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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEAR Moore Tells Jury HowHeße-Enacted Clevenger Slaying Says He Did It Through Fear and Confessed Only on Threats He Would Be Killed CONFESSION READ BY THE SOLICITOR “That’s Right, That’s Right” Moore Says After Each Sentence, but Refers Only to Contents of the Paper, Not Their Truth; Girl’s Father on Stand Asheville, Aug-. 21. —(AP) —Martin Moore admitted on the witness stand today that he signed a confession to the slaying of Helen Clevenger, but saiti lie did so after “a fat man from New York” threatened “to beat me to death if I didn’t.” The Negro was the first witness called by the defense as it sought to save him from the gas chamber on murder and first degree burglary charges. Moore also admitted re-enacting the crime for officers while pictures which were introduced in court were made, but said: •I done it after they whipped me and told me to do it.” As Solicitor Zeb V. Nettles read sen tence by sentence the signed confes sion. Moore said, ‘‘that’s right, that’s light," but he referred to the contents of the paper, not their truth. “I'll ask you if you didn’t show of ficers just how you took the butt of this pistol and beat Miss Clevenger in the face while she was screaming on her knees,” Nettles asked the de fendant. "Yes, sir, that’s what I told them, but I was scared,” Moore answered. The State offered two witnesses this morning before resting. George Garrison, county fingerprint expert, testified he found bloody smudges on a lamp shade in the girl’s hotel room where she was killed about 1 a. m., July 16. Her father, J. F. Clevenger, of Great Kills, Staten Island, New York, also was on the stand briefly. He said his daughter was traveling in this section with her uncle, Prof. W. L. Clevenger, of N. C. State College at Raleigh. solFdollo’s FRIENDS OFFENDED Not Being Asked To Join In Campaign as They Would Like To ItiiHj- niNimtcb Bareaa, In The Sir Walter Hotel, lit J C. HtSIiERVU.*. Raleigh, Aug. 21. —Some of the for lorn supporters of Dr. Ralph W. Mc- J> nald for the Democratic nomina tion far governor, who accepted the d‘ci ion of the people at the Tolls July I. are beginning to get somewhat peeved and miffed because no one from the faction which supported Clyde R. Hoey for governor has ask ed them to assist in the campaign Hu fall, according to reports reach io. In re from various sections. These reports are that they are willing to let bygones by by-gones and that they am willing to go out this fall to whoop jt up for Hoey and help beat Grissom, if some of the Hoey high command will only give them an in vitation. There are also intimations that unless they are invited to par tieipate in the Democratic campaign this fall, they may decide to help Gil liam Grissom, the Republican can didate. This attitude on the part of some of the former McDonald leaders is giving rise to varied reactions among the Hoey supporters. One group of Continued on Page Five.) New Revenue Act May Be Disastrous To Business “Undivided Profits” Tax P revents Paying of Debt and Legitimate Expansion of Business and Especially Cripples Small Co rporation’s Growth BY KOGUIt W. BAUSON, Copyright 1936, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Babson Park, Mass., Aug. 21. —The .'spectacular gain in dividend declara-, tions in the past month is very en couraging. Two major reasons lie be hind these generous payments: (1) Sharply improved earnings (70 per cent over the 1935 level) and (2) the revenue act of 1936 with its surtax on undistributed profits. It is too early to predict what .the final results of this new revenue act will be, but cer tain tendencies are already evident. Because this tax affects every cor poration and very stockholder, I want BntiUTsmt ilatly tltsuafrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED TRESS. Olson for F. D. R. : : fl Gov. Floyd B. Olson Although seriously ill from a stomach ailment, Gov. Floyd B. Olson of Minnesota, the only Farmer-Labor governor in the .United States, announced, by a telegram to Senator Robert La Follette of Wisconsin, that he was for re-election of President Roosevelt. The governor’s state ment, dictated from his f bed in St. Mary's hospital in Rochester, Minn., voiced respect for the Union party candidacy of Wil liam Lemke, but emphasized that “Progressives and Liberals can not afford to divide their votes.” educationTorces WANT 127,000,000 FROM LEGISLATURE Will Demand Restoration of All Teachers* Salaries to Levels Reached In 1929 HOPE TO ADD 1,000 NEW TEACHERS, TOO Adult Drivers for All of 4,- COO or More School Buses Used in Transporting Chil dren Are Wanted; Pro gram Would Take $6,000,- 000 More I>nlly Rurean, In The Sir Walter Hotel, it.- J. i! UA«!vERVILJ- Raleigh, Aug. 21.—An appropria tion of $27,000,000 a year will be sought by the educational forces for the support of the public schools from the 1937 General Assembly for the next two years, it was learned from a reliable source today. This Is an increase of $6,000,000 a year over the present school appropriation for this year of $21,000,000 and is within $5,- 500,000 of the total general fund bud get for all State purposes with the exception of highways, which at pre sent amounts to $32,500,000. This pro posed increase of $6,000,000 a year for the public schools would increase Continued on Page Five.) to discuss briefly its pros and cons. Many Measures Sound I am i j sympathy with many of the goals of the New Deal. Measures such as the securities act, the stock exchange control act, the Federal housing act. the home owners’ loan act, and many others enacted during the past four years have proved to be sound. Several measures, however, have been detrimental and unneces sary. I believe that the “undivided profit?:” tax. •while having certain ele ments in its favor, is short-sighted from the long-pull standpoint. If ab (Continued on Page Six.) HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 21,1936 NEGRO GOES ON TRI AL FOR CO-ED SLAYING £ Iflfl Hj I v w Hi KIP fills 1 W Wm 'to*''"' iMM afei..- - "hBwW if’ ' Rj % w ji K y I HHBt .& wjmt "M :•',s gBS' y-‘ : flp \ m •”**•”** wM\\\ Martin Moore, Negro hotel boy, is shown here conferring with his attorney in court at Asheville, N. C., as he went on trial for the slaying of Helen Clevenger, New York University co-ed. Although Moore was said by She riff Laurence E. Brown to have confessed the slaying, h is lawyers hinted they would base their attack on the confession. Left to right: Sanford W. Brown, Thomas A. Jones, Jr., Moore, and J, S. Styles. Legion Head Is Indicted At Detroit 21 Others With Him Also Accused; Two Sentenced to Five- Year Terms Detroit, Mich., Aug. 21. —(AP) —Vir- ' gil F. Effinger, of Lima, Ohio, de- 1 scribed by Prosecuting Attorney Dun can C. McCrea as the national head of the Black Legion, was indicted with 21 others today on charges of criminal syndicalism in connection with activities of the hooded order. The indictments were returned be fore Circuit Judge James E. Chenoi, conducting a State grand jury inves tigation. The indictments containing two charges, accused Effinger and the others with advocating or teaching “crime, sabotage, violence or other forms of terrorism as a means of ac complishing industrial or political re form.” Maximum penalty is ten years im prisonment and $5,000 fine. A con spiracy charge included in the indict ment carries a prison sentence of five years. Among those named with Effinger in the indictments were: Harvey Davis, Black Legion “col onel,” charged with murder and kid naping in the “execution” May 12 of Charles A. Poole, young WPA work er; William Guthrie, Black Legion printer, held on a charge of indicting to riot; Clarence C. Frye, held on charges of conspiracy to kill Arthur L. Kingsley, Highland Park publisher, and Roy Hepner, Black Legion “col onel,” also held in the Kingsley con spiracy case. Names of others were withheld un til they could be rounded up. As Judge Chenot handed down his findings, Frederick A. Gulley and Thomas A. Cox, convicted August 7 of “false imprisonment” of Robert Penland, were sentenced in another court to five years imprisonment. Landon To Accept Roosevelt Invite To Drought Meet Hyde Park, N. Y., Aug. 21— (AP) —President Roosevelt to day dispatched an invitation to Governor Landon of Kansas, Re publican candidate for president and the governors of lowa, Ne braska, Missouri and Oklahoma to meet him September 1 at Des Moines for one of a series of drought conferences. GOVERNOR LANDON READY TO ACCEPT INVITATION Omaha, Nebr., Aug. 21 (AP)— Governor Alf M. Landon said to day he would accept President Roosevelt’s invitation to a drought conference at Des Moines, lowa. (OUR VfeATHER MAN FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Sat urday; possibly showers in east portion Saturday. Two Executed, One Negro at Age 73 Raleigh, Aug. 21.—(AP) —Two Negroes, John Kinyon, 73, Gran ville county 1 attacker, and Willie Lee Gallman, 21, Forsyth county murderer, died in the lethal gas chamber at Central Prison this morning. Gas was administered to Kinyon at 10:33 1-2 o’clock, and he was pronounced dead eleven minutes later. Gallman was declared dead at 11:29 a. in., 12 minutes after the gas was administered to him. Although no age records are kept at the prison, officials said they believed Kinyon was the oldest man ever executed here. oiSsSpe But Latin-America Likes Peaceful Attitude of the President By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, Aug. 21. —Cables from Europe indicate that countries in that part of the world were not overly pleased with President Roosevelt’s re cent peace speech at Chautauqua, N. By implication it was to the gen eral effect that the “unhappy na tions” of the old world seem utter ly unable to live amicably among themselves; that we must recognize this, and, being “singularly blessed” (geographically), take every possible advance precaution to keep out of their future conflicts. It naturally isn’t pleasant to over seas peoples to hear the President of the United States so urgently advis ing Uncle Sam to let them “stew in their own juice” the next time they fall a-fighting. LATIN AMERICA DELIGHTED But if Europeans were considerably miffed by the presidential remarks, Latin America was delighted. The republics south of the Rio Grande unquestionably have been, ever since the collapse of the League of Nations, very much of the same opinion as the one expressed by Presi dent Roosevelt. Dispatches from capitals like Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Santiago, indicate pleasure over the President’s suggestion that Uncle Samuel, while wholly averse to break ing into foreigners’ quarrels, proposes Continued on Page Five.) Destroyers Fail To Find Steamer Which Sent SOS San Diego, Cal., Aug. 21.—(AP) —Three navy destroyers, search lights blazing in tthe darkness, early today combined the Pacific where the steamship San Joaquin had been reported sinking, with its crew taking to lifeboats. Reaching the position 560 miles west of Guadalupe island, report ed by the San Joaquim in mys terious SOS calls Wednesday and yesterday, the speeding destroyers found no trace of the vessel. A coast guard cutter was dis patched to join the hunt this morning. Mysteryt still enveloped the identity of the San Joaquim, since the only craft listed in marine records by that name is safely docked at San Pedro. Plot Blamed By Russians On Trotzky Fantastic Story of Schemes To Kill Stalin and Set Up Fascism Is Related Moscow, Aug. 21. —(AP) —The story of how a copy of the Arabian Nights was used as a secret code between Russia’s amazing anti-Stalin conspir ators gave a fantastic touch today to the trial of 16 confessed plotters. A bewildered prisoner, E. Holzmann solemniy recounted how he acted as laisson man between T. Smirnoff, head of the Moscow Trotzyyites, and Syedoff, Leon Trotzky’s eon, in Ber lin, with a copy of the book, the most important piece of his baggage. Leon Trotzky, the celebrated exile, has been accused by both the govern ment and the defendants as the mas ter of the plot, embracing not one but Continued on Page Five.) Rescue Crew Goes Through Debris To Entombed Miners Moberiy, Mo., Aug. 21.—(AP)— A rescue crew “broke through” the few remaining feet of debris which holds four entombed min ers near here at 12 o’clock to day. Whether they had reached the impriosned men or whether they were alive was not imme diately learned. Arnold Griffith, State mine in spector, said it would be necessary to force fresh air into the tunnel before allowing the rescue crews to enter it. He estimated this would require another hour. Griffith designated six men to make the trip into the tunnel. “There’s only one chance in a thousand the men are still alive,” Griffith had said earlier. GOVERNMENT Cflf Wallace and Grange Head Urge Plan as Averting Drought Suffering Washington, Aug. 21. —(AP) —Gov- ernment insurance as a long-time drought protection to the farmer was pitched into the forefront of discus sion today by the return of Secre tary Wallace from President Roose velt’s farm conference at Hyde Park. An outspoken advocate of Federal crop insurance, Wallace attended the session at which Louig J. Taber, lead er of the National Grange, said in surance as a possible means of off setting dry weather ravages had been up for discussion. Wallace will accompany the Presi dent on the official tour of the Mid dle Western drought area. The view was expressed in usually well inform ed quarters that the subject might be further studied during the journey. Wallace has said that “sound crop insurance would do away with much of the need for relief aid and emer gency loans, which develop in times of stress.” PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Britain’s Warships Ordered To Return Fire Os Spaniards Tried by Soviet Jtj WBiPyiipiHß; ■ J|pf> V* pip fflpf; >ll Gregory Zinovieff (left) and Leon Kameneff, former high Soviet lead ers, two of the sixteen facing trial by military tribunal in Moscow, are charged with complicity in a plot to undermine influence of present Rus sian leaders, and the assassination, of Dictator Stalin. (Central Press) i SHOWS BUT UITLE TENDENGYTO DROP Consumer Buying Assumes More Leisurely Pace Due to Hot Weather of the Month SUMMER STOCKS GO OUT FAST, HOWEVER Higher Priced Items Feat ured in Wholesale Volume, Which Was About Same as Last Week; Record Hot Weather Reduced Distri bution Sharply New York, Aug. 21. —(AP) —General business activity this week gave only slight indication of tapering off to the usual August dullness, Dun and Bradstreets said today in its trade review of the week. Consumer buying assumed a more leisurely pace, the agency said, the hot weather making for less interest in fall merchandise, hut remaining stocks of summer items moved out rapidly. Wholesale volume was about the same as the preceding week with more . attention devoted to higher priced items. With the unexpected re bound of industrial operations, some Continued on Page Five.) ALBEMARLE BRIDGE SEEMS CERTAINTY Would Link Rich Agricultural East ern Carolina With Large Mar kets of Virginia Raleigh, Aug. 21 (AP) The con struction of a bridge over the Albe marle Sound appeared a certainty to day as a delegation representing eight eastern counties conferred with mem bers of the State Highway and Public Works Commission, in session here. Highway Chairman Capus M. Way nick told the delegation the commis sion has approved construction of the bridge, which would link the east ern agricultural section of the State with large Virginia markets, but had not yet decided on its location. Reynolds Charity Trust Is Set Up By Heirs Os Brother Winston-Salem, Aug. 21 (AP) The first step was taken today by Rich ard J. Reynolds, Mary Reynolds Bab cock and Nancy Reynolds Bagley for the creation of a trust for charitable purposes in North Carolina in mem ory of their brother, Zachary Smith Reynolds, by the execution and fil ing of a charter for a charitable cor poration under the name of Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc. The trust will comprise the net amounts of money allotted to the 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY London Follows Germany In Determination To Re sist Depredations of Loyalists MUSSOLINI THINKS OF IGNORING PACT Duce Resolved To Prevent Strong Socialist State From Arising Out of Civil War in Spain; Rumors of Revolt in Portugal Lack Confir mation * >1 (By The Associated Press. Stern orders to keep Spain’s civil war in bounds were flashed today to warship bridges of two great powers— Great Britain and Germany. England, adopting a similar policy to that of the Reich, served notice on Madrid that British warships will fire warning shots, then aim, if they are fired upon by Spanish vessels. Only yesterday Germany, enraged by the reported search of a German merchant ship by a loyalist Spanish warship, ordered its men of war to answer force with force. Britain, however, made it clear her action, announced today, was indepen dent of the Reich. Hours of anxiety, spurred by re ports of revolt in Portugal, gave way to relief when the rumors fell short of confirmation. The United States, determined as ever to remain “scrupulously aloof” from the chois in Spain, rejected a Uruguayan proposal for American peace-making in the dispute. Premier Mussolini, his troops in a state of readiness, was reported re liably to have directed his envoys to sound out foreign reaction to aban donment of neutrality negotiations in the Spanish conflict. II Duce was determined, informed observers believe, to permit no strong Socialist state to arise from the after math of civil war In Spain. In Spain itself the bloody war con tinues. There was fighting in the Guadarrama mountains, outside of Madrid, and on the Bay of Biscay frontier at San Sebastian and Irun. New Excise Taxes Apply OriFats, Oils Washington, Aug. 21.—(AP) —New Federal excise taxes on imported fats and oils, expected to be felt by Amer ican consumers and by producers and processors in all parts of the world, went into effect today. The levies, ranging from two to four and a half cents a pound, were im posed by the 1936 revenue act on tal low and certain other inedible fats and greaeses, and on several vege table oils and oil bearing seeds. The new taxes are in addition to those voted by Congress in 134 over the opposition of President Roosevelt on cocoanut oil. . k Bureau of Agriculture Economics experts and representatives of affect ed producers and manufacturers join ed today in the prediction of marked changes in the trade uses of several of the products. Officials estimated the taxes would produce about $10,000,000 annual rev enue. Congressional sponsors and farm organization advocates made it cyear, however, their primary aim was to increase prices of domestio fats and oils. Senator Josiah W. Bailey, who spon sored the oil tax amendment to the revenue act, said the imported pro ducts were “competitive with fats and oils produced on the farms in our country,” and that the new taxes were needed to plug loopholes in the 1934 act. Reynolds heirs by a judgment of the courts after a suit, over division of the Smith Reynolds’ estate. An announcement by family attor neys said today "as no funds are available and the organization is not in its permanent form, no considera tion can or will he given at the pre sent time to the selection of charit able objects." It was estimated that at least a year -rould pass before the trust be gins operation.
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