HENDERSON
(i ATE WAY TO
CENTRAL
( AKOLI N A
l'\\ ENTY-SECOND YEAR
Ethiopia Again Asking For Peace
AAA Boosts Tenant’s Share
0f1936 Cotton Adjustment,
Dividing Landlord s Share
SHARE CROPPER ON
HALF INTERESTS 10
RECEIVE 25 PRCNT
Non-Managing Share Ten
ant, Furnishing Work
Stock and Equipment,
To Get Half.
MANAGING TENANT
TO RECEIVE LESS
Movement is Designed as ar
Attack on South's Ancient
Farm Labor Problem and
Follows Within Week of
Plan to Make 1,000 Ten
ants Lard-Owners*
\V;i«hington. Per. 3.—(API —The
A\A ludnv announced increases in
flu ?<>n:int's share of the 1936 cotton
■i*l iii-t nn*n t Tiaynu'nt.
Thi- movement, designed as an nt
• ick dm the South‘d ancient farm la
t*.*r problem. followed by less than n
•.veel; t< p- taken by the Resettlement
Administration to make land owners
<> r I,ot Vt t eh.an * s 1 y crop planting
time. A\A officials explained that
when the cotton adjustment plans
wen drafted in 1931 there was no
preri dent for handling 1 a division of
benefit payments between landlords
;ml tenants and an arbitrary scale
w: established.
Tin- 1936-39 con fact provides that
:i sliar" cropper with a half interest
in cotton he produces will receive 2a
percent of the payment, compared to
1-"> percent in 193f*.
\ non-managing share tenant who
fun i he. work stock and equipment,
hut who produces a prop under im
m-’diate supervision of the landlord
will receive approximately 30 percent
of the payment, compared to about
1-2 percent in 193f>.
A managing share tenant who fur
ni he toek and equipment and :u
--p"i\i.e, production, will receive up
p'oximaleiv DO percent, compared to
AT 1-2 percent in 1935.
G-Man'ln
Local Case
Not Liable
< harlottc, Doc. 3.—(AIM —G. N.
lewtlen, head of the < harlot 1c
Bureau. of finest! gat ion of the
Department of Just ice, expressed
'loiiht today that the go\er lime lit
could prosecute u man who posed
at Henderson as a “(t-Man” und
arrested and jailed two men.
Isiwdcii sjii«i Hint to prosecute
for impersonation of a Federal
agent it was necessary to show
•he impersonation was with intent
to defraud.
in the Henderson case the as
serled Federal agent apparently
had nothing to gain from his
hoax.
U. S. May Prosecute Men
Selling To War Nations
,
Washington, Due. 3. —(AP) —Sccrc-'
tury Hull today threatened criminal
prosecution of firms and individuals
'’•'"filing arms and ammunition and
iinjilcnw.Tilri of war who thus far have
1 'ilu'i 1 o register wltn the govern
" nt. a- prescribed by the neutrality
1 ii'> .secretar>' of state made public
1 11 ! of persons and companies
h ‘t tiavi met the requirements of the
• < uriwiity law by registering within
1 'a e. e: ibed 00-day period.
* 1 u ll • Pies- conference statement
■ ;uua onlv minutes after Secretary
' L,i ' (| eontcmlcd that his remark?
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Texas Cotton Planter
Declares Constitution
Junked By Control Act
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.Supporters of the “New Deal" hung : 1
this crude effigy of Gov. Eugene
Talmadge of Georgia on a tree on
state capitol grounds during Presi
[ dent Roosevelt, ’s visit to Atlanta. .
i The governor has been an opponent
of administration policies for the
past year.
I Central t‘rcss)
Officer Wounded
Badly as Convict
Gang Breaks Off
Muskogee, Okla., Dec. 3. (AIM
—Six prisoners, including four
convicted in Urn rdnmltaiieotis rob I
hcry of two Okeiua.ii. Okla.. na* !
i tional banks Deccmlicr 23, 1934,
broke from the city-Federal .jail
! here (winy sifter critically wound
ing Chief of Detectives Ben Hol
ton.
The four, sill members of the
“Irish” O’Malley gang, fled In si
cnmmandeertd motor csir sifter
shooting their way out of the jail.
A fifth prisoner who joined in
I the dash for freedom was frill'd
by a bullet from the gun of Chief
I of roller Marsh Cordan.
November 2t about exports to Italy
and Ethiopia had been "misunder
stood,” and that he had asked only
for compliance with the administra
tion’s efforts to hold up shipments of
“munitions.”
Ickes* expressions then had rrcen in
terpreted almost exclusively as call
ing upon the oil industry to hold up
shipments of oil to the waring na
tions. . . I
Hull asserted in a formal statement i
that a number of firms, presumably i
coming under the neutrality law ciV ®
not registered. Expressing hope that
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HENDERSON, N. 0. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER, 3, 1935.
Contends if Law Stands
Congress Can Invade
Nearly Any State
and Private
Rights
LONG-TIME CONTROL
SEEN AS AAA’S AIM
Determined to Push for Re
strictions on Major Crops,
Despite Court Tests Now in
Progress; Wheat, Tobacco,
Rye, Cotton, Corn-Hog In
volved.
Washington. Dec. 3 <AP> Resum
ing his attacks on the Bankhead cot
ton production control act, Leo Moore,
a Texas planter, told the Supreme
Court in a brief filed today that, if
the act is upheld, “constitutional nul
lification can be accomplished by a
mere act of Congress.”
' v t*be brief was presented prelimi
nary to arguments before the court
December 10 on validity of the leg
islation. intended to curtail produc
tion by imposing a tax on the amount
of cotton grown in excess of a fixed
quota.
"Few acts of Congress have been
bforc this court of more far-reaching
and vital importance than the present
'*’t." the brief asserted.
"If the Bankhead ia sustained,
there is practically no limit to Fede
ral power; a vast field which has
hitherto been thought to be within
the exclusive jurisdiction of the states
will be within the exclusive control
of Congress. Our dual system of gov
ernment will be at an end.”
Moore contended that the act was
“not. a valid exercise of the taxing
power of Congress, because it is an
attempt to regulate and control pro
duction of cotton under the guise of
u tax." I|(|i|
“The production of cotton is es
sentially and exclusively a matter
committed to State control, and the
attempt by Congress to assert con
trol over cotton production by means
of the Bankhead act is a violation of
the tenth amendment.”
The act also is invalid, Moore con
(Continued on Page Five.)
CLIPPER BACK AT
WAKE ISLAND NOW
Wake Island. Dec. 3 (AIM—(By
Pan-American Airways Communi
cations) —The trail-bhr/.ing China
Clipper landed here at 8:58 p. n».
today, 4:58 a. m. eastern standard
time, completing the second leg
of ils return flight from Manila
to the California mainland.
New Tests
Ready For
Gas House
Dally Dispatch Human,
In the Sir Walter Hotel
IIV J. C. IIASKERYILL,
Raleigh, Dec. 3. —Further tests of
the lethal gas chamber, just complet
ed at Central Prison here and in
which an execution is scheduled to
take place December 6, will be made
today, provided the two experts from
the Public Health Service in Wash
ington arrive, Acting Director Oscar
T. Pitts said this morning. These two
experts, Dr. Dressen and Dr. Dalla-
Valle, were expected yesterday but
failed to arrive. It is expected they
will arrive some time today, however.
(Continued on Page Two.)
WEATHER -
Generally fair, not so cold to
night; Wednesday increasing
cloudiness; somewhat warmer lit
south and cost portions
EXCLUSIVE PHOTO OF MRS. LINDBERGH AND SON JON
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Mrs. Lindbergh and Jon
This exclusive photo of Jon Lindbergh, second "on
«>f Colonel and Miv. Charles A. Umlbergh, was
taken by International News Photos as Mrs. I.ind
King George Asks Commons
For Greater Defense Funds
Lon do'fi,' &t#:‘ 3.—" ”n\f>)King -
George told Parliament today it is
"urgently necessary (hat deficiencies
in the defense forces” of the British
Empire be ‘‘made good.”
The king’s warning came as the
ninth Parliament of his reign conven
ed. The king, in mourning for the
death of his sister, Princess Victoria,
was not present in person, but his
words were read,
COMMISSION TAKES
TURN IN RATE CASE
State Utilities Board Pre
senting Evidence to Back
Order for Cut
FAR FROM’"CLOSE YET
Couple More Weeks May He Neces
sary To Complete Hearing;
$300,000 at Stake Involv
ing 77,000 Patrons
Rail} Dispatch Unrnau,
In (be Sir Walter Hotel.
HI .1. t. It ASKER VILL.
Raleigh, Dec. 3.—The other side of
the telephone rate picture—the side
saving the reduction of $300,1)00 a year
in telephone charges to users of South
ern Bell Telephone Company facilities
in North Carolina—is now being un
folded bforc Superior Court Judge G.
Vernon Cowper in the trial of the
rate case in superior court here. The
sixth week of the trial started yes
terday, five weeks having been con
sumed in the hearing of the volum
inous testimony offered by the tele
phone company and its battery of
high-priced engineers and experts.
The case hinges around the valua
tion of the telephony company’s pro
perties in North Carolina, on which
the rates are based. The company
claims a valuation of between $17,000,-
000 and $18,000,000 on its properties
used entirely in intra-state business,
(Continued on Page Five.)
Ift* shopping
lO days until
j
| bergh prepared to drive Jon home from a school he
j attends at Englewood, N. J. Jon now is three
I ;uul one-half years old.
A few hours before Parliament met,
the British Treasury announced the
government has floated two loans,
totalling 300,000,000 pounds, or about
$1,458,000,000.
The king conveyed to Parliament
his; government’s point of view.
“The government’s foreign policy.’
he declared, “will, ;i s heretofore, be
based bn the firm support of the’Lea
gue of Nations. They remain prepar
ed to fulfill, in cooperation with the
Two Killed When
Prisoners Break
Huston. Mass., Dec. 3 (AIM —Two
men—a prisoner and a truck driv
er—were killed and several guards
and prisoners were Injured today
as a gang of convicts broke from
th© Massachusetts State Prison in
the Charlestown district of Boston.
Seven or eight prisoners took
part in the break. All were believ
ed to have been recaptured. At
least two were injured by shots
fired by guards. Four were re-cap
tured at gunpoints in the Boston
and Maine railroad yards, through
which the prisoners attempted to
escape.
The prison was thrown into an
uproar and details of just what
happened were meagre for some
time.
Whole City
Engulfed By
A Landslide!
i
All 50 Inhabitants of
Community in Ec
uador Buried in
Rocks and Dirt
Guayaquil. Ecuador, Dec. 3 (AP)
—A landslide buried the village of
Verde Coclia early today* killing
Its 50 inhabitants.
Residents of the area around
Huigar, where Verde Coaclia was
situated, beard a rumbling under
ground at 3:1 a. m.
No one was left alive to tell
whether any of the inhabitants of
the village in the Andes were
awakened before Hie slide hit.
The great mass of rocks and
dirt slid over a front of nearly two
miles.
The Ecuadorean government is
sending relief workers into the
area, for the railroad line was
not caught by the slide.
Not only was Verde Coaeha
erased from the map, but large
portions of two widely known
ranches were wined away-.
PUBLISHED EVERY' AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
other member of the League, the ob
ligations of the covenant.
“Particularly they arc determined
! to use at all times full weight of then
: influence for the preservation of
, peace.
j “The fulfillment, of our interna
tional obligations under the covenant,
no less than the adequate safeguard
ing of the empire, makes it urgently
necessary tlial deficiencies in the dc
-1 fensc forces he made good.’’
PROCESSING TWES
Government Not Expected
To Refund if it Loses
Case in Court
STEEL MAY~REGRET IT
Protest, on Purchase of Foreign Steel
May Rebound; U. 8. Encouraging
Employees W orking
With Its Units
By LESLIE El Cl EEL
New York, Dee. 3. -Suppose the
AAA is declared unconstitutional —•
will the government return the pro
cessing taxes collected? Wall Street
bclirves not.. The government has un
limited taxing power. It can tax cor
porations the equivalent of the pro
cessing taxes collected.
Furthermore, if processing taxes
were refunded to corporations, they
would he ahead, but the consumers
j would he out. Products have been
j sold with prices based on the pro
-1 cessing taxes.
I TALKED TOO MUCH?
Steel companies perhaps will regret
they objected to the purchase of $19,-
000 worth of German steel on New
York’s Tri-Borough bridge. No, it
isn’t the Federal Trade Commission's
investigation of alleged collusion in
bids that worries them. It is John L
(Continued on Page Five.)
Cotton Manufacturers In
Bitter Attack Upon AAA
Washington, Dec. 3 (AIM -Charges
that the agricultural adjustment act
is unconstitutional, nullifies the di
vision of power between state and
nation and extends almost •unlimited
Federal power over local affairs were
contained in a brief filed today in
the Supreme Court by the National
Asociation of Cotton Manufacturers.
The association acted as a friend of
the court, filing its analysis of the
Aa A which the Supreme Court in
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OTODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
SEtASSIE APPEALS
10 THE PATRIARCH
OF COPTIC CHURCH
Wants Christian Leader to
Intervene for Conversa
tions to Start Middle
of Month
BRITAIN TO PRESS
FOR OIL EMBARGO
England Floats Two Loans,
Part of Which Will be for
Defense; Mussolini Creates
“Brain Trust” to Remodel
Italians* Diet for Self-De
nial of Foods.
(By The Associated Press)
Emperor Haile Selassie of
war-torn Ethiopia has made
another bid for peace with
Italy, an authoritative religious!
source in Cairo divulged today.
While Premier Mussolini created a
“brain trust” to remodel the Italian
diet along wartime lines, and tha
British Treasury offered two gigantic
lons—part of which may be used for
defense—it was learned the “king of
kings’’ has appealed to the supreme
authority of the Coptic Christian
church for aid.
Ethiopia's ruler would have the
Patriarch Johannes intervene with
the Italian government to establish
a basis for peace conversations with
the Fascist, minister to Cairo about
the middle of the month.
Previously the emperor sent ap
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Mother of Kidnap
Girl-Mother of 14
Is Bitter at Man
Lewisburg, W. Va. ( Dec. 3 CAP) —
The deadlock in the tangled Bradley-
Roman kidnaping case left the em
bittered mother of 14-year-old Doro
thy Evelyn Roman still determined
today to "see justice done.”
A jury disagreed last night on the
charges that William Marvin Roman
abducted Dorothy Bradley—then only
six years old—from this tlmberland
country eight years ago.
Mrh. Richard Bradley, who prefer*
red the kidnaping charge, determin
edly announced she will ask the court
to send her daughter, now Roman’s
wife, and mother of his son, to an in
dustrial school or religious Institution.
Roman, 39-year-old Itinerant work
er. went back to Jail. Tho child-wife
juid her baby, aged 15 months, return
ed lo the home of Roman’s parents.
Protestants
InGermany
Defy Nazis
Berlin, Dec. 3. —(AP)— Leaders of
(icrinany's Protestant confessional
synod efied the Nazi regime today by
ordaining five theological students as
ministers.
Despite an order by llans Kerri,
Reichfuehrer Hitler’s head of the de
partment of church affairs, that the
confessional synod ordain no more
ministers, ordination ceremonies wore
carried out with determined and
methodical calm.
Several hundred Lutherans, ignor
ing the government’s ban against tho
ceremony, packed the little suburban
church.
If the government intends to take
drastic action against the group,
there were no signs of such action
following the ceremony.
the Hoosac Mills case, in Which the
court at Boston had ruled the proces
sing tax is invalid.
Oral arguments are scheduled for
December 9.
Summarizing, the brief asked:
“Is it too much to say that the is
cue in this case involves the funda
mental rig its of the states to con
trol their internal affairs, and the
question whether or not the Consti
tution gives Congress power virtually
to destroy this authority?”