HENDERSON
GATEWAY to
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-SECOND YEAR
ITALY DEFIES INTERFERENCE OF POWERS
Conferees Drop Inheritance Levies Front Roosevelt’s New Tax Bill
AGREEMENT MADE
OVER LEVIES. THUS
HASTENING CLOSE
House Expected To Act
Thursday Senate
Soon Afterwards, Per
mitting Adjournment
HOPSON FAMILY HAD
TREMENDOUS PROFIT
More Thin $3,187,000 from
1929 to 1933, Inclusive;
No Agreement Reached
Yet on Utility Holding Bill
Abolition Clause; Probe of
Prices Looked For
Washington. Aug. ?0 (API—
Senate an a House conference com
mittee members todav reached an
agreement on the 5250.000.000 tox
bill, leaving: out the new inherit
ance levies proposed by PresL
dent Roosevelt.
Washington. Aug. 20— (AP) —A fi
nal agreement between the House and
Senate conferees on the bill increas
ing taxes on large incomes coincided
today with revelation that the utili
ties executive, Howard C Hopson,
ar.d his family drew profits of $3.-
187.000 from 1929 to 1933, inclusive.
Adjustment of differences between
the two houses on the tax bill was
regarded by leaders as a major step
toward adjournment this week.
The compromise measure departs
in several respects from President
Roosevelt's recommendatioons. leav.
ing out the new inheritance levies he
proposed. The conferees' report pro
bably will be acted upon by the House
Thursday and by the Senate soon
afterward.
Profits taken by Hopson and his
family from the Associated Gas and
Electric System were disclosed by the
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3 Killed As
Plane Falls
In Mountains
Glendo, Woy., Aug. 20.— (AP)—
Bodies of three Indianapolis resi
dents, apparently killed instantly
when their private plane crashed
against the side of Laramie peak,
40 miles from here, were found
beside the wreekage of the ship
by members of a searching party
this morning.
Glendo, Wyo., Aug. 20.—(AP)—
Weary scaled treacherous
Laramine hunting among its crags
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BarlsTold
Constitution
To Be Issue
Harvard Expert Ad
dresses Tar Heels
Aboard Ship On
■Summer Cruise
Aboard S. S. Reliance, Off Halifax,
*' cva Scottia, Aug 20 (AP)—Thomas
R & f“d Powell, professor of constitu
tional law at Harvard University told
rruising members of the North Caro
;‘ na Bar Association today that
’tour i 3 destined to be a wide put>_
' !c discussion of whether we want to
-mend the Constitution in order to
Hdow Congress with wider powers
f r.an the Supreme Court has accord
ed it.”
I >r Powell’s address was delivered
aboard this vessel this morning as
r r North Carolinians sailed soutn
" arr -i on tne last leg of their sum
rn,' r convention cruise.
Yesterday the Tar Heel barriers
isiier] Grand Pre in the heart of
Evangeline country, and last
•night topped off a strenuous day
Vyiil ' 1 n> r-tion aboard ship.
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“Last Roundup” for Rogers and Pos t In Alaska
Goldstein Post Bea h Crosson Rogers
Last pictures taken alive of Will Rogers and Wiley
Post at Juneau, Alaska, show them with Mayor I.
Goldstein of Juneau and others before their take
off to Dawson. Yukon territory. The mayor is at
Body Os Post Is Flown
To His Oklahoma Home
For Last Service There
Meanwhile, Thousands Wait To Pay Homage To Will
Rogers in Los Angeles, Where Bodies Are Brought
From Fatal Alaskan Crash; Funeral on Thursday
Los Angles, Cal., Aug. 20.—(AP)—
In the darkened cabin of a transport
plane the body of Wilev Post began
its last aerial voyage today while
thousands waited to pay final hom
age to Will Rogers, who met death
with the aviator in tragic Alaskan
air crash.
The body of the famous humorist
lay in a Glendale mortuary awaiting
public and private funeral services
Thursday, as the huge plane sped to
ward Oklahoma City, where services
for Post will be held.
Aboard the plane, which took off
at 6 a. m. (9 a. m eastern standard
LEAGUE FORMING 10
SAVE CONSTITUTION
Starts In South and May Be
Able To Exercise Bal
ance of Power
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Washington, Aug. 20. —Reports of
what is to be known as a “Constitu
tional league,” in process of forma
tion. are drifting in Washington from
Dixie and it doesn’t seem to be al
together confined to Dixie, either.
Eugene Talmadge of Georgia
and John Henry Kirby of Texas lum
ber magnate and former president of
the National Lumber Manufacturers'
Association (both Dixielanders) are
mentioned as prominent among its.
sponsors. Similarly mentioned, how
ever, is ex-Senator James A. Reed, of
Missouri, which isn't so unqualifiedly
a southern state.
The incipient league apparently s
not intended to figure as an out.and
out party, but rather to serve as a
strong influence in the shaping oJ
Democratic policies.
againist new deal
It is obvious that its principles will
be anti-New Dealerish.
It will not, necessarily, be anti
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FAIRMONT REPORTS
AVERAGE OF $26.69
Fairmont, Aug. 20 (^ P) s>"'5 > "'
ficial figures disclosed today that
the Fairmont tobftcco market sold
over 1,000,000 pounds Monday at
an average of $26.60. the biggest
sale and highest averages of the
season. Sales were 1,048,.8b
WHMW «*» were ex
p.™"” today and tomorrow.
HENDERSON, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 20, 1935
tne left next to Post, and Rogers is at extreme right
next to Joe Crosson, the flyer chosen to bring the
bodies back to the United States. Center, Rex Beach,
writer of several novels on life in Alaska.
time), were Colonel Lowrence L.
Young, air lines executive; Joe Cros
son, who brought the bodies from
Alaska; William A. Winston, chief
pilot; J. L. Fleminh, junior pilot; T.
W Dowling, radio operator, and En
gineer Tom Ward
Only a few persons were present
when the big ship took off from the
airport—the same flying field from
which Post started many aerial ad
ventures, including the one which
ended in death for him and Rogers.
The flight was expected to take
about seven ond one half hours, with
re-fueling stops at Albuquerque, N.
M., and probably Amarillo, Texas.
DETROIT IS AGAIN
GREAT Ml TOWN
But Vast Motor Expansion
May Mean More Mach
ines To Do the Job
By LESLIE EICHEL
New York, Aug. 20.—Detroit again
is the “boom town” of the nation,
according to a Wall Street news item.
But —this is not mentioned —all is
not pure heaven there.
The 50-million-dollar spending pro.
gram of General Motors will permit
fewer men to turn out the same a
mount of work. (That is inevitable
within any industry that progresses.)
And there is a long labor struggle
ahead —probably not a strike, for or
ganized labor is not strong in De
troit, taut a long struggle over organ
ization. The American Federation of
Labor is trying to appear as the
dominant union force in the motor
Industry, but whether it will emerge
as that is even money.
.Deibor organization jn Detroit is
difficult because of the large influx
of men from low wage -.-egions.
WINNING WITH THE MACHINE
The new question is not how to
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KENTUCKY ADJUTANT
UNDER INDICTMENT
Harlan, Ky., Aug. 20.—(AP)—
Bench warrants for the arrest of
Adjutant General Denhardt. head
of the Kentucky National Guaro,
were issued by Circuit Judge
James M. Gilbert today imme
diately after an indictment charg
ing criminal contempt was re
turned by the Harlan county
grand jury. <
REAL:SCARE INTO
DEMOCRAT CHIEFS
Hoey arrd Graham Camps
Not Under-Rating Cam
paign of Winston Col
lege Professor
BIG BUSINESS HAS
LOT TO FEAR NOW
He Will Give It Jitters and
All Types of “Bigness” Ex
pected To Oppose Candi
dacy; But McDonald Will
Rely on His Appeal To
Masses of the People
ns ilv Bnreim.
In rhe Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C rASKERVILL.
RcHeigh, Aug. 20. —(Dr. Ralph M.
McDonald, the Winston-Salem col
lage professor, who as a member of
the 1935 General Assembly alrnost set
it by its ears and proved a thorn in
the sides of the old guard politicians,
has taken the plunge. He is now an
announced candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for governor. In
making his announcement he upset
the dope bucket of many politicians
who have maintained all along that
McDonald would not ever actually an
nounce on the grounds that the odds
against him were too great and that
he could not possibly hope to defeat
both Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, re
garded by many as the heir apparent
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Controversy
BetweenTwo
Navy Chiefs
Sims Charges Mo
rale Breaking;
Standley Says Sims
Doesn’t, Know Facts
Washington, Aug. 20 (AP) A
sharp difference appeared today to
have developed between two of the
navy’s high command, past and pre
sent.
Attacking the navy’s system of pro
motionj Rear Admiral William S.
Sims, war-time commander, wrote in
the Atlantic Monthly that navy mo
rale was “continually declining,” and
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Ethiopia Hastens
War Preparations
In Great Secrecy
Cartridge Factory Complet
ed To Supply Ammuni
tion, Now Army’s
Greatest Weakness
FUNDS TO PURCHASE
ABROAD ARE SOUGHT
W omen Clamor for Admis
sion into Army To Defend
Their Country, and Even
Children Go Through
Drills; Selassie Still Pins
His Faith in League
Addis Ababa, Aug. 20.—(AP)
Ethiopia hurried its war preparations
in secret today.
A cartridge factory was completed
in Addis Ababa to remedy the army’s
most serious weakness—lack of am.
munition
Troop movements were carefully
camouflaged. Army divisions were or
/#red to keep away from the Addis
Ababa Djibouti railroad, Ethiopia’s
only modern system of communica
tion with the outside world. Large
concentrations of military forces were
not permitted close to the capital.
Outwardly there were few signs of
mobilization, in conformity with Em
peror Haile Selassie’s order that there
should not be evidence of arming un
til all peace efforts had been exhaust
ed.
Nevertheless, here and there scat
tered tribesmen were seen armed
with antiquated rifles. The cartridges
frequently were too large for the
bore.
Children, too, were carrying o»
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Smithfield Kidnap
Trial Is Ready To
Be Given to Jury
Smithfield, Aug. 20.—(AP)—Argu
ments in the trial of eight persons
here for allegedly kidnaping three
young women and taking' them to
New York for immoral purposes wert
completed before lunch, and the jury
is expected to receive the case about
four o’clock.
Judge W. A. Devin, said he would
charge the jury when the court re
sumed at 2 o’clock, and estimated
around two hours would be required.
Alex Beasley, six of his daughters
and his son-in-law are charged witn
kidnaping the three girls and taking
them to New York for immoral pur
poses.
The trial has been under way for
more than a week. I
roosMll
PLEASESRALEIGH
State Officials Elated Over
Results In Western North
Carolina
Dnlly Ddtpntoh
In «»- Wnlter Hotel.
BY J. C. UASKERVILL.
ißaleigh,
here today were jubilant at the re
sult of the Roosevelt popularity poll
which has been conducted by The
Asheville Citizens-Times, announced
for the first time in the Sunday Cit
izen, which showed a vote of more
than two to one in favor of the
renomination and re-election of
President Roosevelt for a second
term. The poll was taken in 21
western counties, many of them nor
mally heavily Republican. But the
figures show that out of a total of
7,755 votes cast in the poll, 5.255 fav
ored the re-election of the President
for another term, while only 2,500
voted against the re-election of Roose
velt .
Most of the state officials com
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WiTHiF
for north crolina.
Probably showers tonight and
Wednesday; not much change in
temperature.
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DB. RALPH W. MCDONALD
BRITAIN LOOM
CRISIS AS GRAVEST
SINCE 1914 EVENT
Cabinet Members Hurry
Home for Emergency
Meeting To Consider
Course To Take
SMALLER NATIONS
ENGULFED BY FEAR
If League Cannot Save Eth
iopia, Their Fate May Fol
low, Scandinavians Feel;
Will Unite in Effort To
Save the League From De
struction
London, Aug. 20.—(AP) —An au
thoritative source indicated t|f>-
night that Sir Saimuel Hoare,
foreign secretary, would ask the
British cabinet to adopt a policy
of economic and financial action
by League of Nations members
against Italy if that nation at
tacks Ethiopia.
London, Aug. 20. (AP) —British
ministers hurried home today, quit
ting their holidays at continental
spas and golf links to face the gravest
international crisis since the World
War days of August, 1914.
An emergency meeting of the cab
inet was called for Thursday.
A British policy presumably will be
established for the meeting of the
Council of the League of Nations at
Geneva September 4.
As the cabinet was summoned be
cause of the breakdown of the tri.
power conference in Paris, which met
to find a solution for Italo-Ethiopian
peace, fear swept the smaller nations
of Europe.
Serged by apprehension that tile
League of Nations is on the verge of
destruction as a result of Mussolini’s
death blow to the Paris parley, the
little nations are reported planning
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Filibuster Begun
To Force Vote on
Neutrality Plans
Wasbnigton, Aug. 20.—(AP) —A
filibuster against all administra.
tion legislation designed to force
action at this session on neutral
ity legislation was announced to
day by Chairman Nye, of the Sen
ate Munitions Committee.
Senator Bone, Democrat, Washing
ton, will start the filibuster, and Nye
will join in, Nye said.
He refused to disclose other par
ticipants.
The developments came shortly
after the foreign relations committee
Cached an agreement on neutrality
legislation, butw ithheld details.
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MUSSOLINI MOVES
DETERMINEDLY TO
DISARM ETHIOPIA
Will Use His Wealth of
Manpower in East Africa
and Diplomats Can’t
Stop Him
VAST MANEUVERING
ON AUSTRIAN LINE
Half Million Soldiers Join
Italian War Games In
North; Will Serve as Final
Training for Troops To Be
Sent Against Ethiopian
Tribesmen Soon
Paris, Aug. 20.—(AP) —Italy ack
nowledged the irevitabliity of war in
East Africa today with whet amount
ed to defiance to other powers to in
terfere with its campaign.
Italy openly expressed skepticism
that “diplomatic channels” would
stop Mussolini from disarming Ethio
pia.
Baron Pompeo Aloisi, Italy’s dele
gate to the crumbled Paris confer
ence of representatives, of Italy,
France and Great Britain, indicated
as he quitted Paris that Mussolini
would use his “wealth of man pow.
er” in his “disarming’’ drive, osten
sibly for protection of Italian col
onies.
Fear was expressed by French of
ficials that the Franco-Italian friend
ship, strengthened last January in a
Rome conference between Mussolini
alnd Laval was shattered. They
thought itu nlikely that Italy would
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RECORD POUNDAGE IS
SOLD AT LUMBERTON
Lumberton, Aug. 20.—(AP) —An
all-time record for poundage sold
on the Lumberton tobacco mar
ket was set yesterday when 675,-
206 pounds were auctioned at an
average of $24.89 per hundred.
Enemy No, I
Threaten ed
Big G-Men
Washington. Aug. 20 lAF)—Alvin
Karpis, ranking public enemy No. 1
has threatened the life of J. Edgar
Hoover, chief of the "G-Men’ long
hunting him.
Newspaper men were told at tha
Department of Justice today that the
threat was contained in a letter to
Hoover from Ohio about a month ago.
Hoover himself declined to say any
thing on the subject.
Sought by Federal agents since the
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Talmadge In
New Attack
Upon F. D. R.
Says Administration
Deliberately En
couraging People
To Beg for Living
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 20. —(AP) —
Governor Eugene Talmadge, of Geor
gia, carried his fight against Presi
dent Roosevelt into Alabama today,
declaring the only chance for a Dem
ocratic success in 1936 is “to re
pudiate every communistic doctrine
advocated by the preent administra.
tion and pick new standard-bearers.”
The Georgia executive regarded by
observers as himself having an eye
on presidency, spoke before the
/Traffic and Trancjtyrtation Club,
fhere, reiterating (opposition to the’
policies on the administration, par
ticularly on agriculture and relief.
Talmadge accused the administra
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