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HENDERSON gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA TU kntv-third year Action Postponed On New Farm Bill To Study Legality Text of Measure, Made Pub lic for First Time, Shows j Powers of First Draft GRANT TO FARMERS INCLUDED IN BILL Senator Smith Doubts Con stitutionality, But Bank head Is Satisfied; Hatch of New Mexico Says It Is Neither Workable Nor Constitutional in Form Wiifihinjrtoiv Jan. 25 (AP)--Still m.mbtful of it-= constitutionality, the ScK-ir Agriculture Committee today , r t .1 final acti.m on the admin ration sub-idy* so'l conservation ; • a : i plan until after Secretary Wal- r ;ind legal aide.-; present their j udgmeut Monday. Thn text of th»- new bill, made pub ]ir by Chairman Smith. Democrat, So-.nii Carolina. ; bowed it retained bmaxl powers in the original draft !or tlx- secretary of agriculture to IJK ,.Uo grants to farmers for improv ing their soil and economically using their land, with some changes sug e b d by Chairman Jones, Democrat. Texas, of the House Agriculture Com- Senator Smith, which called the ■ ;-st draft unconstitutional, said there ••uere certain features of the new whieh in my opinion sail pretty ' ,'\j •. if it dotes not cross, the Con ititution line.” ••I am satisfied with the bill,” was • h-- comment of Senator Bankhead Pemoe'nt, Alabama, who introduced the other measure. Other Demo r! it- openly expressed doubt of its constitutionality. Republicans as weil were described as dissatisfied. Senator Hatch. Democrat, New M-xico, expressed the view the mea tCuuturned on Page Five) kivanis District Committees Named For Coming \ ear i:;i2abe , :i City, Jan. 25 (API —J. Ponry iwrov, Jr., governor of the Ki wtuiis Carolinas district, today an nounc'd the appointment of district committees for this year. The committee appointment includ ed: Agriculture Arthur Fountain, Tar- Loro. Laws and regulations committee— T. S. Kittrell, Henderson. 1 Aibljc affairs for North Carolina .1. Watson Smoot. Tar boro. Extrusion committee —Hal K. Pit lard. Oxford. Publicity for North Carolina com aiittec- Milford Haynes, Tarboro. Hauptmann Lie Detector l est Sought Hoffman Anxious 1 o Know W h e t h e r Condemned Man Actually “Framed” Trenton, N. J.. Jan. 25. —(AP) —Oov- ‘ rnor Harold G. Hoffman invited Kruno Richard Hauptmann prosecu - Inrs and defense counsel today* to ; jgr»M on a. lie detector test. Such a test of the condemned kid nap-slayer of the Lindbergh baby, the oovenior said, might bring answers ''■> some of the puzzling phases of the Case. The legality of such a test and effects on Hauptmann's convic he i,, should it indicate his innocence, ‘ re uncertain. Authorities indicated legislation were needed to make ‘he results binding oh the defense ar ul the State. The governor, however, was not | concerned with the legal aspects. He j indicated that if the State and the de-; sense agree to a test he might ask s he legislature to make the necessary changes in New Jersey’s crime law. Colonel Mark O. Kimberling, State Prison warden, pointed out the test r aight be classified as a mental ex amination, for which the law provides C. Lloyd Fisher, chief defensq counsel, said ho w'ould not consent to the test unless it was conducted by the “best authority.” in his private inquiry into the case, the governor sought to learn partic ularly whether Hauptmann had been ’'framed” t.c satisfy popular demand ?or s cou^ictioru Umtiteramt Daily Dtsnatrh LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Frio Convicted in Tennessee Kidnap Knoxville. Tojiii., Jan. 25.—(AP) —(.'lctus Stone, escaped southern Illinois prison convict, his brother, Carl, mid Mrs. Mae Bang hart, wife of Basil Banghart, Touhy gang ster, were convicted today of kid naping Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Cost ner, of Knoxville, last October. Six Die in Collision Os U. S. Planes Worst Army Air Dis- i aster Ever In Ha waii; Tar Heel Pilot Escapes Honolulu. Jan. 25.—(AP) —Six army j airmen were killed in a night col-1 lision of two big bombers which ! crashed in winding sheets of flame at Luke field, military air base on Fold island. Two others aboard the planes were able to bail out in parachutes and es cape with injuries. Army authorities ordered an imme diate investigation of the crash, one if Hawaii’s worst aviation disasters. The two escaped included Reserve. Lieutenant Charles E. Fisher. 23, Asheville. N. C.. pilot of one of the dam's. ! The bodies of the victims were nirned b'yond recognition. Crashing in the darkness shortly ifter 7 p. m., (12:30 a. m. eastern -standard time Saturday.) the planes; burst into flame;. They fell like torches within 100 feet of the naval air base gasoline tanks, but the flames were quickly extinguished. Lieutenant Colonel Asa Duncan, commanding officer of Luke field, who took charge of the rescue opera tions. said he was unable to tell im mediately exactly what caused the deaths of the fliers. The airmen might have T een killed by the col lision. crash or flames. G. 0. P. CONVENTION 10 BE GOOB SHOW Dark Horse in End May Win Plum; Party Senses It Has Chance By CHARLES I*. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, Jan. 25.—The Repub lican national convention in Cleveland in early June undoubtedly will be a good show, with plenty of c and id a,- torial rivalry and suspenses up to the last unmiet. The Democratic convention in Phil-i adlephia a little later in the month probably will he cut and dried, A few months ago the Republicans were so discouraged that it generally was agreed Herbert Hoover could have their nomination if he wanted it; they didn’t consider it worth hav ing. anyway. Now they reckon that their chances have picked up decid edly. and there will be plenty of com petition. Os course, every one knows in ad vance whom the Democrats will name. True, there are fanatical anti- New Dealers who refuse to believe that President Roosevelt will be even (Continued on Page Eight.) Woman And Man To Die For Killing Os His Wife Mincola, L. 1., Jan. 25 (AP)—A jury of 12 men today voted death in the electric chair for Mrs. Mary Frances Creighton and Everett C. Applegate, for the poison eggnog slay ing of Applegate’s stout wife, Ada. Applegate, 36, who admitted inti macies with Mrs. Creighton s 15-year old daughter, Ruth, but denied any part in the death of his wife, smiled when he heard the verdict. Mrs. Creighton, 32, fho testified she put poison in an eggnog for Mrs. HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNJOON, JANUARY 25, 1936 In Three Years’ Time They Gained Thrones Hi.: ' «|| | IMi of Jjp« ronlrolli-il (M.ilirhilklio | q Crrclc throne A»sat»ninalion of hi? fatlu-r in France October. 1931. ntatlr Peter. 11. Kins of Jugoslavia. * Accession of Edward VIII as King of England marked sixth new ruler in three years in world's few remain ing monarchies. 1934 was a particularly boom year (Central Press) OBERAL SWING TO j DECIDE ELECTION Group Assembled at Chapel Hill Institute Reflects Views On 1936 Campaign PENDULUM MIGHT put McDonald in Moderate Shift Toward the Left Would Benefit Sandy Graham, and Hoey Would Win If Public Refuses To Cast off Its Conservatism Os The Years Bally IlNttiMeh llnwm, In The Mr Walter Hold, !t» ,f. 1. O VSKEIR IU Raleigh. Jan. 25.—The outcome of the present Democratic campaign for governor depends upon the extent of the swing in public opinion towards extreme liberalism in North Carolina, according to many of the editors and publishers who attended the mid-win ter meeting of the North Carolina Press Association in Chapel Hill and Durham this week. Most of these newspaper publishers and editors agreed that there seems to be a de finite trend towards greater liberal ism in North Carolina now' than in the past and that there arc evidence of considerable dissatisfaction with the old conservatism which lias char acterized the leadership of the Demo cratic party up to the present time. But no one has yet been able to estimate the degree of the swing in public opinion over the liberal side and probably will not be able to ac- 1 curately, it was agreed. The State will have to wail, until after the pri mary to learn just how much tho views and the position of the voters have changed during the last four years. If public opinion swings all the way over to the ultra-liberal side, as it already has done in Louisiana, Geor gia, Kentucky and even South Caro lina, the chances are that Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, of Winston-Salem, xirch foe of the sales tax and friend of the schools, with his program pro mising more government at less cost, will be nominated, many of the news fContinued on Page Three). Applegate, sat with bowed head, pale but calm. The State contended that Apple gate’s 268-pound wife was poisoned after she discovered her husband’s relations with Mrs. Creighton and her daughter in the quadrangle house shared by the two families. Mrs. Creighton had been acquitted in 1920 of poisoning her mother-in law in Newark, N. J., and absolved in a similar charge in the death of orlpolsd brother in 1925 c Wave Os Protest Against Gas Death Chamber Grows More and Excruciating Than Election or Any Other Form of Execution, Witnesses Say; Only I Dr. Peterson Defends New Scheme I'nil? iftfiiidfh Moreii#, , lt» Tin? Sir IVnlier llvlrl, ll.v J C. BA SR EH. V ILL Raleigh, Jan. 25. —The conviction continues to grow hei*e among all tout one of those who saw the State’s first execution by gas in the new' lethal gas chamber in Central Prison Fri day that the gas executions are hor rible and revolting, if not actually nauseating—far more so than electro cutions. hangings and other forms of death The one person who still .be lieves they are humane and painless is Dr. Charles A. Peterson, the mem ber of the 1935 General Assembly from Spruce Pine, Mitchell who introduced and secured the pas sage of Ihe bill w'hich substituted tho lethal gas form of execution for the electric chair. Dr. Peterson, after witnessing tho execution, issued a short statement | TSsensed Supreme Court Is Getting Blame; FDR Must Avoid Inflation _ By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer New York, Jan. 25. —There arc fears that the recent Supreme Court de cisions on the AAA caused a defla tionary tendency to set in. One senses the feeling in the business world. Ac tually, a deflationary tendency would set in sooner or later. Fictitious ly bolstered prices do not remain up always. In this instance, however, the Su-j pie me Court is likely to receive the | blame. It anticipated the decline, per- 1 haps hastened it. Prices are not falling to any great degree. But business dependent on the farmer are hesitating. There is an uncertainty. In fact, there is growing nervousness over the Supreme Court. One perceives this on “decision” days. INFLATION FEARED Monetary inflation is feared. i The people themselves, and the poli tic ia*V invariably, -will pursue the easiest course. The hard road of social and econo mic readjustment is howled down. If prices of commodities fall even a little the cry will be for further dollar devaluation, for the issuance of “more money’’ against the stores of those insidious commodities, gold and silver. But the administration will be forced by economic necessity to re sist these popular measures. The Unit ed States government has to meet the refunding of four and a half 'billion dollars’ worth of maturities in 1936. The administration cannot possibly permit the credit of government se curities to sink. Nor can it permit the dollar to sink against foreign currencies. Either one or the other £C.2Zt—IICC £2 Tpivc > j In which he said he was still con vinced that death by gas w'as prefer able to execution, that it did not in jure the body as much as electricity and that, in his opinion, Allen Foster, the Negro boy who was the first to die in the gas chamber Friday, did not suffer any physical pain during the two to three minutes he remained consc-ous after the gas started to en velou him. But Dr. George S. Coleman, prison plAdcian, and Di*. Kemp Neal, Ra leigh siir&eon, Who also witnessed the execution and listened to the heart beats of Foster as he slowly died from asphyxiation, his body wracked by labored breathing and convulsions, arc not convinced that execution by gas is more humane and mericiful .'Continued on Page Five.) DOWELL EXPECTED TO OPPOSE!*! State Merchants Secretary's Visit To Newspaper Men Significant Bally Disimteli Ifnrean, In The Sir Waller Hotel, Uv J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh. Jan. 25.—The belief is growing stronger daily in political circles here that Willard Dowell, at present secretary of the North Caro lina Merchants Association, will an nounce soon as a, candidate for the Democratic nomination for State au ditor, opposing the renomination of State Auditor Baxter Durham. It is being noted that Dowell attended the mid-winter meeting of the North Car olina Press Association in Chapel Hill this week and fraternized with the newspaper publishers, and editors— regarded as a sure sign toy many that he is already a candidate. It is also understood that Dowell received con siderable encouragement from a num ber of the editors and publishers pre sent at the meeting. x If Dowell does definitely announce as a, candidate against Maxter Dur ham, the opinion in most circles here is that he will stand at least a fifty fifty chance to win the nomination. In -fact, he is the only candidate mentioned as a possible opponent of Durham in several years regarded as having anything like a good chance to defeat him. It is also being pointed out that if the rumored revolt against the present set of State officials is as great as it is supposed to be, that Dowell will be selecting the proper time to make his race. Others main tain he will get the benefit of those who for some time have felt that Dur fCont.inued on Page Five, i WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, somewhat warmer on' coast, somew'hat colder in ex treme west portion late tonight; Sunday mostly cloudy, colder in, £. *r i n» r west portion- PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Many Men Dead In Desperate Battle In North Ethiopia Succeeds Laval . i a.» - I Albert Sarraut Albert Sarraut, former French premier and one of the leaders of the Radical Socialist party, went into consultation with party leaders following his acceptance of President Lebrun’s offer to form a new cabinet to replace the one dissolved by Premier Pierre Laval, who resigned. ; vehemenTcharges HEARD IN FIGHT ON SCOTTSBOROYOUTHS Oi*e of Nine Negro Defend ants and Deputy Sheriff Wounded in Melee After Trial OFFICERS DEFEND ' THEIR COLLEAGUES Norman Thomas, Labor De fense and Other Groups Allege Justice Is Not Sought In Now Famous Assault Trial in Alabama; Prisoners Back to Jail Birmingham, Ala., Jail. 25. (AP) —Twin Investigations of the highway battle between two Scottsboro case Negroes and two officers were stairted today as one Negro lay gravely wounded in a hospital here, and a sheriff cliarg ed “white persons” were respon sible for the fight. Sheriff J. Street Sandlin, who shot Ozzie Powell in the head yesterday after Deputy Edgar Blalock had been slashed iu the throat, as the officers were bringing the Negroes from De catur to Birmingham, said lie expect ed to arrest today the Negro who furnished Powell and Wright knives Used in the attack. Roy Wright, accused with Powell of attacking the two officers, told newspaper men, “I didn t have a knife and didn’t try to cut the sher iff,” as they discussed the case with ihim in his cell today. “We didn’t plan to try to escape. We wouldn’t try now that things look better for us. We don’t believe we’ll ever get sentenced to death in these cases, but we believe we will be turn ed loose.” Clarence Norris said “Ozzie and Mr. Blalock had been talking about the case, and Ozzie ‘sassed’ him, and Mr. Blalock slapped him. A few minutes later Ozzie reached his hand in his ipocket and got his knife. He opened it and then reached over and cut Mr. Blalock’s throat. That was when the trouble started.” “We thought they were going to kill us, but they didn’t hurt any of us but Ozzie,” the prisoner said. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 25. (API- Bitter charges were exchanged today between officers and supporters of the nine Negro defendants of the celebrated Scottsboro mass assault case over a fight in which Ozzie Powell and a deputy sheriff were wounded. “White persons,” asserted Sheriff J. Street Sandlin, plotted an attack by Powell and a fellow prisoner, Roy Wright, on guards moving them by motor car from Decatur, Ala., to Bir mingham late yestex-day. Physicians said the muscular young Powell, sentenced once to the electric H ZTIVC} 8‘ PAGES’ TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Both Italians and Native* Agree on Terrific En gagement Having Been Fought encirclingTeffort MADE NEAR MAKALE Ethiopians Claim Two Ital ian Units Outflanked and Cut to Pieces; Addis Ababa Begins Victory Celebration; Italians Make Counter Claims There lßy The Associated Press) A terrific battle in northern Ethiopia in which many hun dred men were killed and wounded was confirmed today by both Italian and Ethiopian governments. Other than agreeing that the battle lasted about three days with a great number of casualties—more than all the rest of flic campaign put together the government announcements were contradictory. The Italians claimed that the Eth iopians had attempted to necircle a division of Eritrean native troops and a Fascist blackshirt division in the mountains of the Temlbien area, but had been repulsed with heavy losses, leaving the Italians completely vic torious in the field. The Ethiopians claimed that the two Italian units had been outflank ed and cut to pieces by armies under the command of Has Kassa and Raa Seyoum. Italian authorities said their teri’i torial gain had been only slight, but that the moral effect on the Ethio pians would be large; the Ethiopians said their victoiy gave promise that will) the aid of continued rains, they would sweep the Italians out of at least half the territory lost in north ern Ethiopia. A victory celebration began in Addis Ababa. Casualty List Big In Africa (By The Associated Press.) Tho Fascist high command on the northern Ethiopian front re ported today casualties of 763 men hi tlie Tembien offensive, in which 5,000 Ethiopians died. Marshal Piedro BadogUo, com mander of Italian forces in the north, seat his losses at 453 Ital ians and 310 native recruits—a high mark in the invaders' losses since the start of the campaign. At Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian gov ernment said its troops had encircled the city of Makale, wiped out two Italian columns and killed, captured or wounded thousand* more of the enemy in engagements in the region. The Italian reports of defenders’ losses reduced first statements by 3,- 000. Four thousand other Ethiopians have been taken prisoners, it was reported. The Ethiopian war machine report ed capture of ten Italian cannon, and 100 machine guns. League of Nations members await (Continued on Page Two.) Royalty Is Assembling For Funeral Tens of Thousands Pass King George’s Bier in Old West minster Hall London, Jan. 25 (AP)—European royalty converged on London in vir tually force today to pay last re spects to the late King George V of England. While the new King Edward VIII dealt with a mass of state affairs awaiting his attention, and the pub lic paid homage to the old monarch at his lying in state in Westminster CD 5* jjyj
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