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TjENDBKSON O’ATKWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY -THIRD YEAR WINTER TIGHTENS ITS GRIP UPON NATION Senate Votes Repeal Cotton, Tobacco, Potato Acts CROP REGULATIONS REPEAL IS PASSED WITHOUT DISSENT I No Debate Is Had and Vote Comes Minute After Senator Smith Ex plains His Bill ROOSEVELT CHECKS BUDGET SITUATION Spread Between Income and Expenditures Begun By President; New Farm Relief Soil Fertility Bill Before Both Houses; Sili cosis Dispute Talked Washington, Feb. 4. (AP) —' Speedily heeding: President Roo.-e-! volt'tf request. the Senate today adopt ed a brief bill repealing the Bank head cotton control act. the Kerr- Smith tobacco control act and the po tato control act. The House has yet to act. The action was taken without a, | dissenting vote, and with barely two; dozen senators on the floor. Chairman Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, chairman of the agriculture committee, explained that his bill pro posed to repeal the trio of measures upset by the Supreme Court’s invali dation of AAA, and it went through in less than a minute after it was presented on the floor. KOOSKVKI.T CHECKS SPREAD KKTWEKX INCOME AND OUTGO) Washington, Feb. I.—(AP) With I New Deal fiscal policy debated in- i rreasingly as a. campaign issue. Pres ident Roosevelt undertook today a fresh check on the spread between spending and tax receipts. Both blanches of Congress had be fore them a second of the major po litical questions —farm relief, in the ! administration bill to protect soil fer fCunUnin-iJ on Pace Fivuj New \ ork Police And Federal Men May Join Inquiry Trmtnii, N. .1., Feb. 1 *A.P) —The new investigation of the Lindbergh kidnap murder ease widened itt scope today a- Colonel 11. Norman Schwartz lojpr. Stale police superintendent, ought the aid of Federal and New ) <>rl; police. Colonel Schwarl/.kopf. who has been directed by Governor Hoffman to sraich fin posibei accomplices of Bruno Richard liauplmnnn, wrote J. l.'lgar Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and New *ork police authorities, requesting as signment of the .same men who work 'd on Hu initial phases of the invcsti gat ion. Colom i Schwa i t zkopf, who must make weekly reports to the governor in compliance with the governor’s Old • did not reveal tlx; trend of the Lew moves. 1 he New Jersey legislature rallied ,0 the support of Colonel Schwartz knpf in the fact of unconfirmed re- I"' 1 1 that. Governor Hoffman is con sidering replacing him. Clashes On Soviet Line A re Serious New Protest Made by Japan as Danger Increases In Far Fastern Area 1 okyo, Feb- 4 TAP)—Authoritative "tnce.s said today that another Ja- Fme.se ; retest would soon be added to long series of exchanges between • npan and Soviet Russia over Man enukuoan frontier clashes, but offi d quarters indicated that the pro 'st would be accompanied by a more 'onculiatory effort to reach a border "'cße-nient. ' ""''re was growing in Tokyo <s °'"' l n‘ circle ; that the Russo . <l onujcjiui on Page Five.) iintitrrsmi Batin Btsnafrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA * I ..BASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Inflationists’ Leadei l ' Pit •■MBMIBBg J. ||§g B fjg** wWSSSSSm”/. sLr Jg ; jagg- % M igpgggji IP llllr ® j Fifty members of the House who form the “Inflationist" group, elected Rep. Wright Patman (right standing), bonus payment sponsor, to lead their tight for the issuance of new currency. He is shown with Rep. Adolph Sabalh of Illinois (seated) as he accepted at Washington. (Central Prest) Flexible Cotton Program Offered By Farm Bureau Continual Readjustments H eld Necessary, as Attention Is Given to Efforts To Hold Part on Foreign Trade As Well as Make P roduction Profitable Washington, Feb. 4. —-(AP) — Tho Bureau of Agricultural Economies re commended today a flexible cotton control program to facilitate contin ual readjustments made neessary by variable production from year to year. The suggestion was part of a. J 00- page report on world cotton condi tions. A preliminary report was is sued last April. “Any longtime cotton production program in the South,” the report said, “must take this’’ (variable pro duction) into account. INO commercial enterprise has been INCENDIARISM NOW FEARED IN DEATHS Parker Dam Holocaust May Reveal Crime Behind Burning of Seven San Bernardino, Cal., Feb. 4 (AP) —Possible incendiarism was consider ed by officials today as they hunted for additional bodies in the charred mins of a Parker Dam construction •••imp dormitory, where at least seven men died in a raging fire yestciday. Twenty-one of the 440 men housed in the dormitory still were unaccount ed for. Four others were near death from burns suffered when fire ravag ed the building while they slept. Of ficials said it was possible a number of the missing men had escaped from the burning building and left camp without notifying those in charge. The possibility that a disgruntled workman may have fired the build ing was investigated by Paul Hender son, Sa;f Bernardino district attor ney’s investigator. OUR WEATHER MAN FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy and much colder tonight preceded by rain on north coast; cold wave in west portion; freez ing to coast Wednesday; partly cloudy, colder central and east portions. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 4, 1936 found, th*r; bureau said, to substitute generally for cotton production in the South. The bureau offered as a “choice of policy” between two extremes: 1. Restricting production to obtain relatively high prices, but yielding a part of his world market to the for eign producer, but finding alternative opportunities for the profits from use of a substantial part of his labor and other production resources. 2. Producing more cotton to hold a 'Continued on Page Five.) SAKS STATE WISE ABOUT SOCIAL ACI Labor Commissioner Feels Extra Session Would Be in the Dark Mail) Mismatch Huirito. I« The Sir Walter Hole#, It) J. V. HASKEItVILIi Raleigh, Feb. 4.—North Carolina is acting wisely in refraining from tak ing any action with regard to any so cial security legislation until Congress makes more definite provision for carrying out the social security act, (Continued on Page Three.) Three or Four of Six Condemned Men, To Get Reprieves Raleigh, Feb. \ (AD—Edwin Gill, parole commissioner, said to day "there will be some reprieves” extended among the six men fac ing death at State’s Prison here Friday, hut it still appeared (hat ,j. T. Sanford and Thomas Wat son, Durham Negroes, would die by gas for murder. The commissioner said he ex pected to confer during the day with Governor Ehringhaiis con cerning the other four eases. He did not say how many would be reprieved, hut it was indicated three or four would be, as the State has never taken more than thre lives in one day. Three Negroes who were con victed of murder before last July 1, when the new gas law became effective, also face electrocution this week. They are Henry Grier, of Forsyth county; John Press ley, from Gaston, and Will Long from Alamance. 18-Inch Snow Falls On Carolina “Tropics” *■: ~ fll Hife "’-*xßy hr The city of Beaufort, N. C., where sub-tropical plants flourish, took on the appearance of the far north when an 18-inch snow covered the countryside there late last w eek. This view of the grounds at the United States fish eries laboratory shows the white blanket on palmettos, Sp anish bayonet and Yucca trees to which even .frost is a stranger. (Associated Press Photo.) ISOVERSHADOWING STATE’S CAMPAIGN » AAA, Processing Taxes, Bonus and Outbursts of Partisan Oratory Grip Interest HOEY ON THURSDAY TO OPEN CAMPAIGN Shelby Candidate for Gov ernor To State Definitely His Stand and His Position on Vital issues Relating to State; May Stick Close To Roosevelt l>aiiy Dispatch Oateue, lu The hi, Walter Hote,, IJ.i J. C DASKEItVILf, Raleigh, Feb. 4.—The national po litical situation, especially with regard to the forthcoming campaign for tho presidency, has been claiming so much attention both here and over the State generally for the past sev eral weeks that not much has Ibeon heard with regard to the campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor here in North Carolina. Tho public has been so interested in hap penings in Washington or in what has been in process of development to replace the AAA, processing taxes, the soldiers’ bonus and other matters of immediate and widespread interest (Continued on Page Tluee.) Threat of Strife With Younger Men Faces Republicans Washington, Feb. 4 (AF) —Re- publican regulars, confronted by a threat of strife with younger members of the party, welcomed a (‘fiance today to concentrate atten tion on charges that some of the administration’s $4,000,0tW,0D» work relief fund has been used for political purposes. The Democratic political scene was quiet temporarily pending an address by Chairman Farley of the national committee at a Roosevelt dinner in Miami, Fla., tomorrow night. Wheth er Farley would renew the attack on thei American Liberty League and other critics was unanswered. The threat of controversy among young Republicans at the party’s na tional convention arose after the elec tion of J- Kenneth Bradley, of West port, Conn., as chairman of the exe cutive committee of the Young Re publican National Federation. John H. Carton, of Lansing, Mich., declined to make the election of his opponent unanimous. Carton’s friends said his .stand was based on a feel ing that Chairman Fletcher, of the national committee, had picked Brad ley for the job. Allies Paid U. S. Bankers With First Os War Loans Senate Munitions Probe Is Told They Were Not Sup posed To Do That; J. P. Morgan, Whose Banking House Negotiated Allied Loans Here, Present Washington, Feb. 4 (AP) —The Sen ate Munitions Committee sought to day to show that the Allies overrode Treasury objections and paid off Ame rican private bankers with part of the first money they borrowed direct from this government during the World War. J. P. Morgan, head of the huge bank ing house, closely followed these ef forts. He had surprised the commit tee by appearing for the reopening of the committee’s inquiry, despite word that his presence would not be neces rS.AGENTSSTRIKE HARD AI VICE MOB $12,000,000 Annual Reve nue Uncovered in Ring in Three States\ New York, Feb. 4.—(AP) —Federal agents worked with police of eastern cities today to crush a highly organ ized vice mob operating in three states, with an estimated annual “take” of $12,200,000. The ring, officers said, held 2,ODD women as virtual slaves in 200 houses. At. an unprecedented late night ses sion of his vice grand jury, special rackets Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey obtained indictments against eleven alleged “master minds” of the ring, who were held in a total bail of al most $500,000. One indictment was returned a gainst Peter Balitzar, who was ar rested in Philadelphia for extradition and charged with compulsory pros titution. He Js alleged to have made $1,000,000 a year in vice. Federal agents in Philadelphia also Continued on Page Three.) Gov. George Earle Endorses Bill on Textile Controls Washington, Feb. 4. —(AP) —Gover- nor George H. Earle, of Pennsylvania, today endorsed the Ellenbogen tex tile control bill with the assertion his State would not seek to increase em ployment opportunities at the expense of civic integrity. His statement, read by Senator Guffey, Democrat, Pennsylvania, to a House sub-committee hearings on the bill, called attention to the impor tance of Pennsylvania as a textile state. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. sary. Chuckling that he "didn’t want to miss the party,” the financier took a front seat and puffed' away at his in evitable pipe as testimony began. It was brought out that Allied na tions owed American bankers and in vestors $2,262,000,000, most of which was loaned and negotiated largely by J. P. Morgan & Company at the time this country entered the World War. “Wasn’t it the understanding,” ask tContinued on Page Five.) Ssancins Two Highest Councils In Italy Crisis of Fascist Nation (By The Associated Press.) Confronted with the fear of fur ther sanctions, Premier Mussolini con ferred today with Italy’s two highest groups, the Fascist grand council and the supreme defense commission. The two bodies are to help II Duce decide the next step in the war in Ethiopia and the manner of fortifying the populace at home against priva tions due to the shutting off of sup plies from League of Nations mem bers. As for actual battle, there was little reported, although Italy claimed Eth iopians had been defeated at Neghelli and the Ethiopian government was expected to claim an Ethiopian vic tory. DOUBTS NEW DEAL BUI SUPPORTS IT Cleveland Single - Taxer Sees Business Improv ing for the Present By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, Feb. 4.—The other day I talked with Peter Witt, a retainer of Tom L. Johnson in the lattep’s day as mayor of Cleveland and still an apostle of the Single Tax doctrine, of which Henry George was the Mes (Continued on Page Three), 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY TWO DROWN WHEN W HE NEAR Trail of Death in Floods and Cold Weather Accom panies Weather in the South MORE HEAVY SNOW FALLS UPON WEST Great Central Plain States Swept by High Winds; Trains Are Blocked Or Wrecked in Places, With Probable Fatalities; Fog, Ice and Floods Menace Asheville, Feb. 4 (AP) ISwollen by heavy rains, Mid way Lake, near Murphy, burst its earthen dam early today and its waters engulfed the resi dence of Blaylock Johnson, drowning Mrs. Johnson, about 50, and a son, Dewey, 23. Johnson, another son, Lawrence, and a small girl who was visiting at the Johnson home, made their way to the safety of high ground as the swirling waters washed away the home. Midway Lake is a fishing “pond” of several acres, which was formed by damming a small tributary of the Hiawassee river. A heavy rain storm struck Eastern North Carolina last night, and streams, already high from melting: snow, were rapidly nearing flood stage this morning. The Dailey river rose over the ISouthern Railway’s Asheville-Murphy branch, about ten miles east of Mur phy, and also covered the highway. Both were closed and all traffic east from Murphy was halted. Tit AH, OF DEATH FOLLOWS AS WINTER STORMS BREAK Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 4.—(API- Heavy winter rains filled dangerous floods into many watersheds of the South today, menacing lives in north Alabama and east Mississippi in the wake of record-breaking snow and cold. A Southern Railway freight plung ed down a 125-foot emaibankment near Maylene, Ala., trapping two trainmen beneath the locomotive. Members of the crew believed the vic tims, Brakemat) J. H. Brown and Fireman Frank Kennamer, were kill ed. Inundated highways and flooded (Continued on Page Three.) Navy Accord Expected In Short While France and Britain Expected To Ad just Views on Ger many’s Admission London, Feb. 4.—(AP) —A British spokesman said today that an adjust ment of the divergent views of France and Great Britain on the question of Germany’s navy was hoped for within the next three weeks. Failing such an adjustment, it was said, the international naval Confer ence, in which the United States and Italy, as well as France and Great Britain, are (participating, might break up without an agreement. The British remained adamant fcoi day in their demands that Germany must be included as a co-signatory of any naval agreement reached on A basis of noval heights. The French, on the other hand, was representde as believing that no French government could stand which agreed to permit Germany to enter a conference as naval equals. It was Ibelieved possible that thd French delegation might try to delay the decision until after France’s spring elections. Such a move, however, was regard ed as likely to have a disastrous ef fect on the conference, since the re presentatives of the United States) might not agree to such a delay.
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