WEATHER
Cloudy and warmer tonight;
probably light rain Wednesday.
GOOD AFTERNOON I
A woman is speaker of the J
North Dakota house of repre- j
sentatires—and of a lot of
other houses, too, for that mat*
ter.
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
three taken
IN EXTORTION,
KIDNAP PLOl
cnnesseans Fall in Trap
Set by State's High
way Patrolmen
NDIANA BATTLE
IS FATAL TO THREE
COOKEVIM.K. Tenn., Jan. 17.
fP).__Thnv men were held in
jail he: ' t><tay M'ter state hiarh
rir pa' >'meji laid a trap for ex
ort or:~ts who attempted to se
,r» >_'!,000 from Mrs. Starey
) W r.;*e, v.ifr> of a Cookeville
anjier. under threat of kidnan
•7 hi'r 10-year-old daughter,
x-ah Elizabeth.
Pr-s. ',i }>. a womna. Sergeant
ran Dodson met the three men
i an automobile last night un
e: preter.se or' delivering money
o the trio. They fired into the
aTvW.t-n'- automobile before of
icer? closed in and arrested
jem. They crave the names of
[o'von Jackson, 33, Guy Left
rich. 27. and Robert Leftwich,
3 ail of Cookeville.
I DEAD IN BATTLE
GARY. Ind., Jan. 17.— (t'Ph
Ifhile his two daughters watch
a. Mike Lantare. farmer, fought
five-hour battle against Sher
[:?. deputies and police. It cnd
i at midnight. Three are dead
icluding Sheriff Roy F. Holley
nd a half dozen were wounded,
lantare and his neighbor, Louis
loettner were also slain. The
■ege ended when an armored au
mnobile carried officers to the
Bwroy and torches were used
set fire to the frame home.
BURS TO DEATH
tVAN'SVILLE, Ind.. Jan. 17.
LP»—Three persons, a 57-year
id rrandmother. her son and
randson perished today and a
(cond son was gravely injured
ten fire destroyed the interior
f their home. The grandmother,
Irs. Marie Lowe, escaped but
earned into the building to
ive others and was trapped.
NSULL MAY
EXTEND STAY
IS REPORTED
»an Remain in Greece Un
til 1934 United Press
Is Informed
ATHENS. Greece. Jan. 17.—
VP).—Samuel Insull's permit to
toy in Greece has been extended
d January, 1934, the United Press
fa; informed today in authorita
i*e quarters.
Insull has been doggedly con
ir.uing his fight against enforced
eturn to the United States to
Me charges growing out of the
rash of his public utilities em
ire.
The elderly, white-haired once
owerful financier and engineer,
i his plans for the future has
iccilated between seeking to be
stored as a British subject or to
worae a naturalized Greek.
The ministry of home affairs
43 previously suggested to the
°reizn ministry that Insull be al
>wed to remain at least five more
lonth.?. The officials told the
"'ted Press the suggestion was
'Me because the Greek appelate
°;irt had found Insull was not a
r n-.inal, and also because he cre
N no danger to public safety
ra 'vas not engaged in trade
'hich might deprive Greeks of
mployment.
Three to Attend
Kiwanis Session
Ur. Jos. R. Sevier, lieutenant
J°v?rnor of division t of the
a"olinas Kiwanis district, and
F. Barber, president, and O.
• Brownlee. secretary-treasurer
* the Hendersonville club, will
o to Raleigh Thursday to attend
.mid-'.vinter conference of dis
pct officers and local club of
•cial?. The conference will be
11 session all day Friday.
'KIDDINGCARFATAL
TO MEMPHIS MAN
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 17.—
—Jame.s Lemuel Cooke, 23
<*ially prominent here, was kill
j" yesterday when his car skid
j.d on the highway near Walls
and turned over in a ditcV
feet deep in water. Sam Mc
a negro with Cooke, ?ai<
latter w®$ submerged 1(
mnntos,
THEIR VOICES TANGLE SENATE LEGISLATION
j The bitter fight these three men have carried on against the Glass banking bill in the senate resulted
in one of the greatest legislative snarls ever to entangle the upper house of congress. Important legis-i
r lat'on—including the vote on the president's veto of the Philippines independence bill—has been held
I back bv the filibuster with threat of a cloture petition coming from Democratic leaders. Huey Long,
[leader of ~he filibuster has agreed without objection to letting new action on the Philippnies indepen
jder.ee bill be taken up today. Pictured here: Senator Burton K. Wheeler (at left) with Senator Elmer
I Thomas of Oklahoma, while Senator Huey Long ol Louisiana is on the right.
jS-ll REGIONAL
SESSION MARKS
ANNIVERSARY
Gathering From W. N. C.
Counties at AsheviHe
- Hears of Progress »
ASHEVILLE, Jan. 17.—What
were described as the great strides
made in agriculture in Western
North Carolina during the past
year were reported at a meeting
of about 500 farm leaders at the
Plaza theatre here last night, cele
j brating the first anniversary of
{the W. N. C. 5-10 year farm pro
j gram.
Reports were received from the
] 18 counties in the group and ad
dresses were heard.
H. Arthur Osborne, of Canton,
who was re-elected chairman of
the regional council, reported on
progress made during the past
year and what endeavors those
sponsoring the program intend to
devote their energies towards dur
j ing the coming year.
B. L. Hummel, rural sociologist
j for the State of Virginia, told of
• community plans, how to organize
groups not only for betterment of
community marketing, but of com
munity life.
E. S. Papv, of Atlanta, manag-i
er of the White Provision Co., a
subsidiary of Swift & Co., ex
plained "The Value of a Livestock
(Continued on page four)
Slate Morgan for
School Board
RALEIGH, Jan. 17.—The vari
ous county boards of education
will be named by the general as
sembly in an omnibus bill spon
sored by the joint committees on
education.
The state board of education to
day released the list of nominees
for the county boards, and the
education committees are expect
ed to begin their consideration of
! this measure in the near future,
j With one or two possible excep
, tions, the general assembly will
[ appoint the members nominated
j in the June Democratic primaries.
| Some counties also nominated
. Republicans but even the most op
j timistic Republicans do not look
! for their selection.
For Henderson county, the om
nibus bill nominates J. W. Morgan
j of Hendersonville, Democrat, for
I a six-year term on the county
9chool board.
SIX IN ruSTgang
HELD IN LOUISIANA
THIBODAUX. La, Jan. 17.—
(UP).—Four white men end two
negroes, alleged members of a
j rum-hi-jacking gang, were in cus
I tody here today, charged with
I burglary, following the unsuccess
ful attempt of several men to e n
ter the garage of Clifford Lirette
here early Monday morning, re
sulting in the killing of one man
and the probable woun.llng of two
others.
; The slain man, who was orig
inally reported to have Ven shot
t by Lirette but who, according to
officers, was killed by Achilla
I Gros, associate of the garage own
• er. was identified yesteiday as
'"Vuney" from Chicago.
1134 Given Night's
Lodging at City
Jail During 1932
2 Foreign Countries and
i 29 States Represented
by Transients .
A total of 1JJ4 people were
given a night-'s lodfflnp: at the
city jail during the year 19S2,
records kept at the city hall
show. This number is 333 larg
er than the 801 accommodated
during 1931.
August showed the largest
number of transients, 117 hav
ing spent the night at the city
hall during that month, and
September was second with 113.
The numbers by months are
as follows: January 102, Feb
ruary 87, March 101, April 68,
May 93, June 86, July 89, Aug
ust 117. September 113, Octo
ber 105, November 87, and De
cember 86.
People accommodated were
from 29 states and two foreign
countries, the record shows. The
foreign countries were Argen
tina, South America, and Sas
katchewan, Canada. States rep
resented were North Carolina,
Tennessee. South Carolina, Tex
as. Ohio, Georgia, Missouri, New
I York, New Jersey, Kentucky,
1 Massachusetts. Virginia. West
Virginia. Indiana, Oklahoma,
Maryland, Alabama, Michigan,
California, Illinois. Mississippi,
Washington, Pennsylvania. Col
orado, Florida. Arkansas, Idaho,
Minnesota, and Arizona.
H. GERGUSON
IS INDICTED
NEW YORK. Jan. 17.—(UP).
Harry Gerguson ("Prince Mike
Romanoff") was indicted yester
day on enough counts to jail him
for 55 years if he is convicted.
The most notorious impostor of
modern times, who has crashed in
and out of Ellis Island on numer
ous occasions, each time with a
I more resplendent foreign title,
I must answer two indictments. The
j first charges false swearing in an
I immigration hearing before a spe
cial board of inquiry during his
| recent examination. This indict
j ment contains ten counts, on each
of which he could be sentenced tf>
five years imprisonment.
The second indictment contains
three counts, the first two charg
ing "Prince Mike" with entering
the United States illegally after
his arrest and deportation, on two
occasions. The third charges him
with eluding examination by im
migration officials.
Meanwhile, the prince disporc
! ed himself, for pay, on the stage
of a local vaudeville house. His
stage manner was as suave as his
stowaway manner, than which
there is nothing smoother. Of
course Mike has always, in and
! out of season, been an accom
I plished actor.
' "The Prince," it was learned on
(good authority, will plead guilty
to the charges and throw himself
i upon the mercy of the court,
j His counsel, Alan Salter Hays,
refused to comment on the report,
i but said "Gerguson will appear
for arraignment whenever he is
J wanted,"
'KIMNIS MAPS
OUT PROGRAM
Officers and Committee
Chairmen Guests of Dr.
and Mrs. Bennett
I Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Bennett were
ho*ts Monday evening tc -officers
and committee chairmen of the
Kiwanis club. An elegant dinner
was served, with Mrs. G. C. Rich
ardson assisting Mrs. Bennett in
entertaining-. One of the delica
cies on the menu was bear meat
from Haywood county.
The guests of Dr. and Mrs. Ben
nett were President A. F. Barber
and Secretary O. Y. Brownlee of
the club, and Messrs. W. B. Sin
clair, I. E. Johnson, R. H. Staton,
J. H. Woodcock. G. C. Richard
son. J. L. Rarden, L. T. Wilds,
J. E. Shipman, F. M. Waters, E.
A. Smyth III, J. S. Brown, E. R.
Sutherland, W. H. Ford, H. Wal
ter Fuller and J. T. Fain.
Assignments of committees for
programs ii, the remainder of the
first quarter of 1933 were made
as follows:
Jan. 19—Kiwanis education.
Jan. 26—Business standards.
Feb. 2—Publicity.
Feb. 9—House.
Feb. 16—Underprivileged chil
dren.
Feb. 23—Inter-city.
Mar. 2—Laws and regulations.
Mar. 9—Music.
Mar. 16—Public affairs.
Mar. 23—Vocational guidance.
Mar. 30—Agriculture.
April 6—Sports.
The personnel of committees
for 1933 follows:
Agriculture—W. B. Sinclair,
chairman; W. W. Carpenter, C.
H. Magoon, S. J. Childs and Noah
Hollowell.
Attendance — I. E. Johnson,
j chairman; N. W. Miller and H. A.
Stepp.
Business Standards—R. H. Sta
I ton, chairman; G. M. Flanagan,
• A. H. Houston, W. M. Sherard.
Entertainment — J. H. Wood
| cock, chairman; W. R. Kirk and
i Philip O'Mara.
House—G. C. Richardson, chair
| man; J. H. Reaben, G. J. Wile,
; G. M. Flanagan and P. F. Sud
I duth.
Publicity—J. L. Rarden, chair
man ;J. T. Fain and A. S. Truex.
Underprivileged—L. T. Wilds,
chairman; J. S. Brown, IVFlngus
Shipman, F. H. Thomas, W. E.
j Brackett and A. H. Houston.
Inter-city—J. E. Shipman, chair
man; W. M. Sherard, J. R. Sevier,
Osvaldo Ros.
Kiwanis education—F. M. Wa
iters, chairman; J. R. Sevier, Spcn
(Continued on page four)
'Presbyterian Men
To Meet Tonight
The regular meeting of the
I Presbyterian Men of the Church
will be held tonight at the church
j house at 7 o'clock, when the gen
eral topic for discussions is mis
sions, and the special theme will
be, "Is Our Church Carrying Too
Heavy a Foreign Mission Pro
gram?" In addition to the dis
cussion, Mrs. W. 0. Allen will
give a reading.
The special speakers for to
night will be E. W. Hani, Robert
Gibbs and L. A. Gossett.
J The general program will be in
charge of Dr. J. S. Brown.
LONG RANGES
FAR AFIELD IN
FILIBUSTER
Thrust at Prohibition Gets
Noisy Response and
Calls for Order
CLOTURE MOVEMENT
GAINING HEADWAY
By HARRY FERGUSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
^ WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. 'UP)
Senator Huov Long's filibuster,
which is beginning to cut in seri
ously on the theatre's matinee
business, rolled into its second
week Monday.
After three days of compara
tive quiet, during which Senator
Thomas, Dem., Okla.. came to hi?
rescue with a six-hour speech, the?
Kingfish himself returned to the
floor to continue his campaign
against the Glass bank bill.
For more than three hours he
prated on subjects that ranged
from Moses to Manila. Technical-1
>ly, Long was speaking on the
Philippines independence bill but;
at no time did he allow his sub
ject to restrict him. Abou^ 3:30 |
ip. m.. he yielded the floor to Sen
lator Morris Sheppard, Dem., Tex.,
who wanted to make a speech on
prohibition.
f' Thomas told the United Press
[ last night he had no objections to
|1he Philippine bill comnig to a
livote "immediately. He said, how
ever, he would make another
Pspeech when the bank bill came
up and also expected Long to talk
again.
As Long spoke yesterday Dem
ocratic Leader Robinson circulat
ed through the cloakrooms getting
signatures for a cloture petition
Nvhich would break the filibuster
that Long and Thomas started
early last week.
1 Th* Kingfish.had the.floor when
the senate began, and Sheppard,
asked him to yield so he could |
make his prohibition speech. Long
pushed his red hair out of his j
eyes, and remarked:
"If the senator from Texas will)
delay his speech on prohibition
for a little while, he can deliver
a eulogy on its death instead."
The galleries roared and Vice
President Curtis gavelled them
into silence. Long lines of people
curled through the senate corri
dors, waiting a chance to get in
and hear the Kingfish. If they had
listened carefully they probably
could have heard him through the |
doors, for Long's voice was a can
non's roar:
"They say these Filipinos are
backward. Why, that's what they
used to say right here in the cap
ital city about people in the back
woods. They said it because those 1
people didn't use spoons but drank |
their soup right out of a plate. |
And now look what they havej
(Continued on page four).
East Flat Rock
Missionary Body
Standard High
Baptist Organization Ends
Most Successful Year
in History
! EAST FLAT ROCK, Jan. 17.—
The year 1932 has been character
ized by leaders of the East Flat
Rock Baptist Woman's Missionary
society as the most successful yet
enjoyed by that organization.
For the second consecutive year,
the missionary society has reached j
the standard of excellency, having
attained that standard during]
1931. This year, for the first
time, the union has all the stand
ard organizations, which includes
the Young Woman's Auxiliary,
the Girls' Auxiliary, the Royal
Ambassadors and Sunbeams and
each organization is rated A-l.
Mrs. J. E. CFeech, is retiring
president of the society; Mrs. N.
B. Phillips, vice-president; Miss
Nellie Jones, secretary; Mrs. H. T.
Justus, treasurer; Miss Margaret
Rozier is president of the Young
Woman's Auxiliary; Miss Bessie
Steedman, councillor; Mrs. Daniel
Hart, leader of the Girls' Auxil
iary; Miss Edith Hart, leader of
the Royal Admassadors; Mrs. John
Sinclir is leader of the Sunbeams. ;
Officers for the ensuing year |
| were installed at the last meeting I
of the union, held on Sunday.
Miss Eugenia Morrison was elect-!
ed president; Mrs. Hugh Morrison
was made vice-president; Miss
Weaver Beale secretary, and Miss
Nellie Hart, treasurer.
No changes were made in the
election of officers for the other
organizations. Two additional
groups were organized r»s follows:
' Intermediate Girls' Auxiliary;
with Mrs. Tenor Bennison as lead
er, and Intermediate Royal Am
bassadors with Walter Phillips, as
lender, i
Chevalier and 'Love Bird'
Wife Battle for Divorce
A decision is cxpected soon in the Paris divorce case of Maurice
Chevalier, stage and movie star, and his wife, Yvonne Valee. his
dancing partner in the years before fame and fortune came. Each
has asked a decree because of incompatibility. The Chevaliers, oncc
called the "love birds" of the stage, are shown above.
EHRINGHAUS OPPOSITION TO
ADVISORY BUDGET BODY'S
REPORT MARKS HIS MESSAGE
Against Transfer of Road
Money Into State's
General Fund
By J. C. BASKERVILL
The Times-News liuicnii
Waiter Hotel
RALEIGH, Jan. 17—Emphatic
opposition to three major pro
posals made by the advisory bud
pet commission, and significant
silence on most of the other
recommendations, characterize the
budget message by Governor J.
C. B. Ehringhaus with which he
transmitted to the general as
sembly last night the budget
message and recommendations of
the advisory budget commission,
the budget revenue bill and the
budget appropriations bill.
Governor Ehringhaus express
ed very definite opposition to
the following recommendations
by the budget commission:
First, the diversion of $2,000,
000 a year from the highway
fund to the general fund.
Second, the refunding of any
of the present general fund
bonds now outstanding.
Third, the imposition of hori
zontal salary reductions instead
of graduated salary reductions.
Governor Ehringhaus also ad
vised against the levying of any
new taxes or even the increasing
of any present schedules, even
for "replacement'* purposes, un
til after every other course of
procedure has been exhausted,
and then only as a temporary
emergency measure. In discuss
ing this particular question of
new taxes. Governor Ehringhaus
said:
"These measures (the budget
bills) propose a substantial in-J
crease in tax levies. While I
have no objection to readjust
ments which do not add to pres
ent burdens or which effectuate
their most equitable distribution
or to corrections of manifest er
rors or to levies upon enterprises
which have heretofore escaped
taxation, I do not think that sub
stantial levies, involving new bur
dens, should be considered un
less and until every effort has
heen exhausted for economy con
sistent with the preservation of
essential services and activities.
Until we have definitely deter
mined how much we can .save
and only then, will be justified
in considering the imposition up
on our people of the burden
which such new levies will entail.
If this unhappy necessity should
finally eventuate, then such
levies should be 'earmarked' for
the essential services for which
required and it should be made
plain also that such levies are j
temporary and emergency levies
only." , I
With regard to the recommend-1
tion for the transfer of $2,000,- \
000 a year from the highway!
fund to the general fund (also)
recommended by the tax commis-J
sion), Governor Ehringhaus said:!
"I cannot give my approval to |
this suggestion. An indirect di-<
version is just as objectionable I
as a direct one. My reasons for
this opposition need not be here,
set forth at length. In the main}
(Continued on page four)
CONVICT I IN
LARCENY CASE
Two Others Freed; First
Indictments and Bills
Returned Here
A jury in superior court this
afternoon found Ed Swangum
and Florence Hugey guilty of lar
ceny, and Judge P. A. McElroy
sentenced Swangum to serve two
to three years, and Mrs. Hughey
one to two years.
Mattie Taylor ana Harley Tay
lor were found not guilty on
breaking and entering and lar
ceny.
All four defendants were tried
on charges of breaking into the
home of Mrs. M. A. Connor of
South Carolina, following their
arrest and the discovery of furni
ture from the home in their pos
session.
In the court yesterday after
noon Vernon McMinn was con
victed of larceny and sentenced
to serve three months on the
roads.
Hob Williamson, charged with
embezzlement, entered a plea of
guilty to charge of forcible tres
pass, and prayer for judgment
was continued for two years on
good behavior and the payment
of the court costs.
The grand jury returned a true
bill against Ed Swangum and
Florence Hughey, charging break
ing and entering, larceny and re
ceiving.
A true bill was also returned
against Mattie Taylor and Har
ley Taylor, charging breaking
and entering, larceny and receiv
ing.
The grand jury returned a not
true bill against Frank Gilliam,
who was charged with breaking
and entering, larceny and receiv
ing. A not true bill was also re
turned in the case of Clarence
Gilliam on the same charges.
In the cases of Ewart Hlack
well and Ewart Blackwell, Jr.,
charged with breaking and enter
ing, larceny and receiving, the
grand jury returned a not true
bill.
Man Held After
'Perfect Murder'
Victim of Poison
LONDON, Jan. 17.—(UP).—
Samuel James Furnace, accused
of being the murderer in England's
"perfect murder" died today of
poison, apparently swallowed while
in custody. He was wanted for
the murder of Walter Spatchett.
He was arrested after one of the
most extensive manhunts in Scot
land Yards history. J
INCREASE IN
TAXES BUDGET
SUGGESTION
15 Cent School Levy Not
Mentioned in Budget
Report
SENATE GETS LABOR
DEPT. BILL TODAY
RALEIGH, Jan. 17.—(UP).—
By a vote of 62 to 54 the houte
today defeated the Bowie-Mur
phy-Flanagan bill to abolish 1932
tax penalties.
RALEIGH. Jan. 17.—(UP).—
The house passed the first econ
omy legislation of the session to
cat the salaries of all legislative
employes. It is estimated this will
save $150 a day."
Fourteen new bills were intro
duced. most of them local.
The senate met for only thirty
minutes today but before adjourn
ing received a bill to permit tho
state board of health to consoli
date 1,440 districts in the state to
about 500 districts for the regis
tration of vital statistics and to
consolidate the industrial commis
sion with the department of labor.
By J. C. BASKERVILL
The Times-New* nuremi
Sir Walter Hotel
RALEIGH, Jan. 17.—A total
state budget of approximately
$40,000,000 a year for each year
of the biennium of 1933-35, which
is approximately $10,000,000 a
year less than the present state
budget, is recommended for adop
tion by the present general assem
bly in the report of the advisory
budget commission and the retir
ing governor, O. Max Gardner,
which was transmitted to the gen
eral assembly last night by Gov
ernor J. C. B. Ehringhaus. These
figures included the combined rev
enue from the three state fund?,
the general fund, the highway
fund and the agriculture fund.
The total availability from a!l
sources, under the measures rec
ommended by the budget commis
sion, is $40,274,284 for the year
1933-34 and $39,513,194 for
1934-35. The total availability in
1931-32 was $50,077,198 and in
1932-33, the present fiscal year, .'s
estimated at $39j936,336. Back
in 1927-28, when state revenue.*
were at their height, the total
available revenue from all sources
was $67,519,797 and in 1928-29
was $55,400,430.
The proposed revenue from all
sources, together with the pro
posed expenditures and the esti
mated balance for each year of
the next biennium, as recommend
ed by the budget commission's re
port, are:
1933-34 1934-35
Available
revenue 40,274,282 39,512,194
Operating
expense 60,033,590 25,682,200
Debt
service 12,816,585 13,732,038
Debit
balance 1,424,109 98,956
Leaving out of consideration
the highway and agricultural fund
revenues, and considering only tho
general fund, from which all stata
departments and institutions, in
cluding the six months school
term, are supported, the estimated
revenues and expenditures for the
next two years are:
Available
1933-34 1934-35
revenue 23,842,195 24,427,195
Proposed
expend 23,820,955 24,421,840
Credit
balance 21,240 5,355
This general fund budget of
approximately $24,000,000 a year
is what was predicted by this bu
reau more than two months ago
when the advisory budget com
mission was holding ita hearings
here and at which time the re
quests submitted totalled in ex
cess of $29,000,000, which wai
the approximate amount of the
(Continued on page four)
TMFrJtWV
Mat two great public
OFFICES DID HE HOLD?
In WHAT GAME WHAT DOES
ABE TOWNS'USED? THIS MEAN?
4^
For correct answer* to theM
[uestiona, please turn to page 5.