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Subscription Price nothing. DEVOTED TO^THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY -- --_____----*■----— (Published at Galax, Va.) SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1936 Volume 11 Number 33 , W| Admin seemed to be cer complicated. Th< by Senator Wil E. Borah that he is willing to lead the mobilization of "lib ends" in the Republican part} and that his name could be en tered in any presidential primary, where his friends thought he could win, has done much to shattei the lineup. The Idahoan is well known for his blasts against mo nopolies and is constantly wag ing an oratorical war against the threat of big business to control the nation. FIGHTS FOR LIBERALISM Borah, it is generally under stood will never go as far as some of the other capital Progres sives. Within the ranks of his party, however, and against its conservative elements, he is adam ant, never hesitating to lambast promises or persons with whom he .disagrees. Moreover, the pres ent situation is intensified by strong personal antipathy toward former President Hoover, the speaking, if not actual, leader of conservative Republicanism today. BITTER PARTY BATTLE The clash between these two men bodes no easy road for the Republican party. Their political ideals are in hopeless conflict. Both may be expected to wage a hard hitting campaign to control the convention which meets at Cleveland. Undoubtedly, the line of cleavage will be sharp and the wounds deep. The success of either will be At heavy cost to the prospects of party success next fall. • The Borah idea is that the Re publican party must be “liberaliz ed” or face the danger of being completely dominated and con trolled by reactionaries, which, in his view, vjuld be absblutely fatal. ^The Senator explains his unoSinBbv offering to support the l [ OSiuon uy menog to support tne plibjbral movement liy WCUun^RP^herTtunh action on jhis part would promo.-> the suc cese of the effort to frame the jjjarty platform, command its ma chinery, and direct its course. ' iConceivably^. Idahoan, who f has nagger bolted his party, acts ItW'fugh a pehse olf To^Jtlty to Re publicanism as he sees it, and hoP> to avoid what he thinks 'iffltd be inevitable disaster. :ans aggressive cam. PA1GN jgagptoa' Borah will wage an ag Uwe campaign to be directed Hngdvisdry board of Senators ■feugeegsure leaders. Next Bhe censSUacy will be open Ewced id while the prin be put forth in K whenfc- his prestige is P Supporters in the East ■ encouraged to pick up (ggjgttiMtf in districts that feroi-.-biyT 'The. objective is to ■ such^strength as to have Hence pf power in the Con K, thiuh forcing the party to Ki liberal platform and ac Borah as the standard-bearer 1 someone with his approval. mator will oppose restora gold standard and sup letallic system after in agreements, continue ion to American mem tbe League of Nations Court, advocate strict it of anti-trust laws to mopolies and favor the the AAA in .lavor of now being studied FIGHTING ^declaration, accept of Wisconsin lib a great stir on h wings of the ent of the 1912 the prospect of bitter as the and Roose ard will con e.f not Da favorit that the# can ition wilh the ,er President that Sena the almost West, and the East, y three ives him. La as Court Of Pardons Fails To Act On Hauptmann Plea Leaves Condemned Man Standing Uncertainly Between Life And Death. Case Is Discussed MAINTAINS INNOCENCE Expresses Hope That The New*Year Will Bring Out The Truth. Chance For Life Looks Black Trenton, N. J., Dec. 31.—Re iterating today that he was in nocent of the Lindbergh baby killing, Bruno Richard Haupt mann expressed hope that the “new year will bring out the truth.” To his wife, Anna, and to the prison warden, Col. Mark O- Kim berling, “who questioned him about reports of a partial con fession, Hauptmann made his usual five-word denial, “I have nothing to confess.” Mrs. Hauptmann sarf^ile pris oner would “gladly” imake a per sonal appearance before New Jer sey’s court, of pardons, which next week will consider his plea for clemency. Hauptmann, who was nervous yesterday before the execution of Romaine Johnson, a Negro, spent a restless night. Col. Kimberling visited his cell at 1:'45 p.m • and found Hauptmann was get ting up, having missed both break fast and diiner. The couJl (A. pardons, it was learned I today, will hear Haupt mann's petitiox either Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. v«_ Trenton, N. Dec. 30.—The New. Jersey epurt of pardons left Bruno'Richard' Hauptmann stand ing uncertainly between life and death today when it discussed his case for two hours and adjourned until some vague tomorrow with out acting on his plea for clem ency. Governor Harold G. Hoffman, presiding member of the court of eight, said his colleagues had entrusted to him the setting of a date for another meeting at which it will be decided whether there is any saving factor in the, Lindbergh crime that would jus tify commutation of Hauptmann’s deads sentence to imprisonment. He ins not selected that date, he addid. Hoffman and other members of the court traded jests in the state house corridor as the meeting broke, but there was a feeling that Hauptmann’s chances never Roosevelt Be Re final tabulation of the four for Root The Round J the two Drew P< Poll, Completed, Shows A Majority For Roosevelt President Roosevelt will be re elected by a vote of 2%*~t© 1, it was indicated today as results of the Washington Merry-Go Round Forum Poll were made public. The poll which was con ducted nationally over the air, received 43,256 letters from every state in the Union on the ques tion “Sho» Elected?” The weeks contrast -with the Literary Digest Poll, , public sentiment is definitely ivelt and his policies. Washington Merry-Go °dio<- Poll conducted by eteran newspaper men, rson and Robert S. Alr jd from the usual straw v» te r>n that) these thousands of radio listen^ were asked to send ir. not onlyf their votes but rea sms for their choice .a* well. This For Each Dionne 1 HHI . ’h ■■'fiW' %>, M{. it!5'" I LOS ANGELES . . . The mother of these Missouri hound quin-puplets was brought here for a fox hunting scene ia a movie. Being five, they were named after the Dionne quin tuplets and shipped to the famous Canadian sisters for Christmas. Many Big Events In North Carolina Expected For 1936 Major State Offices To fcc Fitted Kt P«AU. Work On Parkway Also Expected To Be Pushed Raleigh, Dec. 31.—Holding per. haps the chief interest of North Carolina .citizens, as they face the. new year of l»a6, is the election of major officers, but an exten sive highway program, erection of new buildings, agricultural bet terments, a broader sports plan and numerous other activities are also likely to attract considerable attention. Already the 1936 political pots are effervescent with the state ments, speeches, and handshak ing of many candidates over the merry-go-round in the 100 coun ties, for the new year is the big political year for Tar Heels. The election of a governor, a United States senator, 11 con gressmen, a lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, 120 representa tives and 60 state senators, six or eight superior court judges, 2® solicitors, two associate justices of the supreme court, a superin tendent of public instruction, com missioner of agriculture, and commissioner of labor are sched uled, besides the matter of choos ing many county officials. In addition, the electorate will be called upon next fall to vote on several proposed amendments to the state, Constitution, includ ing classification of property for taxation instead of uniform taxes, raising the limit on income taxes from six to ten per cent., limit ing the public debt to two-thirds of the amount by which it was reduced in the preceding bieH nium, increasing the number of justices of the state supreme court from five to seven, and exemption of homesteads up to $1,000 from taxation if the legis lature so desires. In Western North Carolina, construction of the links of the national scenic park way in this state will be pushed, as new rights-of-way are being procured by the state so the fed eral government can proceed with contracts. • - Also, near Asheville, the state is starting the erection of the new Western North Carolina tubercu losis sanatorium to c5st nearly $550,000 and furnish beds for nearly 200 patients suffering from the disease. "COOL WATERS” BEGINS IN THIS ISSUE ON PAGE 3 Beginning in this issue, on page 8, a threftdnstallment serial story. "Cool Waters," by Rex Beach, popular author, will be published in the TIMES. r interesting and readers i to torn now to page 3 i first installment. .55i V Secrecy Gothes Next Move Of The Lindbergfe-Abroad Party Arrives Tuesday At Liverpool, England. Will Be GuAts At Morgan Home “For Some Time” Liverpool, Eng., Dec. 31.-— Maintaining the" secrecy that had surrounded them during their en tire voyage, Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh .and baby son, Jon, arrived in England to day from the United States. A relative said they were refugees from American crime. , The flier, his wife and 3-year old son, while Liverpool celebrat ed the New Year, spent the eve in their suite at the. Adelplii Hotel. They refused to see anyone from the moment they left the American Importer under the cov er of a group of detectives and police. But a member of the family of J. L. Morgan in LlandafF, Wales, said the Lindberghs woifid be guests there and would remain “for some time.” This spokesman said the Lind berghs came, to England through fear that Jon would become the victim of kidnapers, as was his older brother, little Charles A. Lindbergh, J.r. Business had noth ing to do with the journey, this source added. The Morgan family expects the Lindberghs at Llandaff, in the quiet Walsh countryside, some time tomorrow. J. L. Morgan is the father of Aubrey Neil Mor gan, widowed husband of Mrs. | Linihergh’s sister. She was the l former Bilza'betn morrow and died | last year in California. Colonel Lindbergh, bareheaded and with little Jon in the crook of his arm, hurried down the gangplank- porter after. Mrs. Lindbergh tXcffiTr a drear? ,rain fell. f Mrs. Lindbergh, the former Anne Morrow, was smartly dress ed in a tailored costume. Jon wore a dark suit, a red hat and a white Scotch plaid scarf. Lindbergh and his wife smiled once. The rest of the. time they looked extremely serious-and wor ried. They fled from the dock into a large automobile and with detectives they drove to the big hotel. Dock workers cheered them as they sped along but they were about the only Liverpool people, to get a good look at the famous couple. At the hotel they went swiftly through the lobby to their rooms without registering. W. H. Gregory, of Mgrgan Grenfell and Company, act£d as Colonel Lindbergh’s representa tive here. He was asked-if the couple .would establish residehes in England and their exact reason for leaving America. He ' re plied : “Colonel Lindbergh 'Will not give any interview? or issue any statement- today. Hhe family in tends to rest for the remainder of the-day.” Members of the crew of the Importer, on which the Lindberghs were the only passengers, said they believed the family left their homeland t6 'avoid being there during the week of January 13, when Brun# Richard Hauptmann is condemn^ to die for the mur der of the first Lindbergh baby. Funeral Services For Slain Marf\ Are Held Saturday Funeral rites were conducted on Saturday, December 28. for W. E. Landreth, who was fatally wounde<M»y his son, Spencer, on December 26. Services were conducted at the home of the deceased by Rev. Johnny Tolliver and. Rev. Lee Hampton. Interment* wag in the family cemetery near Elk Creek. Surviving Mr. Landreth, who was 62 years of age at the time of his death, are two daughters, Mrs. Clona Angell and Mrs. Flos sie McClamrock, both of Moeks ville, and two sons, Clint Lan dreth, Welch, W. Va., and Spen cer Landreth, of 'Stratford. One brother. S. C- Landreth, and one sister, Mrs. Ettie Wagoner, also Landreth. died several ago. • ,/ '.'V'J' .iff 4 Compromise Plan Fcr Bonus Given Boost At Capital Sentiment Fior Effort To Melt Opposition Of Roosevelt. Strengthened. President Is Silent Washington, Dec . 30.—Behind talk of ‘‘compromise1’ from a key man in the perennial bonus bat tle, sentiment for concessions in tended to melt some of the ad ministration’s opposition to im mediate payment strengthened to day. Author of a bill that would pay the bonus through the in flationary method of issuing $2, 000,000,000 in new currency,' Representative Patman (D., Tex.) retufned to the capital to an nounce, that he would “consider a compromise on the method of ] payment.” That has been one of the bitterly contested points in the annual congressional bonus I struggle. Talk of a possible compromise j that might escape a presidential i veto was heightened when Presi dent Roosevelt himself parried all questions about the bonus at his i late afternoon press conference. | In so doing he left room for an implication that the administra tion’s mind was not closed on the question. Asked if he had changed his j attitude toward the Patman bill j since he c’Stoed it last spring, | Mr. Roosevelt turned the query aside by asking in turn if there was such a bill. When assured there was, the President suggested the best pol- j j'icy mould be to wait and see what kind of bonU!> legislation is put forward. Until then, he said, it was an I “if” question. Even after a bill had been settled upon, he added, fit was'stflr question. Such | terminology often is employed by ! Mr. Roosevelt in declining to I answer questions which he feels i are comparable to: “If such and 'such happens, what will you do?” The inflationary Patman bill, which Mr. Roosevelt vetoed, is due to be taken up in the house •on January 13, because oi a petition signed by a majority of the members at the close of the lust session. The house overrode '£ president’s veto last spring, and only by a narrow margin was he upheld in the senate. - The president meanwhile inter rupted the drafting of his annual anu budget- messages to congress today to discuss the amount of money to be included in the bud get for veterans with Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, veteran’s adminis trator. No hints were dropped, however, that the bonus entered into the conversations. ^narlesL Declares Neither Borah Nor Hoover Is Liked Washington, Dec. 30.—Chair man James A- Farley, of the Democratic National Committee, asserted tonight the Republicans would nominate neither Herbert Hoover , nor Senator Borah for president. In a radio address he called other G. 0. P. possibilities men tioned- to date “political light weights” who may as well "shake dice” for the nomination. Leading a parade of politicians who brought out their New Year horns early, Farley also gave for the first time a reply to oppo sition charges of “extravagance” against President Roosevelt. The Democratic leader declared ;,the “ordinary” budget had been cut by “hundreds of millions” and the government was well able to “take care” of the present deficit. NOISY WELCOME IS GIVEN THE NEW YEAR TUE8. NIGHT America greeted 1986 Tuesday night with a rip-roaring welcome perhaps unequalled since the spon taneous celebration that heralded the end of the -World War. ~ From hamlet to city the lid was off_either by official pro clamation or ripped from its moor ings by enthusiastic celebrants. Everywhere they were calling it: “The biggest night since the armistice. j TownsendJfhreat Alarms WASHINGTON ... Political leaders of both big parties gathered here agreed privately that the start ling growth of the ‘ * Townsend $200 per-month pension' plan and the threat of Francis E. Townsend (above), to organize a Third Party next year, might be occasion for real alarm. Josephus Daniels Urged To Run For U. S. Senate Seat Ambassador To Mexico, However, Remains Silent On Subject As Far As Can Be Ascertained Raleigh, Dec. 31.—Josephus Daniels, the present U. S; am bassador to Mexico, publisher of the Raleigh News and Observer anil former secretary of the navy in the Wison administration, is being uregd to become a randi date for the United States Sen ate by r good many of the steady stream of callers he has ha ! since he arrived here to spend the Christmas holidays,. according to reports filtering out from behind the glass partitions of his editorial offices. So far no one can be found to whom Ambassador Dan iels has given any indication of i whether he is giving any serious consideration to the suggestions and urgings of friends, since it is agreed that the ambassador is becoming more and more skilled in listening to others and in say ing -nothing in return. However, it is said by those ' who have talked with him recerit ! ly that he does not seem to be at all displeased when his callers suggest that he resign as am bassador to Mexico and become a candidate against Senator Josiah W. Bailey for the Demo cratic nomination for senator in the June primary now only five months off. It is more or less conceded by those close to Lhe ambassador that he does not by any means approve of all the things Senator Bailey has . done since he went to Washington as senator in 1931. The report'is also current that one of the rea sons former Lieutenant Governor Richard T. Fountain, of Rocky Mount, called upon Ambassador Daniels last week was to. tell him that if he should decide to seek the nomination for the Senate, he (Fountain) would withdraw as a candidate, and support him. This report has not been verified, however, and is being taken with a grain of salt in a good many political circles here. It is agreed, however, that if Ambassador Daniels should become a can didate, he wouljl probably get his greatest support from the element which supported Fountain for governor in 1932—many of them wanted Daniels to run for gover nor then—and that he would leave very few votes for the Rocky Mount candidate. SON, CHARGED WITH DEATH OF FATHER, GRANTED BAIL Spencer Landreth, charged with the murder of his father, W. E. Landreth, at the family home near Elk Creek on December 26, was released Friday under^a $2. 000 bond for his appearance1 fM a preliminary hearing to be held in Sparta on Tuesday, January. 7. -: COLD WAVE ABATES Sparta and Alleghany county, Roosevelt Will Deliver Address On Friday light Delivery Of Annual Message At N ght Will Set Precedent In U. S. Congressional History SPECULATION IS WIDE Arrangements Are Made Tues. NightsAt Meeting. Senator Byrd, Of Va., For Governmental Economy Washington, Dec. 3 Friday night, an extraordinary session of the Senate and House will be held to receive personally from President Roo cvelt his an nual message to Co: grass on the State of the union. Leaders of the two branches of the national legislative body am aged tonight for the joint session, creating a new precedent in congressional history. Never before in the annals off Congress has a president delivered his opening messa 2 at night. Only once before, w -in President Wilson delivered his war mes sage, has a .chief :ecutive ap peared before a nig session. The reasons for the unusual opening-day set-up ere not im mediately made cler . On Capi tol Hill, where both majority and minority leaders met to discuss the arrangement in' Vice-Presi dent Gainer’s office, was under stood the suggestion iKginated at the White House. \r At the executive offices there was no comment ot dr than the statement of a sp< . esman that Mr. . Roosev*^'; wou’ appeal in person at the invit. lion of con gressional leaders, The Executive’s' address wijl be nationally broadcast' at 9:30 p. m, te.s.t,), i#A. a ■ neral belief was that one re<*»cj! the —ftTHtii was to enable him to reach a wider radio au-dienco than would be possible if he appeared around ! mid-day, as had been assumed. The extraordinary arrange ments all but subi ,prged other developments pointe toward the opening at noon F day of the second session- of ti e 74th Con gress. At the Capitol, f 'nator Byr^ (D), Virginia, let be kno-rfn he would move to ut Congress' squarely on record or economy in government expi Jitures. He set about preparing a resolution calling for strict ret mchment in federal spending in the 1936 1937 fiscal year. At the White Hou e, the Presi dent devoted the last day of 1935 to preparation of hi1; message to Congress. Because of the arrangements for a night meeting, there was wide speculation- th t it would contain some announcement of major importance. Whethe it (continued on page 6) MAN WHO SERVED ON HAUPTMANN JURY DIES " Flemingtoh, N. J„ Dec. 31.— Liscom C. Case, juror No. 11 at the. trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, for the Lindbergh baby kidnap-murder died of a heart attack Sunday at- his home in Lansdown near here. He was I "Follow; low and it will flee; flee kwe | and it wrill follow thee." JANUARY 1—Vespucci discovers Bay of Rio de Janeiro, 1902. -
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