HUNPERSON
gateway TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
tWKN'TY-SECOND year
LEGISLATURE WILL
SPEED IIS TASK IN
IDE COMING WEEK
| as t Pace Already Set On
Appropriations and Fi
nance Bills, Biggest
Job I n Hand
finance group is
FACING SALES TAX
\|| Committees Are Now Or
ganized and Are Function
ing; Only One Liquor Mod
ification Measure In So
Far, But Issue Will Worry
Members No Little
IHiil) II u 1*4*41 it,
lii iln- 'Wnllcr Hotel.
111 J « . lIASHUIt VIM..
Raleigh, jan. 19.—More progress ;
nj. already been made by the pre- j
|jt session of the General Assent- |
ij.v (luting the ten days it has been |
1, •(' than the 1933 session made dui- |
■ Il( i thr first 30 to lb days, most ob- I
- •vets here agree. Indications ate !
i:at this r;ite of progress will b e con.
i.nua'ed and that this coining week
• 11 witness even greater progress, es
pecially in the consideration of the
;wu major ills, the revenue and ap
[itel't intions hills.
Tin two biggest, jobs before the
. inibly ate. of course, the formula
hen of the appropriations and fi
:ia,tiCe bills. No legislative session can
ad until botli of tin sp bills have been
ucted. The apptopriations hill must
U formulated and enacted first, in
vidett that, the finance committees
and the assembly itself may know
row much revenue they will have to
Movide with which to meet the ap
'’'opriatioiis.
1 -t • no reason why «ve will not
j' able to make even faster progress
i . the appropriations bill next week" ;
(.'.aitnian Victor S. Bryant, of the
Hour*' Appropriations Committee, j
aid today. "We are going to start our
:jblic hearings for the State depart,
i! :iU and institutions Tuesday aft- |
noon and we believe we can coni- I
pln’e all these hear ings by Wcdncs- |
day. January 30. We have also set
v ibiuarv 8 as the final limit after j 1
which no further hearings of any sort
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Spinning
Industry
Improves
Washington. Jan 19 <AP* The cot
’nn spinning industry was reported
today by he Census Bureau to have
upended during December at 87.1 per
u n nt of capacity on a single shift
bed-, compared with 91.0 percent dur
.l/ November last, and 73.5 percent
during December. 1933
•Spinning spindles in place Decem
f'“r 31 totalled 30.889.181, of which 25.-
9C0.778 for November last, and 30.938.-
■M and 21.810.870 for December. 1933.
Active spindle hours for December
totalled 6.027.205.823. or an average of
’-5 hours pei spindle in place, com
tai'd with 6.703.255.132. and 217 for
• ovunher. last, and 5.090.017.829 and
hj for December. 1933.
North Carolina reported 1.233.236.703 j
• uMve -pindlc hours and an average of ,
W per -piudle in place.
Jloey Visit
Opens Talk
OnCampaign
Houghton and Gra
ham \la\ Oppose
Him; Others Also
I alked for Race
Imill.v IM-|tntc)i Hnreiin,
In the Sir Waller Hotel.
J. V. JMtIiERVILI,
Raleigh. Jan 19 The visit of Clyde
" v °f Shelby. here this week, dur
which iie mingled and talked
jt i members of the General Assem
causing considerable specula-’
race for the Democratic
ymination for governor in the June
•" *926. It has also brought
', ‘ I '* * additional prospective can- ,
'_auj.-. lor the governorship.
Hie current that Mr. Hoev
" ' .'everui members of the General
Ml. ,! * tle ha,s H,)OUt de '
*" be a candidate for gover
, " *936. regardless of whether
'a.in Hubert 1.,. Doughton
(vuuiiiiued on Baje Four)
Hettiterantt Bailii Hismitirh
LRIASBI) WIRE SERVICE) OF
the associated press.
Hauptmann Defense Seeks
To Discredit State Charge
Os His ‘Mysterious ’ Income
Navy Shows Panama Defense
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•vho is seen with his companion (left), Lieut. Carl E. Giesc, Admiral E J
Eing (in civies) and Capl. A. W. Fitch at takeoff.
‘‘rrj-b. Press' ,
Winter Strikes Hard At
States Throughout West
Legislature Sits
Eighteen Minutes
Raleigh, Jan. 19.—(AIM The
customary Saturday session of the
North Carolina General Assembly
lasted a total of 18 minutes today.
The Senate met seven minutes to
pass three House hills on loeal mat
ters. No new hills were introduced. 1
The House met eleven minutes
and passed five local hills. It also
received a number of measures,
including: one by .Mrs. Hutchins, of
Yancey, to provide for a farm in
Yancey.
BRUNO'S ATTORNEY
M UST GIVE UP DMA
Fawcett Ordered To Turn
Over Defense Material
To Edward Reilly
Brooklyn. N. Y.. Jan. 19.—(API—
Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s former
attorney. James M. Fawcett, must
turn over to Edward J. Reilly Haupt
mann's present counsel certain papers
relating to the <l°fe;.dant’s case, the
; appellate division of the supreme
court in Brooklyn decided today.
Te decision was unanimous, thus
barring an appeal.
! The court ruled that the papers
I must be placed in the hands of de
! sense lawyers immediately, and that
they may retain them until the con
clusion of the trial of the Bronx car
penter for the murder-kidnap of the
| Lindbergh baby.
The court will draw up a list of
i data, to be included in the transfer.
Yesterday it took all the papers in
the case that Fawcett had for a study
to determine whether they are of
value to the defense.
After the Hauptmann trial is over,
Fawcett is to regain custody of the
documents, according to the decision,
to hold as security forth $4,221 legal
fees he alleges Hauptmann owes him.
Presiding Justice Edward Lazansky
announced the decision.
FIND BODY OF MAN
ON RAILROAD TRACK
: Goldsboro. Jan. 19 (AP>—'The body
iof Lop Vernon. 35. industrial work
er. was found early today along the
Atlantic Coast Line tracks here, the
head crushed.
While he apparently had been
struck by a passenger train during
the night, an inquest was scheduled
for later today to inquire into the
death
OXL.I DAILY NEW SPARER FUDLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
i
Blast of Bitter Cold Sweep
ing Down Out of North
and Will Strike By
Tomorrow
SCORE PERISH FROM
WEATHER FOR WEEK
Mercury Already Far Below
Zero in Dakotas and Min
nesota. While Saskatoon,
Canada, Reports 42 De
grees Below; May Dip
I South to Oklahoma
I Chicago. Jan. 19.—(AP)— Winter
was striking with renewed fury in
the central west and northwest por
tions of th e United States today.
A blast of bitter cold was reported
sweeping down from the far North
west, where blizzards piled snowdrifts
1 : high, and was threatening to move
as far east as the Ohio valley and
the upper Great Lakes region by iw
) morrow.
The mercury has already sunk far
below the zero point in the Dakotas
and Minnesota, and by tonight the
weather man believed the Middle
West would be in the grip of one of
the coldest snaps of the season.
It was 26 below zero at Williston,
N. D.. and 16 below at Fargo. Cana
dian temperatures dropped still lower,
with 42 below zero reported at. Saska
toon.
Fears that the cold wave would ex
tend as far south as Oklahoma were
! expressed and cattle men took steps
j to guard their livestock.
Meanwhile, the number of fatalities
in accidents attributed to the week’s
snow, rain and ice slowly but steadily
increased. A score or more had per
ished.
Counties To
Receive No
Road Fund
Dailjr Dispntt-h lloreao.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. Jan. 19- There is virtual
ly no possibility’ of State highway
funds being allocated to the counties
• for the retirement of county road
bonds, or for any other purpose. Such
is the concensus of opinion gathered
from legislators by this bureau.
Representative Tam Bowie, of Ashe
; favors allocation of two cents a gal
lon of the present gas tax to the coun
' tjes. He points out that his county
- lias heavy outstanding obligations in
| the form of road bonds and thinks
1 (Continued en Fage Sir.)
HENDERSON, N. C. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, .JANUARY 19, 1935
BANK STATEMENTS
AND BROKER DEALS
STUDIED MINUTELY
Seek To Show That Not
Single Lindbergh Ran
som Note Appeared
In His Accounts
DECLARE DEPOSITS
INDICATE FRUGALITY
State Contends Ransom
Bills Were Passed For
Change, Which Was En-1
tered In Deposits, and That
One Account Showed Num
erous Silver Coins
Flemington. N. J.. Jan. 19.—(AP)
Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s defense
explored today a maze of money. !
drafting evidence from his financial
accounts to oppose the State’s testi- !
ntony that he had a mysterious in
come of $ 19,960 —only S4O less than
the Lindbergh ransom figure.
, Wading through Hauptmann’s bank
and brokerage statements during the
week-end trial recess, granted by Jus
tice Thomas W. Trenchard for this
very purpose, defense attorneys said
they would show Lindbergh ransom
notes failed to appear in a single one !
of the accounts, j.
Edward J. Reilly, the florid chief
of the defense, took pains to bring 1
j out that before the kidnaping, the
Hauptmann bank account aJ ready
1 sizeable deposits, evidence of the
frugal habits of the Bronx carpenter
; and his pale, careworn wife.
The State took immediate steps for
a counter-attack. Attorney General
David T. Wilentz asserting that on
the eve of the ransom payments the j
Hauptmann balance.in one bank was
ohl.v $203.90. and a year later the a
mount. had swo ten to $2,528.35.
Basinog its case further 1 , 6 n a’con
• y -—— . !
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4 ~
Three Slain
As Police Hit
Robber Gang
New York. Jan. 19. —(AP)— Three
gun battles, in each of which police
| took part, left three persons dead and
one critically wounded today.
Patrolman James M. J. Killian was
fatally wounded in a hold-up of a
leather goods store at Fifth Avenue
and 45th Street last night. The four
hold-up men were captured.
A few hours later, Albert Musgrif,
a taxicab driver, was shot to death
in Brooklyn, when two policemen and
three gunmen who had forced him to |
drive them away from a hold-up ex
changed shots. The trio surrendered.
MUST 'KEEP RELIEF
1
States, Cities Don’t Want
Job; Explain New Deal
Legal Failures
By LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press Staff Writer
New York. Jan. 19.—Bar associa
tions desire the “truth” known con. ,
cerning the “poor” showing of law
■ yers in the United States Department
of Justice.
According to eminent counsel, it is
not because the government pays so
little for legal talent (and private in- 1
terests pay so much) that the New 1
Dea] is coming out so badly in legal
contests. It is because the Justice De
partment has been loaded up with
political appointees by one James A.
Farley.
RELIEF BURDEN
Cities and states are just awaken
ing to the portent of President Roose
velt’s new relief proposals.
Cities are not to obtain 30 percent
of the cost of public works projects
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Milium
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Occasional rain and warmer to
• sight ajid. Sunday; colder Monday ;
Upset Hauptmann
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Thom*« H. Sisk
“Now. Mister agent, you atop
lying, shouted Bruno Hauptmann
as Thomas H. Sisk, special agent
for the Department of Justice, tes
t«lied of Hauptmann’s statements
following his arrest.
(Central Pres*)
DECIDE TO EXTEND
BANKHEAD ACT FOR;
1938-37 CROP YEAR
Alabaman Author of Mea- ,
sure Will Shortly Intro
duce Bill To Con
tinue Control
ROOSEVELT FAVORS
EXTENSION OF ACT
Bankhead Says it Would Be
Tragic To Let Up Before
Surplus Was Cut Below 5,«
000,000 Bales; Increase In
Consumption and Export
Expected
Washington. Jan. 19,—(AP)—Sena
tor Bankhead. Democrat, Alabama,
author of the Bankhead cotton act,
announced, today he would introduce
a new bill, with the approval of the
j administration, to continue the com-
I pulsory control of cotton production
for the crop year 1936-37.
“It is the policy of th e administra
tion.’' said Bankhead, “to go along
with this program until we get the
surplus below 5.000.000 bales.”
The present carry-over was esti
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Violation Os
Cotton Pact
Investigated
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 19 (AP) —A
woman lawyer for the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration revealed
here today that she has been directed
to investigate “numerous complaints
charging violation of the government’s
cotton acreage reduction contracts"
in Eastern Arkansas.
Mrs. Mary C. Myers, of the staff of
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Lithuanians
On Frontier
Os Germany
Case of “Sabre Rat
tling,” German Pa
pers Say, Attacking
The Mobilization
Berlin, Jan. 19.—(AP) —The mass
ing of Lithuanian troops at Taurow,
near the German frontier, was widely
reported today in the press of Ger
many. which said Lithuanian reserves
had been called to the colors for a
three months period, doubling the
j army’s peace strength.
With a unanimity indicating the
I band of the propaganda ministry, the
rn ofl nt, r *u^
P ° B^»H»P c »yff«T o A £ T,, W oo, FIV£ CENT g CO J> Yj <
DEMOCRAT LEADERS *
TRY TO NIP REVOLT -
ON SOCIAL PROGRAM
Betrayed His Kin
L j
Arthur Barker
In an effort to save his own life,
j Arthur (Doe) Barker, notorious
gangster, captured by federal
agents in Chicago, a week ago, be
trayed his own mother and broth
er, Fred Barker, who were slain
by government agents in a pitched
battle in Florida. All three mem
bers <,f the Barker family had
been sought in connection with
the $200,000 kidnaping of Ed
ward Bremer, St. Paul banker.
ROOSEVELT PLANS
DISPLEASE LABOR
Work-Relief All Right, But
Federal Pay Should Set
i Standard High
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington. Jan. 19.—Organized
labor approves of President Roose
velt’s work-relief program in princi
ple, blit riot altogether in detail.
It indorses the presidential prefer,
ebee for work-relief, as against the
do)e, but the’ item in the presidential
plan, to which labor takes especial
exception, is th e wage item.
As plainly stated in the executive
mansion’s first message to Congress,
just ’after the current session’s open
ing, the White House tenant’s idea
is to provide a wage schedule for gov
ernment jobs at a higher than aut
right charity-relief; a lower rate,
rowever, than in the field of private
employment.
It is clear the President does not
want to create an overly popular sys.
tern of public employment. He pro
poses a living wage, in the govern
ment service, for workers who can
not find private jobs, but. he wants
private jobs to continue to have a
stronger appeal to workers than jobs
on Uncle Sam’s payroll.
What organized labor fears is that
government pay very shortly will be
come the standard for private pay.
Its notion is that Uncle Sam should
set an example to private employers
by paying very well indeed. It would
like to compel private employers to
bid against him. and in competition
with him, in order to get help.
EMPLOYERS’ OBJECTIONS
Spokesmen on Capitol Hill for em
ployers find principal fault with the
presidential suggestion that Uncle
Sam should do practically all of his
own work on his own projects, inde.
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FOUR INJURED BY
BOMB AT HAVANA
Havana. Cuba, Jan. 19.—(AP)—
A heavy bomb exploded today in
the business section of Havana.
First reports said four persons
were wounded.
South Gives Tributes To
Lee And Jackson And Poe
Richmond, Va., Jan. 19 'AP) —Sou-
thern eyes turned back to Dixie today’
and the Stars and Bars flew once
more from myriad flagpoles in hon
or of the favorite hero or the Confed
eracy—Robert E. Lee.
All the way from Baltimore, where
Virginians in Maryland gathered to
hear an address by Dr. Douglas S.
Freeman, editor of the Richmond
News-Leader, and author of the most
comyr-c“ n -v; - cf ;•<»* writ
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TODAY
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Party Chiefs in. Congress
Expect To Save Major
Features of Security
Legislation
I ROOSEVELT WANTS
STATES TO ASSIST
Federal Government, in In
terest of Sound Financing,
May Be Forced To Limit
Its Payments to sls Per
Month, States Making Up
Difference
Washington. Jan H) iAP> The
Democratic leadership sought today
j’° head ° ff anv rpv °» against major
; features of the Roosevelt social se
curity program.
While Capitol Hill saw signs that
I some Democrats would join with some
Republicans in fighting for more lib
eral benefits for the unemployed and
the aged, administration leaders stuck
to a declaration by the President that
he saw no reason why the states
| should not make the pensions for
| those now old and needy higher than
! S3O a month.
I Though he said sounding financing
required tlu> Federal government to
limit its part of the contribution to
sls. he indicated a belief that, the
states might, if they desire, chip in
i more than such sums.
While Republicans as a group with
| held comments, pending meetings at
which they will discuss their stand,
j the President sought quick action by
Congress. He said yesterday he hop
ed the legislation would go through
1 quickly, so State legislatures, 44 of
which are meeting now or soon will
! be in session, can. go ahead with their
J share of the program.
| Anti-N azi Men In :
Saar Are Advised
To Leave Region
Saarbrucken. Saar Territory, ‘Jan,
19.—(AP)—With Reichsfrehrer Hitler
although absent virtually in coni
; plete control of the Saar, anti-Nazis
today were frankly advising their
mon-folk to leave the territory "liutil
things blow over.”
But little-physical violence-Hast
reported. Refugees claim, however,
they have been threatened by neigh
bors or business rivals.
While socialists were advising htbn
anti-Nazis to get out for the present,
they were telling the women and chil
dren to remain until the men can
come back safely.
During the last, several days thd
Saar has passed virtually into Nazi
hands, although the League of Na
tions still thoretically holds control
«f the territory.
Governor Os
N. Dakota
Islmpeached
But Democratic
Moody Posts Guard
To Resist Seizure of
His Office T here J
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 19.—(AP)—
Governor Thomas H. Moody, Demo
crat, impeached by the North Dakota
House of Representatives, struck back
at his political opponents today, post
ing guards to prevent seizure Os hia
office.
With the posting of guards, both’
without uniform, the governor said ha
plans ot take peaceful legal steps to
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ten, to the states of the “deep South, ”
which observe Lee's birthday as a le
gal holiday, special commemprative
j serveies were planned.
In many communities, programs
have been arranged to do joint honor
to General Thomas J. (Stonewall) -
Jackson, Lee's chief lieutenant, whosa
birthday is Monday. In Richmond'
! and elsewhere the honors were : hared
likewise by Edgar Allen Poe, Youth
; ern writer, whose hirthda* . • a
• «ary is tofU-o .