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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEAR HAUPTMANN PINS HOPES UPON GOVERNOR * * * * * ********** ********** *********** 12 Persons Are Dead In Tornado At Greensboro PROPERTY LOSS TO EXCEED $1,500,000 IN SPRING TWISTER 15 Stores, 32 Residences, Nine Industrial Plants, Demolished, Many Damaged FOUR CHURCHES IN AREA ARE DAMAGED Boy on Way to Church Not Expected To Live Through Day; Fires Follow Storm, Despite Downpour of Rain; Southside Bears Brunt Os Devastation Greensboro, April 3 (AP) The body of another Negro man was taken today from the debris left by last night’s tornado to swell the death toll to 12, with at least one other person ex pected to die during the day. Men armed with shovels, picks, axee, crowbars, and aided by tractors, dug into the ruins in all parts of the devastated area and searchers ex pressed the belief one or more other Negroes had perished in the Five Points case, where the body of Robert Mitchell, 18, was uncovered in mid morning. Greensboro, April 3. —(AP) —A hasty aurvey :by the Greensboro Red Cross officials of damage done by last night’s tornado here showed: Fifteen stores demolished, 86 others partly destroyed. Thirty-two residences demolished; 262 others partly demolished. Nine industrial plants demolished; 17 others partly destroyed. Four churches either wholly or part ly damaged. PROPERTY LOSS ESTIMATED AT UPWARDS OF $1,500,000 Greensboro, April 3.—(AP) — Men and machines dug today into the debris left by last night’s tornado seeking possible other dead to add to the number of 11 compiled during the night. One child seriously injured was not expected to live through the day. (CorMnni'rt r>n Papp Slt ' War Profits Bill Will Be Curbed Some Washington, April 3.—(AP) — The Senate Finance Committee voted to day to curb drastic features of the war profits bill, leaving a sufficient “profit-motive” to induce industry to do its utmost to win a v/ar, and put the measure in shape for reporting to the floor this session. Instead of the 99 percent tax on all individual incomes above $10,900, as proposed in the bill drafted by the Senate Munitions Committee, Chair man Cornally Democrat, Texas, of a finance sub-committee, said his group had been directed to draft a bill to “take 70 or 80 percent of incomes in (Continued on Page Four.) Cheaper Now To Build Or Buy Than It Is To Rent Moreover. Real Estate Is One of Best Forms of Protec tion Against Inflation; Volume of Home Building Not Most Important B arometer, Babson Says BY ROGER W. BABSON, Copyright 1936, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Babson Park, Fla., April 3. —Before 'his country can reach a new era of prosperity, the volume home build ing should return to normal. Will it happen this year That is today’s most vital question about 1936 busi ness. There are mighty influences working to release the pent-up build ing demand which has been accumu lating since 1930. When the log-jam breaks, America faces an industrial boom which may over-shadow even the “good old days’’ of 1926-29. Approaching a Turning Point The building industry was probably ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA * ' LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. State WPA Gives Aid in Greensboro Raleigh, April 3 (AP) —The Slate Works Progress Administration today had assigned 300 workers to assist in clearing streets and highways in the storm-stricken section of Greensboro, and was rushing food and clothing to the erea from surplus commodity ware houses. State Administrator George W. Conn, Jr., said supplies available to the WPA apparently would be adequate. Agents off the State Welfare De partment will distribute flour, meat, foods, wearing apparel and bed clothes, it was decided at a conference here today. M’DONALD SPEECH BOTH PRAISED AND CUSSEDJN STATE Supporters Delighted With His Exposition of “New Deal” Proposals For the State TWO WEAKNESSES IN SPEECH POINTED TO Promises Too Much and Fails To Point Out Defi nitely Where Money Is Coming from in Specific Manner; New Tax on Mer chants Is Strongly Hinted Dnlly Di*i»nt«*l> »nr«*in. In The Sir Walter Hotel, R<r J C. HASKERVILI Raleigh, April 3.—The Statewide radio speech delivered last night by Dr. Ralph W. McDonald ftom Win ston-Salem in which he attempted tor the first time to tell where and how he expects to get the $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 in new tax revenue which it is generally agreed will be neces sary to put his program into effect, was alternately praised and cussed here today. Most of McDonald’s sup porters regard the speech as a mas terpiece and one that has already won him thousands of additional votes, be cause of the vigorus manner in which he denounced the Democratic "ma chine,” the corporations, the lobbyists, the present and past Democratic ad ministrations and because of his pro mises to kick out all present appoint ive State officials to abolish useless offices, to “restore” the public schools to the people, cut the price of auto mobile license tags to $5 and lower power rates. Supporters Delighted. His supporters are also delighted at the manner in which Dr. McDonald fOonHnned on Page Two.) hit the hardest of all during the de pression. Two years ago we were building only eight homes for every one hundred built in 1928. The three most basic reasons for this situation were —first, the absolute lack of con fidence in the future; second, it was cheaper to rent or to buy than to build from 1930 to 1934; and third, so many people prefer a car to a home. Id the past two years, however, two important changes have taken place: (1) A general business increase of more than 20 per cent has completely reversed public psychology; (2) Rents have begun to advance in most areas. (Continued on Page Two.) HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 3, 1936 Fateful Grand Jurors Recess To Dine Hi t li{ .A: I. ;v : a N, I | Jill* ' if ’I" • f ill m f fIK i bbMp Members of the grand jury which was called to investi gate the reputed confession of Paul H. Wendel, Sr., disbarred lawyer, in the Lindbergh baby kidnaping, are seen recessing to dine in Trenton, N. J. The jurors pic Britain Plans New Demand' For Oil Ban Against Italy London, April 3.—(AP) —Shocked and angered by the receipt of what it considers irrefutable proof that the Italians are using poison gas in Ethi opia, the British government indicat ed tonight that it is preparing to strike at Premier Hussolini with pres sure for an oil embargo against Italy unless he agrees to a quick cessation of hostilities.. ITALIANS AT LAKE TANA, CENTER OF BRITISH AREA (By The Associated Press.) Reports reaching Rome said stra tegic Lake Tana, center of British in iSw Probably Will Be Unable to Get Opponent for Agri culture Head Dally Dispatch Diircan, In The Sir Walter lintel, Ity J. C. B4SKEHVILL Raleign, April 3.—Opponents of Commissioner of Agriculture William A. Graham for several months now have been trying to get a candidate to oppose Graham for the nomination in the June primary, are about to get all tangled up in their own political maneuverings, much to the amuse ment of the Graham supporters. Pre sent indications are that these op posing Graham are about to get so badly gummed up in their own poli tical maneuvering that in the end Graham will have no opposition what ever in the primary. Opponent Sought For. It has been no secret for several months that the anti-Graham faction in the Democratic party has been try ing to persuade W. Kerr Scott, of Ala mance county, former master of the Grange in North Carolina, and now an employe in production credit di vision of the Resettlement Adminis tration, to run against Graham. It has also been generally agreed that Scott has wanted to run against Gra ham, and would if he believed he could win the nomination, but did not want to spend the time and money necessary, likewise resign his job with the Resettlement Administration, just to be among the “also rans.” As a re sult, Scott has not yet decided wheth er he will run or not —and many still doubt if he will get into the campaign since it is known that many of his close friends have advised him not to run, in the belief that if he did he couid not win the nomination from Graham, conceded to be an expert in the grand old game of politics. Another Man Mentioned. But the anti-Graham faction, deter mined to have some one oppose Gra ham, and believing Scott would make the best race, several weeks ago start ed a movement to hurry Scott up by putting out a report that former (Continued on Page Eight. tured from left, from first man nearest camera are Messrs. Lieach, Van Dyke, Harris, Rawley, Furcell, Doran, Ritter and Cameron. terests in Ethiopia, had been reached by the Italian troops after a drive down the western section of the north ern frontier. Italian officials, however, reiterated Premier Mussolini’s guarantee that British interests around the lake, which forms the headwaters of the Blue Nile, would not be harmed. The commander-in-chief of the Ital ian armies, Marshal Piedro Badoglio, telegraphed Rome about the reaching of Lake Tana by his troops under the command of the secretary general of the Fascist party, Aehille Starace, and told of an Ethiopian retreat at Third Party Is Unlikely During 1936 By CHARLES P. STEWART Washington, April 3 —There are al most no prospects of a third party movement of any consequence in the coming political campaign. That is to say, there is no prospect of any new lineup even as formid able as, say, the one which ran the elder Senator Robert M. Da Follette in 1924, carrying one state for the presidency—the senator’s home com monwealth, Wisconsin. The weakness of third party senti ment is that it lacks leadership. It has no one as leaderly, for ex ample, as tl|2 late Senator Da Follette was. He realized many months in advance of 1924’s conventions that neither side, by any possibility, would nominate a candidate satisfactory to him, and had his own organization ready-made to put him into the field on short notice, as it did, with a very creditable demonstration of enthu siasm. In fact, he had both the Re publicans and Democrats considerably scared. Not that they expected him to be eleected to the White House, but they were afraid his showing might be strong enough to make his group a major factor in 1928, thus snuffing out one or the other of the pair of old time groups —effecting, in short, a re shuffle of the voters, from meaning less Republicans and Democrats into meaningful ..liberals and conservatives. TIME NOT RIPE It did not work; the time had not come. Nevertheless, it was a vigorous at tempt at a party realignment. It was amply premeditated, too. In the present instance no prelimi nary spade work has been done. There (Continued on Page Eight. EXTRA! If Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed tonight, the Daily Dis patch will issue an extra carrying facts about his execution. Tinless there is a change in plans the eexecution will take place at or shortly after 8 p. m. Lake Ashagi, on the eastern section of the northern front. Informed sources in London en visaged direct peace negotiations be tween Italy and Ethiopia after the de parture from Addis Ababa of Emperor Haile Selassie’s most trusted advisor, Everett Colson, who is on his way to Egypt on sick leave. Further sanctions against Italy were asked by the Ethiopian govern ment in a note to the League of Na tions while the the French govern ment, informed sources said, may ask for financial sanctions against Ger many for her violation of the Locarno pact. DAVID LAM IS GIVEN JIISIIBERTY Main/ Who Three Times Was Tried for Murder of Wife Is Set Free San Jose, Cal., April 3.—(AP)—Wife murder charges against David A. Lamson were dismissed today and he was ordered liberated immediately. District Attorney Fred Moore per sonally asked Superior Judge J. J. Trabucco to dismiss the charge a gainst Lamson, who had faced three trials. Moore said it was impossible to ob tain a jury to convict the defendant. Lamson, former Stanford University press executive, was convicted at his first trial for slaying his young wife, Allene Thorpe Lamson, and sentenced to hang. The State Supreme Court granted him a new trial. Juries in the second and third trials disagreed. Lamson was accused of clubbing his wife to death in the bathroom of their home Memorial Day, 1933. The defense contended she fell and injur ed herself fatally. Luke Lea States In Asheville His Plans Not Fixed Asheville, April 3 (AP) —Colonel Duke Lea visited with friends here today and left for Nashville, defer ring plans for the future until after he sees old associates there. The former Tennessee senator and publisher, yesterday from the North Carolina State Prison at Raleigh, where he was serving a six to ten years sentence for violation of bank laws, said here last night that he would have a statement this morning on his plans. Nashville friends, however, tele phoned him, he said, asking that he confer with them first, and that, therefore, he would make no plans until after he returns home. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. DEFENSE ATTORNEY ASKS FRESH DELAY OF ELECTROCUTION Virginia Electric Reduces Its Rate Raleigh, April 3 (AP)—The Vir ginia Electric and Power Company today announced reductions in its rates to effect an annual saving of from $15,000 to $20,000 for 7,000 residential and commercial cust omers in 15 northeastern North Carolina counties. Stanley Winborne, chairman of the State Utilities Commission, said the company planned furth er rate cuts as soon as income justified. The new schedule was effective on all meter readings on or after April 1. SEk Eden 'Says, However, His Nation) Is Anxious To Talk Permanent Peace With Hitler WILL ACT, HOWEVER, ONLY IF ATTACKED British, French and Belgian General Staffs To Meet Soon To Map Out Plain) of Action in Emergency; Hit ler Considers Conferences Most Inopportune London, April 3 (AP)—Foreign Sec retary Anthony Eden informed the House of Commons today that Britain France and Belgium were ready to fight as allies if attacked by Germany but that Britain was anxious to talk permanent peace with Adolf Hitler. Eden announced that France-Brit ish-Belgian army general staff con conversations would be held in Lon don at a date not yet fixed, but assur ed the Commons that technical de tails worked out by the generals would be invoked only in case the Nazi Reich attacked either France or Belgium. Such conferences were proposed un <Continued on Page Six.) OUR WEATHER MAN FOB -NORT 11 CAROLINA. Fair, except cloudy in moun tains, slightly colder in east por tion; frost with freezing in in terior; Saturday fair and not so cold in west. Georgia’s Dead In Tornado Reach 25; Other Fatalities Cordele, Ga., April 3 (AP)—Cordele and Greensboro, N. C., led the way to day in clearing wreckage left by vic ious spring tornadic storms which killed at least 39 persons yesterday in a haphazard tour of destruction across the southeast. Os the ten or so communities scourged by tornadic winds, this town of nearly 7,000 population suffered the most. Eighteen were killed, about 500 injured, and property damage roughly set at $1,250,000 was done as a twister smashed 300 buildings in its 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Fisher Says Grand Jury of Hunterdon County Should Pass olni Wendei Confession PREPARATIONS FOR EXECUTION PUSHED Warden Kimberling at Same Time Seeks Advice of Authorities as to What To Do; Many Think Governor Will Find Way To Save Hauptmainjn With Reprieve Trenton, N. J., April 3 (AP) —A close associate of Gover nor Harold G. Hoffman said to day that the governor is pre pared to grant Bruno Richard Hauptmann another reprieve. The governor's secretary said “the governor will not comment on the report.” LAST DESPERATE EFFORT BEING MADE BY ATTORNEY Trenton, N. J., April 3 (AP) —Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s counsel dash ed out shortly before noon today in a last desperate effort to save him from the electric chair after the Mercer county grand jury had given notice it would not again 3eek to interfere with the Lindbergh bhby killer’s ex ecution. C. Lloyd Fisher, Hauptmann's coun sel, demanded that the Hunterdon county grand jury be convened to con sider the case of Paul H. Wendei. He directed his demand to An thony M. Hauck, Jr., the Hunterdon prosecutor, who has been most vigor ous in his efforts to see that the Hauptmann death sentence be carried out. It is set for 8 o’clock tonight. Colonel Mark O. Kimberling, ward en of the prison, where final prepa rations have been made for the execu tion, came to the attorney general’s office shortly afterward, and it was apparent that another of the inter minable climaxes of the famous case was drawing near. The action, however, was seen as a development which Governor Harold G. Hoffman might regard as suffi ciently important to move him to ex tend a second reprieve to the prison er. Colonel Kimberling said shortly aft er noon that “as it stands now it looks as though the execution will go through," but that he would have a (Continued on Page Six.) Wife Again Very Close To Collapse Trenton, N. J., April 3 (AP)—Stun ned by the news that no further re quest for a stay in Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s execution would be made by the Mercer county grand jury, the condemned man’s wife, Anna, hoped frantically today for an other reprieve from Governor Harold (Continued on Page Two.) two-mile drive through two residen tial sections. « After centering its fury here at dawn, the storm pursued an erratic course north and east, inflicting wide spread damage, but failing to take many lives until it descended in full force at Greensboro early last night. Georgia counted 25 dead today. North Carolina stood next, with a death list of 11, while along the fringes of the storm area Florida, Alabama and South Carolina report ed one fatality each.
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