'hkxderson GATEWAY to ' CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEAR BONUS ENACTED INTO LAW 225 Reported Dead In 20th Century’s Worst Cold No Relief Likely From Icy Blasts In Next 24 Hours Snow Blanket Covers North ern Area and Extends as Far South as North Carolina more SNOW LIKELY IN MANY SECTIONS Up-State Roads in New; York State Blocked; Auto mobile Fatalities Over j Week-End Add to Terri fic Toll; Weather Fatali- ; ties for 1936 Now 402. Oiir;,;;u. Jan. -7 (AD—Even Fore-. , ,-i >• K. lik-yd shivered as he look i up from his maps and data to pm- i -it Past another 24 hours of sub- : with which gripped most of ( : i„. nit o!). which today counted a] list of at hast 225 persons since; Wednesday. i The f’Atiti wave, which generally * ; i.j ;;voided the Pacific coast states, I itered the State of Washing 'Spokane had a minimum of 36 , v re* .- v s’erday. which was the: ~1(1.. ; temperature there since last < )ctcber. The ahr.c "mal weather, desert ed as • v■.*i - ! of the twentieth century.” , v iuk i south into Oklahoma. Texas ~j p,v? : r.f Florida. A si ow blanket covered the north i .-•la***?: and extended a - far south . North Carolina, where one to two' brN * fell. Me;- .--now was in prospect for; mativ sections. A light fall started at : Cdnight in New York City, where ♦hr temperature was 23 at midnight.; MarA' un-State roads remained block-; • - ! (Continued on Page Two » Alabama Governor Backs Officers In j Scottsboro Affair M- ntgomery. Ala.. Jan. 27. — ( AP) — i Coventor Bibb Graves, after reading; "e report of Caotain Potter Smith ’ day on the shooting of Ozzie Powell j Scotleboiu defendant., said the offi- ; ' I- did their full duty, and are to bo j ■>omui«*iided.” _ j Tin; governor at the same time is ; d ordt't • tliat no one be permitted I to :.(> Cowell at the hospital without writ; it order from Judge W. AV r . | Callahan, of Decatur, because of the, cr. trSt from Dr. \V. S. Littlejohn on ” ■ Negro being questioned at this | time. In hi r> port to the governor. Cap-; tain Smith said he had found that Cowell and Deputy Sheriff Edgar j Blalock, who was knifed by the Ne-I >ro, were scuffling over the officer’s; pi -tel when Powell was shot. The report said the pistol had been j biker from the deputy’s (belt, but was, •bn ia the scabbard when Patrol- i Him John Bryant, a member of tho 1 foil, for the Scottsboro defendants u > Birmingham, snatched it from both of them. 6 Members Os Reserve Body Named | hceles, Present Gov ernor, to Head New Board; Farm Mem ber To Be Named Washington, Jan. 27. — < AP) —Presi- B'-nt Roosevelt today named six of •he seven members of the new’’ Fed eral R'-s rvc Board, to take offico February 1. It will be headed by head 'd by Marriner S. Eeolcs, of Utah, the present governor. 1 hr other nominations to the board ( (it to the Senate today are: Jo.-< :.h ,\. Roderick, New York, for •''in of It years; M. >S. JSvymcvak, ; nicago. a present member of the •o:ni. 12 years; Ronald Ransom, Georgia, six years; John Iv. McKee, L (C ~ r.ttmioc! c 2 Pago Two.} HimiU'rsnn Batltt Dispatch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OP NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Back from Parley # . • ’y. HR jgaßlSfe-zF 11§§ I HUH William Phillip* i One of the “Big Three” who repre sented United States at London j Naval Conference, Undersecretary ' <>(' State William Phillips is seen as • he arrived in New York from the i parley which ended in failure. (Central Cress) ioIDCLW ON PROPERTY TAX SEEM distorted; Schools of State Were Not Wrecked in 1933 To Re duce Levies on Corporations DEMAND FOR CUTS ALMOST UNIVERSAL People Generally Would Not or Could Not Pay Pro perty Taxes and Demand j Relief, and Sales Tax Was j Only Way Out, Else Cios- j ing Schools Dully Dispatch llureau, t„ tfee Sir Walter Hate!, «y J~ C. UAKKERVILL Raleigh, Jan. 27.—The charge being made by Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, of Winston-Salem in his campaign foi governor that the sales tax forces in the 1933 General Assembly wrecked the schools and deprived them of SB,- 200,000 of revenue from property taxes which the schools had previous ly had from 1931 to 1933, is causing much interest, in political and govern | mental circles here, ft is also causing much searching of old files and rec ords in an effort to get at the real facts in the case. Those who have been digging ink 1 the journals of the 1933 House aiffl Senate and who recall the happenings in the now historic 1933 session so far are not finding much to support the contention of Dr. McDonald that the ones who favored and finally en acted the three per cent -sales tax were the ones who battered the school appropriation down and thus deprived the schools of $8,200,000 in revenue which they formerly had been getting. The conviction persists in most un biased minds here of those who fol ! lowed the activities of the 1933 ses sion that if the anti-sales tax forces had been in the 1933 General Assem bly-—the 82 members of the House who formed the “Bowie bloc” and for months held out for nothing morp than a Statewide six months school term and a State appropriation of not more than $10,000,000 a year—the schools would have $6,000,000 less than (Continued on Pa HENDERSON, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 27, 1986 HOUSE DEMOCRATS ENDORSE ATTACKS MADE UPON SMITH Woodrum, of Virginia, Sails into Former Presidential Candidate for His Address SAYS SMITH TOOK HIS WALK IN 1932 “Where the Feathers Fly Is Where the Shot Hite/’ Fish, Republican, Retorts, Declaring Trouble With Democrats Is They Can’t Take Criticism Washington, Jan. 27. — (AP) The Democratic House endorsed an nltack on Alfred E. Smith to day, with a standing ovation, only to hear from Representative Fish, Republican, New York, that “where the feathers fly is where the shot hits.” Representative Woodrum, Demo-, crat, Virginia, dismissed the threat of j the former New York governor to; "take a walk’’ if the Philadelphia; convention upholds the New Deal, in . the words “he took his walk in Chi cago.” The reference was to Smith’s abrupt return home from (he 1932 convention instead of waiting to hear; Franklin D. Roosevelt accept the; pi r ddential nomination. "The (rouble with Democrats,’’ re joined Fish, “is that they just can’t take criticism.” “Smith says America is being ruin- . ed,“ Woodrum said. “And what docs ; he do? Take a walk. Can you imagine; (Continued on Page Two.) Industry Strikes , Record Since 1930 In Past December Washington, Jan. 27.—(AP) The Federal Reserve Board’s j monthly summary of business and finance today reported a new high point in industrial production since the spring of 1930, was reached iti December. The hoard index advanced from the 98 percent of the 1923-25 aver age in November to 103 the next month. Factory payrolls were reported lar ger in this December than a. month before. Department store sales and mail order businesses were reported greater t han usual. While freight car j loadings declined, the drop was less! than usual for the period, the sum-; mary reported. “The rise in the index was due in large part,” the summary said, “to ine.rea.se in output of durable manu facturers, particularly to iron and steel and automobiles.” The output of mines and shoe fac tories increased and activities in tex tile mills declined, less than usual. Where Border Blazes S' f B £ n. LA N&-V < )S| MANCHUU - / n j / . . O ( MANCHUKUO O \ /“'» » -7 ! t 4 t. O \ I I JV if f C HABAR t Ft) | Reports from Manchukuo say serious border clashes around Man chuli between Japanese-led Manchu troops and Soviet cavalry are al most daily occurrences and threaten peace of Japan and the Soviet who are responsible by treaty for the de fense of Manchukuo and Outer Mongolia respectively. (r yti r r Ai*orn ' NIAGARA’S WATERFALL SPRAY TURNS TO ICY SHEET b Niagara river stopped by ice , A sheathe of glittering ice is formed by the spray i of the Niagara river at Niagara Falls, N. Y„ as the j great waterfall succumbs before tho coldness of | Smith Won’t Be Candidate, Intimate Friends Declare New York, Jan. 27.—(AP) —Alfred, G. i.Sniith, in the opinion of his closest j associates, would not accept the nom-i illation of any possible insurgent j Democratic group for the presidency.; There were many interpretations { placed today on tlie opening words of j his address Saturday night at the’ American Liberty League dinner in i Washington, in which lie said, “I am j not a candidate for any nomination i by any party at any time, and, what is more, T do not even intend to lift! my right hand to secure any nomina- j lion from any party at any time.” j DRUNKEN CHARGES CHANGED BY SOME Judges Helping Find Way Around; 1,129 Licenses Revoked in State ftnily Dlsynleb Unrcan, In The (iir Walter Mote!, U.v J.