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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEAR GOVERNMENT RUSHES PLANS FOR TRIAL OF TRIO OF GANGSTERS Weyerhaeuser Lad Will Be Chief Government Wit ness Against Mahan In Tacoma KARPIS GANG AIDES ARE BEING SOUGHT Group Escaped Capture In Cleveland Two Years Ago Because They Were Tipped off by Two Politicians, Hoover Says; Karpis Bail Is Fixed at $500,000 Tacoma, Wash., May 8 (AP) —William Mahan came hack to the scene of the George Weyer haeuser kidnaping today with the government ready to place him on trial immediately for the $200,000 abduction of the nine year-old lumber fortune heir. Brought here by airplane last night, after his bloodless capture by Federal agents at San Francisco, the 33-year old ex-convict was hustled off to a cell scarcely a dozen blocks from the scene of the kidnaping May 24, 1935. "We are ready to go to trial today, if necessary,” said J. Charles Dennis, United States district attorney. He also indicated the young kidnap victim would be the government’s chief witness against the scarface fugitive who envaded capture for nearly a year. Dennis and State officials agreed Mahan would be tried—unless he pleads guilty on Federal indictments charging kidnaping and mail fraud. Harry H. Johnston, Pierce county prosecutor, said he did not plan to ask a trial in State courts, although the State law would allow imposition of the death penalty in event of con viction. SEEK NAMES OF AIDES OF KARPIS BARKER GANGSTERS St. Paul, Minn., May 8. —(AP)—An effort to learn the names of the Kar pis-Barker gang aides —including po liticians—was pressed by Federal agents today in questioning Harry Campbell, last of the major members of the mob. Campbell, seized in Toledo yester day and rushed here by plane, was interrogated in the Federal building. Campbell’s capture followed a five day quiz of his confederate, Alvin Karpis, in the same place. Government officials declined to comment, but the Minneapolis Tri bune said they had learned Karpis furnished the clue that led to his lieutenant’s arrest. J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Jus- (Continued on Paee Two » MRS. BRODIE MADE DISTRICT LEADER Henderson lady Honored at State Garden Club Convention, Con cluded at Burlington Burlington, May 8. —(AP) —A lunch eon this afternoon, at which State prizes and other convention awards were made, concluded the two-day session here of the members of the Garden Clubs of North Carolina. District directors elected included: Mr: James H. Brodie, Henderson, north coastal plains district. Interstate V agrancy Is Now Serious President Says Wan dering Create Big Problem; Constitu tion Angle Seen Washington, May B—(AP8 —(AP) —Preven- tinn of persons from crossing State borders, on the theory they might be corne puhlic charges raises, in the op inion of President Roosevelt, a seri ous problem. He was asked at his press confer ‘■nee today to comment on instances where State troops were preventing people from going from one state to another because they were deemed indigent and to say whether this rais ,ri a constitutional question. Mr. Roosevelt said he knew nothing of the constitutional aspects, but such actions did raise a question as to how to deal with transients. He said there were constitutional angles to the problem. It would in volve the question of whether persons could he stopped from going over bor ders merely on the chance they might become public charges. Ho described the migratory work er problem also as very serious, a baa thing for the country. ISntih'rsmt Daflit fDtsiiittrlj Mrs. Taft for F. D. R. y: - , • •• • .vj|P HH ~ j&aMm Mr*. William Howard Taft Mrs. William Howard Taft, widow of the late Republican president, has announced in an interview that she favors the re-election of President Rooseveit. Mrs. Taft, herself a Republican, is the moth er of Robert A. Taft, who is run ning in G. 0. P. primaries as Ohio’s “favorite son” candidate opposed to Senator William E. Borah. Mrs. Taft said: “It will be disastrous if President Roosevelt is not re-elected, but 1 beheve he will be. Although I’ve always been a Republican, I be lieve that no one except Presi dent Roosevelt can fill the place under present conditions.” —Central Press TO KEEP M’DONALD ON THE DEFENSIVE Hoey and Graham Forcing Professor To Make Some Explanations HE HAS SOME TRICKS Will Throw Some Fleas at His Op ponents Same as Theirs on Him, His Supporters Rejoin. Dolly Dispatch Unreal*. In The Sir Walter Hotel, My J. C. lUSKBHVILL Raleigh, May B.—Dr. Ralph W. Mc- Donald. the youthful college profes sor from Winston-Salem, who is now leading in the race for the Democra tic nomination for governor, is now definitely on the defensive for the first time since the campaign started, most observers here agree. His stra tegy so far has been to beat the op position to the attack, and to attack everything and everybody with vim, vigor and vitality. That he has travel led far as a result of this strategy is generally conceded. But the youthful candidate, who was born in Illinois and reared in Ar kansas, is now having to stop making attacks on the other candidates in order to do some explaining, suppor ters of Clyde R. Hoey and of Sandy Graham, the other two leading can didates for the nomination, maintain, which means that Dr. McDonald is now definitely on the defensive. And if Messrs. Hoey and Graham, or eith er one alone, can keep Professor Mc- Donald busy enough explaining and (Continued on I age Three.) Limit Put On Trading In France Paris, May 8 (AP)—Market offi cials today made speculation on for eign exclwmge in Paris virtually pro hibitive by fixing premiums of 1.25 francs for three months on dollar operations, and 6.75 francs on British pound operations. Marcel Regnier, minister of fin ance, conferred with President Al bert Lebrun on the present financial crisis, and it was rumored in the lobbies of the Chamber of Deputies that Regnier planned to resign be cause of the difficulty in preventing panic. Speculators said financial experts apparently have been expecting the devaluation of the franc since they already have been paying “exhorbi tant” premiums. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA erased wire service of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 8, 1936 Dead or Alive? Dr. Joseph P. Moran With the arrest of Alvin Karpis speculation again is rife as to whether Dr. Joseph P. Moran, Chicago physician, is deafl or alive. A college graduate who married a society girl, Moran was sent to prison for performing aft illegal operation. There he is supposed to have become associ ated with gangsters. He is known to have performed facial opera tions on Karpis, John Dillinger and other desperadoes. A body recovered from Lake Erie some time ago was partially identified as Moran’s. Authorities point out the physician may have “talked too much”. —Central Press BRITAIN PRESSING GERMANY TO HURRY AGGRESSION PACTS London Urges Inclusion of Soviet Russia, Latvia and Esthonia In New Accord SEEK CLARIFICATION OF TREATY PROGRAM Blunt Question Included In Questionnaire Sent Hitler as to His Intentions; Eden Says There Are Also Other Matters That Must Come Up Later London, May B.—(AP) —Great Britain was declared by responsi ble sources today to btie putting renewed pressure on Germany for the inclusion of Soviet Russia, Lativa and Ksthonia in the Reich’s proposed non-aggression pacts. Thar, point, said these sources, was the most important contained in the Locarno questionnaire which Great Britain has handed to Germany after consultation with France and Bel gium. Britain likewise requested a clear declaration from Hitler as to whether Germany now regards herself in a po sition to conclude ‘‘genuine treaties.” There was also a blunt question as to whether the point has been reached where Germany can signify she recognizes and intends to respect the existing territorial and political status of Europe. The questionnaire failed to treat •Continued on Page Three.) Sect™ Pay With Lives at State Pri son for Killing Winston Negro Iceman Raleigh, May B. (AP) —German Williams, 25, and Lawrence Dingle, 32, Negroes, were electrocuted at State’s Prison today for the confessed robbery and murder in Forsyth coun ty of John Grant, Negro iceman. Williams went to the chair first, en tering the death chamber at 10:33, He was given two shocks of current, ag gregating three minutes and 43 sec onds, and was pronounced dead at 10:46 a. m. 1 Dingle entered the chamber at 10:53 and was given only one shock of two minutes and 30 seconds. He was pro nounced dead at 11:02 by Dr. G. S. Coleman, prison physician. It was the first double electrocu tion of the year here. The men were the 165th and 166th victims of the chair. Both Negroes were natives of South Carolina, Dingle of St. Stephens and Williams of Bishopville, the death cer tificates showed, and relatives there were notified to claim the bodies. Haile Selassie Arrives In Palestine, Refuge In Exile White-Clad and Wan, Em peror of Fallen Empire Leaves British War ship at Haifa MUSSOLINI TO BID FOR SANCTION BAN Move Expected To Accom pany Decree Formally An nexing Ethiopia as Italian Colony; Cabinet Crisis In Britain Eooms Over That Same Issue (By The Associated Press) Ethiopia’s beaten ruler reached sombre self-exile In Jerusalem today amid conflicting reports of the fate of his second city, Harar, and tight ening tension in Europe over the sta tus of his once sovereign empire. .Reports, both from Sir Sidney Bar ton, the British minister in Addis Ababa, and from Djibouti, French Somaliland, said Harar was on fire, and that noting raged in the streets, with the advancing Italians believed ten miles away. But a press dispatch from Magadis cio to Rome said the southern troops of General Rodolfo Graziani already had captured the city, thus complet ing Italy’s military objective in Af rica. (By The Associated Press) White-clad and wan, Emper or Haile Selassie reached his exile goa lof Palestine today, while the second cit yof his fall en Ethiopian empire—Harar— was reported in flames. A British warship carried the flee ing ‘‘king of kings” to a respectful military reception in Haifa, and the emperor rode through streets patroled by heavily armed troops to board a train for Jesusalem. Meanwhile, there were these deve lopments in Europe: Rome —Reliable quarters predicted Premier Mussolini will bid for a lift ing of sanctions Saturday night along with the expected decree for total an nexation of Ethiopia. London—A tempest of British anti sanctions feeling gave rise to predic tions of a possible cabinet crisis tor Premier Stanley Baldwin’s govern ment, Geneva—League of Nations officials annoyed by the reported imminent an nexation of Ethiopia by Italy, insist ed the fallen empire still was recog nized as a sovereign member of the League. A CoKaTED BILL Huge Payments Reveal Old Problem of Land Con centration Remains By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, May Bu—Senator Ar thur H. Vandenberg’s resolution, de manding information concerning big payments to agriculture for AAA plowings-under and other forms of non-production, turned out very well in the shape in which the Senate fin alyy adopted it. However, it will take an immense amount of work for government agencies to answer the questions put by the lawmakers. All the same, they ought to be an swered. A PARTISAN MOTIVE Undoubtedly there was a partisan motive behind the Michigan senator’s request for a list of all AAA pay ments above $30,000. It manifestly will be irritating to a farmer, who received a little check of less than SIOO for his non-plant ing, to learn that large-scale farm ing enterprises received up to $1,000,- 000 each for similar acquiescence in the AAA program. The consumer, too, is likely to be enraged at the thought of the fancy figures paid to huge com panies to restrict production, making the prices that he has to pay corres pondingly higher. Obviously Vandenberg’s purpose was to call attention to the fact that semi-famine prices inevitably are high, which is all right for the folk who are paid for creating the famine but hard on those who have to pay them. It is a fact to which, indeed, atten tion should be called. OVER-CON CENTRATION What Vandenberg disregarded was (Continued on Page Four.) OCR WEATHER MAN FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Saturday. U. S. Debt Is Increasing By SIO,OOO Every Minute Relief Rolls Greater Than a t Pit of Depression in March 1933, and No End Is In Sight; Make Your Vote Count in November, Is Advice of Mr. Babson BY ROGER w. BABSON, Copyright 1936, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Babson Park, Mass., May B. Our Federal deficit has been considered a partisan issue for the past three years In this column I purposely avoid dis cussing controversial political Issues. I feel that readers want impartial comments on economic conditions, not any effort at campaign propaganda. I sincerely believe, however, that our Federal deficit has now reached the stage where it is no longer simply a political issue. It has become an eco nomic problem of vital importance to every man, woman and child in this country. Hence, I want to tell you without reservations, exactly what I think of this deficit program and where it is leading us. Relief Rolls Still Growing. First, let us start out with the facts. The population of the nation has grown tremendously since 1860, but in the table below you will find the story of the cost of Federal gov ernment on a per person basis. It has more than doubled in the past ten years. Moreover, these figures do not include the cost of State ana local Conqueror) 11 When Mussolini announced that “Ethiopia is Italian,” the credit for the victory went to Marshal Pietro Badoglio. This latest picture of the Italian commander was taken short ly before the final victorious drive on Addis Ababa. <Central Press) $2,500,000 TAXES PAID OUT BY GRAY That’s the Winston Man Whose Name McDonald Said Was Not on Books Dnliy Dispatch Bntcaa, In The Sir Walter Hote*. By J C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, May 8. —The man whom Dr. Ralph W. McDonald has been holding up to his audiences as a "horrible example’’ of how rich men evade taxes in North Carolina and maintaining that this man's name did not even appear on the tax books of Forsyth county, actually paid $2,- 500,000 in personal taxes from 1930 to 1935, it was pointed out today fol lowing the publication of a letter written by this man’s son setting the record straight. For the man was none other than the late Bowman Gray, of Wiinston-Salem, as Dr. Mc- Donald has since admitted. And, ac cording to the letter written by his son, Gordon Gray, and published yes terday, Bowman Gray paid out a total of 62 per cent of his annual in come in taxes every year, while 40 per cent of his estate will go to pay Federal and State inheritance taxes. Yet Dr. McDonald said in his first campaign sipeech in Winston-Salem that the name of “this man” who he later admitted was Bowman Gray, did not appear on the tax books of For syth county. The Forsyth county tax books show that property is listed in the name of “Mr. and Mrs. Bowman Gray” in the amount of more than $500,000 and that the taxes have been paid each year when due. Yet be (Continued on Page Four.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON F>TVI? Pl?\TrrC! PADV EXCEPT SUNDAY. J? 1V Hi 1S COPY government—they cover only Federal expenses. Note the number on relief —more than in 1933 at the pit of the depression, yet business is 60 per cent higher than three years ago and 14 per cent above last year. Public debt is skyrocketing—it is already at the highest level it has ever been in peace time or in war-time. , 8 a 8. t |p o 3 h ti h “ 11 il 1860 $ 2.00 $ 2.80 1915 v 7.66 11.83 .. ... 1925 30..73 177.82 1933 40.91 179.32 20,500,000 1934 56.19 213.75 13,494,000 1935 58,00 225.71 22,000,000 1936 75.00 x 250.00 x 24,200,000 x (Estimates.) Astronomical Figures. Yet, despite these figures people do not seem to be worried about the sit (Continued on Page Six.) Zepplin Is Due Here At Early Hour Giant German Dir igible Making Fast Time on Way to the United States Aboard the Zeppelin, Hindenburg, En Route to America, May B.—(AP) —Officers of the Hindenburg indi cated today they hoped to reach Lakehurst, N. J., at 7:30 a. m., east ern standard time, tomorrow, com pleting her crossing from Frederich shafen, Germany, in 63 1-2 hours. The excellent weather into which the Hindenburg emerged over the Grand Banks of Newfoundland after a stormy night was responsible for the prediction as to the possible ar rival time. At midnight the ship ran into a 40- mile an hour headwind and heavy rain. Despite the rough weather outside, the passengers noticed only a slight swaying of the ship at the height of the storm. INCOME TAX LAWS REMAfffA PUZZLE Study of Eight Years Sim plifies Them but Little In England By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer NEWS FROM ABROAD is inter esting. Much of it never finds its way into American newspapers. Here is some: Eight-and-a-half years ago a gov ernment committee was appointed in England to recommend means to sim plify income tax. The committee finally has made a report. It found its task nearly hope less. Income tax laws never can be made so that people will understand them, the committee concludes. It does, however, submit a new codifying bill, with 417 clauses and eight schedules. That is some prog ress, for the existing legislation con sists of nearly 800 distinct provisions, embodied in 19 different acts of par liament, with 1,800 different methods of application. The committee, nevertheless, sadly concludes that income tax legislation “must by its nature be abstract and technical and never can be easy read ing.” But, the committee adds, "this is no excuse for perpetuating the law in its present confused and illogical cViatip ts FOOTBALL POOLS The chief gambling in England is through football pools. A member of parliament, Mr. Rus sell, introduced a bill against football pool betting, which he said amounted to $100,000,000 a year. The bill was defeated, 287 to 24. In moving for its rejection, Mr. Lennox-Boyd said the bill was an "un (Contmued on Page Pour.) 8 PAGES TODAY MELT SEEKS Wants Plan To Build Up Certain Businesses With Large Capacity for Expansion THIS WAS PURPOSE OF RECENT TALKS Saw Baruch, Owen Young and Chrysler; President Says Railroads, Burdened With Debt, Unable To Buy Equipment, Which Is Hold ing Back Factories Washington, May 8 (AP) — President Roosevelt said today he was seeking suggestions from industrial leaders on how to build up certain industries that have a large capacity for expansion, particularly rail road equipment and housing. The executive, in response to ques tions at his press conference, explain ed this was the purpose of recent talk with such captains of industry as Bernard M. Baruch, Owen D. Young and Walter P. Chrysler. The President said the railroad equipment industries were being held back because railroads, heavily lad en with capital charges, were unable to buy equipment. He added that before adequate housing for low income groups could be provided, construction would have to be placed on a mass production bases, like the automobile industry. FLOGGING VICTIM WAS WHIPPED RAW Two Defendants in Bartow. Fla., Trial Sought To Silence Wit ness, Testimony Shows Bartow, Fla., May B—(AP) The prosecution in the Shoemaker flog ging trial presented testimony today that Eugene F. Poulnot was beaten “as raw as any piece of beef you could see in a butcher store," and that two of the defendants sought to silence a witness to his abduction from near the police station. The description of Poulnot's condi tion after he, Sam Rogers and Joseph Shoemaker, who died, were tarred and feathered last November 30, was given by John W. Scott. “Did you examine Mr. Poulnot to day?" asked State Attorney Rex Far rior. “Yes," tr.e witness replied, but de fense objections restrained him from describing Poulnot’s present condi tion. Poulnot himself previously had testified he still carried marks of the beatimn Testimony that Sergeant C. A. Brown, Jr., and CL W. Carlisle, two of the defendants, tried to keep him from telling what he knew of the case, was given to the jury by for mer Policeman H. L. Russell. He quoted Carlisle as telling him, in part, to "keep my mouth shut, that he was depending on me not to tell anything about what was going on around the police station.” Troops Sent To Aid Fight About Harar Badoglio Dispatches Some of Northern Army To Complete Drive in South With the Italian Army in Addis Ababa, May B.—(AP)—ltalian sol diers who thus far have battled thro ugh Ethiopia afoot, on mules, on trucks and in airplanes, moved to an attack today by railroad train. The soldiers formed an expedition ordered by Marshal Piedro Badoglio to reinforce southern contingents in the taking of Harar. The expedition left last night for Diradawa, the railroad station closest to Harar. Martial law has wiped out lawless ness in Addis Ababa. The sacked city, whose central section was wiped out by rioters previous to the arrival of the Italian forces, was returning to quiet. The Italian command divided the city into four sections, while 400 mili tary police instituted a systematic search for arms and loot. They arrest ed 100 persons for attempting to witn hold contraband. The natives submitted quietly to a proclamation ordering them to give up their arms. They surrendered large quantities of rifles and swords as they filed submissively past head quarters. All legations were notified that, since they were accredited to an (Continued on Page Two.)
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