HENDERSON
CATE WAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
twenty-second year
Business Urged To Keep Codes
Food Dealers Association
Os State To Test Legality
Sales Tax In Court Battle
10 WORK AGAINST
EVERY CANDIDATE
C'o!! y f I > tlO! * >ll Charlotte
(j«*cs nil Record for Fight
Over Constitution
ality of Act
EUR INCH AUS OBJECT
OF SHARP CRITICISM
retary of Croup, Says Gov
ernor “Sold Out to Large
Corporations Seeking To
Be Relieved of Faxes” In
This Slate
Oiarlntlr,, r.tny 28. (ATM --The
Nottli Ctrolina Food Dealers Asso
rintion today voted to employ attor
neys to lest in the courts the con
•fitutionaliy of the State sales tax.
The court fight was called for in
a resolution adopted at the associa
tion's annual convention here. The
resolution instructed members to is
sue to eustomeis refund checks in
connection with all taxes collected, so
that ttic* lax can be refunded if the
taw is ruled unconstitutional.
The resolution also pledged food i
merchants of the State to do “all in
their power to defeat any candidates
for State office who advocate the pre
sent Rate sales tax."
(Governor Ehringhaus was criticiz
ed sharply by James B. Vofcler; exec
utive secretary of the association, in
discussions preceding the Unanimous
adoption of the resolution.’
"Governor Ehringhaus stumped this
State in opposition to the sales tax,”
said Vogler. "He spoke here in the
court house of this county, going on
tecord against, it. And then, like most
ten.cent politicians, went to Raleigh
and switched around. Fo sold out to
large corporations seeking to be re
lieved of taxes.”
(Jnvernor Refuses
Comment on Act of
f ood Association
Raleigh, May 28. —(AP)—Governor
Ehtinghaus and Revenue Commis
sioner A, J Maxwell hod no comment
to make tod tv on ti e adoption in
Chuktte bv the Noith Carolina
Dealers Association of a. resolution to
ep'Dlrv attorneys to test the general
sale* tax.
•hook' the constitutionality of the
act he taken to the courts by the food
dealers, it would be the first legal
test of Hie sales tax, which was en
?,,M in 1033, and broadened by the
193?) legislature to cover practically
a!! retail sales except, those of milk.
Inflation Is
Dropped For
Bonus Plans
batman Bloc Pushes
on for Payment 1 His
Se ssion on Some
( )ther Proposal
'Va.3hington, May 28 'AP)— Patman
'Ui leaders jn (Congress decided today
,0 go forward with their drive for
'■ash payment of the bonus at this
se-sion. and to sacrifice the inflation
arv provision of their bill, if necessary.
At a joint session of House and Sen
f>,‘ supporters of immediate payment,
" ,v as agreed to poll the Senate to de
,piinine what cash payment bill would
haw- the best chance to succeed, and
'hf ni push for action on it, regardless
" f whether it should be the Patman
l) ** 1 recently vetoed by the President,
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STRATOSPHERE GONDOLA ARRIVES
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Plans for the National Geographic
•ooiety-»rmy stratosphere flight
w<Te almost complete with arrival
•f the gondola for the giant bal
Weyerhaeusers Ready
With R ansom Money 7 o
Obtain Son s Return
Seattle. Wash., May 28.—(AP) -'’We
are ready, Percy iMiinnie,’* said an ad
vertisement in iiie classified section
of the Seattle Post-ntelligencer today,
indicaing the Weyerhaeuser family of
Tacoma were ready to deal with the
kidnapers of their nine-year-old son,
George missing since last) Friday
noon.
Meanwhile, the secret search for the
kidnapers of the boy reached across
the international boundary with
“remnants of the Alvin Karpis and
Machine Gun Kelly gangs” as pos
sible suspects.
In one of the few partially disclos
ed moves in the hunt for the gang
that, demanded $200,000 ransom for
the return of the lumber fortune heir,
two Tacoma. detectives hurried to
Vancouver, B. C.
PLA TOMEET FRIO AY
Hope To Get Works Projects
in Final Form then; In
terest Reduced
Dstlf D!ao«t< s Boitsa,
Ie the Sir Walter Hotel,
SY j. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, May 28.—The State Plan
ning Board, which has already de
veloped approximately $300,000.0001
worth of projects in North Carolina
for submission to the Federal gov
ernment under the new four billion
dollars puiblic works program, will
hold its next meeting here Friday
morning at 10 o’clock. Chairman
Capus M. Wa.vniek, of tHe State High
way and Public Works Commission,
and also of the Planning Board, an.
nounced today. At this meeting it is
hoped that plans can be completed for
a number of large projects with a.
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SERIOUSLY HURT IN
HOPPING ON TRUCK
Roanoke Rapids. May 28 <AF)
Howard Foweller, 35. a peddler, was
seriously injured today near Weldon
when he fell beneatha moving State
Highway truck while trying to hop a
ride on it.
IR. A. Freuler. the driver, said Fowel
ler asked him for a. ride, and he re
fused, telling him it was against de
partment rules, but the latter tried
to jump on the truck as he drove off
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loon at Rapid City, S. D. The
gondola is pictured on a truck
being taken to the bowl where the
takeoff wiil be made.
Vancouver police said the detectives
believed (lie kidnapings were effect
ed by members of the tw«*.'gangs, who
had banded together. British Colum
bia officers refused to disclose the
identity of the Tacoma detectives.
The officers went north in response
to a. woman’s report, of seeing a boy
who resembeled the kidnaped young
ster riding with four men in a travel,
stained automobile last Saturday.
That was less tan 24 hours after
George was abducted from a Tacoma
street.
A % similar tip met with failure
when a posse of officers returned to
Port Angeles, Wash., after an unsuc
cessful effort to trace an automobile
containing a hoy resembling the
missing lad.
TOBACCO PAYMENTS
SENT INTO STATE
$8,600,000 In Adjustments
For 1934 Distributed
to Growers
College Station, Raleigh. May 28.
North Carolina tobacco growers are
now receiving a total of about $8,600,-
000 in adjustment payments on their
1934-35 crop.
The payments were calculated at
the rate of 12 1-2 percent, of the mar
ket value of the crop, up to 21 cents
a. pound, with the exception that a.
lower rate was given growers who
sold more than their 70_percent pro
duction allotments.
Practically all the payments to
growers in this State have been made,
said E< Y Floyd, of State College, ex
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Auto Dealers To
Continue on Code,
Leader Declares
St. Louis. Mo„ May 28. —(AP)—
F. W. A. Vester, president of the
National Automobile Dealers As
sociation, today/ announced that
organization would continue to op
erate under conditions of its NRA
codes, despite the ruling of the
United States Supreme Court in
outlawing code requirements ot
tfee nftt.oiwl recovery act
Four Army Fliers
Die In Big Plane
Fresno, Cal., May 28 (AP)
—Four army fliers were kilL
ed today when their big
bombing plane from Mather
field, Sacramento, crashed in
Sequoia park.
SEe
IN MONEY CRISIS
Premier Ilandin Advises
Parliament of Huge De
cline in Nation’s
Gold Reserves
CABINET TO STAKE
LIFE ON OUTCOME
Franc Will Be Defended
from Its f oes at Home and
Abroad, and Chamber is
fold Parliament Regime
Itself Is Undergoing Its
“Last Test”
Paris, May 28.—(AP>—With a gov
ernment. demand from Parliament for
full power to restore France’s fin
ances, I»uis Germain-Martin, minis
ter of finance, revealed to the Cham
ber of Deputies today that the gold
reserves of the Bank of France had
'been diminished by nine billion francs
—about $594,000,009 —in the last, two
months.
DICTATORIAL POWERS ARE
DEMANDED BY MINISTRY
Paris, May 28.—(AP) Premier
Pierre Etiennie-Flandin sent to Par
liament. today demands for dictatorial
powers to defend the franc against its
foes at .'home and abroad;
The premier, aware of powerful op
position among the re-convening de_
puties, directed his camapign from
his home, where he is recovering
from a. fractured arm. * ,
He commissioned Finance Minister
L>ouis Germain-Martin to present his
demand for power to balance the bud
get and promulgate by decree meas
ures to revive business.
The life of Flandin’s government,
may hinge on the success of his bat
tle. But he expected to win, although,
by a narrow margin, by warning that
the parliament regime itself is under
going its “last test.”
OF
Correspondent Who Was On
It Reminisces of Motor
King’s Hopes
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Mr. Stewart was on the Ford
peace ship 20 years ago. and from
time to time will write reminis
cences of it.
Washington, 'Miay 28.—A few vet
erans of the Ford peace expedition
dined together in Washington recent
ly in honor of the tour’s twentieth
anniversary year.
I wasn’t invited, and I know why.
Tom Steep, another veteran of the
trip, also, was in the capital at the
time of the anniversary gathering. He
wasn't invited, either.
The explanation is simple.
The anniversary diners were gen
uine peace delegates, Rosika Schwim
mer, who inspired the expedition, was
of the party. It was these folk’s theory
that their mission would have been
a success except for the ridicule heap
ed on it by the news correspondents
who were along. Their hatred for the
scribes was such that it has survived
through two decades.
SAILED IN DECEMBER
The “peacers”’ celebration in Wash,
ington the other day was somewhat
premature.
The Ford expedition did not sail
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“WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair tonight and Wednesday,
except showers Wednesday after
noon in west portion; slightly war
mer in southwest portion tonight;
cooler in extreme west portion
• Wednesday afternoon.
ALL MAJOR BILLS
OF ADMINISTRATION
NOW IN JEOPARDY
Government Chiefs Still Be
wildered Over Full Mean*
img of Supreme Court
Ruling
CONFUSION EVIDENT
FOR SOME MARKETS
High Command of Labor
Summoned To Conference
To Discuss Situation; Code
Enforcement Halted by
Government; NRA Exten
sion Bill Deferred
Washington, May 28. —(AP)— The
New Deal’s vast plans for re.weaving
tiie business fabric of U»e country
were beset with uncertainties today
as still bewildered officials pondered
the full meaning! of the Supreme
Court's abolition of NRA,
Re-study of all big administration
bills to determine their constitution
ality in view of the NRA decision, was
ordered ,by congressional chiefs.
While the public in general watch
ed calmly for the historical shift
deemed likely; President Roosevelt
and his advisors also seriously took
stock of the disordered situation.
Pending the re study of legislation,
the Democratic chief at the Capitol
agreed to mark time.
Included among the measures to be
suggested to new scrutinity are the
AAA amendments, the utilities hold
ing company Dili, regulation of motor
buses, the social security measure and
the omnibus banking bill
It generally was agreed that no ac
tion was in immediate prospect. Lead
ers pointed out that the power of the
President to make codes| had been
held unconstitutional and that it
would Ibe impossible task for Con
gress to enact legislation stipulating
codes for each industry.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, sum
moned the members of the federa
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BOBBY JONES QUITS
MATCH BY ILLNESS
Retired Golf King Under Observation
For Appendicitis, Can’t Go
To New York
Atlanta. Ga.. May 28 (AP) —Under
strict observation at his home on
Northside Drive, following an attack
of appendicitis, Bobby Jones, the re
tired golf king, was unable to leave
today for New York, where he was
scheduled to play in an exhibition
match on Thursday.
Big Bob Jones, father of the for
mer world champion, who retired after
his grandslam in 1930, sent a message
this morning regretfully informing
those in charge of the match that
Bobby v*as unable to travel and that
his physician had advised it would be
dangerous for him to do so
Up~To Mills,
Mr. Gardner
Feels Sure
Textile Code Author
ity Attorney Waits
Meeting Before
Making Prediction
Washington, May 28. —(AP)— With
organized labor threatening to strike
immediately against any textile mill
that lowers the invalidated NRA code
wages and hours, the cotton textile
code authority prepared to meet here
tomorrow to consider the emergency
created by the Supreme Court’s de
cision.
O. Max Gardner, Washington coun
sel for textile interests, said he
thought the industry, first to adopt
an NRA code, would be the first to
act in the present crisla.
Gardner declined to predict what
course textile mills will follow, Ibut he
stressed that the textile code was
“out," and the future of the industry
apparently was left with individual
mills.
He also declined to comment on the
statement of Francis J. Gorman, vice
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EXCEPT MONDAY.
Senator in Peril
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Senator Carl Hayden
A recall move was begun against
Carl Hayden, Democrat, United
States senator from Arizona, be
cause of his vote to sustain the
veto of President Roosevelt on
the Patman bonus bill.
StateWiir
Likely Sell
Bonds Soon
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High Credit Rating
in New York Makes
Time Opportune for
Fundings.
Dally Utgpctei Battae,
In the S|r Wiilter Hotel,
BY a, C, BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, May 28.—The credit of the
State of North Carolina ranks at the
top among the New York banks and
bankers, with the result that it will
have no trouble in selling new bond
issues at an interest rate of not more
than three per cent, Governor J. C.
B. Ehringhaus and State Treasurer
Charles M. Johnson said on their re
turn from several days in New York
conferring with bankers and bond
buyers.
“While the State does not. have to
sell any bonds immediately, the con
dition of the bond market is so fa.
virable that we win probably sell sev
eral million dollars worth of bonds
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U, SlrnilF
Foreign' Competition Shows
No Sign of Becoming Seri
ious, Schaub Says
College Station, Raleigh, May 28—
Last season United States produc
ed half of the world’s cotton supply,
Dean I. O, Schaub, of State College,
said today in discusing the cotton sit
uation .
In spite of the limitation placed on
acreage by the adjustment program
and the low average yield over most
of the cotton belt, he said, this coun-'
try produced more than three times
as much as India, the second largest'
producer.
China is third and Russia fourth in
the order of cotton production, the
dean continued. China does not grow
enough cotton to meet home require
ments and Russia exports practically
no cotton. Brazil, the sixth largest
cotton growing country, produced one
tenth as much as the United States
last year.
The trend of cotton production in
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SPOKESMEN THINK
INDUSTRY WILL GO
ON UNDER IKE NRA
Chamber of Commerce Head
Tells Business Man This
Is His Hour To Show;
Good Faith
SIBLEY CALLS FOR
KEEPING STANDARD
Make No Immediate Change
in Wage or Hour Sche~
dules, He Advises Mem
bers, Adding He Is Confi
dent This Will Be the Pol
icy of American Business
New York, May 28.—-(AP) In an
appeal for the preservation of wages
and hours established under NRA,
Harper Sibbley, president of the Unit
ed States Chamber of Commerce, to
day urged business men to uphold the
levels of the codes.
“I call upon all employers of labor
who are members of the chamber and
its constitutent organizations!,” Sib-t
bley urged, “to make no immediate
change in wage or hour schedules. I
am confident that this will be’Tthe
policy of American business.”, j.,
Sibbley .spoke from a hurriedly pie
pared manuscript, addressing about
500 pei-sons at a luncheon of the Mer.
chants Association of New York, j.
Dwelling from the beginning on the
three decisions of the CbtfH
yesterday, iSiibley declared; ' l
“This is a tremendously important
moment, and immensely important.
Inevitably they will create {empofkry
uncertainty and worry as to (he )pa
mediate future.” j?
Sibley said he spoke "td" settle,,At
once any question as to the a&tituiie
of the Chamber of Comrpefce. qf : thk
United States.” 1
“This is a moment of great oppor-’
tunity, but also of great rospohslbllTtv
for the_Amerioan business man,”
warned., “This is his
his good Mith.” A;
To Revise
Amendment
Upon AAA
Washington, May 28 (AP)—‘A com
plete re-writing of the AAA amend
ments to conform to the Supreme
Court decision and NRA was decided
upon today by Senate and House lead- 1
ers and Secretary Wallace.
Finding the far-reaching licensing
provisions provided in the act were
affected both by the interstate com
merce principles and the requirement
that standards be set up in delegat
ing authority, the administration lead
es decided to recommit the bill to the
Senate Agriculture Committee,
Those attending the conference in
clude Senator Robinson, majority
leader; Chairman Jones. Democrat,
Texas, of the House Agriculture Com
mitte; Chairman Smith, South Caro
lina, of the Senate Agriculture Com
mittee, Secretary Wallace, Chester
Davis, and Seth Thomas, counsel for
AAA. ■
Industry Os
Carolinas To
Retain Scale
Some Textile and To
bacco Leaders Con
fident NRA Stand
ards To Continue
Charlotte, May* 28.—(AP>—Indica
tions that industries of the two Caro
linas would continue to operate as
though the United Stats* C<_,pi ;me
Court had not invalidated t. i l It A
were widespread today.
Textile leaders, including m.nas
H. Webb, president, of the > .er, .an
Cotton Manufacturers ciai ,n,
and msyiufacturers ir. jcsruviiifc, S.
C., and Gastonia, N. agr. o
that the majority sent. . tb< ir
ind.iicry atYr • f *
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