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HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR
SPECIAL SESSION DEMANDED BY FARMERS
McDonald Speaks
Tonight; Watkins
Opened Big Show
Large Crowd Visited Expo
sition to Enjoy Program
and See Merchants
Booths
PROFESSIONALS AND
amateur acts good
Misses Lowry Win First
Prize for Amateurs; Miss
Harrison Second; Profes
sionals Thrill Audience;
Dancing Enjoyed; Becker
Here Tonight
The mammoth Henderson
Exposition at Big Henderson
warehouse, sponsored by the
American Legion Post 60, was
officially launched last evening
at 8 o’clock with a short talk by
Mayor Irvine B. Watkins, who
complimented the Legion on its
undertaking, and urged the co
operation of the public by at
tending.
Something over 450 were in attend
ance, the first night usually being
small, to see what has been termed
the most beautiful exposition ever
staged in Henderson. .
The main feature of tonight’s show
will be the appearance of Dr. Ralph
W. McDonald, of Winston-Salem, can
didate for the Democratic nomination
for governor of North Carolina in the
coming June primary. He wiU make
several remarks and call upon friends.
Amateur Show Hit
Sam Alford and his group of ama
teurs went on the program shortly
after it was officially opened, and en
tertained with a variety o facts that
met with the approval of all. Alford
did not give a single contestant the
gong during the performance. All
of the acts were of high quality and
entertaining.
Misses Ginger and Katherine Low
ry, doing an acrobatic dance act., won
first prize sls, while Miss Mary Har
rison won second prize, $5. These win
ners will compete Saturday night for
a grand prize of SSO with the winners
of the other nights through Friday.
Professional Acts Good
D. C. Loughlin, manager of the ex
pedition, has assembled an outstand
ing group of professional acts that
pleased the audience immensely.
The Jewell Sisters and their SIO,OOO
posing and musical dog act led the
program, being followed by Miss Le
nora and Miss Eline on the swinging
ladder.
“Senator “Schultz” of Hoosieranna,
a pantomine, gave their audience
plenty of laughs. This clown did much
during the evening on the exposition
floor to entertain the visitors.
One of the best acts of the entire
performance was the Steiner trio on
the horizontal bar. They were superb
and brought much applause.
The famous Russell in hoop rolling,
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Mussolini
Cheered By
Theltalians
(By the Associated Press.)
Thousands of Romans stood cheer
*nß the square in front of Premier
Mussolini’s office today as II Duce
proclaimed on the anniversary cele
bration of the founding of Rome that
"our ship has arrived in Rome with
all sails spread."
The celebration, corresponding to
the observance of Labor Day in the
1 United States, was the occasion of a
new check of the advance in Italy
since the Fascist advent to power.
Tne expected capture of Addis
Ababa had not materialized though
the commander-in-chief by the Fascist
forces in East Africa, Marshal Pietro
Badolgia reported a new advance by
the southern army, after its recent
victory over the Ethiopians in Ogaden
province.
In Geneva, delegates to the League
of Nations Council departed after the
executive body of the League dropped
its efforts to .begin negotiations for
peace between the waring nations.
British Secretary Anthony Eden
warned the League that if measures
were not adopted to halt the East
African conflict, his government
might adopt its own methods of safe
guarding their interests.
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DEMOCRATIC VOTES
Wants Names “Independent
Taxpayers” Who Like
His “Public Efforts”
IS MAILING CARDS OUT
Republican Candidate Maintains Hell
Be Next Governor of North
Carolina Regardless Whom
Democrats Name
Dally Dispatch Bareai,
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
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Raleigh, April 21.-—Gilliam; Grissom
the Republican candidate for gover
nor, is already campaigning actively
and not waiting for the outcome of
the Democratic primary. He is now
busily engaged in handing out and
mailing cards, on which a bright, new
penny is clipped for return postage,
asking those who receive them to
write down the names of “independent
taxpayers who have expressed an ap
proval” of Grissom and his "public
efforts.” By "independent taxpayers”
Grissom really means “independent
Democrats,” it is generally agreed. So
what Grissom is really doing is get
ting up a mailing list of independent
Democrats to whom he is going to
direct campaign material and letters
later on.
"Regardless of whom the Demo
crats nominated for governor, I am
going to be the next Governor of
North Carolina,” Grissom said today.
“For if they nominate Dr. McDonald
a lot of the Democrats who do not
like Dr. McDonald will vote for me
rather then for him, while Mr. Hoey
or Mr. Graham is nominated, many of
the McDonald Democrats will vote for
me instead of for either of them. So
I will win whichever way the Demo
cratic primary goes.
“I have been ridiculed, knocked
(Continued on Page Three.)
Believes Landon Will Get
Most Votes at Conven
tion and Nomination
By LESLIE EICHEL
(Central Press Staff Writer)
“How many days will the Republi
can national convention in Cleveland
last?” we are asked.
That is impossible to answer.
The first day—June 9 —will be given
over to organization. The keynote
speech will not be made till night—in
order to catch the radio audience.
A platform will have to be written.
The most difficult plant to compose
will be those over farm aid, labor and
relief.
Then there will be the nominations.
This writer has expressed his be
lief that there'will not be much of a
fight. He believes the Hilles-Mills
group from New York, the Reed
group from Pennsylvania and the
Ohio group will agree quickly to
swing their support to the man with
the most delegates. That man will
Continued on Page Three.)
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OP NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGTOTA
Fights Deportation
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Anna Sage
Through her attorney, Anna
Sage, above, the “Woman in. Red”
of the Dillinger crime case, has
forwarded a personal letter to
Secretary of Labor Frances Per
kins requesting the secretary to
withhold' execution of the do*
portation order which would send
her to Rumania, April 25. Mrs.
Sage hoped to gain a stay pend
ing action by congress on an
amendment which has been of
fered to the immigration act
which would permit discretion in
regard to desirable aliens. Hav
ing come to America as a child,
Rumania virtually is an alien
country to Mrs. Sage now.
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BY RY. POLICE
Upholster’s Helper Charged
With Assaulting and
Slaying Os
Authoress
WAS ONE OF FOUR
WHO FOUND BODY
Had Gone to Home Previ
ous Day for Instructions on:
Repairs; First Assaulted
Victim and Then Strang
led Her, Placing Body In
Bath Tub
New York, April 21.—(AP)—Police
Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine said
today that John Sierenza, an upholst
er’s helper, had admitted slaying Mrs.
Nancy Evans Titterton.
The young man was one of four who
had reported finding of the body in
the bath room of the Titterton apart
ment in fashionable Beckman Place.
Valentine said Sierenza admitted as
saulting the 34-year-old author and
then strangling her.
He was traced, the commissioner
said, by a piece of twine with which
Mrs. Titterton had been bound.
Sireneza is 24 years old and lives
in Brooklyn.
Valentine said the youth told him
that on Thursday, April 9, the day be
fore the slaying, he was sent to the
Titterton apartment to receive in
structions in repairing the divan.
At that time he saw Mrs. Titterton.
The next morning, Valentine quoted
him, he returned to the apartment
alone.
Seized Mrs. Titterton, placed a gag
in her mouth and bound her hands.
After she was dead, the story con
tinued, he placed the ibody in a bath
tub and cut the twine from her hands.
Sierenza returned to work and came
back with Theodore Kruger, of the
upholstering firm, to deliver the
divan. They found the door of the
fourth floor ajar, and called two
building superintendents.
SURPLUS IMPORTS 2
CONSECUTIVE MONTHS
Washington, April 21.—(AP) — The
March import surplus—the second
consecutive month of greater import
than export—was reported today by
the commerce department.
The import excess was $4,959,000 in
March and $10,991/OQQ in February.
HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 21, 1936
The Exposition, Aren't You?
Tobacco, Sales Tax and
Special Legislative Ses
sion Being Boiled
Together *
THOUSANDS FARMERS
“MARCH ON RALEIGH”
Merchants Cheer Dr. J. T.
Burrus’ Attack on Sales
Tax; Many Farmers Con
vinced by Ghv. Ehringhaus
Special Session Could Ac
complish Little
Daily Dispatch Bnicaa.
In The Sir Walter Hote..
Ky J C. It ASKER V ILL
Raleigh, April 21.—Tobacco, the
sales tax and talk of a special session
of the General Assembly are all be
ing boiled together in one big political
stew, here today. Between 5,000 and
10,000 tobacco farmers met in the
stadium out at State College here this,
morning, presented their mass de
mand to Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus
that he call a special session of the
General Assembly to enact tobacco
crop control and State tobacco pact
legislation and then heard Governor
Ehringhaus explain why such a spe
cail session would be useless and a
waste of time and money. For the
governor contends that if a special
session were sitting in the Capitol
right now, it could not make a move
or pass a single law that could or
would help the tobacco farmers. He
is also convinced that even if Con
gress had already passed the enab
ling act—which ft has not yet done
—and if South Carolina had already
passed its state pact act, that a spe
cial session would still be of no avail.
At the same time the thousands of
farmers were in session presenting
their demands for a special session of
the legislature to enact tobacco crop
control legislation, some 800 or more
merchants from all parts of the State
were cheering Dr. John T. Burrus, of
High Point, State senator from Guil
ford county, assail the general sales
tax and damn it as the most despic
able piece of tax legislation ever en
acted by a North Carolina General As
sembly to wring pennies from the
poor in order to save the tax dollars
of the rich. It was noticed that some
of the merchants did not cheer as
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Power Loans!
Would Wreck
Alabama Co,
Washington, April 21 —(AP) —An ex
pert today testified that the Alabama
Power Company, one of four litigants
challenging the constitutionality of
PWA, would suffer more than per
cent cent property loss from opera
tion of Federal financed municipal
power plants.
The witness was James A. Emery,
of New York, senior vice president
of Ford, Baker and Davis, a general
engineering firm. He was called to
testify in the District of Columbia
court on the value of the Alabama
company’s property.
Government council instantly ob
ected to the move, but were overruled
by Chief Justice Wheat.
Over renewed objections of govern
ment counsel, Emery testified that if
municipalities set up their own plants,
Alabama Company’s system would be
damaged to the extent of $704,072. „
John W. Scott, of the government
legal staff, drew from Emery testi
mony of damage was based upon com
plete loss of all businesses in those
cities, rather than upon what ever
loss that might result from orderly
competition by municipal plants.
~OUR WEATHER MAN
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Increasing cloudiness, possibly
followed by light showers In moun
tains tonight or Wednesday, and
in north portion Wednesday;
slightly warmer in south and
south central portion; somewhat
colder Wednesday.
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Funeral services for Louis McHenry Howe, intimate friend and secre
tary of President Roosevelt, were conducted this afternoon in the East Room
of the White House with government officials and friends present for the
service. The body will be accompanied to Fall River, Mass., by President
Roosevelt, -Where burial will take place Wednesday.
Buried Men
To Dictate
Their Wills
Rescuers Push Ef
forts at Moose Riv
er Mine; Men Are
Despairing of L.ife
(Copyrighted by Associated
Press.)
Moose River, N. S., April 21.
(AP) —Although two men trap
ped in a gold mine had indicated
they were prepared for death
after nine days of suffering', hope
that they might be rescued alive
before nightfall was expressed at
noon today.
(Copyrighted by the Associated Press)
Moose River, N. S., April 21.—(AP)
—Two men entombed for more than
eight days in the Moose River gold
mine indicated today they desired to
dictate their wills through a one hun
dred foot tube from the surface to
the cave-in in which they were im
prisoned.
With desperate resources workers
still uncertain as to when they would
be able to break through to the un
derground pit, Dr. D. T. Robertson
asked that his brother-in-law come to
the tube to take down instructions.
(Continued on Paee Six.)
FORMAL APPROVAL
GIVEN TO TAX BILL
Washington. April 21. —(AP)— By a
15 to 8 vote, described by members as
along party lines, the House Ways
and Means Committee gave formal
approval to the new tax bill.
Oregon Senator Chosen By
National Committee At
Cleveland
Cleveland, April 21.—(AP) The
National Republican committee nam
ed today Senator Frederick C. Stelwer
of Oregon, as keynoter and temporary
chairman of the National Republican
Convention which opens here June 9.
Chairman Henry P. Fletcher, of the
National Committee, who made the
announcement, said the selection was
unanimous.
Chairman Fletcher said a number of
other prominent Republicans were
considered as keynote speakers but
Steiwer’s name was the only one for
mally placed (before the committee.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Observers Believe Candi
dates Put in Field to Keep
Incumbents Busy
BONA FIDE SEEKERS
Scott Keeps W. A. Graham From
Helping Kinsman Sandy Gra
ham and Mrs. Wohl Halts
Johnson’s Efforts
Dally Dispatch BnreaK,
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
nr J. c. baskerviljl,
Raleigh, April 21.—There is more
than surface significance to the candi
dacies of W. Kerr Scott for the Demo
cratic nomination for Commissioner
of Agriculture and Mrs. Stanley Wohl
for State treasurer, according to goo
sip current here today. For while
there is no doubt that both Mr. Scott
and Mrs. Wohl are bona fide candi
dates for the offices they are seeking
and that they are going to make every
effort possible to win the nominations
to these offices, the belief is general
that some of those who are support
ing them or who urged them to be
come candidates had other objectives
in mind than their ultimate nomina
tion.
According to the rumors which have
prevailed, Commissioner of Agricul
ture W. A. Graham has been and is
still supporting his kinsman, Lieute
nant Governor A. H. Graham for the
Democratic nomination for governor,
while the report has been prevalent
that State Treasurer Charles M. John
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Agreement Reached For
Passage of Bill Possibly
Later Today
Washington, April 21.—'(AP)— An
agreement between Senator Reynolds,
Democrat, North Carolina and Sena
tor King, Democrat, Utah, apparently
removed an obstacle to Senate pas
sage today of the tobacco compact
bill.
After a conference, Reynolds said
he had agreed to end his filibuster
against the Coolidge-Kerr immigra
tion bill on condition King would not
block Senate action on the tobacco
measure.
King objected to consideration of
the tobacco bill late yesterday, and
its senate supporters, Senators Rey
nolds and Bailey, his North Carolina
colleague, announced a move would be
made to get it passed today.
The measure already approved by
the house would authorize the state
to enter into state compact for pro
duction control of tobacco.
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Declares Virginia’s Tobacco
Act Should Be Called
“An Uncontrol
Bill” '
6,000 GROWERS AT
N. C. STATE STADIUM
Cox Declares State Must
Take Lead for Control;
Praises Roosevelt for His
Aid; “Don’t Give Foreign
ers Loose End of Noose to
Strangle Us” Gov. Says
Ralleigh, April 21 (AP
After Rearing Governor Eh
ringhaus speak against to
bacco compact law, declaring
it “put a noose around our
necks,”, more than 6,000 far
mers at N. C. State College
football stadium met again
and asked the governor to
call a special session of legis
lature to enact a tobacco com
pact bill.
DON’T PUT NOOSE ABOUT
NECK, EHBINGHAUS PLEADS
Raleigh, April 21.—(AP)—Governor
Ehringhaus today told North Carolina
farmers, Virginia’s compact law to
control tobacco production ought to
be called “an uncontrol bill” as he
urged them “let's not put a noose
around our neck” after they had ap
parently voted to ask him to oall a
legislative session to consider com
pact legislation for this State.
The spokesman for the growers,
headed by R. T. Cox, of Pitt county,
and Dr. J. Y. Joyner, of LaGrange,
had earlier urged the governor to
put aside personal convictions by call
ing a special session, place the re
sponsibility for what happens the
tobacco farmers.
J. E. Winslow, president of the State
Farm Federation Bureau, presided
over the meeting of some 6,000 grow
ers.
“If we are going into control, for
God’s sake let’s not put anoose around
our necks and put the loose end of
the rope in the hands of foreigners
(Continued on Page Six.)
Tobacco Planting
Bill Is Debated
By S. C. Senate
Columbia, S. C., April 21.—(AP)—
South Carolina Senate began the do
bate of a bill to restrict tobacco plant
ing today with a motion by Senator
H. K. Turdy, of Gaffney, to strike out
its enacting words before the cham
ber. Turdy placed the motion as soon
as the bill was taken up. The measure
would not become operative until
North Carolina had a similar bill. It
duplicates a measure already enacted
by Virginia.
Representative A. G. Sloan, intro
duced a bill in the house, meanwhile,
to provide a SI,OOO license fee for
those buying or selling scrap tobacco
in the State.
The provision of the bill would not
go into force until similar action is
taken by North Carolina.
Increase Os
Leaf Seen
In Georgia
Ten Per Cent In
crease in Tobacco
Estimated by Coun
ty Agents There
Valdosta, Ga., April 21.—(AP)—An
acreage increase of approximately 10
percent over the 1935 acreage in the
South Georgia tobacco belt was shown
today in an unofficial survey of 14 of
the principal counties in the belt.
County agents of the counties cov
ered in the survey estimated the con
dition in the field at the present time
as “fair/’ but noted that if windy
weather covered the plants to some
extent might serve to retard growth
to maturity.