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HFNPERSON GATEWAY to central CAROLINA TWENTY-SECOND YEAR KILL MAY ATTEMPT TO REVIVE LIQUOR BILL LEGISLAIORS TOSS HR ISSUE INTO CAMPAIGN OF 1930 Clyde Hoey's Announcement for Governor as Ardent pry Is Believed Assured Now. GRAHAM WILL RUN ON CONTROL PLANK Lieutenant-Governor Sees More Wet Votes Than Dry; Liquor Big Factor in Line- Up for Lieutenant-Gover nor Race; Newman to Race Grady. linfly Dispatch Bnrcnii, In the •iir Walter Hotel. nr j. c. nASKEitviLL. RaleigK May 3 While ho Senate has definitely settled the liquor stores and Hcmor control question as far as this session of the General Assembly it '’oncemod bv defeating and then tabling the Day Liquor control bill, jt has no* settled the liquor question as far as the State as a whole is con (>»rned according to opinion in poli tics! circles here today. For by its refusal to take any action on liquor j control ’he assemble has now thrown the »nti*e liquor and prohibition argu ment Eark into politics, where it is iHe«tined to become one of the domin ant issues if not the dominant issue the next Democratic primary, in tynich *h n next governor and all of the next Democratic members of the General Assembly will be nominated. 1* is now regarded as being more certain than ever that Clyde R. Hoey. cf Shelby, brother-in-law of former Governor O Max Gardner and ardent advocate of the retention of State pro hibition. will announce as a candi {Continued on Par* Fnnrl Tarry town Auto Mills Shut Down Tarrvtown, N. Y., May 3.—(API—- Th a Chevrolet and Fisher Body plants here will close down this afternoon because of lack of transmission due to the Toledo strike. About 4.200 men will hp thrown out. of work. The decision to close the plants with the end of today’s shirts at 4:30 was announced by managers of each in a joint statement after a confer. er.ee and after consultation with General Motors officials at Detroit. Chevrolet employees numbering 1,- 700 and 2,300 employees at the Fisher Body plants will be idle for an inde finite period. In addition, about 200 employees of the Anchor Motor Freight Company, which distributes finish red cars, will also he without work Even if the Toledo strike should be settled company officials said the plants here would not be able to re sume operation for several days. Money Bills Law, Though Unbalanced Maxwell Hopes for Breaks” to Make 1 p Shortage o f i(>86,()00 Lacking. Daily IMmtntrh Bnrres, In the Mr Walter Hotel. hY J. c. nASKERVILL. r Sleigh May 3.—Both the approp yiations and revenue bills are now or will be as soon as they are ratified today or tomorrow. The con ference report on the appropriations was adopted by both the House and senate Thursday, while the Sen also adopted the revenue bill, as agieed upon in the conference report, °r third reading Thursday by a vote of * to 15. Ihp appropriations bill as finally t - f l ptnl calls for the expenditure of s i’prr.xiinalely $31,500,000 the first • v,f ‘ r the biennium and of $33,000,- (Continued on Cage Four) HntiUTsim Batin Btsnatrli sk, leased wire service of the associated press. Western European Air Pact Is Considered By 3 Powers London, Paris and Rome Spurred to Action by In formation on Ger man Air Forces BRITAIN TO BUILD MANY NEW PLANES Program Will Be Submitted to Parliament in Two Weeks; Pact Would Call Halt in Construction, If Agreed To; But Britain Is To Match Germany London. May 3. —(AP)—An author, itative source revealed today that a draft for a plan for a western Euro pean avigtion pact has been drawn up and has been taken under con sideration in Paris. Rome and London simultaneously with the receipt, of in formation in high British quarters that Germany has facilities for build ing 100 airplanes a month as replace ments. The British air minster, meeting Reichfuehrer Hitler's challenge in the air, undertook a new program tor substantial increases in British fight ing planes, airdromes and royal air force personnel. This program will be presented to Parliament within two weeks. The air pact as now drafted is said to include an agreement to call a halt in airplane construction. Well in formed sources stated that the draft thus far has not been submitted lo Berlin, but that Germany's signature as well as Belgium's 13 contemplated. In order to fulfill Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald’s pledge that Great Britain will keep pace with Germany in aviation, it was estimated that at least 200 more British fight ing planes must be built at once. The increases provided for less than three months ago would bring the home defense strength to 630 planes at the °nd of 193 ft. The British government has admit ted that it does not know the pre cise strength of Germany’s air force, but Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary revealed that Hitler’s claim of parity in the air meant that Ger many now has more than 800 war Dianes equal to Great Britain’s first line home and overseas strength. 22 THOROUGHBREDS ENTER FOR DERBY Louisville, Ky., May 3.—(AP) Twenty.two thoroughbreds were entered today for tomorrow’s 61st running of the Kentucky derby before the entries closed as train ers and agents crowded Into the secretary’s office as soon as It opened this morning. The entries Included all the highly regarded eligibles. Retaliation Over Liquor Defeat Seen Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By C. A. PAUL Raleigh, May 3.—As a result of three western senators voting against the Day liquor control bill, a sup. plementary bill to the 1935 revenue act is being drawn which would im pose the three per cent sales tax on the rental of hotel rooms. Senators Hall Johnston, of Bun combe; Ralph Ramsey, of Transyl vania, and Vance Browning of Swain voted no on the Day bill. Previously they had succeeded in removing from the revenue bill that section which levied the sales tax on the rental of hotel rooms. They succeeded by re storing to strategy. It is reliably re ported, in fact common knowledge here, that the western trio threaten ed the administration forces in the Senate that they would join the anti sales taxers an 3 vote for a two per cent sales tax instead of a three per cent levy if the administration did not join them in removing the hotel tax. *The hotel tax was removed. Sub sequently afl three voted with the ad ministration for a three per cent tax. Still later they votaed as a bloc a. gainst including staple foods, as at present, in the levy. In short, they voted to impose the sales tax on every thing except the rental of hotel rooms Their argument, presented on the floor of the Senate against the hotel tax was that it would ruin the hotel (Continued on Page Five.) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER Uprising In Philippines Against New Constitution Is Put Down With 49 Dead Manila, P. 1., May 3. —(AP) —Bloody outbreaks and disorders in a sudden uprising against the projected new Philippine commonwealth left a trail of at least 49 dead today in a~ least two provinces. At least *1 wera known dead in a c ash between constabu'ary and the extermists at Cabuyao m Laguna pro vince, southeast of here. One con stabularyman and one Sakdalista were killed in fighting at San Ude fonso. Bulacan province, north of here, and five persons were reported killed at Santa Rosa, in Laguna pro vince. GEN’L DESAUSSURE OF U. C. V.. IS DEAD Former Commander of Con federate Veterans Passes at Memphis, Tenir. Memphis, Tenn.. May 3. —(AP) — General Charles A. Desaussure. for mer commander-in-chief of the Unit ed Confederate Veterans, died here to day. Despite his advanced age, General Desaussure continued as an executive of the passenger department of the Southern Railway until the last fre quently working long hours. His death occurred at his home at 5 a. m. General Desaussure had looked for ward with eagerness to the Confed erate reunion at Amarilla, Texas, and had been active in securing that con vention city after other places wefe unable to make the necessary finan cial arrangements. “The veterans will continue to hold reunions as long as there is a com mander, an adjutant and two men to do the meeting.” he often said, and this was the sentiment of others who served him in the army of the South in the War Between the States. General Desaussure was 88 at the time of his death. SIMMAINERY BIEL GIVEN SENATE Superintendents Allowed Great Powers in Selec tion of Teachers. Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sfr Waiter Hotel. Raleigh ) May 3.—The new school machinery act, which was passed on third reading by the House Thursday and sent to the Senate, was referred to the Senate Committee on Educa tion, of which Senator Lloyd Giif fin, of Chowan, is chairman, and is not expected to be reported back to the Senate until the early part of next week. It is understood that the Sen ate committee wants to study the bill and especially the amendments adopt ed by the House. As the bill now stands. Section 7 remains unchanged as adopted by the (Continued on Page Four) LIFESALARYFOR SENATORS ABSURD Babson Suggestion Finds no Support Whatever on Capitol Hill. By CABLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, May 3. —“As imprac*- tical an idea as ever was evolved in American history” is Capitol Hill’s reaction to Economist Roger W. Bab son’s suggestion that members of the U. S. Senate be salaried for life, in order to guarantee their honesty and independence. In the course of a canvass of as many of the lawmakers. in both con (Contlnued on Page Five.). PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 3, 1935 The Sakdalistas favor immediate independence for the Philippines and oppose the leadership of Senate Presi dent Manuel Quezon. Under the inde pendence act of the American Con gress. the Philippines must go thro ugh a ten-yeat conditional period be fore obtaining freedom. A plebiscite for ratification of the commonwealth constitution will be held May 14. Order was restored at Cabuyao late today, the constabulary reported on. ly after bitter fighting in which 47 were killed and 40 more wounded. Textile Imports From Japan Large Washington, May 3. —(AP)— George A. Sloan, chairman of the Cotton Textile Code Authority, to day told the cabinet group study ing conditions in the cotton tex tile industry that importation of manufactured goods from Japan thus far indicated they would ap proximate 37 percent of the Amer ica*! bleached cotton production, and 25 percent of the domestic print cotton output by the end of this year. * MEASURESDKAYED Senate Expected to Sustain House in Plan to Get Federal Money In the Sir Walter Ilotel. Dally Dispatch Rnrean, Raleigh, May 3.—Final approval by the House of the PWA, housing, and eminent domain bills without debate is considered here as an indication that they will be approved by the Sen ate and thus enacted into law. The lower house passed the bills without opposition. The three PWA hills offered by Re presentative Cherry, of Gaston, would authorize cities, counties and towns to issue four per cent bonds which would be purchased by the Federal government. Proceeds of the sale of such bonds would be used for civic improvements. The bills are enabling acts and will permit the State and its political subdivisions to take advan tage of the public works allotments to be made in the State under the $4,- 880,000,000 federal public works hill. Under the terms of the bills the State (Continued on Paeo Two) Nation Getting Into Such a Tangle Even Workers Becoming Alarmed By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer New York, "May 3.—The New Deal ers who shouted down Secretary of State Cordell Hull in the beginning may come running to him for help soon. The man whose life virtually has been dedicated toward a study of world trade and currency problems has been sidetracked repeatedly—and plans that have not been his have been foisted on the state department. But the United States is getting into such a tangle on trade and currency that alarm is spreading among all sorts of businesses and workers, who * rVmtfnmxl nn Papa Foot) “weather FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy with showers to. night and possibly on the coast Saturday morning; cooler Satur day and In wr>st portion tcnlgLfc ENFORCEMENT ACT IS SENT TO SENATE Would Set Up Prohibition Bureau In Governor’s Of fice After Legal Liquor Fails NEAR 100 MEASURES ACTED ON FOR DAY Adjournment Next Week Now Regarded As Certain; Textbook Rental Bill Pass es House To Appropriate $1,500,000 To Set Up State wide System Raleigh May 3.—(AP)—Facing the necessity of mustering a two-thirds majority favorable vote to revive trie measure, Senator John Sprunt Hill, of Durham, served notice on the Senate today he reserved the right to move for reconsideration of the vote by which the amended Day liquor con trol bill was killed yesterday. Privately Senator Hill told The As sociated Press he had been asked to make the motion by senators who voted against the liquor stores hill yesterday, but added, “I don’t have much stomach for the fight.” The Senate killed the hill on sec ond reading. 27 to 22, and applied the legislative clincher, which makes the two thirds majority necessary for re consideration. As amended, the measure would al. low counties desiring to do so to vote on establishment of al iquor store system and would require wet majori ties in 15 counties to make the act effective. The House passed the (bill calling for a Statewide referendum June 8, with 51 counties having to vote wet to set up the liquor system. Enforcement Bill Sought. The House this afternoon passed and sent to the Senate the Page bill proposing the creation of a State pro hibition enforcement bureau in the governor’s office. The vote was 52 to 21, and many House members who vOtfed for the liquor stores bill, which the Senate killed yesterday. joined''in backing the dry measure,’ with the statement the State should control il legal sales of liquor if legal sales were not to be countenanced. Ail kinds of legislation occupied the attention of the General Assembly to day as the legislators continued to work at a fast clip in 'the hope of reaching sine die adjournment early next week. Nearl 100 Bills Acted On. Close to 100 bills were passed or kill ed in the first two hours of the ses sion of the Assembly as local and non-controversial legislation received consideration. Though it was attacked by Senator Bell, of Mecklenburg, as a "cruel bill,” which ignores that part of the marriage contract pledging each party to aid the other “for better or for worse,” the Senate passed and sent to the House a measure to permit a per son to secure ad ivorce after one party to a marriage has t>een insane for five years. House members sent to the Senate the measure by White, of Chowan, (Continued on Pars Flva) 8 Dead In Storms In Two States Little Bock, Ark., May 3.—(AP) —Six more deaths were reported today from the Arkansas storm area where five persons bad al ready been listed ajs known dead. The latest deaths were reported from Mississippi county. Addi tional persons reported injured numbered 50. (By the Associated Press.) Arkansas and Kentucky today count ed eight dead, upwards of a score in jured and thousands of dollars pro perty loss from winds and electrical storms which lashed the two states last night. Five were killed in Arkansas and three in Kentucky. There was heavy property damage in widespread sec tions. Eldorado, in southern Arkansas, suffered heavy losses, and in Louis ville more than 100 homes and some 50 business buildings were unroofed. Churchill Downs, where the Ken tucky Derby will be run tomorrow, suffered no damage, hut the thorough, breds there awaiting the race were left nervous and excited by the thun der e.T*d. lightning, _ . PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. NRA AND BONUS ARE BEING FOUGHT OVER BY FRIEND AND FOE To Succeed Moffett? ill Jill Charles Edison Charles Edison, above, son of the famous inventor, may succeed James A. Moffett as federal housing administrator. Moffett, however, is recommending as his successor his present assistant, Stewart McDonald. Edison now Is president of the Thomas A. Edison industries and head of the KewJe»ey_ Emergency __«ounciL Labor Asks ExtensionOf NRA 2 Years Leaders See Roose velt; House Speaker Predicts Extension That Period Washington May 3. —(AP) —A two year extension of NRA was urged to day by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor at a conference with President Roosevelt today. Headed by William Green, federa tion president, the delegation, accom panied 'by Secretary Perkins, called at the White House, as the consti tutionality of the recovery law was attacked and defended in the Supreme Court. Speaker Byrns forecast that the House would approve NRA extension without particular difficulty, and said he could see “no reason fori imiting that extension to eight or nine months.” Continuance until April 1 has been voted by the Senate Finance Com mittee. Administration leaders are understood to want the two years. CRASH FATAL FOR THREE TAR HEELS Two Produce Trucks Meet Head-On Near Fredericks burg, Virginia Fredericksburg, Va., May 3.—(AP) —Three North Carolina men were killed near here early today in a head on collision between two North Caro lina produce trucks. The dead are: Edgar Ezzell, and R. Ts. Hewitt, of Wilmington, and E. T. Imlghum, of Wilson. The only survivor of the crash was W. L. Mojjris. of Wilson, who escaped with slight lacerations. A truck loaded with vegetables en route north, and said to have contain ed Morris and Fulghum. collided head on with the southbound truck, said to have contained Ezzell and Hewitt. Ezzell and Fulglmm w«*e instantly killed and Hewitt died shortly after his removal to Mary Washington hos pital here. FIVE CENTS COPY Recovery Act Argued In Hot Battle Waged Before Supreme Court In Test Action THREE BONUS VOTES LIKELY BY SENATE Supporters of Harrison Com promise Predict Success for Their Plan; Plans Are Be ing Pressed for Speeding Relief Spending on Very Large Scale Washington, May 3.—(AP)—Two of the foremost issues of the time—the constitutionality of NRA ijnd the vet erans’ bonus—were being fought out today in the (Supreme Court and the Senate. While the House continued its lag ging debate on the administration omnibus hanking bill. the main busi ness downtown remained the perfec tion of machinery to carry out the $4,000,000,000 works program. Three votes were in prospect on the bonus issue in the Senate—an the Patman and Vinson cash payment measures, and on the Harrison com promise. Supporters of the comprpm ise believed they would win. The compromise would givfs the veterans the choice of cashing Hiheir compensation certificates now or hold ing them until 1934. As the Senate was meeting, o.<k. W. Sprague, economic professor gt Harvard. told one of its committees that payment of the bonus in m«w* currency—as provided in bill —would excite fears of Inflation' only if it were interpreted .44 a patjt of a policy to force an upward/ ttiqytyj ment of prices. s : ' In the Supreme Court, lawyers neared the closb of their tre gument upholding the constitutional-* j ity of NRA and*'prepared to ‘step aside for counsel for a (Brooklyn pottfj; try concern, who say thd- is illegal. ~ n '• • ' ; *•' RURAL ELECTRICITY IS MORE CERTAIN Decks Cleared for Action for Making This Service Possible Soon Dally Dispatch Bnreai, In the 8«- Walter Hotel. Raleigh, May 3.—The decks were cleared for action looking toward elec trification of rural communities not now served by power companies as the house enacted into law two hills which had already passed the Senai.o. "The bills were offered by Senator Dudley Bagley, of Currituck. One of the bills will permit the or ganization of non-profit corporations in communities for the purpose of securing power line extensions. Tha corporations will be under the super vision of the State Rural Electrifica tion Authority which was created by the second bill, and will be permitted to issue bonds which will he retired by fixed service charges in addition to the regular rates charged for eleo« trical consumption. Any group of cit izens from a locality may make &p, plication to the Authority for the pur pose of forming such corporations. The second bill which establishes the Authority provides for the ap pointment of the members of the board by the governor. The Authority will have powers to authorize the or ganization of non-profit corporations, to handle the sales of bonds, and to make arrangements with existing power companies, for the extension of power lines. Last year a survey was mdae In 77 counties in the State by means of a Federal grant of $17,000. More than 800 applications for projects Involv ing electrification of rural commun ities are now awaiting action. These projects would involve the construc tion of about 5,000 miles of power lines which would serve about iii.OOO customers. Advocates of the program hope to double these figures. The bills passed have the appr Al of both State and Federal adu. &• trations. The bill est.au 1. u»g ■’ufc Electrification Authority vuri.et -• ui it an appropriation of siC,u'o ior in censes. It will become op > >n as soon as the cca be set. ‘>o. j ; ...... j , u
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