HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-SECOND YEAR RECORDS DESTROYED IN UTILITY LOBBY Emperor Os Ethiopia Calls His Warriors To Battle Italy RULER CALLS UPON SUBSECIS IO HAVE NO FEAR OF DEATH Better To Die Free Than To Live Without Liberty, ‘King of Kings” Declares CHILD MUTILATION ALLEGED BY ITALY Mussohni’s Propaganda Bu reau Arouses Widespread Indignation of People; Italy Confident of Her Own Preparedness and Justice of Her Cause Ababa. Ethiopia. July 18. — ;A pi_.Emperoi Haile Selassie today railed on all Ethiopians to follow him , n t o battle, decarling it was better t 0 die free than to live without liberty The "kina- of kings and lion of Judah ' addressed both his parliament and his soldiers. Ir. mpassioned tones, be said the military preparations by Italy, now |o in * forward, proved the intentions „« that country to conquer Ethiopia. He .'died on all his subjects to unit* ar.d noperate for the defense of the coi'ntrv. saying, he would lead the troops into war. He appealed to all not to fear death. Our ancestors,” he shouted, “pre served their independence by sacrific ing their lives. Follow their ex amples.” "God will be our fortress and shield, and the modern armaments of ag gressors cannot deter our duty, which is sacred for Ethiopian indepen dence.” Reviewing Ethiopia’s last relations with Italy and the events from the skirmishes at Ualual last December until now, the emperor described (Continued on Page Two) Physician Backed Up By Convict Charlotte. July 18.—(AP) —“Dad” Griffin, white trusty, today corro borated Dr. C. S. McLaughlin’s testi mony that he visited Woodrow Shrop shire and Robert Barnes daily after they developed a gangrenous con dition which necessitated amputation cf their feet while held at a State Prison camp in this county. The physician is on trial with Cap tain Henry C. Little, 69_year-old for mer camp head, and R. C. Rape, a former guard, for assault with a dead ly tveapon and neglect of duty. Griffin testified he nursed the two short-term prisoners and saw Dr. Mc- Laughlin visit them each day from the time the condition developed until they were removed to a hospital The State contends Shropshire’s and Barnes’ feet froze last winter while they were in punishment cells for camp rule infractions and the former camp officials are accused of neg ating to furnish heat for the cells, \eggs Shoot A Policeman In Greenville T ake Negro’s Car and Escape After Failing To Blow Open Two Safes Greenville, N. C., July 18.—(AP)— '-ree unidentified white men tried Unsuccessfully to rob two business mouses here early this morning, shot and wounded Policeman John Mobley, st°’.e the automobile of a Negro they Lad to a tree beside the Farmville -•kbway, and were being sought to. by officers of Eastern North Car din a. rile yeggs cut their way into a wholesale house on Railroad street (Continued on Page Two! Hyttiiyrs mt tlatly Hlapatirh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. * sbrticid of THE! ABSOCIATBD PRB3BS. Industry Os State Keeping Code Requirements Intact Raleigh, July 18. —(AP) —The Bul letin, official publication of the North Carolina Department of Labor, said today in its foreword that “not one mill has been reported as having in. creased the hours of the daily sche dule” in commenting on the fact that more than a month had passed since NRA codes were inavlidated. “It is evident, judging from the operating hours of our mills during the month of June that the State’s - ■ i CLYDE HOEUK^ At Proper Time He Will Make His Position Clear On All Issues Dally Dispatch Barca*, la the SI- Walter Hotel, BY J. C, BASKERVILL. Raleigh, July 18.—Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, is more than satisfied with the progress he is making in his cam paign for the Democratic nomination for governor, he indicated here while passing through tpe city en route to a speaking engagement in the eastern part of the State. While he declined to be quoted directly, Mr. Hoey in dicated that he was finding more and more interest campaign, espe cially as the intense interest and ex cessive talk concerning liquor control and prohibition was beginning to sub side following the holding of the va. rious county liquor elections- Mr. Hoey indicated that he has not been attempting to dodge the liquor question in any way, and that when the proper time comes he will have a very definite and plain statement to make with regard to it. so tuat every person in North Carolina will know exactly how he stands and what position is with regard to it. He also indicated that he wid likewise state his position very clearly with regard to the sales tax and all other contro versial subjects, but that the proper time had not arrived for a d iscussion of these matters. He pointed out that it is almost a year yet before the pri mary in June, 1936, and that tnere «s hence plenty of time for a detailed discussion of these and otner State problems before the primary. That Mr. Hoey is acting wisely in Hofprrine any definite statement with regard to the liquor problem the sales til [r any of the man;/ other mat tes pertaining to the State govern ment until a later date in the cam (Continued on Page Five.) Duce Seeks to End Reign of "Lion” With Rain of Bombs Bombs for Emperor Haile Selassie and snubs for any nations attempting to interfere with his announced intention of subjugating Ethiopia, is policy dictated for Italy by Premier Mussolini, who ordered 300 great HENDERSON, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 18, 1934 employers are endeavoring to pre serve this fundamental code provision —the shorter working hours for their employees,” the foreword said. “While there have been rumors that a few mills have departed t 0 some extent from the observance of code stand ards and are operating on lengthened hourly schedules, the inspection rec ords of the department show that the eight hour schedule is being main tain ed. t The bulletin also reported that in dustrial employment in the State de Gangster In Chicago Slain By Enemy Gun Chicago, July 18 (AP) —Louie (Two Gun) Alterie, “big time” Chicago gangster who survived some of the city’s bloodiest bootlegging wars, was shot down today as he left his hotel, and died an hour later. A blast of shotgun fire dropped Al terie so seriously wounded that he barely survived the ambulance ride to Lakeview hospital. But the gangster’s assassin missed Alterie’s woman com panion, identified by police as his wife. Captain Daniel Gilbert, chief of the State’s attorney’s police, blamed the killing on labor trouble. Once the partner of Dion O’Branion, pioneer Chicago bootlegger, Alterie had lately been an official of a janitors’ union, Gilbert said. Potential Revolt Appears Brewing In Mexican State Mexico City, July 18 (AP)—Hun dreds of liberals and students ad vanced on the southeastern state of Tabasco today determined to carry on their campaign to end the dictatorial rules there of Thomas Garrido Canabal. Garrido himself was reported en route to Guadalajara to confer with President Lazaro Cardenas. The apparent imminence of se | rious developments in Tabasco dis tracted public attention from an announcement by President Card enas of the projected formation of a peasant army reserve, with a potential strength of 900,000 men. bombing planes from this armada assembled at Rome to North Africa to deal with obstinate “Lion of Judah and Elect of God.” Mussolini is seen viewing some of the damage done by bombers in maneuvers. • (Central Press) creased 2.8 percent during the past six months, with the finding being based on June inspections of identical es tablishments inspected six months ago. The deceraes in textile mills, in. eluding hosiery mills, was 5.1 percent and in the tobacco industry was 158 percent, “attributed entirely to sea sonal work.” Outside of the textile and tobacco industries, others “show a decided in crease of employment,” but the major industries employ the majority of the persons reported. AUSTRALIAISQUT^ Slashing of Interest and Wage Scales Is Formula Used There By( CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, July 18.—“ Australia is out of its depression (it was a far worse depression than afflicts this country) and now is fairly and in creasingly prosperous again ” The speaker was Arthur H. O’Con nor, the island.continent’s chief travel agent in America, recently a Wash ington visitor in connection with Aus tralian Premier Joseph A. Lyons’ trip across the United States. Well, for heaven s sake, how did the antopodeans succeed in breaking the back of hard times? Is it a trick that can be initated? FIRST TO FEEL SLUMP “W'e did it,” answered Uncle Sam’s Australian guest, “by recognizing and accepting our inevitable losses, by dis continuing a hopeless attempt to bol ster our economics up we admitted the impossibility of creating an ar tificial, as against a real prosperity. “How did we do it? “Well, for one item, the govern ment appealed to domestic holders of government securities to agree to a cut in interest rates, and 97 per cent of them agreed to a cut from six to 4.5 per cent. “Interest on private debts was si milarly reduced.” But how was this done? It wouldn’t be constitutional in America. “Our constitution,” answered the (Continued on Page Eight) >vin nut FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy tonight and Fri i day; probably light local showers in southwest portion. SoSEon Forsyth Legislator Says Board Is Right About Teachers Salaries MONEY INSUFFICIENT Recalls He Warned House About It, Blit Bryant, of Durham, Who Is Railing at Commission, Said It Was In the Sir Walter Hotel, Dally Dispatch Bureau, AT J. C. HASKGIRVILL, Raleigh, July 18.—The 1935 General Assembly is responsible for not hav ing appropriated enough money to give all the school teachers a 20 per cent increase in salaries and the va rious experience increments and in creases due to better certificates, and not the State School Commission, Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, representative from Forsyth county, who led the fight for an appropriation of at least $22,000,000 a year for the schools, told this bureau today by long distance from his home in Winston-Salem. The school commission is also carry. Ing out the law as expressed by the General Assembly in both the appro priations act and the school machin- on Pa.ee Thm). Teachers Might Get Full Raise Raleigh, July 18 (AP)—Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, Forsyth legislator, to day conferred with Governor Ehring haus about a proposal he is working out which he believes would enable the State to grant each school teach er a flat 20 percent increase in salary and also retain increment and certi ficate advancement rewards now in effect. “We had a pleasant conversation, was all the governor would say. The school commission, with $16,- 500.000 available for salaries, has in dicated teachers cannot get a flat 20 per cent raise each if increments and certificate advancements are to be rewarded as they are now. McDonald proposes that something like $230,000, which will be needed to add to the available funds for sala ries. be taken from the contingent and emergency fund so each teacher can get a 20 per cent raise, and Charles M. Johnson, State treasurer, infor mally said McDonald might be right in his contention. PUBLISHHD EVERY AFTBRNOOM HXCHPT SUNDAY. Seven Men Perish In Kentucky Mine Van Lear, Ky., July 18 (AP)— Seven of the nine men entombed by a coal mine explosion here yes terday were found dead by rescue workers today, and all hope was abandoned for the other two. The bodies were brought to the surface one by one in mine rail way cars this morning. John F. Daniel, of Lexington, chief of the State department of mines and Minerals, expressed be lief that all nine had been killed by gas. Some of the bodies had been crushed by f- ding slate and coal. AH were brought to undertaking es tablishments in Van Lear. Tobacco Act Is Attacked In Georgia Non-Signer Florida Growers Claim Tax Is Penalty Rather Than a Levy Macon, Ga., July 18.—(AP)— The constitutionality of the Kerr-Smith tobacco production contol act is at tacked in a suit filed here by 100 non cooperating North Florida growers, who seek to enjoin collection of the tax levied under it. Directing their petition, for a re straining order against W. E. Page collector of internal 'revenue for Geor gia, the growers charge the tax is a penalty rather than a levy, and that the secretary of agriculture is dele gated unlawful authority under the act. The growers also contended the act favors producers who had big acre, age in 1931. 1932, and 1933, the base period. Under the Kerr-Smith act, signers of acreage limitation agreements are allotted poundage ann Suites Debated Washington, July 18. —(AP)—Em ployees of the Associated Gas and Electric Company, which has acknow ledged that it spent $700,000 in a cam paign against the administration’s utility holding company bill, told Sen ate investigators today that some re ords of this activity had been de stroyed. One of them, E. W. O’Brien, of Erie, Pa., testified a superior had advised him “we had no longer use for our legislative records —that we were through with utility legislation work.” O’Brien said also he had advised R. C. Herron, bond salesman, of Warren, Pa., who snet several hundred tele, grams to members of Congress against the legislation that trere was to be an investigation, and he should clear out his files. While its lobby committee pressed the investigation into activities for and against the holding company bill, the Senate was embroiled once more (Continued on Pago Eight) Finding of Body Os Chicago Woman May Solve Crime Chicago. July 18.—(AP) —The body of an unidentified woman, her hands bound, was found today in a sewer under 78th street. Police immediately began an investigation to determine whether th evictim was the missing Miss Evelyn Smith, burlesque dancer, sought in the murder of Irvin Lang, 28. Miss Smith, along with her Chinese husband. Harry Jung, vanished with out a trace on Wednesday, July 10, the same day police arrest Lang’s mother-in.law, Mrs. Dunkle, who ad mitted, the investigators said, that she hired Mrs. Smith to murder Lang for a promised SSOO. Mrs. Dunkle’s confession, as an nounced by police, said it was the blonde Evelyn who sawed off Lang’s legs after strangling him The legless body! was found in a swamp near Hammond. Ind. TOO IKGOJ Burden So Immense Gov ernment Is Becoming Swamped and Confused By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer New York, JulJ! 18.—The Federal government may have to establish sub-offices, sub.Washingtons through out the United States, As its business increases, whether it be relief or pub lic works or agricultural aid, or loans to corporations and individuals, the task of keeping in touch from Wash ington becomes more difficult. Much delay is occasioned now thro ugh trying to handle every part of the government business from Washing ton. Not every city jibs the means to have an office in Washington, as has New York, to co-ordina:e its corre (Contlnnad on Page Eight) Wlarner’s dance is artistic but too naked.” M Saubrin, manager of the club where Joan danced, was fined 200 francs—about $13 —because of his “purely commercial spirit." The cost of the trial multiplied tha fines eightfold. The judge said Miss Warner’s “pow der and paint somewhat masked her nakedness, but the single article War ner wore concealed very ltitle.”