| HENDERSON gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA ! WKNTY-SECOND YEAR HOUSE PASSES 5 PRCNT. BEER CONTENT BILL NRA Cannot Serve 2 Ways, Williams Tells Senate Body 1 ilorcement of Codes Will 1 Destroy Inefficient Bus iness f or Ten Per cent of Total THAT OR LOP OFF SOCIAL FEATURES NK A Chief Talks Slowly and I)rliberately as He Puffs Cigarette l Tar Heel Tobac co Manufacturer Makes Second Appearance In NRA Inquiry \V t hington, March 15.- (Al't—Con ,i. wis bluntly warned today by j ' day Wifiiams. retiring head of National Recovery Board, that it •v • b ready to destroy the inef- 1 er.t minority in business if it de mines to protect labor on wages . I hours of work. l-'-uiii'ig hack in his chair at the >•■ ;•:» Finance Committee’s invest!- j "f NRA. and pointing his fin- ( :■ • : the senators around him, Wil i*.ms -aid: V' a must enforce the codes for '•■rial benefits involved against • ».• n percent that the codes may •h "v> or if you are determined to t i he destruction of the ineffi • • units, then we’ve got to aban i" purpose of serving the sooial ..i,j,. T k ng slowly and carefully, Wil i warned the committee also that j ” tm.ance of the codes was depen- | upon some modification of the •t list laws. ! . luffing on a cigarette, the North ' ICiiiitiriiml on l*ag*» Two) France Holds 2 Americans In “Spy Ring” I •'■'fis. March 15. — la months, for questioning. 1 v and their alleged accomplices , I probably ta.ke the case before the j m' 1 tribunal of the criminal court. \Y ih»y Post J Tries Again l or Record New ) ork In Eight Hours In Stratos phere from West I oast Is Goal Angeles. Cal., March 15 (AP) j •I' v Post, noted round-the-world II ‘i. took off from Union Air Ter ;i 1 at Burbank today on his second "t" to span the continent in eight j 11 oi less in a 2,447-mile flight the .sub-stratosphere to New;. 'o' 1 ' City I in- Oklahoma pilot waved “So | 'o a group of sleepy-eyed well- : at the field and roared away , ' is globe-girdling plane, the Win " ' Mae. ' ' first cross-country stratus -1,1 dash several weeks ago ended 1 be set his motor-troubled ship j " 1 on the Mojave desert less than i ' •mi away from Los Angeles. f II "xpected today to travel through j "gions of the upper air at a speed j oound 350 miles an hour or more, ! '‘' Pong like six miles a minute. * Hrtthrrsmt tUttlu tlispatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. * LEASED WIRE SERVICE! Os THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. On Huey’s Trail ,7\ * t i f $ • • I | ’ V - > * • P. L. Gassaway “We’re the meanest scoundrels ii, Congress and we’re damned tired of Huey’s line of palaver. We arc going to knock him over,” so de clares P. L. Gassaway, Oklahoma cowboy-Congressman, who is leader o I anti-Long bloc forming in House. Victory Now Near On Big Relief Bill Wage Amendment Rejected by White House Will Be Re jected in die Senate Washington. March 15.—(AP)—Vic tory earned by weeks of waiting and political maneuvering today appeared in the grasp of Senate administration guides of President Roosevelt’s $4,- 889.000,000 work-relief program. They confidently predicted that the McCarran prevailing wage amend ment, which the White House flatly refused to accept, would be defeated. Then they foresaw adoption of Sen ator Russell’s, Democrat. Georgia, compromise proposal requiring pay ment of the prevailing private wage on permanent public buildings, and “security wage” on other w«rk pro jects unless the private scale should be endangered. Numerous other amendments re mained. some for currency expansion. (Conti nod on Page Two) OLDMUMENTSON) Five Senators Heard On Each Side As Hill Mea sure Is Debated Daily Diwpatch Bureau, In Ike Sjr Walter Hotel. By C. A. PAUL Raleigh. March 15.—01 d and fami liar was the argument presented by the “drys” as they opened rhetorical fire on the Hill liquor control bill when that measure reached the floor of the senate. The drys. however, for the most part confined their re marks to liquor and not to the Hill proposal. Practically every one of the five dry speakers theii (Continued on Pas« Two.) WEATHER FOK NORTH CAROLINA. Fair and warmer tonight: Sat urday fair and much warmer; Sunday rain and much colder. HENDERSON, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 15, 1935 Facing Deportation I KkPSh I Sp., jjL' *%%*** JH •lohn St. Ixie Strachey, British au thor, faces deportation from U. S. »n charge of illegal entry of country and Communistic activities. Stra chey, once a member of Parliament, came over as a lecturer. (Central /bra*; BILL WOULD DROP COUNTIES AS UNIT IN SCHOOL SET-UP t Would Create Some 40 Dis tricts as Administrative Center Throughout The State MEASURE TO MEET STIFF OPPOSITION Some Portions of School Or ganization Will Be Against It; Bill Is Being Prepared for Introduction Soon In Legislature; Would Be Saving Unify DHpntoh Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY C. MASKERVILIj, Raleigh, March 15.—A bill to abolish the county as the unit for school su pervision ana to divide the State up into some 40 supervisory units, is now being prepared and will be in troduced soon, it was learned here to day. It was also learned the bill will have the support of a large number of teachers and a good many super intendents. who realize that this move will not only decrease school costs but increase efficiency by assuring better school supervision. The bill, if enacted, would decrease the number of county superintendents and virtually abolish the job of coun ty superintendents as such and set up instead some 40 districts, with a dis trict superintendent in charge of the schools in each. This would make the Statewide school system similar to the set-up of the State Highway and Public Works Commission, which was advocated by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Clyde A. Erwin several years ago when he was presi dent of the North Carolina Education Association. When the State took over (Continued On Page Four ) Politico-Economic Line-Up Seems To Be Taking Shape Long, Coughlin on One Side, With Ultra-Rightists Backing Roosevelt By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, March 15.—The politi co-economic situation begins to shape itself. It has been confused and indeter minate for some time. With the Father Charles E. Cough lin-General Hugh S. Johnson-Senator j Huey P. Long outbreak It became ; positively kaleidoscopic for a few days Out of the succession of bizarre patterns (Johnson and Coughlin; re ports of White House inspiration back of the general; oratorical fights be tween the Kingfish and Senators Joseph T. Robinson, “Young Champ” Clark. Kenneth McKellar, et al; side steppings by such G. O. P. statesmen (Continued on Paffe Four) REYNOLDSFAMILY’S SETTLEMENT PLAN Proposal by Brothers and Two Sisters of Late Smith Reynolds Will Be Accepted ANNE CANNON GETS 37,1-2 PERCENT OF IT Libby Holman’s Baby Gets 25 Percent and She $750,- 000 of Deceased’s Tobacco Fortune of $28,000,000; Rest Will Go Into Charity Fund of Family Winston-Salem, March 15.—(AP> Judge Clayton Moore today announc ed he would approve tile settlement of the Smith Reynolds estate propos ed by the Reynolds family. Judge Moore indicated there might bem inor changes in the decree be fore it is signed, but said that the substance of his order on. distribu tion of the tobacco heir's trust estate of $27,975,000 would be the settlement suggested by R. J. Reynolds, Jr., and his sisters, Mrs. Charles Babcock and Mrs. Henry W. Bagley. This proposal would give 37 1-2 per cent of the fortune to Anne Cannon (Continued on Page Two) Soviet Head WiU Talk to Britisher On Peace Outlook Moscow, March*-*/) (AP) It was officially announced today that Jos eph Stalin, general secretary of the political bureau, will personally re ceive Captain Anthony Eden. British lord privy seal, when the latter comes to Moscow this month to discuss Eu ropean peace. The communist leader is not ex pected to participate iK the formal negotiations, but when Stalin and Captain Eden meet they are expected to talk over the situation fully be tween themselves. It is a rare procedure for Stalin, to receive foreign visitors personally. Among the few foreigners who have met him in the past are Ambassador William G. Bullitt,, of the United States; George Bernard Shaw, and IT. G. Wells. Eden probably will talk to Stalin in the latter’s office in the Kremlin. It is a long furnished room, with Stalin’s desk in a far corner. The only other large article of furniture in the room is a long table covered with green felt where he and his guests confer. Youth Says Abduction Was “Fake" Wilmington, Del., March 15 (AP) Public Safety Superintendent George Black said today that Chester Hyde, found bound and gagged here after being reported kidnaped, has admit ted the abduction story he told was a “fake. ” The boy has admitted it was a (Continued on Page Four) Roosevelt Making Little Headway Against Oppon ents; Old-Liners Bewildered By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer New York, March 15. If reports from various parts of the United States are accurate, the Roosevelt ad ministration is making little head way against the forces that have risen up against it. Old line politicians are bewildered They never previously have seen an opposition rise so quickly, so emo tionally. The sweep of it all reminds them of war-time emotions—and cause the old linep oliticians to shudder. If the movement “merely” were na tion-wide. the situation would not b» complicatca. It is, however, world (Cott&uued as Page Fou?i Navy Building "Full Strength” HI three navies xlfr z “ " ; £ (treaty s-rarNCTw) ~ - •> '. "zig Hg oT rr JA 6 ¥kN iff AloocKfJ 04 M&tfJtsiTbb" |ippr 145 shifts no ovatMlt 36 | P PHEsew UNITED f ships 1 jk;. ?•>. : .. : | PRESCNT I SHIPS I .•:;*>•:•: •.•:•■•. l£ ’RENGTH JAPAN iNERDEd Raymond (J Ingersoll, borough president of Brooklyn, drives first rivet "avv Vardan nCW U " n with Rear Admiral Yates Stiriii? 'M-eno-th d rv,T‘V Ja K der ’ J ?° kin « on - as Navy starts building up to treat y (. north. Chart shows how far it has to go to match Britain and exceed Japan (Central Press) Morgenthau Opens Drive Upon Crime Over Nation Senate To Probe Break In Cotton Washington, March 15 (Al*) The Senate Agriculture Committee voted today to investigate the re cent break in cotton prices. It agred to report favorably to the Senate a resolution by Senator Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, proposing the inquiry. The resolution would direct the committee to investigate “th causes of the rapid decline of the price of cotton on the cotton exchanges on or about March 11, 1935.” It would authorize calling wit nesses and require production of hooks and papers as it deemed ad visable. Cost of the investigation would he limited to $25,000. Secretary to President Roos evelt Has Been Sick Since Last Trip Washington, March 15, (AP)- -Louis M. Howe, secretary to President Roose velt, is seriously ill at the White House. Howe, who is 64, was taken sick following his trip with the Piesident on February 23, to Boston. His con dition. it was learned, was regarded as critical earlier this week, but the White House reported today that he was improved. Dr. Rose T. Mclntyre. White House physician, has diagnosed the illness as the recurrence of an old bronchial trouble complicated by cardiac weak ness. Mrs. Howe is with her husband. It was believed Howe over-taxed his strength on the Boston trip. He has been confined to bed almost constant ly since his return. He has been secretary to the pres ident since 1914, leaving newspaper work to join Mr. Roosevelt, who was the assistant secretary of the navy. SOFT COAL STRIKE THREATENS NATION Washington, March 15.—(AP)— Threatened with a strike in the soft coal industry April 1, bitu minous operators today engaged in a jurisdictional dispute which menaced the joint wage confer ence between themselves and the United Mine Workers of America. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY™ Numerous Arrests Made; First Day As All Fede- I ral Units Join Wide spread Crusade I LIQUOR AND DOPE SMUGGLERS TAKEN Washington, March 15. — (AP) - Thousands of law enforcement agents were unleashed today by Secretary Morgenthau in a nationwide drive seeking to stamp out every type of law violation within the Treasury’s jurisdiction. x Big forces of the coast guard, cus toms service, secret service, narcotics bureau, the alcohol tax unit, and the internal revenue bureau’s Intelligence unit was directed against liquor and dope smugglers, counterfeiters and others who sought to evade Treasury laws and regulations. Secretary Morgenthau made known the scope of the mass operations from coast to coast after the drive first > was revealed through the arrest of ( on Paco Four) Swedish Princess To Marry the Heir To Danish Throne Stockholm, Sweden, March 15. (AP)—The “love match” engagement of Princess Ingrid, second daughter of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, of Sweden, and Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark and Iceland, was offi cially announced today. The date for the wedding was not immediately made known. The engagement is regarded in po litical circles as of unique importance as the marriage will serve to bind the royal families of Sweden and Den mark even more closely. Footless Prisoners Declare Feet Were Frozen And That Doctor Saw Them But Once Duily Dispatch Karras, In the Sir Waiter Hotel, BY J. C. BASKEItVILL. Raleigh, March 15. — The reason their feet developed gangrqne and had to be amputated was because they froze whife they were in solitary con finement in the “dark cells” of Meck lenburg county prison camp 413, W. W. Shropshire and Robert Barnes told members of the joint legislative investigating committee who question ed them late Thursday afternoon as they lay on. their beds in the hosp.it J 8 r PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY HIGHER STRENGTH J OFBEVERAGEGETS 1 Revenue Bill Will Be "Order of Business at Noon Mon day When House Starts Week WILL COME AHEAD OF SPENDING BILL Re-Apportionment of House Membership on Basis of 1930 Census Proposed By Day Bill; Senate Votes To Remove Double Liability of Bankers Raleigh, March 15.—(AP) The House this afternoon passed and sent to the Senate a bill proposing to le galize beer with five percent alcoholic content in North Carolina. The vote, not including seven pairs was 55 to 34. The House recessed until 3:15 this afternoon, after the beer vote, as Re presentative Tam Bowie, of Ashe, ap parently getting his parliamentary procedure mixed, moved to recess and then moved to apply the legislative clincher to the beer vote. His motion to recess prevailed. The measure was debated and de feated some time ago when it bore new taxing features; then It was re vived, recommitteed for committee work and favorably reported out, merely calling for an increase in the alcoholic content of malt beverages from 3.2 percent to five percent. The House today voted to start its floor work on the biennial revenue bill at noon Monday, as the Senate worked slowly and passed measures to remove the double liability provi sion from bank stockholders anol to approve $75.00n annually for a. Fed eral-State employment service. As on recent Fridays, local bills wei-e hurried through to passage in large numbers as the law-iWkfers pared to go home for the vjeekkenfi; Representative Day, of Ghslow, of fered the House a bill whi6h‘,.Kt r oulct have the legislature ordeb a t*e-ap portiontnent of House membership on the basis of the 1930 census. Meclden burg, Guilford and Buncombe \vould each gain a representative. With Nash, New Hanover, and Rockingham to be (Continued on Page Foui) Etheridge Is Electrocuted As Murderer Claims Innocence To I'lie End and Then, Refuses Sen ices of A Minister Raleigh,, March 15 (AP)—Sidney Etheridge. 45-vear-old native of Chat ham county who lived in Portsmouth, Va.. in recent years was electrocuted at State Prison this morning as he contended he was innocent of the mur der for which he died, the killing in Onslow county of Mrs. Mamie Moore, a 71-year-old recluse. Two shocks of current were admin istered before Etheridge was pro nounced dead. Dr. C. A. Peterson, representative from Mitchell county, who had a bill (Continued on Page Four) in Central Prison here. Barnes was so weak that he was able to talk only in whispers and monosyllables. It is believed that he will not live. Shropshire is making good progress and is expected to live. Other incidents related by Shrop shire and Barnes with regard to their treatment while in the solitary con finement cells are as follows; That they were visited o;- r ' b lLaughlin only one time ' Lis • *;'• •• m-*/~ —' • •