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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEAR STATE TAX INCOME FOR SIX MONTHS IS 12 PRCNT GREATER Receipts Amount to $25,- 789,666, With Most Sources Greater. Much Greater. LICENSE REVENUES OFF UNDER SLASH Cost of Tags Much Less and Is Reflected in Decline; Sales Tax Nearly Million Dollars For December; Franchises and Incomes Are Slightly Lower. Rnbigh. Jan. 2. (API — North Car o'ina's tax receipts for the six months cudinu PiM-cmbcr 31 aggregated $25.- 789.666 29. a gain of 12.11 prrcent over riToipt.s ounUn the same period of 1234. The only major source of revenue which did not. show an increas-* war automobile license j»late fees, and the 1936 plates which went on sale De ceinher 15 are selling: at 40 cents per hundredweight instead of the old rate of 55 cents. December revenues aggregated sl\- iv.'tl.nsi.S2. a drop under the $1,639,- 737.43 in December a year ago, as license plate revenue at the new low rate wa only $907,362.57, ns com pa r -4' i whh <1.761.585.36 in the month in |P3I. Each other major source of rev •i'W' e.xeept franchise and income tax collect ions showed a good increase and the decrease in the two lifted wax -light. Sales tax receipts in December were <953.67 7;'-!. short of tne Noveniboi collections of more than $1 000.000 hut well above the $724,555.37 taken in December, 1931. LIBERfy [EAGDE’S EXPENSE $389,973 Duponts, Raskob and Oth ers Among Heaviest Con tributors to Fund. • Washington, Jan. 2 (AP) The Ame rican Liberty League today reported i-.xnr.uditurCs totalling $389,973.92 and a balance on hand for the New Year $93,201.51 in a statement filed with tiie eiei'lt of Pie House. The re.nor*. filed by .Jt, 9. Dillon, comptroller of the League, listed re • ■dots amounting to $483,275.16. Larg est contributors were t.hc DuPont family of Wilmington. Del., who p"0- vided 5138.250 in loans and contribu tions. The Teague has been a leading New Deal critic. The Bankers Trust Company of New Yo’k made a $20,000 loan to the League last April. Jouett Shousc. president of the League, was reported to have receiv ed 351 000 during the year in salary, travel and incidental expenses. William C. Murphy. Jr., director of publicity, received $1,166,66 a month. Trcuoe DuPont led liis family in meeting League expenses, with four loans to the League, totalling $79,750. His wife Contributed SI,OOO. Lammot DuPont made two loans for a SIO,OOO total. John J. riaskob. former Democratic national chairman, aided the League with $15,000 of which SIO,OOO was a loan. Alfred P. Sloan. Jr. head of Gene ral Motors, also loaned the League SIO,OOO and made u $5,000 contribu tion in addition. Train Kills I j. T. Wilson At Crossing Freight Strikes Car O f Wake County M a n a t Mabry’s Store North of City. L. T, Wilson, prominent Wake For est merchant and farmer, said to be about GO old, was instantly kill ed this afternoon at 2 o’clock when he was struck by a fast northbound Sea board Air Line railway freight train a< Mabrv’s crossing, four miles north of the city, and only a hundred or so feet trom U. S. highway No. 1. His bodv w%.-- badly mangled. According to an eye witness to the c- i Holloway, who operates Mabry’s Store just across the high way irom the scene of the crash, Wilson drove from the highway onto on rivsj Mrnhersmt Haily Bispatch SISUVICE 01<’ Jill'. ASSOCIATED I’KESS. The Lindberghs Landing in England! jfi . x f<. V"< ' HRI w. • • jgrcgg| » * y&a&k 1 g; uniiT—^g^^mK-. £kßßss&bsSlß; ÜBHHBy -- ii ini 111— ■ i —fc«————————i—■— • ‘ , ' •* '-Jr ' Kadio flrOirs across ocean this photo of Mrs. Lindbergh, followed by her husband carrying Jon, leaving the American Importer at Liverpool, where they were greeted by aa large and as curious a crowd as ever they sought to avoid in U. S. fCentral Prce»> Hauptmann’s Attorneys Inject Unidentified Man In Lindbergh Kidnaping Said To Have Been an Associate of Late Isidor Fisch in Tragedy; Lead Being Investigated as Gover nor Arranges Date F or Clemency Hearing. Trenton, N, J„ Jan. 2 (AP)—Bruno Richard Hauptmann's lawyers inject ed an unidentified man into the Lind bergh kidnap killing today, disclosing they were checking a story that the man and the hi to Isidor Fisch were associated in the crime. The latest move in defense efforts to keep Hauptmann from the electric chair the week of January 13 deve loped on the first anniversary of the opening of his Flemington trial. “We are investigating a lead,” said Attorney Frederick A. Pope. Dl aspmKs Jackson Day Gatherings Not in Interest of Indivi dual Candidacies. Dully DiMiHiteh llinrwn. In i'|u> Sir Waller Unit.. Ity .1 V HASIvISUVII.I. Raleigh. Jan. 2—The 40 or more Jackson Day dinners to be held by various Young Democratic Clubs over the State the evening of January 8 are to be Democratic rallies for old as well as young Democrats, and none of them are intended to become demonstrations either for or against any particular candidate or group of candidates, Mrs. Bessie Phoenix, pre sident of the North Carolina Young Democrats maintained today. She vigorously denied reports that she or any of the other State officers of the Young Democrats are aligned with any political faction or candidate or that any of the Jackson Day dinner* have been planned to develop into pep meetings for any particular candi dates. “If there are any factional fights (Continued on Page Two.) Safety Drive For 1936 Gets Off to Very Poor Start Chicago, Jan. 2. —(Al*)— Safety campaigns designed to reduce the 1936 automohile mortality totaJ on on the nation’s highways by 36 l»ercout got away to a poor start on New Year’s day. Statistics compiled today show ed at least 93 persons died in au tomobile accidents yesterday, compared with 98 on January 1. 1935, or a drop of slightly better than five percent. The figures were Incomplete and unofficial. Os the states reporting, 12 and the District of Columbia showed » reduction in fatalities over fig ures for a year ago, eleven had increases, 15 gave unchanged totals and the other four failed to return comparative totals. Fifteen states and the District of Columbia had clear records of no automobile deaths on New Year’s Day this year. A year ago only 14 states were without traf fic deaths . . HENDERSON, N. G, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 2, 1936. The counsel for the convicted slay er of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., de clined to disclose the identity or whereabouts, if known, of Ihe tiew figure. Until the lead was fully de veloped, he indicated details would not he made public. Governor Harold G. Hoffman, a member of the Court of Pardons, was expected to fiv today a date for hear ing Hauptmann’s plea for clemency. There were indications it would be Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday of next week, only a week preceding tiiqt fixed for his execution. 300,000 CARS YET WITHOUT LICENSES Only Around 200,000 or Lit tle Better Sold Through First of Month. D.'iily *Dm|i»(i*l< tlurriin, Ih The Sir Walter Hotel, My .1 V. BASKERVILI Raleigh, Jan. 2. —There are still about 300,000 automobile owners in the State who do not yet have their 1936 automobile license plates, since only about 200,000 licenses had ac tually been sold and delivered to own ers up through last night, according to estimates made today by Director R. R. McLaughlin of the motor ve hicle bureau of the Department of Revenue. There were thousands of moil orders on hand this morning when the Revenue Department open ed following the New Year’s holiday of yesterday. But this avalanche of last-minute mail orders is so heavy that will require several days to mail the license plates back to those who have erdored them. “Those who waited until the last few days to send in their mail or ders for new license plates will now have to wait several days, perhaps a week, to actually get their new li (Continued on Page Three.) SIMFENDED Democrats Uphold Radio Night Message to Con gress; G. O. P. Attacks Washington, Jan, 2 (AP) —Presi- dent Roosevelt’s decision to deliver his annual message to Congress to morrow night at an hour when the inumber <>f radio listeners will be greatest was defended by Democratic leaders today against Republican charges of “politics.” Replying to an assertion by Henry P. Fletcher, national Republican chairman, that the arrangement brought the annual presidential duty M’DONALD BLOCKS Credited With Keeping Franklin Man Out Lieut.- Gov. Race. EYE UPON THE FUTURE If McDonald Were Elected, Lumpkin Would Be I’oiVer in Lower House: Denials of This Schedule. Likely' Daily llisitilli'li Itureati, In Tin* Sir Waller Hotel, uj •». *:. in%Eiiv»4,i. RAToigh; Jan. 2.—A clevef political “trade” said lo have, been engineered by the erudite Dr. Ralph W. McDon ald. of Winston-Salem, one of the four leading candidates for governor, is responsible for the decision by Willie Lee Lumpkin, of Louisburg. Franklin county, not to become a can didate for lieutenant governor, ac cording to reports current in political circles here, According to those wj»o profess to know the inside “dop6” about this purported “trade,” McDon ald and bis friends huvb succeeded in persuading the young Txmisburg law yer not to run for lieutenant gover nor iii (liis campaign by asking him again to become a candidate for the House of the 1937 and 1939 General Assemblies and to ,bc the administra tion leader in the House in these ses sions, further assuring him of their support for governor in 1940, to suc ceed McDonald —provided he is nom (Continued on Page Five.) TeSICAGO Fifth of Six Brothers in Ring Surprised by Police While Sleeping. Chicago, Jan. 2.—-(AP)— “Tommy” Touhy, long-sought as the leader of the “Terrible Touhy” gang, was seiz ed today in a. West Side apartment. Lieutenant Thomas S. Kelly, of the Stale’s attorney’s police, disclosed. Touhy is wanted for questioning about a long list of postal robberies including a $105,000 hold-up in Char lotte, N. C. Eldest of six brothers, the 4.1-year old “Tommy” was accused by police of organizing the Touhy bootleg gang, which controlled illicit liquor sales in northwest Chicago and its suburbs, defying the most powerful Chicago criminal outfits, including the Capone mob. One of “Tommy’s” .brothers, Roger, was sent to prison in 1934 for the SIOO 000 kidnaping of John Factor, in ternational speculator. “Tommy” was arrested in bed, with out resistance, when a raiding squad descended upon his apartment. Po lice found a pistol on a dresser with in easy reach, but the gang leader made no attempt to seize it. Touhy’s capture also accounted for the fifth of the six brothers who com prised the Touhy gang’s high com mand. At their peak, they command ed a veritable criminal army, with as many as 100 men under arms, po lice said. WEATHER I'OR NORTH CAROLINA Rain this afternoon and to night; generally fair weather Fri day; somewhat warmer in ease and central portions tonight; Ct!i?r <* n <so !lth CC2 VriJa, Ethiopian Northern Drive Meeting Serious Setbacks From Italian Resistance Quick Action Upon Bonus Expected At Start Os Congress Leaders of Three Major Groups of Veterans Reach Agreement Involving Billion Dollars. REPUBLICANS CLAIM FDR IS POLITICKING Say President, in Grand standing His Annual Mes sage to Congress, Is Low . ering His Exalted Duty to Level of Political Speech in Addressing Solons. ,/ashington, Jan. 2.—(AP) — The prospect of quick action on the bonus ! aiul a sharp Republican reaction to ; President Roosevelt’s forthcoming broadcast address to Congress .greet ed political observers today with the new legislative session but a few hours away. As the leaders of three major vet erans groups expressed unanimity on a new program providing for imme diate bonus payments, some obser vers foresaw speedy action at Capitol Hill on the old issue. The cx-soldicrs’ spokesmen argued Unit the usually quoted $2,000,000,000 bonus would be halved for the pre sent under the plan. For one thing, they said, many veterans would bold their certificates instead of cashing them now. because inducements would be offered in the form of in terest on uncashed certificates. Republican Chairman Henry P. Fletcher was quick to respond to the President’s announced intention of addressing the joint session tomor row alight. He declared the plan brought the annual presidential duty “down to the level of a political Speech,” and de manded that the broadcasting sys tems accord the Republican an “equal opportunity.” This would mean free radio time for the G. O. P., since the President’s message on the state of the nation will ,be broadcast without cost. Flowers Brothers To Start Service Os Prison Terms Raleigh, Jan. 2 (AP)—The Flowers brothers of Johnston county, Percy, Jimmy and Dick —now planned to surrender to Federal authorities at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning to begin terms of three years each in Federal prison for assault on a tax inspector, John Hall Manning. assistant district attorney, said today. The men were convicted of attack ing A. E. Bennett, Federal agent, who was protecting automobiles of a ■party of officers making raids in Johnston county. Appeal plans of the men will be dropped, Maiming said, after confer ring this morning with their attor neys Motorists NabbedFor 1935 Tags Raleigh, Jan. 2 (Al*)— Captain Charles D. Farmer, of the Slate Highway Patrol, said today that motorists operating cars on the highways without 1936 license plates are being arrested in every part of the State. Reports of arrests by patrolmen are being made to headquarters here by mail, and it may be seve ral days before figures are avail able, Captain Farmer said. “I know people are being ar rested, because they kept me awake nearly all night calling me on long distance telephone from every direction about having been nabbed by patrolmen,” Captain Farmer commented. At Goldsboro patrolmen report ed 2 arrests this morning. At Washington there had been !ovpt!il rl(iron *nrre«f« PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Starts Campaign WmmMl: : jW jj|p "•••V - ‘ iHBmF . mUM v fH ■ H R 47. 4 ■ ■ UKj ■ S Frank Wickhem of South Falls, S. Dakota, president of Young Demo crat Clubs 6l America, has already begun the presidential campaign. ! He’s shown in Washington where he went to enlist new members. (Central Frets) WUI HOTBED' OF REAL RADICALS Conservatives Shudder At Possibilities of LaFollette Movement. HOPE FOR AN UPTURN Only Business Rise, With Plenty of Jobs at Fair Wages Likely To Stave Off Real Scrap Next Four Years By CHARLES V. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington. Jan. 2. —The possibili ties of Wisconsin’s new Farmer Labor Progressive association are much dis cussed by politicians swarming into Washington for the 1936 congressional session. The organization is a partnership of La Follettc Progressives, farmers, representatives of the state federa tion of labor, and Socialists. Communists also arc invited to join, as individuals. It appears that the alliance’s essen tial principle is “production fpr use,” as against ‘‘production for profit”—in other words, termination of the cap italistic system. CONSERVATIVES SHUDDER All this strikes many public men in Ihe capital as a pretty radical alignment and program. Most New Dealers, even, are skit tish. No one expects the association to make a dent of national proportions at the coming election, but if its statewide showing is a strong one it will give shivers to conservative statesmen —and to some who are fairly liberal, but not enough so to invite Communists to join them. ANALYZE MOVE If times improve in the next year or two or three, observers of the sit uation are confident that the new Wisconsin movement will peter out without reaching formidable size. Otherwise they are afraid it will (Continued on Page Five.) SECOND DEGREE FOR CONSTABLE SOUGHT Trenton, N. C., Jan. 2.—(AP) — Upon completion of the juiy this morning, Solicitor D. M. Clark an nounced that he would ask a second degree verdict against Guy Eubanks, former Jones county constable, who is charged with the murder of Will Oxley in superior court here. The shooting occurred on the night of De cember 23 Eubanks pleaded self-de f prise.. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY ROME IS ALARMED AT SLOW PROGRESS i Possibility of Tightening American Neutrality Reg ulations Worries Mus- i solini. DEFENSE ACCORD IS CAUSE OF CONCERN Franco-British Agreement May be Serious Blow To Italy; Meanwhile, Addis Ababa Admits no Swedish Red Cross Workers Werq Killed in Bombardment. * - j (By The Associated Press.) The first major Ethiopian offensive on the northern front of the Italo- Ethiopian war zone since the start of hostilities three months ago is en countering serious setbacks, authori tative sources in Addis Ababa dis closed today. Official silence enfolded the move ments of Ethiopian War Minister Rae Mulugheta, who was reported to have launched a general attack against the Italians last Saturday, but informa tion in the capital city said he was meeting steady resistance. As Addis Ababa awaited word from the north anxiously, the government clarified confusion over the Italian bombardment Monday of a Swedish Red Cross ambulance unit. It termed, an “odious lie” an Italian charge that two Fascist aviators who fell at Dag gah Bur were decapitated. The government, which through Emperor Haile Selassie had protested to the League of Nations that the Fascists employed poison gas in tho attack, announced in the final report of the incident that only two Swedes wore wounded and none killed. , Public resentment arose in Stock holm. iSwedcn. Prince Karl called a meeting of the Swedish Red Cross to consider the case. Sweden’s Red Cross was reported reliably to take the view that the Fascist aerial attack, direct ed first at an American hospital at Dcssye and then, at the Swedish Red Cross unit in the south, were intend* cd for the Red Cross. The whole question of aerial bona* bardment, particularly attacks on Red Cross medical units, appeared in Geneva to be a likely topic for dis cussions by the League Council Janu* ary 20 or sooner. Rome, more concerned with tha progress of the war than with tho protests over the bombardment, was filled with reports that national con cern in the war crisis centered on three factors: The possibility of Am erican oil export restrictions under any new neutrality program adopted by Congress; talk of a Franco-British defense accord, and retarded progress of Italy’s army. Italians' Property Will Bo Seized Unless Uutlawed War is Ceased. ■ 1 ■ I (By The Associated Press.) Ethiopia, her first major offensive reported awry, served notice on the League of Nations today that she will retaliate by seizing the property of Italians unless Italy abandons al leged outlawed war methods. The African empire, in a commut* cation to Geneva, promised to refrain from inhuman treatment entailiug Italian soldiers. But in Italy, where Premier Mus solini’s government already has ac cused the Ethiopian warriors of de capitating Fascist aviators, and had cited that as a reason for a southern aerial bombardment, in which a Swedish hospital unit was wrecked, observers speculated on a possible campaign of “punishment.” Reliable sources in Romo said Italy had vast quantities of “scientlfia weapons,” which it is reluctant to uso against the enemy unless Ethiopian war practices arouse a national de mand to “fight fire wnh fire.” Some Fascists thought a merciless aerial drive might be Italy’s coursa to punish the hostile armies ioc thg allesred decapitations, _ _ ,
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