HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-SECOND YEAR
HUEY LONG THREATENS Bit WORK-BELIEF BILL
Appropriations Advocates
Will Press Bill This Week,
Not Knowing Money Source'
NEARLY $2,000,000
IRE APPROPRIATED
THAN NOW IN SIGHT
"Free Spenders” Want to
F orce Passage Ahead
of Revenue Bill to
Force Diversion.
GOVERNOR’S APPEAL
IS WHOLLY IGNORED
Revenue Committee Admits
It Can’t Find Excessive
Funds Already Appropriat
ed and Will Turn Whole
Metier Over to House and
Senate to Worry.
Itnily lliwitn l<h llnrrmi,
lit the Str Will ter Hotel,
nt .1. C. BAMKRIt VILL.
Kuoiuh. March 11 —Disregarding
th» plea of Governor J.. C. B. Eh
iirujhßH* lo wait until the revenue
’nil k teadv to report into the House.
ii«s nerves jangled* and temper ruff
hers use the finance, committees
hav« tint yet been able to find the
revenue it is demanding, the House
lAiU'i"priations committee is going
shear! and introduce the appropria
tions hill tonight, it was learned from
ar, authoritative source here today.
rtefusing to reduce any of the allot
m* t . contained in the appropriations
t>iil to make it come nearer balancing
with the revenue bill, the committee
is expected to report the bill in as it
n-n • ,cnt to the printers Friday, call
in t f"t allotments totalling $32,250,-
i"Vt the first year and $33,227,000 the
second year of the coming biennium.
This is $1,750,000 more than the reve
nue lull as it now stands is expected
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State May
Lose U. S.
Road Fund
llnlljr B«ren«,
In the s|r Waller Hotel.
Raleigh, March 11. —No further di
vni.,ion of highway revenue to the
tjoieral fund in addition to the sl.-
'“'ninm a year recommended by the
’’"■lget commission will be recom
nicn.led by either the finance or ap-
P’OJM lations committees until more
definite information is obtained as to
niiat effect any such additional di
’ r i - ion will have on future allotments
of Federal funds to the State, it was
learned today. In fact, it is expected
Mint a special sub-committee will go
to Washington today or tomorrow to
(infer with government officials on
r hn question.
1 nc appropriations committees had
d'cjded to appropriate $1,650,000 from
'he highway fund to the general fund
and the finance committees were
(f'nntliiiieri on Pago Three)
State Tax
Bill Sixth
7 o Highest
Hally ’Jlapateh Bareaa,
lu the SI- Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, March 11. —Only five other
have a larger yearly tax bud
»han North Carolina, when the
: -"' "ihl fund and highwya fund bud
are combined. State Treasurer
1 r 'les M. Johnson pointed out today,
annual state tax budget of North
is now almost $75,000,000 a
" Hl Tiiis is almost twice as large
total taxes collected for state
fdipuses in Virginia and about three
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H. LESUE PERRY MEMORIALU6RARY
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LHSASED VVIRB SERVICE OF
TfHH ASSOCIATED PRESS.
RICHBERG TESTIFIES ON NRa
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Donald Richberg
Donald Richberg, co-ordinator of
administration activities, appears
as the first witness as the senate
finance committee begins its in-
MANY LEGISLATORS!
HAVE HAD NO PAY
Falkner One of Those Not
Paid Off at End of
60-Day Period.
Dally Di*|ialch Huron a t
In the Sjr Wnlter Hotel,
By C. A. PAUL
Raleigh. March 11.—Forty of the
State’s 170 legislators have drawn
none of their S6OO salary as the first
60 days of the present session come
to a close.
As prospects of an early sine die ad
journment have gone glimmering, de
spite early optimistic predictions that
“we'll be away from here in 75 days,”
many observers are wondering wno is
going to “pay the freight" for those
legislators who have drawn their S6OO
already, No one believes the legisla- i
ure will complete its business before
April 15, and most onlookers are con
vinced that the General Assembly will
be here even longer.
Sixteen of the 50 senators have fail
ed to draw on the State treasury and
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mosilyonpSr
I
Whether “New” $2,506,750
Will Be Realized on
Levies Problematical.
Dally Dl»|i»(ch Harena,
In Hie Sir Waller Hotel.
By C. A. PAUL
Raleigh. March 11 —A total of $2,-
506,750 in new revenue has been
“found’ by the joint legislative com
mittee and schedules for the collec
tion of that amount have been ap
proved by the finance body.
An analysis of the sources reveals, j
however, that the increases are “on
paper’ and can hardly be figured to
actually yield that much. The larg
est single item was obtained by strik
ing out the exemptions of stable foods
such as sugar, meal, salt, and so on as
provided for in the present revenue
revenue act which was framed in 1933.
A total of $1,271,250 would be added
to collections under the retail sales
tax. it is estimated by Revenue Com
missioner A. J. Maxwell, by removal
of the exemptions. He estimates the
average exemptions under the pres
ent schedule at 15 per cent of ioial
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HENDERSON, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 11, 1935
vestigation of the NRa. Rich*
berg told the committee that
President Roosevelt favors scrap
ping many of the existing codes.
Heirs Might
Demand All
Os Fortune
If Compromise Is Re
ject ed, Reynolds
Survivors To Claim
Smith’s Money
Winston-Salem, March 11.—(AP) —
If the compromise advanced by the
Reynolds heirs is not accepted by oth
er litigants, the surviving brother and
sisters of Smith Reynolds will lay
claim to the entire $25,000,000 to $30,-
OOO'OOO funds, B. S. Womble, of the
Reynolds attorneys, declared at the
hearing on the compromise here this
morning.
Attorneys have argued that under
the terms of a trust fund set up by
the late R. J. Reynolds and his wife
for their children the “Smith Reynolds
estate” is not an estate at all, but a
trust fund held jointly and rigdly for
the benefit of the Reynolds heirs.
Womble pointed to affidavits filed,
which, if true, disqualify Christopher
(ContlniiAri on Pago Four)
Profits On
Dollar May
Be Utilized
Washington, March 11. —(AP) —The
government’s decision to use part of
lIS $2,812,000,000 dollar devaluation
‘ profits” to reduce the public debt led
to conflicting interpretations today.
The Treasury held that the total a
mount of outstanding currency should
not be changed as a result of the plan
to retire some government bonds with
$642,000,000 of the profit arising from
trimming the dollar’s whole value last
year.
On the other hand, Senator Thomas,
Democrat, Oklahoma, a leader of the
currency expansion bloc in Congress
foresaw a $46,000,000 increase in the
amount of money in circulation.
Declaring that for the first time the
public debt will be cut by the is
suance of government obligations
whicn bear no interest, Thomas prais
ed the move by saying:
‘it is along the line of what we
have been clamoring xor. - ’
LOUISIANA SENATOR
MAY AGAIN INSERT
WAGE CLAUSE IDEA
May Use Voting Pair With
Mrs. Senator Caraway
To Block Roose
velt Measure
WAGNER FIGHTING
FOR LABOR SCHEME
Says It Is Needed For “Bal
anced Economic System”;
Norris Announces Purpose
To Demand Investigation
Os Holding Companies
Campaign
Washington. March 11 (AH)—Lou
isiana’s Huey L. Long emerged a sec
ond time today as the major threat to
the administration's hope of speeding
the $4,800,000,000 work relief pro
gram to the White House.
Once before Long’s use of a voting
pair. Senator Hattie W. Carrawav.
Democrat. Arkansas, was credited
with securing the one vote necessary
to attach the McCarran prevailing
agreement to the big relief bill over
President Roosevelt’s opposition.
Today, after weeks of delay, the re
lief measure was hacked in the Sen
ate without the prevailing wage
amendment. But this time Long
threatened further delay by renew
ing demands for an investigation of
Postmaster General Farley.
The House was occupied with a
measure to repeal the requirement of
publicity of inportant figures on 1934
’income tax returns. Passage was
forecast by leaders.
Senator Wagner, Democrat. New
York, was the first witness in the
Senate Labor Committee hearings on
his labor dispute bill. He termed it
necessary to round out a “balanced
economic system.”
The Supreme Court met for its reg
ular Monday session today.
Senator Norris. Republican, Ne
braska, said he would ask an investi
gation of the movement against leg
islation to prohibit holding compan
ies in the public utility field,.
Elder Robinson
To Face Trial In
Stoll Kidnaping
Cincinnati, Ohio, March 11 (AP) —
The sixth district United States Cir
cuit Court of Appeals today upheld a
lower court in Nashville, Tenn., in
effect ordering Thomas H. Robinson.
Sr., moved to Louisville. Ky., to stand
trial in connection with the kidnap
ing of Mrs. Berry Stoll.
The elder Robinson, accused along
with his son, Thomas H. Robinson, Jr.
and the son’s wife of conspiracy in
kidnaping the prominent Louisville
woman and holding her for $50,000
ransom, had sought and was refused
a writ of habeas corpus to relieve him
from custody of officers about to take
him from Nashville to Louisville.
The court here upheld Judge H. V.
Anderson, of Nashville, in denying the
application. Robinson has been free
on $25,000 bond pending decision of
the court here. His daughter-in-law
only recently was released from jail
in Louisville, where she had been
held pending trial. Robinson, Jr., ac
cused of the kidnaping, never has
apprehended.
Mutinies In
Two Prison
Camps Seen
Guards Defied By
Prisoners at Meck
lenburg County and
Cary State Camps
Charlotte. March 11.—(AP)—Mutiny
flared briefly today at the little con
vict camp near here where two Ne
groes recently claimed treatment ac
corded them caused them to lose both
feet.
State highway officials said unrest
and discontent had been evident
among the prisoners ever since Wood
row Wilson Shropshire and Robert
Barnes had their feet amputated at
State’s Prison following charges that
they were frozen while the pair were
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Peace Appears Far Off In'
Greek Uprising, As Athens'
Fears Further Defections
Italy Blamed in Greek Revolt
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Italy is charged with fomenting revolt in Greece, as part of an intrigu*
to gain dominance in Balkans, in British diplomatic circles, London news
papers report. Mussolini’s latest move is to send cruiser Trento (below)
and two destroyers to Aegean Sea to “protect Italy’s interests” during
revolt which now centers in spots numbered on map. Salonika (1) and
Kavalla (4) have been bombarded; rebels have suffered reverses on
Macedonian border (2) while Venizelos adherents continue to direct
revolt from Crete (3). (Central Press)
That Makes His Appoint
ment to Supreme Court
Likely, Gossip Says.
By CHARLES P. STSWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington, March 11. —It’s the
purest of pure gossip but it is gossip
ed that Senator Joseph T. Robinson’s
chances of appointment to a seat on
the United States Supreme Court
bench, at first opportunity, are vastly
improved by the administration’s con
jectured desire to get him out of the
majority leadership in the Senate. The
administration desires Senator James
F. Byrnes to s’fle, if possible, into
said leadership.
Some few crumbs of circumstantial
evidence give an air of probability
to the story.
Robinson generally is supposed to
be mightily desirous of a Supreme
Court appointment.
Hitherto it hasn’t been so generally
agreed that he is much of a suita
bility for it. As a senator he has been
moderately successful, but I have
heard his qualifications for a high
judicial post very seriously question
ed. Indeed, I don’t think that, until
quite recently, many well-informed
persons in Washington have believ
ed that he was a likely presidential
choice to fill a Supreme Court va
cancy. even assuming the death or
retirement of one of the nine present
incumbents.
Now, however, guessing that he
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WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Occasional rain tonight and
Tuesday; somewhat warmer in
west portion tonight; colder Tues
day night and in west portion
Tuesday afternoon. > , ;
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
MAICHANNOUNCEO
German’s Manager Talks In
Hamburg, But New York
Says It’s Premature
Hamburg, Germany, March 11.—
(AP)—A Max Baer-IMax Smelling
heavyweight fight in New York in
June is “absolutely set,” Joe Jacobs,
Schmelling’s manager, told The Asso
ciated Press today after telephone
conversation with Colonel John Reed
Kilpatrick, president of Madison
Square Garden, and James J. John
ston, his match-maker. , *
“I agreed to terms for Schmelling,”
Jacobs said, “and Baer’s terms are al
ready set in his original contract with
the Garden. It will lbe a great fight.
Schmelling will win by a knockout
sure. He’s better than ever before.”
The black Uhlan, who evened the
score with Steve Hammas by knock
ing out the former Penn State col
legian in the ninth round of yestei>
day’s fight, hurried to Munich early
today to join his wife.
ANNOUNCEMENT IS TRIFLE
PREMATURE, NEW YORK SAYS
New York, March 11. —(AP)— Joe
Jacobs, manager of Max Schmelling,
is slightly off key when he says a
Schmelling-Max Baer fight is schedul
ed for New York in June, Jimmy John
ston, Madison Square Garden match
maker, said today.
“We’ve interested in such a fight,
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NEGRO ELECTROCUTED
FOR SLAYING GIRLS
Richmond, Va., March IL—(AP)
—Philip Jones, Negro, died in the
electric chair at the Virginia, (state
Prison this morning for the iuor
der of two little white girls sJs,
Clifton Forge last November.
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TODAY
five CENTS CORY |
ATTACK ON REBELS
BUT IS PUSHED ON
Government Infantry, Artil
lery and Airplanes Ha
rass Insurgents on
Wide Front
CABINET HESITANT
ABOUT ITS MOVES
Uncertain Whether To Hurl
Entire Army Against Re
bels, Fearing Defections
from Ranks; Both Sides
Claim Overwhelming Vic
tories In Their Clashes
Saloniki, Greece, (March 11.—(AP)—
Under pressure from government
troops, the Greek rebels retired today
under desultory firing to the old Tine
occupied by the Bulgarians during the
World Whr, around the spurs of the
Balankan mountains. Here they are
using the old Bulgarian-German
trenches.
The'Yebels have .been forced to eva- t
cuate Seres, which is located on a
broad plane without natural protec
tion, but they said they
make a stand at Drama, whose hi’i'h'
hills already have been hejiVlly lor-?
tified by the rebels. ' i ; ( i >*• ! ;
Ghevghelli,Greek-Yugoslav) Fjr on t i er
Match IL—(AP)—Greece entered the
eleventh day of ite levdlutidn today.
: < v Th
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Declined f
s7Per Bale
For Cotton
New York, March 11.(AP)—A wide
open break in the New York. Cotton
Exchange today carried futures down
more than $7 a bale.
Traders said there were no new de
velopments affecting the staple, which
would account for the slump, but the
market for some time had been show
ing signs of uneasiness over crop con
trol uncertainties and lack of infor
mation respecting the government’s
intentions with respect to loans on
the new crop.
Selling came from many quarters
and in sufficient volume to get many
stop-lose orders. There are indications
of heavy liquidation of sales specula
tion accounts. Trade buying appeared
on the decline, and served to check
the downward movement.
Old and new contracts alike werq
carried down by the selling.
War Decree
Ordered For
AH Os Cuba
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Mendieta Employs
Weapon of Former
Enemy in Struggle
To Hold On
Havana,, March 11.— (AP) Five
bodies of persons killed in Cuba’s wild
week-end of fighting were found to
day in the exclusive residential sub
urb of Marianao as Havana itself
lapsed into a trance-like calm under
a "tsate of war.’’
The discovery of the bodies in Mari
ano and the death of a wounded man
in a hospital brought the total k::ovVn,
dead for the week-end t r :.
Havana streets were pra ' y '*->•