lUiNDLKSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-SECOND YEAR
BYRD AIMS NEW ATTACK AT BIC RELIEF BILL
Greek Government Fighting
For Its Life, While Revolt
Continues To Spread Scope
UPS, WARSHIPS,
ARTILLERY, PLANES
SENT INTO ACTION
22 Bombing Planes Put To
Sea To Attack Warships
In Command of
Rebel Forces
PJ.AINS OF PHILIPPI
MAY SEE STRUGGLE
This Battlefield of The
Caesars May Run Blood
Again; Former Premier
Vcni/clos, Alleged Leader
of Rebellion, Suffers Loss
of His Residence
AthiMi.'. Greece, March 4. (AP)—
:Utr .' oil on two fronts like a na
•on at war. the Greek government
i. ■■■ rfi,patched infantry, artillery,
Tarski (>.' and airplanes into Macce
u’ir Ctote and the Aegean Sea a
ir.inst rebels who have thus far swept
Ml before them.
TrvMiiy-nvo bombing- planes loaned
loyal pilots took off from Athens
In m warships which put to sea
.'"let the command of rebel officers.
Gjyal government troops in east
Miepilonia marched on Prama. the
"lilnz'' of ancient Saloniki. nfcar the
oiain of Philippi. It is one of the
'tided battlefields in the world. It was
■ e F.vutns and Cassius were defeat
'd in r: n. c.
Acro-s the Yugoslav border heavy
hzbling was reported heard. the
Vngu-lavs saying that both the Greek
iou-rnment forces and the rebels were
1 big artillery and that the engage
"" nt had taken on the chatact2ristics
"f a major battle.
1 Invernment air pilots reported that
'' n, ‘V bad wrecked the home of tile
"let nf the rebellion, former Pre>
" 1 ; Culetherios Venizelos. They flew
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Hungary Cabinet
Quits, Then Later
I tikes Oath Again
Budapest, Hungary. March 4.—<AP)
Igovernment l government of Hungary head
by Premier Julius Gomhboes. re
-’it' d today and was immediately sue
1 'd"d by another government headed
Gomboes.
Mi ptemier made only a few chan
in bis cabinet, and it was ap-
I’Hti.nt that Admiral Horthv. the re- j
-'tit of Hungary, had the fullest con- I
"Mnc in Gomboes. Admiral Horthy
'* a not even bother to confer with
'' ‘'nnient leaders, following the re
-'Hiion. but immediately commis
"■'"C(l Gomboes to form a new cab
mot
1 i' l ' -omi-official version of the cab
llrl Miuffle is that it was necessary
" Mibilize the Hungarian political
U;ili oii, and particularly to show
tiiH< Gomboes had Horthy’s confid
i DC**,
«R ADVOCATING
NUMBER OF BILLS
Some Already Have Been
Dffered and Others Are
Expected To Be
Dull. UUimlih llarctti,
In the Sir Waller Hotel,
Hi.- iy(, March 4. —A large number
l| ' ll already introduced have the
nf the State Federation of
" "i, while .still others are to be in
t " < soon with the backing of the
it. was learned here today,
f' del ation has been known for
”1" ilT ie to he urging the removal
; , tax - ' n order to reduce the
its members and to be
ai > appropriation of $22,-
\, ! h . vefu for schools.
, ls ."ling to the bulletin sent out
' ' ;iU; °f February 28 by the leg
‘l' ‘’ committee of the federation
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He Flies Like a Bird!
These are the wings •
with which <!cm Solm. ’M
Pai ;< ( hulc • jumper. \ v , tH
ooened a new era in avia • %, A,
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of - .<
before
ing his parachute and
dropping gonllv to earth. .*•••.»•>,!.. .•*
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Legislature Is Asked To
Ratify Child Amendment
I Matter of Hours
For Sick Justice
Washington, March 4.—(AIM—
His mind alert but his 9tt-year-old
body weakening before the inroads
of pneumonia, Oliver Wendell Hol
mes lay secluded from all callers
In hLs old red brick home today.
The last word from the sick room
was that the former justice of the
Supreme Court was in a “disturb
ing condition,” with no sign of im
provement. A close friend had said
with grief that “it is just a mat
ter of waiting.”
HOLD HEARING ON
ABSENTEE BALLOT
No Indications Now, How
ever, That This Legisla
ture Will Repeal It
HV C. BASKKIIVIL.L.
Untly LHsiiateh Barena,
By C. A. PAUL
Raleigh, March 4—A public hearing
will be held here tomorrow night at
8 o’clock on the absentee ballot law
bills. For several weeks there had
been nothing said about the repeal
of the wartime act, despite the fact
that bills have been offered to amend
the law and to repeal it outright.
Last week, however. Representative
Scholl, of Mecklenburg, rose from his
seat in the ouse to ask "if my bill to
repeal the absentee . ballot law has
been buried.”
Representative Sparger, of the
Stokes, chairman of the House Com
mittee on Elections, assured him that
the bill was still in in the committee’s
files and followed the statement with
the announcement of the hearing.
Although the governor, the State
Board of Elections, and many men
high in politics have denounced in no
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HENDERSON, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 4, 1935
i New Slot Machine Law
Amended To Permit Ope
rations Until The
First of Next May
HOUSE BILL WOULD
ABOLISH BANK JOB
Commissioner’s Duties
Would Be Turned Over to
Utilities Commission and
Handled There; Counties
Allowed To Provide For
Hospital Care for Indigents
Raleigh. March 4. —(AP)—A resolu
tion proposing ratification of North
Carolina of the Federal child labor
amendment was introduced in the
House today as the lower division of
the legislature held its first Monday
daytime meeting of the 1935 session.
Members of the House quickly pass
ed an amendment -to the State’s new
slot machine law which would allow
operation of license machines until
I iMay 1, and the measure will await
the Senate until it convenes tonight.
Under the new law all slot machines
(Continuer! on Pago Four)
mSbable
Legislature Not Through
With Treatment of Mor
ganton Institution
Unity UiMputck Uireaa,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. March 4.—This session of
the General Assembly is not through
with the State Hospital for the In
sane at Morgan ton or with Dr. John
McCampbell, its superintendent, even
though the House declined to pass
the resolution already passed by the
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ADMINISTRATION TO
PROPOSE INCREASED
FRANCHISE LEVIES
McDonald, Anti-Sales Taxer
Says It Is Mere Gesture
To Be Given To The
Legislature
DIVIDEND TAX MAY
BE FROWNED UPON
Senator Newman, One of
Finance Chairmen, Says
Franchise Increase Will
Likely Be Proposed Today
or Tomorrow; Revenue Bill
Nears Completion
Unity Oi»|»nf<‘h llni-rua.
In (he Sjp Walter Hotel.
BY C. A. PAUL.
r>f, lei'h. March 4—lncreased fran
chise taxes on corporations will be
proposed by those who favor reten
tion of the sales tax. Also highly
orobable will be a proposal to bring
"estaurant. cleaning and pressing,
•’nd perhaps hotel bills under the
‘hree per cent sales tax schedule.
It is thought that the increase ir.
Franchise taxes will be 25 cents i i
each SIOOO of assessed net worth of
corporations. The present rate of
such taxation is $1.50, making the
proposed new levy $1.75. At the same
time it is probable tht a proposal
will be offered to broaden the base of
'lxing the net worth of corporations,
thereby increasing slightly assessed
valuations. An increase of 25 cents
would bring to the State treasury
about $250,000 more than the $1.50
iate returns. Broadening the base
on Page Two)
POLITICAL ISSUE IN
WAGE AMENDMENT
Men With Jobs And Those
Without Them Also Have
Side In Scrap
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington, March 4.—Dununcia
tion of senators and representatives
who have opposed President Roose
velt, by insisting on the “prevailing
wage” versus “security in con
nection with the “work relief bill.” is
all very well for critics with no po.
litical interests at stake—and depen
dent upon elgislative votes they must
cast, relative to this ticklisii issue.
Obviously it would be enormously
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FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR EDITOR MEBANE
Beaufort, March 4. (APl—Funeral
services were held here today for
William Giles Mebane publisher of the
Beaufort News, who died yesterday
at. a Morehead City hospital after
a long illness. He was 62 years old
and a native of Fayette county,
Tenn. He was a candidate for Con
gress in 1935 and 1932 on the Repub
,,'»on ticket. Burial will be in Ra
leigh.
First Noon
Session Had
On Monday
Daily Disputefe Htireaa,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, March 4.—The House of
Representatives resumed its sessions
here at noon today. It is the first
time this session that the body has
met during the day on Monday. Both
the Senate and House have been
starting the week with 8 p. m. meet
ing. The cluttered calendar of the
House is responsible for the decision
to start at noon. This means that
(Continued on Pago Five)
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA,
Cloudy tonight and Tuesday;
probably occasional light rains
Tuesday in west and extreme
north portions; slightly warmer to
night and in north portions Tues
day.
Another Bruno Job?
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Authorities in Westchester Co.mty*
New York, are investigating possi
bility that Bruno Richard Haupt
mann was implicated in another
ladder murder, seven years ago in
which Mrs. Irene Rein and her son.
Leslie, shown above, were murdered
in their home by burglar who was
surprised in robbery. He left ladder
shown here.
(Central Press)
BON? VOO ILL
- OVERRIDE A VETO
Says Two-Thirds of Both
House and Senate Will
Support Payment
to the Veterans
DOUGHTON TO RUSH
HEARINGS ON BILL
Tar Heel Head of Ways and
Means Committee Says
Night Sessions Will Be
Held if Necessary; Patman
Says His Bill Is Not An In
flationary Measure
Washington. March 4 (AP) —A pre
diction by Representative Patman,
Democrat, Texas, that two-thirds of
the House and Senate would vote for
ft. bonus bill —enough to override a
veto—was made today at the open
ing of congressional hearings on the
$2,000,000,000 bonus issue.
Patman, the first witness before
the House Ways and Means Commit
tee appeared after Chairman Dough
ton. Democrat. North Carolina, said
sessions would be held at night if
necessary to complete hearings on
the bill by tomorrow.
“I fel sure,” Patman told the com
mittee, “that two-thirds of the mem
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UNION LABOR HEAD
HELD FOR MURDER
Mount Airy, March 4.—(AP)—
Scales, wounded here
yesterday following a quarrel at
a dance Friday night .died early
today and Sam Sprinkle, labor
union president, was charged with
first degree murder.
Tax Load People Can Carry
Question Legislators Face
Appropriations Bill As It Now Stands Calls for $7,500,-
000 More Than Was Spent Last Year; Doubtful If
Conditions Have Improved That Much
Daily Ui«|in(ch Unreal,
In (he Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. UASKERVILL,
Raleigh, March 4.—The appropria
tions bill, as it now stands, will re
quire $7,500,000 a year more revenue
than was expended by the State last
year for the maintenance all State de
partments and institutions, including
the public schools and $5,100,000 more
than it is estimated the State will
spend this fiscal year, ending July
1, 1935.„ FFor the appropriations bill
PUBLISHED HSVBJRY AFTBRNOOM
BXCBPT SUNDAY.
Demands To Know
Projects Dropped
To Divert Money
Revolt Stirs Greece
gar -•«H|
m 'a;
H : . :
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cleutherios Venizeloi
Premier Tsaldaris
Greek military forces on land, sei
and in the air fought a swift re
volt. of army and navy elements
■imed at restoring Eleutherios
Venizelos, top, former premier, tc
power. Four rebel warships were
reported trapped in the harbor of
Piraeus, and Premier Panagioti?
Tsaldaris issued frequent state
ments to the effect the uprising, in
which civilians and soldiers of sev
eral garrisons were said to ne in
volved, was under control. Veni
zelos, reported at his home in
Crete, was to lead the revolt
the first assault.
NEWU.I. JUDGES
ARE BEING TALKED
Adverse NRA Decisions
Turn Attention to Men
Heading Courts
By LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press Staff Writer
New York, March 4.—There prob
ably will be much discussion now in
administration circles concerning Sed
eral judges.
Five who gave adverse decisions
on the NRA are old standpat Repub
lican appointees. They hold their jobs
for life.
But there are 30 emergency judge
ships—and Congress now has a meas
ure before it to make those perma
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as it now stands calls for an expen
diture of approximately $31,500,000 a
year for the next two years, as com
pared with a total general fund ex
penditure of $24,000,000 last year, in
cluding the $1,000,000 diverted from
the highway fund and an estimated
expenditure this year of $24,900,000.
But the appropriations bill nDw pro
vides for $2,000,000 less than the “free
spenders” and the school forces in the
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I O TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPYi 4
Says Senate Can’t Get In
formation on How New
Fund Would Be Spent
Over the Nation
COMPLETE BALANCE
SHEET CALLED FOR
Virginian Makes no Charges
When Asked if Action ts
Motivated by Reports Ad
ministration Is Using Big
Stick To Coerce Senators
Into Vote
Washington. March 4. —(AP)—New
troubles for the administration in con
nection with the $4,880,000,000 relief
bill appeared today with a Democra
tic demand that the Treasury furnish
the Senate with a list of projects for
which public works money had been
allocated but impounded -or oher pur
poses.
Senator Byrd. Democrat. Virginia, a
critic of the hill, presented a resolu
tion calling for the data and a com
plete balance sheet on the PWA. Sen
ator Robinson, the Democratic leader,
blocked immediate consideration by
asking that the resolution go over tor
a day under the rules.
When asked off the floor' whether
he was seeking the information about,
impounding of funds because of re
ports that the administration was us
ing this device to bring pressure to
bear on senators who voted for tii-
Roosevelt-opposed prevailing wage
amendment, Byrd said:
“I'm niakin.g_.ip_) All 1 want
is to get information that I’ve been
unable to get from the Treasury other
wise. We’ve been denied information
about the future appropriations of
$4,000,000,000. and we certainly ought
to have something on that already
made.”
This development came shortly after
President Roosevelt had .conferred
with Harry L. Hopkins on 'the relief
i 1
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Textile Strike’s
Leader Is Beaten
By Masked Group
Manchester, Ga., March 4.—(AP) —
A textile strike leader was found
beaten on a roadside near here today
and told police he had been kidnaped
from his home and attacked by “four
or five” masked men.
Police Chief T. C. Moore said the
man was J. W. Stroup, chairman of a.
union committee directing a strike in
a. local plant at tlie Callaway group
of mills, where a strike is in pro
gress. Chief Moore said Stroupe’s face
and hands bore no marks of violence,
but that he was under care of a phy
sician.
“Stroup told me a group of four
or five masked men took him from
his home about 3 o’clock this morn
ing, carried him in an automobile
across Pine mountain into nearby Tal
bert county and struck him.” the chief
said.
Moore said the strike situation here
was otherwise peaceful and that he
planned to question Stroup later in
the day.
Long Says
Farley To
Quit Soon
But Robinson De
nies It; Long Says
Even Roosevelt Can
Be Wrong at Times
Washington. March 4 (AP)—A state
ment by Senator Long, Democrat,
Louisiana, that he had information
from “close cO the throne” that Post
master General Farley’s resignation
had been “arranged” and that Gov
ernor C ;neral Frank Murphy, of the
Philippines, would succeed him, was
heatedly denied in the Senate today
by Democratic leaders.
Long made the statement in resum
ing his attack on Farley as the Sen
ate waited for the vice-president tq
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