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! HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA FWENTY-THIRD YEAR DECIDE HADPDMHrS FATE NEXT MOXDAT Time Has Come When They Must Either Answer Mc- Donald or See Him Take the Lead EACH HAS FEARED RILING THE OTHER Each Has His Eyes on Sec ond Primary, Hopilng to Gather Strength of One That Is Eliminated in First Election; Graham Expects Second Place Daily DiNpati’h Hiitnin, In The Sir Walter Dote., II y J. C It A Sh. Ell Y I lit, Raleigh. March 28—The plan of the ii. oy and Graham campaign strate gists of keeping quiet and saying othing about Dr. Ralph W. McDon- Id. the erudite ex-college professor from Winston-Salem, in the hope that -licks, cash and campaign speeches, he would eventually run of of now doesn't seem to be working so well. For instead of running out of new neks. McDonald seems to be pulling ,ew ones out of his bag every few days. Nor does he seem to be Tun ing out of cash or campaign speech es. In fact, the McDonald flivver ■corns to be rambling right along. This is not making the other candi dates and their managers very happy, of course. Fear Each Other The reason Dr. McDonald has been permitted to continue his campaign o far with so little verbal opposition from any of the other candidates has *en largely due to the fact that Clyde R. 1/oey and Lieut. Governor A. H. Graham and their managers ave been playing a game of “after you, my dear Alphonso”, and “After ju, my dear Gaston,” in that each as been waiting in the hope the oth er would cut loose on McDonald, ac cording to many here. Both Hoey and Graham and their managers enow it is good political strategy to ay as little as possible in a three cornered campaign, also that it is rood politics to get at least two of *_■ candidates into a controversy. It iGonfimiprt on Paefi Flvp.i SEAPLANES OFF TO ROOSEVELT’S SHIP tarry Mai! to President’s Fishing Boat First Time Since He Went to Sea off Miami Miami, Fla., March 28.—(AP)—Two T'nited States navy seaplanes took off from the Coast Guard air base here today with three pouches of official mail for President Roosevelt fishing i:i the Bahamas. The planes will fly to Nassau, New Provident Island, this afternoon, and tomorrow morning will meet the Pre ident’s fishing party in the vicinity f Crooked Island. Rad weather in Washington had de ■ ivcd transmission of the mail, so that this is the first batch to get out to . a to Mr. Roosevelt, who probably will be kept busy over the week-end v.Ah his correspondence. The fishing is going good for Presi •lent Roosevelt, and reports from the B. S. S. Potomac are reflecting en husiasm. For the first time, last evening Mr, Roosevelt noted a catch of big game fish, although he did not specify just who made the big haul of the day. Congress To Push Inquiry Os Townsend Members Faced With Townsend Foes In Election Hope For Campaign Date Washington, March 28 (AP)—With an eye to rapidly approaching pri n ary elections, congressional leaders today pushed for further disclosures about the Townsend S2OO-a-month old age pension plan. Members faced with primary oppo it ion from candidates pledged to the Townsend program were understood to he urging speed in the House in v< st igation of the nationwide move ment. The investigating committee will reopen public hearings next Wed nesday. After Ammunition Several legislators privately ex (Continued on Page Four.) DERSON 'H. tiettuersmx flatly fltspxtfrlt ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NOTTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Soil Act Is Not Enough To Save Tobacco Region, Cooley Tells Congress Its Inadequacy Lies in Pecu liar Character of Weed Crop, Report to House Says PAYMENTS ARE NOT AT ALL SUFFICIENT Do Not Compensate Grower for Shifting Tobacco Lands To Soil BuildJnjg Crops; Compacts Measure To Be Debated on Floor of the House Next Week Washington, March 88.—(AP) —The new soil conservation act was describ ed as “inadequate to meet the situa tion which tobacco growers now face” in a report filed with the House to day on proposed Federal legislation authorizing State compacts to re gulate leaf production. Failure of the new agricultural pro gram to solve the tobacco problem, the report said, “lies in the peculiar character of tobacco." Payments proposed to tobacco far mers for diverting lands from pro duction of tobacco were said not to “adequately compensate a grower for planting tobacco lands to soil conserv ing and soil building crops.” Bill Is Approved. The report, prepared by Represen (Continued on Page Five.) MONGOLIA ACCEPTS SOVIET ASSISTANCE Agreement Approved as Moscow An nounces Three Jap Invaders Killed in Border Raid Moscow, March 28. (AP) —The Outer Mongolian republic proclaimed its approval of a mutual assistance agreement with Soviet Russia today just after 'Sbviet advices said three Japanese invaders were killed in re newed fighting on the Far Eastern frontiers. Under the terms of the virtual mili tary alliance, Russias huge army would go to Mongolias aid in event that threats of a Far Eastern invasion attributed to the Japanese were ful filied. Japanese forces were reported in Soviet, press advices to have been concentrating near the Norin Lake sector of the boundary between Outer Mongolia and the Japanese-sponsored state of IManchukuo, leading to a Soviet belief that further border raids were in prospect. The Soviet Unions mighty army of more htan 1,000,000 men was expect ed not to be called upon for protec tion of the Outer Mongolian republic, however, unless a major invasion were launched. PLAY LEADING ROLES IN TOWNSEND PENSION PROBE jHHHn fIIMB ; HraHHHj A ;>*;• Representative C. Jasper Bell Robert E. Clements Dr. Francis E. Townsend These three men play leading roles In the special house committee investigation of the Townsend old age pension plan in Washington. Left to right •re Representative C. Jasper Bell (D.) of Mis souri, chairman of the investigating committee; HENDERSON, N. C. ( SATURDAY AFTERNOO N, MARCH 28, 1936 Robert E. Clements, former secretary and co founder of the movement who resigned from the organization on the eve of the investigation, and Dr. Francis E. Townsend, founder of the movement and among the witnesses to be called. Borah Goes After Oregon Delegates Washington, March 28 (Al’) — Senator Borah, of Idaho, today ex tended his campaign for the Re publican presidential nomination into the Northwest, announcing he would enter the Oregon primary. “I am filing in the Oregon pri mary,” the senator said in disclos ing he would go after the State’s ten delegates to the national eon verttlon. Borah said he would not be able to make a speaking campaign in Oregon, however. wKtjub Capitol Hill Gets Word That Is Sure if Spending Is Not Held Down Washington, March 28.—(AP) A renewed warning that approp riations must adhere to budget limits if still more taxes are to be avoided today was reported to have reached Capitol Hill from President Roosevelt. The notice was said to refer to the needs of more revenue —even in addition to the $792,000,000 an nually already recommended —if Congress boosts budget figures for running the government. The warning was understood to have been directed particularly at the Senate. That body already has jumped House appropriations an aggregate of $159,000,000, not counting $1,730,000,000 voted for pre-payment of the bonus, and $440,000,000 for the new farm sub sidy program. OUR WEATHER MAN FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair, scattered frost in the in terior tonight; Sunday fair with rising temperatures. mlESay Hoffman Says He Has No Intention of Granting Another Reprieve to Condemned Man ANY DEVELOPMENT MUST BE UNUSUAL One Possibility Is Confes sion or Some Similar Im portant Turn In Events; Hoffman Defelnds His Course; P. W. A. Wood Expert To Continue Study Trenton, N. J., March 28.—(AP) Governor Harold G. Hoffman today declared he had no inten tion of granting Bruno Richard Hauptmann another reprieve. He declined, however, to indi cate what he might do in the event of a confession or some other unusually important devel opment which would justify pro longing the life of the convicted Lindbergh baby slayer. There also is an opinion in some high scurces that unless the court of pardons intervenes Monday, Haupt mann stands little chance to escape the chair. One Chance in Hundred. This source said: “The chances against Hauptmann are 100 to one. The one possibility would be either a confession from the prisoner or some other very important development which would justify ex traordinary action. “There is little hope that the court of pardons will intervene Monday, since this body holds it is a clemency and not a trial court. Any convict ap pearing before it must admit guilt and appeal for mercy. Hauptmann refuses to admit his guilt and has shown no sign of breaking or changing his story.” The governor re-stated his intention not to extend Hauptmann’s life as a (Continued on Page Two.) Change in Vance Elections Board Raleigh, March 28.—(AP)—The State Board of Elections today named county boards to conduct the primary and general elections this year. Before boards were selected the State group heard three contests from Craven, Camden and Ruther ford counties. The hoard named for Vance county the following board of elec tions: A. Waddill Gholson, Jr., and William B. Daniel, Jr., Democrats, both of Henderson; J. F. Hicks, Republican. Bruno Ready for Last Date cA. isYiCiir? z&l i e i* U9 *y Oi I <2O / ARRESTj^ V,c »VOA,r Unless there is a reprieve, Bruno Richard Hauptmann goes to his his death in the electric chair at Trenton State Penitentiary at 8 o’clock in the evening of March 31, bringing to a nend the most dramatic episode in the history of American crime. He pays the penalty four years and one month after the commission of the crime, the kidnaping and murder of Charles A. Lindbergh,, Jr. Hitler Closes Campaign With Great Showmanship Surrounded by Entire Cabi (net in Final Plea at Cologne, Rhineland, Before Reichstag Elections Tomorrow To Ratify His Re occupation of Area Cologne, Germany, March 28. —(AP) —With church bells tolling through the Reich; Adolf Hitler, surrounded by all his cabinet ministers, turned to Cologne today to clo£e the Nazi elec tion campaign, with a last spirited ap peal for “honor, freedom and peace.” To climax the campaign, virtually as spectacular as the start—marked by the remilitarization of this Rhine land —Hitler’s final demand for a “yes” in tomorrow’s Reichstag elec tion, was given a religious aspect. Every German To Sing. Every German, no matter whether Investigation of Oneself Rarely Turn® Up Any thing Damaging By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, March 28. —President Roosevelt and his lieutenants appear to have diluted investigation of the New Deal’s emergency set-ups to such an extent that it is hard to see how it can be much of a real “probe.” The prospective inquiry was sena torially launched in a fashion to pro mise that it would be the genuine ar ticle. Senator Joseph T. Robinson, the administration’s leader in the upper house of Congress, succeeded, however by parliamentary sleight-of-hand, in getting a sufficient majority into the membership of the inquisitorial com mittee to insure that it will be strong ly pro-New Deal. Then the President appointed his own committee, consisting of Louis Brownlow. Professor Charles E. Mer rian of the University of Chicago and Professor Luther Gulick of Columbia university, to investigate, too. He also asked for the creation of a similar committee of representa tives. Finally he urged that the three committees co-operate. INVESTIGATING SELVES All this may sound like a great plenty of investigating, but it is note worthy that the investigators are (Continued on Page Three.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. he was at home, on the streets or in a public place, was called upon to in terrupt whatever he was doing and sing, “Lord, Make Us Free,” just as Der Fuehrer mounts his Rhineland rostrum tonight to deliver his last dictum. Enthusiasm ran high here in the Rhineland, into which Hitler sent his troops March 7 in defiance of the Lo carno pact and Versailles treaty—the action which Der Fuehrer sought all Germany to approve by its vote in to (Continued on Fage Three.) Price Discounts Regulation Is Just That; Liberals Oppose Bill By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer Congress may pass a minor NRA bill this session. It is called “minor” merely because it does not enforce labor regulations on corporations. In other respects, it is more rigid than was the NRA. The bill in question is the Robin son-Patman measure to regulate price discounts. Although this bill has no labor re gulations in conjunction with it, Con gress has another bill before it —being fought by the United States Chamber of Commerce and the National Manu facturers’ Association —which would set up standards of hours and wages on all goods and materials entering into purchases with government money. The Robinson-Patman bill is spon sored by small merchants and middle men. It would regulate, and in many in stances prohibit, special terms for mass buyers, such as chain organiza tions. “Special terms" include quantity discounts, rebates, allowances for ad vertising and brokerage. The bill also would try to prevent sales by chain organizations in cer tain communities at a loss, in order to drive out competitors, while main < Continued on Page Three.) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY ITS LAST DECISION Governor Hoffma(n) Still Seeking Frantically To Find Authority for New Reprieve TO GET REPORT ON INQUIRIES IN CUBA Further Clemency May Be Delayed Until Final Mo ment in Hope of New State mejnt by Condemned Lind bergh Baby Slayer; Wil entz Says German Guilty Trenton, N. J., March 28—_ (AP) Governor Harold G. Hoffman, pushing his efforts to halt Bruno Hauptmann’s execu tion until the Lindbergh mur der case is solved to his satis faction, called the court of par dons today to meet Monday to consider the German-born car penter’s new plea lor clemency. The mercy court turned down a pre vious appeal by Hauptmann, but his counsel has said he possesses new evidence to warrant a new trial. Seeks Ground for Reprieve The governor also sought some le gal advice that would say he had power to issue a second reprieve foi Hauptmann, despite the reiterated opinion of the attorney general that no such power exists. Robert W. Hicks, Washington crim inologist, returned by plane today from Cuba, where he has been investi gating angles of the Hauptmann case, and the governor arranged to hear his report immediately. There was a growing belief, as de velopments moved swiftly, that a re priye would be issued sometime be fore 8 o’clock Tuesday night, the hour set for the execution of Haupt mann. Some conjecture was heard that the governor might delay and possibly (Continued on Page Four. - ) WINTER TOUGH ONE IN NORTH CAROLINA Weather Man at Raleigh Weather Bu reau Tells of Few Records Set in Past Season Raleigh, March 28. (AP) —The weather man at the United States weather Bureau here today looked back on a “tough winter’’ as the first week of spring ended. The weather was rough,, the records show, but only a few new records were set. December had record snowfalls, three snows making up 9.8 inches, the heaviest in a month in Raleigh since records were started in 1887. The city had its first “white Christmas.” Jan uary was the “wettest” first month of the year in 41 years, with 6.62 inches of precipitation, 2.96 inches above nor mal for the State was 7.79 inches, heaviest in 50 years. Eastern North Carolina rivers were in flood in each winter month for the first time they had overflowed in three consecutive months. The Roanoke river at Williamston remained at bankfull stage or higher continuously from January 7 to March 3, with the exception of Feb ruary 5, when it was one-tenth foot below its bank stage, and February 6, when it was down still another one •enth foot. The stream went into flood again March 17, and was still out of its banks today. Homeless In Flood Again Goes Higher Lower Readies Os Ohio and the South Hit; Rehabilitation Is Under Way (By The Associated Press) Rising rivers drove scores of fam ilies from their homes in the lower Ohio and the South today. Approximately 500 persons evacuat ed their dwellings in Pope county, Il linois, as the overburdened Ohio con tinued to swell. Observers warned a 46-foot crest next week would cover the Goliconda, 111., water front to a five foot depth. Thousands of acres along the Ten nessee river were flooded. Many res (Continued on Page Five.)
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