hknderson gateway to CENTRAL i ’ VROLINA rWENTY-THIRD YEAR ONLY ONE MAN CAN REPLY TO CHARGES, AL SMITH ASSERTS Says Robinson’s Address Was Canned and Did Not Really Come From His Heart IT WAS NO ANSWER TO HIM, SMITH SAYS “I Am Sorry for Him; They Put Him in Tough Spot,” Former Candidate Says, Adding It Was Not “The Joe Robinson I Have Known” in Former Years N> , w York. Jan. 29.—(API—Alfred r d'-dared today “there is on man who should try to an ;^r" ' his American Liberty League ;,j lt> -- an open challenge to Presi- j (M; . Roosevelt. Issued after Senator; tn>eph T. Robinson's reply to the Li-: i J «* , ?iguc address of Smith. Tii. former governor and bitter j of the New IVa.l. defended his j ’.j <>f action toefore tho Liberty: L ague, praised the group of anti-; ,v I’ h! Democrats who have “put; .isintry above party*’ aud delivered comments on Senator Rob 7,,o)dress last night. Th. i?2B Democratic presidential j . i=uid he would make no ape-j , j.-j.iy to Robinson’s address,! which accused Smith of an about . in political views and beliefs, but ~j ’fow words about my friend [ 7 I was an unhappy warrior to V»r him read off his speech, over j whl.'li he tumbled so that I felt suro . v:j canned and did not come from :hr heart of the Joe Robinson that I have known." Smith said: Poor Joe—T am sorry for him. •| jcy put him ill a tough spot. He did , , u , 11 ,.' hi- knew hew. But it was no ■wvrr. A- I said in niv speech at the Liberty League dinner, there is only , man who should try to answer me.” PRESSES FDR'S FIGHT ON ALFRED E. SMITH \\ a, bingloii, Jan. 9 (AP) - The fu rious fend between the Roosevelt , force- and Alfred E. Smith raged on undiminished acrimony today, ■Aith th" New Deal officially labeling y,,. former New York governor as a man “who has deserted progressivism d Eone ov»r to the camp of tbd Enemy. ** Any likelihood that the administra tor won. ld seek to bridge the chasm 'oelw'eii Smith and it appeared to dwindle away, in view of the reply do- j ' vr< d last ’night by Senator Rob-j in son. Democrat. Arkansas, to Smith’s | peecli h re last Saturday night be- | t'jyp thr American Liberty League. Tn. capital waited Smith’s next ; Mm watching to s<‘e what effect tli p i •riiiim of administration forces ’vijiiM have on the exgovernor, who hv threatened to “take a walk” from ihe nest Democratic convention. To Siiiith*.' charge that the New Drat ha- tossed aside the party plat form and become socialistic, Robinson icplied that Smith was “warring j gainst tiio men and women with j (Cuntinuecl on Page Six.) Ethiopians Try To Halt J j Rout By Foe Italians Claim Still More Victories On Southern African War Front fßy The Associated Press) Delayed accounts from the South •ru Italian front told today of des perate efforts of Has Demtu, Ethio pian chie\ain, to re-assemble his scattered forces after Fascist victories "long the Ganale Doya river. The pursuing forces of General Graziani found the retreating defend “i- had fired one large supply maga zine, but the invaders captured a sec ond with its guns, ammunition and ‘-applies. The Italians moved to cut off a pos •ible Ethiopian supply source from the British Kenya colony as the scat ,;red Ethiopian soldiers left water boles in the hands of the swiftly moV uig blackshirts. Two planes flying across the Kenya !»order were reported by the Italian high command to be signalling troop movements to the Ethiopians. Inspection of the Italian lines along ; m northern Takkaze front by an -mxiated Press correspondent dis fio mi s trongly consolidated positions, indicating the invaders intend to hold she in-, during the coming rainy eea.- f"' •Hmti)rrsnn Batin Btspiifrlr only DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OB' NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA ' LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. i Negro’s Knife Victim a! * | Ihe bandage covers knife wound Deputy Sheriff Edgar Blalock j . .x3jf ■: : ; ; jW888s»3j&£ •• .s • S zmmmm.;: , |§|f i Dr. Thomas Parrau, Jr, Succeeding Hugh Cummings. Dr. Thomas Parr an, Jr., 43, has been named Surgeon General of the U. S. Public Health Service. He has been Commissioner of New York State Department of Health since 1930. (Central Press) SSSB ROOSEVELT’S RULE • Scanty Attendance at Ma cotp “Grass Roots” Meet ing Is Ascribed to the Weather STATE RIGHTS BIG PLANK IN ASSAULT Virtual Suspension of Con- j stitutional Government Declared to Have Existed in United States Since Roosevelt Went In; De clare He Is No Democrat »‘ • , I Macon. Ga.. Jan. 29.—(AP)—Inaur-j gent Southern Democrats, rallied by ! ■the cry “States rights," organized at | a “grass roots" mass meeting in j Macon’s $1,000,000 auditorium today for a drive against the^) nomination of President Roosevelt for a second term. Resolutions bitterly condemning the administration’s record were present ed, and the Roosevelt policies were! assailed in speeches by Governor Eu-j gene Talmadge. of Georgia, himself a tentative candidate for the presi dency, and John Henry Kirby, of Houston, Texas, wealthy head of the Southern Committee To Uphold the Constitution. Gloomy skies and coid weather, leaders said, contributed to reduce the attendance. The auditorium of this mid-Geor gia city, seating afoout 4,000 persons was less than one-third filled as the time neared for opening of the ses sion at 11 a. in. Governor Talmadge asserted “there is nothing to becloud the issues of sovereignty” of local self-government. yOf the present program is con tinued for four more years, the lines between the states will- be only a shadow on paper, and the govern ment of the separate states will be subservient to the will of a central power in Washington.” Talmadge and Kirby called “Jeffer sonian Democrats” of 17 cotton belt and border states to the session. “The thing President Roosevelt Is providing for us,” Kirby told the as sembly, “is some fashion of slavish, contemptible, all-oppressing bureau cracy. The security it may give will !be no better than that found behind the walls of the Atlanta penitentiary. “No real Democrat can or will en dorse Mr. Roosevelt.” The platform'committee, headed by Hugh Howell, chairman of the Tal madge-controllcd Georgia Democratic Executive Committee, presented reso lutions reaffirming faith in the partys national platform of 1932, and ex pressing regret that it has been re pudiated and treated as only a “scrap of paper.” “Since March, 1932,” the committee said, “there has been practically a suspension of constitutional govern ment in our country, and a radical departure from the time-honored teachings of our party,” The committee said “we do not re gard the occupant of the White House as a Democrat.” The committee condemned “the us urpation of law-making power by the President,” and they described the power of the Supreme Court as “the greatest safeguard, to the rlgLta of t.r.r C’tiiCAX/- Doubtful And Inflationury Soil Conservation Measure Is Reported Out To Senate CHEAPER MONEY POSSIBLE ADJUNCT Committee To Decide To morrow on Inflation As pect of Proposed Relief Scheme TWO REPUBLICANS VOTE IN NEGATIVE Senator Smith Doubts Bill Is Constitutional; In Form Sent to Senate It Is With out Major Changes from Original Form in Which It Appeared Washington, Jan. 29.—(AP)—Bur dened with constitutional doubts and threatened with inflationary attacks, the revised administration soil con servation subsidy plan for replacing of the AAA was ordered reported to the Senate today (by its agriculture committee. The vote was 15 to 2. Chairman Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, expressed “grave doubt as to the measure’s constitutionality, and said he and several others of the 15 on the affirmative side voted merely to “report” it, instead of “favorably” reporting it. He and Senator Bankhead, Demo crat, Alabama, who introduced the bill, declared, however, that a major ity of those voting wanted a “favor able” report. Senators McNary, Oregon, Repub lican leader, and Nor beck, Republi can, South Dakota, voted against the bill, which goes' *<& the floor without material change. ” Smith said the committee would meet tomorrow to decide whether to include in the report, and not in the bill, an argument by Senator Thomas, (Continued on Page Six.) Hoey, Graham and McDon ald Express Satisfaction With Their Progress Diill? DUpatch Darcaa, In The Sir Walter llutel, !ij J. €. BASKEBVILL Raleigh, Jan. 29. —The three leading candidates for governor were all in Raleigh during the first two days of this week campaigning and confer ring with their supporters. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, was here Sunday and Monday, Lieutenant Governor A. H. Graham was here Monday and Tues day, while McDonald was here for a short time Monday. McDonald also spent considerable time here Friday and Saturday of last week. All three candilates expressed sat isfaction as to the manner in which their campaigns are progressing. While Hoey has not made any cam paign speeches as yet, he is getting about the State more than ever mak ing non-political speeches before re ligious and fraternal meetings—he spoke here Sunday afternoon before the State meeting of the Raraca and Philathea Sunday School class move ment—and conferring with his sup porters. Current reports are that Hoey is rapidly perfecting a very strong organization extending into al most every county in the State. He indicated he would open his campaign about the middle of February with a speech in Charlotte in which he would state his position on all of the issues in the campaign. Lieutenant Governor Graham was much in evidence Monday night and Tuesday at the various sessions of the State convention of the Daugh (Continued ou Page Three.) OUR WEATHER MAN _ c \ iy\ ! FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, probably occasional snow in west and rain or snow in east portion tonight and Thurs day; slightly warmer tonight and oc ccast Thurada^'v Tobacco Committee Now Asking Voluntary Slash Os 30 Percent This Year Advisory Board Meeting in Washington Voices View AAA Decision Also Smashed Kerr-Smith Act; Four Recommendations to Gr owers Made by Group Washington, Jan. 29. (AP) A voluntary 30 percent acreage reduc tion below 1936 flue-cured contracts was recommended today by the flue cured tobacco advisory committee. The committee expressed the opin ion tlie Supreme Court decision in validating the agricultural adjustment act also did away with the Kerr- Smith tobacco program. Claude T. Hall, of Woodsdale, N. C., said present indication were for a 900,000,000-pound crop in 1936, where as the committee believes that only 640,000,000 j/ounds can be sold at rea sonable prices. The committee made the following recommendations: 1. That flue-cured tobacco growers reduce their individual plantings in Killed In Prison |||l y 111 V RICHARD LOEB Outcome In November Is Uncertainty Democrats Talk Confidently, But Privately Some Os Them Are Uneasy By CHARLFS P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, Jan. 29.—T0 say that President Roosevelt is beatable next November is not to predict be will be beaten. / Democratic politicians assert for puiblieation that his re-election is per tain. Confidentially many of them ad mit that they are uneasy. Republi cans assert for publication that the G. O. P.’s candidate, whosoever he may be, is sure to win. Confidentially few of them are more than mildly hopeful. The situation is puzzling, even to the wisest experts. Republicans and Democrats agree that normally there always have been more Republicans than Democrats in the United States ever since the two parties have existed; that the Demo crats never have won nationally ex cept when there has been something abnormal in the atmosphere. Does the requisite degree of politico-economic abnormally saturate the atmosphere of today to insure another Democratic victory? Next election day will tell. Now it’s a mere matter of guesswork. parties swap places Another factor enters into the equation. As Republicanisms and Democracy hitherto have been defined, Republi cans, as previously remarked, hafe (been more numerous ordinarily than Democrats. But, as of recent date, the two par ties have swapped positions. Foremr ly the Republicans were for central j ca .JPor? PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. 1936 thirty percent below their bases under the 1936 contracts. 2. That all production credit agen cies, including warehousemen, fer tilizer dealers and governmental sources exercise extreme caution in extending credit for tobacco produc tion this year. 3. That all tobacco growers attend the program planning and discussion group meetings now being conducted in their counties and put themselves in position to take advantage of the proposed soil conservation program or any new program offered by the Federal government. 4. That as soon as Congress enacts farm legislation, the growers be noti fied of its provisions, and what will be necessary for them to qualify for benefits. LOEtTSDEATHIS Co-Slayer of Little Bobby Franks in Chicago Kill ed in Prison WARRANT IS WRITTEN Will Charge James Day With Cutting Wealthy Chicago Prisoner to Death; Day Claims Merely Self-Defens© Joliet, 111., Jan. 29.—(AP)-—A coron er’s jury sifting Richard Loeb’s slay iug in Stateville penitentiary yester day, returned a verdict today accus ing James Day, 23-yeax-Old fellow con vict, of homicide. The -jury recommended that Day, who refused to tell his own story as ■the first official investigation wais launched, toe held to the Will county grand jury. Authorities said the jury’s verdict was the usual one in cases of murder, but its report found that Loeb, part ner of Nathan Leopold, Jr., in the murder of Bobby Franks, died in a fight with the younger convict. The fellow convict who killed Loeb —23-year-old James Day, smoked ner vously as a mental expert confirmed in part the killer’s story that inde cent advances by Loeb brought the infuriated attack. “Day is sane, but emotionally un stable,” said Dr. John A. Larson, pri son phychiatrist. Joliet, 111., Jan. 29.—(AP)—Richard Loeb’s debt to society, contracted by the murder of Bobby Franks, was (Continued on Page Six.) Strict Neutrality, However, Might Lead to Cowardly Nationalism By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer New York, Jan. 29.—The death of King George overshadowed an impor tant story. The United States govern ment desired to make public docu ments concerning American entry and participation in the World War —for historical purposes. Consent of the British and the French governments was asked, since messages of theirs wei-e intertwined with the American documents. Both the British and the French govern ments refused. WHY U. S. IS BITTER The British cannot understand why American people have (become such isolationists. The evidence being uncovered by the Nye senate munitions investigat ing committee ought to be an answer. A people once intrigued will swing the pendulum the other way for a long, long time. Americans may damage themselves by swinging the pendulum so strong ly in the other direction —but they. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY TEXTILE CONCERNS MAY FIND PENALTY DOUBLEDf M Impound Taxes May Have To Be Paid Back to Cus tamers and New One as Paid Also FEAR RETROACTIVE LEVY BY CONGRESS That Woulld Compel Pay ment Both Ways, Spokes man for Industry’s Opera tors Says at Meeting In Washington; Vigorous Protest Is Now Being Dis cussed Washington, Jan. 29.—(APT—A pro* vision of the new farm relief program which they said might double the penalties suffered under the old pro cessing taxes was the concern today of textile industry leaders. The cotton men, jubilant when the Supreme Court invalidated AAA pro* cessing taxes, said they faced the dan ger of double the cost which they pro* tested under the old law. After suite were /begun against the processing tax last April, the court Impounded processing taxes on cot ton estimated at about $65,000,000. Contracts then were made by manu facturers, whereupon invoices were stamped with aif agreement that In the event the processing taxes were ■held unconstitutional, the levies would be refunded to the customers. “Now it appears,” a spokesman for the manufacturers said today, that under the retroactive provisions which I understand Is or will be in /the new farm bill, we will have to repay the taxes to the government, and, if the clauses in our recent con tracts were legal, refund an equal a mount to our customers.” Dr. C. T. Murchison, president of the Cotton Textile Institute with the board of directors of that organiza tion, and the directors of both the National Association of Cotton Manu facturers and the American Associa tion of Cotton Manufacturers, attend ed a meeting called to discuss the re troactive excise tax proposed in the new farm bill. Roosevelt Flans To Greet Dancers On His Birthday Washington, Jan. 29 (AP)— President Roosevelt will Interrupt his own birthday party tomorrow night to greet over the radio those attending more than 7,000 birthday balls throughout the country. As usual, the President will ob serve his birthday with his “gang'* For years he has had dinner on January SO with intimates of his service as assistant secretary of the navy and as Democratic vice* presidential nominee in 1928. Mrs. Roosevelt is arranging a birthday cake today with 54 can dies to designate the number of years of the anniversary. Big Gain By Industry In 4th Quarter Large Corporations Roll Up Huge Yearly Earnings Largely as Result New York, Jan. 29 (AP)—lndustry’s steady push toward recovery last year achieved its greatest momentum in the final quarter, as evidenced in the impressive showing of industrial and railroad earnings released during the last few days. General Motors Corporation, giant leader of the automotive industry, re ported the largest December quarter earnings in the 28 years of its exist ence and for the entire year 1935 the best profits since 1929. United States Steel Corporation, likewise the leader of its field, ended a long succession of deficits with the first December quarter profits after preferred stock dividends in several years. The steel concern, in spite of a low rate of operations in the first half, finished the year with income of $1,084,917, compared with a net loss cf more than $21,600,000 in 1934. Most of the important railroads were able in December to raise by a good margin the limits of their gains shown in the immediately preceding month, and in contrast with Decem ber, 1934, the improvement in it3is rcTenues wss considsrabla,. t