rtfciNDhUSOiX GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR JAPAN REJECTS COMPROMISE ON NAVAL PACT Two Young Girls Found Slain Near Clifton Forge, Va. Three Negroes Arrested and Rushed to Roanoke for Safe-Keeping Pend ing Trial ONE CONFESSES TO THE FIENDISH ACT Tries To Implicate Another Negro, Who Denies Part in Slayings; Older Girl, 13, Was Criminally Assaulted; Wife of One Suspect Held; Girls Were Sisters Roanoke, Va.. Nov. 1?—(AP)-*—Coin in' nwealth Attorney M. J. Putman teday announced he had obtained a full confession from Philip Jones, 25- vear-oid Negro, that he killed Alice Mill. 13. and her eight-year-old sister. Illicit. whose bodies were found today i < •ir Clifton Forge, Putnam made this statement us he •,vn.» Faying the jail here this nftcr-- ei.ijii after having spent several hours ■ •u-'stioning Jones, his wife and two X'-gro men. A few minutes later the police ears left lure with the four Negroes. The ci 's were manned by four Roanoke police under scaled orders not to tell their destination. Clifton Forge. Vn.. Nov. 19 (AP) - The bodies of two young girls, their ok nils crushed hv heavy blows, were found in woods near here early this morning by a searching party, and shortly afterwards authorities arrest ed Hire Negroes and rushed them to Roanoke for safe keeping. The two white children, Alice 11. j till. 13. and Ellen Hill. 9. had been missing since Sunday night after they had visited the farm on which one of lhe arrested Negroes lives. The Negroes arrested were Philip .lout'. 23. Chester Smith, Jr., about 23, and Jones wife. Commonwealth (Continued on I’ago Two) FORMER LOUISIANA SENATOR IS DEAD Broussard Was Defeated In 1932 by Organization of Huey Long New Iberia. La., Nov. 19 (AP)— Former United States Senator Edwin S. Broussard, of Louisiana, died to day at his residence here. He was defeated for rc-elcction in t’|e last senatorial election by Senator John H. Overton, of Alexandria, who was sup r-orled by the political organization of Huey l\ Long. Mr. Broussard died of a sudden at tack after several days illness. He TUj 59 years old, and was a native of New Ib'-ria parish. He was a veteran of the Spanish- American War, and served with the Taft commission in the Philippine Is lands al Manila in 1899 to 1901. The veteran legislator was a law graduate of Tulauc University, and was president of the 1901 law class at Dm college. He was elected United Ftates senator in 1920, and was re el'-ted in 1920. In 1932 Senator Brous ?&rd was defeated in the Overton campaign, and he filed charges with tlm Senate which brought a prolonged ■Senate investigation into the Over ton election. Huey To Go On Lengthy Honeymoon Baton llouge,-La., Nov. 19. (AP) U, S. Senator Huey P. Long. Ijouisi unu’s political dictator, who plans to run for Presoident in 193 G on a third Party ticket, announced today he was leaving Louisiana for an unstated time and for an unreavealed destina lion “for u honeymoon that will be 21 years and seven months late.”' “I am going so far,” the “kingfish" said, ‘‘it will take a $lO postage stamp to reach me. We’re going out west.” Indicating lie was through for a while with law-making and campaign (tuutmued on Page Two) ... fk ktSLJE Hrnfrersmt Uatlu iltsualrb Succeeds Garrison •••• ••• . . Francis Biddle Named to succeed Lloyd K. Gar rison, who returned to his post as dean of the University of Wis consin Law school, Francis Rid dle, above, has accepted the ap pointment as eh.u; man of the Na tional Labor i‘ ’.••lions board- Biddle i:; n Phi): President Roosevelt, with the pro nounecm. iit that "all is -well,” and that the New .Rial is progressing in its present program, particularly for cheaper power,’ settled down today at his “other home*’ for a Thanksgiving visit. Traveling across the .Southland nft-< jr an inspection or the Tennessee Val ley power and land utilization pro gram. Mr. Roosevelt said yesterday in two significant talks that the New Deal is permanent, and called for co operation fro mthe “obstructionists, few in number.’* . He expressed efniTrd( ! tree- that *Ve are coming back.” The experiment for cheap power and human rehabilitation in the Ten nessee vallpy "is going to be copied in every State in the union before we get through,” lie said. This was interpreted to mean that Mr. Roosevelt, in his talk at Tupelo, Miss., endorsed municipal power plants such as exist there, and gave an ultimatum to private power com panies to cooperate for cheaper rates. The President expressed a “deep seated belief" that the people of “this nation understood -what we are trying to cio, are cooperating with what we to do, and have made up their minds that we are going to do it.” His talk at Tupelo was extempor aneous. 133' chance his words were taken down by a stenographer and Mr. Roosevelt authorized publication of this report without change. ukelvthoSav Believed Certain Utilities Board Preparing To Order Slash Hail} Dfapalfkt Merenit, Itlto AYtiltef Hotel, !ij J t t ! , Has**.!*** i if!r # Raleigh. Nov. 19.—A reduction in telephone rates in all of the cities and towns in North Carolina served by the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company is expected to be decreed by the State Utilities Com mission when it meets here Thurs day. November 22. to prepare its fi nal decision, according to the gen eral belief here. Indications point to a reduction of about 02 per cent in service rates, with perhaps an even (Continued on Page Five) WEATHER FOR NORTH (JAItOLINA. Fair tonight siml Thursday; slightly warmer tonight. days till cttmtuKis RAYBURN IS FAVORED FOR SPEAKER Congressman Rayburn Congressman McCormack With 99 changes in the personnel of the house of representatives as * result of the last elections, I’rcrtdent Roosevelt is seeking » strong man for the speakership. Claims Germany Can Put 5,500,000 Men In Field Three H’s Cause Most of Wrecks Pail} Djopuk'h *tor«-aw, i<» (!<<: SP Walter llytel, It} J. t, Ituskervlllc. Raleigh, Nov. 19. —The three li's cause most of the automobile ac cidents In North Carolina, which are “Hootch, hurry and hugging,” according to Captain Charles D. Farmer, of the State Highway Pa trol. Ajul of these three, hurry causes more than the others, he said. “If people could be just a little more patient and not always be in such a hurry, we would have far fewer accidents,” Captain Far mer said. “But the hootch hounds and the huggers also cause a lot of accidents. So If we could get rid of these three h’s, the accident problem would be almost solved.” 15 Violent Deaths For Week-End (By the Associated Press.) Fifteen persons were killed by violence in the two Carolines over the week-end, a survey (by tin: Asso ciated Press showed today. Five were killed on the highways three died be cause of exposure, and two .‘persons were burned to death. A football play er died ol a hip injury, another per son was killed in a leap from a rail way trestle, two committed] suicide and a boy was accidentally shot to death. ,o = o o Michigan Republican Lib eral Seen as Party’s 1936 “White Hope By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, Nov. 19.—Only conser vative Republicans talk now of Sen ator Arthur H. Vandentberg as a suitability for the G. O. P. presiden (Continued on Page Five.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY He is understood to favor Con gressman Sam Rayburn, left, of Texas, for the port, with John W. McCormack, right, of Massachus etts, for floor leader. Frenchman Says In Few Months That Nation Will Be Stronger Than Back in 1914 SAYS ENEMIES OF FRANCE PREPARING Ignoring League of Nations, Disarmament Conference and Everything Else To Prepare for Possible Early Warfare; Wants Own Na tion Armed Paris, Ncv. 19.—JAP) —The declara tion that Germany could put an army of 5,500,000 men into the field in 1935 was made today’ by’ Leon Archim baud, reporter of the budget, in a re port on the French war budget ask ing credits of 5,689.215.000 francs (370.200.000) for next year. “In a. few months,” said the (budget reporter, “Germany will be stronger on the land than in 1911. "We arc far from the treaty of Ver sailles. Despite the treaty, the League of Nations and the disarmament con ference, the enemies of France arc intensively preparing for war, as tho ugh it were to be in the near future. It is by maintaining a trong and well equipped army that w’e can hope peace will ot be threatened.” License Os Drivers To BeOrdered Daily lii-jMitcb Sateuf, lu Use Sir Walter Hotel, 15} J. C, liaskerville, Raleigh, Nov. 19.—Enactment of a Statewide drivers’ license law, to gether with additional regulations for the better enforcement of this and other highway and motor vehicle laws, is now confidently expected here since Governor J. C. B. EHringhaus has declared he would not oppose any such legislation, but instead would fa vor it. He indicated that a drivers’ license law would have his support when lie addressed the street and highway safety section of the In stitute of Government here last week. Those close to the governor here have known for a long time that he has been growing more and more alarmed at the heavy increase in the number of killed and injured in au (Ck)utiuu«d on Page Five). 8 PAGES I TODAY 1 FIVE CENTS COPY Su BY TOKYO DECISION Equality in Actual Tonnage With Great Britain and United States Demanded MERE EQUALITY IN PRINCIPLE REFUSED At Same Time Rejection Is Given by Japs, They Ask British To Consider New Ways of Approaching Compromise Giving Japan Equality London, Nov. 19.—(AP)—Ambas sador Tsunec Matsudaira of Japan todaj% on the behalf of his nation, rejected the British suggestion for a compromise in the proposed naval treaty. The ambassador told Sir John Simond, British foreign secretary, that Japan could not accept the Bri tish offer of a treaty which would recognize only equality in prinelplu for Japan. Japan wants the right to equality in actual tonnage. At the same time, Matsudaira urg ed that the British consider new ways of approaching a compromise which would recognize Japanese equality’. Gold Case Merged By High Court Washington, Nov. 19.—(AP) — To hasten a final decision on legislation estimated to affect as much as SIOO,- 000,000.000, the Supreme Court today consolidated four cases challenging the abrogation of gold clauses in con tracts and set them for hearing on January 8. The itefion was taken at the requqst oT James Crawford Biggs, the United, Stales solicitor general. So important does the government consider the litigation that Attorney General Cummings personally will ar gue the cases before the Supreme Court. The legislation, pasted June 5, 1933, set. aside the provision in contracts that payments must be made in gold. The suits were based on the con tention that after the devaluation of the dollar, paymicnts would be made In currency worth only 59.06 percent as much as before. The government contends that the purchasing power of the currency did not depreciate nearly that much and that the welfare of the many’ in stead of the few should cotnrol. One of the cases grew out of the reorganization of the Missouri Pacific (Continued on Page Five.) Church Will Restore Pay Os Officers M. I*. Conference Votes Old Salaries Before Final Ad journment Greensboro, Nov. 19. —(AP)—Fea- turing the final and one of the busiest seasons of the Methodist Protestant Conference today was the unanimous action to restore the salaries of the conference 1 officials to the pre-depres sion figure. The action came in con nection with the report of the finan cial committee, and was regarded as an indication of materially improved conditions. The report of the statistical com mittee, Rev. 13. G. Cowan, statistical secretary, was not colmpleted in time for submission due to belated reports, and was ordered printed in the con ference journal. The report, it was stated by Secretary Cowan, will show a substantial increase in church en rollment and in Sunday school enroll ment as well as i the fiancial affairs of the various churches. The conference adjourned at 12:30 o’clock, with the place for the 1935 convention to be decided by a district committee. j