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EDWARD ABDICATES r HENDERSON I gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA twenty-third year LEGISLATURE MEETS TO PISS SOCIAL LAW BOTH HOUSES VOTE BILL TO RESTRICT ACTS TO SECURITY i Governor Tells Assembly Social Act Conforms To Federal Law and Ap proved by Hoey CHERRY IS ELECTED SPEAKER OF HOUSE Short Sessions Held by Both Houses After Security Bill Is Introduced as Tax Mea sure in House; Organiza tion Is Perfected in Brief Time Raleigh. Dec. 10 (AP) —Gov- ernor Ehringhaus asked a spe cial session of the legislature today speedily to adopt an un employment compensation in surance measure “carefully pre pared. and which I am assured is Federally approved.” "Controversial questions have been avoided in its drafting.” the gover nor to d the legislators an hour after ti . y convened in extraordinary ses s on. the first in the State since 1924. Approved by lioey Gov rno! Ehringhaus also assured the legislators “the administrative set-up' proposed in the bill “is along Lr.e approved by my successor.” . : or Clyde R. Hoey will take olfire January 7. fi ui vernor recalled his reomn .iiendition to the 1935 General As sembly that an unemployment com p-...sation insurance act be passed, and told of the passage on the last day of the session of the “Cherry”' act authorizing a State commission to administer such a program, with employes making ''•contributions" for the maintenance of the activity. Copies of the administration act (Continued on Page Eight.) STEDMAN THOMPSON PASSES IN RALEIGH Former State Official Dies Suddenly At Home After Heart Attack; He Was 56 Raleigh, Dec. 10 (AP) —Oren Sted an Thompson, s€f, former £tate commissioner of revenue, died sud d* ” at his home here this morning aftm a heart attack. A native of Pittsboro, Thompson was • ducated in the schools here and ’he University of North Carolina. Afterwards working with the Vir - a Cotton Mills and Southern Railway system, Thompson became 1 kof the old Corporation Commis g; i! 1906, and served until 1921. H> then served as deputy commis mr.m and assistant revenue commis •'loner until 1934. Funeral plans had not been made today. Tin widow, Mrs. Kinsey Boylan ■ nompson, and two sons, George, of 1 mb. and James, of Charlotte, sur- Social Bill Introduced into House Measure for Which I egislature Has Convened fs Start ed Along Its Way Raleigh, Dec. 10 —(AP)—The "ad r,"r,istration” bill to provide unem i 'jvrnent insurance compensation for ■mth Carolina was introduced in the Rouse today providing for a tax this ‘alendar year of nine-tenths of one i ‘rrent on payrolls of employers of ‘ mht or more persons. Representatives Bryant, of Durham, Ward of Craven, Murphy of Rowan, and others introduced the measure liorlly after Governor Ehringhaus had delivered a message to the spec (Continued on Page Three.), IdintLirrsmt iEUttht SHsnatrh L th S p E a<!K? vice of I HE. ASSOCIATED PRESS. BRITISH RULER, WOMAN WHO DETHRONED HIM AND HIS SUCCESSOR .. mEE B »;v .»&&? § . mSBStmggBM H jk ■' A v | «« jh| |x( hp^ A i ”"^lll " ' f v vv ; I I Mi \T .w ■■P p TS v . -A B? S 9 | 7"" smw smi* M gw ! H|| | w ® /w lf| pp Bf aMbP WlfsW. H JUbBI ■■ jmjjKfl aK 1. . E9 HLiiSkiiJß BIJ. I I ~1, . In one of the most sensational constitutional upheavals in the history of the Brit ish Empire, King Edward VIII today abdicated his throne and renounced all future claims to it for himself and his descendants, so that he might be free to marry Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson, twice-divorced American-born beauty. With abdication of Edward, his brother, the Duke of York, next in line for the throne, becomes king as SPECIAL SESSION WILL LIMIT TASK TO MOTIVE Omission of Committee Ap pointments Will Block Other Legislation At Outset WEST MAY ASK FOR LIQUOR SALE RIGHT Buncombe, Henderson and Haywood Believed Set; But Move Will Likely Be Squelched Until Regular Session; Binder Sought from Senate and House Dally Dlapotck Bnreaa, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, Dec. 10—The special ses sion of the General Assembly which convened here this morning for the express purpose of enacting unem ployment insurance legislation so that the State will not lose between $2 500 000 and $3,000,000 in unemploy ment taxes which otherwise would go to the Federal government, instead of being held to the credit of North (Continued on Page Six.) ntIB WEATHEP MAN For orth Carolina Occasional rain tonight and prob ly Friday morning; slightly warmer colder Friday night. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA, EDWARD VUI Mrs. Simpson Will Not Talk; Cannes, France, Dec 10 —(AP)—Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson “has noth ing to say” concerning the abdication of King Edward, her spokesman, Lord Brownlow, declared today. She asserted through another in termediary, Herman Rogers, there is not “the remotest possibility” that Edward will join her at Lou Viei villa here “now or later.” It was Rogers, a New Yorker, who offered her the use of the villa after she left London. High Hotel Rates Peeve Legislators Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, Dec. 10.—(Members of the General Assembly are frankly peeved at the high hotel rates being charged them by almost all of the hotels here, most of which have greatly increased •their rates over what they were two years ago, and at their inability to rent rooms in boarding houses or pri vate homes. Several members have already been heard to remark that the $8 a day they will get during this special session will not pay for their rooms, much less provide them with anything to eat. One member of the House, who (Continued on Page Four.) ASHEVILLE’S WEED AVERAGE IS $33.47 Asheville, Dec. 10 (AP)—Opening day tobacco sales here yesterday were 169,'964 pounds At :,an average lof $33.47 per hundred pounds. Prices on the opening day last year were about ten cents a pound lower. HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY; AFTERNOO N, DECEMBER 10, 1936 Parliament Prepares Action MRS. WALLIS SIMPSON HOUSE OF COMMONS TO PASS UPON ABDICATION London, Dec. 10—(AP) —The Brit ish House of Commons reconvened at 6 p. m. tonight (1 p. m. eastern stand ard time )to consider legislation which would make King Edward’s .abdica tion effective. Clement Attlee, opposition leader, was cheered loudly when he arose to address the members. “This occasion does not, in my view LONE BANDIT GETS 13,000 AT. FACTORY Robs Hannah Pickett Office at Rockingham;'Believ ed Surrounded Rockingham, Dec. 1# (AP) —An unmasked bandit held up em ployees and officials in the of fice of the Hannah Pickett mill here today, and fled with about $3,000, taking with him M. B. Leath, secretary and treasurer of the company, who was released , (Continued on Page Four.) EDWARD EXPECTED TO GO TO FRANCE Dunkirk, Frances Dec* 10.— (AP) —The chief of special police of the port of Dunkirk said to night he had received orders to station extra guards at the water front in preparation for the pos sible arrival of King Edward. “We are anxious to know def initely if he is coming here,” the chief said. “When we do know we > will put even more police on duty.” Edward turns private citizen. For the love of a woman, the British monarch gave up the mightiest throne in the world when hia government refused to permit a morganatic marriage by which he would have married a foreigner and a oommoner and held the throne at the same time. > call for long and eloquent speeches,” Attlee said. ‘lMy word® will be few and simple. We have all heard with profound concern the message from the king. “The king has decided he can no longer continue on the throne. The whole country will receive the news with the deepest sorrow and his sub jects in these islands and throughout the British dominions beyond the seas will feel a sense of personal loss.” Relapse Is Suffered By Roman Pope Catholic Church Head Was Stricken With Paralysis On Last Saturday Vatican City, Deci 3)0 —(AP) —JDt was reliably reported at the Vatican today that Pope Pius XI suffered a relapse today from paralysis. The Holy Father, who was stricken last Saturday, had been reported as re covering. A verbal bulletin issued by the Pope’s physicians during the morn ing had said that while the 79-year old pontiff was remaining in bed, his condition was the same. Shortly after the relapse was re ported, a high Vatican source express ed the opinion that, even if His Holiness recovered from the present (Continued on Page Four.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. DUKE OF YORK F ourth Child Now Dead Os Bus Injuries Driver of Orange Truck That Crash ed Cumberland Bus Says Gear Locked Fayetteville, Deo. 10 (AP) —The death toll in the State’s most disas trous school bus accident mounted to four today, with the death in a hos pital of Harlen Haywood, 16-year-old high school boy, injured when an orange-lacjen truck crashed into a homeward bound bus near here yes terday. Three pupils were killed almost in stantly and 19 were injured, five seri ously, when the truck plowed Into the bus, bearing more than 40 chil dren on a straight stretch of high way. 1 j J. H. Gibbs, of Fayetteville, driver of the truck, was ordered held with out bond by Coroner W. C. Davis pending an inquest. Davis quoted Gibbs as saying the (Continued on Page Three.) \«V>days W^C TILL 1C Pa * e$ 10 Today TWO SECTIONS. FIVE CENTS COPY GIVES UP SCEPTRE FOR LOVE Duke of York Will Succeed Edward and Be Known As George VI on Tak ing Throne RETIRING MONARCH WILL MEET FIANCE Where He Will Find Mrs. Simpson Not Stated; Bald win Asks Commons To Understand His Duty In Harrowing Role; King Signs Irrevocable Docu ment j London, Dec. 10 (AP) King Edward of England abdi cated his ancient mighty throne today. He will marry Wallis War field Simpson as man, not monarch. Albert Frederick Arthur George, the tall 40-year-old Duke of York, will rule over the 495,000,000 subjects of the greatest empire on earth. He will reign as George VI. Edward, said a report received by Exchange Telegraph Agency, intends to leave the country, probably tomor row. There was no indication where he would meet Mrs. Simpson or when they will marry. In “a message from His Majesty the King signed his own hand,” som bre Stanley Baldwin, the king’s first minister, announced the abdication to a House of Commons in which ten sion and hysteria were breathing, living things. Message Circles Globe Around the globe through sun (Continued on Page Three.) MayGoTo Warrenton, In Virginia) Warrenton, Va. Dec. 10—(A.P) Hugh SpUlmam intimate friend and escort of Wallis Warfield Simpson during her divorce pro eedings here in 1927, said today he considered it “not at aU un likely" for the king and Mrs. Simpson to establish residence in Warrenton. “In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me at all,” said the 35-year-old blonde banker-bachelor, who bears a general resemblance of Ed ward VIH. Spillman said he believed it probable the abdicated monarch and Mrs. Simpson would select Warrenton because it provides the “sort of life both of them like.” Bailey Gets 20 Years At Columbus,O. Tar Heel Fugitive Sentenced in Fede ral Court for As saulting G-Men Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 10.—(AP)— Reese Bailey,, 30-year-old fugitive from the North Carolina State prison was sentened to 20 years imprison ment in a Federal penitentiary after pleading guilty in United States dis* trict court here today to two chargee of assault on a Federal agent. Judge Nt G. Underwood gave Bailey ten years to each count, the sentences (Continued on Page Three.)
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