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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR STATE BUDGET ASKS S7OIIOOIIOO YEARLY -g. _ __ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * $ s3l£ J) £ /wo New Cabinet Posts Asked In Roosevelt Plans Civil oervice tor % \ll But Top Jobs Aim Os President Cabinet Salaries Would Be Hiked to $20,000 from $15,000 Total Now Being Paid SIX SECRETARIES ARE ALSO SOUGHT President Wants More Per sonal Assistance; Budget Bureau Would Be Streng thened; Aim Is “To Make Democracy Work Today in Our Government,” Is Claim Washington, Jan. 12 (AP) —Presi- dt ;;’ Roosevelt recommended to Con gless today a sweeping reorganiza tion of the Government’s administra te.- machinery that would create two ]u\v cabinet posts — social welfare and public works—and eventually bunch 105 Federal agencies in 12 depart ments. Transmitting a report of a special committee that has studied the ques tions for months, he also proposed: 1. Extension of the civil service to all non-policy determining positions, including all postmasters and depart mental jobs except the highest exe r ci/tives; increased cabinet salaries from 515,000 to $20,000; substituting a civil service administrator and an un paid civil service board for the Civil Service Commission. I’. Giving the President six execu tive assistants to relieve him of tre mendous detail work. 3. Substitution of an independent auditor-general for the vacant post of comptroller general, with the at torney general passing on the legality of government expenditures. 1. Strengthening and expanding of the bureau and the planning of per sonal services to make them “effec tive managerial arms” for the Presi dent. 5. Changing the name of the De partment of the Interior to Depart ment of Conservation. Although the committee predicted some saving in money, time and ef fort, it said the proposed reorganiza tion had “but one grand purpose, namely to make democracy work to day in our national government.” DESPERADOBREAKS ROCKY MOUNT CELL Hut Officer Blocks Johnny Cobb, Brother of Two Long Termers, Before lie Can Leave Rocky Mount, Jan. 12.—(AP) — Johnny Cobb, 19, brother of two well frown gunmen, who was jailed here Saturday charged with holding up and mbbing a service station, broke the lock on his jail cell today, but was found crouching atop a row of cells before he could make his escape. With a crude device made from a broom handle, the youth forced the loek and walked from his cell. He bod only to speak through police head •I'miters to gain his freedom when an ' ffieei discovered him. Young Cobh, whose ferothers, Ed d Hoy, are serving 30-year terms m State Prison for highway robbery, v-r taken to the county jail at Nash ville. West Gets Relief Now From Cold (By The Associated Press) Generally moderating temperatures brought the western half of the nation a measure of relief today from the coldest seige of the winter. Although the mercury remained far below freezing in most Rocky Moun ' tin and prairie states, the bitter sub zero cold of the past week abated. More than 100 persons were still towbound in the west. Fear was ex .pressetf ifivte motorists perished in blizzard-swept Nevada. In addition to millions of dollars in property damage, storms and cold weather caused the deaths of more (ban a score of persons, most of them in California. Oklahoma and Texas. California citrus fruit growers were cheered by rising temperature fore casts. Quincy, 111., was virtually isolated fni the fourth consecutive day. Mvnhvtxmx Urnlg Uiapairft ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. LEASED WIRE SERVICE OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Kidnap Victim And His Father jik . Central Press Boundphoto Charles Mattson Bgafe. jjpgjwS ijjljlfli jHH Above is Charles Mattson, 10-year old son of Dr. W. W. Mattson, below, who was kidnaped from the living room of his Tacoma, Wash., home the evening of December 27, and whose mutilated body was found near Ever ett, Wash., Monday. It was reported a $28,000 ransom demanded by the kidnaper for return of the boy was never paid by the father. BLOODSHED CLOUDS HORIZONIN SHE Police and Strike Support ers Clash at Flint Plant of Fisher Body (By The Associated Press). Bloodshed darkened the outlook in the deadlocked automobile strike to day as the number of men made idle by walkouts or “sitdowns” in various industries neared a national total of 170,000. Governor Frank Murphy, of Michi gan, marshaled National Guardsmen at Flint after a night clash between police and strike supporters at a Fisher Body plant ended with 14 per sons shot and a score otherwise hurt. The police, aided by deputy sheriffs, used riot guns and tear gas in an un successful attempt to disperse a crowd at the plant and drive out sitdown strikers inside. GUILTY PLEA MADE BY KANNAPOLIS MAN Concord, Jan. 12 (AP)—Pearl Carpenter, 26, of Kannapolis, faced a 10 to 15 year sentence today aft er pleading guilty of manslaughter in connection with the fatal shoot ing of his friend, Leonard Davies. Carpenter said he fired at Dav ies in the dark, mistaking him for an assault after he had engaged in a case argument. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY' AFTERNOON, JANUARY 12, 1937 Ten 'Thousand in WPA Protest Rally March < ; S . mmm Janl HHr * iHL. m&& Ljl i jHBHttMk Ilf Wgf ; n A colorful parade in which ten thousand persons took part in New York City was held as a denunciation of the curtailment of WPA funds. Here are some of the marchers and their protest placards. Three bands and thirty-five floats took part in the parade, which marched half the length of Manhattan Island. *Central Press) Roosevelt, Shocked By Mattson Death, Orders Endless Search Begun Every Means at Govern ment’s Command Goes Into Motion to Solve Heinous Crime kidnapefToF child ‘MOST HUNTED MAN’ Boy Believed Dead From Three Days to Week Be fore He Was Found; $28,- 000 Ransom Never Was Paid by Boy’s Father; $lO,- 000 Government Reward Seattle, Wash., Jan. 12.—(AP)— The Seattle Times quoted today an unnamed authority as saying the clothing of Charles Mattson, kidnap-murder victim, had been found in an abandoned automobile at an Everett service station. Washington, Jan. 11.—(AP)—Presi dent Roosevelt declared today the murder of ten-year-old Charles Matt son in Washington State has “shocked the nation,” adding every means at the government’s command must be enlisted to capture the perpetrator of “this ghastly crime.” In an official statement, the Presi dent said Attorney General Cummings had offered a SIO,OOO, reward for formation leading to the arrest of the criminal, and special agents of the Justice Department were engaged in a, search “which will not he terminat ed until the murderer is caught.”. MIGHTY DETECTIVE FORCE SEEKS CLUE TO KIDNAPERS Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 12. (AP) From the battered body of Charles Mattson, 10, found nude in the snow, a mighty force of detectives today (Continued on Page Two). NEGRO BEFRIENDED BY STATE ACCUSED Robert Barnes, Whose Feet Were Amputated, Is Held for Murder of Another Negro Charlotte, Jan. 12 (AP)—Robert Barnes stumped into recorder’s court today on artificial legs furnished him by the State of North Carolina, and was bound over to superior court un der $3,000 bond on a murder charge. The Negro, whose legs were ampu tated as the result of an infection that developed while he was serving a short sentence in a Mecklenburg prison camp, allegedly shot Odell Har ris, another Negro, to death recently. SS,OOO~CASH STOLEN FROM ENKA STORES Ashevillte, Jam. 12.—(AP)—'Au thorities of the Enka community, near here, reported today three stores there had been burglarized last night, with a loss of more than $5,000 in cash and consider able merchandise. All three stores are in the same building, and officers said entry to the building was gained thro ugh a skylight, Safes in a com munity pharmacy and grocery store were blown. Hedgepeth Given Norlina Sentence Norlina, Jan. 12 (AP) —Plummer Hedgepeth, 24, of Henderson, face ! the alternative today of paying $35 in fines and costs or serving a 60- day sentence for his alleged at tempt to drive a train out of the Seaboard Air Line yards here Sunday. Police Chief W. N. Carter said Mayor A. L. Fleming sentenced Hedgepeth to 0,0 days, but agreed to suspend the sentence if he would pay the fines today. Hedgepeth was convicted of drunkenness and respass. Carter said Hedgepeth climbed into a locomotive and backed a five car train “about 90 feet” be fore he was lapprehended. I The chief said the train, when stopped, blocked a street here. Pope Loses Strength In Hard Night Vatican City. Jan. 12— (AF)—Weak ened by a night of pain and fatigued 'ey labored breathing, Pope Pius mus tered his strength in the service of the church today so his success “will not find things undone.” The holy father’s condition kept medical attendants close to his bed side during a restless night, in which his sleep was disturbed by unceas ing pain in his right leg from swollen veins. CAPIAi ISSUED FOR WARRENTON BANKER Carter Williams, Now of Richmond, Wanted in Trial His Absence Has Postponed Warrenton, Jan. 12 (AP) —A capias was issued for Carter Wil liams of Richmond, Va., when he failed to appear in superior court here today to answer charges of violating the State banking laws. Court attaches said no move made to forfeit Williams’ bond. Three co-defendants were in court, but the cases against them were continued until the May term because of Williams’ absence. OUR WEATHER MAN FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy tonight, with occasional mist and rain tonight and Wed nesday; foggy tonight; not much change in temperature. Troubles Os Morocco To Be Settled France and Ger many Now Seek Permanent Adjust ment of Quarrel Paris, Jan. 12.— (AP) —A mili tary inspection of Spanish Moroc co set at rest French fears of German troop concentrations to day amid indications of coming negotiations for a “full and iost ing settlement” of Franco-Ger man problems. (By The Associated Press.) France and Germany apparently ad justing their Moroccan troubles, veer ed today toward efforts to effect a “full and lasting settlement” of their political quarrels. French officials were cautious, but there were indications both in Paris and Berlin that the forthcoming Paris visit of Dr. Schacht, Nazi minister of economics and finance, might lead to an economic and then a political un derstanding between the two nations. Adolf Hitler and Andre Francois- Poncet, French ambassador to the third Reich, smoothed out the most troublesome Franco-German tangle over Spain, with mutual assurances of respect for Spanish and Spanish Moroccon territorial integrity. The French were further cheered by an offer from the Spanish Moroc cn High Commission to prove there is no serious German incursion of that strategic north African zone. EX-CONVICT FACES DEATH FROM WOUND Leaksvilie, Jan. 12 (AP)—Par alyzed by a bullet in his spine, Tom Chaney, youthful ex-convict, lay near death in a hospital today. He was shot Deputy Sheriff L. M. Sheffield said, when he resist ed arrest after being caught in the act of trying to rob the Y. M. C. A. ilii Would Cut Rate of Sales Tax, and Apply It With out Exemptions Daily Dispatch Bureau, ]n the Sir Walter Hotel. By HENRY AVERILL. Raleigh, Jan. 12.—The next few weeks promise to present the paradox of veteran opponents of the sales tax fighting vigorously to extend it into every sphere of business activity. This consummation will be brought about by the fact that the antis know they are hopelessly outnumbered in the current assembly and have ac cordingly changed their plan of cam paign from one seeking to exempt as many articles and necessities as possible from the three per cent levy into one looking to a reduction of the Continued on Page Two.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Intangible Taxes And Gift Tax Are Proposed As Levy Georgia Governor 111 W—l E. D. Rivers, above, today took the oath of office as governor of Georgia, succeeding Governor Eugene Tal madge. On a recent trip to Washing ton, Governor Rivers assured autho rities there that his administration in Georgia would be 100 percent New Deal. COMMITTEES START BUDGET SESSIONS Hoey Reserves Right To Present His Own Fig ures on Finances Raleigh, Jan. 12.—(AP) —The legislative finance and appropria tions committees started work to day. Chairman Ward, of Craven, of the House Appropriations Com mittee, and Speaker Cherry, urg ed the House group to “get down to work,” but “not to use undue haste.” The money spending and money raising committees were called to meet late in the afternoon jointly to hear A. J. Maxwell, revenue commis sioner, and Frank Dunlap, assistant director of the budget, explain the budget tax and appropriations sug gestions. HDEY TO SUBMIT FIGURES OF OWN* AT LATER DATE Raleigh, Jan. 12.—(AP) —Governor Hoey sent the legislature the Advisory Budget Commission’s recommenda tions for “record high appropriations and revenue);” today, but reserved (Continued on Page Eight.) Old Age Pension Act May Extend Levy To Counties Benefits on Large, or Even Moderate Scale, to Old Peo ple Would Require Huge O utlay and May Require Participation of Coun ties To Attain Goal Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. HASKKHVILL Raleigh, Jan. 12—The old age pen sion law, when it is introduced, will probably provide for a maximum monthly pension of not more than S2O a month for those who qualify, with one-fourth of the State’s portion of matching funds to be paid by the counties, according to reliable ad vance information concerning the old age pension legislation obtained here today. Even with a maximum of S2O a month, of which the state and coun ties would pay $lO a month, the cost to the state will range from a mini mum of about $2,000,000 a year to a maximum of $2,800,000 a year while the cost to the counties will range 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY General Fund Calls for $36,- 952,690 and $37,802,922, Rise of Around $5,000,000 SCHOOL FUND PUT AT $24,396,367 SUM Increased! Salaries Propos ed; Many New Taxes, In cluding Levy on Bank De posits and Insurance Poli cies, Asked; Accounts Re ceivable Also Included Dnfly Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By J BASKEItVILI. Raleigh, Jan. 12.—Containing re commendations for appropriations totalling more than $70,000,000 a year for the next two years for all State purposes, including highways, the re port of the Advisory Commission, to gether with the appropriations and revenue bills which the daw requires the budget commission to prepare and transmit to each new session of the General Assembly, were transmitted to the General Assembly today with a brief message of transmittal by Governor Clyde R. Hoey. The appropriations from the gen eral fund, as recommended by the budget commission, amount to $36,- 952,690 for the fiscal year 1937-38 and to $37,802,922 for the fiscal year 1938- 39. General fund expenditures for the fiscal year 1935-36 amounted to $31,- 201,705 and for this year will pro bably amount to $34,482,2.9, according to budget bureau estimates. The vari ous state departments and institu tions supported from the general fund including the public schools, request ed between $41,000,000 and $42,000,000 a year for each year of the coming biennium. But the budget commission trimmed between $4,000,000 and $5,- 000,000 a year off these requests. The recommended appropriation for (Continued on Page Three.) JIEVEIEEOiAST MADE FOR BUDGET Advisory Commission Esti mates Receipts from all Lines of Taxes It Suggested Raleigh, Jan. 12 (AP)—Advisory Budget Commission forecast revenues for the next biennium if its general fund tax suggestions are adopted by the legislature as follows: 1937-38: Inheritance taxes, $600,000; license taves, $8,031,200; income taxes $9,400,* 000; sales tax $8,700,000; beer taxes $900,000; the new gift tav $250,000; the new wine tax $200,000 the new tax on intangibles $1,000,000; the sales tax on gasoline (highway fund diversion) $2,- 100,000. from $600,000 to almost $1,000,000 a year, on the basis of present esti mates. If the effort to secure dual partici pation between the state and coun ties in matching the Federal funds should fail, and the state should have to provide all of the matching money from state funds, participation in a maximum old age pension of S3O a month would cost the state $2,400,000 a year if the number receiving pen sions should not exceed 20,000 persons and would run as high as $3,600,000 a year if the number receiving pensions should amount to as many as 30,000. If the General Assembly, however, Continued on Page Two.)
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