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Hauptmann Trial Now
Going on
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Flemington, N. J., Jan. 9.?Dr.
John R. "Jafsie" Condon glared at
Bruno Richard Hauptmaim in court
today and said he was the "John"
who negotiated for and received the
150,000 Lindbergh ransom. Condon
also identified the letter he received
in response to the newspaper adver
tisement which projected him into
the Lindbergh case a month after
the baby was stolen, and the subse
quent note tha. directed him to act
as the negotiator.
He related in detail his first
meeting with the then mysterious
"Jonh" when the two talked for an
hour in a park.
He said "John" was Hauptmann j
and that he asked at their first
rendezvous:
"Will I burn if the baby is dead?"!
He also testified the man declar
ed: "I am only the go-between."
He related how he pleaded with
the man, calling on him to ponder
what his mother would think of
his action and offered to give him
an overcoat because his seemed!
worn.
The notes Dr. Condon identified
were the letter he received in re
sponse to an ad inserted and the
subsequent notes giving directions, i
all of them bearing the 3-hoIed
symbol for signature.
The first letter accepted him as
the go-between and instructed him
to insert an advertisement in thej
newspaper saying "the money is
ready." Enclosed with it was a|
note to Colonel Lindbergh saying I
the kidnaper had accepted Dr. I
Condon as intermediary.
Dr. Condon examined the notes
with meticulous care before identi- ,
fying them.
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Flemington, N. J., Jan. 7?Nbrse
Maud Betty Gow collapsed as she
left the courtroom in the Bruno
Richard Hauptmann murder trial.
She had just testified that the
undershirt found on the body of the
slain baby was made by her and
put on. him the last night she saw
him alive and that the thumbguard
work by the baby was found by her
a month after the kidnapping a hun
dred yards from the Hopewell, N. J.,
home; that she told her sailor friend,
Red Johnson, and probably others,
that the Lindberghs would not re
turn to Mrs. Lindbergh's home that
Monday night preceding the fateful
March 1 when the baby was taken
from the crib; that Lindbergh, when
apprised his baby was gone, had ob
tained a rifle, stood in the nursery,
and cried: "Anne, they've stolen our
baby!"
She indignantly denied insinua
tions hurled at her by Edward J.
Railey, chief of Hauptmann's de
fense counsel, and definitely cried,
"I did not!" when Railey asked her
if she herself dropped the thumb
guard where she claimed to find it
She denied knowing several per
sons referred to by Railey and de
nied boating excursions to New
Rochelle, N. Y., and City Island.
Before she left the stand, under
the frindly questioning* "of Attor
ny-General David Wilentz, she
described Red Johnson as a very
nice young man and said she was
very food of him.
As State Trooper Joseph Wolfe
succeeded her in the witness chair
the little nursemaid made her way
to a chair next to Mrs. Etae Whate
ley, the Lindbergh cook. She com
plained of feeling faint Someone
brought her. a glass of water. She
started to leave the courtroom, had
reached the door and began 4o
sway. Two men in an adjoining
room rushed to her aid and she slid
into their arms. She was weeping.
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Flemington, N. JM Jan. 8.?Bruno
Richard Hauptsnann, Bronx carpen
ter, accused of the kidnapping and
murder of baby .Charles A. Lind
bergh, Jr., was twice identified in
coort today by witnesses. Axnun
dus Hoehnrath, aged former neigh
bor of CoL Charles A. Lindbergh
identified him as the man with a
ladder in a dirty green car near the
Lindbergh home on the day of the
crime and John Perrone, Bronx taurie
driver pointed him cut as the man
who gave -him a dollar to dtftrer a
note to Dr. John P. (Jafsie) Condon
in March 1982.
Perrone taking the witness stand
shrortly after the opening of the
mama, dapped his hand est his
shoulder and declared, "That's the
day's proceedings crowded ^ court
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Fanmrille Tt Have
EipasitM Alto
Slim In February
Rotary Club To Sponsor
Expedition; All Attrac
tions To Be New; Vari
ous Contests To Stir
Interest ofCommunity
?J *y
The Farmville Rotary Club "will
stage a great Exposition, Automo
bile Show and Community Fair here
during the week of February 11,
headquarters -already having been
opened by the manager of the Rob
erts Producing Co., of Smithfield,
and beautiful displays of automo
biles^ merchandise, fancy work, can
ned goods, and other exhibits are be
ing planned. ;
A popularity contest will be stag
ed for the young ladies of the coun
ty with handsome prizes offered to
the winners, and contests for the
kiddies will also be held.
Circus and vaudeville acts, to
gether with other entertaining fea
tures are being arranged, every at
traction, including the free acts be
ing gau ran teed new and clean. The
exposition it to be held in one of the
warehouses here, and the building
will be beautifully decorated and
well heated for the big event, so that
everybody may be comfortable while
being entertained.
Mr. Roberts has had a great deal
of experience in staging expositions,
and has held a number of successful
shows during the past few months
at Smithfield, Selma, Zebulon and
other towns throughout the State,
the sponsorship of each being under
the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs and
the American Legion at these vari
ous points. Clean attractions is the
policy j>f the company, which comes
to Farmville highly recommended by
both the public and the press.
Watch these columns for further
information concerning plans and
developments in the exposition,
which promises to be one of the out
standing events of the year in East
ern Carolina.
Well-concaved plans clear the way
for their execution.
FOUNTAIN NEWS
(By MBS. M. D. YELVEBTON)
PERSONALS
Mr. L. P. Yelverton and Mr. H. B.
Mayo, Jr., were guests of a supper
in Greenville Friday evening, given
in interest of Boy Scout work of the
county.
Friends of Mary Carolyn Reddick
regret very much that she was hurt
Tuesday while playing basketball.
She suffered a broken collar bone
which while not serious was very
painful.
Larry Eagles, son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. L. Eagles of Fountain, was
nominated in the Democratic Caucus
Tuesday evening-for Beading Clerk
in the Senate. Be won the nomina
tion over four other candidates.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Goodwyn and
children moved this week to Leg
getts, N. C., where they will make
their home. They have lived in
Fountain for the past ten years and
during that time have made many
friends, who regreting to see them
leave, wish them a pleasant stay in
their future home.
WOMAN'S CLUB MEET
Mrs. J. V. Reddick and Mrs, M. D.
Yeiverton were hostesses to the
Fountain Woman's Club on TUeeday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Yei
verton.. -J - ? 3
Mrs. C. M. Smith, an ex-president,
ca'kd the meeting to order, and Mrs.
W. L. Goodwyn resigned as presi
dent and expressed her appreciation
to the the dub for the cooperation
she had while in office. Mrs. EL B.
Beasley then thanked Mrs. Goodwyn
very graciously for the splendid ser
vice that she had rendered and pew
sen ted her with a lovely parting gift
The noininatinsT committee' submit
ted the name of Mrs. Robert Foun
tain, Jr., for president of the deb.
There were T?o other nominations
and Mrs. Fountain was unanimously
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Members j>t Monk's warehouse tour from Farmville, shown After infection of the latest Clipper Ship of the
Pan American Airways at International Airport, Miami, Fla. They were given this tour by J. Y. Monk, pro
prietor of Monk's warehouse, for assisting in establishing the world record for 1934 in handling and sales of
tobacco for a single warehouse. The entire force of 45 employees distributed over 10 million pounds of tobacco.
Above are shown some of the members of the office force, floor managers, field men and sales managers;
from left to right as follows: F. W. Dortch, driver of tour; & H. Webb, C. H. Flanagan, R. D. Rouse, Roderick
Harris, Haywood A. Smith, J. Paul Frizzelle, Miss Grace Moore, conductor of tour, W. A. Flowers, W. C.
Kearney, S. T. Lewis, Charles Walston, B. M. Lewis and G. T? Eubanks. ? Photo by Gerecke-Pan American
Photo Service, Miami, Fla. ,
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Biennial Session of
The State Legislature
Convened on Tuesday
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Members Of General
Assembly Gather For
mally To Elect Presid
ing Officers and Other
Attaches and Make
Committee Appoint
ments; interest Cen
tered On Governor's
Message *
Raleigh, Jan. 10.?It's leaders
already determined in caucuses of
the majority Democratic party, mem
bers of the North Carolina General
Assembly gathered at the Capital
Wednesday formally to elect presid
ing officers and other attaches.
While a maze of problems, finan
cially and social, confronted the
biennial session interest was center
ed largely in more immediate prob
1ms, the complexion of the more im
portant committees and message of
Governor J.. C. B. Ehringhaus.
Governor Ehringhaus, who is now
at the half way mark of his admin
istration, is expected, to deliver his
biennial message to the assembly in
joint session tonight That he will
ask re-enactment of the administra
tion's retail sales tax was consider
ed a foregone conclusion.
The formality of its organization
over the law makers will be ready
to receive the governor's recommn
dations, the reports of the budget
commission and a flood of proposals
which will likely include liquor con
J trol, unemployment legislation and
[increased pay for school teachers
land state employees. '
The new speaker of the house- se
lected by the democrats in caucus
Tuesday night is Robert Grady John
son, veteran legislator of Pender
county, who had a runaway race on
the fir? Wfflot against his two op
ponents Laurie McEachern, of Hoke
and W. L. Lumpkin, of Franklin, also
legislative veterans. The vote was
Johnson, 67; McEachern, 19; and
Lumpkin, 17.
The president pro-tern of the sen
ate is Senator Paul David Grady, of
Johnston county, who like Johnson
was nominated on the first ballot in
what had been expected to be a
close race. , By a vote of 26 to 15
Grady was nominated in the senate
caucus over Senator Carl Bailey, of
Washington. Grady has served two
terms in the house and is serving
his fourth term in the Senate.
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Mere Deaths
Reads in December
Twenty - Two Persons
Killed In This Section
Compared to Fifteen
In November
Highway deaths in this section of
the State in December showed an in- ^
crease of seven over the previous ,
month, according to the monthly re
port of the division highway patrol
office issued on Tuesday morning.
The highway deaths for the month
were 22 as compared with 15 in
November and nine in October.
The number of drunken drivers j
arrested during December was 41, or
one less than that of November.
The report shows that 119 acci
dents were investigated by the pa
trolmen, 1,085 warnings were issued
during the period, 236 arrests were
made, 222 being found guilty, and
16 not guilty; 372 vehicles inspected
and equipment tickets issued to one.
Hi addition to the 22 persons killed 2
in highway accidents in this division .
during the month, 96 others suffer
ed injuries.
The local cheese factory at North .
Wilkesboro has increased, the prices
paid for milk with a corresponding
increase in deliveries at the plant.
Wilkes county apple growers re
port 50 percent of a normal crop i
harvested last fall but good prices
throughout the winter.
$3,000,000 APPROPRIATION SOUGHT BY
HIGHWAY-PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION
Ralegh, Jan. 9.?An appropriation
of $3,000,000 is sought by the State
Highway and Public Works Commis
sion immediately to be used during
the next six months in a program of
bridge and road restoration to bring
the State and county systems up to
a reasonably passable condition in
(he road program submitted for leg
islative action by Chairman Capus
M. Waynick. ; /
Chairman Waynick presents fi
gures on a recent survey by engi
neers which show that $2,608,212 is
needed for retreatment, shoulders
and ditches, topsoil, gravel or stone
surfacing on State roads; $8,543387
is needed for the same purposes on
43JM2O faiJq^d^to ^?toe ^
bridges, including 5,000 wooden brid
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"The League, composed of auto-|
mobile owners and. dealers, contrac- >
tors and materialmen, realize that
the roads have been permitted to
deteriate to an alarming degree in
the past two years because of in
adequate appropriations to maintain
them properly, and agree with Mr.
Waynick that such restriction is false
economy?that we pay more , in the
long ran. This deterioration will, as
Mr. Waynick states in his report, be
even greater during the next two
years, as the roads become older and
will need more attention.
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"Especially do the shoulders of
the hardsurfaced roads need* a full
and complete reworking to keep
them level with the fconsrete," said
Mr. Pou. "This, also as Mr. Waynick
states, will help much in reducing
the death and accident toll that is
mounting so alarmingly in the State,
t "Also, we are interested in seeing
that the car owners on rural roads
have passable surfaces over which
to travel. They too, axe paying the
gasoline tax and have aright to ex
pert san^considera^m^Mi^ Way
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WALSTONBURG ll,
NEWS
(Br LILLIAN COBBETT) '
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PERSONALS 1
Friends of Mrs. Ray West will be 1
sorry to learn that die is confined 1
to her bed with the flu.
Walstonburg people were glad to '
welcome Mr. and Mrs. Jason Shirley
as citizens of our town.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ellis of Wil- j
son were week end visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. W. L Shackleford. ;
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Boyt and i
Mr. W. B. Barnes of Lucama visit- ;
ed Dr. and Mrs. Marlowe Sunday.
The marriage of Fenner A. Fields 1
and Miss Jennie Belle Ratliffe of '?
Roanoke, Va., took place recently. ?
Mr. Sam Jenkins is erecting quite *
a large warehouse near the railroad j
for the storage of fertilizer" and
other farm supplies.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Edwards of '
New Hope visited Mr. and Mrs.
Jason Shirley last week end. v
Miss Wahl, supervisor of the
training school of E. C. T. C., at ,
Greenville observed in the local ,
school last Tuesday, '
Dr. J. H. Meadows of Tenec, New ]
Jersey, was the visitor of his sister, ]
Mrs. J. B. Haney at the teacherage
last week. (
The Walstonburg faculty attend- 1
ed a teachers' meeting in Snow Hill i
Wednesday night. 1
The Senior play?"Here Comes 1
Charlie," will be presented in the 1
high schood auditorium Friday night,
January 11, at 7:30 o'clock. -
Both the boys and giris basketball
teams of the Stantofisburg high
school were defeated here this week,
by Walstonburg teams.
Messrs. J. C. Gardner and J. C.
Sawyer were entertained in Wilson ,
at the Hotel Cherry Tuesday, the
guests of the Smith-Douglas Fertili
zer. Co;
Mr. and. Mrs. Sam Jenkins, Sam
Lewis and Misses Ruth and Clara
Jenkins were visitors at Rex Hospi
tal in Raleigh last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Gardner of
Wilson and Mr. L. A. Gardner of
Saratoga were the visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Gardner last week end.
I MRS. S. M. POLLARD
it
H The funeral of Mrs. Delphia Bel
cher JPoUard, 62, wife of S. M. Pol
lard, was conducted from the home
hear Farmville,at 3:00 o'clock, Mon- .
day afternoon, by Rev. J. & Roberts,
pastor of the FarmviUe Primitive
Baptist church, and interment was
hiade in Forest Hill cemetery, the
large assemblage and handsome
floral tribute testifying to the high
esteem in which she was held
throughout this section.
Mre. Pollard, the daughter of the
late Williams and Mrs. Martha Bel
cher, succumbed to a heart attack
Sunday afternoon, following a criti
cal illness of two weeks. She was a
former resident of Farmville and
Washington, N. Cv having moved to
her farm near here only about two
years ago. 1
She is survived by her husband,
two daughters; Mrs. Charles Alexan
der and: Mrs. Robot Blalock, and a \
granddaughter, Miss Muriel Pollard
Blalock, Washington, D. C? a son,
William Askew Pollard, and a sister,
Mw, W. C. Askew, Farmville. flfl
f Under the supervision of the <fcrm
iJCarolina'sllrsI!
"SafetyCrusade"
Raleigh, Jan. 5.?North Carolina's
first "Safety Crusade" "will be inau
gurated here Monday, January 7th.
Tilghman Motors, Inc., and Farm
ville Motor Company with the ap
proval of Captain Charles D. Farm
er, of tiie State Highway Patrol, will
send a Hudson-built Terraplanc
"Safety Crusade Car" out from Ral
eigh, Monday, over eastern Carolina
on a two to three weeks drive,
preaching and teaching safety in
the various cities and towns on the
route that has been selected.
The object of the "Safety CruSade"
is to make the people of North Caro
lina "safety minded"?an effort to
cut the State's heavy automobile ac
cident toll.
"Happy" S. Hunter, nationally
mown veteran race and stunt driv- :
sr, has been selected to drive the i
'Safety Car" over eastern Carolina,
ind to deliver safety talks.
Mr. Hunter has for years been an 1
official driver for AAA. Has past
experiences have taught him what
speed will do. He is a strong advo
cator of safety, and is endeavoring
to place his services and knowledge
to the people of North Carolina in
an effort to cut the accident toll.
Captain Charles D. Farmer, head
of the State Highway Patrol, has
whole heartily approved the "Safety
Crusade," and has offered his co
operation and services toward mak
ing the people of this State safety
minded. Captain Fanner and his
men are endeavoring to teach safety
on the highways. They are strong
advocators of safety.
Mr. Hunter will be accompanied on
the tour over eastern Carolina by a
State Highway Patrolman. Peace
officers, mayors, civic clubs, and
chambers of commerce have been
isked to give full co-operation in the
'Safety Crusade."
"It is* One of the finest ways to
teach Safety; one of the finest move
ments I know," said Captain Farm
er, in commenting on the "Safety
~)ar Crusade"
"Tilghman Motors, Inc., and Farm
rille Motor Company are to be con
gratulated in sponsoring such a
movement to, teach safety on the
tughways of North Carolina," the
Patrol head said.
Such a movement as the "Safety
Urusade" has never before been at
tempted in North Carolina. Its re
mits, its sponsors feel, depends upon
the people themselves?the light in
which they receive the "Safty Car
Crusade."
The "Safety Car" will be equip
ped with an amplyfing system. And
from the Oar "Happy" Hunter will
deliver talks on safety.
The "Safety Crusade" will be car
ried to practically every town and
city in eastern North Carolina.
Every effort possible will be made
to contact all communities in preach
ing and teaching safety, Mr. B. 0.
Taylor, of FarmVille Motor Com
pany, sponsors of the crusade, said.
There will be free pictures shown
at the City Hall by the Farmville
Motor Co., Friday night, beginning
at 7:30, and every auto driver is
especially urged to see these picr
tures. 1
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Series of Meet
ings Cfosed Ir
I Baptist CM
?Dr. Jonhson Held Two
I Services Daily Marked
I By Enthusiasm
I Dr. Walt N. Johnson, of Mars Hill>
Iwho is ministering primarily in the
Held of Stewardship?of life as well
las material substance?in the Bap
tist denomination, closed a success
ful series of meetings in the local
?Baptist church Wednesday evening,
two services being held daily since
Sunday by this distinguished scholar
and preacher, who ds considered one
ed by Jceen interest and enthusiasm j
$8,520,000,000 PLAN
Democratic Leaders Predict
* Four Biffion Dollar Plan To - ?
Swing From Dole To Jobs
Would Go Through Quickly
Despite Stirrings of CHti- ?#
cism In Two Sectors
Washington, Jan. 8.?As Congress
vent to work today on the $8,520,
300,000 budget President Eooeevelt
iad submitted Democratic leaders
predicted the r four Million dollar, plan
to swing from the dole of jobs would
go through quickly despite, stirrings
of criticism in two sectors,
There was still some talk today
imong some Democrats as well as
Republicans that Congress should
:hoose the specific projects on which
the money shall be spent instead of
giving it to the President in a lump
sum to allot as he sees fit.
There were also expressions of be
lief from western progressives that
four billion dollars will not be
enough and that "wages prevailing
in industry" should be paid to re
lief workers instead of . the Presi
dent's plan to pay less.
But many Democrats expressed
approval of the plan and with that
parity's majorities so huge even the
bitterest opponents of the lump sum
idea agreed privately it would go
through without major change.
Sonne routine tasks delayed until
Tuesday initial consideration in the -
house of the thing President Booee
'??lt wants first. This is the $880,
000,000 for immediate relief during
the dole to job transition.
Leaders were seeking to get the
relif and workrs proposed "out of
the way before the, pressure starts."
Already some legislators are re
ceiving protests about the plan to re
turn 1,500,000 "unemployables" to
the care of the state.
Ntw High Total
ForCmsMioo
In Past 3 Years
$509,874,000 For Entire
Year Is 34 Per Cent
Higher Than Total of
$308,511,000 Recorded
In 1933
Baltimore, Jan. 8.?The award of -
more than $600,000,000 in building,
engineering- and general construc
tion contracts in sixteen southern
states last year set a new high total
for the past th'ee years the Manu
facturers Record reports.
Although contract awards fell off
in December the total of $509,874,
000 for the entire year was 84 per
cart higher than the total of $808,
511,000 recorded in 1938. and 19 per
cent greater than the 1982 mark of
$428,237,000*
The December figure amounted
to $32,092,000 which was a sharp
decline from the new high monthly
record of - $55,625,000 set last No
vember.
'All construction activities were
topped by road paving and bridge
contracts in value; That figure was
$191,304,000.
Monk's Warehouse
Tourist Report
Fine Trip
Messages received from the party,
dt-fifteen employees of Monk's ware
house, who are tooring Florida by a
chartered bos as a reward for as
sisting the proprietor, J. Y. Monk, in
selling his goal of 10 million pounds
of the golden weed during the past
seraon, state that they are having
the time of their lives. x
Rf^eadquarters were in Miami, trips
bring mfde from that point to places
of interest On Sunday a ride over
the Tamiami Trail was taken to
Tampa. Monday they visited Ocala,
saw the singing tower at take Wals,
which they declared the most beau
tiful of any of the wonders of the
whole state of Florida, and left Toes
day for their return to North Caro
Iina, spending Monday night in Sa- '";:?
v^nnah, Ga.
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Mrs. J. H.' Darden was hostess to
was a special guest of the hostess.