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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR JAPAN ASKS BRITAIN, FRANCE TO DROP NAVAL PACT Czech Legations Attacked In Germany And Austria In Reprisal Made By Students NEWSPAPER OFFICE IS ALSO ATTACKED BY DEMONSTRATORS “Down With Czechoslova kia! Revenge Our Fellow Students” Is Cry of Assailants LEGATION CIRCLED BY POLICE FORCES Mounted Officers Charge Into Crowds Gathered There, Striking Down Sev eral Women and Children Who Were Innocent By standers at the Place Vienna, Nov. 27. —(Apt—Austrian tudents today attacked the Czecho i legation in reprisal for recent •inti-German riots at the University of Trahan, at Progue, capital of i_ -•''ho-Invakia. Vienna was thrown into a fresh turmoil by the demonstration. The students rained bricks and stones at Czech newspapers, smash almost every window in the !« nts. wrecking the interior of tn v I' ficcs. and terrorizing the edito.- i ml printers. Then, several hundred strong the tudents marched to the Czech lega te n. shouting: • Down with Czechoslovakia! Ro v# tgv our fellow students at Trahan." They f< und the Czech legation en ,•!•<•!( (.1 y police. vvh< charged into t}.npi with their side arms failing. Reaten off, they matched to the 'fansplatzz. where the demonstra t’. i assumed a Nazi asp-*t. the sto <]■dt singing tht* German national u>'!tt«nt. Mount'd police charged in to the c-owd- which had gathered near the C -oh legation. They rode pellmell in t some women and children who v re waiting for street cars, striking - verul of them down. TWO STIDLNTS AT COI.OGNK lIHMONSTIIATK AT (ONISIH ATK '"oloiuie, t Jet many. Nov. 27 • AIM Two thousand students of Cologne 'A'ersity demonstrated today before flic Czech consulate in protest against the anti-German riots in Praha. RATES ON POTATOES ORDERED SLASHED Washington. Nov. 27.—(AP) The .Interstate Commerce Com mission today ordered railroads in ’.astern North Carolina, Wiscon sin, and Kastern New’ England ♦territories to reduce freight rates on potatoes to 27.3 percent of the first class rate. The rate previously charged was U 2.5 per cent. *• GUNMENLIBERAIE 1 KIDNAPED POLICE t Held Captive by Pair After Hold-Up in Texas Mon day Afternoon Paris, Texas, Nov. 27.--fAP)-- Two < linemen kidnaped here yesterday ♦mrnlng were released near Antics, ♦ >';lh., early "today after having been held captive by two men they sought ■'-> question in connection with a hold-up. In notifying local authorities of their release, the two patrolmen, Newt Baker and H. R. Marks, said they were not harmed and had been held prisoners in a wooded section between here and Antics. The kidnap < r fled in the officers’ motor ear. Baker and Murks entered a filling "i.ation yesterday to question two men hi an automobile concerning a Tyler, Texas, hold-up. The two men, boliev < ’ t«> have been Ambrose Nix and Aithur Gooch, robbery suspects, who aped from a Holdenville, Okla., .•-ill a month ago, covered the officers "'it.li pistols, transferred their guns end ammunition from their machine 4 > the officers’ car and sped away with their victims. Mtnmtßtnx H atlit Bispatth 54 Men Are Arrested In Transient Home And Put Into Jail At Asheville Gave Million Away A. E. O. Munsell A “guest” at Federal shelter for transients in New York, A. K. (). Munsell, cx-Baltimorc millionaire, is looking for job after giving for tune away. Deciding to start life anew Ihree years ago. Munsell gave wife ?000,000 and disposed of hal ance to charitable enterpriser (Central I’ru.*) Woman Held In Bank Case Allowed Bail $25,000 Surety De manded in $114,000 Bank Robbery In South Carolina Columbia. S. C., Nov. 27 (A,P) Judge A. U. Gaston fived bond for the iclease of "Mrs. Geneva English, al leged accomplice in a $114,000 bank robbery at $23,000 today at the conclu sion of a habeas corpus hearing. Counsel for the attractive hed-hair ed prisoner set about arranging satis factory security immediately after the judge’s announcement. While red-haired Geneva English sat chewing g'um, her counsel push ed habeas corpus proceedings today to have her freed under bond pend ing trial as an accomplice in a $114,- 000 bank robbery. Fred H. Domin’ick, of Newberry, former congressman, moved before Judge A. L. Gaston at the beginning of the hearing to have the court rule out what he termed the “Sherlock Holmes deduction” of Sheriff W. R. Wiall, of Florence county, asserting, (Continued on Page Four) Recapture Escaped Convict And Break Into Honeymoon l).<i|lr Diapjifc* tlwrrn*. In lh<* Jl- tViiltrr Uy J. I'. Ilnokervillr. Raleigh, Nov. 27 Saturday started out to be a great day for Frank York of Conover, Catawba county, who had escaped from the Chatham county prison camp in September. He got married Sataurday afternoon. But the honeymoon was interrupted early Saturday night when arrest ed York and took him hack to prison. It will be two years now before he can return to his bride. Jf York had not escaped, his term would now be up, he would be a free ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF ffoftTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED FKESa, HENDERSON, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 27, 1934 Chief of Police Says Numer ous Complaints of Rob bery Received by Him Lately city’s u7sTrelief BEING THREATENED Woman Head of State Tran sient Relief Says Authori ties Have No Right To Ar rest and Fingerprint Men on Suspicion; Makes Vig orous Protest Asheville, Nov. 27. —(AP) — Fifty four men in the transient center here were taken into custody by the com bined forces of the police and sheriff's departments today and lodged in the county jail. Every man in the transient home was jailed and identification experts of the police department set to fin gerprinting them. Chief of Police W. J. Everett said the fingerprints would foe sent to Washington to the Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation, with request that any information about them on file there he teiegiaplied here The police chief said that for sev eral weeks he had been receiving complaints from citizens living in the vicinity of the transient, center. He raid there had been a number of rases of highway robbery, accosting of women and a general situation calculated to terrorize the entire neigi. (<'outintied on Pago Four) HERE’S NEWS! Raleigh, Nov. 27.—(AP)— The .State. Board of Elections today eo.mas.sed the. vote east In North Carolina in the November (i elec tion and declared the result show ed t he. Democratic -3late ticket, as well as eleven Democratic con gressmen, to have been elected. COLUMBIA’S MAYOR CLAIMED BY DEATH Columbia, N. C., Nov. 27. —(AP)— Samuel J. Holloway, 62-year-old mayor of Columbia, died yesterday after an illness of several weeks. He had been mayor of Columbia for many years. French Chamber Completes Votes On Large Budget (Copyright by Associated Press. Paris, Nov. 27.—(AP) The French Chamber of Deputies com pleted its approval of a defense budget for next year totalling ap proximately $732,073,000. It Quickly agreed to navey and avia'bion budgets as presented by the respective and heard the government announce plans for increased aviation develop ments as a mainstay of the French military machine. man and could be living with his bride. But because of this last es cape— had escaped and been recap tured once before —he will now have to serve the entire maximum term of four years to which he had been sentenced, according to Assistant Di rector L. G. Whitley, of the prison division of the State Highway and Fublic Works Commission. York was convicted in Catawba county in 1932 for breaking and entering and larceny and was sentenced to serve from two to four years. If he had not escaped (Continued Ou Page-Four.) 1 he President Inspects His Southern Farm F ”■ hiu'rLrm'tiVaV vv' Roosevelt finds the going a bit tough a3 he rides through the ploughed field* of his ia im near Warm Springs Ca In the rear are Mrs. Roosevelt and Under-Secretary of Agriculture Lex lugwelJ who is viewing some farm oroblems at first hand. (Central Prcis) GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 1935 MAY VOTE GROSS INCOME TAX Would Eliminate Present Base Exemptions and Hit All Firms And Individuals PLAN WOULD MEET STOUT OPPOSITION Farm and Labor Groups and Business People Would Fight It; Payroll Tax Also Speculated on As Possible, But Might Prove Boome rang. I Hm|(:i|,i'l» liifmiP, in (he Mr Walter Uo(el t Uv J. C, lili«ker\iMr. Raleigh. Nov. 27.—From whet new sources will the 1935 General Assem bly, due to meet here in six weeks, get the additional revenue, ranging from $3,000,000 to $10,000,000, which will ho asked of it when it gets here? Cun enough new sources of revenue he found to yield anything like the amount which will be demanded. These questions are beginning to he heard here more and more fre quently with the approach of the Gen eral Assembly and speculation is al ready starting concerning the pos sible new forms of taxation that will (Continued on Page Four) Rehearsal Is Had For Royal Wedding Set for Thursday London, Nov. 27. —(AP)—The ritual of the Greek orthodox church obsei ved in Buckingham Palace for ths first time in history today when Princess Marina of Greece and the Duke of Kent rehearsed the marriage ceremony in which they will parti cipate Thursday. The practice service was performed before King George and Sueen Mary and the bridesmaids in the private chapel of the palace. 122) Shopping xrays till "weather FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Probably occasional rain to night and Wednesday; slowly ris ing temperature in extreme por tion tonight and in west and cen tral portions Wednesday. Youth Admits He Killed Ilis Bride And A Priest On Finding Them Alone Joseph iSteinmetz Arraigned in New York Court After Bodies Are Found In Room He Was Occupying; Collapses In Court During Progress of Hearing New York, Nov. 27 (AP) Dishev eled and apparently on the verge of complete collapse, Joseph Loeb Steinmetz, youthful theological stu dent, was arraigned in homicide court today on the charge that he shot to death his 17-year-old bride and the Rev. Joseph J. Leonard, Catholic priest. STEIN METIS COL LAPS MS AT 11KAI>QU ARTEIIS OF POLICE New York, Nov. 27.—(AP) —Joseph Steinmetz, accused as the slayer of his 17-year-old bride, Ruth Armstrong PATRIOTIC RACKETS’ OBJECT OF WARNING Can Do More Harm Than Fascist Movement, Ob servers Now Believe By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer New York, Nov. 27.—There is some thing that the congressional commit tee investigating “subversive" move ments hrs not made public. That is—patriotic rackets. Thousands of persons and firms have been drawn into these schemes, according to a former investigator of the committee, who called on this writer a few weeks ago. The danger does not lie in a Fas cist group “seizing” the government. The danger lies in the emotional ap peal cf these false and actually sub vet sive organizations. Vith such appeals as “protect the constitution,” “uphold American prin ciples.” “keep out the alien,” “wipe out the criminal class,” “destroy com munism,” “clean out the schools," “put labor into its place," “restrict this or that religious or racial ele ment,” “balance the budget.** “arm for security,’? men have organized movements based on Fascist move ments elsewhere. According to the investigator who called on this writer, toe congres sional investigating committee has facts at hand. The investigator added: '-lint the names involved are so well-known, such important persons have been drawn innocently into these schemes, (Continued on Page Four) Meekins Is Silent On Talk of Vice-Presidency Elizabeth City, Nov. 27.—(AP) — Federal Judge I. M. Meekins was non committal when approached today roncerning his possible candidacy for the vice-presidency in 1936 on the Re publican party ticket. “It just sounds good and pleasant up to now.* 1 the well known jurist said. He would elaborate no further. “Two year# are long time,” he said. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Seinmetz, and the Rev. Joseph J. Leonard, Catholic priest, collapsed at police headquarters today and could not he placed in the police line-up. Police found Steinmetz yesterday in ihe hotel room where five bullets had been drilled into the bodies: of the priest and Mrs. Stcinmctz, Hollywood krii, who had sought a movie career under the name of Ruth Mary Arm strong. Saul Price, assistant district attor ney, who Look charge of the case, (Continued on Page Four) NEW TAGS BANNED UNTIL DECEMBER 15 Even Though on Sale First of Month, Use Must Be Deferred Daily flni-euii, in Die Sir Walter Hotel, lly J. C. H:isk«*rvllle. Raleigh, Nov. 27.—While the new 1935 automobile license plates will go on sale Saturday, December 1, those who buy new plates between then and December 15 will not be able to use the new plates until the latter date, Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Max well pointed today, since the law spe cifically sets the date on which the new plates may be used for the first tirr.e as December 15. Last year, because the State was badly in need of the revenue from the automobile license sales, they were put. on sale December 1 instead of De cember 15. and those who bought them were allowed to use them at once. This year the date of the sale has again been moved up to Decem ber 1. in order to give the public more time in which to buy their new li censes. “WV: have not forgotten and we are (Continued on Page Four) Extreme Tension Pervades Germany (Copyright by Associated Press.) Berlin,*. Nov., 27.—(AP) —The man army and the nation’s police forces are operating under a virtual declaration of a state of emergency reliable sources disclosed today. All Christmas furloughs for mem bers of the Reichswehr (army) and military police have been suspended. Drilling of Nazi storm troops has been intensified, it was reported. The domestic situation apparently was responsible for the order, its pos* sible significance in relation to the foreign situation was minimized. Fears that a smouldering feud be* 8' PAGES , TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY lOKYO IS LOOKING ' FOR DEEP IN BLOW II UNITED STATES Wants Other Big Powers To Unite in Denouncing Treaty Before End of This Year NEITHER IS LIKELY TO JOIN THE JAPS Considered In Washington As Move Strengthen Ja pan’s Position; Britain and United States Fairly Well Satisfied With Naval Status Quo (Copyright by Associated Press.) Japan moved today to obtain inter national support for her project of ending the Washington naval treaty of 1922, whicli establishes her navy on the short end of the 5-5-3 ratio with Great Britain and the United States. The Tokyo government proposed to both Fiance and Italy who are also signatories of <treaty that, they join with Japan in denouncing it be fore December 31. Such denunciation, under the terms of the treaty, would terminate it by January 1. 1937. In London, where preliminary con versations are going it in an effort to revise the Washington treaty, ob servers were of the opinion that neither France nor Italy would grant Japan’s request. Japan, it has been revealed, has been after the United States and Great Britain to end the treaty, .but those <two powers ares more or less satisfied with naval af fairs remaining on thetr present basis. Japan’s overtures to France and Italy to join ■ in denouncing the Washington treaty is considered in Washington circles as a diplomatic gesture designed to strengthen ■Japan’s position. Weather Prevents Wiley Post’s Hop To Stratosphere Bartlesville, Okla., Nov. 27. —(AP) Hazy weather kept Wiley Post and his renowned plane, the Winnie Mae, on tlie ground today, delaying for at least a day his stratosphere record attempt. After scanning overcast skies, Post said he would make no attempt to take off today. No Treaty By Britain With U. S. London, Nov. 27.—(AJ*) — Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald an nounced in the House of Commons to day that Great Britain would not pro pose to the United States negotiations for a pact of mutual assistance in the Pacific along th e lines of the Locarno treaty. The prime minister reiterated Great Britain’s desire to maintain friendly cooperation with both the United States and Japan. His statement was in reply to an inquiry from Jeffrey Mande# of the Liberal party, as to whether the gov ernment would consider the advis ability of a proposal to the United States that negotiations be opened for such a pact. tween the Reiehswehr and the Scliutz Staffel (picked Nazi guards) might, burst Into flames at any time are held in some quarters to be chiefly respon sible for the measure. The step indicated that Chancellor Hitler, as he did during the “blood purge’’ of the Nazi ranks June 30, ia again depending upon those consider* “reactionary” by his own men, since the army is not fundamentally a po* liticai organization. Discontent has been rumored in ranks of the Nazi storm troops, whose leaders were summarily executed dut* lu the “purge.”
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