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—l ■ HENDERSON gateway TO CENTRAL YEAH HEW PEACE PUN IS DEVELOPING IN EUROPE hurricane chasing ROOSEVELT CRUISER UP ATLANTIC COAST |he Houston Watches Tro pical Disturbance Close ly on Heels of Homing Chief T 0 [ AND WEDNESDAY AT CHARLESTON, S. C. Will Go on Motor Tour of That C ity and Take Train for Washington; President Missrs One More After noon of f ishing as Result of Storm the 1’ S. Houston, Enroute thf v-.itrd states. Oct. 21. —(AP) _p, Vsl r|r-t Roosevelt today closely watched weather reports of a hur. ric.me ti tiling the Houston out of the f ( :ih can dca as this ship sped the eastern ninge of the Ba hama /.’lands. Previ.'U.c pin ns to stop today off Crooked Island were cancelled to a wajt (he latest reports of the tropical disturbance. inported to the Presi dent last night by the Jacksonville Weather Bureau. The effects of the gale were felt yesterday and last night as the Hous ton and Portland encountered rough seas, high winds and severe squalls traveling through the Wlnward pas sage between Cuba and Haiti. The President had hoped for one more afternoon of fishief: in these waters, one of his favorite fishing sections. Despite the. storm warnings, the (Continued on Page Four.) AAA Working for Price Stabilizing In Potato Market Washington, Oct. 21.-^-(AP) —Gin- gerly preparing for itp effort to in crease the price the farmer gets for potatoes, the AAA sought to show to day that the consumer would be bet ter off if prices were “stabilized.” It issued a, statement saying studies showed that the consumer would pay better prices for potatoes than he has averaged over a period of years in the past if prices were stabilized at a fair return to the grower. Aged Couple May Receive sso,oooßack Rochester. N. Y.. Oct. 21—(AP)— An elderi.v Rochester couple, swin dl'd out 0 f their life savings of $50,- nnn were placed a step nearer return "f sem' of their money today when federal Judge Rippey granted a de fault judgment for $50,700 against Adolph and Eva Moser, of Columbia, C, couple, who were convicted re ,rntlv of a part 0 f the swindle. Without a jury, Judge Rippey ap (Continued on Page Six.) New Legion Officials To l ake Oath Executive 'Commit tees of Legion And Auxiliary Hold Meetings at Raleigh R-tb.igh. Oct 21 ’AP)—American , r f ; ‘7 :nul Legion Auxiliary offi j,, ' ""I'hu'i an afternoon and even inVLf m V ‘ ,y here today, with meet -7 " exhaustive committees of ]( '"-nmzations. and tonight new f ' ir Pach will be installed. t hl ,decorated the streets later H Parade was to march , r afternoon. " "Ptni-s Dam, is, j r . ( of Raleigh, W Rlontmucd 0R p c -. n Slx ) Mznmtxmi &mln Btsmtfrfi ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIROINIA. * 8BRVICB) OF THH3 ASSOCIATED PRIBI. Seen Italy Beaten jgPJV vL/.jy: Dr. Robert W. Hockman, American Presbyterian medical missionary in Ethiopia, reports Italy defeated already in its invasion of the country from the south (from Somaliland), despite use of gas and dum-dum bullets. *Central Prana) MOTORISTS WARNED OF STRINGENT LAW Drivers Liable to Revoca tion of Licenses for Nu merous Causes MUST TAKE CAUTIONS Regulations Strike Hard at Drunken Driving or Failure To Stop and Render Aid After An Accident Dally Dispatch Ilurenii, In the Sir Walter Hotel, BY J. C. BASKERVILLE Raleigh, Oct. 21. —The drivers of automobiles in North Carolina should begin to study the new driver’s li cense law and to realize that after November 1 they are going to have to drive mucli more carefully than they are now in order to keep their li. censes. Captain Charles D. P’armer, of the Highway Patrol, said today. Contrary to popular belief, there are many offenses for which licenses may be suspended at once, prior to conviction, while there is a large number of violations in which the revocation of licenses is manda toty after conviction, Captain Far (Continued on Page Four.) STAR ROUTE MAIL DRIVER IS ROBBED Sparta, Oct. ‘1 (AP) —C.. D. Matthis, star route mail truck driver, reported to officers here today that he wa t held up by three men while on his way to Sparta from Elkin this morning and robber of a deposit he was bringing to the Bank of Sparta from McDaniel’s Department Store of Elkin. Tour Over Carolinas Continues Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. C. BASKERVILIiE. Raleigh, Oct, 21—The tour of North Carolina and South Carolina now in progress by some 50 or more travel bureau execuitves and AAA club tour directors, which entered North Caro lina again last night at Wilmington and is now proceeding through thG eastern part of the State, is going to be productive in bringing a greatly enlarged tourist business to North Carolina, Chairman Capus M. Way nick, of the State Highway and Pub lic Works Commission, said today. (Continued on Page Four.) HENDERSON, N. C. MONDAY, AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 21, 1935 Henderson Dies — ~— i Arthur Henderson M Henderson, veteran political fig ure in Great Britain, died yesterday after an extended illness at his home in England. He was president of the World Disarmament Conference, and an ardent friend of the League of Nations and a tireless worker for world peace. BUSINESS FEARFUL OF POSSIBLE WAR Embargo or Boycott Would Shut Off Imports In dustry Needs Badly WOULD BE CRIPPLING Mussolini Sorter Believed So Far To Be Bluffing, But Japs in East ern Asia Do Not Bluff So Readily By CHARLES P. STEWART Washington, Oct. 21.—Uncle Sam’s new neutrality policy has had this much effect anyway— American’ business decidedly doesn’t want a big overseas war—not if Am erican trade with the belligerents is to be shut off while the conflict rages. If trade with them is shut off, the country’s exporters not only will be prevented from making war-time money out of them; they will be pre vented from making what they are making now, on a peace-lime basis. Nor can importers afford to have their various foreign sources of sup ply dried up. The United States may be able to find substitutes but the (Continued on Page Six.) LAKE CHARLES PORT OPENED TO SHIPPING Lake Charles, La., Oct. 21 (AP) — Armed with machine guns and other weapons, 75 guards today opened the Lake Charles port to shipping, end ing a ten-day blockade caused by the strike of the International Longshore men’s Association. There was no disturbance. Cotton Law Now Before High Court Bankhead Act Being Contested in Su preme Court B y State of Georgia Washington, Oct. 21.—(AP)— The Supreme Court today directed the United States to show by November 11 why Georgia should not be per mitted to file a st "t To test the con stitutionality of the Bankhead cot ton control act. A petition to file the suit has been presented in behalf of Governor Talmadge of Georgia. The Bankhead legislation, aiming (Continued on Page Six,.) Sanctions Upon Italy Seen As Outlawry For All Wars ACTION OF LEAGUE SUES ALIKE AT EVERT AGGRESSOR Mussolini, First Victim of Europe’s Commandments Is Given Time to Reflect UNLESS HE REPENTS, APPLICATION BEGINS France Reported Camou flaging Railroad From Her Somaliland Possession Into Ethiopian Interior, Fear ing Air Attacks; Tyrol Makes Appeal. . .Geneva, Oct. 21.—(AP)—(The new system of sanctions against Italy, de vised swiftly t 0 cut short the warfare in Ethiopia, was interpreted fcy Lea gue statesmen today as a world law for outlawry of war—all transgres sors take notice. The general view heard on all sides was that Premier Mussolini was the first victim of the commandments a gainst war, but that the move went farther than that—the law laid down and the punishment provided striking all agressors. Mussolini was given time to reflect. (Continued on Page Six.) Pan-American Is Only Bidder Upon Pacific Air Mail Washington, Oct. 21.—(AP) — Pan-American Airways was the only bidder today for the mail contract for air mail service from San Francisco to Canton, China. The company bid maximum rates allowed under the law for the route—s 2 per mile for the specified load of 800 ponnds and $1 per 1,000 miles for each addi tional pound of mail carried. Pan. American officials indicat ed privately they might be ready to start service by November 15. The 8,000-mile route will carry mail and passengers from San Francisco to China byway of Honolulu and Manila. Woman ’sßody Picked Up On Lonely Road Louisville, Ky., Oct. 21. —(AP) —The broken body of a pretty woman iden. tified as Mrs. Evelyn Sliwinsky, 20- year-old wife of a Louisville tailor, lay in a morgue here today while city and county police, apparently a substantial clue, sought her slayer Found in a pool of blood in the mid dle of a highway near the city early yesterday, the body remained uniden tified for approximately 18 hours. Nearby was a man’s brown velour hat and a purse, Embroidered on a handkerchief found in the purse was the name “Evelyn," Coroner John M. Keaney judged that the attractively clad woman had been severely beaten, placed on the highway and run over by an auto mobile. Questioned by police shortly after the body had been identified, the hus band, Paul Sliwinsky, said he knew nothing about the affair. Officers said they were convinced he was not in volved. OUt WEATHER MAN FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, probably scattered showers tonight and Tuesday; slightly warmer in central and northeast portions tonight; cool er in western portion Tuesday, U. S.-Britain at Odds on These ic* « MARSHALL 20 c / F I c *• ISLANDS v - < J " P > 1.. O C EJi bJ 3 . A GILBERT.M* •» HOWLAND IS (say \ • BAKER IS ’JARVIS PHOENIX ,S - (&#..) V mm mmm m mmmmwarnmwmm •> Z innimniYiiifnnn •: . s • ..... Li r i!^ n ,s T con . tes^jn £ claim of United States to three tiny South Pacific nirk^T^h^ 18 ’ ? OW J 1 a , n . d and Baker—which Pan American Airways has P s bases lor China Clipper (below) and other planes in trans pacific service. (Central Press ) Roosevelt Home-Coming Is Most Momentous Yet Two Major Policies Press for Solution, Namely, How Far Neutrality Can Be Pushed and How Anything Can Be Saved of the Ne w Deal; FDR Must Act By LESLIE EICHEL New York, Oct. 21. President Roosevelt is on his way home. It is the most momentous home-coming he has yet had. He has. to decide on two major po licies: 1. How far he can push neutrality. 2. How he can save anything of the New Deal. The administration is believed to be nervous over both. Business—and even labor —may try to evade netrality without profits. The New Deal was scrapped, not by its oppnents or the Supreme Court, but by the administration itself, in order to gain the support of 'business —but New Deal spending to keep the AMERICAN EXPORTS GAIN LAST MONTH Rise Is 15 Percent Over August, Which Is About Normal Increase Washington, Oct. 21. —(AP) —United States exports in September were shown by Commerce Department fig ures today to have increased 15 per cent over August, about usual be tween these two months. Imports declined four percent, while usually the import drop is about one percent from August to September. Compared with September, 1934, ex. ports last month were four percent greater and imports 23 percent greater. September exports amounted to $19,189,000, against $172,194,000 in Au gust, 1935 and $191,313000 in Septem ber, 1934. Imports in September were $161,653, 000 against $169,030,000 in August, 1935, and $131,658,000 in September 1934. W. C. HAMRICK DIES AT GAFFNEY, S. C. Gaffney S. C., Oct. 21.— (AP)— W. C. Hamrick, 75, banker, educator, tex tile operator and former legislator in North and South Carolina, died here today after an extended illness. Hamrick served two terms in the South Carolina Senate in 1927 through 1930, and 1931 through 1935. He re tired last year. In 1889 he was repre sentative from Cleveland county, N. C., in the North Carolina legislature. PUBLIRHHr* BVHJItY AFTBKNOOV ■XCHPT *UNDAY masses satisfied did not stop. Thus, the question now arises: Shall the administration begin all over again, or muddle through? NEUTRALITY The United States is the largest creditor nation. It is not isolated from Europe, or any other region, in the business world. It is bound by a million ties. When, therefore, the President is sues neutrality decrees in a large way (the present ones are minor), will the business world go along? It will not deliberately defy—as on New Deal measures—but uncon sciously it will find means to evade (Continued on Page Six.) MUSSOLINI SEEKS FUND FOR HIS WAR Wants To Swap Italian Bonds at Home for New Securities at Profit Home, Oct. 21 (AP) —Premier Mus solini, pressing on with his war in Ethiopia, went out today after ths money needed to finance his cam paign . He opened public subscriptions for his big war conversion loan in every bank in Italy. Bankers estimated about nine bil lion lire in cash (about $720,000,000) would come over the counters if all bplders of 3 1-2 per cent bonds ex changed them for the new five per cent issue. In the exchange the government gets 15 lire in cash (51.20) for each 100 lire bond. Ruth Nichols and Five Others Hurt When Plan Falls Troy, N. Y., Oct. 21—(AP)— Ruth Nichols and five other persons were seriously injured today when her plane crashed at Troy airport. With Miss Nichols were Captain Harry Hublitz, Mists Nichols’ pilot, two mechanics and two passengers. All of the occupants of the plane were removed almost immediately. A few minutes after they had escaped the big 20-passenger Condor plane burst into flames and was destroyed. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY LONDON, PARIS AND ROME EXCHANGING VIEWS UPON PEACE Concrete Program for Re lieving Situation in Med iterranean May Soon Emerge ETHIOPIA REPORTED DESIROUS OF PEACE Italian Army Circles Pass Out Rumors and Claim Their Forces Are Driving Northward Into Ethiopia From Italian Somaliland on the South London, Oct. 21 (AP)—Authorita tive quarters dropped hints today that a new plan for peace in the Italo-Ethiopian conflict had begun to crystallize at Rome, Paris and Lon don, as the result of easing of ten sion in these capitals over the week end. These quarters emphasized, how ever, that the move was in the very earliest stage, and it would be errone ous to say that anything definite had yet developed or any great optimism prevailed. Informed which showed the greatest reluctance to discuss the developments, saVl it was not impos sible that some concrete gestures for relieving the situation in the Mediterranean might be taken shortly to be followed by definite peace talks. They said that Europe might not (Cn.itimieri on Pago Six) Eight Ships Hunt 38 Men Lost from Vessel In Storm London, Oct. 21 (AP)—Eight ships searched today for 37 men feared lost after abandoning a foundering freighter in a raging storm, which killed 13 and injured scores in the British Isles. The crew of the 5,735-ton tug freighter Vardulia took to their lifeboats in tempestuous seas 400 miles west of the Hebrides after sending SOS calls Saturday. Since then ,there has been no trace of the storm-lashee crew or of the ship. Let Contract Thursday For Pa rk wayßoad Raleigh, Oct. 21.— (AP)—Capus M. Waynick, chairman of the State High way and Public Works Commission, said this faternoon that bids would be opened Thursday at Roanoke, Va., for the construction of two additional links of the national parkway. Construction is now under way on the first 12-mile link of the park way from the Virginia line south ward into North Carolina, and the contracts to be let next are for length of 7.76 miles and 10.85 miles, repree. tively, to join from the south the pro jects now under construction. The parkway is proposed to con nect the Great Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah National Parks, and is being constructed with PWA funds, Italy’s Push In Ethiopia Has Begun Selassie’s Main Army Is Midway Between Italians In North and South (By the Associated Press) Fascist Italy’s ’big push” in Ethio pia has started. From Italian Somaliland, the army of General Graziana was driving to day toward Gorrahei, the heart of Ogaden province, in southeast Ethio pia. In the north, the main Italian army, (Continued on Page Six.)
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