Henderson daily dispatch., May 28, 1932, Image 1

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"hentTerson,
»SBiZ°
CAROLINA.
nineteenth YEAR
Record Primary Vote Seen
In State On Next Saturday
As Campaign Nears Its End
UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
AS CANDIDATES GO
ON FINAL STRETCH
Interest Approaches White
Heat In Local And State,
wide Contests, Re.
ports Indicate
TOTAL VOTE CAST
MAY REACH 400,000
Aspirants For Major Offices
Speaking One to Three
Times Daily as They Wind
Up Their Campaign; With
Only One Contest, G. O. P.
Vote To Be Light
Rilfifh. May 28 'API- Reports of
annual political activity throughout
yrh Carolina reached Raleigh to
st more than 2.500 candidate* for
usoiu offices started their iaat week
of rimpai going ’before the primary.
s*' «■
tmtn every sector came word that
:a«r«s; in the Statewide ns well as
local race*. had reached a hot stage
«bkh waa fast approaching white
feat, and a climax next Saturday.
Reports of an unusually heavy reg
istration in moot counties of the
State. Micne precincts listing approxi
mately 50 percent more names this
ynr ihan ten years ago. have led
political prognosticators here to pre
dict a primary vote of 350.900 u> 400.-
OW) votes
A new record for a Democratic
primary will be set if more than 330,-
"00 vete n **t week.
The vote in Ihe Republican primary
••here the only contest sees the con
vention choice of J F Newell op
posed for the nomination for the
I'll ted States Senate by George De-
Priest. la expected to be very light.
Democratic candidates for the ma
jor offices of United States Senate and
governor are speaking; once, twice or
more 'imes each day. with the ex
ception of Arthur Simmons, of Bur
lington
Henderson Nurses
Pass Examination
From State Board
Mount Airy. May 28 < APl—One
hundred and twenty-nine of the
I® nurses who took the State
S<«ard examination In Raleigh
Ai»ril 5. it and 7 paste-d success
fallyy. Mis* Lula West, nee rotary
•f the North Carolina Board of
Nur*e Kiaminer*. announced tn
*•> Light nurses from other
**atei were registered by recipro
city f
Misa Myra F.llington. of Marta
I’Hrham h> ispltal. Hrgidcrvm, was
among the few who won gold
v»lx. making a grade of 9* or over
"" «H subjects
Others successfully passing the
included Mias I.utle Hob
good. of Henderson-
With Primary Week Away,
Ehringhaus Is Considered
To Have The Inside Track
Hatty Dl.imtrk Bnre.ua,
la the air Walter Hotel.
"T J C. HASKKH VIM.
"slslgh. May 28 With the Demo
cratic primary only one week off and
*' i, h nil the many candidates for of
f*t'- exerting themselves to the ut
as they clatter down the home
< i 'tetrh in a final burst of speed, it
becoming more end more an ac
r*P*ed fart that J C B Ehringhaus
B definitely in the lead for the nomi
nation for governor. It is also agreed
b' most observers here that Lieute
nant Governor R. T. Fountain is much
nnoje likely to be in second place than
A J. Maxwell, in spite of the fact
f bat Maxwell has made some substan
t'al B®ina during the ast four or five
*eek* a n q still seems to be gaining.
That Ehringhaus will undoubtedly
b* high man in the first primary is
-■nerally conceded even by most of
'••e Fountain and Maxwell support
er*. although the more enthusiastic
followers of each still think their man
a chance to lead. But the effi
Urttiteramt
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F “Mg ASSOCIATED PRESS.
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FoUowmg a 25-day vacation at his cottage in Warm -Springs, Ga., Gover
ITet^^| nk "f s’ k ° osevc * t of New >s shown as he arrived in the
metropolis of his home State, accompanied by his secretary, Guernsey
Gross. Ihe Governor looks in pci feet health and fit to rake up the battle i
tor the Democratic nomination for President in Chicago next month
GRAND JURY FINOS ]
CURTIS INDICTMENT
One of Three Handed To
Justice Trenchard In j
Flemington, N. J.
Flemington. N. J., May 28 (AP>
An indictment presumed to be against <
John Hughes Curtis. Norfolk hoaxer (
In the Lindbergh case, wan handed j
today to Justice Thomas Trenchard.
who ordered it delievered in quarter
sessions court for further proceedings
J Cheater Skillman. foreman of the
grand jury, which considered the
Curtis case earlier this week, handed
three indictments to Justice Tren
chard. who announced that one of
them dealt with Julia Winsterstein on
a charge of murder. The other two,
he said, would be sent to quarter ses
sions.
The grand jury considered only
three cases at the sitting at which evi
dence was presented in the Curtis
case, and so It seemed certain that
one of the two indictments not made
public today was against tne con
fessed hoaxer.
Prosecutor Anthony Hauck would
not say definitely today that the in
dictment had been returned against
Curtis, but he did say:
“The Curtis case will be tried not
later than the week of June 27.”
As an Indictment is a necessary pre
liminary to trial, this statement was
taken as positive corroboration of the
general belief that one of today's in
dictments was against Curtis.
cient organization which Ehringhaus
has built up in almost every county
in the State, coupled with the im
pression he has made upon the thou
;ands of people he has addressed in
his campaign speeches, has worked
wondrse for him. ven his opponents
agree. It is also admitted, though re
luctantly. that Ehringhaus has been
unusually .successful in gaining the
support of people in almost every
community who are of real influence
and significance.
Neither Ehringhaus nor Maxwell,
however, have made the inroads into
Fountain's strength that their mana
gers and followers think they have,
most of the impartial observers here
agree, with the result that most of
these now think Fountain will un
doubtedly be in second place unless
either Maxwell or Ehringhaus make
much greater gains this last week of
the campaign than now appears like
ly. The Ehringhaus managers went
go Pace Big M-i jK
ONLY DAILY NEWSP
| Long Parliament
Ended Year Ago
llalelgh. May 28—North Caro- I j
liua's “laing Parliament"—the 19,11
session of the General Assembly !
j came to a close just a y«*ar ago.
This session, that tested alnioat
j five full months, adjourned sine
| die at 9 o'clock the night of May
37 —* year ago last night.
This session of the General As
sembly, In addition in being the
longest on record. Is now consider
ed as being one of the most im
portant the State has ever witness
ed and to have brought about a
greater degree of tax reduction on
on property than any other. It is
also credited with having enacted
more beneficial legislation than
any other i n recent years. Meas
ures it enacted are estimated to
have saved the taxpayers of the
State approximately $12,000,000 a
year in taxes,
CRIPPLED STEAMER
POTS INTO BOSTON
j
Shows Scars From Fatal Col
lision at Sea In Fog
And Darkness
Boeton, May 28 (API —The steam-
ship City of Chattanooga arrived at
Boston today with scraped and twist
ed plates extending 20 feet back from
its bow and a broken forwaid flagstaff,
telling a tale of a collision at sea.
wtiich sank the freighter Grecian and
killed four of Us crew.
Os the 32 members of the Grecian's
crow, three who were seriously in
jured had been removed to Vineyard
Haven hospital yesterday and 29 die
embarked at Boston thas morning—
but did not talk for publication. They
wer* whisked away in taxicabs to the
office*) of the Merchants and Miners
Tmnaportation Company, owners of
the Grecian.
But passengers and others aboard
the Chattanooga arrived in Bodbon
a day late aa the result of the col
lision, told of the crash in the early
morning darkness and fog yesterday
off Bflack Island, and said the Impact
was not great. „
They said most of the rescued mem
bers of the freighter's crew clamfcored
directly aboard the City of Chatta
nooga while Captain C. G. Borum
■ had his ship's bok pressed tightly
againet the gaping wound in the Gre
cian’s side.
WEATHER
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair tonight and Sunday; cooler
_ tonight, m
APER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 28, 1932
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Batlij Bispatrh
I GARNER BITS BACK
; AT HOOVER ATTACK
ON RELIEF PLANS
\
Denies His $2,300,000,000
Program Is “Pork Bar
rel’’ Legislation, as
Hoover Charged
PRESIDENT TALKS
WITH POOR GRACE
Man Who Demanded Con
gress Cooperation on Fi
nance Act Ought Not Talk
About “Pork Barrel,’
Speaker Says, But Attack
Was Not Unexpected
———
Washington, May 28. (AP) Speak
er Garner today .1 na formal state
ment, assailed President Hoover for
hi i criticism of the $2,300,000,000 re- i
lief program and denied that it was ,
'pork barrel" legislation.
At his daily conference with news- ;
paper men. the Texan handed a copy
of his statement to them. He said that
s he President's allusion to the pro
posed public works program in his
relief plan as "pork barrel" comes i
"wilh poor grace from one who de- !
manded that Congress cooperate with
him in passing the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation act."
"It would be." Gainer said, “just
as logical to refer to the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation act as a
pork barrel' for the bonks, insurance
companies, railroads and financial in
stitutions of th country.
"It is not ‘pork barrel' nor can any
other program which will extead aid
in this period of distress be termed
as such."
Garner smiled as he handed his •
statement to the newspaper men. Ha
laughingly said that President Hoov- j
er’s "opposition to the bill to relieve
destitution, to broaden the lending j
powers of the Reconstruction Flpance |
Corporation, an dto create employ- i
ment by authorizing and expediting a j
public works program was not un- ;
expected ’’
PATTiWGNATED
DISTRICT ATTORNEY;
Republican Committee In
State Make* Recommen
dation to Hoover
Greensboro. May 28. <AP>— Frank;
C. Patton, of Morganton. assistant
district attorney for the Western J
North Carolina district was selected
by the North Carolina Republican
Executive Committee here today for '
recommendation as district attorney
to succeed Charles A. Jones, of Lin
colnton.
Patton won the recommendation on
the eighth ballot by a 42 to 36 vote
over Fred Hamrick, of Rutherfordton.
Lewis Hamblin, of Brevard, and G.
W. Kluttz, of Lenior, dropped out
of the race after the first several bal
lots and left Baton and Hamrick in,
the seventh ballot, Hamrick received
39 votes and Patton 35, and Ham
blin 4.
Jones, nomination was rejected by I
the Senate after several lengtny hear
ings. Officials said Patton's recorfv I
mendation would be forwarded to!
President Hoover at the first oppor-1
tunity.
WALKER’SBROTHER!
WAS PAID BIG FEE:
|
Got $2,800 From Man Who
Sold City of New York
Street Equipment
New York, May 28.—(AP)- Irving
Ben Cooper, associate counsel of the !
Hofetadter committee, said today he :
had been unable to reach Dr. Wil
liam H. Walker, Mayor Walker's
brother, since May 19. the day after i
William J. cSanlan testified he had 1
paid Dr. Walker for medical services, >
$2,800. a sum equal to about half of:
a commission Scanlan received on a
sale of equipment to the city.
While Mayor Walker was on the
stand Thursday. Samuel Seabury ask- 1
ed him if he knew where his brother i
was and Walker promised to locate ’
him and have him get in touch with !
the commission.
Scanlan. agent for a street clean
ing equipment company, gave his tes
timony about the $2,800 on May 19.
Cooper said today that Dr. Walker
.telephoned the committee May 19 and
promised to appear for questioning
May 20. but failed to show up. Since
then, he said, the committee has been
unable to reach him, either at Ms
boms jjf QfcUs* -f — j
Sales Tax Lacks Majority
But Results Will Be Close
; When Senate Finally Votes
BONUS
Cheering, waving and bringing
unusual excitement to the quiet,
pastoral regions along their way,
the "bonui army" of 350 World
war veterans speeds on to Wash
ington in motor trucks, above. In
Get Big Still In
Druid Hills Area
Atlanta, Ga„ May 28.—(A I’)—
Three pernons were arrested and
an elaborate whisky distillery and
a quantity of liquor were seized In
a police raid on a palatial home in
the elite Druid Hills section of At
lanta last night.
The distillery' was going at full
blast when policemen broke Into
the house.
Many of the finest homes of At
lanta are In -the vicinity.
PARENTS MeT
BY PRESBYTERIANS
They and Wet Pre»* Accus
ed of Breakdown of
Prohibition Laws
Montreat, May 28.—(AP>—The Gen
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States adopted
a resolution today blaming parents
and the “older generation" and the
"wot press for the "breakdown" of
the prohibition laws.
The resolution, introduced by E. T.
George, of New Orleans, a ruling
elder, was adopted by a unanimous
standing vote.
It contained a scathing denunciation
of parents who purchase and serve
liquor, roundly "scored the wet
press" for giving publicity to "pro
paganda and unreliable and unproven
data' and recommended a "boycott
of moving pictures for presenting sor
did and suggestive plays and scenes.”
The latter were described as "de
grading and demoralizing in the ex
treme," and the boycott was urged as
a means of bringing about a “prompt
and permanent correction."
Swift Packing Co.
Chairman Dives to
Death In Chicago
Chicago. May 28 (AP) —Edward F.
s*wift. Sr. chairman of Swift and
Company, ptungrd to death at 9 a.
m. today from the window of his six
story apartment a 1550 North State
street.
He wa* 64 years gld, and had been
in health so r several weeks.
Charles H Swift, his brother, and
vice-chairman of the packing com
pany said that, on physician's ad
vice. Mr. Swift had planned to leave
Tuesday for a vacation and rest in
Europe.
"His affairs are in exxceTlent con
dition," Charles Swift said.
"Hie veteran packer had ballon from
his window to the alley at the rear of
the North State street apartment
nks taatant. _.. _ _
PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
the lower photo the vetevans are
shown on the freight cars at
Caseyville, 111., which they seized
and held until Sheriff Munie of
St. Clair county agreed to trans
port them in trucks to Indiana.
OPPOSING MERGER
NEGRO COLLEGES
Group Meeting In Raleigh
Against Uniting Five
In The! State
Raleigh. May 28. —(AP)-Opposition
to consolidation of the five Negro in
stitutions of higher learning supported
by the State into a "North Carolina
State University for Negroes" was
expressed by over 40 representatives
of Negro colleges and universities who
met here today.
The group, however, adopted a re
solution suggesting that the five in
stitutions be included under whatever
board or boa res might act up to
control public higher education In the
State, anticipating the merger under
one board July 1 of the University
of North Carolina, N. C. C. W., and
N. C. State College.
The recommendation for consolida
tion grew out of a survey of Negro
education in the State. A commission
of experts in education proposed the
merger under one board of trustees
of A. and T. Col leg* at Greensboro,
North Carolina College for Negroes
at Durham. State Normal School for
Negroes at Fayetteville, Winston-
Salem Teachers College at Winstoo-
Salem and State Normal School ft>r
Negroes at Elisabeth City.
How North Carolina Has •
Reduced Taxes Given In
Interview With Gardner
By CHAJEiLK.K j*. STEWART
Washington, May 28 Cutting tht
Federal fcovernmeiHtK expenses heips
certainly Nevertheless k is from
the Cost of skate. community, muni
olpr,] and othttr local governments that
the average tax
payer. the rtr>ut*Lr>
over, is moat rapid
ly bleeding to death
(Government, in
all ite forme, now
takes more than 20
per cent of the an
nual! national in
come indixkng cur
rent charges o® out
standing indebted
neqees. Os the to
■tal. Uncle Sam takes
about one-third; lo
cal government the
rest.
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Thus, obviously, economies nearer
home can do folks more good than
those congress effect*, bat they do
not sound ao big because even greet,
states degi ool£ iu miliiona, whereas
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HARRISON TELLS '■
ADVOCAJES THEY •
LAME VOTES
Accuses Hoover and His
Supporters of Trying To
Browbeat Senate
Into Yielding
BUDGET BALANCED
ALREADY, HE SAYS
Leaders Hurriedly Check
Polls a s Mississippian
Launches Attack on Bill,
and Find Only 46 Favor
able; Hoover May Make
His Position Clear
Waiihlngtim, Msj IK.—(API—In
the midst of the sales tax dispute
In (the Senate today. petitions were
(-irt-uirtled pledging members to
vote against the levy.
Senator Harrison, of Mbudsaippi.
Democratic tax lender, circulated one
on the Democratic side and reported
28 signatures within a few minutes.
He claimed a substantial majority of
the Senate would be enrolled.
The petition read:
"In order to expedite passage of the
revenue bill to balance the buJget
and to prevent unnecessary prolonga
tion of debate thereon, the under
signed now declare that they will at
this time vote against any and every
form of a general sales tax on the
pending bill."
Senator Robinson, of Aikansas. the
Democratic leader. and Harrison
headed the list of Democratic signers.
(Continued on Page Beven.)
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DEBT CURTAILMENT
/
Man Who Helped Negotiate
Agreement Suggests Cut ,
of One-Third -
I*aii(*. May 28 (Al*)—Vctof *)
Henry Berengor, negotiator of the .
nwnt France American debt a r- V
rungement, MUggeeb-d in an_*rticl« )
published here today that the
Young plan annul tie*, he reduced ,1
one-third to meet a 30 per rent V
fall in lMMinrw«. If the payment* J
then should pntve 100 heavy for !
Germany, M Berenger recom- *
mended a nurratorium on all pay- J
m«mts except 440 million reich- .)
murks
He said the debt agreement ’
finked the amount the f’mtted 1
States will receive to the amount
Germany pay. France, and I hat '
the success of the coming lau
sanne conference hi subordlnafr to
as settlement between the Co ited
States and Europe.
n Washington it » customsry to ra
*t to any sum much under a billion
is mere sTru.ll change.
However t here and there a provi tr
ial executive is to be found who
eully i* jft apphn*; with financial con-
MUons in lus baitowtck in a fashion to
ge* results.
According to acoounte from North
Carohiki, Gov. O. Mux Gardner is on*
of them.
Under his admmistfation barinning
in January, 1929, .the Tarheel com
morvwoß lahfc overhead has been so
drastiOMliy reduced, ifley say. that
taxes aotualV have been towered
while the state has been paying off
its previously accumulated obligations
and at the same time maintaining
and steadily expanding its public im
provements That w a renu rtthbie
pennonnance for a term alm-iat' ex*
actly coincidental mtix the wiioi* of
-he depression I think it avt!) be
agreed.
The governor happening to be to
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