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hknperson gateway to central CAROLINA twenty-second year Weyerhaeuser Child Is Released Fear 2soDead In Floods And Tornadoes In Far West frightful toll of HUMAN LIVES GIVEN BY RED CROSS MAN [yijtnv Isolated Sections De populated and No Bodies Have Been Found Anywhere SMALL CITIES ARE HURT IN NEBRASKA 'l.\ Bodies Counted by Ob serve* in Streets of St. Francis, Kans.; Four Chil dren Perish When Cloud burst Strikes Section Os Tuesday Friday Afternoon McCook. Neo.. June 1. —<AP> —A major pari of .south central Nebras k4 lay devastated iby flood and tor mi do today with one Red Cross work ei estimating the dead at 250. The known dead totalled six, but the stricken regions were isolated and it was impossible to obtain accurate information. Dr. .1 M. Willis, of IMcCook, after nding injured and receiving reports throughout the night, said he believed L’N) Mad perished in the twin disaster in tii*' i aging overflow of tlie Republic river, and a tornado wplch twisted through this city of 4,500 and Red Willow county late yesterday. Two tons. Parks and Max, with a total population of 150, were wiped out, but no bodies were recovered, and the extent of the fatalities was not known. TI N REPORTED M—SSING IN CHEYENNE COUNTY, KANSAS tioodniau. Kans., June 1. —(AP)— T»n persons were reported missing today iti Cheyenne county as the flood waters of the Repubtic river subsided. M BODIES IN STREETS OF ST. FRANCIS, KANSAS Denver, June I. (AP) —C. J. OBrien. of Kansas City, telephoned to Denver today that he counted 23 odies in the streets of St. Francis, Kan?., today after a flood from the Republic rivet struck there. HUR CHILDREN drowned IN CLOUDBURST IN TEXAS PHanis, Texas. June I.—(AP)—At least foui children were drowned nhen a ‘doudburst struck this sec tion yesterday, rescue workers learned today after arriving in this small farming community, isolated for many hours by flood waters. - President Is W ai ting View Over Nation Constitutional Fight Might Rend Coun try from One End to I lie Other ” Islington. June I.—(AP) High y.U'-'os close t 0 white House in di. ;fe<i plainly today that President Roosei-eit is likely to reject all plans ’or ,top-gap NRA legislaition for th* t're.spnt and await the country’s reac , f ' n to tlie question which he posed the most momentous peace-time is s, * p ftv er to confront the nation. opposing forces already were lin- n "'b up on the issue, which the Pre- S!H -'uit raised in a formal call to the ’' 'intry to decide whether the Fed r‘,;'l government shall deal with ma. Uj ) economic and social problems, or 'tu'thei they shall be relegated to the O -dates ( 'ashing comment followed the Pre sent's pronouncement in his extra ordinary press conference. His hint ’ ! ‘ii effort to revise the Constitu ‘K,h. fir a result of the Supreme Court derision smashing NRA, aroused op position among Republican critics of sh» New Deal, and some Democrats. "•Mile otheis supported him. I here were indications that the is- Uft . if pressed to the ultimate con 'fusion would mean an historical bat . ACmitUiuCtu oa Paga Ttrcc) _ oV - aa^ itotutersmt Butin Histratrir Hi* Life Is Spared Walter McCiea In his cell in Kansas City, Mo. Walter McGee smiles as he re •ceives news his sentence to hans has been commuted to life im prisonment by Gov, Guy B. Park. McGee’s life was spared following a plea to the governor by Mary McElroy, victim of the kidnaping of which McGee was convicted. Deaths And Destruction F rom F lood I ornadoes Also Add to Fatalities an d Miserv in Four Far W estern States (By the Associated Press) Death and destruction lay today in the wake of devastating floods which rode down the plains and streams in (Colorado.!. Wyoming. Nebraska and Kansas. Denver— zA wireless message to the American Red Cross here said 16 per sons were killed in a tornado that struck McCook. Neb., at about the time the city was hit by flood waters yesterday Miller, Neb.—A child was killed, her mother suffered probable fatal in juries and several farm homes and buildings were demolished by a tor nado which struck the Miller district in the south central part of the state late last night. Verdigre. Neb.. —Twenty-five fami lies were driven from their homes and all Verdigre business houses were flooded early today when Verdigris creek went out of its banks after a cloudburst southwest of here. The damage could not be estimated im mediately. [Lincoln, Neb.—Acting Governor W. H. Jurgensen today authorized Ad jutant. General H. J. Paul, of the Nebraska National Guard, to use Na tional Guard troops for the relief of Nebraska’s flood areas. Paul order ed out an ambulance company of Guardsmen from Holdredne, and start ed for Alma, _ _ . DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN TFUS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. WIRE SERVICE OF rH ® ASSOCIATED PRESS. HENDERSON, N. C. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 1, 1935 "First Lady” Coming ~ : V . ' . \ ■ ill a -I Formal welcome and White House visit is in store for Mme. Albert Leßrun (above), wife of the Presi dent of France, who is enroute to v ew York on maiden voyage of S. S. Normandie. (Central Press) SIS Few Smaller Employees Have Made Slight Wage Cuts and Increases in Workiiug Hours MERCHANTS FOLLOW CODE REGULATIONS Governor Thinks Benefits Accruing Have Deiti|on« strated Their Value Suffi ciently to Commend Them; Few Will Turn Back, La bor Commissioner Feels Dsii'y Dispatch In the Si- Walter Hotel BY j, C. BASKEItVILL. Raleigh, June I.—A majority of North Carolina manufacturers, mer chants and employers are continuing to observe the wage and hour pro visions of the old NRA code, even if these codes are no longer legally binding, a survey made here today in dicates. A few smaller employers are reported as shaving made a slight in crease in hours or a cut in wages here and there. But for the most part, the employers are standing solidly to gether in maintaining the schedules of hours and wages as set up in the NRA codes, despite the fact that they are no longer legally binding There are no factories or textile mills here in Raleigh, Bot the mer chants are standing together against any reduction in wages or increase in hours, according to John Swain, secretary of the Raleigh Merchants Association, “Even before the NRA was declar (Continued on Page Eight) FORDMIP HELD POSSIBILITY Most People Took It As Joke 20 Years A go, but Some Others Hoped By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington; June I. Madame Rosika Schwimmer, installed in New York Hotel' Biltmore, organizing the Ford peace expedition, 20 years ago, “come” next November, quickly ran into certain difficulties. The press, virtually without excep tion, gave the plan the ‘‘ha-ha/’ That didn't so much matter. Many a newspaperman, regardless of his superiors’ attitude, was at least tentatively friendly to the expedition. I was. I wished it well, from the outset, and thought it had possibili ties. And my managing editor jßill (Continued ei_ Paso SSljrhc.J, _ fSdoniobe GRANTED LUKE LEA New Documentary Evidence Showing Prisoner Inno cent Is Set Forth In Petition ALL JURORS WHO SAT IN CASE SIGN PLEA No Reference Made To Judge Barnhill, Who Tried Case, Nor To Prosecutors; Lea Has Served 13 Months In Asheville Bank Failure; Son Paroled In 1934 Raleigh, June I.—(AP)—A formal application for a pardon for Luke Lea, for United States Senator from Ten nessee, who is serving a term in the North Carolina State Prison for bank law violations, was filed today with Governor Ehringhaus. The petition was placedi in the bands of Edwin M. Gill, parole com missioner. though it was addressed to the governor. Gill said he planned to hold a pub lic hearing in the matter within ten to 15 days. He will then lay his re commendations before the governor. Lea bases his pardon request on allegedly new documentary evidence which his counsel. J. M. Broughton, of Raleigh, contends proves the for mer Tennessee newspaper publisher and financial wizard is Innocent of the charges on- which he was con victed. “conspiracy to wreck the Cen tral Bank and Trust Company of Asheville." Lea is serving six to ten years, and has been in prison 13 months. ” ’ A petition asking Lea’s release, which is signed by each of the 12 jurors who convicted him, was in cluded in the application. The petition contains no reference to the attitude of Judge M. V. Barn hill. who tried Lea. or to the attitude of the prosecutors. Their recommen dations. as in all clemency matters, will be asked Iby Gill, and will be given in writing. Lea was convicted in July, 1931, along with his son, Luke. Jr., and Wallace B. Davis former president of the Central Bank. J-iea. Jr., was parol ed a year ago. due to his physical candition, and Davis was given a pa role sometime ago Revenue Os State 14 A Percent Up Dally UUiistcli Eoteae, la the Sir Walter Hotel. 5* J, C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, June I.—Collections of State revenue continue to show a sub stantial increase over last year, the collections for the first eleven months of this fiscal year amounting to $22,- 652,276 as compared with $19,788,412 for the corresponding eleven months of the previous fiscal year, a gain of 14.47 per cent, according to the sttaement of collections Issued today by Commissioner of Revenue A. J Maxwell. These figures include collection for the month of May, which amoimted to $1,170,842, as compared with col lections of $1,101,536 for May 1934 a gain of $69,306, or of 6.29 per cent. Os this total, the three per cent sales tax yielded the largest amount, or $640,. 650. The income tax yielded the next largest amount, or $313,047. The in heritance tax brought in $22,609; the privilege or License B taxes $110,757; the franchise tax $24,790; the beer tax $57,100 and other miscellaneous taxes yielded $1,886. The detailed statement of collec tions for the first 11 months of the fiscal year ending May 31, 1935, shows that the sales tax has already yielded the largest amount of revenue of all the various state taxes, or a total of (Continued on Page Three). WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight, Sunday partly cloudy, possibly followed by local showers in the mountains in aft ernoon or night; not much change In temperature Kidnaped Boy and Liberator llllli&ili Hf w'lMßuriTiii Mlllllkkv.«■>,-•. -|~ R. TiteomF GEORGE WEYERHAEUSER Little nine year-old George Weyerhauser, scion of wealthy lumber fam ily of 1 acoina. Wash,, was released unharmed at dawn today near that city by the kidnapers who had held him captive eight days, and who col lected $200,000 ransom for the boy’s freedom, which was paid by his uncle, F. Rodman Pitcomb High Point Man Hires Son To “Crucify Him ” To Induce Wife To Come Back To Him High Point. June $ (AP)—J, R, Riggs, middle-aged filling station operator, was crucified here this morning. Passersb.v found Riggs nailed to a rough board cross about 200 feet to tlie rear of his filling station on Highway 10-A this morning at 4:50 o’clock. T ten-penny coated nail had been driven through each hand and one through each heel. P. A. Walls, passing by the scene saw Riggs and called the ambu lance. Others arrived on the scene and helped take the nails out of the man’s hands and feet. When police asked Riggs who he was he is quoted as having said, “I’m Jesus Christ.” Later he told police that three men had come by his filling sta tion early this morning, had taken Currency Depreciation and Low Living Standards Tel! Whole Story By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer New York. June I.—An explanation why Japan’s foreign trade is increas ing is given iby the Alexander Hamil ton institute of New York In these words: “The recent increased exports of cotton textiles from Japan to the United States has again brought into the limelight of discussion Japan’s competitive power in intrenational trade, and has raised the question as to how Japan has been able to In crease its exports in spite of high tariffs and the depression. The fact to 2,282,000.000 yen as compared with that Japan's exports in 1934 amounted 1,917.200.000 in i 933 and 1,431.000000 in 1932 shows the extent of the Japanese export trade expansion. i “The reason for Japan’s ability to compete in the international markets may be briefly summarized as fol lows: (1) The depreciation of the cur rency and (2) the low standard of living. The Japanese currency has de preciated in terms of the gold franc by 66.3 per cent and in terms of the dollar by 66.2 per cent. “Although the decline in the exter nal value of the yen has forced Japan to pay higher prices for rtmported com modities this has not materially af fected the general price and wage levels of the country. “Since the cost of labor in Japan has not increased to any extent, the depreciation of the yen has enabled Japanese manufacturers to export their commodities in spite of the high tariffs prevailing in a number of coun tries. Although exports from Japan have shown a material increase, im ports have risen still more sharply and the excess of imports over ex {fh"dnn«<t gn Phpj TIirSSJ PDBLISHHD EVHR\ AFTERNOON HXCBPT SUNDAY. him from bed. wrapped a sheet around him and walked him to the spot where they nailed him to the cross. He is a patient in a local hos pital hjii condition is not thought to be serious, RIGGS IS DESCRIBED AS BEING RELIGIOUS FANATIC High Point. June 1 (AP)—J. R Riggs. 36-year-old filling station ope rator, found nailed to a crosb near here early today, confesbe this after noon, Solicitor Jackson A, Johnson said, that he arranged for a 15-year old boy to “crucify” h.nv in an effort to get his estranged wife to return to him. The boy, Solicitor Johnson said, was (Continue*! on Page Three! SOFT COAL STRIKE SEIM 16 Official Instructions Affect 450,000 Men, Unless Wages Are Given •Washington, June I.—(AP)—Offi cial instrutions to approximately 450,- 000 soft oal miners to strike on June 16, unless new wage contracts are signed in the meantime, were issued today by the United Mine Workers of Ameria The strike plans, drafted as a re sult of the ollapse of the Appala chian coal wage conferene. were sent to between 5,000 and 6,000 union lo cfels in all the coal producing states. TO ALLOT TEACHERS FOR THE NEXT YEAR School Commission to l ake Action Within Next Few Weeks ofn That Daily Dispatch Beitse, In the SI- Walter Hotel. BY J. C. BASKKRVILL. Raleigh, June I.—The first task a head of the State School Commission, which held its first meeting here Fri day since the reappointment of its members by Governor J. C. B. Eh. ringhaus, is the allotment of teachers for the coming school year, Leßoy Martin, exeutive secretary - of the com mission, saicT today. The commission took no definite action Friday with regard to any of the various mat ters it will have to deal with, but did make preliminary plans for the al lotment of teachers. All of the various city and county 'Continued 511 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY RICH LAD Dumped Into County Road By Abductors at Dawn . I and Brought to Town By Farmer CHILD NOT HARMED i BY HIS EXPERIENCE • ■ Y Kept In House Th r e--e Nights and Four Days and Was Allowed To Read the Newspaper Accounts of Search for Him; Kept In Trunk While Traveling Tacoma, Wash., June I.—(AP) Little George Weyerhaeuser was freed early today after nearly eight days captivity by his kid napers, believed to be the notor ious Alvin Karpis gang who got $200,000 ransom as the price of the boyfs freedom. Tacoma, Wash,, June I.—(AP)—Lit tle George Weyerhaeuser was releas ed safely by his kidnapers early .to day after he said $200,000 ransom had been paid by his uncle, F. Rodman Pitcomlb. The child was found by a farmer, George Bonface on his place about four miles from Isaquah, 25 miles northeast of here, and returned to his anxious parents after being in the hands of kidnapers eight days. ' The little boy was released about! dawn near Isaquah, and said the m«n! t who seized him called each other “Alvin, Harry and Bill.*’ First reports of the release were tlepehoned to police ‘ here by a man who said he found the boy and was bringing hirff- iri. Boniface reported the boy id his home albout 4 a rii., unharmed and Cheerful He dried his"dothihH and started for Tacoma after' day- ' l ‘ Bht * • L „ . At Renton, Bonif&c’e Bf. gasoline station and attempted to telephone the Weyerhaeuser henie. Failing after ten minute to rouse the household, he called Tacoma police. The Boniface started for Tacoma in his decrepit automobile Outside the city limits he was met by John H Dreher, Seattle newspaper man, in a taxicab Dreher gave Boniface back a pair of shoes the farmer had loaned the boy and brought the child to the Weyerhaeuser home in his taxi. The farmer said he needed the shoes for his daughter, so George made the rest of his trip in his stocking feet. “Did they hurt you, George?” Dre her asked the boy. “No, they didn’t hurt, because they all kept saying, 'He’s too valuable to hurt’,” the Iboy replied. “They told me once we were in. (Continued on Pare Three) Karpis Gang Looked Upon AsKidnapers Karpis Is U. S. Public Enemy No. 1 and Wanted for Long List of Crimes Chicago, June 1 (AF) —“That fellow Karpis”, as nine year old George Weyerhaeuser described one of this kidnapers, has been the country’s hot test’ criminal for fourteen months —• ever since it was announced in March 1934, that he was wanted as one of the men who staged another $200,000 abduction, that of Edward G. Bremer. Unofficially dubbed “Public Enemy No. 1’ at the death of the late George “Baby Face” Nelson Alvin Karpis has evaded death or capture longer than any other holder of that title, usually a ticket to oblivion, Under nine names Karpis is wanted for crimes ranging from burglar > it* murder. Only 26 years oid, the rtoni haired Chicagoan is the lftal or >* IlO“ torious coterie of Middle V . a ut a dits wno included HaiVej Bad y, Frank Nash. Verne Miller, and Karpis'* Jid c.uh,i
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