HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEAR SENATE COMMITTEE AFPMVES TAX BILL 2,000 More Jap Soldiers Landed In China, Pressing Tension To Breaking Line CAVALRY, INFANTRY LANDED IN REGION AROUND MI Full Division of 10,000 Ja panese Troops Are Now in North China Tor Service CRISIS NOW GRAVE FOR TWO NATIONS Student Demonstrat ions Break Out But Are Sup pressed by Chinese Gov ernment; Resentment To ward Invaders Is Reaching Menacing Proportions Tientsin China, iViay 29. —(AP) — Four Japanese army transports bear ing 2,000 additional cavalry and in fantry troops for North. China gar risons arrived today at Tqpgtu, port entrance to Tientsin and Pieping. Upon their arrival at Tientsin, the majority of the troops will proceed to the new Japanese barracks outside the city. The new at rivals brought the total of Japanese forces to nearly 10,000 in North China for a full division. In the face of repeated protests from the Chinese Nationalist govern ment capital at Nanking, Japan’s lat est action aggravated acutely the pre sent Sino-Japanese tension, which was apparently reaching gradually the breaking point. The crisis was viewed all the more grave because of alleged Japanese sup port for smuggling in North China and Japanese military encroachments in several northern provinces and In ner Mongolia. Pieping and Tientsin authorities, both civilian and military acted with firm determination to suppress stu dent demonstrations such as those which sent a shiver of apprehension through Tientsin yesterday. A proclamation announced the bu reau of public safety, organized by the military, would take control of all schools and universities “if need be.” Resentment against Japan for the alleged smuggling activities and troop appeared to be reach ing menacing proportions throughout China. A renewal of a previous boy cott of Japanese goods was feared in some quarters. Exchanges Regulation Is Passed Washington, ■ May 29 (AP) After withdrawal of controversial cotton amendments, the Senate today passed the House-approved commodity ex change regulation bill. Passed by the House last session, Hie measure would extend and ‘broad en Federal regulation powers over commodity futures exchanges It would amend the grain futures act of 1922 to add cotton, rice, mill feeds, butter, eggs and Irish potatoes (Continued on Page Six) Johnston Man Is Executed By Gas B;i)<>igh, May 2!) (AF)—Marvin Bat ten. 29-year-old Johnston county far was put to death by gas at State Prison here today for the murder of Mis. Lyda Daughtry. The gas was administered for 15 minutes and ten seconds before Dr. S. Coleman, prison physician, pro nounced the man dead. Batten entered the death chamber at 10:37 accompanied by H. M. Griz /M|cl, undertaker from Kenly. Thirteen witnesses watched the exe cution as that number continued to I lay a fateful part in Batten’s life history. Batten killed Mrs. Daughtry on De cember 13, 1035. He was first sent I PERRY MEMORIAUUSFv^^ ttttwvtstm Hath* Htspafeh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ,IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA COMMUNIST STATUTE MAY BE APPLIED ON THE “BLACK LEGION” SSOO so- 3 Word ' ' t :::: : : ? . m 11, / | W| Sgl Pretty little Jean Trowbridge, 13- year-old Stuart, lowa, schoolgirl, is shown holding the trophy emble matic of the national spelling cham pionship. In the spelling bee at Washington, D. C., Jean nosed out Bruce Ackerman, 14, of Morton, 111., when he spelled predilection with an “e.” With the trophy went SSOO in cash. (Central Press) TOWNSEND INQUIRY VASTLYOVERDONE House Committee Went too Far in Heckling Dr. Townsend Himself WAS POLITICAL DRIVE Congressmen Know Scheme Can’t Work, hut Fear Its Strength; Effect on Election Is Speculated On. By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, May 29. —The House of Representatives’ committee on inves tigation of the Townsend plan fell in to an error which congressional in vestigating committees are rather prone to. It overdid its job of heckling its vic tims and produced an effect opposite to the one at which it was aiming. One doesn’t need to be a believer in the Townsend old age pension pro -1 Continued on Page Three.) enced to die March 13, 1936, but re ceived a reprieve while alienists stu died his mental condition. He is survived by his widow and two children. Batten closed his eyes as he sat down in the center chair of the gas chamber, only one in the East, and his lips moved as he apparently pray ed. The gas machinery was started, and within less than 30 seconds he appa rently was unconscious. The administration of the gas more than 15 minutes, however, was the longest necessary in the six gas exe cutions performed here. The previous record was about ten minutes. LEASED WIRE SERVICE OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. HENDERSON, N.s., FRIDAY AFTEROON, MAY 29, 1936 Michigan Syndi calism Law Likely To Be Invoked To Sup press Group TWO GRAND JURIES PLAN FOR INQUIRY Proposed Legislation To Curb Lawless Order Is Be fore Both Houses of Con gress; Income Tax Returns of Some Leaders May Be“ Aired in the Court Detroit, Mich., May 29.—(AP) Michigan’s criminal syndicalism law, enacted to combat communism, may be invoked against the black legion, whose members are accused of flog ging, and even slayings, in the guise of defense against communists. Prosecutor Owen Dudley, of Jack son county, said today he contemplat ed the prosecution of 13 men whom he described as the “board of direc tors” of the night riding terrorists in that county under the statute. At least two grand jury investiga tions of the Vigilantes were imminent while both houses of Congress had be fore them resolutions demanding con gressional inquiries. Proposed legislation to curb the or der was in preparation at the national capital and the internal revenue bu reau considered a suggestion' that it inquire into the income tax returns of a. reputed leader of the black legion naries. Wayne County (Detroit) Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea prepared to as semble for submission to U. S. Attor ney General Homer S. Cummings evi dence he said showed the order is ac tive in at least 15 states. “The hauling of bodies across state boundary lines” was one of his char ges against the legion. Evidence of Federal law violations was requested by Cummings in his reply to McCrea’s request for the aid of the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion agents. State Will Give 5 Pet. Pay Boost Daily DlMitatvk Bureau. In The Sir Walter Hotel, By J C. BAShISItVILL Raleigh, May 29—A1l State employ ees will get an increase of five per cent of the salary they were receiv ing as of June 30, 1935, or 4.16 per cent of their present salaries, effec tive July 1, 1936, the Budget Bureau has just advised the heads of the va rious State departments and institu tions in a special budget memorandum dated May 26, it was learned here to day. The memorandum states that in dications now are that the anticipat ed revenues for the fiscal year 1936-37 beginning July 1, will be sufficient to grant this additional salary increase as directed by the 1935 General As sembly. The appropriations bill as enacted by the 1935 General Assembly pro vided that all State employes should get a salary increase of 20 per cent effective July 1, 1935, and an addition al five per cent effective July 1, 1936, if, in the opinion of the governor and the Advisory Budget Commission, the anticipated revenues would be suffi cient to grant this additional pay boost. This memorandum indicates that the governor and Advisory Bud get Commission have decided that the revenue will be sufficient. In order that the scheduled increas es may become effective on July 1, the heads of all departments' insti tutions and other spending agencies are asked to submit complete'lists of all the employes to the Budget Bu reau by not later than June 15, show ing the monthly pay each is now re ceiving in one column and in another column the new rate of pay that will prevail after July 1. This new rate Continued on Page Three.) An Alert .Pilot Cheated Death for Three Here * After he had climbed 500 feet on his American Airlines trip from Chicago to Detroit, Pilot Ed. Coates saw smoke pouring out of the baggage compartment of his tri-motored ship. He turned to his passengers, R. A. Alpalo, of Detroit and W. C. Carnegie, of Chicago, and warned them to jump as soon as the ship touched ground. He raced back to the airport. The passengers tumbled out, unhurt. Coates brought the ship to a standstill, then leaDed. As he cleared, a gas tank exploded. Coates was badly burned, but will survive. (Central Press) McMullan Droppec Front Army Office ' \V Washington, May (AP) —Col- onel Joseph I. McMullan, of the army .judge-advocate general’s of fice, was ttfrmmafily dismissed from the armtods)y following his conviction in tbfc District of Colum bia Supreme Court for receiving compensation for Services to pri vate individuals outside of his of ficial duties. The officer previously had been courtmartialed and convicted of ac cepting reward for services rend ered an outsider in another case. legislative ferstHineMs r% * ' Serious Item Virtually Absolute Dictator, in That Governor Lacks Any Veto Powers Dally Dispatch Bureau, hi The Sir Walter Hotel, By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, May 29.—The personnel and make-up of the 1937 General As sembly is really more important than who is elected governor, since it is the General Assembly rather than the governor Which repeals or .enacts new taxes, deterrilmes of aapprop riafions and decides what kind of taxe3 shall ,be imposed and oh whom, those Who are really familiar with the mechanics of State government in North Carolina know. They also know that there is not another State in the United States in which the governor has' less to say about, legislation and less,real authority, than in North Car olina .Since this is the only one of the 48 states in which the governor doe® not even have the power to vote leg islation of which he disapproved. The result is that the legislature is vir tually isolute in its authority in. State matters, 1 while the only influ ence the governoj* has is what he may possess as a result of his prestige and personality. Important Item. Accordingly, it would toe a good thing for the people of the State to ©top and think a little about the men and women who are candidates for the General Assembly, a© well as about those who are seeking the nom ination for governor, the more thou ghtful observers here are convinced. For a carelessly selected General As sembly can make it impossible for* arty governor to carry out his pro gram, and instead of becoming an t.s ( - ' * (Continued on Page Six.) ~Sur weather man I FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Fair in interior and mostly over cast on coast tonight and Satur day. Trade Still Climbing To Higher Peak No Spectacular Gains Seen, But No Slowing, of Conse quence Anywhere New York, May 29 (AP) —While there was a conspicuous absence of spectacular gains in any one division, no slowing of consequence occurred during the week in the tempo of trade progress, Dun —The new Nazi navy steamed through Kiel bay today in Germany's greatest naval display since the World War, celebrating the revival of the Reich fleet. Some 50 battleships, cruisers, de stroyers, speed boats and submarines —with Adolfh Hitler himself aboard the battleship Deutohland—faced an “enemy attack” from the north on Kiel harbor off Germany’s most im portant naval base. After this encounter, in which the Germans were the fore-ordained win ners, Hitler will review the fleet off 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY SENATE REBELLION FROM ROOSEVELT’S PROGRAM SERIOUS | Committee Decision To Write Own Tax Bill Blasts Hopes for Any Early Closing LONG STRUGGLE ON REVENUE APPARENT Administration Men Ex pected To Battle for Plan More Acceptable to White House; Vandenberg and Other Republicans To Re sist Allotments Washington, May 29. —(AP) —After a last-minute change that would in crease individual income surtaxes ex cept in the lowest surtax brackets, the Senate Finance Committee today approved its compromise tax bill. Acting Chairman King, Democrat, Utah, said the measure would be. brought to the Senate floor “as soon as possible.” '■ /, j No accurate estimates of the yield were available, but on the basis of ! the latest Treasury computations, sub ject to revision, the bill would pro-, duce around $820,000,000 of permanent revenue, the amount requested by : President Roosevelt. •/ I It would place the normal income i levy on a graduated instead of a flat I basis. i The committee originally contem plated a flat 18 percent on total cor poration income. Today it voted to make the rates 15 1-2 percent on income up to $2,000; 16 percent on the next $13,000; 17 per cent on the next $25,000, and 18 per cent on all over $40,000. HOPE IS ABANDONED FOB EARLY END OF CONGRESS j Washington, May 29.—(AP) —Hopes !of adjourning Congress on June 6 | were virtually dead today. Most lead ers agreed there was so much work left to be done on taxes that would be impossible to meet the adjourn ment deadline set sometime ago. Leaders were talking seriously of a series of recesses during the pe riod of the Republican National Con vention which begins June 9. Then after the convention, Congress would wind up its Labors. Rebelling against presidential sug gestions for a steep graduated tax on undivided profits of corporations, the Senate Finance Committee was reported ready to approve today its own revenue program. Thus contains a comparatively lean levy of seven percent on undivided profits, plus 18 (Continued on Fage Three.) Queen Mary Setting New Speed Mark Aboard the S. S. Queen Mary, En Route to New York, May 29 (AP) — Maintaining her high pace for the sec ond day at sea, the Queen Mary jockeyed clearly today for a position to set a new trans-Atlantic speed rec ord, and return the blue ribbon to Britain. At noon today, the giant liner broke the French Normandie’s record for a full 25-hour day run by traveling 747 miles. The Queen Mary’s average speed during the period up to noon was 29.76 kpots, 1 vv j- The British ship continued her high speed, and while officials still dis claimed at this stage aqy purpose of trying to break the, recorcl, it was emphasized the ship, was traveling at a rate which placed her in a stratehic position to displace, th,e Normandie. Labeau in a grand parade through Kiel bay and lead it back to port. New submarines and speed boats, first units of the fleet being built un der the Anglo-German treaty, which wiped away the Versailles treaty limi tations of the Reich’s navy to 100,000 tons, were shown publicly for the first time. In addition to its World War treaty navy, Germany has constructed 19 submarines and a similar number of speed boats in the last six months as i a nucleus for the proposed fleet to reach 420,595 tons, or 35 percent of ! the British fleet.