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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-SECOND YEAR WORK-RELIEF TO HIT PEAK BY MID-NOVEMBER F* ve __ Officials Are Held In Mecklenburg County Inquiry DECISION IS IDE BY IUOGE PHILLIPS AS EVIDENCE ENDS All P»*l Under SI,OOO Bond for Superior Courl Trial May 11 To Be al Charlotte assault in intent TO KILL IS ALLEGED Additional S2OO Bond Fixed for Trial in County Record er')* Court on Charges of Simple Assault on Two Other Prisoners T hey Whipped fbarloUs April 10.—(AP) —Five forni»r prison officials today were ordered held for trial on charges grow mgr out of (he whipping and maim jru of Negro convicts at State chafu ;arg ea mps in this county. Concluding: a three flay hearing, during which ho -:at as a committing: magistrate. Superior Court Judge Don Phillip anuouuced I• i;« oectaion Im mediately after argument of counsel rlo.-ed an investigation which was be Tun e e,- t | weeks ago hy several State agencies. Henry Little, prison i amp superintendent, and three of bis guards, F? *' Rape. J W. Fudy and T, M Gordon were placed tinder sl,- 'W bond for their appearance in su perior court May 11 to answer charges of assault with intent to kill Robert Barne? and Woodrow Wilson Shrop 'hire, 19-year-old Negroes who lost their feet after being chained stand, ing on a concrete floor in an udheated olitarv cell during the dead of win ter Also under SI,OOO bond in the •ante case was Hr. (!. 5?. McLaukhlin, for 30 year- county physician and prison camp attendant. In addition Little /nd the three guards were placed tinder S2OO bond for tria> in county recorder's court on charge? of simple assault, on Ed (Continued on Fage Six) Won’t 1 ndertake (jjo Rule Program On Security Rills ’ v fcshington April 10---(AP)-—House Ways and Means Committee Demo r.rats tbdav abandoned ttieir attempt to demand consideration of the soelat s? orlty ptogtam under a. gag rule forb’dding amendments. They reach ed that decision after a. special at fempt hid teen made to get President Roosevelt to endorse every provision of the measure so that it could be against amendments on the floor Instead <>f ie'ommenditig a gag ruio way? and means Democrats de eld<jfj tr, g- 0 before the rules commit ten w jth a request for a special resolu tion making the bill in order and do * n sz anything else the rules commit tee >saw . fp House Voles Abolishment Bank Board Rarely Halted InGo ’HJ4 on 1 bird Read ing; Guest House License Argued Raleigh, April 10.—(AP)—Wilkes county local politics and a controversy ovim license taxes on note’s, boarding hoU'jdj and restaurant* tied the Sen 51,0 into a knot today and prevented further consideration of the three Percent, ret 11 sales tax in the biennial revenue bill. Hie House got a new bill to pre 'ent. the so-called "stretchout” in tex *be plants, and worked slowly on its P'.Hic bills calendar after passing a Lumber of local bills. A surprising victory was gained hy Representative Stone, ot Rocking btna, when the House passed on see -1 (Continued on Fage Three • iicnhcrsmt Datln TEHsuafrlt ljeased wire service of tub associated press. Where buropean Peace Parley Will Be Held N»w photo (top) of Strosa, picturesque Italian small town whore Sir John Simon (top), British foreign ® ( ’. n, . t0 ,t 1 2 5801,nl Colt), Italian premier, and Pierre I,aval (center), French foreign minister! _ieet April It for conversations upon which peace of Europe may.depend. In background is the ilia* tone Bella Island, fronting the town in l.,ake Mageiore. - fCentral Prerajj Relief Fluids Cannot Be Used To Replace Cotton Process Tax, F. D. R. Says If Le vy Is Removed, Other Funds Musi Be Found To Replace It, President Says; Proponents of Textile lax Come Io Rescue in Congress Washington April ID. —(AP) —Presi- dent Rose velt said today that if the' dot ton processing tax were removed, some means must be found for pro viding funds in its" place. In response to inquiry at his press conference, the President said he had heard no suggestions as to where the funds would be found if the process ing tax was eliminated. He added the money could not come from Hie $4,000,000,000 appropriation just enacted, because this money was Mother, 4 Children Are Slaitrln Horne Philadelphia, April 10.—(AP) A mother and four of her children were found shot and stabbed to death today hi their South Phlla delpliia home. Police said a man badly wounded also was found in the house. The discovery was made shortly after noon. Police said the man found in the house, probably a relative of the family had tried to commit suicide. The children ranged in age from 14 to 19 years, FUGHTAREKILtH) Tliirdj /Seriously Wounded; Overtaken by Posse Aft er Escaping Camden. S. C . April 10 (AP)—Two escaped convicts were killed and a third seriously wounded early today by a posse which oornered them after (Continued on Paga Three> ONLY DAILY for relief. .... . , The work-relief bill contained an amendment by Senator George, Dem ocrat, Georgia, providing that benefit payments to fanners could be made out of the funds. PROPONENTS OF COTTON TAX RALLYING TO ITS SUPPORT Washington, April 10. —(AP)—lndi- cations that proponents of the cotton (Continued on Page Fight) One Dead, Dozen Injured at Weymouth, Mass,, In Strange Explosion Weymouth, Mass., April 10.—(AP) —One man was killed and more than a dozen were injured, four seriously, in an explosion and fire which wreck ed a four-store business block in Washington Square, Weymouth’s Landing and shattered windows in 38 establishments within . a half mile radius today. Deputy State Fire Mar shal John Ricrdon estimated damage of $500,000. The dead man was identified as Joseph Brown, 51, of Weymouth, fa ther of six children, and manager of a chain grocery store. Four of six persons taken to the city and Wey mouth hospitals, including two fire men, were on the danger list. One of the firemen was not expect ed to live. Others injured, occupants of a nearby business and apartment dwelling, were treated for minor hurts after their had been blasted from their beds by the explosion. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. 0. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 10, 1935 offShouse Carries Names of AH New Members in Each of the 100 Counties VANCE MEN INCLUDED R. F. Thompson. C. E. Greene and E. R Boyd Listed for Approval By General Assembly When Passage Is Asked In the Sir Walter Hbtel. Dally Dispatch Bnreast, Raleigh, April 9—The 'bill which appoints the members of the county boards of education in the 100 coun ties of the State, known as the re gular biennial omnibus board of edu cation bill, was introduced in the House Tuesday afternoon by Repre sentative R. L, Harris, chairman of the House Committee on Education, and is now on the House calendar. The members of the House were asked to study the bill and make sure that the names of those proposed for membership on the county 'boards of education are correct so that if any changes are necessary they can be made before the bill is finally enact ed. For after this bill has been enact ed. no further changes can be made in the personnel of the county boards (Continued on Page Six) lowa 'Frat' Might Face Jury Probe lowa City, April 10.—(AP) —An ulti matum demanding a clean up of stu dent morals with a grand jury in quiry the penalty for non.compliance, confronted University of lowa offi cials today. The threat of the grand jury action came from County Attorney A. E. Baldwin and followed indefinite sus pension of 23 members of the Phia Beta Dfii + a fraternity and the dis banding of the lowa chapter on (Continued on Page Eight) Franco-Soviet Pact Is Surprise To Diplomats Seeking Europe Safety Mutual Defense Agreement Unexpectedly Sudden; Ex plained by Participants as ‘Secondary Check Against War’ If Peace System Should Fail (By the Associated Press) Ihe announcement of an agreement between France and Soviet Russia for mutual defens ecame with un expected suddenness to diplomats pre paring for opening of conferences Thursday at Stresa, Italy, directed tow'ard establishment of a pan-Euro pean security system. The Franco-Russian agreement was explained as a secondary check against war in case the proposed pan-Euro pean system fails to designate the “aggressor” nation in the event of hostilities. Even as the bi lateral military agree- Seeks Easing OfNewLawOn i Slot Machines Dally Dispatch Boreas, In the Sir \Vlifter Hotel. BY C. A. PAUL. Raleigh, April 10—Advocates of loosening the stringent provisions of the anti-slot machine law passed by the present legislature made a strate gic moye when they introduced, just as the House session was rapidly ap proaching adjournment, a bill which would permit the re-establishment of what are commonly kn&w n as pin games. Pin games are played on tables wliicli liaVe nails, tacks 6r oth er devices which guide or bar the progress of marbles shot into such tables. Most such games are of the nickle-in-the-slot variety. Representative Alspaugh, of Forsy th, offered the measure, which would (Continued on Page Five) Miss Perkins To Seek To Prevent Rubber Walk-Out Washington, April 10.—(AP)— Secretary Perkins said today that President Roosevelt had directed her to try to avert the threaten ed Akron, Ohio, rubber strike. Miss Perkins told reporters that she had discussed the situation with Mr. Roosevelt last night, and already had had some conferences regarding it in New York. What her next step would be she de. clined to disclose, Governor Is \ Angered By Rise In Gas Increase on Eve of State Contract and May Effect Filling Station Tax. Dally Dispatch Barest, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. C. BASKGRVILL. Raleigh, April 10.—The big gasoline and oil companies doing business in North Carolina did not help themsel ves any in their effort to prevent the General Assembly from imposing the proposed chain filling station tax on them when they increased the price of gasoline generally over the State seven-tenths of a cent a gallon on the eve of the State’s letting a new (Continued on Paso Threw* WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; somewhat warmer Thursday, probably light frost in central and west portions tonight PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY* ment between France and Russia was announced, Russia concluded a bi lateral trade treaty with Germany, and Russian commentators said that this suggested it might be necessary for eastern European nations to make their "own deals.” iSir John Simon, the British foreign secretary, informed Robert W. Bing ham, the United States ambassador, that Great Britain was goln ginto the Stresa conference wtih an open mind. The Italian government which with the French and British, completes the Stresa conferees, Indicated it was de termined the conference would take definite action. Harnessing Tides .MAIN f VT? o4TZ*4*STIC ; o C£ <4 /V* A $80,000,000 PWA allotment will speed work of harnessing tidepower rolled up by 27-foot Bay of Fundy tides in Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine (indicated in map). Project hat been considered for years. (Central Press) Neutrality Plan To Be Talked Over Roosevelt and Hull To Discuss Policy For Nation In Times of War Washington, April 10.—(AP)— A new neutrality plan for the United States in the event of a future war will be discussed by President Roose velt and Secretary Hull at a confer ence arranged for this afternoon. In his first press interview In a couple of weeks, Mr. Roosevelt smiled away questions of the neutrality plan or upon the attitude of this govern ment to the European situation. There was an intimation that the facts spffke for themselves, so far as the position of this government was concerned, toward the European crisis Mr. Roosevelt so far has declined intervention in the troubles of the Old World except to re-state what he terms as the American policy of be ing a good neighbor. Members of the Senate, meanwhile, studied informally bills Introduced yesterday by Senators Nye, Repub (Continued on Page Five) 30 MILLIONS MAIL FRAUD INDICTMENT Chicago, April 10.—(AP)— An indictment charging use of the malls in a $30,000,000 scheme to defraud was returned today a gainst six former officials of the Trustees Systems Service Corpora tion by a Federal grand jury be fore Judge Phillip L. Sullivan, The indictment contained 15 counts, each of which carries with it a maximum penalty of fiv«j years imprisonment and SI,OOO fine. ) . , 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY s™, ROOSEVELT STATES President Forecasts Achieve ment of Full Swing Ope rations by Early Fall WILL SPEND FAST AS IT IS POSSIBLE Money Will Be Used In Areas Where Workers Live; Seek To Deal Direct ly in Making Jobs Rather Than Using Contractual System Washington, April 10—(AP)—Presi dent Roosevelt said today that the major part of the $4,880,000,000 work, relief undertaking would he carried out by existing government agencies. Discussing the big program at his regular press conference today, Mr. Roosevelt said It was hoped to have the work-relief drive at Its peak of operations by the jniddle of Novexn* ber. Sun-tanned and smiling before a large group of newsmen, Mr. Rooser velt. forecast this achievement, despite the delay in getting the legislation from Congress, He said there might be some hoards or committees to tie in the various government agencies, but no striot rule has yet been laid down. ! The President intends to spend all.: that is possible or that ia before July 1, 1936. ‘*.j vt J It was described as the .tty spend the funds in areas svhere unemployed reside to avoid. heefeMltx.' of unnecesslty in Pt& viding new homes for worksw- ii&teil away from their residences.: , So far as possible, the admAwlfaer lion will seek to deal directly in mitloj ing jobs rather than in employing the contractual system, >. 4>v Four Rivers Are In Flood Stages In East Carolina Raleigh, April 10 (AP) —Pour East ern North Carolina rivers were In slight flood today, but the swirling muddy waters were doing little dam age. The tar river, except in its lower reaches, was still in its banks, but a flood warning was for a depth of 18 feet or slightly above was issued for Tarboro by Lee A. Denson, in charge of the Weather Bureau here, Denson said the Cape Fear reach ed 28 feet at Fayetteville late yester day and started falling, with a depth this morning at Elizabethtown of 24.2 feet. The water has about reached a stand at Elizabethtown, where It U out of the banks. The Neuse was at 13.6 feet at Smith field this morning, overflowing and & slight further rise is in prospect there. The Roanoke at Weldon had reach ed 36.2 feet this morning and was ris ing slowly. Sentence Os Death Upheld For Sentell Cleveland Man Loses Appeal in High Court; Gives Hope to Chatham Man Raleigh, April 10.—(AP) —The State Supreme Court today decided 27 cases upholding a death sentence imposed in Cleveland county on Lewis Sentell and arresting judgment In the case of Harry Baxter, sentenced to die in Chatham county. Sentell’s appeal was dismissed, as it had not been perfected. He had been convicted of the murder of Mrs. Wil liam Drake. The court aot„d ar r it had failed to discover any errer ;, cn the face of the record.” Or. r ijtate law he will be electricutea . _ I A unless he receives