j HENDERSON m;,\TEWAY TO CENTRAL ! CAROLINA T \\ KXTY-SECOND YEAR Price Control For Curbing Profit On War Is Suggested Proposal Also Contemplates Scheme That Would Gnaw at Them With Income Levies MUNITIONS group PREPARING REPORT Will Show Senate What It Bits, Done W ith SI 00.000 Voted for P.obe; Bethle hem Shipbuilding Official Slated To Be Heard As Witness on Next Monday U .ishington. Feb. 23 »AP> Propo iu curb war profits bv price eon .tl,l jiihl to pnaw at them with income , were studied today by the Scn- Nrur.itions Committe as it neared uni' for showing the Senate what accomplished with its .' - Eucene Grace. who will y tin- major witnes. Afterwards the , ••estimators plan to call navy offi it> xplain a letter attributed to \ i.-nnif Secietarv Henry 1.. Roose iiiul saying <109.000.000 in war •lup' had been put under contract late . • u'.'ir with public works funds, .'eeretarv Ickes. in general charge (Continued on Pace Thrnu DF.STRUCTIVE BLAZE IN ELIZABETH CITY l.li/iib'-t h City. Fell. 23 (API *»i\teeii buildings In a Negro resi —The North r lolina legislature cost the State ■'ll.lto.ko in payrolls for the wcea ' . ding today. ■' •.;i:o i - and representatives, paid ■MO day, were entitled to $10,200, 'a' tb* \ had drawn only <5.370 in cash Ftnployees of the Senate drew . C. IIA Sli Mil VI LI,. Hulugh. Feb. 23 If their rental ■'■•it.book bill does not yet have enough ,l1 ’a it to make the textbook pub -1 s afraid .of it, it will have plenty '■ Hn time they finish with it in • '•""mitter. Senator Lee L. Gravely, of y Mount, Nash county, and Lloyd II tii,. 0 f Edenton, Chowan county 1,1 '"day For they have already "led upon several amendments ■ intend to offer to the bill in miiltee to tighten it up. 11)1 ~oinji to offer an amendment quire the governor to appoint the - ’"'mission to set up the rental text ' Continued on Page Two.) Henhersmt Oittly Bispatrh UNLY IJAILV NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. LKA.IEI.) WIUK SKRVICB o* TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS. Death for #433 wfl'SriSSK' XV WjtESpmr m, ; &<< ...dot s < w Ns, Appeal to governor is being made in behalf of -James Trout, of In dianapolis, Ind.. first man to be sen tenced to death in Kentucky under law providing capital punishment for armed robbery. His crime net- ( ted him $ 133. (Central Press) DRIVER’S LICENSE ! ENACTMENT HEADS LEGISLATIVE WEEK 1 Slot Machine Ban, Emer gency Road Fund and Liquor Issue Also Among High Lights i FLARE-UP AGAINST MORRISON NOTABLE Hill Liquor Bill Expected by Some To Get Favorable i Report from Committee, and Others Think It Won’t; Merchants Group Endorses Sales Substitute Raleigh, Feb. 23.—(AI*)—Thirty member* of the General Assembly met for 20 mi |ites today to con sider local legislation. Two House members, Bowie, of Ashe; and Cherry, of Gaston, in troduced new Statewide measures. The Bowie measure proposes to set up a more direct method of assisting defaulting local govern ment. units than the present plan through the State Local Govern ment Commission. Cherry's bill proposes that county commission ers be allowed to adjust delin quent taxes for 1932 and prloi | years, provided Ihe defaulting tax payer applies for it within a year after ratification of the act. Members of the legislature were invited to hear Senator Gerald F. Nye, of North Dakota, who will speak here tomorrow afternoon at the United Church on “What Munitions Makers Do To Make War Possible.” Raleigh. Feb. 23.—(AP)—Virtual en actment of a statewide drivers' license law. passage of a measure banning glambling slot machines, adoption of an emergency bill giving the highway (Continued on Page Two.) CHILDLABDRITEM SEEMS DEAD ISSUE l Despite Roosevelt Request, Legislature Decidedly Cool Toward It Daily Dii»|»liteh Hurra*, In 1 tor Sir Wmlrr Hotel. Raleigh, Feb. 23.— Ratification of the Federal child labor amendment which would give to Congress tJ? power to regulate the labor of all_P er " sons under 18 is a never-discussed su ject in capital gathering places or State legislators. i . . The resolution for ratification y (Continued on !*»s« A wo) HENDERSON, N. C. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 23, 1935 father of Plane Leap Suicides Coert du Bois The American consul-general at Naples, (’oert dn Bois, whose two daughters, Jane 20. and Elizabeth 23, staged sensational suicide leap from chartered plane over Upminster. England. (Central Press, Date For Presentation Revenue Bill Doubtful Probably Thursday or Friday, or Some Time Soon Is Nearest Definite Commitment Obtained from Com mittee Chairmen and Os ficials in the Legislature Daily lliii-enii, In (lie Sir Waller Hold. By C. A. BAI L Raleigh. Feh. 23 The revenue bill will be reported out of the joint fi nance committee “probably Thursday or Friday," “sometime soon." and sometime in the hazy future. These are the thre estimates as furnished by House Finance Chairman Gregg Cherry-; Dr. Ralph McDonald, father of the sales tax substitute plans; and Senate Finance Chairman Harriss Newman, respectively. The truth of the matter is that the finance committee is “up in the air.” DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE HITS HARTSVILLE I lartsville, S. C., Feb. 23. (AIM Fire of undetermined origin early today virtually destroyed the Perry building, three-story brick struc ture In the heart of the business district here, and damaged three other buildings. The loss was esti mated by fire department officials at from <50,000 to <75,000. Discovered at 5:50 in the Perry building, the flames made such rapid progress that the Darling ton fire department was called to aid local firemen, but before the neighbor town squad reached here the blaze was brought under con trol. MORRISON MAKING NUMEROUS ENEMIES Legislative Invitation to Him To Address It Almost Forced Over MANY ARE RESENTFUL Hour Is Fixed for Evening, and Many Members Will Not Be There; Young Democrats Bitterly Offended by Remark Daily l>isi*a(eh Hureas, la llie Sir Walter Hofei. BY C. A. PAUL, Raleigh. Feb. 23-The effort of for j mer Governor and Senator Cameron Morrison to create a political nuce leus composed of Methodists. Bap tists, Presbyterians, United Drys and has proved to be a boomerang in the unanimous opinion !of political observers here. The Char- I lottean made the effort in his speech i this week at the hearing on the Hill liquor control bill. At one fell swoop he alienated, per i ~ * * (Continued on Page Four) Most political observers think Repre sentative Cherry’s “Thursday or Fri day” estimate an extremely optimis tic view. No one really knows when the bill will emerge. It has been said that the legislature is “running away” and that there is little control being exercised by the administration or any one else. Which means, if it is true, that the legislature is headed for an other of those long sessions w r hich have become characteristic of North Carolina s General Assembly since the State assumed support of the schools (Continued on Page Three) Legislature Now Getting Out Os Hand Unless Somebody Wields Whip Next Week, It’s Gone; Governor Hesitates Daily Disituloli lluren*, In Ihe Sir Walter Hotel. IIV ,1. V. L.VSIiEIIVILL. Raleigh, Feb. 23.—What this Gen eral Assembly needs is a good whip snapper, in the opinion of many ob servers, to prevent it from getting en tirely out of control and resulting in another session similar to those of 1931 and 1933. If Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus had done a little whip cracking last week (f!finHniio») on lup I'hraa l SIX PERSONS DEAD IN FRENCH CYCLONE Bordeaux, France, Feb. 23. (AP)—Six persons were killed and five injured today in a violent windstorm which swept a path of destruction ac r o ss southern France. Five children were burned to death in flames which destroyed a home in St. Suentin. A worker was burned to death repairing a line. ""weather"” FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly coludy; colder in central and east portions, possibly pre ceded by rain on the coast to night; Sunday partly cloudy, slow iy rising temperature in west por tion. Roosevelt May Carry Fight To Country To Rescue Huge Relief Bill, Held In Senate Government Loses Ruling Over Power Sales by TV A In Ala bama Invalidated by Decision of Fed eral Court There Washii »n, Feb. 23.—(AP)—A bad ly scrambled relief situation was left in the ha.nds of Senate Democratic j leaders today by President Roosevelt while Congress was in recess. The <4.880.000.000 combination bill for direct and work-relief was back in the Senate Appropriations Com mittee containing the McCarran pre vailing wage amendment which the White House has refused to accept. This was about all that could be ; said for the bill today. All the Roosevelts, except the grand children, Sistie and Buzzie Dali, were away from the White House. The President planned to return late next i week. Administration officials plan an immediate appeal from the ruling of the Federal district court in Birming ham ,Ala.. invalidating the sale of surplus power by the Tennessee Val ley Authority. Quick revival of machinery for re gulating Texas peroletim shipments was predicted by oil administration officials after President Roosevelt had signed into law the bill restoring gov ernment control. Guerilla War In Chicago Renewed With Coal Strike Chicago. Feb. 23. —(AP)—Guerilla warfare broke out again today in Chicago’s coal strike as a patrol of hoodlums went into action with guns. The newest attack, open and viol ent like others of the strike, was upon H. K. Jorgensen. 33. a driver for the Petroleum Coa] and Coke Company. As he drove his loaded truck along a west side street, three gunmen in broad daylight opened fire at him. Jorgensen escaped unhurt, although several bullets penetrated his truck. Yesterday another driver was shot in the leg. The Chicago teamsters, chauffeurs and helpers union, a so-called “out law” outfit, whose meeting have been raided by State’s attorney’s police, is on strike. LEGISLATORS WILL HEAR AAA SPEAKERS Raleigh, Feb. 23.— (AP)— State legislators have been invited to attend the five-state, tooacco con ference here Monday morning. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace and J. B. Hutson, ehief of the tobacco section of the AAA, will discuss the erop outlook. Tobacco farmers from the Caro lina*, Virginia. Georgia and Flor ida. are expected to attend. Teachers Strike Is Spreading Havana. Feb. 23. —(AP) —Sweeping ! into the thatched-roof school houses of rural areas, the student-teachers* i strike grew steadily today as its lead i ers exhorted the public to unite a : gainst the government of Carlos Men dieta. The definitely revolutionary move ment was apparently the best organiz ! ed campaign since the overthrow of i the dictator. President Machado, a year and a half ago. ' Crack leaders estimated 300.000 stu dents and teachers were out. They coined attractive names for the striae and appealed to the populace through newspapers and the radio. “The crusade of dignity for the re establishment of peace and social jus tice,” was the way the strike commit tee at Havana University referred to the walk-out. A statement of the strikers to the newspapers said: “The movement of protest and civic renovation’’ was “marching forward.” While the strike was directed from ; Havana, powerful groups were evi i dently functioning in the interior, published every afternoon EXCEPT SUNDAY. Having Good Time : David T. Wilentz Attorney General l)a\ id T. Wi ientz erf New Jersey is snapped strolling along the boardwalk in Miami. FTa' "Thoughts of the Hauptmann trial seem to have vanished Italy Sends More Troops Into Africa Inner Yulcania De parts From Mes sina; 1 (),()()() In All There or Enronte Rome, Feb. 23.—(AP)—The trans- Atlantic liner Vulcania, pressed into transport service, sailed this evening with nearly 5,000 men aboard, for East Africa, bringing the total of men de parting from Italy since the begin ning of mobilization to 10,000. Fou i- generals accompanied the troops, headed by General Rudolfo Graziani, who is slated for supreme command in East Africa, in my cam paign Italy may undertake as a re (Continued on Page Two) ANOTHER MAN DIES IN GALAX TRAGEDY Kinsman of Fugitive in Jail break Found Dead on Neighbor’s Porch Galax. Va„ Feb. 23 (AP) -The bul let-riddled body of Dowe Leonard, kinsman of Howard Delp, sought by authorities as the slayer of Chief of Folice Posey Martin in a jail break, was found this morning on the porch of the dwelling of Jim Brady in East Galax. There were no clues to the slayer of Leonard, who was in the town jail Thursday night when the jail break occurred. Leonard was being releas ed at the time to make bond. Brady said Leonard called at the Brady house at 3 o’clock this morn ing and asked permission to come in and warm himself. Brady said he had no fire and closed the door. Im mediately two shots were heard Brady said. No report was made to police until seven o’clock this morning. In the meantime. the body lay where it was found awaiting action by the coroner.. Leonard is said to have told friends that partisans of Delp followed him on the streets all day Friday with threatening look,i. £ PAGES 0 TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY SOME COMMENT IN CAPITAL, HOWEVER, SAYS BILL IS DEAD Prediction Is Heard That Measure Cannot Be Re vived and Dole Must Be Continued COMMITTEE LIKELY TO TAKE NO ACTION Senator Byrns Thinks That Course May Be Followed; Meanwhile, President Him self Leaves Whole Situa tion in Hands of Leaders as He Leaves Capital Washington. Fob. 23.—