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Roosevelt Favors Budget Study
Ccosevelt Believed
ianning To Oust
. ,aaor Board Heads
.Ljo.diig i or Place io
i ncm Upstairs,
i_ j «iislairs, or Clear
_ ia ; Opposition to
. agner Act in Con
cji orows.
Jan. t>. ——One
tv • seve;t > Closest act
:vi>o.ted reliably today
••pnny to "find a >pot'
a .National Labor
i . whose work has been
: :sr a iiouse committee
.» tiic ooard.
oa sources reported
.1 v.ate of the President
• ad', ee iron; the Capi
.. v:ru-:;d. whose name was
ailabie tor publication,
"kicked" upstairs down- j
cica." out.
; General Frank ?.Iurphy
.. day that still another
; . .—Chair: .an J. Warren
- oe::.;, considered lor a
po.-.tion. probaoiy the
• cou' t >A appeals. Ad
leauers in Congress
■idea privately that per
: were essential it
• to head off drastic amend
:..e Wagner act.
• i-ate inquiries into the
\.e XL.RB are ponding, but
• • -e Rat >peck. Democrat.
■<. contended that amend
ed be brought to the floor
a soon without waiting on
:ne three special studies.
angressmen
'? o Be Absent
Prom Dinner
Jan. 6.—(AP>—De-I
-lynching bill, sche
• ■u Monday in the House,
ruv-'ri plans of a group of
i •:> representatives to at
S\ • *e\- Jackson Day dinner
«lht at P.a!ei°h.
u ,:.g lo Raleigh Sun
• : . "he festivities, as plan
• ;• will remain here to take
•hern fight .*/atnst the
• >red bv Representative
D cmt. New York. They
ri a roll call will be taken {
t: • Gavagan hill, and de- '
... .nciij'ded,
S| :irirv Administrator
•. Democratic presiden
cy. to deliver the prin
• - at the Raleigh celebra
Carolina representa
■ ■ .d planned to attend but
• ;•<•••: their pians were A. D.
>nt Airy, who is also
na'i« nal committeeman
Xate: Lindsay Warren, of j
n; W. O. Burgin. of Lex
Durham. Chapel Hill:
.* Cooloy. ot Nashville, and:
'■> . .'. t:l<te. of Gastonia.
W heeler Boom
Growing Fast
'n The West
( II AXLES P. STEWART
f'entral Press Columnist
. Jan. 6.—Senator Pat;
of Nevada, back in Wash
to:- the session of Congress,)
repui la
t:de of sentiment;
t h r o u ghout the j
west for Senator,
Burton K. Wheel-j
c?r ot Montana j
the D e m <> crots
next presidential I
nominee.
Senator McCai- |
run is u lirst rate i
judge of the west.;
but so is Senator j
Alva B. Adams of j
Colorado, and Sen-;
ator Adams is plug
S'-iiutor f-'mg "'t' aciuuui |
MeC'arran James F. Byrne.- of I
South Carolina.
' • McCurran doesn't like I
' Secretary Cordell Hull's ten-:
> <i:d tree (trade and neither
tor Wheeler. That doubtless
>r the Nevada soion's pre
sumed <ji» Five;
Temepurtures At
Near Zero Marks
(Sir The Associated Press.)
Temperatures skidded toward
the Ji^ro mark in the ea<t today
:»s the cold *vav? advanced
another lap in its journey from
th»> Rr>ekies.
The t'rifjid weather eased some
what iri the midiS? west after a
day of ze'-o and sub-zero tem
peratures. but the mercury was
still far below f-eezin^.
Snow ranging from flurries to
a ten-inch fall was reported from
scattered parts of the east, mid
west. southwest and R <> e !v y
.Mountain regions
Fifty persons were treated at
Denver ho piials after minor ac
cidents. blamed on ice-glazed
streets and sidewalks.
Freezing: temperatures on the
Atlantic seaboard extended as
far south as the Carolines. The
mercury hit the low '!0's in Vir
ginia.
Trade Pact
Eases fight
Fighi in Congress For
Extension of Program
Smoothed by Break
ing Oft of Negotia
tions With Argentine;
To Open Monday.
Washington. Jan. 6.—(AP)—Sus
pension 01 negotiations for a trade
agreement with Argentine eased
today the burden or congressional
leaders, about to begin a struggle
for extension of the administration's
reciprocal trade treaties program.
Some oi the most active op
position to the proposed extension
has come from western cattle and
agricultural interests, which feared
that an Argentine treaty would
lower tfcf tariff bars against that
nation's canned meats, wool, lin
seed and other highly competitive
products.
The State Department, in an
nouncing last night that the dis
cussions had been broken off, gave
no explanation, and said that the
two governments would issue state
ments early next week. But it was
reported reliably, both here and in
Buenos Aires, that the discussions
snagged on the question of treat
ment of these products. The United
States wished to place quotas on
them, and Argentime objected.
Ending of tne talks was the sec
ond step the administration has
taken in the last few days tending
to smooth the path for the trade
pact bill when it comes up in Con
gress. The first was the announce
ment that no tariff reductions
would be granted on copper in
the current negotiations with Chile.
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Schwab Died
A Poor Man
Pittsb/gh. Jan. 6.—(AP)—Steel
Master Charles M. Schwab, a mul
ti-millionaire for 40 years, is said
by the Post Gazette to have died "a
poor man".
"His wealth had withered away,"
reported the newspaper. "Former
business associates of Mr. Schwab,
young members of the group that
Andrew Carnegie gathered about
him, have discussed for weeks the
disappearance of the once vast
Schwab fortune."
No accounts have been filed by
executors of Schwab's will, which
was probated in New York, where
he died on September 18. Edward
Schwab, a brother, said an account
ing would be made within the usual
six months limit, adding "any state
ment now would be premature."
Agents of the Pennsylvania rev
enue department reported they had
been unable to locate personal or
i?al property in this State belong
ing to Schwab.
New Appointments by President
Robert H. Jackson
!j Solicitor General of the United
States Robert H. Jackson was rec
i ommended by President Roosevelt
11 for the ))ost of attorney general to
succeed Frank Murphy, appointed
I' to the Supreme Court. Jackson
looks mighty happy at the news.
I
James H. R. Cromwell
Here is the latest picture of James
H. R. Cromwell, who was named
U. S. minister to Canada. Husband
of the former Doris Duke, tobacco
heiress and world's richest woman,
Cromwell succeeds Daniel C. Roper
at Ottawa.
Breckinridge Long
Named by President Roosevelt to
the post of assistant secretary of
state was Breckinridge Long, of
Missouri. Long succeeds George S.
Messersnrith, who was nominated
for the post of ambassador to Cuba.
John Cudahy
Minister to the Irish Free State,
John Cudahy was named U. S.
ambassador to Belgium and minis
ter to Luxembourg. He replaces
Joseph E. Davics, recalled to serve
in the state department.
Winter-Long Siege
Of Mannerheim Line
In Finland Probable
Helsinki. Jnn. (AP>—Military
: observers predicted a winter-long
j siege of the Mannerheim line on the
: Karelian isthmus today as the Rus
l sian invaders were reported driven
• back in confusion on the eastern
, front along Finland's "waist line".
With a stalemate in the Arctic and
j reports of a sc-ond major Finnish
| victory in the Salla sector, observers
I saw a concentration ol Russian ac
! tivity in the isthmus sector, near
I Leningrad.
I Continued bombardment of Koivis
to fortress and aerial a I tacks 01
Viipri, Gull of Finland port, led t<
the belie! n major offensive migh
be impending in that area.
The committee for the aid o! Fin
land, head< d by former Presiden
Herbert Hoover of the United State*
is caring for about 500,flOO per*.on
and 100,000 more probably will b
added. Committee Represcntativ
Dorscy Stephe I n-po, ted. Slephen
explained S300,0i»0 contributed fror
the United States is being used lo
food and clothing for refugees Iron
cities.
Fenner Still
| Is Prospect
For Governor
Daily Disuat'-li Bureau,
la me Si: Walter Jlotel. \
Raleigh. Jan. (i.—Bill fenner can't
yet be written off tho list of possible
i candidates for governor of North
I Carolina: though this corner wouldn't
go so tar as to rate his entrance into
! the race as an even money bet.
In Kaleigh Friday. Bill declined to
remove himself from the list of pos
I sioilitits. though he did not go so
I iar as to enroll in the class of pro
bable starters.
He was. in fact, rather off-hand
and trivial in his comment on the
whole thing, though occasionally he
spoi;e in really serious vein.
He joked about a talk with a friend
he had recently: tin- story going some
(Continued on Page Four)
Appointment
Of T hompson
Is 'Natural'
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
ill ihr Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. Jan. lj.— This correspon
rience i1- nui ordinarily devoted to an;
expression ol' its conductor's persona
opinions; but as of today your re
porter is going to violate this ruh
at least a little bit in discussing th
resignation of Robert Love Thcmp
son, Governor Clyde Hoev's persona
secretary, to lake the post ol direc
tor of the News Bureau, Departmen
of Conservation and Development.
Bill Sharpe. former Winston-Saler
newspaper man. is quitting the plac
with the announced intention to re
turn to Winston-Salem and engag
in journalistic work.
The expression of personal opinio!
might just as well be got over wit
(Continued on Page Four)
!NewBritishCabinet President In
Members In Office Accord With
I
As Changes Occur Harrison
| Berlin Sees Change
As Blasting Even
Ih aintest Hopes For
Early Peacc, as
Another "V ioientl>
Anti-G e r m a n W a r
i Monger" Takes Over.
London, .Jan. <>.—(AP)—New
i minsters look over the portfolios
j of war and information in iho Brit
1 ish cabinet tvday in ;i politically
' .-xii ationaI shuUoup, reputedly :lc
| .signed to silence into nai dissent in
| i ..*• department and |jcc.-. criticism
; > .he cither.
| Leslie Hore-Beli.-ha. secretary of
I state ior war, wno gained fame by
; bvu hing away many cobwebs of
j tradition from the army, was re
placed last night by the conserva
tive Oliver Stanley, prendent of the
! board of trade.
£!r John Reith. chairman of Im
perial Airways, succeeded a fellow
Scot, Lord MacMillan. as minister
i of information, arid Sir Andrew
* Duncan, an attorney and banker,
was chosen to ln':d the board of
j trade.
j H-* lias not been gelling on with
■> >-> ;i|.s. and h>» goes," com
i mented the London Daily Mail of
j Hore-Belisha's replacement, which
i the press generally protested.
. Editorials called for explanation
i in a full dress debate in Ihe House
I of Commons. Liberal and Labor
| members 01 Parliament also regis>
j tered indignation over the change,
! and the opinion was thai it merited
j "thorough investigation."
Hore-Velisha's policy of pro
J moting younger officers over the
heads of older ones was said to
j have contributed to his failure to
get along with Lord Gort, head
of the British expeditionary iorces
in France, and himself one >f the
! younger men whom Hore-Belisha
I had advanced to high position.
I CHANGE BLASTS IIOI'E FOR
! EARLY PEACE. BERLIN' SAYS
Berlin, Jan. 6.—(AP)—Author
ized German sources said today
; that yesterday's changes in the
; British cabinet indicated that if any
j hopes for an early peace existed,
j even the faintest, these have been
! blasted. They said that the .Oiake
| up was to be regarded as evidence
of a sharpening of the European
conflict.
The resignation of Leslie Hore
Belisha as war secretary merely
means, these commentators asserted,
that '"one more war inciter" hence
forth will be active behind the
secnes instead of on the stage. Ger
man opinion considers his suc
cessor, Oliver Stanley, a man "from
j the same camp of violently anti
German war mongers "
i
Taft Replies
To Challenge
i Of President
!
^ C-liJan. 'J. fAi*>—Senator
;, Robert A. Tul't left live-point pro
^ gram ut the President's doorstep to
;; day and contended it would balanee
the Federal budget within two yews.
3: The senator, a candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination.
I disclosed his budget balancing r>f;m
1 in an address last night to the Chi
cago Bar Association and a national
! radio audience.
! Entitled. "Mr. President, here's
how to balance the budget," the
speech was a reply to the President's
; offer to award the senator a prize
i if he could show how to balance the
; budget.
The President's challenge. Taft
j said, "is an admission that ho is un
j able to get the country or the guv
I eminent back to normal."
Taft contended the books would
balance at approximately $7,000,000,
000 within two years if this program
were followed:
"First, the President must wish
f i
' I (Continued on Page Two)
(jUmiiWi
1 j ' FOR NORTH CAROLINA,
- j Increasing cloudiness tonight
t j antl Sunday: continued cold.
i WEEKLY WEATHER.
i! South Atlantic States: Partly
-' cloudy to cloudy; rain and snow
s | in north portion antl rain in
south portion Monday, and again
i | near middle of week. Tempera
i hire- g-cnerolly below norma) in
ncrlh ami centra) portions with
I al.glit fluclUaliyni.
johan^hai Oificcr
Lscapes Assassin
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- i; 0*1 .Hi' srpi. As !:«■ was l»e
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V.e:i ■ • jf.uT tli- French eim
« otficp, tw»
ni.ii ;vili>;i .i'nr'l >!uis inta the
j V. "! <cr car swerved uiul
| ' ' ''•••*■!' '.r r» 'i fi- c! p:.s(ul:> j
i from ! u\h sitlvs, s!\ h'Mcls piere
iii v the car. Phillips t- <> !-)cd la
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r.Ivatl.
In War]
R o u m a n i a Will
"Fight as One Living
Wail" If Russia Seeks
To Grab Bessarabia,
Monarch Says; Alle
giance Pledged.
Chisinau. Roumania, Jan. (i.—
(Al>)—Qing Carol .served a .strong
I warning to Soviet Russia today that
Roumania will "light as one living
wall" it Russian armies attempt to
invade Bessarabia.
Speaking alter reviewing.a huge
parade of troops, planes and tanks
at Chisinau, capital of Bessarabia,
twelve miles from the Russian bor
der. the king insisted Bessarabia
"Will always remain Roumanian by
the force of our arms."
General George Argesanu, com
mander of the third army corps,
told the crowd which assembled at
the governor's palace to hear the
king, that "the whole army, from
the first man to the last, is ready to
defend the eastern border."
Russian. Ukrainian and German
minority loaders of Bessarabia—
which was Russian until the World
War settlement—publicly swore al
legiance for themselves and their
I'nllowers to King Carol and Rou
mania. Russia never has recognized
Roumanian overcignty over Bes
sarabia.
GRANVILLE TO GET
$3,633 OF NYA FUND
R'llfigh. Jan. f>.—(AR)---John A.
l»ang, Stale XYA administrator, an
n< Milt'i'd today the allocation of S7.9,
f)43J{0 to If! (projects, which will em
ploy 1B0 students.
The projects included: Granville
county, repairs to education build
ings ;it Oxford. $3,633.40; Johnston
county, school lunches at Clayton,
SI,078.
Wife Of CIO
Man Is Slain
Aberdeen, Wash.. Jan. 0.—(AP;
—Mrs. Dick Law. wife of a Grays
Harbor county ClQ miiJ workers
union official, was brutally slain at
the home of her parents last night,
v^hile her infant daughter slept
soundly and unharmed in an up
rtiiirs room.
Dr. John \V. Stevenson, county
coroner, said Mrs. Law's skull had
been smashed,* apparently by a
double-bitted axe.
The coroner said the house
showed evidence of a violent strug
gle. Tie said Mrs. Law's body was
found lying in the living room, sur
' rounded by overturned furniture
and other signs of disorder. After
killing Mrs. Law, her assailants
ransacked the dwelling.
Law was active in denouncing a
mob which wrecked the Finnish
Workers Federal hall here shortly
after Russia's invasion of Finland.
He accompanied Finnish leaders
when they filed a claim against the
c-ity for allowing rioters to destroy
tl.c null and furai ;hings.
j Senate Leader
Agrees With Roose
' i
i velt io Seek Renewal
Of Reciprocal Trade
Pact Program; FDR
Urges "Team Work".
Washington, .Ian. i>.— (AIM—.Sen
ator Har'isoii, Democrat, Mississip
pi. reported at tin* White House t<»—
day that 1'iesident Roosevelt was in
{sympathy with his proposal for a
congressional s'ndy of tin* budget.
Harrison told reporters it also
was agreed in Iiis hour-long con
ference with the* President to seek
ur-vomprimisingly for renewal of
the reciprocal trade agreement act
which expires June 12. Failure to
I continue the administration's trade
policy would be construed by the
i world, Harrison said, as "repudia
tion" by Congress of .a practice of
lowering tariff barriers.
This, he declared, would Jes.cn
America's inlluence in helping solve
economic questions at the end of the
war.
Special taxes asked by the I'resi
dent to ti nance .$460,000,01!') of
emergency defense costs was dis
ctt.: ed in a general way. the ,;ena
tor said, but 110 specific levies were
suggested. Harrison has indicated
opposition to new taxation spend
ing a thorough study of the fiscal
program which "the President sub
mitted to Congress Thursday.
The Senator said Mr. Roosevelt
expressed the hope that there
would be "complete cooperation"
between the appropriating and rev
enue-raising committees, and
thought the proposal for a 24-mem
ber joint committee was a "step in
the right dirocTion."
The President. Harrison con
tinued, felt work" on the
part of tax andygjtefiding commit
tees was needed trf»."can-y out the
suggestions for retrelleljmenl and
to approach a balanced biKlgctl with
in a reasonable time."
Admits Killing Of
Mother-in-Law for
Continual Nagging
Chicago, Jan. fi.—(AP)—"The old
lady nagged me all the time, because
I didn't have a job. I hit her on the
head with a hammer."
Thus, reported Chief ol Detectives
John L. Sullivan, did Samuel de Lao
explained theslaying of Mrs. Nellie
Sharp 65, whose body was found
trammed in a trunk yesterday.
Sullivan said De Lao, who is 1!).
confessed the slaying last night after
eight hours of quest inning. De Lao
said lie v.a: the husband of Mrs.
Sharp's daughter, Clcota, 40. Al!
three occupied the same flat, living
on Mrs. Sharp's earnings as a hotel
maid. Do Lao related that he had
been dismissed from a WPA job.
Sullivan said De Lao admitted
killing the woman during a quarrel
Thursday morning, placed the body
in a trunk and hauled it to an alley
a mile away.
TEACHERAGE LOAN
HERE IS GRANTED
Kalcifcli. .Ian. fi.—(AIM—Thr
State Hoard of Education an
nounccd today approval of
loans from the State literary
fund for construction of three;
schools and a teachcraee.
One loan went to Henderson,
j S12.COO for a city teachera?c.
Navy Inquiry
By Congress
Is Planned
Washington. Jan. fi.—(AP)—Con
gressional complaint.-, about the
Navy Department's set-up and
policies arc going to get an early
airing before members ol the House
Naval Committee.
Chairman V i n s o n. Democrat,
Georgia, disclosed today his inten
tion of appointing a sub-committee
headed bv Representative Dai den,
Democrat, Virginia, to hold hear
ings on proposals for reorganiza
tion of the department, and indica
tions were it would produce recom
mendation.-; for sweeping changes.
Lack of coordination between
some of tiie bureaus, legislators
raid, had contributed to inefficiency
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