Says LITTLE INTEREST IN COMING STATEMENT Strike Committee Professes Scant Hope in Textile* .Board’s Promised Plan; Concessions Mti'st Be Made By Manufacturers To Avert Walk Out Washington. Aug. 23. (Jp) —Francis J Gorman, chairman of the special st'ik<’ committee designated to direct a general strike in the cotton textile industiy, reported today that the in structions of the New York convention to call a walk-out by September 1 would he "followed to the letter”. The strike committee evinced little interest in the forthcoming statement by Robert Bruere, chairman of the Cotton Textile/ Industrial Relations Board, which is expected to contain Members of the committee said they would be interested in no proposal that did not conain specific concea toncessions in their favor from some cne authorized to offer them. "If the industry can see the wisdom ({ averting a strike by correction of the grievances, it has the power to do jo," Gorman said, but added, “the special strike committee does not ex pect the industry to move voluntarily toward a betterment of conditions, because the industry has been mov ing steadily in the other dircetion ever since the cotton textile code was approved by the President.” Meanwhile, Gorman and the com mittee proceeded with plans for actual strike operations. Arrangements were made for assignment of person nel to tactical centers, so that when the strike was called the men mighv move to their posts upon one general order. Five Are Killed In Crossing Crash At Ontario Town Bigwood. Ontario, Aug. 23. (/Pi —Five persons were killed and a sixth seriously Injured when an automobile wfis struck early to day by a train at a crossing. The group was said to have been returning to French river from a dance at Bigwood. The railway tracks are obscured until the persod approaching them is within about 100 feet. Say Hitler F urthering Pagan Faith Atheist Leader Cred its Nazi Revolution With Trend in That Direction Berlin, Aug. 23. (/P ) —'i *e revival of pagan faiths in German was laid to day at the door of Hitlerism. T. Orlovsky, a paganist lead fit at. a convention of the pagan group. , "The Nazi revolution created the prerequisite for a revolution of lofty values, known as religion. Acknowl edgment of the sacredness of the Ger man race and blood has alone made possible an objective attitude toward Christianity”. Striking parallel utterances by Reichbishop Mueller tend to confirm advances made by the pagan faith movement. The Reichsbistu»<», la charged with unification of the Ger man Protestant church, praised the revolution for “having opened new prospects for external folk v alues, above all, for ties of soil and blood.” WEATHER * FOR NORTH CAROLINA Partly cloudy • tonight and Fri day; not much change in tempem ture. Imiitemm Bmht Bfeuatrh Warns Hitler m Mrajp * A. *** ffl Dr. Nahun Goldmann Addressing World Jewish Confer ence in Geneva, Switzerland, Dr. Nahun Goldmann, president of tha committee on Jewish delegations, warned the Hitler regime in Ger many Jewry has known more pow erful adversaries than the 3rd Reich and has “always outlasted them.” (Central Press). TREASURY checking ON PROFITS ABROAD Government Hopes To Levy Taxes on Transactions From the Outside TWO LETTERS MAILED Information Requested as to Collec tor’s Office Where Income Taxes Were Reported 1929 to 1933, Inclusive Washington, Aug. r 3. (#*) —Tne Treasury is checking up on profits taken from the United States through investments by Americans living abroad or foreignerers with a view to assessing taxes on them. Two letters have been sent to brok ers and individuals the Treasury has reason to believe have takgn money from the United States through prof its in stock transactions, dividends or otherwise. The first letter states that the Treasury has information the person or firm addressed has had stocks,, bonds or commodity transactions in the United States. “In order to verify the information received concerning your income,” the letter said, “it is reques*ed that you advise the location of the collector’s office in the United States where your income tax returns were filed fo* the years 1929 to 1933, inclusive". The letter orders such persons to file returns if they have not, and asKs for f ‘detailed informat*jn” on the transactions in question. The second letter, ‘based on less specific information, asks that the persons or firm concernctf advise whether returns have bben filed. AAA Planning Big Loans To Lift Farm Prices Up Washington, Aug. 23. (A*) —The aAA which has set the farm prices of 1909 to 1914 as a goal to shoot at, may seek to use widespread loans on com modities as its ammunition. The prices of the pre-war years, the relatively golden age of Ameri can agriculture, are called “parity” prices. Recent moves to increase cotton loans to 12 cents and extend corn loans to aJnuary 1, 1934, were regard ed as a bridge between the present loan policy and a new on to be in cluded in the feed storage bill to be submitted to the next Congress. The measure would allow the AAA to extend its lending to other crops 3NLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VII^UNIA. LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.- HENDERSON N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 23,1934 Seastosput WITHIN NRA RANKS Emphatic Refutation Given by Johnson, While Rich-, berg Predicts Defi nite Action NO COMMENT GIVEN FROM MISS PERKINS Administration Officials In . volved In Reorganization Plans Admit There Have . Been Differences But Pre dict Early Coordination of .These Views Washington. Aug. 23 (AP) —Admin- istration officials concerned with re organization of NRA agreed today there had been differences of opin ion over transforming the emergency recovery machine into a more per manent outfit, hut predicted an early settlement. While refusing to be quoted, these officials said they felt published re ports that a serious rift had occur red between Hugh S, Johnson on the cne hand, and other presidential ad visors, including Donald R. Richberg and Secretary Perkins, on the other, had gone too far. Richberg, director of the National Emergency Council, who discussed the reorganization with President Roosevelt Tuesday before the latter left for the Rainey funeral, expressed confidence the discussions would “proceed to a point of definite action, but how rapid I don’t know.” Mrs. Perkins declined to comment. JOHNSON DENIES SPLIT IN HIGH COMMAND WITH NRA Bethany Beach, Del., Aug. 23 fAP) -—Hugh S. Johnson used five words today to deny emphatically there had been a split between him and Donald Tt. Richberg and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins over NRA policy! The NRA administrator was in formed that reports of a sharp dis pute in the high command of his in dustrial recovery campaign had been published in Washington. He replied categorically: “One. No break. “Two. No further comment.” MEN STAGES G. 0. P. ‘COMEBACK’ Man Who Has Made Best , Party Speech So Far Was" Foe of Hoover By CHARLES P. STEWART (Central Press Staff Writer) Washington, Aug. 23.—Representa tive Luis T. McFadden of Pennsyl vania, who recently made the most effective Republican speech of this year’s political campaign, and who made it under the G. O. P. national congressional committee’s auspices with the strongest indorsement of the Hamiltonian organization— (lt was wirelessed from ocean to ocean and from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico, and the as sumption is that some mighty opu lent Republican paid the radio folk’s bil, for McFadden has no money to speak of.) —• Anyway, this same Louis T. McFad (Continued on Page Three) than corn and cotton, officials be- 4 .lieve. By lifting the loan value of com-* modities gradually, while maintaining a production control to prevent sur pluses, some officials think the gov ernment could create a level of farm income throughout the year, which would restore “parity”. There is some vision on the point within the AAA. Some officials say the plan resembl ed too closely the operation of the Federal Farm Board. Proponents say it differs from farm board buying in that farmers retain actual possession of their crop, and that production control is assurnce that prices can be maintained at or near the loan vlues. Wild West Holdup in N. Y. Nets Half Million T " •: Vx A view of Bay 19th St., Brooklyn, a few minutes after bandits held up an armored truck in wild west DavroU hvtt™d ained CBSh e ? tl . mat *|( at $427,000. When the truck stopped at an ice plant to deliver a LoL r °!l’ a h>Stand T spran ? , lpto , action from behind a covered pushcart in which a machine gun shown heie, was concealed, cowed the truck crew, emptied the truck and escaped in a car. Joseph Allen (hand on hip) and William Lillienthal (facing camera), members of crew, are seen telling police of holdup. (Central Press) To Make Bail For Askew On Friday Executions for New Cuban Plot Havana. Aug. 23. (/P) —Two high ranking Cuban rmy officers were sentenced to death at a courtmar tial today for participation in a revolutionary plot gainst Colonel Fulgencio Batista, Commander-in chief of the army. A major and a captain were con victed of participation in the plot in an early morning trial at Camp Columbia outside Havana. PROMSAGAINST State Getting Some Very Unfavorable Publicity in. Winston Case Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel, By J. C, Baskerville. Raleigh, Aug. 23. —The first protest against the dismissal of James Shields as principal of one of the Winston-Salem schools, ostensibly because of the book he wrote some time ago, entitled ‘‘jyStT Plain Learnin’,” will be presented to the State School Commission here today by Leßoy Martin, executive secretary, who received the letter of protest yes terday. It is from Goodwin Watson, associate professor of education in Teachers College, Columbia Univer city. In this letter, Professor Watson tells the school commission that the Shields case “is arousing wide interest in educational circles all over the country” and that he understands that *‘a petition from the parents of certain districts of Winston-Salem is to come before the State School Com mission” in the near future. He (Continued on Page Two) Blame Chiselers For Bombing Home Os NRA Code Man f Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 23. (#>)—The home of F. Nathan 'VVorff, secretary of the cloak and suit authority, was bombeed early today in what police interpreted asa warning to Wolff to cease NRA prosecutions. Wolff and his family were out of town, but tenants on the first floor of the houble house were asleep when the bomb wrecked the porch and shat tered winds. No one was curt. Relatives To Post $5,000 .Bond Tomorrow To Free Four Square Gospel Preacher HIS CONGREGATION . REMAINING LOYAL Ons Spokesman Says Now Is Time Askew Needs Help ing Hand, Which He Has Often Given Others, and .They Will Do Their Best; . Boone Kinsman Coming Goldsboro. Aug. 23. (JP) —Relatives announced today that $5,000 bond would be posted shortly for the fre«#- dom of Rev. R. H. Askew, 28-year-old evangelist jailed here yesterday after officers said he had confessed his “kidnaping” a week ago was a hoax. He is charged with sending ransom notes through the mails. Romie T. Geer, of oßone, his brother-in-law, was expected here not later than Fflday to post yie bond. A hearing for Ayscue has been set for August 31. Ayscuew as hollow-eyed and de jected in his cell at the Wayne county jail today despite visits from members of his “Four Square Gospel” taber nacle, who expressed the view his acts were due to a temporary nervous and mental breakdown. “Now is the time he needs a help ing hand; he has given it to others, and now we intend to do our best for him,” said one spokesman for the group. Mrs. Askew spent the night in jail with her husband, special orders be ing arranged. Pl FOR EMPLOYMENT Many More For First Two . Weeks of August Than First Half of July Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel, By J. C. Baskerville. Raleigh, Aug. 23. —Placements of unemployed in jobs by the National Re-employment Service in the State so far this month show a substantial increase was made during July when compared on a weekly bas*i, W. F. George, assistant State director of the service, pointed out today. Place ments through August 18,, or for slightly more than two weeks, amounted to 4,969, while the total placements for all of July amounted to only 8,563. On a weekly basis, this (Continued on Page Two) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON imn? nPMmn nrvrvtr EXCEPT SUNDAY. CENTS COPY Revenue Os State More For August Greater Efficiency In Collections Share Business Upturn as Explanation Dally Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel, By J, C, Baskerville, Raleigh, Aug. 23—Collections of State revenue for both the general fund and highway fund already shows substantial increase in almost every bracket over collections to the same 1 date in July and other months, ac cording to George Scott, director of the division of accounts of the State Department of Revenue. Total col lections for the general fund through August 20 amounted to $1,645,220.48. So with two weeks to go, collections so far in August are fast neaping the entire amount collected in July. Collections for the highway fund from the gasoline tax, sale of auto mobile licenses, and so forth, amount ed to $970,016.40 through August 20, while collections from these same sources during July amounted to sl,- 526,964.71. It is expected that the to (Continued on Page Four) LAKE CITY PRICES HOLD HIGH LEVELS Lake City, S. C„ Aug. 23. (/P) —Sales remained good on the local tobacco market today, despite opening ot- the new bright belt market in North Carolina. Activity was about the same as yesterday, when 474,12- pounds brought an average of $23.35 per hundred. One farmer received $49.08 per hundred for 700 pounds. POUCEBRUTAUTY ANGERS NEW YORK Mayor LaGuardia Has De . cided Definitely To Put Stop to Coinduct By LESLIE EICHEL (Central Press Staff Writer) New York, Aug. 23.—Police brutal .ity finally has stirred New York —and Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia has decided to try to put a s*»p to it. The riding of police rough shod into groups of strike pickets in many partsof the country, coupled with vn *,warranted and illegal arrests and im prisonment are seen as leading to vio (Continued on Page Three) 8 PAGES TODAY ASSEASONOPENS Light Breaks. and Early Averages of $22 to $27 . Reported in the Bright Belt AVERAGE 150 PCNT. OVER 1933 OPENING Wilson Figure Put at $26 and Rocky Mount $25, .Each, With 750,000-Pound Break; Early Figure $25.57 . at Greenville, With Million Pounds Raleigh, Aug. 24 (AP) — Prices rocketed to record breaking heights f today las the auctioneer began in the world’s greatesst tobacco belt of Eastern 'North Carer* lina. From points scattered throughout the New Bright Belt came reports of light breaks and prices ranging from $22 to $27 per hundred pounds. Prices for some grades were doubled and triple opening figures for last year. Evening at opening day prices, which are always bettered as the sales season progresses, North Caro lina farmers would receive roughly one hundred million dollars for their crop, or about $2,000,000 more than they got. for a crop 100,000,000 pounds larger last year. At Wilson, which has been known off and on for years as the world’s largest tobacco market, 500,000 pounds were on the floors today, bringing an indicated average of $26 per hundred as the sales progressed, an increase of approximately 150 per cent ovtr 1933 opening prices. Prices for the lower grades ranged from $lO to $25 at Rocky Mount, as compared with $3 to $8 last year. First sales there indicated an av erage price of around $25. the high est in ten years. The floors held 400,- 000 pounds. There, as at Wilson, 750,000-ponnd breaks have not been infrequent in past years. WendeD had 175,000 pounds on iti floors, with the average price for early sales running 'between $22 and $24 per hundred as compared with an opening day .overage of $11.50 in 19*3. Buyers paid an average of $27.31 per hundred for the first 9,592 pounds sold at Goldsboro. At Tarboro the av erage ranged near $25, with between 75,000 and 100,000 pounds offered. Offerings, available reports indicat ed, were largely Os first and second primings, with a few batches of top grades running as high_as S6O per (Continued on Page Two) Laurinburg Case t ' Involving Bribes, Is Given to Jury Laurinburg, Aug. 23 (AP) —The case of James Rayner, former State legislator, and Isham B. McLamb, a merchant, charged with bribing wit nesses, went to the jury in superior court here today at 11:50 a. m. Judge Hoyle Sing delivered a ten minute charge and the jury retired. Both men were convicted on a bri bery charge along with two other defendants last Mlarch. The convic tions were set aside when new evi dence developed. Knife Now Is Sought In Killing Birmingham, .Ala., Aug. 23. (AP) — The knife which gave Fay New, Howard College co-ed, two mortal wounds, today was theo bject of a painstaking search of the area sur rounding the shallow ditch in which the girl’s body was found. As officers pursued their inquiry into the slaying, Miss New’s sorrow ing parents, accompanied her to Hef lin, Ala., their old home, where a quiet church yard service will be held. In county jail sat Harold Taylor, her escort on an automobile ride Mon day night, which ended with death in a ditch for Fay and a charge of mur der against the man. _ j
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