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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEAR HUMAN ZEPPELIN MOORS AT LAKEHDRST Rest Os Campaign On Governor To Be Ho ey- Graham Figh t From Here Out These Two Will Battle for Second Place in First Pri mary Totals SEEK TO WARD OFF McDonald victory Graham Centers Fire on Hoey, Putting Latter in Tight Place; Likewise, Mc- Donald Goes Light on Gra ham, Hoping for His Sup port in Second Primary Di'tiy OiNiKitch niiieJiN. In The Sir Walter Mote.. Itv j ItASKKItV |L,|, Raleigh, May 9 —The campaign for the Democratic nomination for gov ernor during the next four weeks is going to be a bitter fight between Clyde R. Hoey and Sandy Graham tot second place in the first primary and to prevent Dr. Ralph W. McDon ald from winning the nomination in the first primary by getting a major ity over the field, according to most observers here today. Neither Hoey nor Graham will open ly admit this, of course —at least not for publication—and the Hoey man agers are still issuing statements to the effect that he will be first in the primary. But those known to be close t( both Hoey and Graham are con ceding “off the record” that unless the outlook changes very greatly this week, there is no chance for either to do better than run in second place in the first primary. The Hoey managers appeal* to be confident that the Shelby orator will be able to hold his present lead over Graham and pull up on Dr. McDonald enough to get into first place, though many of the Hoey supporters are now convinced that he will do well if he can stay in second place and prevent (Continued on Page Two » GOV. HOFFMAN FO PROTECT PARKERS Jersey Executive Convinced Lindbergh Mystery Is Still Unsolved Newark, N. J., May 9 (AP) —Gover- nor Harold G. Hoffman, who is still convinced the Lindbergh baby kill ing is still unsolved believes New Jer sey prosecuting and police officials should “devote their energies to its investigation, Instead of so deeply concerning themselves with the abuse of (Paul) Wendel.’’ In two broadcast addresses, the gov ernor defended his own activities in teopening the investigation of the Lindbergh case, and assumed respon ibility for any acts of Ellis H. Parker Sr., Burlington county detective, and bis son, Ellis, Jr., of which he had knowledge. Young Parker has been indicted in Brooklyn in connection with Wendel’s charges he was abducted there and tortured into falsely admitting he kid naped the Lindbergh child. He has not been apprehended. Hoffman said that on the basis of present information he would not per mit extradition of young Parker or hi'i father should the question arise. William F. Geoghan, King’s county district attorney, Brooklyn, has said Parker, Sr., was “certainly one of the kidnapers” of Wendel, but no charges have been made against the detective. "I will not sacrifice the Parkers,” the governor said, “to save the face °f a discredited Brooklyn district at torney . ” Heat And Cold Are Visited On Nation Chicago, May 9 (AP)—Tornadoes, blizzards, heavy rains and abnormal heat, mottled the natio ntoday. Tornadoes injured five persons and wrecked a score of buildings at Han nah, Okla., yesterday and injured four residents of Gore, Okla., last night. A small twister claimed one life at Bonham, Texas. One hundred and fifty travelers marooned for nearly 24 hours by a blizzard atop Raton Pass in New Mexico wore rescued or made their way to safety last night. Forty-five <d them, passengers on two buses, Utettitersmt tßatlu Htsrratrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA ' Tornado Fatal In Arkansas Section Horatio, Ark., May 9.—(AP)—A tornado struck the Dilworth and Lone Oak communities, five miles east of Horatio, today, killing two persons, seriously injuring another and destroying 15 farm homes. Reports also reached here that the tornadic winds had swept thro ugh nearby Omaha, Texas, at ap proximately the same time, ser iously injuring two persons there and causing property damage es timated at $5,000. Leaser injuries were sustained by several other persons in the two communities. The twister followed a path five miles long and about a quarter of a mile wide, destroying houses and leveling timber, fences and farm buildings. Italy Plans Stranglehold On Ethiopia Mussolini Takes Ad vantage of Split In England Over Sanctions Issue (By The Associated Press.) Premier Mussolini summoned the people of Italy to another great “adunata” tonight—the second with in the week, and the second since conclusion of the Italian conquest of Ethiopia. Well informed sources expected the Fascist dictator to proclaim formal annexation of Emperor Haile Selas sie’s kingdom 'before the grand coun cil and the cabinet handing to King Victor Emanuel the title of “em peror.” As Italy prepared to strengthen Its hold on the East. African kingdom and Ethiopian diplomatic representa tive prepared to go to a League of Nations Council meeting for “justice against Italy.” Waldo Mariam, minister to Paris, (Continued on Page Eight. INDEX OF INDUSTRY SAME DURING WEEK Three Indices Advance and Three De cline in Associated Press Chart of Activity New York, May 9. —(AP) —Diver- gent trends appeared on the indus trial horizon this week, leaving the Associated Press index of industrial activity unchanged at 87.2 percent of the 1929-30 average—a six-year top— compared with 72.0 percent in th# same week of 1935. Three indices used in the index ad vanced for the week and three de clined. One established a new high for the year, another a new low. Automobile production advanced contra-seasonalbly, with a contra-sfea sonal rise in merchandise freight re sponsible. Electric power output also rose. Steel mill activity slipped back frac tically after establishing five new re covery in as many weeks. Cot ton manufacturing schedules continu ed to giv» ground in the face of mounting stocks. were brought to Trinidad, Col., and Raton, N. M. Snow and rain ended a spring drought over great stretches of the western plains. The precipitation brightened crop prospects in the west ern dust bowl." As a consequence, the wheat market dropped three cents at Chicago yesterday and five at Min neapolis. From the Mississippi valley to the Atlantic seaboard a heat wave brought out straw hats. A peak of 93 was reached yester day at Eastern, Pa. Philadelphia re ported 92, Chicago 86 and New York 87.1 —a record for the day. LEASED WIRE SERVICE OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOO N, MAY 9, 1936 Where the Giant Hindenburg Said Hello to America! Washington? o jgj At the lower right is a map of the flight of the new giant German Zep pelin Hindenburg on her first trip to North America. The ship flew in with the dawn today, circled New York City, and then sailed away to the south to Lakehurst, N. J., where it was moored mid discharged its passengers. Theo HFIYTOra Says He Did Not Oppose Compacts If Possible of Enforcement “NINE FACTS I7 STATED These “Remain Unquestioned,” Gov ernor Charges Reviews His Fight for Legislation To Cut Tobacco Dnily Uin|ilitch Bnrenn. In The Sir W:ill»r Hotel. r»»- .1 <* ft \ SKERVUiI, Raleigh, May 9. —In another lengthy rejoinder to the last blast of Con gressman John H. Kerr, of the sec ond congressional district in their controversy of a week or more over the tobacco compact act passed by Congress and the attitude of the gov ernor towards a special session of the General Assembly, Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus points out nine facts which he says remain “unquestioned after the smoke of controversy has cleared away.” The governor further reiterates that he lias not opposed the compacts idea, as Congressman Kerr has charged, but that he does “oppose this or any other compact which does not control and which leaves the North Carolina tobacco growers a prey to the growers in other states.” “I have no sympathy for this com pact wtihout these classes which alone can make it effective,” Gover nor Ehringhaus said. “I have done and will continue to do what I can to prevent such discrimination being put over on North Carolina growers and to prevent this legislation from being enacted without this protection which we have asked of Congress. With such protection, I do and will favor a compact. But without it, I shall oppose this legislation, since I believe it will be destructive to the (Continued on Page Two.) Kidnaper Confesses, Gets Term i Tacoma, Wash., May 9.—(AP)— William Mahan pleaded guilty today to two charges, kidnaping and con spiracy to kidnap in connection with the a'bduction of nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser, and was sentenced to 60 years on each count, the sentence to run concurrently. Mahan’s first reply, “Guilty,” was in a low tone of voice, and Federal Judge E. E. Cushman lifted his head and looked quizzically at him. Mahan then repeated again, in a louder voice, “Guilty.” Judge Cushman then sentenced Mahan to 60 years on each count. The sentence was to McNeill Island (Continued on Page Eight. First Steps Taken Toward Sharp Cut In PWA’s Staff Washington, May 9. —(AP)— First steps toward a 25 percent cut in the PWA administrative staff were taken by Secretary Ickes today after the House failed to earmark any of the proposed $1,425,000,000 work relief ap propriation for a new public works program. An order was directed at PWA di vision heads both in Washington and the field to prepare lists of employees to be dropped and at the same time GRAHAMHjTW Strikes at Appointment Sys tem in Raleigh; Wants More Road Men Dully Dispatch Bareaa, In The Sir Walter Hotel. nr J. C. ntSIfBRVILL Raleigh, May 9.—Lieutenant Gover nor A. H. (Sandy) Graham, took a page from the notebook of Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, the professor from Winston-Salem, and socked the pre sent administration with right and left punches and under the chin in his Statewide radio speech here last night. He later waded into Clyde R. Hoey and Dr. McDonald. But his punches at the present administration left some here rather breathless and indicated that Sandy has evidently decided to make his campaign in creasingly militant from now on. Almost in the first paragraph of his speech, Graham took a sock at Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus for not calling a special session of the Gen eral Assembly for enacting tobacco control and compact legislation, and declared that if he had been governor he would have called such a session and left “no stone unturned to put North Carolina, as the largest to bacco growing state, in the lead of the effort for tobacco control.” He maintained that one of the dom inant issues of the present campaign is whether “The Ehringhaus admin istration shall 'be perpetuated for four years, under the direction of O. (Continued on Page Eight. ~<XIR WEATHER MAN FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Sunday. new ship is shown at the upper right. At the left top is Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander, and under him Captain Ernst Lehmann, executive officer. In the center, below, is an air view of Lakehurst, with .the Navy Dirigible Akron just out of the hangar, taken when that airship made her first trip east. (Central Press.) forbade any further pay increases. Officials explained that the order, which followed victory of adminis tration forces over a House PWA bloc, and paved the way for House passage on Monday of the deficiency bill containing the new WPA appro priation, would not be carried out im mediately. The lists, which are to cover em ployees of both WPA and the PWA housing division —also left without Fund for Army Is Alotted Here Raleigh, May 9. (AP) —The State WPA approved today an allocation of $3,000 for construction of an armory at Henderson. To fSdSd Some Would Pay Levy and Keep Rest of Earnings, Government Losing By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer CHIEF DIFFICULTY of the Sen ate Finance Committee on the new tax bill has been the adoption of a plan to force distribution of earnings in closely held corporations such as the Ford Motor Company and the Aluminum Corporation of America (Andrew Mellon). Such was the word given out by the Wall Street Journal —and unde nied cither in Washington or in Wall Street. The government is eager for these undistributed earnings to be forced out into the hands of stockholders, who would pay income tax on them. Most powerful pressure against the new tax bill has been from the in terests against whom the government would use the most powerful pressure to distribute earnings. Chairman Pat Harrison of the Sen ate Finance Committee was not sure that a 42 1-2 per cent “pressure” rate was high enough. That was the sum in the bill, as received by the Senate from the House, to be assessed a gainst corporations which failed to distribute current earnings. The Wall Street Journal remarks: “The question is whether it would be advisable to raise the 'pressure rate’ to something nearer the higher surtax rates on individual income in the top brackets. “As the bill now is written the (Continued on Page Eight. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. funds —are to be submitted imme diately, however. Driving toward early passage of the efficiency relief pleasure the admin istration high command yesterday ac cepted amendments requiring pay ment of prevailing wages on the new WPA program and barring aliens who entered illegally from WPA jobs. After Monday’s House vote, the de ficiency bill, with its relief issue, will go to the Senate. OUTLOOK BMER^ Sale of Much of Surplus Puts Staple in. Good Shape For This Year New Orleans, La., May 9.—(AP) — Sale of half a million bales of Federal loan staple in a month brought the prediction from trade sources today that by September American cotton would be in the best statistical posi tion since 1930. From a huge total of 6,000,000 bales of spot cott9n and futures, the gov ernment’s holdings were expected to be slashed to slightly more than 3,- 500,000 bales by the end of this season. Thus this year’s crop, the size or which still is decidedly uncertain, may enter the market in the best (Continued on Page Eight. HO HURtSg INWEST Result Is McDonald and Graham Reaping Bene fit in Mecklenburg Dally Dispatch Bureau. In The Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. BASKBRVIIL Raleigh, May 9. —Tactical blunders by Clyde R. Hoey or his managers are being blamed for the gains which both Dr. Ralph W. McDonald and Sandy Graham are reported to be making in Charlotte and Mecklenburg county, according to reports heard here today from those who have been in Charlotte recently. The word being brought back from there is that the selection of Paul Ervin as Hoey’s manager in Charlotte and Mecklen burg has been very unfortunate and is one of the reaosns for the McDon ald and Graham gains there recently. (Continued on Page Eight. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY imnli Crossing from Home Port Is Made in Little Less Than 62 Hours from Her Start FOLLOWS SHIPPING LANES OVER OCEAN Gotham’s Early Risers Cheer Arrival cf Big Ship; Touches U. S. Soil for First Time on First of Ten Cruises from Germany During Summer Season Lake'hurst, N. J., April 9 (AP) —The Hindenburg, newest and largest of the Zeppelins, completed Its first trip across the North Atlantic today in record time for lighter-than-air craft. The giant ship was moored at the naval air base here at 5:23 a. m., east ern standard time (61 hours, 53 min utes after it left its home port of Friedericshhafen, Germany. Following the shipping lane across the North Atlantic, the Hindenburg did not pass over land until it skirt ed Long Island, followed Ambrose Channel into New York harbor and cruised over New York City. It was sighted over New York at 4 a. m. just as dawn was lighting the sky. Thousands of early risers cheer ed. After cruising over Manhattan for 18 minutes, the 803-foot ship circled south directly for Lakehurst. At 5:10 a. m., the Hindenburg, for the first time, touched soil in the United States—on the first of its ten scheduled round trip commercial Voy ages from Germany during the sum mer. A landing crew of trained sailors from the United States Navy, aided by about 50 civilians, brought the ship to land. The ship carried 51 passengers and a crew of 56 and transported the largest mail load ever carried by air across the North Atlantic, 2,200 pounds. Lobby Body Challenges Mr. Hearst Washington, May 9.—(AP) — The Black lobby committee challenged the claims of William Randolph Heart today that its scrutiny of his tele grams constituted an invasion of the freedom of the press. Replying to the publisher’s appeal to the United States Court of Appeal* from the District of Columbia Su preme Court’s refusal to enjoin the committee, Crampton Harris, commit tee counsel, said Hearst’s reliance on the freedom of the press provision in the Constitution was “new to our ex perience.” “If Congress should pass no law affecting the business of the press in any way whatsoever,” the committee reply said, “the press becomes ipso (Continued on Page Four.) Frenchman Reassures His People Leon Blum Says Bus iness Has Nothing To Fear from His Leftist Group Paris, May 9.—(AP)—France’s So cialist leader, Leon Blum, acting to halt apprehension of possible mone tary peril, assured the nation’s busi ness today it had nothing to fear from the incoming leftist government. Indicating no drastic “soak-the rich” policy was contemplated under the new regime, Blum announced: “The people’s front government will direct all its efforts to recreat ing prosperity and reviving sources of national activity. “This would be impossible without large credit within the country. Thus by exercising violence and provoking 'Continued on Page Four.). t
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