Newspapers / Henderson Daily Dispatch (Henderson, … / Dec. 21, 1934, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Henderson Daily Dispatch (Henderson, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR 50 PERCENT CUT IN ELECTRIC RILL ROOSEVELT’S AIM PREACHER DECLARES UNION MAN CLAIMED ROOSEVELT BACKING* Rosemary Textile Strike Sit uation Again Aired Be fore Board In Washington REV. J. N. BYNUM IS WITNESS FOR MILL Tells of Density of Pickets About Mill Gates; Dooley Denies He |Claimed Per sonal Backing of President; Said To Have Attacked Mill Officials Democrats Want More Com mittee Jobs In Congress Washington. Dec. 21. —(AP) — An episcopal minister testified before Mie Textile Labor Boat a today that j. Dooley. United Textile Workers’ ciganizer, had represented himself as having the personal backing of Presi dent Roosevelt in urging employees o.' th? Rosemary Manufacturing Com pany of Roanoke Rapids, N T . C., to join the extile strike in September. Rev. J. N. Bynum, rector of the Roanoke Rapids Episcopal church. \v< called by the mill management so describe conditions that prevailed it Rosemary during the strike. Bynum raid that had he been an em ployee attempting to work during the -itike. he would have been afraid localise of pickets to approach the n.lil entrances. The m.ntster said the ’••nion organl •/ r mid mill employees he had just eonio fiom a personal interview with President Roosevelt. Bynum quoted Dooley as saying the I President had slapped him on the j hack and told him: "Mr. Docley. you're doing a good work; we are with you.” The minister also said Dooley had referred to the Rosemary mill man agement as “hard-boiled men.’’ The board heard the union charges (Continued on Page Four) Cotton Spinning Industry Holding Own During Fall Washington. Dec. 21.—(AP)— The cotton spinning industry was report ed today by the Census Bureau so have operated during Nov-ember at o‘l percent capacoity on a single shift basis, compared with 97.1 percent dur ing October this year, and 96.3 per cent during November last year. Spinning spindles in place Novem ber 30 totalled 30.900,436, of which 25.0a0.778 were active at some time during the month, compared with 30.- 882.570 and 25,095.180 for October this year and 30.881.96» and 25,423,348 for November last year. North Carolina reported 1.469.639.343 active spindle hour? for November, and an average of 220 hours per spin dle in place. More Leaf Tobacco Is Sent Away Cigarette Exports AI s o Increasing; Tobacco Is Third Largest Export Washington, Dec. 21 (AP) —More leaf tobacco and American cigarettes are being sold in the world market, it was disclosed today in a report by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, which showed leaf tobacco continued to be the country’s third leading export. The report, based on the first nine months of 1934, placed the value of leaf tobacco exported to that period at $71,697,000, or 78.6 percent greater than last year. This represented 4.7 percent of America’s exports by value. ' The quantity exported amounted to 286,432,000 pounds, or 13.4 percent, greater than a year ago. but eight percent less than the five-year aver age . • The average price on the export market was 25 cents a pound, an in crease of 56 percent over the 1933 figure. IfUnt&rrsmt Dtttl.it Dispatch LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Fourth Death In Shelbyville Riot Shelbyville, Tenn., Dec. 21,—(AP) —Floyd (Pat 3 Laws, 28. a far mer. died in a Shelbyville hospital today of wounds received Wedne» day when National Guardsmen fired inio a crowd around the court house while a mob was trying to slornt the building for a Negro prisoner, laws was the fourth fa tality. Meanwhile. Colonel R. 11. Rond, in command of the National Guard troop here, described the situation today as “very quiet” and said, “We have received absolutely no indi cation that there will be any fur ther mob outbreaks.” DEMOCRATS WANT MORE COMMITTEE lOBS IN CONGRESS Party Leaders Think Their Organization Should Have Greater Con trol Powers FEWER REPUBLICANS WOULD BE HONORED Increased Member ship Gives Them Right to More Committee Places, Byrns Says; Republicans Point to 46 Percent of Popular Vote They Received Washington. Dec. 21. —(AP)—Dem- ocratic leaders proposed today that their party assume greater control over the drafting of legislation by taking over more committee posts. The move brought quick protests from Republicans. Representative Byrns, of Tennes see, Democratic floor leader, who is expected to be next speaker advanc ed it as his personal belief that Dem ocratic membership on legislation shaping committees should be in creased and Republican membership reduced. “They (Republicans) have got about one-foutrh of the membership,” Byrns said. “So why should they have one-third, or thereabouts, of the com mitte places? It’s our reponsibility, and we’re competent to handle it.” Repreentative Mapes, of Michigan, a Republican leader remarked: “The Republicans got about 46 per cent of the popular vote on the last election. Those votes are entitled to representation. “But if the Democrats want to change things, they’ve got the brute strength to do it.” WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, probably followed by oc casional light rains tonight and Saturday; slightly warmer In cen tral and west portions toiftglu ■ and on the coast Saturday. Babson Declares Railroads Are Being Choked To Death Loss of Traffic Basic Problem and Government And Labor Regulation Another; Receiverships Near Un less Congress Unshackles Rail Carriers BY ROGER W. BARSON, Copyright 1934, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Babson Park. Fla., Dec. 21.—The railroad industry is in a precarious position today. Not only have most of tfcf roads absolutely exhausted their normal credit, but even the FRC will not much longer come to their aid. 3934 has been a disastrous year for the carriers. Sharply increas ed costs, declining revenues, and deaa ly com;etilion have forced the in dustry to the wall. Meanwhile, rail executives, their h&ndr tied by labor's demands, stand helpless. Congress alone, by looseninj the halter which ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER HENDERSON, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 21, 1934 Tobacco Growers For Crop Control (By the Associated Press.) County agents in tobacco grow ing states tabulated votes today to ascertain whether farmers wants continued <V>mpulsory control of their crops. First returns of the referendum, in progress since December 8, in dicated strong sentiment for con tinuance of the Kerr-Smith act. North Carolina and Florida were among the states reporting firs. _ and showed a favorable attitude. Informal reports from Virginia county agents indicated growers there would east a large majority for the plan. Steamship Burns At Her Dock Boston, Mass., Dec. 21.—(AP) —Tne mounting tons of water poured into the holds of the coastwise freighter Ontario as firemen fought to quench flames that raced uncontrolled thro* ugh the ship, threatened today to send the steamer to the bottom of Boston harbor. The Ontario returned to port here about 4 a. m., her hatches, ventila tors and ports bellowing smoke. Fire broke out last night when she was two miles off Sandwich, near tne Massachusetts Bay entrance to the Cape Cod canal, southbound with a general cargo for Baltimore and Nor folk Her crew of 4U worked ceaselessly to hold the flames in check, and fire boats and land engines added their efforts as tugs nosed her into her dock on Northern Avenue here. The fire, which Degan in No. 3 hold, had much room and spread through the lower decks. The skip per, Captain John Kaulsrud. was over come "Three times, his officers said, as he led his crew into the thick of the smoke and flames as they raced for port. is rapidly hanging the roads, can pre vent wholesale receiverships. Loss of Traffic Basic Problem The basic problem which manage ments face is the loss of freight traf fic. Today business is nine per cent better than last December, but freight carloadings are down four per cent. The roads are losing an alarming a mount of business to their oempeti tors every day. It is estimated that competition has cost the carriers sl,- 500,000.000. Trucks, buses, barges, and airplanes have been cutting into rail road traffic for the last ten years, but tContinued oil Page Four) PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. Two New Rescues Written Into Annals of Sea i Courageous captains had two new outstanding feats of heroism to place in their logs as raging storms in North Atlantic crippled two freighters. Capt. Fritz Kruse (left), of German liner, New York , directed saving of survivors of storm-crushed Norwegian freighter. Sisto. and Capt. J. (i. P. France Also T oDenounce Naval Pact Cabinet Minister’s Statement at Paris Shocks British and Americans Paris, Dec. 21—(AP) —Francois Pietri, minister of then avy, told the foreign affairs and naval committees of the Chamber of Deputies today that France soon will denounce the Washington naval treaty of 1922, but is. however, willing to discuss further the question of international naval limitations. “We ar e agreed,’’ said the cabinet minister, “ind eclaring publicly soon that France considers the Washington treaty as ended in 1936. but that she is always ready for the limitation of armaments. The committees met jointly to hear Petri’s statement. Them inister told them: “The treaty (of Washington) is in tolerable for France.” FRANCE’S ACTION SHOCKS AMERICANS AND BRITISH London. Dec. 21.—(AP)— British and American quarters were disagree ably surprised today by a report from Paris that France intended to fol low Japan in denouncing the Wash ington naval treaty of V.)22. Both Great Britain and the United States had been given private as surances some time ago zy France that no such action would be taken, regardless of Japan’s moves. Projects On N. C. Streams Are Listed Washington, Dec. 21 (AP) —Water projects that would cost in excess of $92,000,000 are listed for North Caro lina in a summary of potential navi gation, flood control and power deve lopments prepared by army engineers for submission to Congress by Secre tary Dern. It was emphasized the projects were (Continued on Page Two) \A) Shopping Mays'Till Bisset. of British liner, Ascania, brought out rescue of Capt. J. J. Reed (with whom he is shown at right), and other survivors of freighter - Usworth , which is seen sinking at left in graphic photo taken through heavy mist. Map indicates scenes of rescues, (Gtntral Prea») Waynick Will Emphasize Better Road Maintenance New Highway Head Thinks State's $300,000,000 Road Investment Will Be Largely Lost Unless Upkeep Provision Is Mad e by Legislature Daily Dispatch nareat, In the Sir Walter Hotel, Hy J. O. liuskerville. Raleigh, Dec. 21. —The urgent need for more and better maintenance on all highways, both State and county, and the need for more highway con struction are the two things that have most impressed Assistant Chair man Capus M. Waynidk sinde he has taken charge of the State Highway and Public Works Commission, he said here today. As a result, he In dicated that the theme song of his administration as chief of the high way department would be more and better maintenance, provided the General Assembly can be prevailed ; upon to provide the necessary money, j ROANOKE RAPIDS ~ CASES UP AGAIN / ——- Re-Hearing Os Labor Charges Against Rose mary Company Ordered Washington, Dec. 21.—(AP)—A re hearing of charges labor lodged a gainst the Rosemary Manufacturing Company, of Roanoke Rapids, N. C., wa set for today by the Textile Labor Board. The charges involved alleged dis crimination against union members as a result of their activities in the recent textile strike. The case irst was ueard here De cember 4 at the same time the Unit ed Textile Workers presented similar cTTarges against the Patterson and Roanoke mills, aloof Roanoke Rapias Action on the Patterson and Roa noke cases was suspended indefinite ly by the board, which announced it hoped the union and mill manage ments may settle their differences to the mutual advantage of both. Sister of Johnston County Girl Victim Testifies Against Accused Smithfield, Dec. 21.—(AP)— Mrs. Margurite Cherry, sister of one of the three alleged victims of a kid naping in Johnstpp county, testified in superior court here today at the trial of nine persons charged with taking the girls to New York for im moral purposes, that one of the de fendants had tried to get her to take her sister to an ice cream party at (Continued oa Page Two) ;tSS PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. “Both from personal observation j ant * t'-'om the facts and figures that have been presented to me since I Jbecame .assistant dhaiirman of the highway department, I am more than ever convinced that the most urgeni need , right now is for. more and bet ter maintenance of the roads we al ready have,” Waynick sa*L “The son they have not been maintained better than they have is, of course, due to the fact that the highway partment has not had the funds with : which do the work that should j hav e been done. For the 1933 Gen ; erai Assembly decided to cut off j ) (Continued on Page Three) Australian Flying West To East for Low Mark Across Country ) Union Air Terminal, Burbank, Cal., Dec. 21.—(AP)—Charles Kingsford- Smith, Australian trans-Pacific flier, left the Union Air Terminal at 4:48 a. m. today in what he announced would be an attempt to establish a new trans-continental speed record for planes. Although the aviator had announc ed last night he planned to fly to Cincinnati, Ohio, he disclosed shortly before taking off that if he makes good time as far as Kansas City, his one planned re-fueling stop, he will continue on to New York City, with out stopping at the Ohio city. His plane carried 300 gallons of gasoline when it left here. The present west-to-east trans-con tinental record is ten hours, two min utes. 51 seconds, held by Colonel Ros coe Turner, noted flier. Giant Plane Crashes In Thunderstorm; Seven Die Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 21.—(AP) —The giant American built airplane “Uiver” pride of the Royal Dutch Air Line, yas found wrecked and burned to day, its seven occupants killed. The plane crashed during a desert thunderstorm yesterday ten miles south of Rutva Wells, Iraq. Scouting planes of the British Royal Air Forec, who had searched for the liner since, early yesterday, found the charred wreckage. The machine had been burned to cinders. Fresh from triumph it, the Eng 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY, - - MAY TAKE SEVERAL YEARS, HOWEVER, TO ATTAIN THAT GOAL McNinch Outlines Adminis tration's Plans in Dealing Wi t h Power Situation MUNICIPAIT PLANTS TO BE ENCOURAGED Ickes Seeking PWA Funds To Be Loaned To Larger Cities Where Rates Are Declared Excessive; Nego tiations for New York Pro ject Already Begun Washington, Dec. 21, —(AP>—A cut of about 50 percent in the electricity bill of America wa described today as the ultimate goal of hte Roosevelt power program. Frank R. McNinch, chairman of the Federal Power Commision, made this declaration, emphaizing that ac complishment of the aim cannot be expected for several years. After Secretary Ickes made known he is considering an effort to find publir works funds for proposed mun icipal plants in other sities besides New York, McNinch declared rates to be excessive “in most of the lar ger cities.” Negotiations already have been started by Mayor LaGuardia, of New York, looking toward a grant for erection of a power plant for the metropolis. Plans for public works financing of (Continued On Page Four.) FISH WILL ANSWER BUDD INDICTMENTS New York, Dec. 21.—(AP)—Al bert H. Fish, was turned over to Westchester county authorities to day by Magistrate Benjamin Greenstan, In homicide cuort, to answer an indictment there, charg ing first degree murder in the death of ten-yealr-oLd Gtaoe Budd. : V ,■ f -::i >V,i Frank Page Is Interred At Aberdeen Former Highway Head Dies Sudden ly During Illness In Raleigh Hospital Aberdeen, Dec. 21. —(AP) —The body of Frank Page, 59-year-old banker and former chairman of the State High way Commission, whose career was ended suddenly by death late yester day, was borne here today for burial in the family cemetery. Page was chairman of the State Highway Commission when more than $100,000,000 was spent to give the State good roads. He was execu tive vice-president of the Raleigh branch of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company at the time of his death. Page died at 6:25 p. m. in a Ra leigh hospital. He had suffered a heart disease for some time, but hfs condition did not become critical un til last Saturday. He was removed to the hospital from his home in Raleigh two day 3 later. The funeral was set for 2 p. m. f at the Page Memorial church here. land-to-Melbourne air derby, popular ly known as a flying hotel, was seek ing new laurels in a flight from Am sterdam to Batavia, Java, when dis aster overtook it. Th e victims were three passenger 3 and four members of the crew. Although the exact cause of thd tragedy was not known, air officials here expressed belief it had been) struck by lightning. The last radio! message from the doomed craft, re* ceived early yesterday, said it was Im difficulty during a storm near Rutvq| Wells an.i asked its position*
Henderson Daily Dispatch (Henderson, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 21, 1934, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75