fHENBEKSON
gateway TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR
MGER, DISEASE, HUE RAVAGE FLOOD AREA
23 DIE NEAR MIAMI
AS BUS TURNS OVER
INTO A DEEP CANAL
Only Six of 29 Passengers
Aboard Vehicle Report
ed Escaped From
Highway Tragedy
RIGHT FRONT WHEEL
OF VEHICLE BREAKS
gig Bus Lurches from Side
to Side, Rolls Over Twice
and Topples Into Canal
That Parallels Highway
Through Everglades; Most
of Bus Sinks
Miami, Fla., Jan. 25 (AP)
A motor bus overturned in a
canal alongside the Tamiami
trail about 30 miles west of here
today and the Negro porter,
Robert Singleton, reported 23
of the 20 passengers were killed.
Tht police station also received
report 23 had perished. An ambu
lance driver, returning with four bo
dies (h'cribed the accident as "the
worst I ever saw.”
Bill Hammond, of Tampa, veteran
drive! was brought in with lacera
tion- i f tin head. Another survivor
accompanied him.
Sim . on said the right front wheel
broke th big bus lurched from side
: sic!-, rolled over twice and toppled
into the deep canal, which parallels
:h • hath way through the everglades.
Only one corner of the bus remained
above water.
Jewels Worth
$300,000 Are
Turned Over
New York, .Jan. 25. —(Al*) —An
illegibly scrawled address on a
package wrongly delivered to a
four story warehouse worker led
t< the discovery of $300,000 worth
of jewels allegedly stolen from
Mrs Frederick Bugher, Washing
ton, !). ('., society figure, and
widow of a former New York pol
ice commissioner, it was disclosed
today.
The package of loot was left at the
Mvidmont Michael Hanlon, the ware
worker, and was opened by his
'Oi dl daughter, Marion, 12, in his ab-
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Amendment
May Prevent
Hoad Bonds
Advocates of New
$25,000,000 Issue
booking for Loop-
Holes To Dodge
Daily Dispatch Ilureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
li.v ,f. r. ItASKKUVIL.iI
1) Jon. 25.—The recently en
mendment providing that
the .State nor any of its sub
tnay issue bonds in any one
f minting to more than two
-1 the amount by which their
debt was reduced the preced
’■ may make it impossible for
to issue any bonds for ad
hu’hway purposes, either
State roads, it was main
orne quarters here today,
hooking for Loopholes.
1 dm stood that Charles Moss,
' oi.-ul for the State Highway
-ontinued on Page Five.)
1 *H NORTH CAROLINA.
' '"'Hl.v and colder tonight and
1 u ‘ with occasional rains.
liroftrrsmi BaiUt tUsuafrh
LEASED WIRE SERVICE OH*
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Farm Tenant Bill
Before Congress
Washington, Jan. 25.—(AP)—The
House Agriculture Committee pre
pared today to tackle proposals to
put the American tenant farmer on
his feet financially and keep him
there.
It will start hearings tomorrow
on the Bankhead-Jones farm ten
ancy bill, a measure that would set
up a $500,000,000 agency to help
renters become land owners thro
ugh extension of long-time low-in
terest loans.
Representatives of the Depart
ment of Agriculture and of farm
and share-croppers organization*
will he allowed to present their
views.
However, committee members
looked ahead to the larger pro
blem of how to bring about stabili
zation of prices, whieh they agree
is needed if the swing to tenancy
is to be halted and the “gamble”
taken out of farming.
Roosevelt’s
Plan Waited
In Congress
Solons Hesitate To
Tackle Major Issues
Without Word from
President
Washington, Jan,. 25. —(AP) —Con-
gress, entering its fourth week, show
ed a distinct hesitancy today to grap
ple with the session’s major problems
particularly the wage and hour issue,
without more definitet recommenda
tions from President Roosevelt.
The chief executive talked in gen
eral terms about his program in his
annual message and in his inaugrual
address.
Republican House members will
meet tonight to chart the minority
progarm.
Since the administration program
has not been outlined, they will con
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hearTmgthursday
ON MAXIMUM HOURS
State NRA Sought by Advo
cates, But Sentiment
Not Crystalized
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, Jan. 25.—First public ex
pression of opinion on a North Caro
lina NRA will ;be heard Thursday
morning at 10 o’clock when propon
ents and opponents of a maximum
hour bill will appear before the House
Commttee on Manufacturing, Com
merce and Labor.
Introduced by Representative D H
Lacy Mcßryde, of Cumberland, the
measure provides for a forty-hour
week and an eight-hour day in textile
and tobacco manufacturing plants in
North Carolina and a 48-hour week
in all other places of employment.
Seek State NRA.
Proponents of the measure contend
it would bring back to North Caro
lina the standards of the NRA in
respect to hours and that it would
place the State well in the forefront
in progressive labor legislation. The
bill, according to spokesmen for the
State Department of Labor, is in line
with the labor program of the Roose
velt administration.
Sentiment Not Crystalized.
It provides for certain exceptions
for mercantile establishments and for
establishments engaged in seasonal
activities, but it is otherwise all-em
bracing and extends to activities to
whch there s now practcally no hour
limit in the State—such as editorial
and reportoria] work on newspapers.
So far there has been no apparent
crystalization of sentiment in either
house of the assembly either for or
against the measure and would be
prophets have had little on yschich to
base any forecast of the bill’s chance*
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER
Legislative Pace Slowing
And Members Are Realizing
Very Little Has Been Done
Not One Plan Yet Approv
ed To Raise Single Dol
lar of Revenue for
The State
BUDGET MIGHT BE
SHORT BY $5,000,000
Determined Opposition Has
Also Arisen Against Tax
on Intangibles; IGovernor
Hoey Has Not Yet Made
Any Suggestions at All
About Revenue
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. IiASKERVILI
Raleigh, Jan. 25—In spite of the
heavy schedule of meetings and hear
ings by the appropriations and fin
ance committees the past two weeks,
the work of the General Assembly
has slowed up materially and many
of the members are just beginning to
realize that so far virtually nothing
has been accomplished towards solv
ing the biggest problem before it—
the “getting of the money where the
money is” with which to increase
State appropirations by some $6,000,-
000 to $8,000,000 a year. Legislators
who before coming here three weeks
ago thought tax money grew on trees
and that all they would have to do to
pick it was to introduce a few bills,
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‘Long Week’
Idea ‘Gone
With Wind’
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir W'alter Hotel,
llv J C BASiv3S;tVILI.
Raleigh, Jan. 25—The legislature’s
“long week” Wherein every one was
to work at top speed over the week
ends as well as through the middle
appears to have bogged down badly,
and there are very clear indications
that the solons are about back to old
time form.
Saturday saw the most desultory
sessions yet, with almost less than
nothing done in either House or Sen
ate. And then, to cap the climax, both
groups adjourned until 8 p. m. Mon
day, thus reverting to the same old
routine which has marked previous
biennial sessions of the legislature.
In the House the recess until Mon
day night was taken upon motion of
Representative W. Pat Kimzey, of
Transylvania, but it was very obvious
that practically every one of the exi
tremely small group of representa
tives present was in favor of taking
as much time off as possible.
Ward’s Weak Protest.
Craven’s Libby Ward, chairman of
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HENDERSON, N. C„ MONDAY. AFTERNOON, JANUARY 25, 1937
Dramatic Rescue of Flu Victim From Flood
' .. • .
One of the most dramatic of flood pictures, showing Cincinnati firemen rescuing an influenza victim,
Mrs. Mattie Gerken, from the second story of her flood-bound home.
PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
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Strong Sedatives
Ease Pope’s Pain
Vatican City, Jan. 25. —(AP) —
Pope Pius XI, his pain slightly
eased by a powerful new sedative,
headed worldwide celebrations to
day of the 18th centenary' of the
conversion of St. Paul.
Although still suffering, the pope
was said to have rested better than
for the past few nights because of
the new kind of drops given him to
relieve his agony.
Vatican sources said his doctors
resorted to the new treatment be
cause they felt he must have some
rest if he is to stay alive.
MS PARAMOUNT
WITH LEGISLATURE
Assembly Gathers for
Fourth Week, With Ap
propriations Jsig Item
Raleigh, Jan. 25. —(AP) —Taxes, the
No. 1 problem of the General Assem
bly, continued to hold the spotlight
today as legislators gathered for the
fourth week of the session.
Neither house meets until tonight,
but sub-committees met to continue
their duties of various tax proposals
and objections to them laid before the
joint finance committee^.
The full finance committee, con
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Legion Head Says
Pensions Will Not
Be Asked for Men
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 25.
(AP) —Harry Colemery, national
commander of the American Le
gion, announced here today the
Legion would not ask for general
pensions for World War veterans.
Expressing his views in the
American Legion monthly', offi
cial publication, Colemery said:
“The national convention of the
American Legion was scarcely ad
journed at Cleveland last fall, the
convention that did me the high
honor of electing me national
commander by acclamation, be
fore news stories began sounding
what to me was a sour and jar
ring note. ‘Entering wedge to gen
eral pensions’ ran the headlines.”
Colemery explained the theme
song of these reports and numer
ous editorials supporting them ran
as follows: “Now that the bonus
has been paid, the veterans have
begun their drive for general pen
sions, just as we expected.”
Some Motor
Plants Are
To Re-Open
92,000 of 125,000 May
Return To Work if
Plans Meet With
Success
Detroit, Mich., Jan. 25 (AP) —Gen-
eral Motors Corporation proceeded to
day with preparations to reopen some
plants as its executives awaited a
summons to meet in Washington Wed
nesday for a peace conference with
automotive strike leaders.
William Knudsen, executive vice
president of General Motors, said he
hoped to be able to return 95,000 of
the 125,000 idle employees to work,
but made no announcement as to
which plants would resume operations.
The reopenings are scheduled to be
gin tomorrow.
It was made clear, though, the re
openings would be confined to plants
Itvhich ihave been shut because of
shortage of materials, and no attempt
would be made to operate any of the
17 where the unionists called strikes.
Altogether nearly 50 plants have been
closed or operated on a restricted
basis because of the walkouts
MOMMY
DELAYNEW BUSES
School Equipment Legisla
ture Ordered Not Likely
Any Time Soorn
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. BASKERVILI
Raleigh, Jan. 25.—The automobile
strike now in progress may seriously
delay the school bus replacement pro
gram of the State School Commission
Executive Secretary Lloyd Griffin
said today. Officials of the General
Motors Corporation have already ad
vised the school commission they are
not able to make delivery on a single
truck chassis and that they have no
idea when they will be able to make
deliveries, Griffin said. Other com
panies are behind in filling orders, so
that it wll take much tme to get de
livery from the companies not affect
ed by the strike. The body builders
are having a difficult time in getting
safety glass as a result of the glass
workers’ strike, with the result that
only safety glass they can now get
has to be imported from Belgium.
Three Months at Best.
Even under favorable conditions, it
would take from 60 to 90 days to get
delivery on these new buses, Griffin
said. But if the present automobile
strike continues much longer, it will
not be possible to get the 650 new
school buses authorized by the Gen
eral Assembly until late spring or
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EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Estimate 500,000
Homeless As Flood
Strikes 10 States
Blazing Gasoline Tanks R ide Swirling Waters as Ever-
Present Fire Menace; 44 D eaths Reported; May Use
Force To Dislodge Portsmouth Residents
(By The Associated Press)
Power, water and flood shortages added to the torment of fire,
flood and disease today in the Ohio river valley ,focal point of
rising river waters, which swept disaster into ten states and left
an estimated $500,000 homeless.
New Arrests For
Soviet Conspiracy,
Moscow, Jan. 25 (AP) —Bydy Mdi
vani, identified by Soviet off :ials
as a brother of the marrying Mdi
vaml’s wajs ;/Ye;«.ed todijay ir
having been implicated as 30-
conspirator with 17 ousted com
munist officials on trial on trea
son charges.
Mdivani, a former Soviet com
mercial attache at Paris, and
known as a disciple of Leon Trotz
ky before the now banished bol
shevist fell from favor, was said
to be a prisoner at Tiflis, Georgia.
(Georgia is a republic in the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
where in ezarst days the Mdivani
family were princes of the realm.)
His arrest was ordered, official
said on the strength of testimony
yesterday by Karl Radek, former
editor, who linked the Mdivani
family with the alleged conspiracy
to overthrow communism by help
ing Russia and Japan defeat Rus
sia at war.
Radek said the Tiflis bloc was
known as the Mdivani bloc, pre
sumably because one of the Mdi
vani’s headed it.
GERMANY,.ITALY TO
BLOCK VOLUNTEERS
Ready To Act When Others
Do, Similar Notes In
form Great Britain
(By The Associated Press)
Germany and Italy, in strikingly
similar notes to Great Britain, pro
mised today to embargo further vol
unteers to the Spanish “little world
war” as soon as other powers would
take like measures.
The flood of foreigners to Spain,
one that has made the civil conflict
a melange of European nationalities,
would be halted when all powers con
cerned concur and effective means of
control are decided upon, the notes
said in conciliatory tones.
The two Fascist nations, acting in
harmony apparently achieved through
long conferences between Premier
Mussolini and Nazi Air Minister Her
mann Goering, in Rome last week,
left action up to the London noninter
vening committee.
British and France have already
acted. A long-standing statute was
invoked to prevent British enlistments
while France adopted measures to
keep Frenchmen out of the conflict.
(Soviet Russia has declared she
would participate in a general check
on volunteers, but not in unilateral
neutrality.
Rain washed out the violent in
surgent bombardment of Madrid, and
the defense junta announced it had
succeeded in evacuating 450,000 non
combatants from the city.
roosMMot
MEDIOCREOFFICIAL
Under New Program, Na
tion Must Have Leaders
of His Bigness
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Jan. 25. —A hurried
check of Washington’s political op
inion of President Roosevelt’s inau
gural address eleicits just the two
conflicting verdicts that might have
been expected.
New Dealers think it was grand.
Anti-New Dealers complain that the
President merely generalized—harped
on a ibroad politico-economic philo
sophy without furnishing any details
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At Cincinnati, where blazing gaso
line tanks riding the swirling waters
brought an ever-present fire menace,
officials feared meagre lines carrying
/electricity from Dayton and other
centers might be cut off, leaving the
city to the mercy of the water and
flames.
Louisville In Darkness
Louisville, Ky., was in darkness
overnight, with 200,000 of its 330,000
/population homeless 1 . National
Guardsmen threatened to use force
to carry 5,000 more from Portsmouth,
Ohio. Flood waters swept through
the Kentucky State Reformatory at
(Frankfort, where unconfirmed re
ports said 15 convicts were slain in
rioting.
As the area counted at least 44
flood dead, rivers continued to rise
farther upstream* heightening the
menace. At Wheeling and Parkers
burg, W. Va., flood-weary household
ers again sought relief shelters as the
river rose. Northward at Pittsburgh,
it was feared the Monongahela and
Alleghany rivers again would reach a
33-foot crest.
Congress To Help
Word that Congress would be asked
to pay relief costs in the flood area
came from the White House.
At the same time the Red Cross
asked the Nation to contribute $4,000,-
000 to aid flood sufferers.
The brightest dawn in four days
brought some revival of spirit to
Louisville, but all residents were
urged by Mayor Miller to evacuate.
As the rising Ohio reached a 79.1-
foot stage at Cincinnati, the worst
fire in the city’s 143-year history
broke out anew, hut was controlled by
firemen.
BURLINGTON MAN IS
FOUND SHOT DEAD
William D. Cook, 38, Had Bullet Hole
in Back of Head and Body
Was Still Warm
Burlington, Jan. 25 (AP)—William
D. Cook, 38, operator of a pool room
in the Burlington mills section here,
was found shot to death at 4 a. m.,
today, his body still warm and a bul
let hole in the hack of his head.
Cook was known to have had $66
on his person yesterday. The money
was not found on him when his body
was by Joe Cook, his broth
er, who had begun a search for him
after his long absence from home had
alarmed his family.
An automatic pistol tentatively iden
tified as Cook’s was found on a table
beside the body, and county officers
are holding it for fingerprint exami
nation.
Two men, R. L. Harvey and Primith
Hamreck, of the mill section, are held
in jail in connection with the crime.
Congress Is
To Aid Flood
Areas Soon
900 Million Relief
Bill For Nation Is
Given House; Gold
Bill Is Signed
Washington, Jan. 25.—(AP) —Gov-
ernment leaders tackled today the
huge task of raising millions for re
lief in the flood-devastated Ohio val
ley.
Red Cross plans to seek $4,000,000
in contributions, twice the amount
originally planned, coincided with
word from the White House Congress
eventually would be asked to appro
priate for aid of the flood sufferers.
The White House said WPA and
Red Cross funds would take care of
the situation for the present, and an
appropriation would he requested
when the extent of the needs became
known.
The National Resources Board turn
ed over to the President the most com
prehensive study of the nation’s rivers
ever made. It is designed in part to
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