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Tobacco Control Collapses As Georgia Drops Out
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OTHER STATES NOT
TO TRY IT ALONE
Tar Heels Promptly Reject
Proposal From Georgia
That Virginia and Caro
linas Operate Under Law,
With Georgia Growers
Cooperating Voluntarily
Washington, Feb. 26 (AP)
With Georgia definitely out of
the picture this year, hopes for
the 1936 tobacco compact appa
rently collapsed today, but a
special committee working on
the plan agreed to consider the
possibility such a proposal could
eventually be put into effect.
Decision was reached to draft pro
posed compact legislation for adop
tion by states, with legislatures now
in session, but which would not be
come effective until other leaf grow
ing states had come in.
Congressional action also would be
necessary.
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, of
North Carolina, expressed the opinion
1937 would be the earliest a compact
proposal could become effective.
Ten-Cent Tobacco Feared.
Decision to work for the future fol
lowed a prediction by J. B. Hutson,
agriculture department tobacco chief,
of a ten-cent-a-pound tobacco price
unless leaf growing states got to
gether.
Apparent collapse of the plan, so
far as 1936 is concerned, came during
a stormy session of the committee,
after it was made known there was
no chance for Georgia to enter the
proposed compact this year.
Caroiinas Won’t Go Alone.
Announcement that no special ses
sion of the Georgia legislature would
be caUed to consider the compact leg
(Continued on Page Two.)
congresslTare
YOUNG BOTH WAYS
Approve Neutrality Moves
and Also Record Army-
Navy Funds
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington, Feb. 26. —Is a congress
man a militarist or a pacifist when he
supports history’s largest peace-time
allowance for America’s army and
navy?
"He is a pacifist,” answer virtually
all of those who have argued recently
for a -545,2626,318 army appropriation
and -549,591,229, for the navy.
A total of a billion and nearly one
tenth!
Most, of the time during which the
controversy over this expenditure has
been pending Congress also has been
busy with the framing of plans to
keep the United States neutral in the
next overseas war, if any—and many
flok are mightily apprehensive of one.
How, is it consistent to shout for
strict American neutrality, and, at the
same time, to vote for record-break
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Hauck Might Be Suspended
If He Does Not Prosecute
Whited On Perjury Charge
Trenton, N. J„ Feb. 26 (AP) Prose
cutor Anthony M. Hauck, Jr., of
Hunterdon county, one of the men
wh « helped convict Bruno Richard
Hauptmann, had “heard” he might
he superseded if he did not bring a
perjury action against Millard Whit
ed, State witness at the Flemington
trial.
Hauck was expected to confer with
Attorney General David T. Wilentz,
chief of the prosecution, who return
ed from Florida last night with the
Whited phase of the case and Hauck’s
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Relieved
Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood
Major General Johnson Hagood has
been relieved of his command of the
Eighth Corps Area at San Antonio,
Tex., and ordered to his home by
Presidential direction to “await
orders.”
(Central Press)
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HOOVER SUFFERING
WITH THE JITTERS
Three Years Ago He Said
Prosperity Was Just
Around the Corner,
Secretary Says
NOW SAYS COLLAPSE
IS THAT NEAR TO US
Interior Head Speaks To
Chicago Industrialists On
“New Deal or Old Deal,”
and Calls Liberty League
Group ‘‘Dukes and Earls of
Big Business”
Chicago, Feb. 26.— (AP)—Secretary
of the Interior Harold D. Ickes, speak
ing before a Union League Club lunch
eon, said today that a “confirmed
state of jitters” seems to possess for
mer President Herbert Hoover.
“Some men tremble occasionally for
th safety of our institutions, but he
has developed a chronic ague about
them,” said the cabinet member.
“Three years ago Mr. Hoover’s re
frain was that ‘prosperity was just a
round the corner.’
“Now, he is just as certain that col
lapse is ‘just around the corner*.”
He said the former President, who
in recent weeks has criticized his suc
cessor publicly, was “laboring with
all this might to re-establish in the
mind of the American people that
state of fear in which he left them.”
The secretary’s address on “New
Deal or Old Deal” was given at a
luncheon of the Union League Club,
which since Civil War days has boast
ed a membership of leading Chicago
industrialists and business men.
“The dukes and earls of big busi
ness,” which he identified as the Am
erican Liberty League, Alfred P.
Sloan, Jr., and the DuPonts, famous
Delaware industrialists, shared Sec
retary Ickes’ fire.
He called the Liberty League an
“interesting alias” chosen by “big
business” in a campaign against Pre
sident Roosevelt.
Os 'Sloan, Secretary Ickes said:
“Despite the vaunted initiative, cap
acity and intelligence of Mr. Sloan
and his ilk, Detroit was one of the
hardest hit cities in the country dur
ing the depression.”
own procedure in the matter to be
prime matters for discussion.
Hauck apparently was not disturb
ed by fears he would be replaced.
“I understand I am going to super
seded and a special prosecutor will
prosecute perjury proceedings against
Whited,” he said. ,
C. Lloyd Fisher, counsel for Haupt
mann, yesterday demanded the pro
secutor act against Whited “as you
did in the Heier case,” referring to
the perjury indictment returned
against Benjamin Heier, defense wit
ness at the trial.
HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 26, 1936
Roosevelt Vetoes
Seed Loan Measure
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President Wants To Taper
off Crop Loan System,
But Promises Other
Kindred Aid
SMITH TO ATTEMPT
TO OVERRIDE VETO
South Carolina Solon To
Move for Vote Soon As
“Time Is Propitious”;
President Thinks Need In
1936 Can Be Met With
Much Less Than Proposed
Sum
Washington, Feb. 26.—(AP) —Presi-
dent Roosevelt’s veto of the Hill bill
authorizing $50,000,000 for 1936 seed
and feed loans to farmers was chal
lenged today by Senator Smith, Dem
ocrat, South Carolina, who said he
would “insist on a vote” to override
“as soon as the time is propitious.”
Smith, chairman of the Senate Ag
riculture Committee, and Senate spon
sor of the administration’s AAA re
placement bill, agreed upon in con
ference yesterday, made the state
ment to reporters shortly after the
executive vote was read in the Senate.
The measure was returned to the
Senate with the reminder by the Pre
sident that in approving the $40,000,-
000 seed and feed loan bill in 1934,
“I did so on the theory that it was
proper to taper off the crop loan sys
tem, wiiich had been initiated on a
large scale as early as 1931.”
The President added, however, that
he would issue an executive order in
the next few days to meet any need
for loans to produce new crops.
“I am convinced,” Mr. Roosevelt
said in his veto message, “that the
immediate and actual needs to which
I have referred can be met during
the year 1936 by an expenditure of
funds materially less than that pro
posed in the bill under discussion.
Byrd Heads Study
Os Reorganization
U. S. Departments
Washington, Feb. 26. —(AP) —
Senator Byrd, Democrat, Virginia,
was named by Vice-President
Garner today as chairman of the
special committee to study and re
port at the next session on a plan
for reorganizing the government’s
departments with a view to saving
millions in operating costs.
Byrd proposed the resolution
for the study. The committee will
have $20,000 for expenses.
Other members appointed were
Senators Robinson, Arkansas, the
Democratic leader; O’Mahoney,
Democrat, Wyoming; McNary,
Oregon, the Republican leader,
and Townsend, Republican, Dela
ware.
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E. Francis Riggs, insular chief of
police for Puerto Rico and former
U. S. Army Colonel, is a victim of
nationalist outbreaks in San Juan.
His slayers, two nationalists, were
later killed by police.
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Former Premier
HOEY AND GRAHAM
SEEKING BUNCOMBE
Western Carolina Political
Situation Stirs State
wide Interest
HOEY IS CLAIMING IT
“Buncombe County Faction” Reported
To Have Gone into Shelby Man’s
Camp; But Graham Group
Denies That
Dally Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
By J. C. BASKBRVILL
Raleign, Feb. 26.—Claims by the
supporters of both Clyde R. Hoey, of
Shelby, and A. H. Graham, of Hills
boro, with regard to Asheville, Bun
combe, Henderson and other western
counties, and more especially the
claim by the Hoey forces that the so
called “Buncombe county faction” has
decided to support Hoey rather than
Graham for the Democratic nomina
tion for governor, is attracting much
attention here the last few days, es
pecially since the Graham supporters
maintain that this same group of
Democratic politicians in Buncombe
county reported to be solidly backing
Hoey are in reality backing Graham.
West Follows Buncombe.
Ordinarily, the attitude of the lead
ers in just one out of 100 counties to
wards a candidate for governor would
not be of Statewide significance, it is
agreed. But it is also agreed in poli
tical circles that the situation in
Asheville and Buncombe county is de
cidedly significant, since Buncombe
is to Western North Carolina what
Maine used to be to the entire nation,
in that in most primary elections it
has been true that “as goes Buncombe
so goes Western North Carolina.” It
(Continued on Page Five.)
Daniels Is
Talked For
Navy Post
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, Feb. 26.—Josephus Daniels,
at present United States ambassador
to Mexico, but who, according to re
liable reports, is planning soon to re
sign that post and return to the Unit
ed States, may be appointed as secre
tary of the navy and become a mem
ber of the present cabinet if the pre
sent secretary of the navy, Claude
Swanson, of Virginia retires, as he is
expected to, according to recent re
(Continued on Page Five.)
U=S
BY WORLD POWERS
Japan’s Neighbors Turn
Uneasily Toward Nip
pon Empire as Major
Crisis Grows
BALANCE BETWEEN
WAR, PEACE SLIGHT
More Aggressive Japanese
Foreign Policy Predicted
in League Circles at Ge
neva; Soviet Union, at
Swordspoints With Japan,
May Cause Trouble
(By The Associated Press.)
Japan’s neighbors, the eyes of
teeming China, of wary Russia, of
all the community of nations,
turned today uneasily toward
Japan.
Seldom has the ancient Fast
been in so delicate a balance be
tween peace and conflict. Deep
rooted are the causes, momentous
the effects.
LEAGUE FEARFUL.
Meagre as was the news from
Japan, concern over the possible
consequences of a militaristic
coup there everywhere was evi
dent.
League of Nations officials at
Geneva envisaged the develop
ment of a more aggressive Japan
ese foreign policy under a possible
Fascistic military dictatorship,
with Russo-Japanese relations
strained even more than now.
Russia May Act.
China, newly lulled into compar
ative calm with the lapse of a
Japanese-approved North China
separatist movement, feared new
Japanese moves.
The Soviet Union, at literal
swords points for months with the
puppet state of Mlanchukuo over
a bitter bounadry dispute, saw a
new and serious threat to peace
in the Far East.
Durham Sentence
To Electrocution
Upheld by Court
Raleigh, Feb. 26.—(AP)— The
State Supreme Court this after
noon handed down 50 opinions, in
cluding a decision upholding a
sentence of electrocution imposed
on J. B. (Buck) Carden in Dur
ham county for the murder of his
wife.
Summations Begun
In Long Trial For
Angier Policemen 1
Lillington, Feb. 26 (AP)—Argu
ments by counsel were started this
afternoon in Harnett County Super
ior Court in the case of Oris M. Pol
lard and C. F. Dean, former Angier
policemen facing murder charges in
the death of F. G. Collins, well-to-do
farmer.
The defense rested its case this
morning after presenting one more
witness, and the State quickly called
three in rebuttal, after which the
eight lawyers appearing as counsel
conferred over how long should be
devoted to arguments.
Glenn Cobb, who assisted Pollard
in taking Collins to jail, was last
witness for the defense, and testified
be heard the sound of blows from
inside the jail, where Pollard was
with Collins, but did not see the of
ficer use a blackjack.
Fred Adams, a prisoner when Col
lins was locked up, testified for the
State that he saw Pollard strike the
farmer with a blackjack.
D. H. Mcßae and Richard Nordan,
also State witnesses, told of hearing
blows in jail while Pollard was in
side. but neither saw a blackjack.
Nordan said Dean had a flashlight di
rected on Collins part of the time.
OUR WEATHER MAN
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy, probably showers in in
terior tonight and Thursday and
near coast Thursday; slightly
warmer tonight; somewhat colder
iu interior Thursday.
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EXCEPT SUNDAY.
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British Commons Told
Troops Line Streets of
Capital at Tokyo
London, Feb. 26 (AP)—Anthony
Eden, Great Britain’s foreign minis
ter, told the House of Commons to
day the Bank of Japan had suspend
ed business.
Eden said the British ambassador
at Tokyo had reported that troops
lined the streets of Japan’s chief city
and that all public buildings and of
ficial residences were guarded.
It was indicated in the foreign min
ister’s description of the situation to
the Commons that the suspension of
the bank’s activities was temporary.
Will Stop Reserve Banks
From Dabbling In Stocks
Washington, Feb. 26 (AP) —The
comptroller of the currency today pro
hibited Federal Reserve member
banks from purchasing speculative
securities for their own account.
Acting under the authority of the
banking act of 1935, the comptroller
decreed that the “purchase of invest
ment securities” in which the invest
ment characteristics are distinctly or
predominantly speculative, or invest
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State of Emergency Declar
ed and Two High Seas
Fleets Ordered to
Big Cities %
YOUNG OFFICERS OF
ARMY RESPONSIBLE
Strong Nationalist Humio
Goto Picked by Emperor
To Form New Ministry;
Peace and Order Main
tained, But Palace and
Public Buildings Under
Guard
London, Feb. 26.—(AP)— The
Japanese embassy stated at 6:40
p. m. (1:40 p. m., eastern stand
ard time) today that the newly
appointed acting premier of Jar
pan, Fumio Goto, and all his cab
inet had tendered their resigna
tions to the emperor.
Tokyo, Feb. 26 (AP)— Young
officers of the army, who said
they wished “to remove cor
rupt influences from around
the throne,” assassinated Pre
mier Okada and two other cab
inet ministers today.
The government declared a
state of emergency and ordered
two fleets from the high seas
to police duty at the great
cities of Tokyo and Osaka.
Emperor Hirohito was stated by a
government source to have command
ed the strong Nationalist, Humio
Goto, to form a new government.
Insurgent officers who designated
the cabinet said their purpose was to
protect the national policy.
Two Others Killed
In addition to Premier Okada, they
killed Admiral Viscount Makoto Saito
lord keeper of the privy seal and for
mer premier, and General Jotaro
Watanabe, chief of military educa
tion.
They also shot Korekiyo Takahashi,
minister of finance, and Admiral
Kantaro Suzuki, lord chamberlain of
the imperial court.
(Reports by the Japanese Foreign
(Continued on Page Three.)
New Law Os
State To Be
Promulgated
Japan’s Relation To
United States May
“Become Explosive
In Nature”
Washington, Feb. 26 (At*) —Ad-
vices received in diplomatic quart
ers here today said army troops
responsible for the uprising in
Japan were reported to have an
nounced they will “promulgate a
new law of state” this afternoon
In Tokyo.
There was no explanation of the
“new law of state.’*
This information said a mimeo
graphed statement was left at each of
the principal newspaper offices in
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ment for securities of a lower desig
nated standard than those which are
distintcly or predominantly specu
lative is prohibited.”
The purchase of securities which
are in default either as to principal
or interest was also prohibited.
The order applies to all national
banks and to the 900-odd State banks
which are members of the Federal
Reserve System.