HENDERSON
GATEWAY to
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-SECOND YEAR
WOULD AMEND CONSTITUTION TO RESTORE NRA
TACOMA ANXIOUS AS
DEADLINE NEARS FOR
WEYERHAEUSER BOY
Indications Are $200,000
Ransom Will Be Paid Be
fore l ime Expires
Tonight
family away from
TACOMA RESIDENCE
Unprecedented Activity Last
Night and Early Today
gar d e d as Significant;
Harm Threatened to Lad
Unless Money Is Forthcom
ing as Demanded
lacoma. Wash.. 29.—(AP)—
Tacoma pew tense today as the city
interpreted activity around the J P
Weyerhaeuser home as indicating the
family would pay $200,000 ransom for
the return of nine-year-old George
Weyerhaeuser before the deadline to
night
Retiring after midnight, the house
hold from which the curly-haired
lumber heir was snatched last Fri
day. was awake and stirring again by
dawn.
John Philip Weyerh; euser. father
of the lad. was nowhere to be seen
and was believed to be with J. Rod.,
man Pit comb, uncle of the missing
boy. and mentioned as probabel con
tact man for negotiations with the
kidnapers. Pitcomb and a man be
lieved to be Weyerhaeuser left the
lumber wamily’s home last night and
did not return.
Their departure a few hours after
th? family received a registered letter
r «®all®d that the kidnapers said in
the ransom note. "You will be noti
tified where to go when the time
comes.”
Mrs. Weyerhaeuser, grief-stricken
moth o ! of th* ibov. also left the home
for an hour last night in the Pitcomb
automobile She may have gone, .to
Pitccmb’s suburban home at Ameri
can Lake to visit her three other chi!
dren
This unprecedented activity on the*
ev* of th* l »l*»aline set for payment of
the ransom was regarded as signifi
cant If the $200,000 was not paid on
time "harm was threatened to Geor
ge by th *» kidnaper "egoists." ae
-cribed today by Dr. Harry R. Hoff
man, Chicago psychiatrist, as "de
finitely homicidal if trapped."
Wages Cut, Hours
Are Increased at
(ireenville Plant
Greenville. S. C. May 29.—(AP>—
Employers of the Piedmont Shirt Com
panv some 250 in number, met this
horning in protest against a reduc
tion in wages averaging, according to
th® manaement. 25 percent, and a
aginst a* announced increase in
irking time from 36 hours a week
midei the code to 40 and 44
Ihe workers, mostly girls and wo-
T.*n refused to go to work at the
uniai starting time o’clock un
-01 president and general manager.
' could confer with them.
Saltzmai! appeared shortly, discussed
the matter with the employees, agreed
t° consider the matter fully if they
’ v °u!d finish out this week on the new
basis, and about 9 o’clock the plant
operations. It was operating in
full this afternoon.
Red fern, Aviator Missing
Eight Years, Is Reported
Alive In South America
Panama, May 29. —(AP) —An
dazing account, of finding Paul Red.
ftrr i, American aviator who disap-
eight, years ago. living as a
man” in the Jungle of
' !, ch Guinea, was related today by
' m Roche, the informer, a German
'rr' American citizen, who said he
for three months in 1933 with
“edfern who vanished while on a
V ! * ht fl,j m Brunswick. Ga., to Rio
Janeiro
ftoche previously had told his story
James L. Park. United States con
•'Jl here, and Park relayed to the
department, at Washington the
nHI r;j -tor’s offer to lead a rescue ex
pedition to Redfern’s crude hut in an
! dian village far from civilizations
Hoche said Redfern was critically
'•'ijured wheii his plane crashed a
• * , iHENDERSSN, u. 44
HmtiU'rsmt Baily Btsmrtrit
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OP NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. *
Holding Company
Bill I p In Senate
Washington. May 29 (AP)—With
several members protesting, the
Senate voted today to take up the
Wheeler bill to abolish unneces
sary public utility holding come
panies.
It is one of the pieces of legis
lation President Roosevelt wants
passed.
Thinks NRA
To Continue
Over State
But Opinion Is Divid
ed and Labor Com
missioner Is No t
Happy at Outlook
• tally Bartae,
In tae Sir Walter Hotel,
8‘ j C, UASKGRVILL.
Raleigh, May 29.—What effect wil!
the death of the blue cagt© and of the
National Recovery Administration
have in North Carolina? Will it mean
a return of longer hours, decreased
pav and of child labor, such as pre
vailed before NRA came into being,
or will most of the industries and
employers continue to observe the
spirit of tlie National Recovery Act,,
even if the blue eagle and the codes
are legally dead 9
These questions have been frequent
ly asked here ever since the Supreme
Court handed down its decision hold
ing the national recovery act uncon
stitutional. The answers differ wide
ly. some taking the view that the
voiding of the NRA is a. blow both
to the State and the nation, while
others hold that the action of the Su
preme Court in holding the recovery
act invalid is probably a good thing
for business and industry, as well as
for the State and the nation a3 a
whole.
"I am stunned as a result of the
action Iby the United States Supreme
Court in holding the NRA and all it’s
hundreds of codes and act invalid."
Commissioner of Labor A L Fletcher
((iontinund on Page Two)
MRS. W. S. BERNARD
PASSES IN DURHAM
Durham. May 29. —(APl—(Mrs. W.
8. Bernard, wife of Dr W s. Ber
nard. professor of Greek in the Uni
versity of North Carolina, died In
Duke hospital early today after a
brief illness
Mrs. Bernard was State president of
the United Daughters of the Confed
eracy. and became ill a v-«ek ago
while on a tour of Eastern North
Carolina chapters of the orgarfzation.
Funeral services will be !#e!d to
morrow afternoon at Chapel Hill. In
addition to Dr. Bernard, she is sur
vived by a daughter.
gain3t the mountain. Indians who
found the aviator with both legs and
his left arm broken, nursed the flier
back to health, he said.
He declared he encountered Red
fern in the Indian village after hear
ing the Indians talk of the "great
white medicine man."
The American identified himself as
Redfern, Roche asserted, and related
the circumstances of the mishap
which befallen his attempted nonstop
hope to Rio de Janeiro. »
Roche said that when he left the
native village Redfern begged him to
take a message to his father, Dr. Carl
Redfern. of Washington, D. C., and
his wife, Gertrude whose whereabouts
he said he did not know.
“Please tell them I am still alive,"
was the American’s message Roche
j J l . «*. to'#’
LEASED WIRE SERVICE! OF
the associated PRESS.
HENDERSON, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 29, 1935
Frantic Parents Seek Opportunity to Pay Kidnap Ransom
Anxious to pay (be $200,900
ransom for the safe return of
feeir t»yy, tiie family of nine-ycar
TEXTILE HEADS TO
ASK ALL FACTORIES
TO CONTINUE CODE
.* ~ r
Resolution To Be Adopted
By Cotton Industry Cbm
mittee in Washing
ton Late Today
TO DECIDE EXTENT
REQUEST WILL GO
Grim Attempt Under Way
To Salvage As Much As
Possible From Wreckage
of NRA Code; Original
Code Drafters Included in
Washington Conference
Washington. May 29.—(AP)— The
Cotton Textile Industry Committee
was expected to adopt a resolution
today calling upon all manufacturers
to maintain present minimum wages
and maximum hours.
iMemibers of the committee said at
the noon recess of its all-day meet
ing that details of the resolution de
pended only on the decision of the
gathering as to the extent to which
it might properly go
A grim attempt to salvage as much
as possible from the wreckage of their
NRA code was begun today by lead
ers of the cotton textile industry.
Meeting here for a thorough study
of the situation, the cotton textile in
(Continued on Page Twn.)
Rob Rank In
Virginia Os
About S3OOO
Two Unmasked Men
Hold Up Two Wo
rn e n Officers Os
Fork Union Bank
Pork Union. Va.. May 29.
Two unmasked gunmen today robbed
the Fluvanna county Bank at Fort
Union and escaped with about $3,000
in ca^h.
The two bandits, with a machine
gun and a pistol, held up the cashier
and assistant cashier, collected cash
and currency from the counter, rifled
the vault and escaped in a small
coupe.
Mrs Bernice Thomas, the cashier,
'Continued sa Pag® 2Tgii?£
old George Philip Weyerhaeuser
of Taronuu Wash . sought some
means of contacting the kidnap
Six Feared Dead In Ruins'
After New York Explosion l
New York, May 29—(AP) —Six per
sons were believed buried in the
wreckage of a three-story building in
a terrific blast, at 21st street and First,
avenue today. Police estimated that at
least ten mote persons were injured.
The explosion ' tore out’the entire
side of the building and it burst into
flames shortly afterwards. Two. fire
alarms were sounded.
WINECAN BESBLD
Attorney General‘3 Ruling
Has Not Settled Issue for
the State
Daliy Diipatck Sartae,
!a the Sir Walter Hotel.
J, £!. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh. May 29. —Wine made either
in North Carolina from grapes, fruit
or berries gorwn in North Carolina
or made in other states, can be sold
in the State, despite the uling just
handed down by Attorney Genera! A
A. F. Seawel! in which he fp*t inter
preted the new law literally and then
raised a question as to whether the
legislature had a constitutional right
to pass a law to permit the sale of
one kind of wines and to prohibit an
other. merely if they were made in
another state, according to opinion in
high State circles here today. In spite
of the wording of the law and the
opinion of the attorney genera!, it is
pointed* out that;
1. There is no person or department
with any authority to determine
whether or not wine sold is made in
North Carolina or in other states.
2. There is no penalty for the sale
of wine made in other states, even
though the present law says it must
be made in North Carolina from
North Carolina grapes, fruits or ber
ries.
3. There is no appropriation for the
enforcement of the present law, so
that it will be up to the local law en
forcement officers to determine if the
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PREMIER’S FINANCE
PLAN TURNED DOWN
Paris, May 29 (AP)— The finance
committee of the Chamber of
Deputies turned against Premier
Pierre Etienne-Flandin today in
his demand for dictatorial finan
cial powers over France and voted
against his bilk 25 to 15.
“weather
FOR. NORTH CAROLINA-
Cloudy, probably showers in
| west and north portions tonight;
Thursday Shnwprs and Cooler,
ers. Photos above show the vic
tim, his parents, Mr, and Mrs.
John P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., their
Broken glass showered the vicinity .
Ten ambulances from hospitals in the
section were rushed to the scene, as
were four police emergency squads
and a fire rescue squad,
Four persons were taken from the
debris and placed in an ambulance
for Bellevue hospital, five blocks
away
The cause of the. blast was not im
Far Heel Tennis
Star Eliminated
Paris, May 29.—(AP)—WUsner
Hines, former captain of the Uni
versity of North Carolina’s tennis
team, was eliminated from the
French hard court championship
today by Marce! Bernard, France’s
rising vpimg Davis cup player. 3-6,
8-6. 6-3, 6-4.
Helen Jacobs, United States
champion, entered the quarter fi
nals of the meet today, outclass-,
ing her Italian opponent 6-2, 6-th
Mea ls Tax
Effective
Saturday
Bally Dispatch Sateac,
!b the Sir Walter Hotel.
UT J. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, (May 29.—The three per
cent sales tax on meals in restaurants
hotel dining rooms, cases, tourist
homes and even in boarding houses
that advertise for transients, goes in
to effect Saturday morning. June 1,
and will have to be paid on break
fast checks of htat day, Commission
er of Revenue A J Maxwell, pointed
out today.
This means that those who have
been paying 50 cents for breakfast or
lunch, will pay 52 cent 3 for these
meals Saturday and every day there
after, If the check amounts to as
much as sl, the total cost to the pa/-
tron will be $1.03
While the section of the law which
imposes the three per cent sales tax
on meals specifies that the tax must
be passed on to the customer, it does
not make it mandatory for the tax
to be shown as a separate item, Com
missioner Maxwell explained, so that
restaurant and case proprietors, if
they so desire, may fix a price of 48
cents on a breakfast, luncheon or din
ner and then charge their patrons a
total of 50 cents, which price will in.
elude the tax. But indications are
that most of the restaurant operators
have decided to pass the tax on to
their patrons as a separate item, al
/finMtlnnol «»>
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
home and the school George at
tended, which he had just, left
when he was abducted.
mediately determined The explosion
was at first reported to have been
caused by gas.
When police of the East 22nd street
station reached the scene, they found
two men bleeding on the sidewalk in
front of the brick building. One of
the victims told the authorities they
believed at least six persons were
buried in the ruins.
LAWRENCE WARNS
STATE’SINDUSTRY
Labor Head Sees Strife from
Mountains to Sea If
Codes Abandoned
Winston-Salem, May 29 (AP) —Roy
Lawrence, president of the North
Carolina Federation of Labor, pre
dicted industrial strife “from the
mountains to the sea "if North Caro
lina industrialists returned to pre
code methods
A statement issued by Lawrence
here today said
"Employers announcing they will ad
here to codes are to be commended.
Chiselers should be penalized by with
drawal of support of all patriotic cit
izens. Widespread wage cuts and in
creased nours will paralyze business
recovery and result in a chaotic con
dition, If this happens. North Caro
lina may expect to see organized strik
es from the mountains to the sea.”
Steel Strike May
Spread Throughout
All Eastern Ohio
Canton, Ohio, May 29 (AP)—The
strike here at the Berger Manufactur
■ing Company, which has brought forth
a violent mixture of bricks, tear gas
and shotgun slugs, threatened to spred
through all of Republic Steel Corpor
ation’s Eastern Ohio steel plants to
day.
Three persons were temporarily
blinded by tear gas, another received
scalp lacerations, and a fifth was
burned about the face by the explo
sion of a tear gas bomb last night in
an outburst
The gas bombs were thrown from
a truck which came out of the Ber
ger yards, broke through the picket
lines, and, under a bombardment of
bricks, finally entered the gates of
the United Alloy Company, a Repub
lie subsidiary. A woman and two
other persons were shot yesterday and
a score of persons were injured Mon
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Right To Regulate, Regard
less of State Lines, Is
Sought as Result of t
Court Ruling
PRONOUNCEMENT BY
ROOSEVELT WAITED
Constitutional Change Stu
died as Long=Range Pro
gram, But Voluntary Cdde
System for Present Is Like
ly; Bituminous Coal Strike
' Is On Horizon
New York, May 29 (A F)—Hugh
S. Johnson, the first administrator
of NRA, returned today to the
circle of presidential advisors and
went to work drafting a plan to
continue regulation of industry un
der codes of fair practices.
Johson, The Associated Press
learned, was invited to the White
House today to talk over the situ
ation caused by the ruling of the)
Supreme Court
Washington, May 29.—'AP)—An'at
tempt to pass a. constitutional Amend
ment endowing the Federal goven
ment with power to regulate,la£6r
conditions in industry, regardless "of
State lines, was seriously cousidetyed
today in high New Deal circles as a
result of the Supreme Court
smashing NRA.
This proposal was studied ,a§ a long
range program, with indications point
ing to an effort to set up a voluntary
code structure to replace the wreck
age of NRA temporarily.J ,
Groping for a, path amid $ tkngU
of toppled plans and new suggestions
the New Deal advisors were qe'Hev’ejL
(OnntimiMl on Pnn*'
Labor Sees "
New NRA *
As Coming
Washington, May 29—-(AP) —A new
NRA rising out of the ashes of th©
old was predicted today by American
Federation of Labor chieftians.
Already the federation’s executive
council is considering presenting to
President. Roosevelt, an NRA bill
drafted by Charleton Ogburn, aone of
A. F, of L.’s general counsel.
The bill would be based on th©
court’s equity powers. Other details
are not disclosed, although it is un
derstood the NRA it proposes would
be similar in 'Some respects to the
old one.
Meantime, the federation plans to
ask Congress for enactment of the
Wtegner labor dispnutes bill and th©
Connery 30-hour week measure.
Federation chief regard the Wagner
bill as especially important just now
because the old recovery act’s col
lective bargaining guartee appeared
to have been rendered impotent by
the Supreme Court’s decision.
U. Se Expert
Will Study
Paralysis
Federal Health Ser
vice Called to State
as Five New Cases
Are Reported
Raleigh. May 29.—(API —A n five
new cases of infantile paraysis, two
of them in Wake county, were r«-
ported in the State today, L»r J. C.
Knox, State epidemioologist, ain rxio
ed that the United State.. Public
Health Service would senct a repre
sentative to investigate the current
oubreak of he disease in Ea&> Ss‘ rtn
Carolina.
The representative. I r Jr. .41-
liam, of Washington, ; i win* le
gist with the Public _ rw
probably will arrive A > Tirurs
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