HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
twenty-second year
NRA UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Frazier-Lemke 5-Year Farm Mortgage Set Aside
SUPREME COURT IS
UNANIMOUS IN ITS
UISTORIC DECISION
Ruling I landed Down On
Cbsc Appealed From
I itigation Launched
In Louisvi lie, ICy.
12 BILLIONS FARM
DEBT IS INVOLVED
President Said In Signing
Bill Last Year That It Prob
ably Would Need Amend
ment; Measure Went Far
In Making It Easy for Far
mer To Get Land
Washington, May 27 (AP)—The
FYa/iei-Lelimke art granting a five
■ <>ar moratorium for paying off farm
mortgages, and affecting billions of
dollars <>f indebtedness, was held un
roristitntlona I today by the. Supreme
Court.
In a decision read by Associate Just
ice Brandies, it ruled on a case
brought by the Louisville Joint Stock
Land Bank against William W. Rad
ford. Sr.
The Federal district Court for West
ern Kentucky and the sixth circuit
court of appeals upheld the legisla
tion affecting farm debts, estimated
at $12,000,000,000 by the Minnesota at
torney general.
Tbp Supreme Court’s ruling was
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TEAR GAS USED IN
STRIKE OF MINERS
richer, Okla., May 27 (Al*)—A
fipu- outbreak of warring union
and non-union striker*--in the tri
stafe lead amt zinc mining district,
was quelled wifli tear gas today as
Governor K. W, Marlund ordered
two companies of National Guard*
men to the troubled area.
Lobbyists
Must File
Statement
D!*|intcfe Bare**,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
»» ... C, B.49KERVILL.
Raleigh. May 27 All of the 150 or
more persons and law firms whicli
registered as lobbyists here during the
session of Hip 1935 General Assembly,
must fjin expense accounts with the
•rerptary of state on or before June
12. or within 30 days after the ad
journment of the General Assembly.
Nut only must the lobbyists file a.
tailed account, of all money received
and pxppiuled by them in the course
(Otiiiiiiijed on Page Ft**)
Lawyers To
%
Atlvise Way
Around Tax
Corps of Attorneys
I Vying to Figure
Mow to Avoid Kill
"ig Station Levy.
Dalljr Dispatch Bareaa,
Is the Sir Walter Hotel.
St J. P. IIASKERVILL.
Raleigh, May 27.—The various gas
',br>p and oil companies jn the State
'Mdch come under the new chain fill.
Nation tax, have a corps of the
'st lawyers in the State busy study
*"* this new law, it was learned from
Hn authoritative source here today. In
ta< t, it j 8 understood that these law
•Vr,s are keeping the Department of
Revenue busy supplying them with
1 "pies of the new chain filling station
«• .(Continued on Pago Uff®®)
HrttiU'rsmt Batht Utsmtfrb
FEAR PUBLICATION
RANSOM NOTES MAY
HAMPER KIDNAPERS
Offers Ransom
Jl||
While police and government agents
sought missing son George, John P.
Weyerhaeuser (above), millionaire,
Tacoma, Wash., lumber baron, is
said to have offered to pay ransom
for his 9-year-old son’s return.
(Central Press)
GREAT BRITAIN IS
ANXIOUS TOR U. S.
TO BACK EXCHANGE
London Hopes Roosevelt
Will Immediately Call
World Currency and
Trade Council
OBSTACLES IN WAY
IN UNITED STATES
Value of Dollar Must Be
Fixed and War Debt And
Silver Purchases Are Hind
rances; French Cabinet To
Stake Its Existence on
Maintaining the Franc
London. May 27 (AP)—Encouraged
by what they construe as indications
of growing sentiment for stabilization
of international exchange, British fi
nancial circles expressed the hope to
day that President Roosevelt and Sec
retary of State Hull might take the
initiative in calling a new world cur
rency and trade council.
The opinion has long been held here
that the key to stabilization rests
with Washington. British financial
writers, however, declare that stabi-
STATEOFGEORGIA
DECLARED WETTEST
Wet As North Carolina Is,
It’s Sahara by Compari
son, Georgian Says
!b the S|p Walter Hotel,
Dally Dispatch Bureau,
BY J. C. CASKERVILL,
Raleigh, May 27.—As wet as North
Carolina is, it is still a. Sahara com.
pared with Georgia, Respite Georgia's
refusal to repeal Statewide prohibition
by a margin of 243 vates, H. C. King,
a native of Georgia now spending a
few days here, told this correspondent
today. According to Federal agents
and Federal statistics, Georgia is now
the wettest state in the Union and
gettingjwetter every day. King said.
“There arc already 764 licensed li
quor dealers in Georgia, holding Fed
< Continued Three^
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
LHJAHHD WIRE SfCRVICB OF
THB ASSOCIATED PRBBS.
HENDERSON, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 27, 1935
Seattle Newspaper Prints
Snatchers’ Demand for
$200,000 for Weyer
haeuser Lad
NO NEW TURN OVER
NEGOTIATIONS SEEN
Post Office Closely Watched
In Belief Special Delivery
Letter May Be Sent to Pa
rents; Ransom Note Gave
Five Days In Which To
Raise the Money
New York, May 27'—(AT)—A
careful examaination of the ext of
the ransom note in the kidnap
ing of nine-year-old George
Weyerhaeuser indicated today
that. the. abductors had followed
the pattern of notes written by
the kidnaper of the Lindbergh
baby.
Tacoma, Wash., iMiay 27.—(AP)—
Publication today of the ransom note
sent to the parents of nine-year-old
George Weyerhaeuser, after his kid
naping Friday caused authorities in
vestigating the case to express fear
negotiations for his return would be
considerably hampered as a result.
“It’s terrible,” commented one high
police official, who refused to permit
his name to be used.
“Its is an outrage, and may pre
vent us from aiding the parents to
get their son back safely for several
days, if ever.” ' .•
Tiie authorities expressed complete
mystification' as to the source which
supplied the text of the h’dte, puiblish
((Jnntintied on Pago Two)
Henderson Men
Held at Tarboro
On Liquor Charge
Tarboro, May 27 < AP)—Two men
who gave their names as Van Eatman
and Cleveland King, of Henderson,
were arrested here last night by Offi
cer Wiley Newsome, who found 135
gallons of whisky iq lheir automobile.
They were held for a hearing in re
corder’s court..
One of Six Hurt
In Wilson Crash
Is Still Critical
Wilson. May 27 (AP) —Os six persons
injured in an automobile collision on
a. highway near here last night only
one, Rebecca Ayscue, remained in a
critical condition.
The other five hurt in the wresk,
all men, were suffering from fractured
legs. Physicians said their condition
was not serious, while that of the 65-
year-old woman was considered to be
critical.
All of those injured were from Lu
cama.
’Kerchief
Might Be
From Boy
Tacoma. Wash., May 27.—(AP) —
Finding of a boy’s pocket handker
chief bearing the monogram “G” near
a path near the Annie Wright Sem
inary gave authorities a possible clue
today to the way in whicn nine.year
old George Philip Weyerhaeuser was
kidnaped Friday.
The handkerchief was found ;by re
porters and private investigators in
a patch of grass beside the path which
(Continued on Pag* Two)
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair tonight and Tuesday;
slightly warmer in extreme west
portion tonight
Principals in Historic NRA Test Case
i | * lnniUllMlli a
; | :>,>:■ ,r* ■ " Tlffn
| s ||^
Joseph Heller (top left) and Frederick Wood (bottom left), argued before U. S. Supreme Court, where
three justices are seen hearing a case, the plea of Joseph Schechter (standing) and his brother Aaron
(left) to be permitted to continue their kosher chicken market in Brooklyn, N. Y., (center) without
adherence to NRA code. Decision of Court on legality of jail sentence given Joseph Schechter for code
violation is looked to as acid test of NIRA. <Central Press)
When Last Seen
BROWN CURLV*d§p>Sh
" GRttW
WH SHI
LONG BROWN tH
g
W
Ths sketch illustrates how 9-year«
old George Weyerhaeuser, heir to
lumber fortune, was dressed at time
of disappearance in Tacoma,
(Central Press)
Coughlin Will Support
President but Try to
Dominate Congress
THIRD PARTY TABOOED
Door Is Slammed in Huey Long's Face;
LaFollette Also Sticking
Close to Roosevelt for
Next Year
By LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press Staff Writer
New York, May 27.—The political
situation is clearing earlier than had
been expected. The Progressives will
be for President Roosevelt’s re-elec
tion. The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin
will support the President—'hut will
try to dominate Congress. The door
has been slammed in the face of Huey
Long and his third-party movements
by these forces.
The Republicans, firm in their (be
lief that the country desires a "re
turn” to "good old days,” are expect-
HOUSE’S COMMITTEE
FAVORS EXTENSION
OF NRA TWO YEARS
Tentative Approval of Plan
Voted by Ways and Means
Group Pending Court
Ruling
LEGAL LOOPHOLES
TO BE STOPPED UP
Proposal Would Extend
NRA to June 16, 1937, For
bid Price-Fixing, Permit
Codes for Interstate Busi
ness and Allow 90 Days for
Revision of Codes
Washington. May 27.—(AP) — The
House Ways and Means Committee
agreed t tatively and informally to
day to recommend extension of NRA
for two years, but deferred formal
action because of a possible Supreme
Court decision later in thy day on the
constitutionality of the recovery act.
Another meeting of the committee
was called for 2 p. m.—after the Su
preme Court’s decision would ibe ren
dered if it were made today. .
The understanding was if the court
held the act unconstitutional, the com
mittee would consider that decision
a,nd attempt to include in he measure
it would formally submit to the House
any language necessary to stop legal
loopholes.
What would happen finally, Chair
man Doughton, Democrat, North
Carolina, said depended to a large
extent upon the court’s ruling. But
the resolution submitted to the com
mittee and entaively, if informally,
(Continued on Page Two.)
Growers Are For
Wheat Control In
Next Four Years
Washington. May 27 (AF) —A
plan to hold the nation’s wheat
crop in check for the next four
years was being put into final
shape by the AAA today in the
wake of a referendum showing
farmers overwhelmingly in favor
of continued control efforts.
Latest official returns from the
referendum favored continuation
of the wheat adjustment program
by 179,029 votes to 28,330. Officials
ivpr» hihllwii
PUBLJSIIBD EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
DEADLOCK ON NRA
FORECAST BETWEEN
House Committee’s Appror
val of Two-Year Exten
sion Conflicts With
The Senate
AAA AMENDMENTS
ARGUED IN SENATE
Would Give Secretary Wal
lace Greater Crop Control
Powers; Both Parties Di
vided. on Issue; Minor Leg
islation Is Considered In
House
Washington, May 27.—(AP)—A two
year extension of NRA was tentative
lyagreed upon today by the House
WJays and Means Committee—an ac
tion that foreshadowed possible dead
lock with the Senate.
The Senate approved an extension
only until next April 1, and many sen
ators have asserted they would ac
cept nothing else.
While the administration leaders
worked 'behind the scenes to avoid
a struggle that would see the present
recovery law expire June 16, without
any substitute, the Senate took up
the controversial AAA amendments
designed tog iva Secretary Wallace
greater crop control powers. Repub
licans and Democrats were divided on
the issue.
The House, fairly well up in its
(Continued on Page Three)
PLEA OF GIRL FOR
KIDNAPER GRANTED
Jefferson City, Mo., May 27.
(AP) —Governor Guy B. Park to
day heeded the plea of Miss Mary
McElroy* ajnd commuted the death
sentence of Walter McGhee, her
kidnaper to life imTn Loraxaent?
8' PAGES
, TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
SYSTEM Os COOES
OF NRA WIPED OUT
BY SUPREME COURT
Decision Is Given In Schech
ter Poultry Case Appeal
From New York
U, S, Courts
CONGRESS CANNOT
DELEGATE POWERS
Extraordinary Conditions Do
Not Create Constitutional
Power, Chief Justice Hugh
es Declares; Donald Rich
berg Hears Decision From
High Court
Washington, May 27 (AP)
—NRA codes were wiped
out today by the Supreftie
Court. s.l;
The court ruled unconstitutional
Section 3 of the industrial recovery
act, under which Congress delegated
to the President authority to make
codes. 5 *
It held this authority had not b’ien
sufficiently limited or defined. < ■
The tribunal also ruled that *'where
such transactions have merely, an. t in.
direct effect on interstate commerce,
the control rests with the States..
It made this ruling in an, opinion
delivered by Chief Justice. Hughes^in
the Schechter poultry case from New
York, selected by the government to
test its power to regulate wagjes and
hours of workers through tiler, mon£ •
than 500 NRA codes of fair competi-'
tion. )
The A. L. A Schechter, Poultry Cor
poration , tfcie ISchechter )jiv;e, iß*ult!ry 1
Market, Incorporated* anil four In
dividuals composing tliosfi two .firing
engaged in the live poultry itiußinead
in Brooklyn, “were indicted for Viola)]- :
ing the live poultry code of fair com
petition and with consptracyy.tA; viol
ate the code. T'ilT;
In the Federal district court for
eastern New York the'.‘memfbers p
the two firms were found guilty on
(Continued on Page 'Two)
President
Overruled
Third Time
Washington, May 27 (AP) —The Su
preme Court ruled today the Presi
dent lacks constitutional authority to
remove Federal trade commissioners
except for causes named in the Fed
eral Trade Commission act.
It made this ruling in a case brought
by the executor of the estate of Wil
liam E Humphrey, who a short time
before his death was removed by the
President as a member of the trade
commission,
The contention was advanced that
the law creating the commission pro
vided members could be ousted only
for inefficiency, neglect of duty og
malfeasance in office.
navyloinshDnt
FOR LEEDS LAUNCH
Roosevelt Orders Search of®
Miami for Heir to Tin
plate Millions \
Fort Lajuderdale, Fla., May 27.
(AP) —William B. Leeds, Jr,, who
had been missing in a small fish
ing craft with two companions
since last night, arrived here trig
afternoon.
Washington. May 27 (AP; —Presi-
dent Roosevelt today ordered the
navy and coast guard to stai ; st irch
for William B. Leeds, heir to iht tin
plate millions, who is reported i iss
ing since 6 p. m. yesterday m a 26-
foot fishing launch t- < i m
Miami to Bimini.
The President acted r. ' aipt of
the following mess..- •* t ..y
‘ i