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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA twenty-third year FIVE PERISH IN WRECK African Peace Negotiations Open At Geneva i [AGUE WORKS FOR AGREEMENT BEFORE VICTIM FOR ITALY Italo - Ethiopian Situation Enters Critical Period With Quick Peace as The Goal BRITAIN IsItEADY TO MAKE DEMANDS Quick Peace or Strengthen ing of Penalties Against Mussolini Planned by Eng land ; Conciliation Com mittee Referees Negotia tions Under Way Geneva, April 14 (AP) —The Ethiopian government asserted to the League of Nations today that the Italian forces in East Africa poison-gassed 13 Ethio pian cities. Just as its protest was received, the Italian government informed the Lea gut 1 that Mussolini had decided to free all slaves in Ethiopia. The communications came to Ge neva while Salvador de Madariaga, president of the League Council’s • committee of 13” discussed the pos sibility for peace with Wolde Mariam the Ethiopian delegate to the League of Nations. Mariam told de Madariaga and J. A. Avenol, secretary-general of the League, that peace should be within the spirit of the League covenant. League officials said they were pes simistic as to the possibilities for peace. Geneva. April 14.—(AP)—The Lea gue of Nations, undertaking a race to conclude quick peace in Ethiopia be fore the Italian armieß can effect a swift victory, opened negotiations to day for a settlement of the East Af rican conflict. Salvador de Madariaga, chairman of the League Council's conciliation com mittee of 13, took up the task of urg ing the belligerents to enter early di rect peace parleys. His first appointment was with Wolde Mariam, Ethiopian minister to Paris, and a delegate to the League. Baron Pompeo Aloisi, Italy’s Geneva spokesman, leaving Rome today, was expected by League sources to bring (Continued 0 n Page Seven.) Capitalist Hook - Up Is Described Washington, April 14. (AP) ■ — A Lihor Relations Board investigator l °ld a Senate committee today that what, he termed a “connection” be tween a munitions firm, a labor es pionage firm and two Liberty League lawyers was “too close for comfort.” Heber Blankenhorn, the investigator >Hid w. W. Groves, president of the Railway Audit and Inspection Com pany, of Pittsburgh, also was a direc tor of Federal Laboratories, Incor porated, of the same city. The Railway Audit and Inspection ■’Continued on Page Three.) rnmm IS BACK IN HOUSE Ellenbogan Measure Drasti cally Modified To Meet Many Objections Washington, April 14. (AP) A House labor sub-committee today re ported favorably the Ellenbogan bill for Federal regulation of the textile industry. The latest draft of the bill, which nas been re-written twice from its ori ginal form, was introduced in the House by Representative Ellenbogan, Democrat, Pennsylvania, and is said to be considered by the full labor com mittee on Thursday. The measure, said by its authors to meet any conceivable constitutional test, has been modified drastically from its original form, partly to meet objections of manufacturers and lar (Continued on Page Six) _ %*:»**, <teKaEßsoN.a& Hatltr Sfetratrh WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Two'Kidnapings Ma rk Ea rly Hours Os Illinois Election Chicago, April 14. —(AP) —Two kid napings, with one election worker ab ducted under a policeman’s fire, sent the Illinois primaries off to a turbul ent start in Chicago today. The violence came as a bumper Chicago registration began to pour in to polling places. One victim was Paul Witkowsky, 60 who the. police were told was identi fied as a retired business man and a personal friend of Governor Horner. The other, was a Democratic precinct Baseball’s Season For 1936 Opens Weather Is Good and 200,000 Expect ed for Launching Big League Season (By the Associated Press.) The all-important cooperation of the weather man was virtually assured on all fronts today for the opening of the maor league baseball season. Except for St. Louis, where the Na tional League champion Chicago Cubs were scheduled to open up against the Cardinals, the dawn of baseball’s an nual inaugural day brought clear skies and moderate temperatures. In St. Louis, regarded as one of the highly important focal points because it will produce a pitching duel be tween Lou Warneke and the celebrat ed Dizzy Dean, the sky was overcast, and possibly showers were predicted. It was partly cloudy in Cincinnati, where the Pittsburgh Pirates were matched against the Cincinnati Reds. Weather Favorable. Cloud-flecked skies and a warm sun augured for a capacity attendance of 56,000 in New York at the Polo Grounds, where the New York Giants will take off against the Brooklyn Dodgers. With the Giants-Dodger game set ting the pace, the eight opening games promised to attract an attendance of between 190,000 and 200,000. The Detroit Tigers, led by Mickey Cochrane, were making their 1936 de but at Cleveland, with Steve O’Neill’s Indians furnishing the opposition. Here another spectacular mound duel was in prospect between Lynwood (Schoolboy) Rowe and Mel Harder. President Roosevelt was to toss out the first ball in the national capital’s opener between the New York Yan kees and the Washington Senators. -?NLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Easter Paraders Throng Fifth Avenue .^a. , .< SggjftffiS Despite lowering clouds which threatened to pour rain on Easter finery, New York socialites braved the chilly weather to present a colorful Easter parade on Fifth Avenue. Visitors and paraders jammed the avenue from curb to curb as churches were emptied of worshippers. (Central Press) HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 14, 1936 captain. Bitterness engendered by .one of the most hectic campaigns of the century prompted elaborate precautions at the polls as national leaders watched the voting in the Republican presidential preference duel between Senator Wil liam E. Borah, of Idaho and Colonel Frank Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily News. Headquarters of Knox, outspoken critic of the administration, promis ed a sweeping trial. J. C. Cook, Borah Loan Approved to Stricken Regions Washington, April 14 (AP)—* Legislation authorizing the Re construction finance Corporation to lend up to $50,000,000 for rehabi litation work in areas stricken by floods and other catastrophes in 1939 and 1936, was sent to the White House today by Congress. Republican Candidate Sees Split Among Democrats To Let Him In Dully Disputed Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel, By J. C BASKERVIL.I, Raleigh, April 14.—Gilliam Grissom, the Republican candidate, expects to be the next governor of North Caro lina, and especially if the Democrats nominate Dr. Ralph W. McDonald as their candidate, he said here today, although he believes he can defeat any candidate the Democrats may nominate. “I am confident I can win over any one of the four Democratic candidates for the gubernatorial nomination, so that it makes no difference to me which one of the four is nominated,” Grissom said. “And while I have said was confident I would be elected if Dr. McDonald should be the Democra tic nominee, I am equally confident I could defeat Clyde R. Hoey, A. H. Graham or John A. Mcßae. “While Dr. McDonald may be con sidered ultra-radical by some mem bers of his party, there are other Democrats who regard Mr. Hoey as being ultra-conservative. iMr. Graham seems to be the middle-of-the-road candidate, from what I hear, although I have little opportunity to talk with those supporting him to learn of their (Continued on Page Two.) manager, foresaw a “very handsome victory.” Big Vote for Roosevelt. Democratic stalwarts concentrated on getting out a “smashing vote” for President Roosevelt unopposed on their party’s preferment ballot— to clench their claims that Illinois was still in the New Deal column. They anxiously awaited comparison of the Borah-Knox and Roosevelt totals as an indication of comparative popular ity. worEvals Accession of Valentine To Managership Great As set for Professor Daily Dispatch Bureaa, In The Sir Walter Hotel, By J. C. BASKEB.VILI* Raleigh, April 14 —The McDonald campaign automobile continues to chug right along, gathering momen tum every day in spite of the almost frantic efforts of his opponents to stop it by scattering tacks, nails, broken glass and even mud in an- ef fort to stop it, according to observers from many different sections of the State. And while the McDonald cam paign equippage at first resembled a Model T Ford of uncertain ancestry, it is now beginning to take on the appearance of a Packard or Rolls- Royce, giving every indication of be ing well supplied with campaign gas oline, otherwise known as mazuma or money. The addition of Itimous T. Valen tine, of Nashville, as associate cam paign manager for Dr. McDonald, to the headquarters staff of the former college professor, is regarded as an other distinct gain for the McDonald (Continued on Page Two.) OUR WEATHER MAN ~ Of* FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight, Wednesday increas ing cloudiness, probably followed by showers In mountains in aft ernoon or night; warmer Wed nesday and in north portion to night. s Would Be Equal to Dose of Arsenic Against Future Industrial Growth In State RETRENCHMENT, NOT EXPANSION, LIKELY School Funds Most Likely Would Be Cut Below Pre selnt Funds, Maxwell Says in Analysis of Proposed Rates; Calls McDonald Plan Demagogy Daily Dispatch Bureaa. (n The Sir Walter Hotel, By J. C. BASKERVIJ.Ii Raleigh, April 14.—The six new tax sources or new tax plans which Dr. Ralph W. McDonald is advocating as substitutes for the sales tax and as means to finance his program of in creased spending, will yield not more than $7,449,637 a year on maximum es timates and will not even provide enough revenue to replace the sales tax, computations made by Commis sioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell re veal. In addition, these new tax plans fail by $21,050,549 of providing enough revenue to meet the general fund bud get of $50,000,000 a year which would be necessary to put the various meas ures advocated by Dr. McDonald into effect, Maxwell points out. “Dose of Arsenic.” “The 'McDonald New Deal’ would be the equivalent of administering a dose of arsenic to any hope of future industrial growth in North Carolina,” Maxwell said. “There would never be another dollar Invested in a major in dustrial enterprise in the State while the laws advocated by Dr. McDonald remained on the statute books. Yet these laws would raise less then 60 cents on the dollar to meet the State’s payrolls and obligations on the Mc- Donald basis of spending as he has so far outlined it.” Assuming that the people of the State ratify the proposed amendment to the Constitution increasing the in come tax rate from six per cent to 10 per cent, assuming that the 1937 legislature enact the maximum rates suggested in each case and assuming that the taxpayers would remain in North Carolina and continue to pay these high tax rates, the revenue un der the McDonald plan, according to Maxwell, would amount to only $28,- 949,451 a year, as compared with the present revenue yield of $31,499,814 with the sales tax. “Yet Dr. McDonald’s spending fund budget is at least $50,000,000,” Max well said. “For Dr. McDonald is ad vocating that teachers’ salaries be re stored to their pre-depression peak (Continued on Page Six.) ROOSEVELT SPEAKS IN CHARLOTTE SOON Washington, April 14 (AP) — Representatives of the seven states Green Pastures Democratic rally to be held in Charlotte, N. C., said today President Roosevelt would attend. The date of the rally Is yet to be fixed. ‘Dry’ Leader Calling For Law Support Burgess Asks Cour ageous Men From Governor Down; Drunkenness Up Raleigh, April 14 (AP) —Calling for the election of public officials “from constable to governor who have the courage to enact and enforce laws against the liquor traffic,” Carl K. Burgess, director, told the trustees of the United Dry Forces “drunkenness and other debauchery resulting from \strong drink.’' have increased in North Carolina. The United Drys met to map plans for activity during the campaign lead ing to the primaries and elections this year. Citing a “typical month” before li quor stores opened in 14 Eastern North Carolina counties out of 18 (Continued on Page Two.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. TOWNSVILLE PEOPLE BURNED AFTER AUTO SIDESWIPES TRUCK Crash Occurs About 2 a. m. Near Wise; Sixth Occupant o f Car Near Death In Hospital Here Death rode the highway in a flaming chariot in the early morning hours today, snuffing out the lives of five young people, and leaving a sixth in a critical condition at Maria Parham hos pital here. The accident occurred shortly after 2 o’clock this morning on U S. Highway No. 1 a mile north of Wise, 20 miles north of Henderson. The dead: J. P. Kimball, 23, Mecklenburg Co., Va. William Carr Tucker, Jr., 18, Townsville. Woodrow Tucker, 23, Palmer Springs, Va. George Newell, 21, Townsville. Miss Margaret Willis, South Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. Woodrow Tucker is in Maria Parham hospital, and her condition was considered critical, not being expected to live. New ell lived a few hours, dying at the local hospital at 7 o’clock. Roosevelt’s Job Plan Is Elaborated President Would Limit Bread Win ner’s Working Years to 47 Years Baltimore, iMd., April 14.—(AP)—Of fering the suggestion that the aotlve working years of every American bread winner be limited to 47, Presi-. dent Roosevelt had placed before the nation today a broad outline of the New Deal’s position on the maojr pro blem of unemployment. Amid the cheers of supporters who had gathered for a Democratic rally after an old-time torchlight parade last night, Mr. Roosevelt called on youth to be “social pioneers” and “help bring under control the forces of modern society.” To Attack Unemployment. Devoting most of his address to a discussion of continuing large scale unemployment the President promised that it would ibe attacked “from every conceivable angle,” but it was his sug gestion for limits on the wage earn ing life span that aroused much dis cussion and speculation today. Mr. Roosevelt did not indicate whether the administration is plan ning specific proposals along these lines beyond the social security and other programs already enacted. Hopes To Salvage NBA. But he did indicate that the New Deal, despite the invalidation of NRA, still hopes to attain certain of that experiment’s objective. He said the government “must and will give con sideration” to shorter hours, stability of employment and “adequate mini mum wages.” Again he called on industry to “un dertake reasonable reductions of hours of work per week, while at the same time they keep the average in dividual’s pay envelope at least as large as it is today.” BISHOP JAS. WALSH DIES IN NEW YORK New York, April 14 (AP) —Bishop James A. Wash, superior general of the Roman Catholic Foreign Mission Society, died today. Weather Deaths In U. S. 1,300 In 1936 New York, April 14. —(AP) —Nature, attacking with every means at its command in one of its greatest offen sives in years, has caused 1,300 deaths in the United States since January 1. An unusually cold winter took a heavy toll and spring thaws brought heavy floods which drowned hundreds Southern tornadoes completed the dis aster rolls. An Associated Press survey showed at least 542 persons died from causes related to the severely cold weather, 19 Pages u Today TWO SECTIONS. FIVE CENTS COPY Late this afternoon the hospital re ported Mrs. Tucker still unconscious iand her condition apparently un changed. She |e suffering from burns and shocks. The group had been to Roxboro earlier in the evening to take Miss Annie Tucker, a sister of Woodrow Tucker, and were en route to the home of iMr. and Mrs. Tucker near Palmer Springs, Va. Occurs on Curve. The wreck occurred on a slight curve with vision unobstructed for a great distance. The late model Chev rolet car in which they were riding crashed into a transfer truck loaded with apples, tearing off a gasoline tank on the side of the truck, chang ing ends, skidding off the highway onto a wide shoulder, a flaming hulk. The automobile did not overturn. The truck ran across the highway on to the left hand shoulder, its left front wheel being torn down in the crash. According to Albert Quillan, of Or lando, Fla., driver of the truck, the car of the victims was coming at a rapid rate of speed, and he veered far to the right, taking to the should er. The left front wheel and fender of the Chevrolet crashed into his left front and side, tearing off the gas oline tank. Quillan said he dashed to the flam ing wreck and extricated Mrs. Tucker and George Newell. Mrs. Tucker was blazing at the time but her clothes were torn from her body, saving her (Continued on Page Three.) Mail Form For Sales Os Cotton Washington, April 14 (AP) —Com- modity Corporation officials said to day application forms for farmers who wish to sell cotton held under 12- cent loans are in the mails, and move ment of 1,000,000 bales to market should begin tomorrow or Thursday. Approximately 4,500,000 bales of the 1934 crop are held under 12-cent loans. The corporation recently announced a plan for release of 1,000,000 bales of this amount. The applications will be available at the R. F. C. loan agencies or the county agent offices, officials said, and the cotton will be released under a policy of “first come first served.” After farmers have applied for re lease of 1,000,000 bales, the release automatically will be stopped. To obtain release of the cotton, pro ducrs must pay a price equal to a quarter of a cent a pound less than the average spot price of cotton, but not less than 11.25 cent sa pound. 531 from tornadoes, gales and lightn ing, md 214 from floods. Tornadoes at Tupelo, Miss., and Gainesville, Ga., and the floods at Pittsburgh and Johnstown, Penn., and Wheeling, W. Va., took the heaviest tolls. The American Red Cross estimated that besides lives lost, major and minor disasters injured 4,923 persons, affected 622,060, destroyed 6,583 homes and damaged 44,629. Property damage ran into hundreds of millions of dol lars.
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