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Hoey Backing Bill For Sharp Gut In Auto License Taes
I SsTsenate,
IS SEN! 10 HOUSE
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Revenue Measure Debated
In House, With Amend
ment After Amend-
I ment Rejected
4-YEAR TERMS FOR
SHERIFFS PROPOSED
Constitutional Amendment
Sought to That End; Bell
of Mecklenburg Only
Senator To Vote Against
Social Security as Meas-
I ure Passes Senate
I Raleigh, Feb. 11 (AP)—The
I joint legislative roads commit-
I tee heard today Governor Hoey
I i s backing a bill to be introduc
ed shortly to reduce automobile
license fees from 40 cents per
hundred pounds, with a mini
mum fee of about $6.
It was voted to appoint a joint
sub-committee to confer with
the governor on the matter be
fore the bill is introduced. The
House group then quickly re
ported unfavorably three meas
ures to cut tag rates.
Tho joint committee deferred until
next week hearings on the adminis
tration and Pittman bills to reor
ganize the highway and public works
commission. ....... „ -
Charles Ross, general counsel for
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WOMAN HIT BY CAR
DIES AT HOSPITAL
Other Woman Allegedly Struck by
Bate Paul, Now Held, Improves
At Fayetteville
Fayetteville, Feb. 11.—(AP)—-
Eunice Suggs, 25, St. Paul’s, N. C.,
woman, hurt by an alleged hit and
run driver January 28, between
Fayetteville and Lumberton, died
early this morning at a local hos
pital. Bate Paul, Robeson county
man, charged with being the driv
er of the ear and arrested after
the aeeident by Robeson county
authorities. Emma Hollingsworth,
injured with Miss Suggs, is report
ed much improved.
Solons Shy
To Appeals
To Congress
Dully ntapatch Iturenn,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
.1. C. BASK.EIIVtL.Ii
Raleigh, Feb. 11.—Individual mem
h'js of the legislature have been dis
r 1 sing President Roosevelt’s court
Pmig,; proposals with more than a
li tle feeling, but it seems decidedly
unlike',- that the Assembly will take
anv ’and whatever as an organized
lody.
There has been a bit of talk about
f ’on. tr ied on Page Two.)
Old Age And Child Aid
Bill To Pass In House
Opposition in Senate Was Over County Aid, But That
Was Necessary To Avoid Packing Relief Rolls;
F aces House After R evenue Bill Is Passed
Daily I)lHi»ntcb Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel
P *!»• .»■ It ASK Kit VI Ll
.'’U'h, Feb. 11—The old age pen
•~n 1 which also provides for State
I;' 11 > if:i potion in aid to dependent chil-
’ has successfully gotten by the
p ln;i '' and will be taken up by the
. I,u '' ‘s soon as that body completes
" Wo! 'k on the revenue bill. Indica
;i if: that the old age pensions
children’s aid bill will have some
d * aarder sledding in the House,
c to the greater opposition there to
;? Uni y participation in the payment
pensions. But the belief in most
t rc esl is that the bill will eventually
'ass the House in virtually the same
rm it passed the Senate.
BfttJifrsntt Batlxt Bisttafritl
Sit-Down” Strikers in Flint lake to the Roof
"Sit-downers” on roof of Chevrolet plant
For the first time since they took possession of |
the plant, "sit-down” strikers at Chevrolet plant |
Would Drop State Compacts
And Enact Federal Measure
Washington, Feb. 11 (AP) —Rep-
resentative John Flannagan, Bris
tol, Va., Democrat, sought con
gressional support today for Fed
eral control of tobacco production
because an alternative plan based
on inter-state compacts “apparent
ly is doomed to fail.”
Two obstcles have developed, he
said, which appear to make con
W QALLEO A BY DEATH
I t
Prominent Educator of High
Point Was Critically 111
For Weeks
High Point, Feb. 11.—(AP)—Dr. T.
Wingate Andrews, 54, High Point city
school superintendent since 1924, and
for ten years a director of the Na
tional Education Association, died
early today, at a local hospital, where
he had been in a critical condition
for several weeks, following a gall
bladder operation.
For 30 years he was a figure in,
■pul’:-lie education in the State, hav
ing served as a member of the North
Carolina Education Commission, a
member of the North Carolina Text
book Commission, as State director of
the National association, as president
of the North Carolina Education Asr-
as county superintend of
the Orange county schools, the Reids
ville and Salisbury city schools and
the local school system.
The funeral will he held Friday aft
ernoon at 2 o’clock in the First Bap
tist church here, with interment in
Salisbury.
Virtually the only objections to the
bill in the Senate came from a small
group of senators who opposed the
provision requiring the counties to
bear one-fourth the cost of the pen
sion from county funds and also re
quiring the counties to levy a special
tax of 10 cents on the SIOO valuations
to provide the necessary revenue for
meeting the pension payments. Sena
tor L. M. Abernathy, of Caldwell,
county offered an amendment Wed
nesday afternoon, which, if adopted,
would have required the State to bear
half the cost of the pensions and the
Federal government the other half,
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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OP NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 11, 1937
trol through interstate compacts
“hopeless.”
One, Flannagan said, was adop
tion by Kentucky and North Caro
lina. of compact laws differing in
many respects from Virginia’s
“model law”, plus the likelihood
Georgia would reject the compact
plan.
The second obstacle he cited
was the Kentucky law’s provision
that Indiana, Missouri and Ohio
Appeal From
Urys Won’t
Avail Much
Senate Decidedly
Against Referen
dum, Even As Low
er House Was Last
Week
Dally Dispatch Bureau,
By J. C. ’IIASKKitVILI.
Raleigh, Feb. 11.—The arguments
presented by the “drys” here this aft
ernoon in opposition to the county op
tion liquor control bill now before
Jud'ciary Committee Number One of
the Senate, are not expected to do
any more good than the same argu
ments did when they were presented
to the House ecmmittee several weeks
ago. A few days later tne House com
mittee reported both the Statewide
referendum bill, favored by the “drys”
and the Hanford liquor bill unfavor
ably, reported the county option li
quor control bill favorably and then
proceeded to pass it on all three read-
Continued on Page Two.)
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Bryant Tells Group Budget
Easily Is Apparently
Over-Balanced
Dally Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. BASKRRVILL
Raleigh, Feb. 11—There will un
doubtedly be legislative fireworks be
fore the revenue bill is finally enact
ed into law, but these pyrotechnic dis
plays have been delayed until after
the House has had an opportunity to
go over the entire bill as recommend
ed by Chairman Victor S. Bryant’s
committee.
Sitting as a committee of the whole
House for the first time yesterday,
the legislators made rapid progress—
(Continued on Page Six.)
No. 4 in Flint make a “public appearance”, conrinj;
to the roof to hold a musical demonstration.
—Oentral Prer -
Menace Os
Floods Now
About Over
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 11 (AP)
Dwellers along the mid-Mississippi
hailed victory over the flood monster
today, while the lower valley waited
confidently for passage of baffled
crests now lumbering into that sector.
Cautious army engineers maintained
a sharp watch on levees from Mem
phis down, but the jubilance of wo
men and children returning to their
homes in Cairo, 111., set the tone for
a feeling of relief all along the river.
The Mississippi began a slow re
cession here after standing for two
days at a record peak, and the dang
er zone shifted southward Where the
pick and shovel brigade confidently
manned the levee lines.
Observers agreed the fall probably
will be as gradual as the rise, but
with the line of earthworks holding
thus far, United States engineers saw
final victory ahead over the super
flood.
CONVICT ROWAN MAN
2ND DEGREE MURDER
Vernice Pritchett One of Two Men
Who Slew Kannapolis Cab
Driver August 20
Salisbury, Feb. 11. —(AP) —A Rowan
county jury this morning returned a
verdict of guilty of murder in the
second degree against Vernice Prit
chett, charged with being one of two
men who killed J. E. Wilkinson,
Kannapolis taxicab driver, the night
of August 20, and left his body lying
beside the highway on the Landis-
Five Forks road in this county.
Judge Will Pless, Jr., was expected
to pronounce sentence later in the
day.
must enter the compact before the
Kentucky statute becomes opera
tive with respect to hurley tobac
co. V v ' I
The original plan contemplated
action only by Virginia, Tennes
see and Kentucky to control bur
ley production, Flannagan said,
and addition of three states by
the Kentucky statute made pro
spects of final agreement “even
more remote.”
OtJRWyjniEPMAM
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair tonight, possibly slightly
warmer; Friday increasing cloud
iness and warmer.
Roosevelt Demands
Court Plan Pass As
He First Wrote It
Power of Attorney General in Constitutional Suits Is
Held Back; 32 Senators P ledged in Negative, 30 in
Affirmative, 34 N on-Committal So Far
Washington, Feb. 11 (AP)—Reports that President Roose
velt wants Congress to enact his court reorganization program
unchanged spread today in administration quarters.
Battle lines over the court issue gradually were becoming
more clearly drawn. Opposition senators claimed they had 32
“sure” votes lined up. About 30 have come out for reorganiza
tion.
More and more Senate leaders call
ed at the White House to discuss the
legislation with Mr. Roosevelt.
Among senators at today’s discus-
were Pittman of Nevada, Wag
ner of New York and McAdoo of Cali
fornia.
Detectives Get Big Sum
Coincident with formal settlement
of the General Motors strike in De
troit, the LaFollette civil liberties
committee here dug deeply into rela
tions between the huge corporation
(Continued on Page Two)
REA Probe
Hoped For
By Bag ley
Dally Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. BASK.EIiVILI
Raleigh, Feb. 11.—“1 am delighted
at the resolution introduced in the
Senate Ly Senatos L. M. Abernethy,
of Caldwell county, calling for a leg
islative investigation of the North
Carolina Rural Electrification Au
thority," Chairman Dudley Bagley, of
the authority, said today. “Such an
invest gation will give us an excellent
opportunity to clear up whatever mis
understanding ihay exist concerning
what we have been doing and to give
the people of the State the real facte.
We nothing to conceal and shall
be glad of an opportunity to let both
the General Assembly and the people
of the State know the facts.”
The NCREA has consistently sought
to aid every county in the State get
aniral electric either through
local coperatives or by trying to get
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SIX DIE IN PLANE
CRASH AT BERLIN
Berlin, Feb. 11 (AP)—A Junkers
military plane crashed today in a
busy thoroughfare in northern
Berlin, killing five persons and
spraying burning gasoline over
street cars and pedestrials.
Several persons in the street
were seriously burned when the
ship crashed into the boulevard.
Early afternoon traffic was dis
rupted.
The burning gasoline was scat
tered over a wide area around
the wrecked plane. Several street
cars in the vicinity were doushed
with the flaming liquid.
jviouzonfDneral
TO BE TOMORROW
Noted Methodist Prelate
Dies at Charlotte Os
Heart Attack
Charlotte, Feb. 11.—(AP)—Bishop
Edwin Dußose Mouzon, senior bishop
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, died unexpectedly of a heart
ailment at his home here late yester
day. The 68-year-old churchman was
a leading spirit in the movement to
ward unification of the three major
branches of. Methodism, and in his
latter years made rapid stridts in
that direction.
Bishop Mouzon gained wide atten
tion in 1928 as the result of his strong
ly pronounced opposition to the can
didacy of A1 Smith in the presidential
campaign.
Bishop Mouzon returned to his
home here Saturday from a strenous
mission into Florida, Alabama and
Mississippi as one of the several of
ficials conducting the “Bishop's Cru
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PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Rebels Drive
For Valencia,
Mew Capital
France Threatens to
Aid Government on
Hearing of Italian
Aid to Rebels
(By The Associated Press)
Conquering Spanish Fascists drove
eastward today along the Mediterran
ean in what was construed as deve
lopment of a full force campaign
against Valencia, temporary seat of
the seat of the Socialist government.
From Paris the French, irked by
reported Italian aid last week-end in
the Fascist seizure of Malaga, took up
again their threats to intervene in
the war on behalf of the Valencia gov
ernment.
Madrid echoed to the roar of artil
lery and the chatter of machine gun
and rifle fire as insurgent besiegers
launched one of the fiercest attacks
of recent weeks against a village on
the capital’s northern border. Insur
gent air squadrons bombed the capi
tal’s outskirts.
At Barcelona, northeast of Madrid,
the autonomous state of Qatalonia,
unified its regular army to insure
that Socialist stronghold against in
surgent attacks.
FOUR INQUIRIES OF
IFRISCO PLANE DIVE
Too Sharp Banking and JVlisjudging of
Altitude Advanced as Pos
sible Causes
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 11.—(AP)
—Four groups of investigators tried
to learn from torn. and. twisted wreck
age today why a giant air liner, only
seconds away from its destination,
plunged eleven persons to death Tues
day night in San Francisco bay.
Two theories—too sharp a banking
of the plane and mis-judging of al
titude—were advanced unofficially by
expert pilots as searchers dragged
muddy waters for the bodies of seven
victims. Os the four already recovered
one victim, millionaire Mark Fontana,
appeared to have drowned despite a
struggle to swim after the sleek twin
motored ship sank three miles off
shore in 26 feet of water.
Fate Os Court Proposal ,
Rests With The Senate
House Will Accept President’s Orders As Given; New
Dealers Too Impatient T o Await Constitutional
Amendment and Seek Short Cut for Schemes
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Feb. 11.—The fate of
President Roosevelt’s plan to modify
the American Federal court system
depends on the Senate.
Such is the consensus of Capitol
Hill’s opinion.
Betting odds favor the acceptance
of the program by the representatives
substantially as outlined. As to the
Senate, unofficial polls give approxi
mately 31 votes to the President with
23 against him, but this leaves 42 in
doubt. Os these a majority probably
have not made up their own minds
yet. So large a doubtful bloc obviously
makes guessing uncertain.
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Collective Bargaining To
Start February 16 Be
tween Union And
Motor Corporation
“SIT-DOWN” GROUPS
LEAVE IMMEDIATELY
All Strikers To Be Taken
Back Without Discrimina
tion and Plants Will Re
sume Soon as Possible;
Union Agrees Not To In
terfere With Plants
Green Says Lewis
Made A Surrender
Washington, Feb. 11.— (AP)—
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
characterized the General Motors
strike settlement today as surren
der on the part of John Lewis,
chairman of the committee for in
dustrial organization.
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 10 (AP)
—The costliest strike in Ame
rican automotive history ended
formally today with the signing
here at 11:46 a. m., eastern
standard time, of a peace agree
ment between General Motors
Corporation and the United Au
tomobile Workers Union.
The signing occurred as the
strike, estimated to cost
$1,000,000 a day in wages alone
to General Motors employees,
entered its 44th day.
Terms Announced.
Shortly before the agreement was
signed, General Motors announced a
five cents hourly wage increase for
all of its employees, effective Feb
ruary 15, estimated to aggregate
about $25,000,000 a year.
Under the terms of the agreement:
1. The corporation recognizes the
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SUSPICION POINTS
I •
Suspect Held at Seattle In
Mattson Case Uses “Ran
som Note” Name
Seattlt, Wash., Feb. 11.—(AP)— A
report that an arrested ex-convict
once used the name “Tim,” with
which the kidnap-killer of 10-year-old
Charles Mattson signed the ransom
note, prompted rentwed questioning
today by Federal, State and city of
ficers.
A detective refusing use of his name
said the prisoner booked as H. A.
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CHIEF RECOMMENDATION
For practical purposes all details
of the presidential recommendation
can be disregarded except one:
The suggestion that the President
be empowered to appoint an addition
al supreme justice up to a total
(bench of 15 for each member of the
existing bench of 9 past 70 years old;
if at that age he neither resigns nor
retires.
Various other readjustments, espe
cially as to the lower Federal courts,
also are argued but relatively they
are immaterial. The supposition is
that they will effect a judicial im
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