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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO central CAROLINA twenty-fourth YEAR ASSEMBLY GETS LIQUOR REFERENDUM BILL GENERAL IMPASSE IN MOTOR SHE AND 200000 IDLE Threats of New Walkouts and “Sitdowns” Threat en Further Unemploy ment in Nation OPPOSING LEADERS SUMMONED TO MEET Governor Murphy Calls Conference in Lansing Thursday as Guardsmen Patrol Flint; “Fight to Finish” Is Ultimatum Sounded by John L. Lewis tl’.v Th' Associated Press.) m i.il impasse in strike negotia y, iime 200,000 workers idle l„ th, Baited States, while threats of 1; ,. w walk' nts and “sitdowns” pre- I adcU’imal unemployment to day. (; o v< "f Frank Murphy, of Mich u n. ipurred by a riot Monday night a' Flint, called officials of the motor company and leaders of striking au tomoMle workers to a conference at Lan.-ina tomorrow. He ordered a con c,,nti tiiai of nearly 2.000 National Guardsmen at Flint to balk any fur ther vi dence at the strike-bound fi-hor Body plant No. 2. At W ishington, Chairman John L. Lewis of the industrial organization committee, promised a “finish fight” a-in.'t General Motors and declared he would ask a congression investiga tion of the corporation. » The Fleetwood division of the G-M in Detroit was closed by a “sitdown” strike yesterday, bringing the total number of corporation employees made idle to 113,800. May Speed Wilmington Cases Soon W,lmitation, Jan. 13 (AP) —A spe cial criminal term of New Hanover Superior Court for trial of E. L. Smoak, charged with the poison death of his 15-year-old daughter, and Fur man Pigfurd, charged with the ham mer and pistol slaying of his wife hr;t may be asked of the governor by District Solicitor John Burney. Th' fact the solicitor is considering requesting the special term was re v v d iday during the arrangement of Diafiird on an indictment charging ••■ni wi'h the first degree murder of w f. at their home here December Y) Solicitor Burney had the case con ■btued Halil the next term of crimi '■ 1 mrt, whether special or regular, kdyai Hmoak has not yet been in dicted. First Train Gold Hoards lie ach Knox Scene at New U. S. Stionjjr Box Closely Resemble Days of the World War J , 'i Knox, Ky., Jan. 13 (AP)—The of gold boullion that are to army base the world’s • old depository were unload ' "day under conditions that ; 1 d of World War Days. " v - an estimated $200,000,000 ' r '' : ,nu - nobody saw it. all wrapped up. The few whose credentials had been 1 -cd und re-scrutinized saw ‘ puns and Treasury guards 1 1,1 States soldiers in the new ‘ ars of the first cavalry me ’ '-General Daniel Van Voor omandant at Fort Knox, and the 1 ;,;.;:, 111 " Tayloe Itoss, director of v other Treasury officials for the initial shipment. ; declined to say how much diiv !“ I,J(Ja y or when the other were to arrive to complete " H ' (Jn e official said there was " 1 deal more than had been t ‘“ believed.” lictthcrsmt tHaily Dispatch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VI^INIA LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. CHILDREN OF “SIT-DOWNERS” PARADE IN FLINT, MICH. IfPlr Jl I 1 Children of “sit-down” strikers In a Fisher Body j plant of General Motors in Flint, Mich., line up for parade outside the plant. Observe the small boy I Bury Mattson Boy As Kidnap Search Spreads In West Flower-Banked Casket Shie Ids Battered Body From Gaze of Sorrowing Family; Officers Extend Their Hunt, Armed W ith Definite Clues Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 13 (AP) Charles Mattson’s flower banked cas ket today shielded from the gaze of his sorrowing family the wounds he suffered at the hands of his kidnaper and slayer. Hundreds of officers hunted throughout the Pacific Northwest for the kidnaper of the ten-year old Ta coma boy as Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Mattson prepared for the funeral ser vices today. Details of the boy’s wounds, learned at a closely guarded autopsy, were withheld from Mrs. Mattson and the two remaining children, friends said. OFFICERS PUSH SEARCH UPON DEFINITE CLUES Tacoma, Wlash., Jan. 13 (AP) Armed with definite clues, officers hunted from northermost Washington to the California-Mexican border to- i Committees On Finance Start Jobs Dally Diupntch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. By J O BASKEitVILI. Raleigh, Jan. 13. —The finance com mittees of the Senate and House lost no time in getting down to work on the budget revenue bill as written by the Advisory Budget Commission and transmitted to the two houses Tues day morning by Governor Clyde R. Hoey. The two committees met joint ly Tuesday afternoon, with Senator E. V. Webb, of Kinston, and Repre sentative Victor S. Bryant, of Dur hame, their chairmen, presiding. Most of the time was given over to hear ing an explanation of the bill by Com missioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell. The committees will meet again this afternoon to continue their study of the bill and of the new taxes propos ed. It is anticipated that the commit tee will not start holding any hearings on the bill for several days yet, per haps not until next week, in order that the members may become more familiar with the (bill. The appropriations committees, un der House Chairman A. D. (Libby) Ward and Senate Chairman James A. Bell, are also getting off to a good start. Two meetings of these commit (Continued on Page Four.) Children line up for “strike” parade in Flint, Mich. HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNO ON, JANUARY 13 1937 leading the paraders and the sign he carries. Meanwhile, the deadlock between the United Auto mobile Workers and General Motors continued. day for the kidnap-killer of little Charles Mattson, urged on by Presi dent Roosevelt’s plea that the brutal crime be solved quickly. A man who became frightened and ran away from a news stand was sought in the vicinity of San Bernar dino, Cal. Federal investigators displayed some interest in an unidentified man who acted queer while traveling on a bus ticket issued in Kelzo, Wash., and whose frozen body was found in cen tral /Missouri. He was described, however, as being older than the age generally attributed to the kidnaper. Department of Justice operatives kept secret whether they sought one or two men for the brutal crime. Dr. W. W. Mattson, who tried vainly to pay the $28,000 ransom de manded, indicated in an anguished cry he believed there was more than one kidnaper. Exemptions On Sales To Disappoint Strict Interpretation May Retain Many Food Items Thought Out Doily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Waiter Hotel. By IIENIRY AVERII L. Raleigh, Jan. 13.—Those who hoped there would be many exemptions pro posed for the sales tax under the gen eral head of tftfli' be sadly disappointed by the budget rev enue bill introduced in the House Tuesday, for its a far cry from what thousands commonly think of as nec essities to the short list named by sponsors of the measure. To them necessities are “flour, meal, meat, lard, molasses, salt, sugar and coffee.” There the list ends. And even these eight items are hedged about with provisions and de finitions which limit them to the very strictest interpretation. The paragraph about molasses is a bit hard to understand. It says: (Continued on Page Four.) SCHOOLGROUPNOT COMMITTEE CHOICE Fight for Their Goals in Legislature Made Harder by Personnel of Appointments WONT TURN OVER : BIG ORGANIZATION Business Rather Than Pro fessional Administration of Finances Expected To Be Retained by Senate and House Committees At Present Assembly Dally Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Wnlter Hotel By Ji. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, Jan. 13—While the school forces were greatly pleased with the declarations by Governor Clyde R. Hoey in his inaugural message in fa vor of higher salaries and “unified control,’" ap'd were convinced they had won a great victory, they are not so happy since the personnel of the Senate and House Education Commit tees have been announced. Neither are they shouting for joy at the re commendations made by the Advisory Budget Commission, calling for $24,- 396,367 for the public schools for the first year of the new biennium and for $24,936,160 for the second year, as compared with the appropriation of almost $27,000,000 a year which had been requested. The recommended appropriation is enough to provide only a ten per cent increase in salaries the first year, with no increase the second except for the normal increment due to length of service and better certifi cation. The school forces had asked for a full restoration of salaries, which would have required a 20 per cent increase over what the teachers are now getting. Indications are, however, that the school forces have scored a victory in their fight to get sick leave with pay, in that the appropriation as re commended by the budget commis* sion makes provision for at least five days sick leave with pay and thus (Continued on Page Three.) OUR WEATHERMAN FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy and foggy, possibly oc casional mist tonight; Thursday partly cloudy and somewhat war mer. Roosevelt Coosevelt Reorganizing Will Pass Congress Over Opposition Os Its Foes Will Be Changed in House Only as to Few Details, Speaker Bankhead Predicts There ECONOMY NOT YET ENOUGH, BYRD SAYS Wants $500,000,000 Ex pense Slash, Whereas Roosevelt Plan Calls for Only $30,000,000 Saving; Republicans Take Lead in Opposition to Plan Washington, Jan. 13.—(AP)—Ad ministration leadership in the House recognized opposition to President Roosevelt’s vast reorganization pro gram today but predicted favorable action on it. Saying “naturally there would be a wide range of views on such a pro gram!’ Speaker Bankhead said he expected the House to “approve the program with possibly a few changes as to details.” The plan to create two new cabinet postis, abolish (the comptroltler-gen eral’s office and otherwise revise the executive structure overshadowed in capitol interest resumption of a Sen ate inquiry into rail road financing. First of a list of prominent finan ciers summoned to appear before the Senate investigators in their renewed hearings, Joseph Swan, former presi dent of a Ne\y York investiment firm, testified “we made a mistake in un derwriting a $30,000,000 real estate note issued for the late Van Swerin gen rothers, railroad magnates of Cleveland; ROOSEVELT PLAN DRAWS FIRE FROM BOTH SIDES Washington, Jan. 13. —(AP) —Presi- dent Roosevelt’s government reor ganization plan occasioned arguments today throughout the capital, which for the first time this session teemed with Congress’ manifold activities. With most of the organization’s pre liminaries over, committees Ibegan studying legislation. A House group took up the President’s request for a $790,000,000 relief fund, and the Sen ate inquiry into the financing of the Van Sweringen railroads was resum ed. Everywhere the principal topic was Mr. Roosevelt’s proposal to place the 100-odd government agencies under 12 cabinet departments, put virtually all Federal workers under civil service, (Continued on Page Three.) NEGRO IS HELD IN SLAYING OF WOMAN Pretty Mrs. Mary Robinson Found Dead in Bathtub in New York; Janitor Is Held New York, Jan. 13 (AP)—The case of the bathtub slaying of pretty Mrs. Mary Robinson came to a swift and unexpected denouncement today when investigators seized a 33-year-old Har lem Negro and charged him with the crime. Thirty-six hours after the 25-year old housewife was strangled and beat en to death in her Jackson Heights, Queens; apartment. District Attorney Charles Sullivan announced Major Greene, Negro port er employed in the apartment build ing, had been charged with the wo man’s murder. Greene, who previously had been questioned and then released, was ar rested at his home in Harlem, and taken to the apartment, where Frank Case, 30-year-old hotel supply com pany employee, found the battered body of the woman Monday. Later he was taken to Newton police station. demlMle FACTIONAL SPLITS And Republicans in Con gress Will Razz Them v Where Possible By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Jan. 13. —The Repub licans will not cut a particle of par tisan ice at this session of Congress, but they may have considerable fun. They will do no fighting among themselves. It will not be worth their while, there are so few of them. It will be a wonder, however, if their oppon ents do not get into a good hit of pretty bitter intra-Democratic jang ling. Huge congressional majorities Continued on Page Five.) LED EVERY AFTERNOON mun EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY Commissioners To Protest Exemption Charlotte, Jan. 13 (AP)—Henry Mecklenburg county board cf commissioners chairman, said today commissioners from all parts of the State would gather in Raleigh Friday, primarily to pro test against thl legislature put ting into effect the recently voted constitutional amendment allow ing the exemption of homesteads of SI,OOO from taxation, and to get the tax foreclosure bill simplified. Harkey said the meeting was called by Thomas Wolfe, of Albe marle, president of the State As sociation of County Commissioners. Governor Hoey is expected to talk to the commissioners. Blockade Is Tightening About Spain Airplane Carrier Re ported Near; Social ists Accuse Ger many and Italy (By The Associated Press.) Warfare and blockade stirred the waters of Spain’s eastern and south ern Mediterranean coasts today. Socialist government authorities at Valencia ordered a search for an air plane carrier, allegedly a base for planes attacking eastern coastal cities and charged the Fascist attackers were receiving “full and undisguised cooperation” from German and Ital ian navies. Valencia’s inference was “the air plane carrier” was a foreign one. The charges were made after an air and sea bombardment of the seat of gov ernment in which one persons was killed. The British destroyer Sussex re portedly affected the rescue of an English steamer ound for government (Continued on Page Five) WILSON WOMAN IS VICTIM OF CRASH Mrs. Mary Joyner, 36, Killed, Three Others, All of Wilson, Hurt Near Wadesboro Wadesboro, Jan. 13—(AP) —Mrs. Mary Joyner, 36, of Wilson, was fatally injured and three others hurt in a car accident near here last night. Mrs. Joyner died at a hospital of back and internal injuries shortly after the machine over turned down an enbamkment. Officers said other occupants of the automobile, Miss Elizabeth Corbett, 18; Gertrude Weaver, and Mrs. Fannie Bunn, who they said was the driver,, received minor hurts. AU were of Wilson. Second Death Os Airplane Crash In California Occurs Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 13. —(AP) — Martin Johnson, 52, famous African explorer, hurt in an air liner crash north of Los Angeles yesterday, died at Good Samatarian hospital today of his injuries. The ibig game hunter, one of 12 hurt in the crash, which killed another passenger, had suffered a concussion, fractures of both legs, multiple frac tures of both jaws, fractured nose and severe shock. Johnson was the 29th victim of western transport plane crashes in a month. He was brought to the hospital ear ly today after receiving emergency treatment last night in a ranger look out station near where the Salt Lake City-Los Angeles air liner pancaked yesterday. With his wife, Osa, his companion 8 PAGES TODAY PROPOSAL TO MAKE KIDNAPING CAPITAL OFFENSETOSSED IN “Wets” in Legislature Riled by Ballot Measure by Woman Member froiji Yancey TUESDAY PRIMARIES ALSO BEING SOUGHT Hours Would Be 7:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Instead of Sunrise to Sunset; Reor ganization of Highway Commission Proposed; Propose Ban Upon Fire works. Raleigh, Jan. 13. —(AP)— Bills to make kidnaping a capital offense in North Carolina, provide a Statewide liquor referendum, prohibit the sale of fireworks, change the days and hours for primaries and reorganize the highway commission reached the legislature today. Senator Abernathy, of Caldwell, pro posed a constitutional amendment be submitted at the next general election to authorize the legislature to list kidnaping among the State’s capital crimes. Mrs. Hutchins, of Yancey, and eleven other House members introduc ed a ibill calling for a State vote No vember 2 on the question of prohibit ing the manufacture and sale of al coholic liquors, but permitting the setting up of central depositories to handle medicinal whisky and wines for religious use. Representatives Cooper, of New Hanover, and Williams, of Pasquo tank, authors of the act under which 17 counties have county liquor stores, expressed immediate opposition. “It is a dangerous bill and it must be killed,” Cooper said. “I hope and believe the bill will be killed,Williams commen|.ed. '“We (Cont’-'-ied on Page Five) ThinkHoey Is Against Child Bill In the Sir Wnlter Hotel. Dully Dispatch Bureau, By HENiRY AVERILL. Raleigh, Jan. 13.—While Governor Clyde R. Hoey has preserved a dis creet silence about his stand on the Federal child labor amendment, pro ponents of the measure are not count ing on his support and opponents are hopeful that he will eventually come out openly against the measure Presi dent Roosevelt has so vigorously ad vocated. It is generally agreed that the gov ernor’s views in the past have been all against any interference by the Federal government in the matter and few observers believe that he will change them even though he would like to follow the President as far as possible. Before (becoming governor, Mr. Hoey is known to have expressed the opinion that it would be unwise for this State to agree for the Federal government to prohibit labor by chil dren between fourteen and eighteen Continued on Page Five.) on many African safaris with movie cameras, Johnson, a native of Rock ford, 111., was on his way to fill a series of lecture engagements in southern California. Mrs. Johnson suf fered concussion and a fractured right knee in the accident. Describing the crash graphically, rescurers and survivors told of a pis tol shot by the pilot to signal aid, a stewardress heroine, screams of the survivors carried to the ear of a sanitarium patient. Pilot William Lewis was quoted as saying “the Burbank station seemed tied up with other calls,” and he couldn’t get through; also that ice formed on the wing, he lost his course and one motor sputtered badly. James Braden, president of an ink company of Cleveland, was the first fatality.
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