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HENDERSON gateway TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-SECOND YEAR SENATE’S NRA BILL APPROVED BY ROOSEVELT f / I* * i * * * ********** *********** ItIJJ Hundreds Reported Dead In German Explosions 1 SOME PLACE TOTAL Ml) AT THOUSAND NEAR WITTENBERG But Berl»n Propaganda Min istry Fixes Number At Less than TOO Fa talities ALL OF FACTORY’S WORKSHOPS RAZED Authorities at Plant Answer Inquiries With Statement Thev Are Not Permitted To S»v Anything; One of the Worst Catastrophes in Ger many's History Berlin. Jun° 13 'AP>—Several hun dred persons were reported killed to dav in a blast a* the explosives fac tor a* Rhinesdorm near Wittenberg. Unconfirmed and unofficial esti mates placed the number of dead as high as 1.000, but hte ministry of pro paganda in Berlin said that the toll mould bp |pss than 100. The factory employs 13.000 workers. Alt Hie factory's workshops were de.-tt o\-ed Many houses in the vicinity were demolished and windov.’panes for a ra dius of several miles were smashed. Between noon and 0:40 p. m . antbu lanrrs were carrying the smashed bo dies of dead and dying workmen from (Gnnt.inned on Fee* Firn) Crops Generally Are Verv Good In The Whole State P.ulelgh, June 1.3 (AD—The State Crop Reporting Service said today there were “two distinct creas of crop conditions” in North Caroline on June 1, with good stands of major crops In the cen tra! and Piedmont sections, and poor stands in the east, but added: "Yields are expected to be much shove the usual." Cotton, corn and tobacco were reported in good shapo In the cen tra! Piedmont and poor In the east, while small grain and clov ers were generally good through out the State. MEET TO PLEDGE RAILROAD ASSETS Director# of A. & N. C. Rail road to Back Morehead Fort Development TV.ilv TMsj*nte!i Bnrrat, In the Sir Waiter Hotel. ST C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, June 13.—The orficers and of directors of the Atlantic and - v o rf b Carolina Railway, extending from Morehead City to Goldsboro. will mer-t in Morehead City July 6 to de ed*- whether the railroad will pledge a Portion of its profits as partial se curity for the Moehead City Port Terr urinal loan from the Public Works Administration, according to an an fContlnued on Page Five.) Waleys To Resist Kidnaping Charges Tacorr.a, Wash., June 13. —tAP) — Temporarily escaping Washington s n -'v death-for-kidnapers law, Harmon Waley and his wife, Margaret. { °ught for their freedom today from the h’.ss stringent Federal kidnap act ioi thr> abduction of nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser. *' r, n as they nonchalantly pleaded. '' f guilty,” department authorities T ' ! -ed their search in Montana, and r ennda for William Mahan, bank rotto- 1 ' 1 and former convict, charged as ;l " third member of the snatch gang. Apparently the Waleys, who were ‘l'wn tic re yesterday from Salt La.ko fJl ’y. hoped to beat the charge which Hcttitrrsmt QatUt Sfauatrfi Wilmington Group Os Officials Named In Speakeasy Case Invade* “Sin’* Lair” I ' jjwjj W ■}£. w V 1 iliillliik m Ths Rev. Samuel J. Williams Coming from Hopedale, 0,, to Hollywood to save Clark Gable from sinful film fame, the Rev. •Samuel J. Williams, young pastor, was disappointed but not deterred when told Gable was on Catalina island making a picture. The !’ minister, claiming to have a spe cial message from his flock, said one of the women in his congre gation had seen In a dream the Hollywood movie people as lions, being saved by the prayers of good church people. The Rev. Mr Williams was prepared to urge Gable to take up an evangelistic career. Paralysis Is Reported At Prison Case Suspected At Rocky Mt. Camp; 97 Cases Total Report ed Since May 1 Raleigh, June 13 (AP) —The out break of infantile paralysis In North Carolina, which has seen 98 cases of ficially reported to the State Board of Health since May 1, spread today to the State Prison camp located near Rocky Mount, ' Frank Brannon, 34-year-old Wash ffinnMmmd on Pago Throw! puts the case under Federal jurisdic tion —the allegation they crossed' a State line, taking George to Blan. chard and Spirit Lake, in Idaho, be fore his parents, Mr. ant* Mrs. J. P. Weyerhaeuser brought about his re lease with $200,000. The Waleys entered not guilty to the State kidnap charge and to the charge they conspired with Mahan to use the mails to defraud George’s father of the ransom charge. Their ibail on the conspiracy charge was set at SIOO,OOO each; the exact sum the Weyerhaeusers paid for their boy’s freedom. No bail was a et. on the kidnap charge. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NOFTH CAROLINA AND VISHNIA. LEASED WIRE BERVICBS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. HENDERSON, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 13, 1935 Mayor Blair, Police Chief, Patrolman and Two Oth ers Are Indicted by Grand Jury MAYOR ACCUSED OF THE USE OF LIQUOR Alleged To Have Confiscat ed It and Used Whisky To Influence Elections; Group Said To Have Accented Pay for Protection of the Underworld Wilmington. June 13. —(AP)—Twen- ty-five indictments involving Mayor Walter H. Blair, Chief of Police Joe S. Lane. Patrolman B. D. Hare. Mar shall L. Starkey, business man. and Fred Allen, were returned by a spe cial grand jury in superior court here this morning. The investigation came as a result of charges of A1 Brandon, convicted speakeasy and gambling house opera tor. that money was paid for protec tion by New Hanover's underworld. In the indictments, Mayor Blair is charged with confiscation of whisky ordered destroyed by the court, with the use of whisky to influence elec tions, and with pledging jobs to va rious persons in the event of his elec, tion. He is also accused of misapprop riating gasoline from the city stores for his personal use. < Lane is accused jointly with the (Cnnt.tnued on Paco Two) Cotton Tax Denounced In Charges Fall River, Mass., June 13 (AP) — Frank W. Dunham, chairman of the chamber of Commerce committee on industrial conditions in New England, today charged the answer to New England’s protest that the cotton pro cessing tax had been propaganda and lies, and declared that rumors of li quidation. presaged greater hardships for textile communities of this section. In a statement issued by his com mittee. Durham stated that it was “about time we demanded the truth about this processing tax be told,” and urged continued protest against the tax. Dunham declared employment in lo cal extile mills had fallen off, and that rumors of further liquidation meant more unemployment Lea Appeal May Retard His Pardon High Pressured Pub licity of Hearing Might Delay Prison er’s Freedom. In the Sir Walter Hotel, Daily Dispatch Bareaa, BY J. C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, June 13. The elaborate and long-drawn-out hearing held here on the application for a pardon by Colonel Luke ea, erstwhile Tennessee politician and newspaper publisher, is not likely to do his cause very much good, according to most opinion here, despite the scores of lettersi from prominent persons, urging clemency for him. On the other hand, the let ter from Judge 'MI V. Barnhill, of Rocky Mount, who presided at the trial and who sentenced Lea., in which lie said “I feel compelled to .{Continued on Faga HUEY LONG STYLE M’DONALD, LUMPKIN Would Use Radio Amplifier Automobile and Visit in Every Nook and Corner WOULD CARRY FIGHT THROUGHOUT STATE Believe There Are Enough Anti-Sales Taxers and Friends of Schools in State To Put Candidates in; All They Lack Is Enough Money. Dally Dlsoatcls Bureaa, In the Sir Waiter Hotel, BY J. C. BASKERVILL., Raleigh, June 13.—There will be plenty of color and fireworks in the coming campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor and lieute nant governor if Dr, Ralph W. Mc- Donald, Winston-Salem school teach er, and Wlillie Lee Lumpkin, Louis burg lawyer, get into the contest for the nomination, as many of their friends are confident they will if they can get together the necessary funds with whic hto conduct a campaign. In addition to running on a platform advocating the repeal of the sates tax the return of the government to the people and the levying of taxes which will make the wealthy and the big corporations pay the cost of main taining the State government, they are expected to conduct their cam paign in the “Huey Long manner” if they run, according to reliable re. ports heard here. This means tnat Candidate McDon ald and Lumpkin are planning to use all of the mechanical contraptions which have been used go successfully by Senator Huey P Long, of Louisi- j ana. in his campaigns both in his home State and in other states where he assisted candidates, such as a radio sound truck with a generator and possibly a moving picture ma chine. if they finally decide to become candidates, While these two twin enemies of the sales tax of what they maintain is a corporation-dominated State government, have been en (Continued on Page Two) England, France Seek To Pacify Italy In Africa London, June 13— (AP)—An author* itative source said today that Great Britain and France are consulting with Italy in an attempt to draw up a formula for tne protection of Italy’s “special economic interests” in Ethio pia. It was understood that Italy would like to obtain a protectorate ovei* Ethiopia, but that Great Britain seeks to find some other solution to the problem. rnimm to TALK ABOUT HE Asheville Meeting To Dis cuss Voluntary Rules as NRA Has Gone Asheville, June 13.—(AP)—The re tention of a voluntary code for the in dustry is expected to be one of the main questions before the members of the National Tobacco Warehouse As. sociation when it meets here tomor row for a two-day session. The program for the onvention was announced in Winston-Salem yester day by Frank Davis, of Winston- Salem, president of the association, wh 0 said Senator Bailey, Democrat. North Carolina, had accepted an in vitation to address the group. Officers will (be elected at a final business session Saturday. WEATHER FOB, NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy, probably local thundershowers tonight and Fri day; not much change In tempera, tore CAN SERVE ONLY ONE COMPANY Walter Gifford David Sarnoff Sosthenes Behn In one of the most sweeping or ders of its kind ever issued by a federal regulatory body, leaders of the telegraph and telephone in dustry have been ordered by the Federal Communications commis sion to confine their official con nections to a single company. Above are four of the principals who were refused permission to serve on the boards of subsidiary companies. Th§y are, left to tight, above, Walter Gifford, pres Clipper Plane In Honolulu at Dawn Honolulu, June 13 (AP) —The Pan-American Airways clipper piane arrived at Pearl Harbor, near here, at, 6:26 a, m„ today .11:56 a, m eastern standard time), from Alameda, Cal. The giant seaplane completed the first leg of its pioneering commer cial flight to Midway Islands, in just three minutes under 18 hours, which apparently was the schedule on which she was running. She came out of the east over Diamond Head, flying very fast. The plane shot over Honolulu, circled over the air base at Pear! Harbor, then settled down in the long arm of the channel for a per fect landing, mT Promised Places in New Bu reans, but Politicians Have Also By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, June 13.—With NR As dfsinltegvation (not complete, but down to skeleton proportions), 2,000 to 2.500 of its staff are out of jobs in Washington, alone, to say nothing of its subJorganizations throughout the country. True, administration spokesmen are promising that as many as of them will be absorbed iby other (Continued on Page Three) HUNT WAYNE NEGRO ON ATTACK CHARGE Goldsboro, Jun 6 13- —(AP) — Posses of Wayne and Duplin county citizens this afternoon aid ed officers in pushing a search for a Negro alleged to have at tacked Mrs, Charlie Herring, S 6. as she walked on a country read near Mount Olive. One man was arrested and brought before Mrs, Herring, but she said he was not hpr (isSM'bnf PUBLISHHD B3VBRY AFTBRNOOM BXCBPT SUNDAY* Newcomb Cerlton ident of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., a director in 21 other telephone companies, and David Sarnoff, president and di rector of Radio Corpoi*ation of America communications; below, Sosthenes Behn, chairman of the board of the International Tele phone & Telegraph Co., and New comb Carlton, chairman of ths board of the Western Union Tele graph Co. The executives said they would fight the order China Might Admit Some Os Demands But Japan Is Inform ed Others Must Be Dealt With In Diplo matic Manner Nanking, China, June 13. —(AP) — China’s elder statesmen instructed to day General Ho Ying-Chin, war min ister, to notify Japan in writing that China will accept some of the con ditions imposed by Japan for settle ment of North China problems, but considers others unacceptable. The statesmen comprising Kuomlng tang (government party) Central Po litical Council, who yesterday threw the Sino-Japanese crisis into a flurry of uncertainty when they let it be un (Continued on Paso Two.) Two Durham Residents And New Yorker Lose Lives Oh * Richmond - Washington Road Alexandria, Va,, June 13. —(AP) — Two truck drivers were killed and two passengers injured when a north bound Greyhound bus crashed into a parked North Carolina vegetable truck at Engleside, seven miles south of here in a so gon the Richmond highway early today, The bus, carrying 19 passengers, was en route from Richmond to Wash ington. The dead men were identified as Steve Browdy, a produce merchant of Durham. N, C.. owner of the truck, and Mack Hopson, 25, also of Dur ham. Hopson died instantly n f a frac tured skull and crushed chest. Browdy died several hours later in a hospital he.re, Fairfiax county police arrested J. M. Peregoy, of Laurel, Md., driver of the bus on «. charge of manslaught 15 v 8 pages! TODAY j FIVE CENTS COPY LONG’S FILIBUSTER 8 CRUSHED AND VOTE’ IS HAD AT 6 A. M. Final Vote Is 41 To 13 After All-Night Session and Weary Senators Seek Sleep HOUSE OBJECTS TO ANTI TRUST CHAfSGE One House Leader Charges Senate Democratic Chiefs Backed Out on Agreement With White House; Would Kill NRA Dead, Chairman O’Connor Says Washington, June 13 —(AP)— Ex tension of NRA in a modified form until next Apr!! 1 appeared a cer tainty today when President Roose velt indicated a willingness to accept changes made by the Senate after smashing an all-night filibuster by Senator Long, Democrat. Louisiana. House Democratic leaders to the White House for a conferejk'Pe a few hours after the 'Senate had pass ed the extension measure at a. m. They said Mr. Roosevelt was fill ing to accept an amendment tighten, ing enforcement of a iti-trust laws. The NRA bill wil] be taken up by the House tomorrow. Today it worked on minor measures, while “the .Seriate exhausted after a nightlong •sesfljfcn, took a day off. ■ ' ni Soft coal miners have, been!;;driv ed to strike Monday, and ,il is'Vlja> meet this situation that ML Rooaevfeit asked for the passage of ,tlic Gaffe;, bill, which would create i.'aU,“little NRA” in the bitUthinous coal ilfdfe try. However, little chancy was. s«*tt of heading off the beglhrilttjf, dU Sh e strike. Dowhtbwn the War Department r<H quested the Public W6tks Adtoiittfstpk tlon to spend $17,071,388 on;;3ftl<i.rt«y base construction projects from tfte $4,000,000,000 fund. . . > • V HOUSE LEADER CHARGING WALK OUT IN THE SENATE Washington, June 13 —(AP)—Hav ing crushed a 15 1-2 hour filibuster by Senator Long, Democrat, Louisi ana, the Senate at 8 10 a- m. today (Continued on Pare Three) NRA Bill Provides For This Washington, June 13.—(AP)— The NRA resolution as approved by the Senate would: i Extend a vastly redued NRA until April 1, 1936, Eliminate all compulsory codes. Permit business to make agree ments governing collective bar*- gaining, minimum hours, child la bor, minimum wages and ompeti tive prices which were outlawed by existing statutes He later wa? released)! nder SI,OOO bond for his appearance at a pre liminary heal ing in the county court on Tuesday. ONE MAN KILLED RESULT OF FREDERICKSBURG CRASH Fredericksburg. Va., June 13.—(AP) —A truck.car collision followed by fire killed one man and dam. a $23,000 cargo of rayon silk l£ south of here last night. L Green, Brooklyn 17. Y., salesman, was fatally injured ■-* ten the car be wa sdriving com:. -u ith a northbound van e 4 eu-ttod by the Horton Lines. He rib < : muter aft er the crash a?, M< ;•/ . „£tc.. r pital her John E, A Wbi • 7 ’C:a vda 4
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