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HENDERSON GATEWAY to CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-SECOND YEAR UTILITY MAGNATE DARES SENATE LOBBY COMMITTEE Ethiopian Troops Are Concentrated On Italian Border Selassie Prepares for Quick Southward Drive If Italy Invades From the North MUSSOLINI CALLS MORE OF SOLDIERS Continues Preparations For War in Africa In Indiffer ence To Gathering in Paris Seeking To Prevent Hosti lities; Three Classes Are Called Out Geneva, Aug. 14.—(AP)—Charg ing that Italy Is preparing to massacre a peaceful people Ethio. pla today protested to the League of Nations that she is unable to purchase arms abroad to defend her soil. Djibouti. French Somaliland, Aug. 14—Emperor Haile Selassie has dis patched 60.000 troops to positions be hind Ethiopia’s eastern border, pre paratory for a quick southward drive on Italian Somaliland in the event Italy invades his kingdom. The troops will be concentrated in the Harrar region, it was learned to day Below the Djibouti-Addis Ababa line, it is the native district ©f the troops composing this force. Thus placed, they can quickly be tacved to Ogaden, the Ethiopian dis trict on the frontier or French Somali land. Ethiopian war leaders anticipate an Italian advance from Eritrea toward Adua to the north of Addis Ababa. Such a movement would be counter, ed by the Ethiopian advance to the south. it was pointed out The exodus of foreigners from Addis Ababa has poured many Euro peans into this port city. Among them are Italians, some ofw hom imme diately volunteered for service with II Duces troops in Eritrea. German and British nationals lit Ethiopia have been instructed by their governments to prepare inven tories of their properties and be pre pared to leave the country on short notice. The orders were attributed to the growing apprehension of these gov ernments that diplomatic negotiations for settlement of the Italo-Ethiopian conflict may fail. MORE MEN ARE CALLED TO THE COLORS BY MUSSOLINI Rome. Aug. 14.—(AP) —Italy called to arms today another extensive group of officers and soldiers as the government, indifferent to the tri partite conference in Paris, continued its preparations for war in East Africa. The newo rder recalled to service those members of the classes of 1911, (Continued on Page Two.) \ ery Bright Outlook For State Crops l obacco Has Ripen ed Too Fast But Crop Is Good; Corn, Traits Very Good Raleigh, Aug. 14.—(AP)—Unusual ly bright crop prospects existed in North Carolina on August 13 with Yield- indications 12 percent better tLar. the ten-year average, and with tobacco and corn leading the list, T ederal-State crop repqfrts showed toda v. A tobacco crop of 511,810,000 pounds 'jis indicated as compared with 417- 915,000 last year, and a five-year av erage of 468.526.000 pounds. “has ripened to 0 speedily as a result of the recent hot and dry weather,’’ the report said. “Plants ha ve more leaves than for many years Growers claim the demand is for bright leaf. This means thinner or •ighter weight, as well as color, so store leaves and “tops” were left, he reported condition Is 13 percent < ’!w r than the en-year average, rhe corn crop prospect was “the ' ‘ 1 * n rnany years,” with produc tion of 48,320,000 bushels indicated, i ( ( Vint in .1 on Page Five.) TtenStrstm tUttlit Dispatch LEASED WIRE SERVICE OW THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Family On Relief jjjjjp .-M v iiM BBS ™ Rep. Frank E. Hook Member of Congress from Michigaa at SIO,OOO a year, Rep. Frank & | Hook of Ironwood readily admittel I his father, mother and four brothers | had been on relief rolls. *1 sup ported them all my life and I do not intend to do it again while other people are receiving relief,” says the solon, who asks investigation of welfare conditions in his district. /Central Press l Paris Meet Anxious To Keep Peace Fear War In Africa Might jArouse Lat ent Race Hatreds Throughout World Paris, Aug. 14. (AP) —Premier Laval, of France and Anthony Eden, British minister for League of Na tions affairs, played their first cards today in their negotiations to give Premier Mussolini of Italy what he wants by peace instead of war. Two threats hung over the momen tous conversations which Eden en gaged in at the foreign ministry. First was a war in Africa with its danger of arousing race hatreds throughout the world- The second was Eden’s rumored intention of announc ing that Great Britain would wash her hands of the proposed European peace system if Italy conquers Ethio pia. Six diplomats began an exchange of views, which French officials said may in a few weeks decide whether there shall be continued peace or a war that may further disturb the whole troubled European situation. DR. L. C. PERISHO, OF GUILFORD, IS DEAD Greensboro, Aug. 14.—(AP) —Dr. L. C. Perisho, widely known educator and writer, and for years a member of the Guilford College faculty died at his home at Guilford College late last night. He was 73 years old. He was a native of Indiana, but had spent a large part of his active life at Guilford College. Death Toll 250AsDatn Collapses Turin. Italy, Aug. 14 (AP) —Pro- vincial officials stated today that about 250 persons were killed by the flood which followed the bursting of a hyrdo-electric plant dam at Ovada yesterday. . . This estimate followed an original report by rescue agencies that 1.000 were killed and a later estimate of 100 dead. The provincial authorities said that several hundred persons were suffering from injuries, shock and exposure as a result of the sudden torrent which covered 40 square miles. ..J_ - _ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NUKTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. KE COINS Almost 100 Percent Against Governor Proposal, Sec'y Dowell Says COMPLETES A SURVEY Some Claim, However, Merchants Loath To Give Up Profits They Are Making on Levies for Sales Tax Dully Dispatch Bureau, In the 8»- Walter Hotel. BY J. C. BASKERVILIi. Raleigh, Aug. 14—The merchants of the State are almost 100 per cent op posed to the minting of fractional coins, such as half-cent pieces and mills, such as is now proposed in Congress, Willard L. Dowell, execu tive secretary of the North Carolina Merchants Association, said today. Nor is this opposition based solely on the fact that the minting of these fractional coins would make it easier for the public to pay the sales tax and hence tend to perpetuate it, but on the trouble and expense the mint* ing of these fractional coins would cause. “I have just completed an intensive survey of the merchants of the State, in which questionnaires were sub mitted to thousands of merchants and in which I personally traavelled more than 2,C00 miles talking with merchants about the proposal,” Dowell said. “And in the course of this survey and in my contact with merchants I was not able to find more than one merchant in 200 who tnougnt tne minting of tnese small coins would be of any help. f“The principal objection on the part of the merchants to these small coins is that they would completely upset all present arrounting systems and arcounting equipment, such as cash registers, adding machines, bookkeeping machines and so forth. It is impossible to estimate how many hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of these machines would (Continued on Page Eight.) Still Higher Prices Given For Tobacco Receipts Moderate ly Heavy As Better Grades of Leaf Come Upon Market (By the Associated Press.) Tobacco prices on the border belt market today were slightly higher, with receipts moderately heavy, tho ugh curing is late in the North Car olina section of the belt. Approximately 300,000 pounds were estimated to have been offered on the Lumberton market. Extra heavy receipts were reported from the Dillon market, where the early sales wore at an average ap proaching $25 per hundred. Quality of the offerings was high, with more than 60 percent of better to best grades. .. ... . > HENDERSON. N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 14, 1935 Japan’s "Big Four” Lift Glasses to Nippon’s "Der Tag” . i., rag : : •*' * ** mm mm -ninm ji The most powerful four men in Japan may be lifting their glasses to the u e , n on ’ s sway over all Asia will be as powerful as that over Manchukuo, as they drink with Hsieh Chief-Shih, new Manchukuo Am bassador to Tokyo (center). The other four, rarely photographed to-1 Contempt Procedure On Gas Magnate Threatened By Senate Lobby Group Hopson Is No Better To Appear for Questioning Than Any One Else, Senators Tell His Lawyer; Hopson Will Appear, by One Means or Another, They Say Washington, Aug. 14.—(AP)—Con tempt proceedings against Howard C. Hopson, long “master mind” of the Associated Gas and Electric System, were threatened today by Chairman Black of the Senate lobby commit tee. “Hopson is coming before this com mittee,” Black asserted to Hopson’s attorney, William A. Hill, a witness before the committee. “He is no dif ferent from any other man.” Senator Schwellenbach, Democat, Washington, had asked Hill whether Hopson was willing to appear now. “Without being cited for contempt,” Black added. “If necessary, 0 f course, we are going to take whatever steps aren ecessary to produce Mr. Hop son ■ ” “There will be no agreement with any one as to what will be done and how he will be protected.” p :=e That Explains New Deal De feat in Rhode Island District By CHARLES P. STEWART Washington, Aug. 14. —The recent Rhode Island special election result has greatly revived Republican cour age. The G. O. P. has been so “smacked dwon” since its overwhelming con gressional defeat J»,st year that its spokesmen scarcely have had the heart even to predict gains by their party in 1936. Now they are claim ing a great plenty. They hardly go so far as to assert with any cont. dence that President Roosevelt can be beaten. But they do predict', with undoubted sincerity, that, if he suc ceeds himself, it will be \yith a hadiy damaged majority on Capitol Hill. As to Rhode Island, t 0 recapitu- In 1924 the midget state chose Francis B. Condon for the house ot representatives as a New Deal Demo crat by about 21,000 plurality. Con don resigned to accept a judicial ap pointment. This necessitated the oth er day’s special election, resulting in Charles F. Risk’s victory as an anti- New Deal Republican by approxi (Continued on Page Five.) BANKHEAD EXPECTS 12c COTTON LOANS Washington. Aug. 14 (AP) Senator Bankhead, Democrat. Ala bama. predicted today that the administration would announce a 12-cents loan cn the incoming cotton crop hy the end of this week. . Igether, but declared to be the quartet dominating the Orient today, art (left to right) General Hayashi, war minister; Koki Horota, foreign minister; Admiral Keisuke Okada, premier; Admiral Mineo Osumi, naval minister. . (Central Press) Hill said he did not think it was fair to ask him to produce Hopsos. Hopson told House investigators, meanwhile, that he was in a Wash ington hotel last week registered un der a chauggeur’s name while both House and Senate committees were looking for him. He insisted, how. ever, that he could not answer “yes” or “no” to a question as to whether he was “hiding out.” After Black threatened contempt proceedings against Hopson, he said: “As one member of the committee, it is wholly immaterial whether Mr. Hopson testifies here first or last. But it is clear a manifest effort has been made to trifle with this committee. The idea seems to be that somebody is bigger than the court and the com mittee, and that lawyers can aid with impunity.” WAGE DEFLATIONS CAOSINGJNCERN Sedition Bill So Drastic As To Cause Upstir Even In Congress By LESLIE EICHEL New York, Aug. 14.—Disturbances in France over deflation in wages and costs, in order t 0 preserve the gold standard, were less than anti cipated—even though they were se. •■ious. American workers, however, are dis turbed over the sinking of wages in Europe to a level of 30 years ago. France joins Germany and Italy, as well as the smaller countries in low subsistence levels. NOT MUCH CHOICE Speaking of wage cuts, here are forms, for signature that a motion picture circuit sent to movie opera tors in Greater New York: 1. “I have read the foregoing let ter and I am willing to accept the wage of $1.25.” (A reduction of ap proximately 41 per cent.) 2. “I have read the foregoing let ter and I will discontinue my posi tion as motion picture operator.” Under the NRA that was prohibit ed. hittiing on ford The Republicans hSA a break of luck in being able to oppose the tax (Continued on Page Five.) FERRIS AND GIRLS FACE LIFE TERMS Detroit, Mich.. Aug. 14. —(AP) — Possibility of appeal remained the on ly barrier today between WilTTam Fer ries and his three “party girl” com panions. and life terms in prison for the slaying of Howard Carter Dick enson, New York attorney. PtJBUSHED BVBKI AFTBRNOOB WXCHPT SUNDAY K PLATFORM DRAWN FROM DEMOCRATS Potential Republican Nomi nee Offers Slate in Ans wer to Roosevelt Challenge CALLS PRESIDENT A RADICAL LEADER Drastic Cut in Expenses, Bal anced Bu4get, Sound Cur rency, Insurance System, Enforcement of Anti-Truss Laws and Free Agriculture Proposed Hampton, N. H., Aug. 14 (AF) Drawing from the 1932 Democratic {platform for his material. Colonel Frank Knox, possible Republican presidential candidate in 1936, today outlined a party platform which he declared represented “the utter repu diation by Roosevelt and his New deal administration of sacred pro mises." Presenting the planks in answer to President Roosevelt’s “reiterated demand for a substitute program,” the Chicago and Manchester, N. H.. newspaper publisher, recommended for adoption by his party a number of planks “taken literally from the Democratic platform of 1932.” “They represent the principles upon which all those opposed to the radi calism of President Roosevelt can support the Republican party,” he declared. Colonel Knox, in an address pre pared for delivery before the annual outing of the Rockingham County Republican Club, suggested that the following planks be included in the next Republican platform: 1. An immediate and drastic re duction iof governmental expendi tures. 2. Maintenance of the national credit by a Federal budget annually bal anced. 3. A sound currency to be preserved at all hazards. 4. Unemployment and old age in surance under state laws. 5. Strict and impartial enforcement of the anti-trust laws to prevent mo nopoly and unfair trade practices. 6. Opposition to the unsound policy of restricting agricultural produc tion . Potato Control Is Approved by House By Huge Majority Washington, Aug. 14. —-TAP) Production of control for potatoes the nation’s fourth food crop, was approved by the House today by ai 173 to 155 roll call vote. The House agreed to the Sen ate amendment to the AAA bill classifying potatoes as a basic commoditjij, and authoriyilng the agriculture secretary to set up a production control plan. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; not much change in temperature. 8' PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY HOWARD C. HOPSON MIES SENATE'S CONTEMPT ACTION While Committee Wait* Hi* Failure To Appear, Sen ate Increases Its Authority HOPSON HAD DODGED FOR HEALTH'S SAKE Roosevelt's $250,000,000 Tax Bill, Re-Written, I* Up for Senate Consideration; The House Reject* Senate Amendments to New Alco hol Control Measure Washington, Aug 14.—<£.P)—How ard C. Hopson, long missing “master mind’’ of the Associated Gas and Electric System, invited Senate con tempt proceedings today by failing to report to a Senate subpoena to ap pear immediately before the Senate lobby committee. After waiting more than an hour for the utilities magnate to appear on an “instanter” subpoena, the com mittee announced it would meet again at 3 o’clock, and if he did not show up then it would cite him to the Sen. ate for contempt. Both Harry F. Sinclair, oil mag nate, and William T. McCracken, for mer assistant of commerce have served jail terms for contempt. While the commtitee was waiting, a resolution to strengthen its power in questioning Hopson and others was approved by the Senate. Joseph McCarthy , agent for the Senate lobby committee, was stiff armed out of the way when he tried to serve a subpoena on Hopson as he left a rival House inquiry yesterday. Hopson told the House Rules Com mittee he had evaded the other group as a matter of protecting his health. The $250,000,000 tax bill re-written to conform more nearly with Presi dent Roosevelt’s recommendation, was up for Senate consideration. The House turned down Senate amendments to the new alcohol con trol bill, and appointed members to seek adjustment of differences in con. ference with representatives of the other chamber. Whether to permit bulk liquor sales, and whether to place the control ad* (Continued on Page Five.) SLASHES THROAT OF WIFE, CUTS HIMSELF Edenton, Aug. 14.—(AP) —John Horne, former Edenton cotton mill worker early today nearly severed his wife’s he>l from her body with a razor, a>a then turn ed the blade on himself, inflict ing wounds in his throat not con sidered by physicians as dan gerous. Price Girl Tells About Kidnap Day Testifies in Johnston Court She Was Forced Into New» York Dive Smithfield, Aug. 14 (AP)— Camelia Price, who was 17 years old at the time of the alleged kidnaping, today related from the witness stand in Johnston County Superior Court her story of being forced by eight persons to go to New York for immortal pur poses. The young Price girl was the first State’s witness after a jury of 13 members, one an alternate, was com pleted in mid-morning for the sec ond trial of the eight persons charg ed with conspiracy to kidnap four Johnston county girls and the actual kidnaping for immoral purposes of three of them. The State charges that the Price girl, Ogolia Barbour, 15, and Jose phine Smith, 14, were actually kid naped and taken to New York, and that the defendants also conspired to kidnap Lucille Wallace. The Wal lace girl was a State’s witness at the first trial, and a bill of indictment in volving her case was returned yes terday. Camelia testified she was forced on May 7, 1934, to go to New York with Sarah Kranc. She said she was (Continued on Page Eight.)
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