HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY FIRST YEAR
JERSEY. SMS MURDER MDICTMENT OF HAUPTMANN
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Revolt In Spain Flares Anew As Government Claims Big Victory
HUGE GOVERNMENT
ARSENAL IS TAKEN
BY REBEL FORCES
Three Suburban Towns Near
Barcelona Are Reported
In Hands of An
archists
FEDERAL SOLDIERS
SENT TO THE SCENE
Warships Bombarding One
Town Held by Extremists;
New Flare-Up Comes Just
as Government Has Claim
ed It Had Broken Back
bone of Revolt
Madrid. Spain. Oct. 8 <AP> Ovi
scat <»f a huge government arse
nal. was taken by rebels today in a
new outburst of revolt against the
government, cropping out simultane
ously at several noints.
Reports from Barcelona said three
towns in the outskirts of the city.
Matorell. Sabadell and Badalona. were
in the hands of anarchists. Troops
were dispatched to the trouble cen
ter.
Reports reaching Madrid also said
Hoops were bombarding Ugo and
Oijon in Asturias province, where the
rebel-i were reported solidly entrench
ed Warships were bombarding Zijon
laying down a barrage for advancing
troops. The reports said the rebels
were equipped with machine guns
and light artillery and were well for
tified within the city. Casualties were
reported to be heavy.
In the capital, government forces
pounced upon the anarchists and syn
dicalist revolutionary committee, ar
resting its members.
Barcelona reported troops and re
vels were staging pitched battles with
In the city, with the telephone ex
change in danger of falling into ex
tremist hands at any moment.
The new flare-up of the four-day
revolt that has taken an estimated
Simi lives, and caused some 3,000 cas
ualties. came when the government
has announced that the backbone of
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COMMUNISTS RULE
IN PARI OF SPAIN
Army Officer Shot and Kill
ed; Rebels Are Repulsed
In Madrid
1 adit, Spain, Oct. 8. (AP) —A
"irnnnioKt republic was declared
today at tire neßarb.v town of
I’arrlo del lt«*y as rebels set fire
to the city liaJl and II churches,
destroyed municipal archives and
killed the mayor and several
other dissenting citizens.
ARM) OFFICER SHOT AND
KILLED BV THE REBELS
Barcelona, pain, Oct. 8. (/p)—Cap
ta'ii Gonzalo Massano. of the Spanish
-utnv's general staff, was shot and
li l ♦fl by iebel9 today while ho was
i du g in a stall automobile.
HEAVY FIRING AS TROOPS
REPULSE MADRID REBELS
Madrid, Oct. 8 <AP) Heavy firing
bioke out in the victory of the min-
R'M'ies of war and communications to
d iv ns troops guarding those build
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Textile Investigator Is
Held In Sedition Charge
Rutherfordton, Oct. 8. (#») —A man
w,| o said he was Roland Gibson, in
’ estimator for the National Textile
Halations Board, was charged with
sedition in a warrant issued here to
day by W. J. Mode, United States
commissioner.
Hie warrant also charged him with
falsely representing himself to be a
' onciiiator ofi the Textile Relatons
hoard, a Federal office.
•libson insisted he was an investi
f4ut.or for the board that he had
here from South Carolina tex
' centers, where he had investigated
MntDcrsmt Datht Btßwatrh
LEASED WIRE SERVICE OP
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
P. DEAN OUTPITCHES
ROWE TO WIN 4 TO 3
Give* Labor a Plan
-I -\
Senator James J. Davis
Urging a large active work pro
gram for private business, Sena
tor James J. Davis of Pennsyl
vania is shown addressing the
American Federation of Labor
convention in San Francisco. Sen
ator Davis urges closer union be
tween American business men
end workers
Power Rate
Reductions
December 1
Greater Consump
tion for Same Money
To Be Allowed By
Carolina Company
Daily Dispatch Hnrcnn,
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
By ,f, C, Baakerville,
Raleigh. Oct. 8. —Rates to small
power users who buy their powe:
from the Carolina Power and Light
Company will get a reduction in ratea
effective December 1, Chairman Stan
ley Winborne, of the State Utilities
Commission, said here today. The ex
act schedule of rate reductions has
not yet been filed with the commis
sion as yet, so he was unalb'le to give
the amount of the reduction. The, low
er rates will result in a material sav
ing to the smaller power users, how
ever, he indicated. The reduction will
ba the same that will go Into effect
in South Carolina on December 1.
The Carolina Power and Light Com
pany has already made a reduction
in its rates to cotton gins, retroactive
on Pane Three.)
charges of discrimination growing
out of mill failures to re-employ form
er strikers —but authorities said his
actions were not those of an invest
gator or conclitor.
He was first arrested Sunday on
impersonation and sedition charges
charges contained in a warrant sworn
out by R. A. Watkins, president of
the United Textile Workers Union at
Cliff side.
Similar charges were contained Tn
the Federal warrant issued today. It
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ONLY DAILY ;
His Victory Evens the Series
Between Cards and Tig
ers at Three Each
DUROCHER DOUBLES,
SCORES WINNING RUN
Dean Follows Peppery
Shortstop With Lick To
Right as Durocher Slides
Under Cochrane With the
Winning Run; Game Very
Close All the Way
Navin Field. Detroit. Mich., Oct. 8-
Paul Dean pitched and batted the St.
Louis Cardinals to a 4 to 3 victory
over the Detroit Tigers here this aft
ernoon in the sixth game of the
World Series to bring the count in
games won to 3-all.
It was the “Daffy One’s” blow in
the seventh inning that sent the
fourth and deciding run, Durocher,
who had just doubled, scampering
across the plate.
Schoolboy Rowe worked for the
Tigers and was nipped for 10 safeties
while the Dean boy was holding the
Tigers to seven safeties.
Cards Score Early
St. Louis scored in the first inning
when Rothrock laced out a double.
Frisch was out but Ducky Medwick
sent out his first hit of the day to put
Rothrock across the plate.
Detroit evened things up in the
third when Jo Jo White got a free
pass to first and went to second on
Frisch's error. Cochrane sent him
home with a single.
The Cards forged ahead in the
fifth with Durocher gettin ga single
and went to second. Martin singled to
send him home and continued to third
on a had throw by Goslin. He came
home when Rothrock grounded out,
Rogell to Greenburg.
Tigers Rally
White led off the Tigers in the
sixth with a walk. Cochrane singled
and Dean errored Gehringer’s lick,
allowing White to score. Goslin was
safe when Cochrane was thrown out
at third. Rogell flew out to center
and Greenburg singled to score Geh
ringer. Owen grounded out, short to
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“UNLOADED” PISTOL
IS FATAL FOR BOY
Concord, Oct. 8. (AP)—Eugene
Shoe, 11-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey Shoe, died today
a bullet wound inflicted accident
ally by ack Gray, wjbo was hndl
ing an “unloaded” pistol.
SUPREME COURT TO
PASS ON NEW DEAL
Washington, Oct. 8. (AP) —The
Supreme Court agreed today to
pass upon the constitutionality of
vital New Deal legislation, a sec
tion of the recovery act pplying to
oil production and the suspension
of gold payments.
SQUTHCAROLINA
JUSTICE RETIRES
Aged Head of Supreme
Court Resigns Because of
Failing Health
Columlbia, S. C., Oct. 8. (JP) —Chief
Justice E. S. Blease, of the South
Carolina Supreme Court, formally re
signed his place on the bench as the
court convened here today for its
regular October term.
After calling the court at 10 a. m.,
the chief justice immediately turned
over to J. H. Westbrook, clerk of the
court, a (second 'acceptance of his
resignation received from Governor
Blackwood to be entered upon the
court records,
“Under the constitution, the general
assembly having failed to elect a man
to take my place,” Chief Justice
Blease said, ’’Mr. Senior Asosciate
Justice Stabler becomes presiding of
ficer of the court, and turned over
the gavel to the St. Matthews jurist.
Judge M. M. Mann, of the fifth
circuit, then presented the chief jus
tice a large silver tray, a gift of all
the members of the State judiciary.
Chief Justice Blease tendered his
resignation to overnor Blackwood last
March 28 to take effect today, giv
ing failing health as the reason for
his retirement.
NEWSPAPE R PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION CAROLINA AND VH#INIA.
HENDERSON, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 8, 1934
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Death and wounded lists are re
ported mounting in republican
Spain, after Socialis and Leftist
factions declared a nation-wide
general strike when former Prem
ie.’ Alejandro Lerroux was ap
Cotton Crop Os 9,443,000 Bales
Is Forecast For Yield This Year
Washington. Oct.' 8 (AP) —A cot
ton crop of 9,443,000 bales was report
ed today by the Department of Agri
culture a sbeing indicated by condi
tions October 1.
Indications of a month ago were for
a crop of 9,252,000 bales, while two
months ago a crop of 9,195,000 bales
was indicated. Production last year
was 13,047,262 bales, while two years
ago it was 13,002,000 bales and in 1931
it was 17,095,000 bales.
The condition of the crop on Octob
er 1 was 55.9 per cent of a normal,
Morehead
Port Fund
Is Coming
Daily Dispaft-H Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
By J. C. Bnskerville.
Raleigh, Oct. 8. —A representative
from the legal division of the Pub
lic Works Administration is here to
day to confer with Governor J. C. B.
Ehrnghaus Assistant Attorney
General A. A. F. Seawell concerning
the remaining legal aspects in con
nection with the Morehead City Port
Terminal project and the present sta
tus of the Atlantic and North Caro
lina Railroad. Now that the lease
which the Norfolk and Southern h
on the old 'Road 1 ' has at
last been cancelled, placing the gov
ernor in position to deal with an\
railroad or corporation for re-leas
ing the A. and N. C., indications are
that the PWIA is about ready to ap
prove the loan of $450,000 to the More
head Port Terminal Commission and
that its construction can proceed
without further delay.
Increasing talk is (being heard here
of the proposed formation of a cor
poration, composed of North Caroline-,
business men, to lease, and operate
the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail
road, extending from Goldsboro to
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VANDERBILT TRIAL
TO BE IN SECRECY
New York, Oct. 8. g—Supreme
Court Justice John F. Carew decided
today that the remainder of the court
fight for custody of Gloria Vandei
bilt. ten-year-old heireess, will be a
private affair.
The court’s decision was announced
4>y Justice Carew’s clerk, and also by
a court attendant just before the
hearings were resumed.
pointed to organize another gov
ernment ministry. Above are
shown, Madrid, where scores have
been wounded; Premier Lerroux
whose inclusion of conservative
Catholic deputies in the cabinet.
compared with 53.8 percent a month
ago, and 66.7 per cent a year ago, and
56.2 percent the 1923-32 average on
October 1.
The indicated yield of lint cotton
per acre is 165.9 pounds, compared
pounds two months ago, 208.5 pounds
with 162.6 pounds a month ago, 160.9
picked in 1933, and 169.9 pounds the
average acre yield 1923-32.
The condition of North Carolina’s
crop as of October 1 was 76 per cent
and its indicated production 646,000
bales of 500 pounds each.
Duke Power Goes
Into S. C. Courts
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 8. (AP)
The State Supreme Court heard
arguments today on a petition of
the Duke Power Company and its
subsidiary, the Southern Public
Utilities Company at Charlotte. X.
C., that they be allowed to inter
vene against a proposed PWA loan
to Greenwood county for a $2,-
767,000 power development on the
Saluda river.
TfSerjisi
Latter Claims It Was Acci
dental But He Is Placed
Under Arrest
Thomasville, Ga., Oct. 8. g—Judge
Roscoe Luke, of the city court of
Tomasville, former member of the
State Court of Appeals, was arrested
today on a warrant charging him
with the murder of Oscar Groover,
formerly associated with Judge Luke
in a loan company.
Judge Luke was arrested by Sheriff
Gordon avis at his office on a warrant
sworn out by H. F. Groover, brother
of the dead man. i
Groover was shot in front of
Judge Luke’s office as he was get
ting into automobile, udge Luke said
the shooting was accidental. A co
oner’s jury later said death was acci
dental.
weatherT
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair tonight and Tuesday; Not
much change in temperature.
PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
brought on the crisis J** Largo
Caballero, former minister of
labor, reported heading the revolt;
and a scene from the supressed
1932 uprising, when a monarchist
restoration putsch failed.
OVER HALF OF CROP IS
ALREADY GINN FI) FOR 1934
Washington, Oct. 8 (AP)—Cotton of
this year’s crop ginned prior to Oc
tober 1 was reported today by the
Census Bureau to have totalled 4,-
954,346 running bales, Including 87,186
round bales counted as half bales, and
3,799 bales of American Egyptian.
Ginnings for North Carolina to Oc
tober 1 were given as 74,652 hales, as
compared with 289,782 bales to Octob
er 1 last year.
unESer
Meantime, Business And
Labor Want To Know
Where They Are Going
By LESLIE EICHEL
(Central Press Staff Writer)
Cleveland, Oct. B.—“So far as that
thing known as business ‘sentiment’
is concerned, Cleveland )« the bluest
community that I have visited thus
far’’, writes Bernard Kilgore in the
Wall Street Journal.
“Probably”, adds Mr Kilgor.e, “the
current late of industrial activity h;:s
a great deal to do with it. When ali
the September figures are in, they
will show that industrial Cleveland
has lost all of its gains since the New
Deal began”.
Tlun one turns to the Youngstown
Vindicator, mentor of this great steel
area, and one reads on the front page
this headline:
“Industrial Sky Brighter Over Dis
trict. Fairless (erecutive vice presi
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Non-Signing Growers Os
Tobacco Test Kerr Bill
Winston-Salem, Oct. 8.. (Jp)—Non
signing Forsyth and Davidson tobacco
farmers are organized to test the con
stitutionality of the Kerr-Smith to
bacco controdl act,' leaders of the
movement announced he« today, a
meeting has been called for Tuesday
night at Wallburg, and the dissenting
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ACCESS TO JURY’S
RECORD IS DENIED
DEFENSE LAWYER
Bronx County Judge Refuses
Hauptmann’s Counsel
Permission For Ex
amination
JERSEY GRAND JURY
GIVEN ITS CHARGE
Court Says Indictment
Should Be Returned If
State Presents Sufficient
Evidence; Witnesses Se«
Cluded in Separate Room
For Hearing
New York, Oct, 8. (AP)—James
M. Fawcett, counsel for Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, said today
that he \tfas prepared to intro
duce “witnesses in any court” to
show that Hauptmann was not
present at either the kidnaping of
the Lindbergh haby or the trans
fer of the $50,000 ransom money.
Flemington, N. J., Oct. 8. (AP)
—Colonel Carles A. Lindbergh
came back to Hunterdon county
today to tell the grand jury what
he knew about the death of his
21 months old sou, kidnaped 3i
months ago.
The flier immediately went, to
the grand jury room to testify.
Flemington, N. J., Oct. 8 (AP)—
Supreme Court Justice Thomas W.
Trenchard today solemnly charged a
Hunterdon county grand jury to in
diet Bruno Richard Hauptmann for
murder if the State presents suffi
cient evidence that Charles A. Lind
bergh, Jr., met his death accidentally
or intentionally at the hands of the
German carpenter at the Lindbergh
Hopewell estate March 1, 1932.
The justice directed the grand jur
ors to return to hear the testimony of
the 23 witnesses summoned by the
State. George N. Robinson, of Jut
land, a retired dealer in farm sup
plies, the foreman of the grand jury,
led the jurors into the star chamber.
Attorney General David P. Willentz,
County Prosecutor Anthony M
Hauck and Assistant Attorney Joseph
Lannigan, the State’s legal staff in
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TV A Loses
In Ruling In
Tennessee
State Utilities Body
Refuses To Dismiss
Protest Against Pri
vate Sale
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 8. (/P) —The
State Railroad and Public Utilities
Commission today overruled a motion
of counsel for the Tenneessee Valley
Authority that petitions protesting the
sale of privately-owned electric utili
ties property o the auhority be dis
mssed.
The commission defined the ground
on which the sale may be protested,
elding that questions as to the con
stitutionality of the ederal statute
creating the TVA “are not within the
province of the commission”.
Owned by the Tennessee Public
Service Company, the properties in
volved are located in and round
Knoxville. The TPS seeks to sell
them to the TVA for $6,190,000.
planters will lay pins for raising a
(“defense” fund to defray court costs.
An oiganization now forming will (£>•
made permanent in this meeting. The
attacks wjill be based upon the ground
that the law violates the guarntee of
uniform taxtion tht is included in the
Constitution by direc staetment an 4
by implication, j