iIENDEkSON
iiA'I'KVVAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY FIRST YEAR
DUPONT MUNITIONS COMPANY
Yugoslavs Expel
Every Hungarian
In Their Country
Crisis Arises Out of Feeling
Engendered by King’s
Recent Assas
sination
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
TO BE RESORTED TO
Doth Yugoslavia and Hun
gary Call on That Body To
Settle Differences, and
Slavs Say They Intend To
Conclude It In Peaceful
Manner
I l" I grade. Yugoslavia. Dec. 6.—(API
The Yugoslav government, it was
. .nounced today, has decided to ex
('ll tli" 27.000 Hungarians now Uv
■ ig in Yugoslavia.
The government’s decision means
vie uprooting of the entire Hungai
; u element i” Yugoslavia.
I‘ was stated authoritatively that
v expulsion will he a gradual pro
hutw ill proceed relentlessly.
About 300 luckless former Hungui- '
: nr- have found themselves without
eoimti y. This group was composed of
men and women who renounced Hui«-
. ian citizenship preparatory to De
coming Yugoslavs. Hungary has
*hi own them out and Yugoslavia will
i "i permit them to return. They are
living in three trains stranded in “no
m.in'.' land’’ at th e Hungarian-Yugo- ;
- iv frontier.
11l NGAItY M H.l. M’l’KAI, TO
LEAGUE FOR QUICK HELP |
itud'jpest. Hungary. Dec. 6.—<AP>— I
TV. Hungarian government decided
taday to place before the League of
." :ion- the expulsion and ill treat- I
'•at of hundreds of Hungarians by
' h ■ Yugoslavs.
i lover nrnent officials are already at
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MAYFLOWER AWARD
GIVEN ZIMMERMANS
University Professor Wins
Literary-Historical Asso
ciation Prize
-
• •;»»• * (>i»i'iili •> Harriia,
l>« • Sir Walter Hotel,
•)» J. V. UawKervtlle.
Kalejgh. Dec. 6.—Professor Erich i
'V. Xintincrmunn, professor of com
nu t < e and resources for several years
at Die l’Diversity of North Carolina,
w.i awarded the Mayflower Society ■
r,| P for 1931 last night at the clos
h - ses-ion of the State Literary and
Hi-totieai Association in Raleigh.
'lw i nor J. C. B. Eiiringhaus att
uneid the award and presented a
handsome sterling silver replica to
'he winner. Professor Zimmermans
1 ’ok. “World Resources and Indus
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W aynick In
As Head Os
A. C. Roads
Skies Begin To Clear
As Highway Com
mission Gets Ex
n
ecutive Again
Umll> Dhpntcfe liirena,
lu the Sir Walter Hotel,
Uv J U. Laskert tile.
Raleigh, Dec. 6. —The black clouds
that have been hovering over the
■State Highway and Public Works
Commission for several weeks now
are not nearly as black as they were,
ince the announcement of the ap
pointment of C. M. Waynick as assis
tant chairman, clothed with the full
;>< wers of the chairman during the
absence of Chairman E. B. Jeffress.
who is still seriously ill at his home
i i Greensboro.
The bank of dark clouds has by nc
means broken up and disappeared as
yol of course, for Waynick is just
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mtnhttßtm Ha tin Bistmtrh
LEASED WIRE BERVICH OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
r TitigdvMan”
! : i.
IW&;
Thomas N. McCarter, president of
Kdison Electric Institute, is re
vealed as the “prominent patriotic
citizen” who informed the Treasury
Department of an income tax “Ax M
ring which besought the custom of
wealthy men in devising means of
cheating government of payments.
(Central Press)
Y ugoslavia
For Accord
With Peace
Meantime, Hungar
ian Cabinet Is Call
ed To Study Crucial
Situation
(Copyright by Associated Press.)
Belgrade. Yugoslavia, Dec, <>.—
(A!*) —On top of an authoritative
announcement that Yugoslavia Is
engaged in expelling all Hungar
ians who have not become Yugo
slav citizens, a foreign office
spokesman announced today that
Itis government intended to settle
its differences with Hungary in
u peaceful manner through the
League of Nations.
HUNGARIAN CABINET IS
SUMMONED INTO SESSION
Budapest, Hungary, Dec. 6.— (AP) —
All cabinet ministers today were sum
moned to a special cabinet session to
morrow, at which the government will
decide on what further steps should
be taken as the result of the expul
sion of Hungarian citizens from Yugo
slavla.
The government already has com
municated with the League of Na
tions concerning these expulsions
(which in Belgrade were reported to
include 27,000 persons).
A semi-official newspaper hinted
that the Hungarian appeal to the
League of Nations would be based on
a clause of the peace treaty which
guarantees the protection of minor
ities
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy tonight; and Friday; not
much change in temperature.
Insull Loses Skirmish
In Second Fraud Trial
Chicago, Dec. 6 (AP) — Samuel ln
sull, Sr., lost his first attack today on
the second Federal charge against
him—one of violating the bankruptcy
laws, and was ordered to appear for
arrangement on December 18 before
Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson.
Insull, acquitted recently in a SIOO,-
000,000 mail fraud trial, was charged
with removing $2,500,000 from the
only daily j
Martin Insull Trial
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Judge H arrington
Judge Cornelius J. Harrington has
been designated to hear the trial
of Martin Insull, brother of Sam
uel, and himself a one-tinie load
er in the utilities field in Chicago.
Specifically Martin Insull is
charged with embezzling $344,720
HOPES 10 ABOLISH ■
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
Norris and Possibly Others
To Offer Amendments
This Session
OUTLOOK IS BRIGHTER
Many Liberals in Congress Rouses
Fresh Hopes; Smaller States
Might Kill Proposal Even
If Submitted.
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington. Dec. 6.—Popular elec
tion of presidents, without the intei
position of an electoral college, will
be fought for again, harder than evei
at the coming session of congress.
The constitution wil) have to be
amended to permit the change.
That is to say, the senate and the
house of representatives, each, will
have to vote, by a two-thirds ma
jority,- foi\ submission of the propos
ed amendment to the respective states
and then three-quarters of the states
will have to ratify it, before it can
become effective.
NORRIS TO TRY AGAIN
From time to time the popularly
elective plan, for presidential selec
tions. has been before the national
lawmakers for years.
In the last Congress Senator Geoi
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21 Mississippi
Cities Unite To
Get TV A “Juice”
Memphis, Tenn.. Dee. (J. — (AP)
—Mayor Milton C. Smith, of
Greenville, Miss., said by long dis
tance telephone today that 31
north Mississippi cities have oin
ed a movement to organize and
request Tennessee Valley Author
ity power.
Mayor Smith said lie would call
mayors of all north Mississippi
towns and cities into conference
within ten days or two weeks to
draft a uiufied petition to the
TV A and President Roosevelt, He
said he had written about 40
cities between Greenville and
Tupelo and Memphis to get their
sentiment.
Corporation Securities Company “in
contemplation of bankruptcy."
Judge Wilkerson overruled a de
murrer to the indictment, in which
Insull’s attorney, Floyd E. Thompson,
contended the Federal bankruptcy
statute in question was not valid.
Federal prosecutors have not de
cided definitely whether to press the
charge, although Judge Wilkerson’s
ruling gave support for their case.
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF tfekTH CAROLINA AND VU^NIA.
HENDERSON, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 6, 1934
I FRANCE TO DELAY
! GERMAN TREATIES
Soviet Alarmed at Prospects
of Close Understanding
Between Two Old
Enemies
ISOLATION FEARED
BY MOSCOW GROUP
Want Western Peace As
sured So Full Attention
Can Be Turned To Far East
Trouble With Japan; Po
lice Force for Saar Plebis
cite Okeyed by Germans
(Copyright by Associated Press.)
Geneva. Dec. 6. —(AP) —Alarmed at
the prospects of a closs understand
ing between France and Germany.
; Soviet Russia has asked France not
i to conclude auv special political ac
cord with another nation pending the
| fate of the projected pact of Eastern
European securities.
Russia was described by League of
Nations sources today as fearing iso
lation for herself would result from
any Franco-German political accord.
It is understood that France has
agreed not to make any special bi
lateral treaties without ocnsulting
Russia beforehand.
Russia has come to the position of
giving prime importance to th e east
ern pact as. with peace assured on j
her western boundary, she would be i
left free to cope with the Japanese |
problem in the Far East.
The agreement between France
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DOUGHTON'PREDICTS
BYRNS AS SPEAKER
Washington, Dec. 6. —(AP) —
Chairman Houghton, of the House
Ways and Means Committee, be
lieves Representative Byrns, ot
Tennessee, will with the speaker
ship in a walk, and that it is just
as well for other candidates to J
withdraw'. j
PODERJAY WILL BE
SENT BACK TO U. S.
Vienna, Dec. 6 (AP)—Austria
decided today to grant the United
States’ request for extradition of !
Captain Ivan Poderjay, wanted in
connection with the disappearance
of his bride, Agnes Tufverson, De
troit and New' York attorney.
Poderjay is charged with big
amy in New York, the ground for
the extradition. He has been a
prisoner of the Austrian govern
ment for six months.
66 Rebels
Executed
In Russia
Moscow, Dec. 6.—(AP)—A swift
death to 66 “enemies” was Soviet Rus
sia’s grim counter thrust at terrorism
today as she buried the ashes of Ser
gei Iviroff, assassinated red leader.
The men were brought to trial In
Moscow and Leningrad yesterday, j
speedily convicted and immediately
executed. Only five of the 71 “white
guards.” foes of the regime, escaped
a similar fate, at least temporarily.
They were held for further fues
tioning.
New “terror” decrees, invoked be- j
cause of the nation’s anger at Kiroff s 1
slaying last Saturday, were carried ■
out to the letter. There were no de- !
sense attorneys, no prosecutors, and j
no appeals were allowed.
Russia buried Kiroff beside other !
j immortals of the bolshevik revolution I
in Red Square today.
Tl 5) Shopping
May s till
DEHED EMBARGO
Brother and Sister on Trial
Death sentence is sought’for Mrs. Ruby S. Grice and her brother, Donald
Sasser, shown above, who are accus ed of having conspired with Rufus
Satterfield, her alleged paramour, o f plotting the murder of her husband
at their home in Goldsboro. \
Parker Dismisses
Jury Passed Upon
For Grice Trials
Two Jurors Are Sentenced
To Jail Terms for Falsi
fying Answers To
Questions
CALLS NEW VENIRE
JOHNSTON COUNTY
Day’s Session of Trial De
layed Half an Hour While
Judge Confers With Law
yers on Both Sides After
Hearing Juror Had Ex
pressed an Opinion
Goldsboro, Dec. 6.—(AP) —Judge R.
Hunt Parker today threw out the
jury selected to try’ Mrs. Ruby S.
Grice and Donald Sasser for com
plicity in the slaying of her husband,
sentenced two of tile jurors to jafi
for allegedly giving false replies to
questions in their examination for
jury duty, and ordered a venire drawn
from adjoining Johnston county.
T. W. Hood, one of the jurors, was
sentenced to 30 days in jail, and J. T.
Talton, another, to five days in jail.
Trial Is Delayed.
Trial of Mrs. Ruby Sasser Grice and
her brother, Donald Sasser, for com
plicity in the slaying of her husband
Herbert rice, was delayed today while
Judge R. Hunt Parker considered dis
qualifying a juror disclosed to be a
relative of the slain iron worker.
Judge Parker conferred witli at
torneys in the case and did not con
vene court until half an hour after
the scheduled time.
Immediately after convening court,
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Ickes Made
Party With
Power Suit
PWA Head Drawn
Into Duke Com
pany’s Fight for In
junction on City
Greenville, S. C., Dec. (3. —(.AP) —An
order trom Judge H. H. Watkins,
making Secretary Ickes defendant
with Greenwood county in a suit with
the 'Duke Power Company, in jan
injunction against the proposed Buz
zard Roost power project, was re
' leased today by the clerks of the
j United States court for the western
; district of South Carolina.
A motion asking that he be made
a defendant was filed by the secre
tary of the interior on December 3.
The order said that the public
works administrator has. or claims,
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PUBLISHED BVBRY AFTHRNOOM
EXCEPT HUNT>AV_
Triumphant
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Blind since 14, W. C. Germain, inn*
26, is entering on legal career in
New York after having been gradu
ated from Columbia Law School
with top honors. It took him 12
Fears to complete law course, be
cause there aren’t any legal tomes
in Braille and he had to have every
thing read to him.
t (Central PresaJ
NEGRO GIVEN STAY
TO LIMIT KILLINGS
Three White Men Enough to
Be Electrocuted At Pen
In One Morning
Raleigh, Dec. 6.—(AP) —Jim Green,
Pitt county Negro scheduled to be
electrocuted tomorrow for criminal
assault on a white girl, today was
granted a reprieve of two weeks, set
ting his date of execution as January
11.
Parole Commissioner Edwin M.
Gill, who announced tlie respite, made
no comment.
The stay came as no surprise, as a
quadruple electrocution had been set
for tomorrow, and officials had indi
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LONG’S SUPPORTERS
FACE INDICTMENTS
New Orleans, La,, Dec. 6. —(AP) —
The United States grand jury here
today returned indictments against
State Senator Jules G. Fisher, and his
nephew, Representative Joseph Fisher
political supporters of Senator Huey
P. Long, in the Federal income tax
situation in Louisiana
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Senator Clark Says United
States Entered War Only
To Protect Muni
tions Men
CLARK AND DUPONT
IN SPIRITED CLASH
Senator Tells Power King
Latter is “Not Running This
Investigation;” Remington
Arms Company Fought
Legislation Last Year For
Arms Embargo
Washington, Dec. 6.—tAP>—.Evid
ence that the DuPont Company sent
a shipment of powder to Holland In
1929 for re-shipment to China "while
an embargo was in effect against
sending munitions directly to China,”
was received today by Senate inves
tigators.
This came after Senator Clark.
' Democrat, Missouri, had asserted thai
it was not necessary for the United
States to enter the World War cx
i ce Pt to protect the munitions mak
{ ers’ profits.
Also the munitions committee was
, told that State Department files show
ed no indication the department had
suggested a conference of arms mak
ers called by Herbert Hoover as see
retarv of commerce, before the 1925
Geneva arms conference.
The former President said yester
day Frank B. Kellogg, sertary of
stat in 1925, had suggested the con
ference.
During frequent clashes with wit
nesses Senator Clark told Irene© Du
Pont, munitions manufacturer, at on©
point that the latter was “not run
ning this investigation.”
The clash came during an inquiry
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TAR HEEL FOLLOWS
WASHINGTON’S STER
John C. Daves Heads Society
of the Cincinnati, Exclu
sive Sect
lJuilj His|»n(<h Uareai,
In the Sir Wulfer Hotel,
llv J, C. liUMkervllle.
Raleigh, Dec. 6. —A North Caro
linian is now president-general of the
Society of trie Cincinnati for the first
time in its history. This is the mili
tary society founded by General
George Washington, LaFayette and
Von Steuben following the Revolu
tionary War, and of which Washing
ton was the first president-general,'
which post he held until his death.
The preent president-general, who is
also president of the North Carolina
Society of Cincinnati, is John C.
Daves, at present living in Baltimore,
but originally from the Daves family
of New Bex-n.
Mr. Davis is the first North Caor
linian to be elected president-general
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i ' i
Trio Await
Their Doom
Set Friday
__________
Father, Son and Son
in-Law, White Men;
To Be Electrocuted
Tomorrow j
Unily OiMiMtch timrrum.
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
My J. O, llaiker»llle.
Raleigh, Dec. 6. —A father, his sou
and son-in-law will be executed in.
the electric chair here tomorrow
morning for the murder of a man
none of the three really lulled, al
though under the law they are as
guilty as the man who actually fired
the shot that killed him. These three
men are Bascom G. Green, his son,
Lester, and his son-in-law, R. E.
Black, all white, and from High Point
all convicted of first degree murder
in connectioln with the fatal shoot*
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