??? mi i >i ? hi i m P*trani? Oar Advertisers, For They Are Constantly Inviting Too To Trade With Them. ~v, ? ?fi3Sv*/i"! >' ~J*Z* '? " -' :. '-' -' '? S '??', -* ' ? ? -vJL*> v ?* '< *.TV ifi! ?*? ; TeO The Merchant Yon Saw His { Advertisement in the Paper; He WJH Appreciate this Kindness. - ? ?i? n. it "I - VOL. TW8NTY-TW0 FAMtVILXJL FflT COQimr, NOBTH CAEbUHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBEKlOtll, 1931 NUMBER TWENTY-TWO - Herndoo and Paagborn Land After 1st Noijtop Pacific Hop Fliers Span Northern] Stretches of Ocean in 41 Honrs and 13 Min uses, Covering About 4,465 Miles Wenatchce, Wash., Oct. 5.?First to fly an airplane across the Pacific from Japan to the United States without a stop Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herod on, Jr., American fliers, landed here today. Leaving Japan after a long fight to obtain permission to make the dan gerous hop, Pangborn and Herndon spanned the northern stretches of tfie ocean in 41 hours, 13 minutes, cover ing about 4,465 miles. Minus landing gear, which they dropped shortly after leaving Sa in ushiro Beach, Japanv early Sunday morning, the fliers appeared over Wenatehee at 7 a. m., (10 a. m. E. S. T.), circled a few minutes whfle dumping gasoline to prevent possible outbreak of fire and landed the plane on it iron stripped belly. The plane touched the landing field at 7:14 E. M., topped over on its nose and then settled back and slid along in a cloud of dust. It came to rest on its left wing. The propeller had been smashed in the landing. That was the only casualty. Avia tors described the landing as wonder ful." A representative of the Tokyo newspaper Asahi rushed up with a $25,000 check in his hand, offered by the publication for the first non-stop airplane flight between Japan and the United States. "Very glad to see you boys," he said. Pangborn and Herndon climbed out They were in their stocking feet They had crossed the Pacific unshod. "Give me a cigarette," said Hern don. "We have been in Japan so long " we're still going barefooted," said Pangborn. Mrs. Opan Pangborn, of Wenat ehee, mother of Clyde, wiped the tears from her eyes and greeted her son with: "My, you dont even look tired." Pangborn said they had flown nearly to Spokane, then turned' back to Wenatchee. On leaving Japan they had planned to fly as fa? east as Salt Lake City if possible, to es tablish a diatanec record exceeding that of John Polando and Russell 1 Board man, who flew 5,011 miles from New York to Istanbul, Turkey, last July. Pangborn and Herndon considered repairing their plane and flying on to , Dallas, Texas, to claim a $25,000 prize offered by Col. William E. Eaa terwood, Jr., of Dallas, for a Japan to Dallas flight, but learned that Easterwood had declared them inelig ible. The fliers are the only men ever to cross the broad Pacific in an airplane without an intermediate stop. The dirigible Graf Zeppelin crossed from Tokyo to Los Angeles in 1929 without a stop and several planes have crossed it in two or more hops. Leaving Japan as violators cf the law and after having been fined heavily for flying over and taking photographs of fortified areas, Pang born and Herndon made heroes out of themselves in a few hours, a move is under way to erect a monument in Japan commemorating their feat. ? Only after a kmg delay and the intervention of the American Embas sy did Pangborn and Herndon re ceive permission to take their plane from near Tokyo to Samuhiro, the only suitable place in Jipan for a " trans-oceanic takeoff. Pangborn and Herndon got into their trouble while flying from Kha barovsk, Siberia, to Tokyo. At Khab arovsk they had abandoned an at tempt to break the Poot-Gwtty speed flight record around the world. Hav ing flown from New Thra and aeroea As Atlantic and aeromf Europe and 4H?j Pangborn and Herndon found x they could not break the record and decided in favro of a non-stop trans pacific flight instead. CaponeSure of Acquittal Gang Chief Confident of Acquittal if He Is Given a Pair Trial Chicago, Oct 6.?Alphonse Ca pone's challenge to the Federal Gov ernment to try to convict him as an income tax evader reached the show down stage today, with the gang chief expressing confidence of ac quittal if, as he put it,.he is given a "fair trial.1" ' "And by fair trial I mean that ju rors receive the evidence with open mind and reserve their judgment of my guilt or innocence until all the facts are in," the gang lord said on the eve of his trial in which the pros ecution alleges be failed to pay $215, CSO on a six year income of $1< 013,654. "But," he added, "if I am unfor tunate enough not to get a typical American jury, I will be in the hands of men who will convict me because my name is Alphonse Capcme, re gardless of the nature of the testi mony. "I have never answered any charge or defended myself before, but I don't think it's right for a man to go to jail to satisfy an antipathy that has grown up around me. If I must be judged I want to be judged as a human being, as myself, not as i spook born of a million minds." Edna Ferber says the younger gen eration in America is "permanently twelve years old." Probably in ac tions, Edna, but not in capacity. Wave of Opti mism Sweeps Business World Presidential Efforts to Combat Depression Is Haying Good Effect ? t w -. ? - -- New York, Oct. 6.?A new note of cheer was sent through the business world yesterday by a variety of de velopments: President Hoover began a series of conferences with congressional lead ers, bankers and real estate men, to map out a constructive program to aid American finance and business. By bringing together private capi tal and a liberalized government co operation, the President hoped to ease credits and put into use many of the country's assets now frozen by the unusual conditions of recent industrial inactivity. The news was greeted by one of the swiftest advances on the New York stock exchange in recent years. Gains averaging well over five points were made by 569 stocks. Some of them surged up 15 points. Shares were traded in blocks of 1,000 to 8,500. The turnover exceeded 4,000, 000 shares. Grains advanced strongly. Cotton went up $1.55 to $1.75 a bale. The curb market reflected the breath-tak ing uprush. Foreign exchanges were firm. Leading commodities went up. The bond market also brightened. A General Motors official an nounced his corporation will employ as many men in the next four months as they have in the last right. He predicted the automobile industry could expect the first half of 1932-te show improvement over the first-half of 1*1. The Santa Fe Railroad declared a regular quarterly dividend of $2.50. Gerald Swope, president of General Electric Company, offered to his em ployes a plan which will prevent far ther lay-offs without compensation insure each, shop tetiat at leakt $15 a Wsek in wages for the next - ** SIX llwlllBB* ? ? 1 ? 1 1 1 1 J 1 ._.'L 1,111 - - ? : o Mrs. U| W. Williams, Tuckahoe, N. Y? nkceeded Mrs. Retort Lincoln Horal u president of the American Legion Anxffiary tf'llpkl to Dstrolt Mrs. Hogal is seen pbtdag the rfcbco of office on ber wwaiscr ss (fit president's pages look on. County Witt Advertise Taxes Soon; Suits Costly List Appears in County Papers This Week; Un usually Large Number of Delinquents Greenville, Oct. 6.?-The board of county commissioners, meeting in regular session here yesterday, de cided to begin the advertising of de linquent taxes this week. Several requests had been made that the advertising of taxes be de ferred and while the commissioners did not find it possible to do this, steps were taken to relieve the tax payers of as much expense as possi ble in this connection. It was stated that any taxpayer who pays his 1930 taxes on or before' the sheriffs sale the first week in November, would not be taxed with the cost of advertising. The o immisaioners also received notice of tiie injunction obtained by ?9.-9: Hooker and others to prevent the collection of 1931 taxes and pre pared to contest the action. The com plaint tiled in connection with the restraining order alleged fictitious and excessive valuations for the 1931 levy. The county commissioners were required to appear before Judge Frizzelle here on the 17th of the month to answer to the cause. The commissioners expressed be lief that the suit would cost the county from $1/000 to $1,500. It will also prevent the collection of between $100,000 and $150,000 dur ing the month as well as proving ex pensive to taxpayers because of in creased penalty. . The action will not only work a great hardship upon the people gen erally, it was said, but would pre vent the county from receiving funds, probably necessitating the borrowing of money to care for expenses of gov ernment which would not have been necessary had the county been allow ed to proceed with its collection pro gram. It was stated that approximately $31,600 paid in advance on 1931 levy had enabled the county to operate , this far without borrowing. Several restraining orders of a similar nature were brought against the county last year, but were dis missed as "frivolous" by the supreme court The suits, it was stated, cost the county from $2,000 to $2^00 in unnecessary expense to say nothing of the inconvenience incurred in the collection of taxes. Restraining orders, it was pointed out, net only delay collection of taxes arid impair efficiency of government but increase the expenses of the tax payers. In view of the handicaps faced by the eounty in the new tax suit it *?$ stated that the commissioners would - endeavor to "protect the interests of the taxpayers by putting forth every effort to get through the year with out adding extra cost for borrowed money. ^ The commissioners said they wel comed suggestions from those inter ested in constructive government, and would do everything in their power to live up to any proposition for improv ing conditions. The commissioners some time ago announced that tax collections would be transferred from sheriff's office to R. L. Barnhill, appointed as official tax collector. This action was taken to reduce .expenses and increase ef ficiency of collections, it was stated. Last year the county paid to the sheriffs office a total sum of $19, 267.50. This .year the same office will receive $10,820, a decrease of $8,447.50. The appropriation for the tax collector for this year was $8r 010.00, a saving of $487.50 as com tMi with th. rid ; mail Plane Falls Into Bay Ship Believed to Be Ship to Shore New York Disappears in Water Near Halifax Halifax, N. S., Oct 6.?The crash of a plane believed to be the ship-to shore "New York," carrying mail from the liner Bremen, was reported today by William Foolkner, light keeper at Bur Coat Whizzing along in the darkness, the craft was heard to come down heavily on Cobequid Bay, he said. An explosion followed and cries echoed over the bay. They' could find no trace of the men or plane. A mail plane manned by Friob Si mon, pilot, and Rudolph Wauchneck, mechanic, took off from the North German Lloyd liner Bremen yester day when she was 630 miles off Cape Race, N. F., in an attempt to get the mail to New York 29 hours faster than the liner could readi there. Flying Mind through fog and against headwinds, they reached Syd ney, N. S., last night, and took to the air again about midnight. Lightkeeper Faulkner said that when he heard the shouts over the bay he tried to get a boat off, but the water was so low it was impossi ble for more than an hour. Organiz ing a searching party in Noel, Hants county, he thai proceeded in the di rection from which shouts were still coining. After they, went a short dis tance the cries stopped and no traee of a plane was found. FARMVILLE TOBACCO MARKET ^^ECARt) I ^ Indicts Kane ^ Mnrderdl WUe ? - , ? ? . Grand Jury Returns ^Charge Against Pro fessor After Hearing Witnesses Hampton, Va., Oct 6.?Elisha Kent Kane today wan indicted on a charge of murdering his wife, Jenny Graham Kane, by drowning on an isolated Chesapeake Bay beach, by a grand Jury which returned a true bill in the case of the University of Tennessee professor at 5:00 p. ml, after hearing evidence throughout the day. The true bill charged that. Kane "with malice aforethought," held his wife, Jenny Graham Kane, under the water at Grandview Beach until she was dead. ' The trial of Kane, at liberty under $15,000 bond, is expected to be set by Judge (J. Vernon spratrey, oil Elizabeth City county circuit court, when the session convenes tomorrow. Court officials anticipated that the trial would be given last plate on the October docket* . I Eleven witnesses were heard By the grand jury. W. J. Graham, brother of Mrs. Kane, was heard, al-1 though Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Graham, parents of the dead woman, were not asked to testify after being summon ed. Witnesses were those who testi fied at the coroner's inquest and the! preliminary hearing for Kane. Mrs. Kane was drowned at a lone-1 ly spot on Chesapeake Bay, Septem-j ber 11, and Professor Kane was ar rested on a warrant charging murder a few hours after the funeral two days later. He was preparing to leave the Graham home when the ar rest was made. Coroner George X. Vanderalice re turned a verdict - of premeditated murder after an extended inquest. He I made public letters to Kane from! Mrs. Betty H* Dahl, of Mount Holly,! N. J., which he said were an impor tant factor iq bis verdict W. C. Graham later revealed that the letters were known to the Gra ham family and to Mrs. Kane. He said they had caused Mrs. Kane great unhappiness. Mrs. Graham broke down on the! stand at the preliminary hearii-g and j was withdrawn after a few ques tions. Before retiring she said, be tween sobs, that her daughter seemed to dread Hie swimming party from) which she never returned. Mr. Gra- J ham also testified to this effect VariA contends that his wife was drowned and that he made efforts to save her and to resuscitate her after t I bringing her ashore. Kane, and likewise Mrs. Kane's parents, have asserted that the letter j made public to Kane from Mrs. Dahl J was nothing more than a letter such I as one friend would write to another. Coroner Vanderslice, however, said! W. H. (Hop) Graham had made | statements about the correspondence which caused him to change his ver-1 diet from accidental to homicide | drowning. He said Graham had told him of other letters which probably have been destroyed. Probably they call it the living room in a house because the family seldom gathers there. A New York building has 103 sto ries. And more than that number will be told about it. LOCAL FARMER BUYS DAIRY COWS Roy Bowling, J. R. Lewis, John T. Thome, J. C. Galloway ami R. L. lit tle were among the farmers from Pitt county attending the dairy cow sale held in Washington Saturday, October 3. John T. Thorne bought four of the most promising cows in this offering to be placed on his farm near Farmville where he con templates operating a dairy for the purpose of selling botterfat. In con nection with the dairy, he is carrying a herd of pore bred* Poland-China hogs and a flock of standard bred Barred Rods Leghorns. Mr. Thome was recently elected Bead of the farm' dub organized at Farmville for the purpose of of promoting better farm practices in Pitt county. Mr/ Thome beBevcs in practicing what you preach and, consequently, is stocking his farm with live stock for the pur pose of consuming the roughage in grain grown on his place from acres forineriy devoted to tobacco. When] a man like Mr. Ilmne, who studies ] problem, dedded that Hve stock isi necesS^-f oir^^ under present conditions, there'must be treason.; The following data seems to justify Mr. Thome's decision to sell -the roughage on his farm through dairy] co^i and other ii^^^A^ ^low^ ar^j ? | n , ? I Slate Fair Gets National Notice . ? ? :? . . . > . . Secretary Smith Calls Attention to Saving in Purchase o f Season Tickets ^ Raleigh, Oct 6.?The North Caro lina State Fair, to be held in Raleigh next week, will be given nation-wide publicity over the Farm and Home Hour today and Friday, between 12:80 and 1:30, according to a tele gram received yesterday from Frank ! E. Mullen, of Chicago, agricultural 1 director of the National Broadcasting Company. Listeners in this section get this program through Station WPTF at Raleigh. It also reaches many through WRVA at Richmond. The courtesy was extended free of j cost. 'Mr. Mullen's telegram, addressedl to William H. Richardson, who ;s| handling the fair publicity, read as follows: "News of your State fair will be broadcast in National Farm and Home Hour over nationwide network on both Wednesday and Friday, Oc tober 7 and 9. Please notify Gover nor Gardner, Commissioner Graham and others who may be interested." Attention has again been called by T. B. Smith, secretary - manager of the State Fair, to the season tickets which will be on sale at places desig nated in yesterday's News and Ob server, from now until Saturday. It was pointed out by. Mr. Smith that the purchase of these tickets wilT effect a material saving to purchas ers, in that the price for the entire week is only 2.50, as compared with single admissions of 75 cents each. Each ticket thus purchased will en title the holder to two admissions dai ly, including one in the daytime and one at night, or to two admissions in the daytime. I Park Commission Awarded Verdict - ^ Gains Substantial Vic tory in Efforts to Ac- i quire Additional Land Bryson City, Oct. 6.?The North Carolina Park Commission gaineda substantial victory today in its ef fort to acquire new lands for the ' Great Smoky Mountains National Park when a jury in Swain county ' superior court established by verdict \ title of the Siler Meadows Mining and Lumber Company to 869 acres of 4 a 422 acre tract in lower Swain coun- , ty, which the park' commission has 1 contracted to purchase at $6.60 an , acre. The verdict which wan returned to Judge Cameron F. McRae, of Ashe- ( ville, in the late afternoon, ended a , hearing of five dayB in which the , Jenkins heirs, * Will Jenkin3, Walt , Jenkins and James Shuler and A. J. Frankiin, Sr.,all of Bryson City, con- , tested the Siler Meadows Mining , Company for title to the entire tract ? of 422 acres. In its verdict, the jury ] held that the Jenkins heirs and , Franklin had legal ownership to only , 53 acres of the area in dispute and the'remainder was the property of j the mining company. ( James G. Stikeleather, of Asheville, also sought to establish title to the , 53 acres gained by the Jenkins heirs 1 and Frank-in, but lost in the verdict j returned by the .jury. Members of , counsel for the park commission said tonight that Mr. Stikeleather had ( agreed to dispose of the 53 acre area , at $6.50 an a