HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY FIRST YEAR
Preacher Askew Acquitted
In U. S. Court By Directed
Verdict By Judge Meekins
STATE UNABLE TO
REFUTE MENTALLY
PLEA OF DEFENSE
Ntaval Testifies
Askew Was Dismissed
From Navy Because
of Mind Ailment
MF.EKINS HOPES HE
RECOVERS HEALTH
Tells Goldsboro Minister He
Should Not Permit Exper
ience To Depress Him Too
Much; District Attorney
Admits He Lacks Proper
Evidence
Kalcigh. Niiv, If.—(Al I )—Juuge 1.
M Mock ins, in Fedora I district court
today. directed n verdict of ac-
H'lilUd for R. IT Askew, young Four
Square goupel evangelist of Goldsboro
■'vin was charged- bv the goveriuncnr
v illi kidnaping himself and uttompt
ii g to <•<»llect $25,000 ransom for his
own release.
Judge Met kins directed tiie clerk to
elite i the verdict after the defense
Jeel presented tlire medical witnsscr,
who testified was to the mental cap
acity of Askew at the time he drop
ped from sip:h t last August, and. ai
eordiny to government evidence, used
the mails, telephone and telegraph to
try and get $25,0<>0 from his wife and
fr<>m Ainice Semple McPherson, Call
,forni;i evangelist.
t/nmtenant Commander K. P.
l«ov.Ty. _of Ihe navy, 'was a defense
*vitne ,- this morning, testifying that ■
A .i;e\v was discharged from the navy
In 1220 at Norfolk, Va„ after he had
T" 'it absent without leave and then
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WATERWORKS MEET
AT E. CITY CLOSES
Kb/a! ■ih City, Nov. 11. -(Al’t Tlie
toil annual joint convention of the
North Carolina Section, American
Wuti-nvorks Association, and the
North Carolina Sewage Wlorks Asso
eifit ion ended here today, after a three
day session.
I' 11. liurchard. of Asheville, dis
trict engineer for the geological sur
vey I'nited States Department of the
Interior, was named president.
Shots Are Fired
In Serious Clash
At Silk Factory
;, *rth Bergen, N. J., Nev. 14.—(AP)
Several shots were fired today as
police ami striking silk dyers clashed
"" th< picket lines at the Warren
pi' ee dye works. Two patrolmen were
injured, four arrests were made, and
i. tiijinher of tiie windows in the dye
Plant were broken by stones.
After tbe disturbance, Cuptain T-iOUis
Rneiiniann. of tbe North Bergen po
hve reported that a check-up of po
d''« guns after the disorder showed
Rial no shots had been fired from the
He suid the shots, none of
"•'bieh took effect, were apparently by
persons in the crowd of 1,500 strikers.
The disorder started when the po
sought to disperse the pickets
’■'’bo surrounded the dye works. Mem
bers of the crowd immediately ree
tabated by picking up stones and
throwing them both at the police and
’he plant windows.
J Negroes
Wait For
Execution
Raleigh, Nov. 14.—(AP) —Governor
Flliiinghaus this afternoon announced
h' had declined to intervene in be
half of three Negroes scheduled to
b< electrocuted Friday for murder,
'-'"1 plans for the first triple execu
'*un in the State's history went for
ward.
loin Johnson, alias Johnny John
on; Preston Howard and Johnny
Part, convicted of killing Howard
•lournigun, a filling station operator
hi Sampson county, are the condemn
'd men. Evidence in the case was
that tiie three Negroes, with a com
panion, shot and killed Journigan aft
er escaping from a prison camp in
Wilson county. They killed Journigan
at his place of business.
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Falrnlv pur.ming her studies while
millions of newspaper readers
throughout the nation follow the
story of an apparent .solution jf
her kidnapiny, June Robles, u
Minister Freed
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REV. K. H. ASKEW
Churchmen
Given New
Challenges
M. P. Ministers Fold
To Teach and Live
Teachings of Jesus
Christ
Greensboro, Nov. 14. —-(Al-*) —Sound-
ing a call of a new challenge to the
Christian church, based on a refresh
ed understanding of the teachings of
Jesus Christ and the practical appli
cation of those teachings to present
day conditions. Rev. H. F. Surratt, of
Thomasville, brought the message at
the opening session of the North Car
olina Methodist Protestant Conference
held in Grace church this morning.
The speaker urged that the minis
ters and laky today obey the com
mand to teach, and to obey the teach
ing of Christ to teach all men to make
disciples of them.
Proceeding the message. Rev. R. M.
Andrews president of the conference,
read a selection from II Corinthians,
this being applicable to the general
tender of the sermon.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair tonight ami Thursday;
colder tonight; slowly rising tem
perature Thursday in extreme
west portion.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NuRTH CAROLINA AND VIIONIA
LOASED WIKH SERVICE OF
miC ASSOCIATED PRESS,,
HENDERSON, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 14, 1934
pictured, foreground, m . r!io<J ni
Tucson, Ariz. Meanwhile Tur
son seythes with excitement f»,|.
lowing the arrest oT Oscar 11.
liobson. ranchtr, in the ease.
State Asks
More Funds
For Trucks
PWA Likely Will Al
lot Money To Allow
Purchase of 75 More
For Schools
Dai!* Dispute* Uuitiis,
tu the islr tValter Hotel, j
U.r J. t : . lluskervllle.
Raleigh, Nov. 14 —An additional j
grant of funds from the Public Works
Administration in Washington is ex
pected shortly, which combined with
some State funds, will provide anoth
er 75 school buses and thus bring the
total number of new buses purchased
with Federal and State funds this
year to 750. Leßoy Martin, executive
seweiary of the State School Commis
sion, said today. Mr. Martin has
just returnde from Washington, where
h" went to confer with PWA officials
with regard to getting the additional
grant for the purpose.
When the original grant was made
by tiie PWA, under which it agreed
to provide 30 per cent of the cost of
1 living new school bus chassis to re
place buses now in use, it was sup
posed to be large enough to buy 750
new bus chassis. But, owing to the
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eSine dims
Special Detail and Not All
of Highway Police Would
Be Designated
hid!j i*is|>nli'h
In the 81 e Walter Hotel,
Uj J. C, lia»kerelite.
Raleigh. Nov. 11 —If a Statewide
drivers’ license law is passed by the
forthcoming General Assembly, as
many feel sure will be, the highway
patrolmen will not be called upon to
examine those who apply for drivers’
licenses, siiice this task would take
up 100 much of their time from pa
trolling the highways, according to
Captain Charles D. Farmer, com
mander o ft he patrol. Instead, he
would form a special detail of from
12 to 16 patrolmen, with lour patrol
men in each detail, who would be sent
from city to city, and county seat to
county seat to examine applicants for
drivers’ licenses. if the legislature
j passes the type of law which most
other states now have.
It will not be necessary to examine
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Frazier Mortgage
Measure Is Upheld
Louisville, Ky.. Nov. 11.—(AP)
The Frailer-lA'ittke farm mortgage
act. was upheld by Federal District
Judge Charles I. Dawson here to
day as constitutional. He added,
however, that he believed It unfair
and unwise, and that lu> upheld its
constitutionality “with Tegrets.”
THINK ROOSEVELT
DECIDED HIMSELF
ON PARK HIGHWAY
It Has Now Come To Light
That Governor Ehring
haus Talked With
the President
WILL BRING STATE
MILLIONS IN MONEY
Millions of T&urists Also
Expected in Western North
Carolina After Highway is
Completed Into Greatest
Scenic Area Probably In
Eastern America
I.Myl/l'lfl, Ijvri'ua,
it., gif vVsMtr butel,
U> J. I, IsudieivUle,
Kaieigii, Nov. 14. —It is impossible
for most North Carolinians to esti
mate or visualize yet wliat the park
to-park liighway is going to mean ot
North Carolina, now that Secretary
of the Interior Harold L. 1 cites has
definitely decided it shall follow the
crest of the Blue Kidge mountains all
the way from tiie Shenandoali Nation
al Park in Virginia to the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park in.
Western North Carolina and Tennes
see, and (bus pass through North Car
olina from the time the highway
crosses the State lino until it reaches
the national park, according to those
who have been studying tiie parkway
niatlvr cai.x , f4tliy;-^% r ■ State offi
cials who who oven in close con
tact with the entire fight, to keep hte
parkway route in North Carolina be
lieve there is any possibility that Sec
retary lckes’ decision, may he upset
by disgruntled Tennesseeans who had
tried to get part of the highway rout
ed through Tennessee.
In fact, Presidentail Roosevelt is
believed to have been the deciding
factor in the final determination of
the highway route, and that, while the
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ANOTHER TYPHOON
HITS PHILIPPINES
Manila, P. 1., Nov. 14.—(AP)
Another typhoon—the third to
whirl across the center of the
Philippines in less than a month
—-struck the eastern islands of
the arehtpelage today causing
heavy property damage and pos
sible loss of life.
SENTENCED FOR
CONTEMPT OF COURT
Charlotte, Nov. 14.—(AP) —-Marvin
Rich, local attorney, was sentenced to
ten days in jail for contempt of court
by Magistrate W. E. Smith today but
was released when lie apologized to
the magistrate after three hours and
45 minutes of imprisonment.
Th*. magistrate said he sent Rich
to jail when the attorney insisted on
maing an abusive speech against the
city government after he had request
l ed silence in his court.
Rich appeared before the magistrate
as attorney for Mrs. B. B. Weaver*,
who was charged with operating a
collection agency without a license.
| Smith said Rich made a motion that
1 the case be transferred to county re
! corder’s court, and that h e granted
the motion, and the attorney then be
gan making a speech accusing city
authorities for bringing the charges
against Mrs. Weaver.
Carolina s
Needy Get
U. S ; Help
Washington, Nov. 14.—(AP)— The
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
made available 528.117 pounds Os cot
ton to North Carolina's needy durinb
October for work projects during tiie
State Emergency Relief Administra
tion.
In addition, 1120,000 pounds of rice
and 19,803 pounds of ehees were ship
ped into that State as part of the
Federal relief program, Director Har
ry 1m Hopkins announced today.
The cotton was used for mattresses
and comforts made by persons re
ceiving unemployment relief.' in wol
men's work rooms for distribution to
needy unemployed.
Tar Heel Tobacco Farmers '
Paid Twice >4s Much Money
As The 1933 Crop Brought
Rickenbacker Then and Now
Seventeen years ago this month Eddie Rickenbacker was making head
lines as. America's ace of aces in France. He's still making headlines in
the air. with record-breaking transcontinental flights and round-trip
flights between New >. t ».rk and Florida between dawn and dusk.
(Central PrcsaJ
Rickenbacker Not
Downcast by Hop
Newark, N. J., Nov. li.--(AF)—
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, war
ace. took a cheerful view today of
the failure of his first attempt to
complete a round trip flight be
tween Newark and MiamL Ha.,
between dayn and dusk. 14 was
long after dusk—ll:27 p. nt. last
night, to be exact—when Rieken
hacker settled the big air liner at
Newark airport. The round trip
to Miami consumed 17 hours, 18
minutes and 30 seconds.
Heavy headwinds, snow and ice
thwarted the speedy ship’s record
attempt from the start.
PRESIDENT'S VOICE
IS ALL POWERFUL
What He Says Will Settle
Nearly Everything In
Next Two Years
BUSINESS FRIGHTENED
Looks for Ultra-Radical Congress In
January, and Only Roosevelt
Can Hold It Even Partly
In Check
By CHAREK.ES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington, Nov, 14. —Now as to
1936?
As an event in itself, tiie last count
of votes was merely indicative of
what’s to follow.
But what did it indicate? What is/
to follow?
The prospect [begins to elarify itself
in my poor political opinion.
For whatever it’s worth I offer a
propresy.
SCARED
Cautious (1 don’t say reactionary,
but cautious) business men are scar
ed at tile outlook.
They look for an ultra-radical Con
gress to meet in January.
However, they believe that one pow
erful influence will be exercised, to
prevent it from exceeding the bounds
of relative moderation.
This influence is the in
fluence of President Roosevelt.
Conservatives regarded the White
House tenant as radical, while they
were still hopeful that they might suc
ceed in administering a semi-setback
to the New Deal at the November
election. They consider him so much
less radical than what majority pub
lic sentiment seemed to signify, as in
terpreted from its recent verdict at
tiie polls, that today they class him
almost among themselves.
ROOSEVELT’S VOICE
And conservatism estimates the pre
sident as a mightily potent friend—
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PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT BTTKDAV
Committee
Will Unify
Relief Aid
Emergency Units To
Be Absorbed Fast
As Recovery Cam
paign Permits
Washington, Nov. 14.—-(AP) A
committee to coordinate all the lead
ing activities of the government was
appointed today by President Roose
velt.
The move was interpreted as a
start on consolidation of Federal
agencies, with a. view to absorbing
emergency units as the recovery cam
paign permits.
Secretary MorgenLhau heads the
committee.
Mr. Roosevelt said at his regular
press conference that tiie future pro
gram for the emergency recovery unit
probably would not be definitely de
cided until about the first of the year.
He said it would probably be de
termined also whether any more funds
would be asked for tiie Home Owners
Ixiau Corporation,
It was understood this work would
be turned over as soon as possible
to private institutions.
It apparently was the intention of
the administration to close its books
on the Home Owners Loan Corpora
tion with action upon existing appli
cations for the $3,000,000,000 fund.
Big Gains
In Cotton
Consumed
Washington, Nov. 14. — (AP) — Oc
tober cotton consumption was placed
today by tiie Census Bureau at 520,-
310 bales of lint and 57,412 [bales of
lintere, compared with 205,960 bales
of lint and 54,690 bales of linters dur
ing September this year, and 504,055
of lint and 54,475 of linters during Oo
tober last year.
October imports totalled 11,911 bales
compared with 7,(870 bales in Sep
tember this year, and 10,235 bales in
October last year.
Exports for October totalled 615,-
593 bales of lint and 19,231 bales of
linters, compared with 479,861 of lint
and 19,549 of linters in September this
year, and 1,044,824 of lint and 6,573
of linters in October last year.
Cotton spindles active during Oc
tober numbered 25,095,480, compared
with 22,112,8888 in September this
year, and 25,883,836 in October last
year.
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TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
PRODUCERS’SALES
115,328,109 LBS. IN
OCTOBER AT $33.70
Were 172,608,443 Lbs. In
October Last Year For
Average JPrijce pf
Only $14.99
OCTOBER SALES IN
HENDERSON 5,652,459
Average Was $34.43 Com
pared to $34.23 for Oxford
and $14.32 for October
Last Year Here; Farm*
viile Leads All Markets of
The State
Raleigh, Nov, 14.—(AP)—-Tobacco
farmers of North Carolina received
more than twice as much per pound
for tobacco they sold in October this
year its they got for what they mra—
Feted In the same month of 1983, the
Federal-State Crop Reporting Service
announced today.
Sales last month by producers ag
gregated 110,328,169 pounds, for wrick
an average of $33 70 per hundred
pounds was paid. In Ootober, 1983, the
sales were 172,603,443 pounds, about
56,000,000 pounds more, but the aver
age price paid was only $14.99 per
hundred.
The farmers of the State have thus
far this season marketed 325,052,381
pounds of tobacco, for which the crop
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IREDELL JURY SOON
TO GET DAVIS CASE
Statesville, Nov. 14.—(AP)—Evid
ence was completed at noon today in
the trial of Ralph Davis, Davidson
county outlaw, on charges of murdem
ing Sheriff G. C. Kimball, of Iredell
county, near here on August 17.
The first of four arguments Was be
gun and it was expected the case
would go to the jury sometime tomor
row following the judge’s charge.
Swanson Opposes
Building Another
Dirigible As Yet
Washington, Nov. 14.—(AT)—
Tiie Navy General Board has re
commended that an airship half
the size of the Macon be built for
training purposes pending deter
mination of the exact place Ilght
er-than-aLr craft should hold in
the nation’s naval program.
Secretary Swanson said at his
press conference today that the
policy-making board faovred con
struction of an airship of 2,500,-
000 cubic feet capacity.
He added, however, that he had
not given his approval to the sug
gestion, and that he believed ad
ditional airplanes, men and ser
vice vessels were more important
than building additional airships.
Distlehurst
Girl's Body
Is Identified
Little Nashville Child
Murdered After She
Was Kidnaped Last
Sept. 19
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 14.—(AP)—
A body found in a shallow grave on
tbe outskirts of Nashville was iden
tified today as that of Dorothy Ann
Distlehurst, six-year-old girl, kidnap
ed as she was cn route home from
kindergaten on September 19.
The announcement of the identifica
tion was made made by Attorney Gen
eral J. Carlton Moser, who said the
child was murdered.
Dr. Herman Spitz, pathologist, and
Dr. Leonard F. Pogue, dentist and
orthodontist, examined the body and
joined the attorney general in the an
nouncement that the idenitficatloa
was positive.
“The child was murdered,” Moser
said. “Her skull at the left side waa
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