HENDERSON CATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD year ETHIOPIANS REPORT ITALIANS SLAIN AS PROTESTS ARE SENT i Major Engagement West of j Makale on Northern Front Is Claimed at Addis Ababa MUSSOLINI FIGHTS ASSISTANCE PACT Registers Bitter Objection at Geneva to British Medi terranean Accord, and ! Calls It Anti-Italian Alli ance; Objects Also to British Battleships kstiopians A till is Ababa. -lan. 2.‘> (AP) ; An official Ethiopian com- Tinijii<;tje today claimed “scve vai thousand Italians have been: billed” in a major battle on the northern front. Tin* battle haw boon raging since M' unlay, the communique stated. I• - jife was not given in the offi yi a>innuncement. but official ; said ■ ; ,>v understood the engagement took j.i.ioo w-t Makale. Ml SSOI.IM REGISTERS lIIS PROTEST ABOUT NEW FACT (By The Associated Press) I reinier Mussolini carried his dip lomatic war controversy deeper into • l u* I,cagn«* of Nations Council today !)•• striking out against the five-power •runial aid agreement and British X.val maneuvers in the Mediterran ean. . One of his spokesmen asserted the Dalian lender would protest the as consider the proposed >1 -rnal and steel-iron embargo against di< aggressor nation in the east Afri can conflict. At Paris, president Albert I.ebrun ibored to discover a successor to for mer Premier Pierre Laval, whose cabinet stepped down after political ; eritici -m of vacillating foreign poli- Repor's from the actual war front- ! !• rs carried conflicting news of Ital- j : ; victories, vigorously denied by i K hiojdan sources. Negro Scheduled First Gas Victim Friday Forenoon Raleigh. Jan. ”3 (AlM—Every thing was ready (Iris afternoon for the scheduled asphyxiation at state’s Prison tomorrow of Alien Foster, young Alabama Negro. MMtteuced to die for criminal as viult on a lloke county white womSn. The execution will be the first by lethal gas east of the Missis "ippi river. North Carolina having installed the new system last year •nit not previously having used it on a human being. f onornor Fhringhaus announced several days ago he saw no rea son to inervene for Foster, and Parole Commissioner Edwin Gill indicated this afternoon nothing new had come out in the ease. ~ j Japan Fears Competition Os The U. S. t I vvo Nations To I' ig h t for Com merce, Backed By Xa v i es, Admiral W arns Osaka, Japan, Jan. 23. —(AP) —Vice Admiral Sankichi Takahashi, com hiander-in-chief of the combined Jap iic.se fleets, pictured tonight, a pros pect of rivaly between American and Japanese commerce, backed by navies in the island territories of the south eastern Pacific. Admiral Takashaslii, the navy’s ranking sea-going commander, ad tiressed a dinner of 300 business lead ’ i of western Japan. Many of them "ere munitions magnates. ‘Japan’s fleets,” declared the ad inira.l, ‘‘are organized with a view to ou - Six.) Hmtttersnn Bally Biapatrh LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Cotton Ginned Is 10,249,688 Bales Washington. Jan. ’l3—(Al’)—Cot ton of last year’s growth ginned prior to January 16 was reported today by the Census Bureau to have totalled 10,2-19,688 running ba'es. counting 281,007 round bales as half bales, and including 16,281 hales of American Egyptian. Ginning* to January 16 this year hy states included: North Carolina, 368.911 hales. RECORD DISPROVES ™raooicui Sales Taxers in 1933 Saved Schools from 50 Percent Bigger Slash Than Given ANTI-SALES TAXERS ASKED SIX MONTHS But Raleigh Sentiment Is Agreed With McDonald That Local Initiative Is Now Needed for Longer Terms and Higher Grades In School Systems Hally IliMitateh Ilurcan, 1m Ti..* S|r Wntlir Hole*. II j .1, C. II 'SKKItVIM. Raleigh, Jan. 23. —'There is general agreement hero with the statement made by Dr. Ralph W. McDonald in a speech in Hickory Monday night tc the effect that more local initia tive and local interest are needed to restore the public schools to their pro per position in North Carolina, and e peciallv the strong intimation by McDonald that be r elieves the various local units must supplement the a mount appropriated to the schools by the State with funds raised from lo cal taxation. But there is strong dis agreement with his statement that the sales tax forces were the ones who in 1933 were responsible for the battering- down of the school approp riation. For the record, as contained in tlip Journal of the 1933 session of the General Assembly, shows that if the anti-sales tax forces, under the leadership of Representative Tam C. Bowie, of Ashe county, had had their way the school appropriation would have been only $10,000,000 a year in- Gor.tinned on Page Three.! His Favorite Heir RS ' p(p * MiMMiagM ■aa— “Uncle David" is now King Edward VIII and Princess Elizabeth, his favorite niece, may herself some day occupy Britain’s throne. She is the eldest child of the Duke of york and second in line. •. (C,e.nt,rn) \ HENDERSON, N. C„ THURSDAY AFTERNOO N, JANUARY 23, 1936 Where George V Joins Ancestors at Rest SM — I •Area The shadowy confine,' of Albert Memorial Chapel at Windsor, England, will hold the earthly remains of Britain'? mourned ruler, George V lie will lie next to his father, King Edward VII, whose funeral cortege is shown winding through the castle grounds to the chapel built by Henry 111 seven hundred years ago. (Central Press) Cold Wave Hits Record Low With 51 Dead In 12 States Chicago, J an. 23. —(AP) —Sub zero temperatures and whistling winds from the Canadian North west doubled their toil of human lives today as they swept from the Dakotas to the Atlantic. At least 51 dead were counted in a dozen of 20 states covered by the Arctic blast. The rawest cold still centered over the midwest with 56 degrees j below zero at International Falls, in northern Minnesota, the worst | on the continent, hut zero chill ex- 1 tended from the Rockies to the edeg of New England and south j to Tennessee and North Carolina. SAYS NEWS STORY j '' ' .... j- ___ .• j Foundation Stone of Amer ican Newspaper, A. P. Man Tells Meeting Chapel Hill, Jan. 23.—(AP)— Byron , Price, chief oT Urn Washington bu reau of The Associated Press, told the North Carolina Press Institute here j today that the news reporter’s pro duct still remains the foundation! stone of the American newspaper. “There are abundant evidences that in spite of the intrusion of the radio commentator, in spite of the increas ed number of publicists who write from an editorial viewpoint of their own, the product of the news repor ter remains the foundation stone of the American newspaper,” he said. “Nothing can take the place of facts intelligently and accurately pre sented. Indeed, there is reason to be lieve that the public puts even great er reliance in plainly stated facts from which it can draw' its own con clusions than ever before,” Price con tinued. The speaker quoted Elihu Root, dean of American statesmen, on the subject, expressed in an opinion some time ago: “With the extraordinary growth of news service in recent years the pub lic has been acquiring the habit of being informed from day to day about what is going on in the world, and this habit, has greatly changed the basis of political action. The Amer ican voters were formerly moved very largely Icy stump speeches and strong ly partisan editorials and by what they were told concerning public events in the course of a whirlwind campaign immediately before the election, “Today, as a rule, few elections are decided before the political campaign begins, and they are decided on the basis of news which the voters have been reading from day to day ever since the lust election.” Labor Relations Act of 1935 Held As Constitutional Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 23 (AP)— Tho constitutionality of the na tional labor relations act of 1935 was upheld today by Federal Dis trict Judge John D. Martin in a formal opinion in which he denied the application of the Beni is Broth ers Bag Company, of Bemia, Tenn. for an injunction to prevent a scheduled inquiry by a represen tative of the National Labor lie -s_._rL.nw ti Ai j .V-FSOr* T€l_! Thermometers between 25 and 35 in Minnesota ami Wisconsin and from 10 to 20 below In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Missouri, eastern Kansas, Nebraska and the Daktoas. From Ohio eastward the mer cery sagged below' zero as far as New York City, where the column showed two below. Gales off the Virginia Capes blew the Danish steamer Mary land aground in Balittnorc harbor and unroofed three homes ill the city. A 69-mile wind smashed win dows in Washington, D. C. Thirty jmsseiigers were report Will Not Ask For Funds To Enforce Potato Crop Law Washington, Jan. 23. (AP)— Expressing belief the potato con (rol act woidd bo held invalid by the Supreme. Court If a test case were brought, Representative Lindsay C. Warren, of Washing ton. N. C„ says he will not ask for funds for Us enforcement. Instead, Warren is asking sl,- 006,000 for a survey of potato marketing and production pro blems, so the industry may bene fit in any, new agricultural pro gram approved by Congress. Warren’s m ove apparently meant abandonment of plans to enforce the measure, which Sec retary WaUaee once said would be a near impossibility. League Has Fight Over Communism Fascism Also Fig ures in Hot Debate in the Council Meeting at Geneva • —— N Geneva, Jan. 2S— (AP)—A sharp battle over communist and Fas cist foreign policies and the right of an American republic to break diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia broke out in tho Council of the league of Nations today. Maxim Litvinoff, foreign commissar of Russia, declared to the Council that Japan, Italy and “another Eu ropean state” are fostering aggressive policies of “the utmost danger to world peace.” He demanded that Uruguay explain to the League exactly why it broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet government on the grounds that the Moscow government was fos tering communistic activities. Alberto N. Guani, the League repre sentative of Uruguay, answered heatedly that the time had come for (Continued on Page Six.) "Weather FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair, slightly colder in extreme southeast portion tonight; Fri day mostly cloudy and continued SSJ4* ed marooned in a Pennsylvania railroad train stalled by snow’ near Starkey, N. Y. An emer gency crew was sent to free them. Chicago, Jail. 23.—(AP)—Thou sands of minute silvery’ threads shrivelled down into thermometer bulbs and froze today as all-time record low temperatures were shattered in many sections. The worst frigid wave of many sea sons swept down suddenly from (ho northwest on the wings of a gale and snuffed out the lives of at least 25 (Continued on Page Three.) Report Is Morgenthau To Advise FDR and Be Suc ceeded by Jones Washington, Jan. 23. —(AP)—Belief among some Democrats in Congress that Jesse H. Jones might replace Sec retary Morgenthau at the Treasury was declared ill-founded today at. the \Mhite House. Rumors of impending cabinet changes have circulated repeatedly as the presidential campaign takes shape Postmaster General Farley is ex pected to step out before very long to confine attention to his Democra tic chairmanships. There was speculation at the cap ital whether a Joncs-Morgenthau shift might be one of several moves contemplated. Democrats spoke of If, asking they not. be quoted* and said their information came from “appar (Cuniinued ou Page Three.) CRISIS HEIGHTENED Paris Jan. 23.— (AP)—Franco’s governmental crisis heightened today as the first leaders to be offered the premiership refused to step into the uncomfortaibJe shoes of Pierre Laval. The finan cial situation also began to reflect the uncertainty. Pressure Was Strong On Wilson To Enter The War Nye’s Accusations Hardly More Damaging Than Letters Uncovered By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer New York, Jan. 23.— Nothing that Senator Gerald P. Nye, chairman of the Senate munitions investigating committee, could say personally would be as damaging as the actual evidence introduced so far. First of all, there is this in a letter, dated May 14, 1916, from Colonel Ed ward M. House to President Wood row Wilson: “One thing that works against you is the alienated Americans living in <“.r, poCO TVrrs ) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY, FRICTION DEVELOPS OVER FARM BILL IN SENATE COMMITTEE Aiken, S. C., Bank Robbed of SIB,OOO Aiken, S. C„ Jan. 23 (AP)—The Bank of Aiken was held up by three bandits today and robbed of a sum estimated by W. Oliver Jones, the cashier, at around $lB,- 000. The trio escaped with one or two confederates, who waited in an automobile. The ear, a black Ford V-8 coach, sped out of Aiken on the road toward Greenville. LIES IN STATeTt WESTMINSTER HALL Body of George V Returned to London, Accompanied by Royal Family in Mourning THREE-MILE MARCH IN LONDON STREETS Grenadier Guardsmen Lift Coffin from Train Onto Royal Horse Artillery Caisson: for Trip to West minster; New King and Brothers Walk Behind It London, Jan. 23. —(AP) —The body of King George V was returned to London this afternoon to lie in state four days. The ten-car royal funeral train pulled into the King’s Cross station at 2:45 p. m., while thousands of Britons packed the adjacent streets. An houor guard from the three fighting services—the army, navy and air force—stood rigidly at attention on the purple carpeted platform as grenadier guardsmen carried tho oaken coffin from the black and pur ple funeral coach. The guardsmen placed it on a royal horse artillery caisson for the pro cession through the streets of central London to Westminster hall. There the great folk of the land were as sembling for the being in state cere monies. The new King Edward assisted his mother, the widowed Queen Mary, to alight from tlie train. Then he fell in hy the side of his three brothers, the Dukes of York. Gloucester and Kent for the sacred walk of the day (behind the coffin. Together they set off afoot for Westminster hall, three, miles away. The Queen Mother and the other women members of the royal family followed in automobiles. Not. only the streets but rooftops and windows were packed with the mournfully silent watchers. BURY KIPLING WITH ENGLISH IMMORTALS London, Jan. 23 (AP)— Rudyard Kipling was buried today in the company of other immortals of Englilh* literature. While the body of his sovereign, the late King George V, was hiv ing homo to Westminster hall, the ashes of Kipling were reverently In the dim and quiet poet’s corner of Westminster Ab bey. Glass and Connaliy Bitter But Coulld Scarcely Deny Charges By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, Jan. 23.—1 t probably was undiplomatic of Chairman Gerald P. Nye of the Senate’s munitions in vestigation committee to charge that President Wilson and Secretary of State Lansing “falisffied” relative to their knowledge of the Allies’ plans to make over the map of Europe after defeating Germany. However, Senators Carter Glass and Tom Connally, in attacking Nye for his atterance, scarcely were in a posi- TOnnflniio4 IT - 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Republicans Refuse To Serve on Sub-Committee To Study New Agri culture Measure CHAIRMANSHIP IS UNLOADED ON HIM Asked Where Money Will Come From, South Caro lina Senator Answers, “Just Reach Up and Grab It Out of the Air”; Norris Calls It Uneonstitutional Washington, Jan. 23 (AP) —Serioua friction over the new administration farm program developed in the Sen ate Agriculture Committee today when Republicans refused to serve on, a sub-committee to study the soil con servation plan, and Senator Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, reluctantly accepted the chairmanship. Smith, who is chairman of the full agriculture committee, but who defer red to Senator Bankhead, Democrat, Alabama, to introduce the soil im proving subsidy amendment in the Senate, told reporters after a closed committee meeting: “I’ll support this bill when it con forms to the Constitution.” iSniith said Senators iMcNary of Oregon, the Republican leader, and Norris, Republican, Nebraska, declin ed to serve on the sub-committee of five which was named to study the plan and report back to the full com mittee by Saturday. Senator Smith plainly indicated how he stood on the bill. “Unfortunately, they made me chair man of the sub-committee,” he said. “When the sub-committee completes its work, “111 give you my opinion. Everything is going to depend on what the sub-committee does.” “What. an. you going to do for money?” a reporter asked. “Just reach up and grab it out of of the air.” Smith replied, throwing an arm up. It was learned the Senate commit tee discussed the constitutionality at the measure at length. Some argued it could be framed to conform to the Supreme Court’s AAA decision; oth ers. including Norris, contended other wiso.” ROANOKE RIVER AT 24-YEAR TOP MARK Considerable Minor Damage Being Done by High Waters in Roanoke Rapids Section Raletgh, Jan. 23.—-(AP)—-Running; higher than at any time since 1912, the Roanoke river at Weldon today was doing considerable minor damage as it approached a flood crest forecast at 48 feet. The stream was 46.3 feet deep this morning, 15 feet above its banks, and the rise was expected to continue 12 to 24 hours longer. The waters had already closed Statp highway 47 a* Roanoke Rapids. The heavy flood will reach the lower sections of the river, around Williamston. next week. Other eastern Carolina streams winch have been in flood since Mon day were dropping in their middle reaches. The Neuse at Smithfield waa down a foot, the Cape Fear at Fay etteville was down seven feet since yesterday, and the Tar was falling at Rocky Mount and rising at Tarboro and Greenville. Labor Board Tells Lewis To Be‘Good’ ■ % ■ ■« .»■. Bolting Mine Union Head Told by A. F. of L. Council To Halt Movement Miami, Jan. 23 (AP) —The American Federation of Labor execu tive council today commanded the John L. Lewis committee for indust rial organization to “Immediately dis solve” and “cease to function.” The committee moved after finding “there is growing conviction that'the Lewis committee’s activities consti tute a challenge to the supremacy of the American Federation of Labor. Recalling the expression against in dustrial unionism of delegates to the A. F. of L.’s 1935 convention, the ex ecutive council said it must “insist the convention policies should be re jected, observed and carried put.* l