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i - • 1 ■ WKATHER Hiwir» NaUtfiar h 4 pr#k#blj Bnia; tulir la w##4- VOLUME EIGHT; NUMBER 133 ZEPPELIN PASSES AZORES IN FLIGHT TO AMERICA Big Air Liner Expected Reach American Coast Sometime During Sun. Graf Established Radio Contact With United Htates on Yesterday * s ’ - i MAKING SPEED OF ABOUT 52 MILES AN HOUR NOW Flijrkt Loads Over Azores Where B*k of Mai| Dropped at Santa Maria v By HUMBERT Y. HIERFI. Special I orraipwlnm at A. P ARtAUD GRAF RBPPLIN, Auk 2. —9 a n>. I probably central of euro pean time) We are about 360 mile* watt of Gibraltar. Our position I* 12 degress, 40 minutes weal and 3d de gras* north Our speed Is 100 kilometers (amout IS miles an hour.) Ship behaving fine Stial, the gorilla. Insists on having company all Ihe time Hite Is very af fection ite The sun I* sppear'ng through the clonds- . < By Associated Press , Tha graf sepplln has established contact with the naw world Tha first direct message from thi airship was racalvad by the Navy de partment In Washington last night It Is said Jhat at 7 05 p. m. eastern standard time the ship was 9tt miles south of Pico, "Myal. Asoros. It was moving nortliwesward at a speed qr about 62 miles an hour. The Zcpplln works of Frledrlchsha fen. s short time before had reported that what few messages aent hy th‘' radio operator on the dirigible could be heard were baraly distinguishable Portugal report ad that small BTAOI Portugal reported that a mall bag was -dropped on Banta Marla Island, kouthmoet of the Asores. while Horta capital of tha Island group, described the dlsappn'ntment of resldteuts that the giant ship not flown over that point. The A sores represents the last out post of Europe snd Africa and the first land fall of ths air travelers unless storms cause them to fly by , way of tha Bermudas. Is almost certain to reach tli • American mainland sometime on Sunday. In covering this leg of the her flight the Graf was speeding along at an average of from 66 to 70 miles an hour. - Tht sepplln encountered strong head winds over Prance a«>d parts of the Mediterranean, hut began to pick up spwed la accordance with l>r Hu go Kckener's exptfrtatlon* as soon a she reached the Atlantic. The air liner al/#3O a m had more t'Rsn »000 miles to cover before reach Ing l.akehurse If she a speed of 60 to 66 mlles>n hour, It would take her about Ms more hours of flying or a total of about 86 hours SELECT WINNER EDISON CONTEST Hurcetwf*l Youth Will D«vote Careor to Chemical En gineering NF.W YOHK. Aug 2 The |sh orstory of the chemist Is the goal of Wilbur Rrotherton Huston, who today was acclaim) ed the winder of the nst I,mat frholsrshlp of Thomas Alva Edison. Scoffing at the suggestion that any ons could qualify to carry on the work on the work of the scientific genius When he lays made his tools. Huston frets his triumph will have little es feet’in changing his plsns for the fu turs- .. •I Intended to mstrlculste at the University of Washington this fall, htft now plan to go to Massachusetts Tech. Huston said. Me had planned to study chertvical engineering end will do so at the Eastern School where hi. tuition and espenses will be paid by Mr B4‘*° n v have choeen chemical anglneenlng | belleva that field of science tpore than electricity or any other offers the greatest opportunity.” he said "When I finish I hope to conduct re search In a laboratory. 1 will Act ths future determine what particular phase of chemtatry 1 devote my at seas n. iuussu w as an hour. THE GOLDSBORO NEWS • * ■ ' * • v= ' . . ■ f 1 4 READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY. * * Joins Farm Board SS; Endorsed by scores of farm orgatilta lions. It was almost a foregone con clusion that former Governor Samuel It. McKdlvle, of Nebraska, would be a member of President lloovor's farm relHf board. McKelvte's acrep ance of the post now completes the mem bership. YOUNG BROOKS AGAIN HONORED Son of Fprmer G ;ldshoro Pastor . Named Vice President of 4-|| Group RALEIGH. Aug. l'(/P) Mary Uni ini Powell of Turkey. Sampson coun ty, was today elected president of the state 4-H club organisation for the ensuing year. ItoycsL Hrooks, boys’ state health chaaiplon. was elected vice-president He Is from Calypso, Duplin County.* Vernon James of Weekaville, Puskuo lank, was named secretary ami treasurer and I.ossle Harrison, Ply mouth. Washington county, was nam ed htstorlan. Each of the officers ha* been pro minent In 4-H club wort for several year* und all have been successful in their projects, s* Ts Chancre Districtn of Patrol on Sept. Ist RAI.KIC.iI. Aug 2 UP) Effective Ihe first of jyxt mohth all patrol men of the new slate highway patrol will he changed to new district for a period of two months, l{ *«» announc ed today by Captain Charles 1). Farm er. Under the plan the thrs pttrolmen of the 9th district wifi take up work In the first, those In the first will go to the second The three second to the third and so on. This plan wns adopted at the time of the patrol was Inaugurated apd a shift will be made every two months. Joseph Battle Confesses Part in Stealing Auto James Battle. 16 year old negro.* Is In the city Jail mid officers are search ing for Samuel llarvev. 11l year ofd Negro, fc*. stealing Ihe automobile of F W .Dixon of Snow Hill from Center street Thursday night and subsequently stalling It on the A. t l„ (racks south of the City where It was strtlck by a passenger train and demolished Battle la-said to have con fes»ed his part In the occurence. HaWle and Harvey, according to Hattie's story to officers, got Into Mr. Dixmt'f car and drove away while tt wa* parked In front pf Wei)’* atoye They Invited Hubert* Flowers atid Halite vine Ward, negro girl* to go for a ride. Harvey was driving, according, to Hattie’s story and wa* not entirely familiar with the workings ot tic < He atalled the machine on the track* and the four had Karely time to leap from It before the heavy locomotive pulUn| some ten c»fs klruch. P. 0. RECEIPTS SHRINK IN JULY f ‘ ; SBOO l-es* Than in July 1928 and $2041 Ush Than In * 1927 Postal reclpts of the Ittcal govsn meni post of flee during the month July showed a decrease qf nearly |kl>o from the receipts of July, .J 928, and a little more than 20ti„le*s than July, 1927, according to figures fur nished The News yesterday by post master E- A Hitnklns, The receipts during the month Just passed were belte r than Utey were in July, 1921 Y however. It #a* learned. A considerable falling off in the ; number of rjrcu'ar permit* sold, snd and a sharp decrease In printed enve ope sales was described by post master Slmklns us the v 'C*a*on for the de rreasdM, postal receipts. "Then too, last ye(3 was an exceptional ons, and we had one of the best July busi nesses In the history of the office,” he said. Receipts for July of this-year were 14.631 13. compared with t5.32p.02 for July. 192 k. and *4.792 for July 1927. The receipt* In July. 1926 totaled *4.67*10 o Officials of Ihe I<m*l office are ex pectlng a better month In August than they had last month It Is be lieved that the sale of permits will pick up considerably this month Thi sale of circular permits In August. 1928 amount to *941. FORK TOWNSHIP WOMAN IS DEAD Funeral for Mm. Surah Bun* From Spring: Hill it 3:30 P. M. Today o ■ Mr* Sarah Hunn, *9. died al th« home of her grandson. . A. Allen In Fork township, yesterday afternoon Mr* Hunn had been 111 feebly health for sometime of aliments Incident to old age. Funyraf services will he conducted from the Spring Hill Free Will C| ftap list Church on highway number 10 west of the city at 3:30 this afternoon and will bo In charge of Rev S. H. j Htyron. He will be assisted by Rev. i C M. Johnson Burial will »»e In the family burying ground near Pfkevllle Grandsons will act as pallbearer*. Mrs. nunn Is survived by three chil dren. Mrs J.s M Moxlngo of Dine laurel; Mrs. ’B*tth« Davis of Krqly and Mrs. J. K. Flower* of Fork town are 2.1 surviving grand children'' l« great grand children and 8 great great grandchildren BAR DKP\*T*KTT AP PROVES RIVER EI YD WASHINGTON Aug 2 The War Department today approved the allotment of »4«0.®d0 for Improvement of the Missouri river from Kansas (Jlty to Ms mouth. COHO>EK TESTIFIES l\ SNOOK 4’AHK COURTHOUSE. Columbus, Ohio, Aug 2 GPi Coroner J- A- Murphy wound up ttVe morning session today of the trial of Dr. James H Snook for Ihe killing of Theora Hlx with an so count of his official findings In the _ Deputy Sheriff Carl Smith and plulnsclothes officer "Chink" llhodei cooperated In working up the case yes terday Jennie Rogers, negreaa who runs a small store near the scene of the accident and had been an eye witness. at first told officers that she did not know the name* of any of those In the machine Yesterday, however, she had refreshed her mem ory and supplied Information that led to the arrest of Battle. The latter sustained a badly sprain ed ankle, as he leaped from the auto mobile as It stalled on the track It was considered probable that hi* In jury had prevented him taking frern leave as Harvey has apparently don- One of the negro girls was arrested and held for sometime, but she was released after It appeared, she i had not known the car wa* a stolen I one when she accepted, the Invitation I9MrW«, . A R <lt »«# —■ ”■ ■ ",»■■■' - w— W" - ’•"'-we-kg- 'Me ■— GOLDSBORO, N. C. SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST .1, 1929 Building Permits For July $27,500 » lint Id Ing activities In Ihe city look an upward trend during the titotHK of July, aa compared with construction In Jund, Six permits fur construction work were grant ed by building Inspector George W. Mabry. The permit* railed for amounts totalltag The layges amount Is one permit was for *15.004) Issued to T. B. Darner on for the construction of a resi dence on Hast Walnut street Work on Mr. Daineron's home has already been begun, und Is pro gressing rapidly. A number of oth dwelllngs are ulso In the proceas ,«of construction In different sec tions of the city. Only one permit, for |IOO, was Issued here dtjrlug he nmnth of June./- WARSAW CLUB HAS ITS JOKE Members Don't Even Know Whut I’ajamaN Are, Wire International President The Warsaw Kotary Club did nol meet In pajamas for Its regular week ly session lasi evening, k* It had been announced following an Intercity meet lug at White |4tke last week. News dispatches concerning Ihe purported plafts of the Warsaw Rotarlans to wear pi Jamas to thetr meeting reach ed M. Eugene Newsoms, International president of Rotary, and H- B Dwlre of Winston-Salem, district governor. Both wired the Warsaw dub Ic pio tesl against the "stunt" being pulled The Warsaw Hotaflan* yesterday dispitched the following reply U> Mr. and Mr. Dwlre: "Joke Is on yon. Membership this cluii polled, tr.i Jorlly to dot 'know what pajamas are. patr own ed -by club member* these home mad? at outing with feel and head protector. Members mentioned by Press re port* sleep In underclothes snd top shirt* summer and winter.” “It was alt a Joke from the start" a Warsaw Itotarlan told The News over long distance last night. "Some of the hoys did say at the White Lake meet ing something about the club wear ing pajamas at Its nekt meeting, but It was .nly In fun' We didn’t lifcvi’gtiy Idea II was going to kick up such a rucus. “We Just had our regular program tonight. Mr Mlßergthe new agricul ture teacher here, was Ihe spe iker. SNOOK TRIAL IS UNDER WAY - ’ --‘T’ ‘ * JMcnne Attorney Rcdks (o Avoid Prof, of Premediution As to Murdot rou'Mitrs/' °hio. auk 2 i/Pi nt. James II Snmik’s attorney pounc ed upon slate witnesses In cross ex aVninatlon today to dlscredli ths charge of permedlated murder on which tlu- stale' hopes to jend the former Ohio slate professor to the electlrc chair for Ihe killing of Theora K Hlx. ’ Defense sttorney John F. 'jjteldel cross examined Cotofier A. J ’ Mur phy for an hour and a half In an effot to swerve him from the xtatenteei j that he deim,-lately severing of the 1 co-ed's Jugular vein niter che had been beaten with a hammer was th< direct cause of her death The Idlctment against Dr- Hnrvik Imses Ihe charge of ths premedita tion upon this act which Dr Snook ,1a alleged to have admitted in a sign ed confession and later In nn Inter view with newspapermen', explaining la both Instances thst he severed the girl’s Jugular vein with hi* pocket knife (o relieve her suffering- from hammer blow*. Attorney Se bet ask««! i the coroner If It were not possible that the hammer- wound* on the girls h.£sd had produced death rather than tfie hetnorhage from ihe-gash In bei ne,k It was possible coroner Mu* pliy admitted, bnt he did not consl ler that wes prohak’e In this <s j The defense Indicated no desire to dispute the claim that Dr. Snook sla shed Mis* Mix's t-hroat with hlk pen knife after an argument at th« rifle 'range, but went to pdn* In | cross examination to discredit that |aa tha causa of death, •» nmtmi Smoot Proposes Slide Scale For Tariff On Sugar of 1 to*3 Cents |N«w Game for Bobby m |Hb ;K | v,... V T' mM'} If Bobby Jonca, top, play* hit political card* as well as he can handle his golf clubs, he will be tije man to succeed the late Representative !.. J Steele, of Atlanta, («a., and Mr*.- George Brown who ha* an nounced her candidacy for the job will not have a chance Bobby has not said whether or not he will run hut he i* Itftng urged strongly by a delegation of his fclhnv citizens. Quarrymen Prote§t Prison Doing Work RALEIGH. Aug 2. (4h A total of only about *5,6041 ions of criished •lone, enough lo fill l(Mt car* or keep a talrlv large quarry busy about 44 days, Is called for In the spiwlflca lion* of the next left lilghwiij contrscts, It lias learned at Ihe highway commission today. The stone will come from the prison operated quarries iftider an agreement between the highway commission ano the prison. -Even with tha small amount which will lie used ntimeroi* loiters from privately operated quar ries are being received by the com mission protesting the Use of prlsot quarried material- To Decide on Tobacco Grading Proposal Today F I*. Wilkinson, tobacco grader with Ili4i l otted Slates Department of Agriculture, will cont-e to Goldsboro Ibis morning to confer with local buy ers und warehousemen <As to whether or no they desire to have the Gold*- Imho market named for Die Federal grading service In North Carolina Mi Wilkinson expects to have a must - Ing with the tobacco hoard of trade this morning The proiHieitlon which he will sub tnlf Is the same that was outlined by C. T. Gage, in ( barge of he tobacco statistic division of Die depn'lincut, who recently visited the city. In brief, IC I* that he Department qf Agrlrtil-j lure would place two expert graders! on the I folds hot" market this season jf the board of traile so desires. The Service* for these graders would he available lo those farmers who desire their weed graded at 6 cent* ‘.he hun dred pounds. Thn govertimen graders would In-pe t th" weed r/iV the, floors of tjie local warehouse* where the uteri requested the »«rvlff anth not Offers This As Substitute for House Tarriff of Throe Cents Straight TARIFF WOULD JUMP AH MARKET OECL^ED Republicans Show Disposition to Retain I/ouse Agricultural Figure* WASHINGTON. Aug. I. Wb-A alld Iqg scale sugar tariff with the max imum duty of 3 cents a pound and minimum cf 1 cents was offered *•,- dsy by Chairman Smoot of tha sen ate finance committee as a substitute of the houee tariff ralw-of 8 rents a pound * w The Utah aenhtor, who t* an ad ministration spokesman, said be be lieved his ifroposal would ktablllae tha New York wholdaale price ot sugar al 6 cents a pound. When that prlca prevail* tariff of 210 rents a pound the same as an existing law, wouid be applied under the sliding scale The Smoot sdheduls would apply the 3 cent tariff whenever the price of sugar al New York dropped lo I.H Cent* or below. At the price Increase* the tariff would decrease and the minimum rnt* of 1 cent wonm apply when sugar reached 7.W or more. The sliding acal* substitute was regarded as a compromise between the present sugar tariff and the In crease voted by the house. Wills It has not been shown to President Hoover by Senator Smoot, the sena tor v- 11 - tha -a—*»toriittaw _ta bn In sympathy *5 hi* prepoelliun- Whlle some of the priyposed rates bn farm commndHlee— notably th baccn wrapper*-hav# been reduced by the committeemen, the majority of Ihe decisions affetdlng this group, as disclosed to hi* conltttnePcs Py Senator Couaena of Michigan, have sustained Ihe Houa# figure* or In creased them. Thai Was broadly Hluslrated In Ihe Votes on various classes of vgga.- and some classes of which lb* House rale wa* retained, while on sher* House ratwi on milk, cream and skimmed milk and on poultry also were ralsedi. while those on cattle, ahcyip. swine and batter were main tained. Meanwhile, with the Republican committeemen approaching probably thetl most difficult task, a decision on Ihe sugar tariff, a new complica tion appesr* to have been Injected Inin this extremely contreversal pro blem by the attack of Senator King. Democrat. Utah, on force* controlling the Cuban crop. Usually s low tariff sdvocats. the nail DenirTCmt a member of the fin ance committee, charged that those force* were to Blame for th* recent Increase In American sugar price# and asserted that Congress would be Justified In "taking this into account In determining the tariff policy which shall goven the Cuban augy He also lest a world combination for control of su gar prices leave ihe American sugar Industry and consumers otherwise —and would mark It accord ing lo grades commonly Tallowed by the larger buying companies. Os course, this mark In no way binds he buyer lo bid mccordlng to the guide as marked on the pile and not after his own Judgment. Mr Wilkinson who comes here to day, Is new In charge of the service which was opened on the loike City, H. market on last Tuesday. The system I* said to have worked with satisfaction to farmers, buyers and warehousemen In Lynchburg. South Hill and Famivllle, Ya . where h has been In operation for two years. The first year at Lynchburg 460,WW* pounds were graded: last 04X1 pounds were graded During the first two yeats the .service was giv en only when farmers ordered It. The Lymßihurg tobacco board of trade ha* Iteeu so favorably Impressed with the system, that thla year It has voted to have the graders Inspect ev ery pile of tobacco unless ordered not to do ao by the tornffr. i •*- , Today’s C irculation 3,167 ■ PRICE FIVI CENTS FRUIT FLY MEN WORKING IN CO. I , .. .. A ' One Pair of Fruit Ellen In Sta tion Multiplier to 21*000,- 000,000,000.000 Representatives of the U. H Depart ment of agriculture making an In spection of fruit orchards. and fruit trsas In Goldsboro and vlcintt? for the Medltsrrsanean fruit fly yee trrday did not find any. They did however give The News some Inter esting ds|a on the fruit fly and re ported that they had discovered the Oriental peach moth Infecting a num ber of peach trees In end around the h city. 0. L. I.ynn. IC. It. Johnson and H- K Jack sou are the department representatives. "We had expected to stay here Iwo weeks or mere," Ur. Lrna told The News, "but we find that seasoa ta about over and there are few commercial orchards, so I ex pect that wa will end our work hare by Monday." Yaaterday the three representatives Inspected fruits displayed In local •tnroa, and examined peach, apple, pear, and fig trees In the city nnd suburban territory. •The fruit fly," Mr Lynn told The Nexra" breeds about I tlmaa more rap . Idly thaa the common house fly. They ■ay that If a pair of the fllee wore left unmolested to reproduce alrelgbt through a season that theft off spring at the and of the seaeoe would be about That Is juat the Incrwuee In family from on# male aiyl one female la oaa aeaaon. "And they attack 7« dlfferaat *nri etles of fruit* and vegetahla#. If lhay got In down here, It would mean that wa wonhTat hate aay of dSf* thlng Infected bf tfcw right op the outatda, hat *b« yaa mashed It yon would Pad that H was practically eaten away on the Inside.% STAGEBIGGKST RAID IN OHIO " e Half Hunder d Speakeaniaa De nt royed And Mus Arrawt ed At Ywu«ir»U»im YOIJNOHTOWN. Ohio., Auk liquor ralde exceeding In proportions any ever seen by federal prohibition , ■genie In Ohio cleaned out the “ntoel ■ own" of Campbell last night nnd aarly today. Fifty enforepmenf offic ers demolished s jhuhdred spank eairtee. arrested /he froprletore. and damped gallons |pf whisked end beer Into gutters. / • All the ralde were on placen where under cover agents already had made purchases, raiders said Among the prisoners was a man hooked as John Vansuch. forjner safety director ot rampbell. The agente said aereral former policemen also were Included among the prisoners. rempheU. # suhmihrif Ymiegvloerir described by agente ns "the wettest spot In Ohio," Is populated principally hy workers In Ibe steel mills. Hun dreds of these collected In the streets ss the raids went on, and at one place Mf> gathered ehoul the'agents, jeering and booing. Kmergency squads of fad e's! men were summoned nnd there wee no serious oa’brenk. The first onslaught wee gi 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon, And from that hour until early this morning, the raids continued. Those arrested. ( wlth confiscations made In their places, were crowded Into ■ second floor , hell of the smell federal building where agen t guarded the exlta while the prisoners were questioned hy Paul Hanaen, speclul treasury department Investigator. Paul Kelly Freed From San Quentin HAS Qt'KN’TIN, Calif, Aug. —Paul Kelly, film actor sentenced to Hen Quentin prison tor hilling Ray Raymond actor, in a fist fight over Raymond’s wtfe, Dorothy Mac Kaye. was released on parole today. Kelly wee sentenced to five years after he was convicted of manslaughter end served two years end agnonth Doro thy Mac Keys served 10 youths for her part In the case. She was con victed of conspiring to withhold In formaUon concerning her huehaiida death- Kelly won parole for "excellent be havlour". He said he had obtained A £»«**« r«94ttß IB Hfi YBtfci
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