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HENDERSON i, \ 115 WAY TO CENTRAL ( AUUI.INA | I \\ KXTY-SECOND YEAR WEEK-END MAY BLAST WORK-RELIEF BILL JAM Finance Committee Votes On Levy For General Sales Tax Decision This Afternoon On Whether Rate Shall Be Two Percent Or Three Percent FORCED DIPHTHERIA PROVISION KILLED .Senate Knocks Out Frank lin Senator’s Proposal At His Suggestion; Hill Ob jects to Prohibition Prayer By Minister Opening The Senate Kaleigh. March I.—(AlM—Sca tter Newman. New Hanover, Sen- i ate finance ell airman, this after nooii told the Senate the joint fi nance committee Mould vote this afternoon on whether to recoin mend a two or three percent feu- I eral salt's tu\ for 1935-31. “It is possible for the revenue liill to Ik* reported out to the House early next week,” Newman said. "However, if certain pro posed changes are adopted, we may yet find ourselves here for another long protracted series of hearings." T 1 :• legislature today passed a bill iu create a new board to regulate cos ; • arts m North Carolina, and the ■?t:. ■ killed a measure proposing to r°'!’jire vaccination of every infant In State against diphtheria. i Tht House debated a Senate resolu xii authorizing a legislative inves tgation of conditions at the State l tkspitai at Morganton and then re- j “c ih" proposal to its committee I ■j Hi»propi iaitons. I’> Senate session was enlivened " -n Senator Hill, of Durham, arose i\ rh it “I resent portions of the i prayer for the Senate." 1: • H. L. Arnold, of Raleigh, made 1 (Continued on I’age Five) SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE ROCKS MIDDLE WEST Kansas City, March I.—(Al*)— ' liglil earthquake shook portions of four mid-western states early today and sent residents of wide h scattered cities hurrying to telephones with anxious inquiries. N " damage was reported and no one was hurt. HEARINGS TO BEGIN MONDAY UPON BONUS Washington, March I (A I*) — Hearings beginning Monday on '••IK In pay off the $2,100,000,000 honus were ordered today by the Hous*f Mays and Means Commit tlH*. ( liairuiao Houghton said he ex ’’e'ted the hearings would last “about twn days." Therefore, he "ldff|, there is a possibility that voine bonus payment will be brought *<» a vote In the House "ext week. Hospital For Insane Is To Get Increase Curse's Statement About Conditions Has General As sembly by the Ear •Jiiilj Hiireim, lit ihe Srr XVulter Hotel. «' ). I. nASKURVILL. ' ; eigh. March 1. —Nothing has; ■ a!<d t.hi sensation in a General * ambiy foi years compared with 7 1 ’ 'Seated by the testimony of a ' “d. trembling nurse from tnc a ' Hospital for the Insane in Mor -1-m. when she told the joint ap ;.-nM-iai.ioii« committee of conditions ' A>- a result, it now appears that 1 ,j dy will the Morganton hospital. . the Raleigh and Goldsboro w: given more adequate ap but that the Morganton may get a new superinten wel! For while it is agreed mix of the hardships related by I Continued oo l'age Three) Mcttitersmt Daily ißtspntrb ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. * ' LEASED WIRE SERVICE O* THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Ironic Fate ' Js Dr. John M. Wheeler The man who saved the eyesight ol the King of .Siam loses his left eye. He is Dr. John M. Wheeler, foi’e must Now y ork eye specialist, and he is recovering from operation for removal of his left eye because of a tumor. <Central Press, Chain Taxes Are Argued With Vigor Proposed Levy On Stores and Filling Stations Before Fi nance Committee l*!lII v ti h HHrrjiH, In I hi* Sir Waller Hotel. BY C. A. PAUL. Raleigh, March I The proposed in creased tax-levies on chain stores and chair, filling stations will be hotly' de bated this afternoon when the joint legislative finance committee meets to consider adoption of the new plans as parts of the 1935 revenue bill. Chain filling stations would pay' in increased taxes under the new section devised b.v a special subcommittee a total of $-1,31.950. Under the present revenue act. chain filling stations are specifically exempt from the chain store tax. Simultaneously with the presenta tion of the new chain store section by Senator Bailey, who headed the sub committee. there was offered a count er proposal, vastly more far reaching, by Representative Barker, of Durham. The Barker amendment to the new proposal would raise, when calculated on the same base as that used to com pete the sub-committee’s increase, a total of $1,293,416. Almost all of the revenue under the Barker plan would be collected from the major oil com panies. Most of the new revenue un (Continued on Page Six) Local Politics Backing Highway Fund Diversion k in. County Commissioners on Heels of Legislators To Allot One Cent of Gasoline Tax; Also Trying To Make State Pay Their Road Bond Obligations In the Sir Waller Hotel. Daily Disjinleh Unreal*, Raleigh. March I.—ls diversion of highway funds is accomplished, it will probably come as a result of local po litics in the “back-home” bailiwicks of some legislators. County* commis sioners are coming to Raleigh to ask their representatives and senators to I support the bill which would allocate to counties one cent of the per-gal lon gasoline tax now collected by' the State. ’ The bill, introduced by* Representa j tives Jonas. Bowie, Zickler, Bowers, I Williams, of Hyde, and Clegg, would i divert to the 100 counties, under a HENDERSON, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 1 1935 How to Stop Profits Y I 111111111111^ < X IMi - J L iMßlfffr v -41 L : ‘ Eugene Grace Declaring American munitiont manufacturers would welcome prohibition of sales to any foreign country engaged in conflict. Eu gene Grace, head of the Bethle hem Steel corporation, suggested to U. S. senate munitions commit tee that the best means of pre venting war profits was to keep out of war. KING PRAJADtf OK : ABDICATES THRONE AS SIAMESE RULER Rejection of Monarch’s Seat Follows Months of Nego tiations For Him To Remain WIDE SPLIT OCCURS IN ADMINISTRATION King Has Been Long Time in London While Turmoil Raged in His Capital At Bangkok; Parliament Bluntly Rejects Ruler’s Latest Proposal Craneleigh, England. March 1. — (AP) —King Projadhipok of Siam was announced by’ his private secretary’ to day’ to have abdicated the throne. The announcement of abdication of “the supreme arbiter of the ebb and flow of the tides” was made by' M. R. Smaksman, who has been here with his king on “a vacation” from troub led Siam. The king’s rejection of his throne follows months of internal disputes in Siam over governmental matters and repeated conferences in London. wtth countrymen, who attempted to patcli up the. wide split between the mon arch and his administration officials. An official notification reaching the king from his capital. Bangkok, that the parliament had bluntly* rejected his condition for retaining the throne was the final straw for the pictures-, que monarch. Smaksman announced: “The delegation realizes that this answer from Siam means abdication.” The king himself did not plan to issue any formal announcement of abdication, his secretary' said, leaving that to government officials at Bang kok. ; “county aid road fund” about $2,500,- j 000 of the highway fund. The bill, sup j posedly a measure for the retirement !of county* road bonds, actually' goes ! further than that, for it specifies thtt ! the rebate is “to be used by' said coun i ties, in the discretion of its board of commissioners of said counties, for the payment of their outstanding indebted ness for roads, debt service, or neces sary expenses of said counties,” Tam Bowie, who is an ardent believer in the measure and who is its author, ; comes from the county of Ashe, where the outstanding bonded indebtedness (Continued on Page Two.) FEDERAL TOBACCO HAVE BEEN ENDED ’ House Committee Told Farmers Prefer To Handle Leaf Without Interference TOO MANY GRADES, OPPONENTS CLAIM Advocates of Bill Pressed by Virginian Claim It Would End Speculation on Ware house Floors; Opponents Outnumber Proponents at Hearings Washington, March I.—(AP) A House agriculture sir’c-committce to day' had under consideration a bill to establish a Federal grading ser vice for tobacco, having heard in two night sessions the proponents and op ponents argue the merits of the pio posal of Representative Flannagan. of Virginia. Opponents who were heard last night argued such a service w'ould not be practical, that farmers preferred I to grade their own tobacco “without interference.” and that it. would be 1 too costly. Proponents, heard Wednesday' night argued a government grading service would end speculation in tobacco on warehouse floors, equalize prices on various grades and place the seller on a par with the buy r er. Some idea of the attitude of the sub committee was seen in the question ing \>y Representative Fulmer, of South Carolina, the chairman, of (Continued oil Page Six) ; Opponents Os Mendieta Are Being United Havana. March I.—(AP) —Mutual hostility' to the regime of President Carlos Mendieta brought about con solidation today' of three opposition ; ist parties pledged to a program for , 1 supplanting his administration with j a semi-parliamentary government. The move was sponsored by the ; ABC, Autencious and Mencoal parties . , frequently' at loggerheads during j ; Cuba’s recent turbulent political his- j lory. i After agreeing to consolidate their j interests, the three groups selected Dr. Jose A. Presno, former rector | of Hanava University, and now dean , of medicine, to head the new govern- I - ment. Which they would set up in the event Mendieta should resign. j i A spokesman for the merged or- ] ganization. explaining their objectives j ( said: j < “Our program calls for a new gov- j ernment capable of rescuing civil au- j thority' with absolute neutrality in the 1 1 coming elections. There has been a j complete agreement on our program j ] between the ABC and the Autenticos with approval in general terms by • the Mencoal pai’tv.” POLITICS BIG IDEA ; OVER LIQUOR ISSUEj Extent It Will or Will Not Aid Republicans Is A Consideration Daily Ulupntek Bneat, ■ In the Sir Walter Motel. By C. A. PAUL Raleigh, March I.—While the Sen ate waits until next Tuesday to con sider the Hill liquor measure, one of the chief topics for discussion when legislators get together is the in fleunce which the Jonas proposal to appropriate $75,000 for enforcement of the Turlington act will have on the Hill measure. The Hill bill, fathered by a lifelong j I dry r Democrat, would call a referen- i dum on a State liquor-store system, while the counter proposal, offered by r I the lifelong Republican and dry Char ! lie Jonas, w'ould do just what dx-ys j (Continued on Pace Thran) WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair and warmer tonight and Saturday. I Rule Against "New Deal” ■mUH v r \ mm ■MWMMWWWI I - .U JM W. I. f-rubb John P. Nie Id* Federal Judge John P. Nields, sitting at Wilmington, Del., held clause 7-A of NIRA unconstitutional in Weirton Steel ease and joined Federal u ']g e W- I. Grubb of Birmingham. Ala., as a legal critic of the New Deal •cgislation Judge Grubb a few days ago held that TV A provisions were unconstitutional. (Central Press) Strike Vote Is Called For Men In 176 Locals In Motor Car Industry Vote Will Be In Protest Against Collective Bar gaining Elections Procedure AUTOMOBILE LABOR BOARD DISTRUSTED Francis Dillon, Labor Or ganizer, Declines To Esti-j mate Number of Men Who Might Become Involved; A. F. of L. Affiliation Shown Only Four Percent Detroit, Mich., March I.—(AP) Francis J. Dillon, American Federa tion of Labor organizer, announced today that a strike vote has been call ed among members of 176 locals in the motor car industry. The vote, he said, would be in protest against the procedure of the National Automobile Labor Board, which has been holding collective bargaining elections in the industry. Dillon declined to estimate the num ber of men who might become involv ed in a strike, but said membership was growing steadily. The ’Automobile Labor . Board, in elections held in various plants so far, \ has shown an American Federation y of Labor affiliation of only' four per- j cent of the workers. William Green, 1 president of the federation, on a re cent visit here said the federation j membership was approximately' 20,000 j paid up, with about the same num her in arrears. Dillon, announcing the council ac- j tion, said today': j, “The time has come to find out 1 whether we have a union or not. ! We’ve tried every available means of ! to improve conditions in the plants for the men and they have not been improved. The time has come for ac tion.” CONWESARE: That Bloc In Senate Sees Real Trouble If Labor Body Is Beaten By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer New York, March I.—Midwestern “conservative” senators have been supporting the American Federation of Labor because they believe with the A. FF. of L. that serious disturb ances will take place unless the A. F. of L. is supported. Thus one sees senators from the i states most vitally' affected —Ohio and Michigan—turning against President Roosevelt Autos and rubber, plus steel, are the industries in,which the A. F. of ■ L. is making its “life or death” strug- ! gle. The A. F. of L. is none too strong | in any of those industries because J (Continued on Page Two) ! PUBLISHED EVERY AFTBRNOOM EXCEPT SUNDAY. Vance Petitions Urging Hill Ljill Knieigh, March I (Al*)—Senator | •John Sprmii ITill, of Durham, au- i thor of the liquor store bill, told | the Senate today that he believed j in “senatorial courtesy and toler- I anee,” and added that neither he nor his friends had sought the pe- i titirms which have been sent in j endorsing his measure. He then sent forward a petition I signed by several hundred Vance ! county citizens in favor of his hill. DEMOCRAT REVOLT GROWING SERIOUS 100 Disgruntled Party Mem bers In House Form Their Own Alliance By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, March I—The strength and durability' of the national House of Representatives’ newly-organized "committee of 100” remain to be as sessed. The odds probably should be reck oned somewhat against the bloc’s, success. Yet it may develop tremendous po tency. Tt will be interesting to observe the (Continued on Page Six) Reds Move On Chinese Provinces .Sian Shenshei, China, March I. (AP) —A reign of terror, accompanied by' wholesale executions and looting of towns, marked the passage of 25,- 00 Ocommunist troops through the southwestern part of the province dur ing the last fortnight, missionaries re ported today. The reds poured into the district from Szcheh Wan province, where they were driven by General Chiang Kai Sliek’s Nationalist government forces. Some 25 missionaries abandoned I their posts to escape the menace and I fled through ice and snow-covered J mountains in quest of sanctuary. On- I ly' two of the fugitives. Mrs. Smith R. V. Thompson, of Nevada. lowa, * and Miss Alma R. Artiby, of Chicago, I were believed to be Americans. I A portion of the scattered Christian I workers, many of whom carried their children in their arms as they aban doned tlieir stations, have been ac- I counted for 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY j CONFERENCES WILL I BE HELD IN EFFORT ID COMPEL ACTION Deadlock Still Exists Over Prevailing Wage Issue Injected Into Tbe Measure ROOSEVELT IS NOT INCLINED TO YIELD Elimination of Conflicting Taxes Discussed; Protest Is Made Against Declaring Coal Mining A Public Util ity; Industry Is Chief Problem Washington. March 1 (API Th* $4.880 000.000 relief problem lacked any outward sign of solution todav. despite a Senate-White House dial on the controversy' and numerous infor mal talks. Bui the hope, it cot more, prevailed that week-end conferences would break the deadlock over fixe equiva lent wage issue on which President. Roosevelt and organized labor were divided Mr. Roosevelt and Senator Robin son. the Democrat leader, talked over the relief outlook late yesterday. What was said remained secret, but there was authority for believing a compromise on the work-wage fight was not discussed. With the Senate in recess until Monday’, at least this much delay on official congressional action seemed certain. The House, meanwhile, de bated Interior Department appropria tion . Official Washington was saddened with apprehension at the illness o? Oliver Wendell Holmes, retired just ice of the Supreme Court, who lack (Continued on Page Six.) JUSTICE IIOLMES IS VERY MUCH BETTER Washington, March I.—(AP) A report that former Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Hol mes bad spent a very fine night was given newsmen today by t Francis Biddle, chairman of the National Lalmr Relations Hoard, early caller at the jurist’s home. CALLOWAY’S MILLS CLAIM 80 PCT. WORK LaGrange, Ga.. March I.—(AP) Cason Calloway, president of the Cal loway' chain of textile mills, at whose six plants here some workers struck yesterday' and some today’, said in 8 statement today that 0 percent of the operatives had come back to worn, and “all mills are running.” Labor leaders said, however, that less than one-third of the Calloway employees were working, and M. D. Williams, who said he was a concil iator for the Textile Relations Board, estimated that about half of the work ers were out on strike. Calloway', in a signed statement, said that “it is believed substantially all operatives will be at work Mon day morning, “and that the “new wage schedule’’ put into effect at the mills did not increase “work loads.” First Sales ‘Baby Bonds’ To President % Roosevelt Buys For Himself and Hi s Five Grandchildren To Open Sale Washington, March I.—(AP) Six “baby' bonds” were purchased by President Roosevelt today in a White 1 House ceremony that signalized a na tionwide offering to the “little fel low” of a new government security'. Postmaster General Farley made : tile sale with Secretary Morgenthau i looking on. Throughout the land 14,- 000 post offices made available to the people the same opportunity to invest j in the bonds. 1 Mr. Roosevelt purchased a $25 bond for each of his grandchildren and j one for himself. They were the first sold of the initial offering. The White House scene was ar ranged especially to start the cam paign. Mr. Roosevelt inquireu f the postmaster general ana Secretary Morgenthau about, the savi
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