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GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA I TWENTY-THIRD YEAR Three Witnesses Testify That Angier Policeman Slugged Farmer In Cell farmer jailed on DRUNK MCE AND DIES IN TWO DAYS! -- | Solicitor Canaday Will Ask Second Degree Verdict For Angier Po licemen WITNESS TESTIFIES HE SAW THE BEATING j Sherill Smith’s Testimony Corroborated; Tells of Col lins Cursing Officers and Their Return to Jail, Black- Jacking Farmer; Chief Held Light Lillington, Feb. 21.—(AP)—‘Three; witnesses today testified in Harnett i Superior Court that they saw Oris M. Hollnrd. former Angier policeman, bent F. G. Collins, wealthy farmer! over the head with, a black jack in j tiie Angier jail two days before Col lin? died. Pollard and C. F. Deans, former, chief of Anjriei police, arc under mur- j her charges growing- out of the death ! of Collins, and Solicitor C. C. Canaday j iaitl he would seek a second degree j conviction. ■•’herrill Smith, of Angier, first wit- < n ,.,5. said he saw Collins placed in th* Angier jail on Christmas Eve by P<*- , lard on a charge of drunkennesv. j After Pollard and Deans had turned ; away from the jail. Smith related, I Collins cursed Pollard. ! The witness testified that the of-! ficers went back and that Pollard struck Collins a dozen times with his j hands and three times with a black 1 jack. Smith said Collins slumped to the floor and had nothing else to say. ! Ho testified that Deans held a flash light with the beam turned on Collins while Pollard hit the prisoner. Ttie other two witnesses tended to corroborate Smith's testimony. AAA SUBSTITUTE DILL IS NEAR END j House May Pass It By Night; Goes To Senate To Act on Changes Washington, Keb. 21 (AP) —AAA . nil- litui•• neared the end of a. fast \ journey through Congress today while ; s-gi-dato, - hinted President Roose velt may make public next week his suggestion as to how to finance the ; new plan. The .CiOO.t>oo.ooo bill providing Fed eral uii idi<\; to farmers who con serve .soil by taking acreage out of • oinmeieial crop production has been j debated in the house, where leaders -aid it would be passed by tonight. After tli.-it. it must go to the Senate. That, chambei has already passed 1 the bill but ill slightly different form, o the difference must be ironed out. Both chambers have clamped a. •'•">oo.ooo.*Jii limit on the funds which may be expended in a year. Repre sentative McCormack, D. Mass., fought today for an amendment de- ! igmd to protect consumers against 1 ‘unfair" prices and leaders indicated I' l ' might succeed in this. INo Fight On Court Likely This Session New Dealers an ii Koes Alike Fear It; I\ A Ruling Soft ens Court Critics By CHARLES I*. ETEWAItT Washington, Feb. 21—Few predic >ion.s are safer than the prediction t! > : -0 the United States Supreme Court’s power to nullify acts of Con 'ress will not be seriously attacked at the current session of the national leg islature. ■hat is especially true since the favorable TVA decision. The necessity for limiting the tri bunal’s authority, as exercised, will be strongly emphasized—oratorically. (Continued on Page Eight.) MEMORIAL EfBRAPV Htfttiteraim iTatly Hispatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OP NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA LEASED MIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Gas Blasts Terrorize Utica ...... M I W fM Water that seeped into gas mains at- Utica, N. Y., causing tin* mains to burst. resulted in a series of blasts which injured two persons and terrm ized hundreds. Arrows in photo above show manhole covers blown high into the air by the explosions; below, Patrolman Ernest RonviJlc, injured by a Hying manhole cover, is placed in an ambulance. (Centml Press) Severe Winter Weather Costs State $4,000,000 $1,000,000 in Gasoline Taxes Lost, Damage to Roads Put at $3,000,000 and Decline in Sales Taxes Is Placed at Well in Excess of $500,000 i*uM» Matsas, *»s 'lfee Sir Walter Hate!, Li] J. C. BASKLHVILL Raleigh, Feb. 21—The bad weather ia December and January has already cost Uie State about $600,000 in bales tax revenue alone, it was estimated at the Department of Revenue, to say nothing of tin; loss of more than $l - in gasoline tax revenue caus ed by the bad weather or the dam age now estimated at $3,000,000 done i to highways. Figuring The Cost Sales tax collections so far in Feb- 1 ! ruary, which represent the sales tax ! collected by merchants on business i done in January, amount to only : about $600,000, it was learned today. Hut if the weather had been good and business normal, the collections sehould have amounted to at least $900,000, since taxable retail sales in the State have been averaging about $30,000,000 a month, it was pointed i out. Sales tax collections in January, j which represented the tax collected ; by merchants on sales made in De- FINANCE MbT Tie Up In Departments; i Some Won’t Turn in Fees; See Legal Action Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 21.— (AP)—While ; the capital waited nervously for Gov ! ernor Talmadge’s next move in his controversy with two State officials over the financial operation of Geor ; gia, State Treasurer George B. Hamil ! ton asked legal action against the de | parturient heads withholding fees from j the treasury. The capital was filled with rumors i that Governor Talmadge intended to j take action against Comptroller Gen ; oral William B. Harrison who yester , day refused to countersign a treas ury warrant to be paid out of 1936 | revenue. Hamilton informed Solicitor Gen eral John A. Boykin that Tim Linder, commissioner of agriculture and close personal and political friend of Gov ernor Talmadge, and Charles E. Stew ard, inspector of Naval Stores, and also a Talmadge supporter, were the only two officials who had not trans mitted their fees to the treasury on his demand. Hamilton, in a letter to Solicitor I Boykin, called his attention to a State I law describing witholding of fees | from the treasury as a felony. HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 21, 1936 comber, amounted to -$1,094,804, or some $300,000 less than the depart ment had estimated. For in January, 1935, before the sales tax exemptions were removed and before the sales tax was applied to meals in restau rants and cases, the collections amounted to $1,007,242. Accordingly, the department had counted on get ting at least $1,400,000 from the sales tax on December sales, and it would j have but for the bad weather and so > much snow. Wait February Figures There will be no way of knowing tiow much the severe winter weather so far in February has reduced re tail sales this mouth until returns start coming in after March 15. But Department of Revenue officials are fearful that the February collections will also be materially affected by the weather. They arc expecting a decided upward turn in buying, how ever, when the weathef does begin to open up and country roads again become passable. NORRIS, CLARK AND NYE MUCH FEARED May Run Away With Re publicans and Democrats Alike This Session By LESLIE EICHEL New York, Feb. 21—Three senators have seized the bit in the present do nothing Congress and may run away with Democrats and .Republicans alike. These senators are Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, Bennett Champ (Continued on Page Three.) OUR WEATHER MAN FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Snow this afternoon, probably ’ mixed with rain in the east por -11 tion and ending early tonight. Sat t! urday, mostly cloudy continued j cold. EXTRA SESSION OF , APPEARS PROBABLE If Tobacco Compact Is Ac cepted by Other States, North Carolina Must Also Act governorTattends MEET ON TUESDAY Will Be at Washington Con ference on Methods to Hold Down Size of 1936 Tobac co Production; State Big gest Grower of Any of the [ Group r —-- Pail; Dlsimlel* Wnreim, In The Sir Walter llwte!, Ilj J, C. BASKERVIH. Raleigh, Feb. 21.—Talk of a special! session of the General Assembly has j ! bobbed up here again as a result of! the tobacco situation and the talk ofj ; n pact between the tobacco produc-j ing states to limit the acreage. The ; ! fact that Governor J. C. B. Ehring-J haus has announced that he and At-! torney General A. A. F. Seawcll will j attend the conference called in Wash ington for Tuesday, February 25, call-. ed by Governor George Peery, of Vir ginia, and to which the governors of: the six other principal tobacco grow- . J ing states have been invited, at which j the slate pact plan will bed iscussed, i is regarded already as being quite sig ; nificant. For if a* majority of the oth j er tobacco growing states pass spe* ! eial legislation to limit tobacco pro ; duct ion, Governor Ehringhaus cannot j help but fall in line and call a special session without losing the good will ! and support of the largest group in 1 j the State which has stood by during j the past three years—the tobacco far- j mers—according to the opinion of i many here. Too Early To Talk. Governor Ehringhaus takes the pos- 1 ! ition now that it is too early to talk 1 i about a special session since it is not. j yet known what the other tobacco ! growing states can do or will do, and 1 (Continued on Page Three.) MANY INSANE ARE ! IN COUNTY JAILS j Have To Be Kept There for Want of Room in Three State Hospitals Wally Dispatch Dorcas, In The Sir 'Waiter Hotel, , ID J C. BASKURVILL Raleigh. Feb. 21.—At least 200 in sane persons are now being held in county jails awaiting transfer to the three State hospitals whenever toere! is room for them, a survey made by the division of institutions of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare shows, according to R. Eu gene Brown, director, said today. These insane persons should >be in State hospitals now receiving treat ment. but lack of room and congested conditions in the three hospitals at Raleigh and Morganton for white per sons and for Negroes at Goldsboro, makes it necessary to keep this num ber in jails, Brown said. Reports received from only 38 coun ties in December showed 104 insane persons in these county jails, so that it is estimated that in the State as a. whole there must be at least 200 in sane persons now being held in jails, 1 Brown said. Os the 104 insane per sons being held in jails in December, 55 were white men, nine white wo* (Continued on Page Five.) Eighth Snow V isits N. Car. For Winter White Blanket i Spreads Over Most of State With Vary ing Depths (By The Associated Press.) Snow fell on North Carolina today —the eighth of the winter. Over the State, the white flakes were reported at various points as falling fast and thickly, after begin ning during the morning’s early hours but it appeared to be melting almost as fast as it touched the ground. Snow fell generally over the State yesterday, ranging from slight flur ries to an inch or so, but it quickly melted when skies cleared and a warm sun came out. Today, Fayetteville and Charlotte reported fast falling flakes. States ville reported a hard snow. A light fall was reporter] a t Asheville. Hickory said the fall there had been steady since about dawn, and it was snowing- hard at Raleigh. Handwriting Evidence In Bruno Richard Hauptmann V Case Has Been Collapsed When Firemen Turn Into Icemen fglip n'wrnirnimmamKmmmmwmwmi*™ —■■■■ ■■ " ■« ll—!■■■ ■■iwiw.■■■■■> I >!■ HI ■ '| i'rn Stop complaining about tingling ears and toes as you look at this scene in New York where firemen fought blaze in sub-zero weather. The fire laddis (center) has been in the thick of the fight and his pais had to use an axe to chop bis rubber coat open. (Central Press) Two Rioters Slain; Ten Wounded Election Clashes In i Spain Causing Death by Guards and Troops Madrid. Feb. 21—(AP)—Civil guards killed two Extremists rioters and wounded ten more at Bollullos Del Conado today, raising the total of election dead to 37 persons. The new lefist government of Manuel Azana. was forced to declare martial law in many communities as the result of increased rioting and celebrating lefists. Civil guards and troops were active everywhere attempting to restore or der while hundreds of political pri soners were released from jails. Red.flags were raised by Commun ists in several villages. One hundred guards, armed with machine guns, were dispatched to the town of Tija, where communists pro claimed a Soviet state and raised their red flag. Police clashed with another group of demonstrators displaying the red flag in Hoyo Tinars, and one woman was killed there. CHURCH QUESTIONS POLAND’S ACTION Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 21.—(AP) The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, today asked the State Depart ment to investigate the Polish govern ment’s action suspending activities through which the church carried on its work there. ITALY MAY LEAVE I Two Visits of Von Hassell From Rome to Berlin Seen in Move Berlin, Feb. 21 (AP)— Germany’s ambassador to Italy Ulrich Von Has gell. traveled back to Rome today aft t>r his second conference in five days with Adolph Hitler as middle man be tween the Reichfrueher and Italy’s Duce. The Wilhelmstrasse declined to dis cuss the reason behind the ambassa dor’s two flying trips but diplomatic forces consisted in a belief in an Italo-German and Fran co-British com mon view were being considered. A spokesman for Berlin in diplo matic quarters said he believed that among the points the two dictators sought through Von Hassell, was a possibility of an Italian withdrawal from the Lacarno Pact if an oil sanc tion was imposed upon Italy as fur ther punishment of the Fascist was in Ethiopia. Another point believed to be under consideration was a possible “reform” of the League of Nations, which is applying the sanctions on Italy and from which the Reich has resigned. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY, HOLD FIVE NEGROES FOR BRUTAL ATTACK Posses and Bloodhounds Seeking Sixth for Ok lahoma Crime Altus, Okla., Feb. 21.—(AP)— Six year-old daughter of a prosperous farm couple died today an hour after a Negro sought for a vicious attack on the girl and her mother had been shot and fatally wounded by a posse of 100 men near Valir, Okla. The Negro died en route to the hos pital. The Negro was said by Under Sheriff Ernest Haddaway to be Willie Jones, 32, an ex-convict, was hunted as a suspect in the attack on the girl and her mother, lM)rs. Alice Wilson, 31. FIVE NEGROES ARE HELD; AS ANOTHER ONE SONGHT Mangum, Okla., Feb. 21. —(AP) — Five Negroes were held today for questioning, while posses and blood hounds sought a sixth suspect in the beating of Mrs. Alice Wilson, 31, and her six-year-old daughter at their farm home near here last night. Their heads battered, Mrs. Wilson and her daughter, Alice,' lay near death at a Mangum hospital. Sheriff E. N. Ola b-augh said Mrs. WHson regained con sciousness for a. time last night, but there was not hope for the recovery for either. The girl told officers a. Negro forc ed his way into their home yesterday, struck her and her mother with an ax handle and then fU*d. Feeling ran so high in Blair and Mangum communities that only one of the five Negroes was held at Man gum./ Television Will Restore Glamour With The Radio Bahson Foresees Broadcast ing System for Every Home, As Well as Instrument so r Bringing Vision Synch ronized With Sound; Sho rt Wave Space Unlimited BY ROGER W. BABSON, Copyright 1936, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Babson Park. Fla. Feb. 21.—Millions won and millions lost in one short de cade is the story of radio. In its ear ly days, most every new industry goes through a great speculative boom. But I wonder if any other in dustry ever had such a hot-house growth, if speculative fever ever reached such a high pitch as in radio? Technical and commercial progress have both been exceptionally rapid. First Broadcast in 1920 It is not quite sixteen years ago that the first commercial broadcast — the result of the Harding-Cox cam paign—came over the air. Almost overnight “wild-catting” companies by the hundreds mushroomed up. Within three years there were 200 manufac turers of sets and 5,000 makers of parts. New development followed new development as the twenties wore on. Readers will recall the great excite ment over those new changes—loud speakers, storage batteries, attic an tennas, plugging-into-the-electric light socket, all-wave sets, and now metal tubes. Each improvement brought its own wave of speculation—freezing out 8 1 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY HANDWRITING OF BRUNO LOOKED LIKE THE RANSOM NOTE Prison Official Thought He Saw Resemblance in Let ter “P" in Notes NO FURTHER STAY HOFFMAN'S INTENTION Warden of Prison Says That There the Note Received From Hauptmann Wasn't Similar As To “P's"; Will Not Be Referred To Expert Trenton, N. J.. Feb. 21.—(AP)—'Re ported fresh evidence fixing Bruno Richard Hauptmann anew as the writer of the Uindbergh ransom note collapsed today at. the same time as Governor Harold G. Hoff.nan reiterat ed that he has no intention of grant ing a second reprieve to the con demned man. Handwriting “evidence” was sup posedly discovered in the office of Colonel Mark O. Kimberling, warden of the State Prison, by a subordinate, who said that, lie detected a similarity between the letter “P” in the ransom note as the same character in letters written by Hauptmann since he has been in the death house. “Colonel Welby received a note writ ten by Hauptmann,” Colonel Kimber ling said. “He found a letter ‘P’ he thought looked like that in the ran som note. 1 don’t agree that there is a similarity or that there is any re semblance. The handwriting has not been referred to an expert and will not. There is no need for it.” EXPORTS® VALUE OVER 1935 Past January Greater Than Last But Were Below December, 1935 Washington, Feb. 21. (AP)— A thirteen per cent gain in the value of United States exports in January, 1936 over January, 1935, was reported today by the Commerce Department. The exports, however, declined eleven per cent from December, 1935. while imports were fractionally above December as 12 per cent higher than January, 1935. Both imports and ex ports were about half the 1923-25 average. The surplus of exports in January this year was $11,521,000 against $9,- 391,000 in January, 1935. Smaller shipments of unmaufactur ed cotton which declined $21,100,000 from December, unmaufactured to bacco which declined $2,300,000, and petroleum and products which decline $4,500,000 accounted for the export drop from December. Imports gain was owing largely to increasing in purchases of sugar. .some concerns, booming others. Everybody wanted to get an inter est in this new “Eldorado.” At one time “investors” paid over SSOO a share for the stock of one company —even though it never had, and never has, paid a common stock dividend Speculation hit its pea.k in 1929. The market crash knocked radio sales in to a cocked hat. Depression came quicker than it did in most industries Because the radio business was still over-crowded in 1929, competition was extremely bitter. In a desperate effort to maintain sales volume, price-cut ting soon came into the picture and for three or four years most manu facturers lost money by the millions. 1935 Record Year. Price cutting, however, turned out to be a blessing in disguise for those who survived. It brought out the “baby”, “pee wee,” “midget,” and the table sets. Rapid technical progress induced by the stiffest kind of com . petition, produced radio sets which to day sell at one-tenth the 1929 price . with far better reception. As a result the 1935 sale of radios reached an all time peak—double the level of the (Continued on Page Two.)
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