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Reynolds Wants W. H.
Spradlit, Winston-Salem;
Bmley For J. L. Suter,
Rocky Mount
suter NOW ACTING
DIRECTOR FOR FHA
[ R. Sumner, of Asheville,
Recently Resigned Office
Declaring He Didn’t Have
p ree Hand; He was Choice
of Senator Reynolds at
That Time
Washington. Oct. 22.—(AP)— North
Carolina'-' two senators, who have di
vided a number of times over pat
imaze today apparently were at
, ,1(1; over appointment of a State di
rMtor (or th*‘ Federal Housing Ad
ministration.
Senator Robert R. Reynolds, it was
/earned, has recommended W. H.
Spradlin, of Winston-Salem,, while
jcigjah William Railey was understood
to favor Joseph L. Suter, of Rocky
Mount, for the post.
Suter has been acting director since
the re agnation of T. 13. Summer, of
Asheville, a Reynolds appointee, who
quit the job when Washington head,
quarter.- of teh housing administra
tion complained business of the Nortti
Carolina office was progressing too
slowly.
Sumner, in his letter of resignation,
contended he did not have a free hand
in running the North Carolina office,
located at Greensboro.
Naming of a successor to Sumner
is expected to be held in abeyance
until the return to Washington of W.
D. Flanders, housing field director,
who is now in the West. He is not
scheduled to return here until the
end of the month.
Meanwhile, Senator Reynolds is on
his way to the Philippines to attend
the inauguration of the new islands
government and is not to return until
iome time in December. His office
here is following closely the develop
ments in connection with the hous
ing host
Senator Bailey is in North Caro
lina, and his secretary here said he
had no knowledge of the situation.
Sharp Rise
In Earnings
Is Revealed
New York, Oct. 22 —(AP) —The first
88 corporations reporting earnings for
the third quarter of 1935 show a gain
of 18 7 percent over the like quarter
of 1931. a tabulation by The Associat
ed Pi ess today showed.
For the entire first nine months of
the year, 93 corporations reporting
showed a gain over the like period of
last year of 23.3 percent.
the total net earnings reported by
** corporations for the third quar
" _was $102,692,844, compared with
•>'tb”»46.263 in the like period of last
ear For the first nine months the
X was $299,007,141, compared
H 'th $242,503,432.
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A Possibility
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Cotton Spinning
Now Very Active
Washington, Oet. 22.— (AP)—The
cotton spinning industry was re
p tried today by the Census Bureau
to have operated during September
at 93 9 percent capacity, on a sin-
I(« sh IT; compare f 4Ji
76.4 percent for August this year,
and 54.3 percent for September last
year.
Roosevelt Is
To Arrive At
Charleston
President To Dock
Tomorrow and Re
turn to Washington
By Special Train
Aboard the U. S. S. Houston, En
Route to the United States, Oct. 22.
(AP) President Roosevelt’s ship,
after apparently outracing the Carib
bean hurricane, today prepared to
make a direct run to Charleston, S.
C., for anchorage late tonight. The
original schedule called for his ar
rival at Charleston tomorrow.
Finding clear weather and slightly
mider seas after a run through gales
last night. President Roosevelt deter
mined upon faster speed—twenty
knots—and the end of the cruise to
night.
No concern was felt today over the
slow moving hurricane actern, but the
President decided to take advantage
of the quiet waters of Charleston for
the last night of a three weeks sea
holiday.
The President will go ashore at
Charleston tomorrow afternoon, and
possibly make a talk there before
boarding a special train for his re
turn to the White House Thursday
morning.
En Route With President Roose
velt to Charleston, S. C.. Oct. 22 (AJP)
—The cruiser Houston, bearing Pres
ident Roosevelt home, plowed north
ward today well in the van of a hur
ricane which struck and damaged
Jamaica and eastern Cuba.
A high wind sent swells crashing
over the decks of the Houston and its
escort cruiser Portland, but officers
said there was no danger from the
storm.
The hurricane, they estimated, was
300 miles behind them.
Heavy seas kept the vessels’ speed
down to 17 knots as they passed
along the Bahamas. They expect to
dock early tomorrow at Charleston.
10 CONTINUE DRIVE
ON DRUNK DRIVERS
Highway Patrol to Keep Up
Effort for Safety of Roads
Over State
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Hally lJiM|inteh Bureau,
nv -i r. it \ SKioit vi i.liß,
Raleigh, Oct. 22—The State High*
way Patrol will continue its drive
against drunken drivers, and patrol
men have been instructed to stop and
arrest all drivers who are traveling
in an unsafe manner and who gave
indications of having been drinking,
Captain Charles D. Farmer, com
(Continued on Page Three.)
Dock Strike
At Gulf City
Proves Fatal
Houston, Texas, Oct. 22. —(AP) —
One man was dead and two others
were reported missing as police in
creased their lines today in the In
ternational Longsshoremen’s Asso
caition strike on the gulf coast.
Galveston port officials, expecting a
crisis in the ten-day-old strike, added
15 men to the special waterfront po.
.’ice.
Port Arthur police were confronted
by reinforced picket lines.
Police there investigated the death
of Etienne Christ, 34-year-old strike
picket, and discoveroed that two non
union men from a box car in which
they were being transported to a ter
minal. The quarette was badly beat
en.
HENDERSON, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 22, 1935
BANKHEAD COTTON
GINNING TAX GUT
UNDER SIX CENTS
AAA Reduces Levy to 5.45
Cents Per Pound on Lint,
Effective Octo
ber 21
APPLIES ToIEXCESS
OF ALLOTMENT MADE
Announcement Is Made At
Same Time of Slash In
Price of Cotton Tax Ex
emption Certificates From
Five to Four Cents; Pool
Is Also Closed
Washington, Oct. 22.—(AP) —A re
duction in the Bankhead cotton gin
ning tax from six to 5.45 cents per
pound of lint cotton, eftective as of
October 21, was announced today by
the AAA.
The Bankhead law provides that a
tax shall be collected on all cotton
ginned in excess of national allot
ments. The AAA said 10.90 cents per
pound had been determined as the
average price of lint cotton “for a re
presentative period."
The Bankhead law provides that
the tax shall be 50 percent of the av.
erage market price of 7-8 inch mid
dling spot cotton on the ten spot mar
kets for a representative period. How
ever, the tax may not be less than
five cents per pound.
At the same time, the AAA an
nounced a reduction in the sale price
of cotton tax exemption certificates
from five to four cents a pound. With
this reduction, the Farm Administra
tion said the special surplus cotton
tax exemption certificate pool has
been closed, and the regular 1935 na
tional pool will be opened soon.
These pools were set up by the AAA
to permit a grower who did not pro
duce the full amount of his allotment
to sell his tax exemption certificates
for the balmce.
Dispute In
Cotton Trade
To Be Aired
Memhisp, Tenn., Oct. 22 (AP)—-Dif
ferences between the private cotton
trade and the eotton cooperatives
will be aired before Senate investi
gators in a “showdown’’ hearing next
M^ndav.
Leading the attack on the coopera
tives will be Cassey Robertson, presi
dent of the Memphis Cotton Ex
change, and representatives of other
cotton exchanges over the South.
The American Cotton Cooperative
Association was expected to defend
the activities of the co-ops, and load a
counter-attack on the private cotton
buyers and shippers.
Senator McKeelar, Democrat. Ten
nessee, is chairman of the sub com
mittee named to investigate the co
operatives and their use of Federal
funds. He will be assisted by Sen
ators Bankhead, Democrat, Alabama,
and Townsend, Republican. Delaware.
LONDON PAPER IS
BANNED BY ITALY
Rome, Oct. 22 (AiP) —The London
Daily Telegraph was banned from
Italy today. The ministry of press
and propaganda admitted that the
sale of the paper has been prohibited
here, but no official reason for it was
given.
It is known, however, that the Daily
Telegraph —regarded in political cir
cles as the mouthpiece of Anthony
Eden, Britain’s League of Nations
spokesman, has been a source of an
noyance to the Italian government.
Relief In
Small Way
Continues
Dally Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. BASKERVILLE.
Raleigh, Oct. 22. —-There is a possi
bility that some additional funds may
be granted to the North Carolina
Emergency Relief Administration be
tween now and November 1, also that
some relief work may be continued
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Radio Photo of Ethiopian Deserter Surrendering
» .
Ra« Gugsa kneels befo: e General De Bono — J
In this radio picture from Asmara, Eritrea, Ras
Haile Selassie Gugsa, the Ethiopian governor who
deserted to the Italians with 15,000 troops, kneels
in surrender before General Emilio De Bono and a
FARM CREDIT DROP
SEEN AS PROOF OF
BETTER BUSINESS
Fewer Loans Being Called
for and Collections Are
Much More Sat
isfactory
1935 LOANS LESS BY
HALF THAN IN 1934
Brighter Outlook Reflected
in Federal Farm Loan Ac
tivities, W. 1. Meyers, FCA
Governor, Recently Tells
Federal Land Bank Presi
dents
Washington. Oct. 22.—(AP)—Farm
Credit Administration officials reach
ed the conclusion today that econo
mic conditions must be better if im_
proved collection’s on loans and a
sharply curtailed demand for flan
cial help meant anything.
Loans and discounts for the first
nine months of 1935 totalled $851,444,-
000, they said. This is a big drop from
the $1,434,498,000 figure for the same
period last year.
Applications for loans dropped from
an average of 33.000 per month in
1934, to 11,000 in June, and 14,000 in
September, 1935, Figures on collec
tions will be released later in the
week.
W. I. Meyers governor of the FCA,
(Continued on Page Three.)
PROCESSING BAN IS
UPHELD BY JUDGES
Minneapolis Minn., Oct}. 22j—
(AP) —Three Federal judges filed
an order in the United States dis
trict court today denying the ap
peal of government attorneys for
dismissal of an injunction grant
ed last July against collection of
Federal processing taxes.
KEPT IN I IGNORANCE
German Press, for Instance
Is Told What to Print
and What Not to
By LESLIE EICHEL
New York, Oct. 22.— (Suppose you
lived in a dictator country— would
you know what actually is going on
in the world?
Here are a very few of many “di
rectives’’ issued to German newspap
ers by Dr. Goebbela, head of the Ger
man ministry of public enlightenment
and propaganda:
“The press must not report the pre
(Continued on Pace Two.).
I priest at Asmara. Gugsa, who is 27 years old, may
become the “puppet king” of northern Ethiopia,
serving under Italian protection. The plan is pat-
Iterned after Japan’s DUDDet kingdom in Marchukuo.
Death And Destruction
Brought To Cuban City
By Tropical Hurricane
City of Santiago In Darkness as Power Plant Fails;
Many Buildings Collapse, River Overflows and Sec
tions of City Are Covered by Water
Santiago, Cuba, Oct. 22.—(AP)—
Three persons were reported dead and
four injured today as the hurricane
which swept northward from Jamaica
struck this city with full force.
The city’s streets were litered with
debris, making automobile traffic im
possible, while the winds and torren
tial rains prevented further search for
possible victims, who it was feared
might be buried in the ruins.
Many buildings collapsed and the
roofs of a hospital and the electric
power plant were blown off, leaving
the city without electricity.
The Decauto river overflowed,
flooding large sections of the city.
Some residents fled to escape the dan.
ger of falling debris.
N 0 news was available from the sur
rounding regions, as communications
were cut. Reports were sent out of the
Consumption
Os Beer Now
Near Double
Dally Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. BASKERVILLE.
Raleigh, Oct. 22.—Beer consumption
in North Carolina now is almost twice
as great as a year ago, judging from
the revenue being collected from the
State tax on beer, George Scott, di
rector of the division of accounts and
collections of the Department of Rev
enue, pointed out today. The total
amount of beer taxes collected since
July 1 to the present is $214,000,
while the beer tax collections for the
same period a year ago amounted to
only $124,000, showing an increase of
$90,000. The increase is expected to
become even greater as the year ad
vances.
The principal reason for this in
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FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Mostly cloudy, local showers in
extreme west portion tonight and
in north and extreme west por.
tions Wednesday; cooler in ex
treme west and north central por
tion Wednesday. 1
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city only by radio.
U. S. NAVAL STATION NOW
CUT OFF BY THE STORM
Cuba, Oct. 22 (AP) —
With the eastern end of Cuba, includ
ing the Unted States naval station at
Guantanamo Bay, cut off by a hur
ricane, authorities here today feared
restored communications would show
a widespread loss of life.
The hurricane, which swerved on
its course from the Caribbean so
widely that the Belen and National
Observatories lost track of it, smash
ed into Oriente province early today.
The blow was believed to have hit
the eastern area much harder.
The _storm seemed to have moved
inland around Guantanamo Bay and
Caimanera, where the United States
naval station is situated.
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SWAP SURPLUSES
Proposal by Hull Similar to
One by British Sir
Samuel Hoare
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Washington, Oct. 22.--(Secretary of
State Cordell Hull recently made a
suggestion of which not much notice
has been taken thus far. It embodied
a good peace idea.
Perhaps it is significant that Sir
Samuel Hoare, as England’s spokes
man, made the same suggestion al
most simultaneously with Secretary
Hull’s.
The impression naturally is that
the two have been consulting togeth
er, though it isn’t officially so stated.
The suggestion was that the nations
which have a plethora of resources
should give reasonable access to them
to countries which suffer from an in
sufficiency.
“STARVING” NATIONS
The United States has such a re
dundancy that, paradoxically, it cause
depressions. England and France,
counting their overseas possessions,
also have an overplus. Russia, too,
(Continued on Page Four.)
EMPEROR DEFENDS
CHARGES ON ITALY
Addis Ababa, Oct. 22 (AP)—Em
peror Haile Selassie declared to
day that .despite reports to the
contrary abroad, the Italian army
in its advance into Ethiopia, had
not, up to this date, used either poi
son ga sor dumdum bullets.
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ENGLAND WORKING
TO REACH ACCORD
BEFOREjOO LATE
Sir Samuel Hoare, Foreign
Secretary, Speaks Opti
mistically Before
Commons
MUSSOLINI SEEKS
TO DRIVE BARGAIN
Duce Pushing Campaign In
Ethiopia To Strengthen His
Position and Force Emper
or Selassie To Accept Such
Terms as May Be Offered
Him
London, Oct 22. —(A.P)—Sir Samuel
Hoare, foreign secretary, told the
House of Commons today there was
hope that an eleventh hour solution
of the Italo-Ethiopian conflict could
be effected before the full pressure
of economic sanctions against Italy
was applied.
Sir Samuel stated that Great Bri
tain had never turned her back on tt
peaceful solution, adding:
"There is still breathing space be.
fore the economic pressure can be
applied. Can it not be used for an
other attempt at such a settlement"?
The legislative chamber was crowd
ed, and many diplomats sat in the gal
leries.
“Italy still is a member of the Lea
gue of Nations,’’ said Sir Samuel. “I
welcome this fact. Cannot this eleven
th hour be so used as to make it un
necessary to proceed farther along the
unattractive road of economic action
against a fellow member, an old
friend, a former ally?”
MUSSOLINI IS SEEKING TO
BARGAIN ON FURTHER PEACE
Rome, Oct. 22.— (AP)—An Italo-
British understanding necessary to se
cure the peace of Europe hung in the
balance today as Premier Mussolini
(Continued on Page Three.)
Labor Riots
Reported In
West Indies
Kingstown, St. Vincent, Britiih
Wlest Indies, Oct. 22.—(AP)—RlotJ*f
broke out anew on this West Indian
island today, while armed marines
from a British warship enforced mar
tial law after three rioters had been
fatally wounded during the night.
The disorders, the outgrowth of la
bor troubles which had gone on for
months, and increased by tension due
to the Italo-Ethiopian war, reached
a head in a series of battles with po
lice last night, in which three of the
rioters received fatal wounds. Eight
of their companions, including two
women, were wounded, and six po
lice, have been injured in the wild
clubswinging riots that raged thro
ugh Kingstown yesterday after mass
ed demonstrations of laborers before
Governor Sir Selwyn Grier.
The governor’s car was smashed,
as were those of a supreme court
judge and of the islands’ attorney gen
eral, and homes and stores were loot
ed and wrecked before police guns
subdued the rioters.
Ruth Nichols
Seriously 111
From Crash
Her Pilot, Harry
Hublitz, Dies of In
juries in Fall o f
Plane Monday
Troy, N. Y., Oct. 22.—(AP)— Miss
Ruth Nichols, adventurous air woman
who was seriously injured when a
giant airplane crashed yesterday kill,
ing her pilot, was reported “slightly
improved,” but still in grave danger
today.
Captain Harry Hublitz, 42, of New
York City, her pilot, died at midnight
although his injuries and burns were
first thought to be less serious than
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