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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL . CAROLINA rWENTY-SECOND YEAR WANTS U. S. AIR FORCES BIGGEST IN WORLD *** * ***** *****s ****** * * * m . $ * $ * $ : m §> 9 bamities On Relief Drop As Work-Relief Bill Strikes New Snag BEHINO-THE-SCENE MEASURE PRESSED \ Compromise on “Direct” Work Amendment Op posed by Administra tion Seems Likely FEBRUARY RELIEF DOWN FIRST TIME Usually L More Than Jan uary, But Not This Year; Only Modified Gag Rule To Regulate House Vote on Administration Security Rill Next Week Washington, April 3. (AP) —An en couraging rlrop in the number of fa milies on relief was reported by Harry i Hopkins today as congressional leaders sought to break the newest deadlock on the $4,880,000,000 work relief bill program. Though outwardly at a standstill.* the big relief fund bill was the sub ject of behind the scenetKjtalk. One informed leader forecast *» comprom ise on the administration-opposed a mendrm'nt requiring that one-third of the $900,000,000 allotted for ioahs and grants to states be spent on "di rect" work. Hopkins, work of his re lief administration, said 1.3 percent fewer families w»>re on relief in Feo ruary than in January. He said it was the first time in recent years February had not shown an increase over the first month of the year. As the Senate continued considera tion of the Copeland pure food and drug bill, the House began debate of the McSwain bill to take the profits out of war. leaders indicated that only a "modified gag rule," if any. would be sought to put the social se curity bill through the House next week , Clean Bill OnHospital Is Expected Daily Dmiuitck Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, April 3, —A clean bill of health is expected to be given Dr. John McCampbell, superintendent of th“ State Hospital for the Insane in Morganton and his administration of the hospital by the special legislative Investigating committee, it was learn ed here today from an authoritative source, although the committee is not expected to present its complete re port for many days yet, due to the extensive record of the testimony hoard hv the committee and which is yei to be transcribed and studied. Jim committee did find some con ditions at the hospital which were no* what, they should be, some of the members admit, But the opinion of most o? the committee members is that whatever unfavorable conditions have existed or still exist are due more to a lack of adequate funds for the operation of the hospital than be cause of any wilful or deliberate neg lp"t on the part of any of the hospital officials Ihe committee made a thorough IC-ontlnuAri nn Pag* Hir«w) Neal Says NRA Is Corpse And Should Now Be Buried lat Heel Former Chairman of National Recovery Re view Board Says Richberg Is Real Dictator in Wash ington, and He and Labor Are In Saddle Ihilljr UlMimtcli Harena, In the S|r Walter Hotel, ny J. C, OASKERVILL, Raleigh, April 3.—The National Re covery Administration and its sym bolic blue eagle are already dead, mailing bad and should be buried immediately, W. W. Nca. of Marion, former chairman of the National Re covery Review Board, having succeed 'd Clarence Darrow as chairman, said here today while on his way home Irom Washington. This committee was abolished some months ago by an fife' ' - Metiitersntt Batly Htsrmtrh only DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. ’ LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. IS THIS MOTORMAN SEEING THINGS? %|||gg|gggg||ff 4 .Vink fijSa It's time to quit when a motorman sees his track all cluttered up with elephants. That’s what hap pened in Los Angeles when a; pair of pachyderms from a circus, be Angio-Polish Accord Made Al Meetings Close Contact To Be Maintained on Eu ropean Situation, It Is Agreed Warsaw-. April 3.—(AP>—Great Bri tain and Poland today : agreede to "the desirability of maintaining close contact" on the European situation, with authoritative quarters indicating a European security system as a like ly result. The agreement was reached with Polish statesmen by Captain Anthony Eden. British lord privy seal, as he concluded two days of conversations concerned with the general of Europe end prepared to depart for Praha and more conferences. As the conferees parted, they gave each other mutual assurances describ ed officially as concerning "the de sirability of maintaining vclose con tacts in regard to future developments in the European situation." The following communique was is sued: "During his stay in Warsaw, Cap tain Anthony Eden, British lord privy seal, was received by the president of the Pr\sh republic, ail'd' by Mar shal Pilsudski. Captain Eden had, In addition, several conversations with Joseph Beck, minister of foreign af fairs. "He gave Beck an account of the <Continued nn Page Four I DEPARTMENT STORE MESSENGER ROBBED Birmingham, Ala., April 3.—(AP) — Three men today boldly held up a messenger from the Loveman, Joseph and Doeb department store in the downtown section and escaped with an undetermined amount of cash and endorsed checks. executive order President after both Darrow and Neal had fired sev eral broadsides at the NRA while General Hugh S. Johnson was still at its head. Neal thinks the NRA was bad enough while Johnson was trying to run it, but that it has become worse than useless since that time. He paid high tribute o the work done by S. Clay Williams, who until recently was chairman of the National Recovery Board that took it over after John (Continued on Pag;; Three). HENDERSON, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 3, 1935 ing shoowhed across town front train to lot, decided to lie down on the job. People waiting for a street car simply had to continue waiting. Three Lose Lives In T enetnent Fire j New York, April 3.—(AlM—Three persons lost thier lives and twto were seriously burned in a fire which swept a Bronx tenement early today. The victims were members of the family of William Doppio, who lived on the third floor of the building. Members of seven other families escaped. Chain Tax Ballot Due By Senate Dully DUnateh Bureau, lu the S»- Walter Hotel, Raleigh, April 3. —The chain filling station tax. aimed at the major oil companies, was the first item on the Senate Finance Committee’s calendar as it resumed deliberations here this afternoon after a full day’s rest. Boarding house taxes, which have proved exceedingly troublesome, are also on the docket If the committee ffjllows the course it started Monday, it will rip from the /venue bill the Barker amend ment which doubled the committee’s levy on chain filling stations. It is freely predicted that the committee will go back to the schedule it adopt ed In the beginning. The Barker amendment would impose a graduat ed tax ranging from $4 to S2OO on such chains, while the committee plan would assess a graduated tax begin ning at $25 and stopping at SIOO. The amounts are a per-unit tax and im pose heaviest levies on the larger chains which are in turn, owned by the major oil companies The Barker (f)nntinii#Ml on Pago Root) i As Big Relief Boss He Is FDR’s Chief Pel, And Is Ickes Angry? By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, April 3. —Harry L, Hopkins is regarded by practically all politically experienced fok in Wash ington as the national administrations new premier favorite. To be sure, it’s considered a pre carious rating. Individual after indi vidual. in succession, has been so classified under the current regime in the capital; each has enjoyed his brief period of at least supposed No. 1 influence at the White House, only to be supplanted by a new incum. bent. President Roosevelt, in short has a reputation for fickleness in fa voritisms. Nevertheless, while one of them lasts it makes its benficiary a (Contiimiftd I*a£«* Foil?). LETHAL BAS DEATH PASSES THE HOUSE ONFfNAL READINGS Proposal To Move Chamber lo Various Counties for Execution Is Easily Beaten COMMITTEE DROPS CHAIN GAS TAXES Filling Station Levy Deleted From House Revenue Bill In Senate Group; New Highway Diversion Is Ap= proved in Washington; Anonymous Letter Sent Raleigh. April 3.—(AP)—Substitu tion of lethal gas in the place of elec tricity for legal executions in North Carolina was approved by the House today as the Senate again worked on « long list of minor Statewide bills. The House passed the Peterson bill to replace the electric chair with a lethal gas chamber and sent iF to the Senate. Itre fused to amend the mea sure to provide that the gas chamber should be movable so that executions might be performed in the counties in which capital felonies are committed The receipt by Senator Frink, of Brunswick, of an anonymous letter warning him to desist, from opposing legislation introduced in Che House by Representative Pa,ge. of Bladen, caus ed comment in the Senate, Frink showed the letter to newspaper men. Bladen Is in his senatorial district, and he has successfully fought several Page bills The Senate Finance Committee vot ed at. a morning session to eliminate the chain filling station tax schedule from the biennial revenue bill passed by the Tfouse. and substituted the joint finance committee’s recommen dation The House levy was estimat ed to raise $600,000 yearly, while the committee’s proposal is figured to get $300,000 annually The senior division finance group also changed an umber of other House amendments to the joint com mittee’s bill and decided to hold an other meeting this afternoon. Sen ator Newman, New Hanover, Senate finance chairman, will report on his efforts to get Federal approval of an additional $630,000 yearly diversion of gasoline taxes to the general fund. He says Federal road officials agreed. An effort may be made to eliminate a new provision to tax dividends from stocks as normal income McDonald Is Proposed As School Head Talk Becomes Seri ous After His Break With Erwin on Fund Increases Dally Dlspatci Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, April 3.—Dr. Ralph Mc- Donald, representative from Forsyth county, who led the fight for an ap propriation of $22,000,000 a year for sch<t>ls virtually single-handed and almost won, is being urged to become a candidate for State superintendent of public instruction in the Demo cratic primary next June, ft was learn ed from a reliable source here today. Many of the school forces, especially those who are interested in bettering the conditions of the teachers, feel that State Superintendent Clyde A. Erwin and the North Carolina Edu cation Association Bid not give Dr. McDonald the support they could and should have given him in effort to get the school appropriations in creased to $22,000,000 a year. Some are even charging that Superintendent Erwin and Secretary Jule B. Warren of the association actually (Onnllnnmi on Page Fourl “weather” FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, somewhat colder, prob ably rain in east portion tonight; Thursday fair; slightly warmer in north central portions. EAST-WEST MEET IN FAIRY LAND j f v ■ s : giCTW'W^^W.yWpßmfex•*wh#' *w kWB "■ i < v ***q *>w<£B| w'Sy B ■•' Il» IHh w ■p m ' ■ j yM bH? 1 Ml BBk Jf i <j gMWBWIJW I t H ; b RJW;- ~: ' J IIB| I East meets west under the cherry blossoms which now are blooming in all their glory in Washington, D C. Two daughters of the Occi dent. Marilyn end Patricia Ethiopians Put Troops On Frontier For Defense Only, Officials Say; Ital ians Prepared For Emergencies Addis Ababa. Ethiopia, April 3. (AP)-—Ethiopia is moving troops up to her frontiers, authoritative sources revealed today, to meet what her gov ernment regards as a threat from Italy's East African forces. The Ethiopians were said to be moving in large numbers to the Eri tream and. Italian Somaliland borders. Government sources were quick to explain the activities were solely for defensive purposes. Described as being organized on a more efficient basis than Ethiopian wild tribesmen ever have before been, the troops were under strict orders from Emperor Haile Selassie to avoid contact with Italian border garrisons. Ethiopia has no intention of under taking an offensive, it was author itatively explained, but the entire country was said to be rallying obed iently behind the emperor. ITALY HAS BEEN AWARE OF ETHIO PI AAN MOBILIZATIONS Rome, April 3. —(AP) —Italian mili tary authorities said today Italy has (Continued on Page Fonr) Just Another Link in Chain That Is Strangling World’s Trade By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer New York, April 3. —The belga is in the news these days. It is no disgrace to express ignor ance as to what the belga is. After all, Belgium isn’t such a large coun try. The belga is to Belgium what the dollar is. to the United States. You will recall that Belgium was forced off the gold standard recently. Whereupon, a few days later, the bel ga was devalued, amid a crisis in Belgium. That particular day hapuetned to be springlike in the United Stares, and the buds began to crackle. Why, jtOcnfensS ©IS P?3£9 TT7C) PUHLJSHHD EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Maines, are pictured here with two young ladies of Japan, Sakiko and Masako Saito, daughters of the Japanese ambassador to ti»« U. 8. »» g; Navy Head Says That. Ela tion Should Be In;Future Arms Meet v;;. Washington. April 3.—(AP)— In clusion of Germany in a future naval conference was advocated today by Secretary Swanson. He recalled at a press conference that while he was a delegate to the 1932 disarmament conference at Geneva, "we tried to include Ger many". Swanson said Germany's proposal of a 450.000-ton navy should not af fect the 5-5-3 treaty ratios, "as far as Great Britain and Japan are con cerned,” nor the Unitea States, “if we get a treaty navy and continue it.” The naval secretary emphasized he spoke as an individual and has re ceived no German proposal Asked if he favored specifically 4fe0,000-tons for Germany, Swanson said it "was a State Department matter.” Simultaneously, Swanson announced that Frank B. Upham. commander in-chief of the Asiatic fleet would visit Yokohama aboard Jiis flagship, the cruiser Augusta., on May 3. On this day the main fleet is scheduled to begin its Pacific maneuvers. Swanson described the visit as a “good will tour.” and expressed hope that it would dispel “any bad feeling’’ in Japan over the maneuvers Aged Pair Slain; Put Into Well Fredericksburg, Va.. April 3 (AP) — The bodies of an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Coleman, w r ere found stuffed in a well on their farm near here today. The two were evidently the victims of robbers, who ransacked their farm home. The body of the woman, show ing wounds inflicted about the head, was first discovered in the well. Aft er the removal of her body, officers found that of her husband. He had ben shot in th face and head. The woman was clad in undercloth ing. Mr. Coleman was 75 years of age, his wife about 65. A farm hand found the house va cant when he reported for work this morning. He notified officers and a search revealed the bodies hidden in the well. The home bad be*-,, ran sacked and robber of valuables. The Colemans.’ automobile was miss ing from the home. 19 Pages Today TWO SECTIONS. FIVE CENTS COPY Chairman McSwaiu of Mil itary Committee Wants All Air Corps To Be Consolidated GERMAN AIR FORCE EQUAL TO BRITAIN’S House of Commons Is Ad vised Hitler Told Sir John Simon Thai During Berlin Conferences Last Week; Britain Said To Be Fifth Ip Air Strength Washington. April 3 (AP) —Declar- ing he wants the American air force to be the "strongest in *he world ” chairman McSwain, Democrat, South Caroline., of the House Military Com mitte. today called aviation notables to a hearing tomorrow on all legis lation touching the army air corps thus far submitted to the House. Foremost among the measures waj a bil! by McSwain himself that would merge the air corps and the Com merce Department bureau of air com merce into a new Federal "Depart ment of air.” It has provisions that would more than double the number of army planes authorized, and about treble the authorized man power of the air corps Eddie Riekenbacker and James H Doolittle, renowned fliers, were among those expected to testify. GERMAN AIR FORCE IS NOW . ON PAR WITH THE BRITISH London. April 3 (AP)—-B.ft Simon, foreign minister, revedleci-to the house of Commons tbd&y that ‘ Reichfuehrej Hitler told him i 1—: . j (Continued bn Paire dftF • Fish Hits Roosevelt Blunders Chape! Hill, April 3.—(AP)—Repre sentative Hamilton Fish, Republican, New York, lashed what he termed, “the economic blunders” of the pres ent administration, and called for a re-affirmation of American principles of government in an address here to day. The New York Republican, repre sentative from the Hyde Park dis trict where President Roosevelt has a home, spoke before • the Human Re lations Institute as the University of North Carolina. Attacking the National Recovery Administration and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, which he said had failed to achieve their purpose, he referred to the “blue eagle” as a "Soviet vulture” and as serted there were now a million and a half more unemployed in this coun try than a year ago. Fish singled out the cotton textile (Continued On P«j?e Four.) Liberals Get Heavy Gains In Elections Wisconsin and Cali fornia Scene of Ma jor Triumphs For Third Party Men (By the Associated Press.) Progressives strengthened their po sition in Wisconsin and Upton Sin clair's EPIC party achieved partial success in California to high light elections yesterday in various parts of the nation. Two more progressives v r. tV d to the Wiscoi., in Sute Sfc* ' rr ..v. r- Jay, bringing 'he Lai- r slr .4 I u:
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