Henderson daily dispatch., June 10, 1932, Image 1

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HENDERSON,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
.NINETEENTH YEAR
SAYS MEANS TOID
OF KNOWING ABOUT
BABY’S KIDNAPING
Witness Relate* Converta.
tion With Defendant on
Information Prior
To The Crime
MEANS LEARNED IT
IN N. Y. SPEAKEASY
but He Declined To Go In
On It, Though Later. Con
tacted Hi* Friend and Re
turned and Planned Ran
som From Mr*. Edward
McLean, Prosecuting
Washington. June 10 -(AD -The
prosecution completed its oaae today
in the trial of Gaston R Means on
ch«rsre* of embezzling <104,000 from
Mi* Edward B McLean in an al
lied Undbcrgh ransom fraud.
The government ended Jhs testi
mony after presenting witnesses who
testified Means approached Colonel
Robert Guggenheim with proposals to
r-cover the baby before Mrs. McLean.
./ ulged *wife *of the Washington
p»*r publisher .employed him for the
Mtne purpose
Robert F Fleming. Edgemor. Md
tt*l estate man., who followed Gug
t»nheim on the stand, corroborated :
ki; story of how Means assured them
ir could recover the baby because
of s bizarre connection with the kid- ,
aapers.
F'rmuig quoted Means as telling him
that not long before the baby was
spirited away Means met a former i
fel»ow prisoner in a New York speak
easy This man. Fleming said Means j
told him. informed Means of plans ;
for a kidnaping which "would either j
cause worldwide notoriety or receive <
no publicity at all."
The man «%:Wi the job would mean \
-fifty grand or maybe 100 grand."
F»mlng quoted Weans and proposed
that Means Join In it.
M»»ns declined, but when he later
read about the Lindbergh kidnaping,
h* realized at once that his friend
ns connected with it. Fleming said,
adding that Means told him he then
«etp back to New York, contacted
hi* friend, and found that this theory
was correct.
Fayetteville Is
Hunting Escaped
Convict Slayers
Fayetteville, June 10.—(AP)---Coun
ty and city poilce today watched this
lection for threee convtcts who killed
a Cary prison farm steward Tuesday
and escaped in a commandeered au
tomobile but the fugitive* apparent
ly had fled to other parts.
City officer* kept a lookout in the
city while about twelve deputies, rural
poilc* and constables stationed them
selves m surrounding territory follow
ing reports that the convict* were
riding about Fayetteville promising
d*»th to any who attempted their
capture.
COUNT OF BALLOTS
FOR STATE BEGUN
Raleigh. June 10. —(API— The
State Board of Elections today
started Its official canvaae of re~
t'lrna in I last Saturdays State
wide primary, but adjourned its
meeting anti I thin afternoon for a
re-check of figure* when an er
roi in addition of 10.000 vote* was
found. No material change* from
previous official return* were not
ed.
Washington Is Worried By
Stream Os Bonus Marchers
Pouring In Upon The City
B\ CHARLES P. STEWART
Washington, June 10— Waatomgton
has worr.sd more over the gradual
ccnctnUetora of bonus imrchers In
tile city t n the course ot the lest few
week* than over any similar threat.
Pula pa. since M faced the danger of
rapture by the confederates in the
«atiy day* of the wer of secession.
T»vce in recent months other «nall
armies of the unemployed have borne
tow U on the oapital without causing
oer.ovu signs of uneasiness.
These two vtsXaUanu. for one thing,
trme wlftiy. j n both cases the dem
ci>-fra tore i the Communists who ar
'•ved first: subsequently Father Cox’s
folic wing from Pittsburgh! traveled
’‘P dly in compact bodies, submitted
tht '- r grievances to congress and were
gone by next sunrise.
Tl'e number of bonus seekers In
tov-Q simply has increased gradually,
HntlU'rsmt Baiht Hisrrafrh
r ow L v»? A8 * D WlKta RSRVICB
or THE ASSOCIATED PRES*.
AS WORLD WAR VETERANS PARADED IN WASHINGTON
Her* ia th* vanguard of the bonne ‘ '"T
army of nearly 10,000 men, * Jg
ehown as they marched down »
Pennsylvania avenue in Washing- jfl
ton. Approximately 100,000 per- J
eons watched the “big push” of :
the shabbily clad war veterans.
Washington monument may be S fb ' -v* ’
•een in the background.
M
- < J
Jm
Hr ’.SB \« Tj
Communists Segregated
From The Bonus Seekers
To Save Them From Harm
Ex-Soldiers Drive Out Up
wards of 150 Radicals
From Their Anacos
tia Flats Camp
ARRIVAL OF POLICE ,
PROTECTS THE REDS
Detroit Radio Preacher,
Father Coughlin, Donates
$5,000 to Veterans’ Food
Fund on Condition That
All Inflammatory Propa
ganda Is Kept Out
Washington. June <lO.- —<AP) —Po-
lice moved today to segregate all com
munists from the bonus marcher's
army, whose treasury was swelled by
a contribution of $5,000.
Separation of the communists from
more conservative elements in the
regular encampment was designated
to protect the radicals from possible
bodily harm. Last night between 150
and 200 outspoken radicals were
driven from the Anacoetla flats camp,
and were saved from bodily harm
only by timely arrival of police.
An offer to contribute $5,000 to the
veterans' food fund on the condition
that all inflamatory propaganda be
kept out of the camp was accepted
today by the police. The sum was of
fered hy the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin.
Detroit leader of the Radio League of
the Little Flower.
BANDITS MAKE HAUL
IN WASHINGTON, D. C.
Washington. llunsl 10.—f AI *> —-
Bandits today robbed a branch of
the Washington Mechanic* Saving
Bank and escaped with $9,000.
Five men participated, one re
maining at the wheel of a taxl
eab with Maryland license plate*,
while the other entered the bank
with gun* and forced all the em
ployee* to lie on the floor.
day by day. II 1 J I
The advent of the first contingent
attracted no attention whatever. In
fact, the marchers had been drifting
in 200 or 300 at a time, tor about a
week before it really began to t»e not
iced that many of them were here.
Then news began to be received of
trouble btwen dkactanentx of Vta-m
that the presence of maybe 15,600 or
and local authorities, on the road.
Finally it dawned on Warrington
20,000 jobless, homeless, hungry men
in their midst- not tp mention the
150,000 at 'which ajafmiats are hurt
ing now—might involve a afttMtUon of
serious danger.
The city has, otf course. Its own un
employed to a total of 18,000 or 20,000
buk these, to a certain e***nt, already
are cared for by local reMef agencies.
Thee agencies were prompt to aa»-
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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THiij SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Stevens To Sail
To Invite Wales
Goldsboro, June 10— (API
Henry- L Stevens, .fr., national
commander of the American I-e
- hi* home at Warsaw
today for New York, where he will
aall June II to Invite the Prince j
of Wales to attend the I>egion'» i
convention at Portland, Oregon. !
With the commander were Mrs.
Stevens and a son, Henry, 111.
sWcanceF *
COUNTY MEETING
Convention! Tomorrow May
Have Bearing on Morri
son-Reynolds Fight
RUMORS AFLOAT
Say Reynold* Supporter* B«*y Every
where Lining Delegates To Be
Favorable To Wet Plank
in State Platform
Jinlir Dlupnte* Bare**,
In the Sir Wnltrr Hotel.,
nv J. IIAMKKRVILL-
Raleigh. June 10.- The county Dem
ocratic conventions, to be held to
morrow in every county in the State
to select delegates to the State Dem
ocratic Convention here in Raleigh on
Thursday, June 16. together with the
State convention, may be of a grt&t
deal more significance than has been
expected and have a large bearing on
the outcome of the second primary
for the nomination for the United
States Senate between Senator Cam
eron Morrison and Robert R. Rey
nolds. These conventions may also
have considerable bearing if Lieute
nant Governor R. T. Fountain should
call for a second primary with J. C.
B. Ehrlnghaus so rthe nomination for
governor, although this is not be
lieved likely.
Want Wet Platform.
Reports have been current for sev
eral days that those backing Robert
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MUSSOLINI IS TOLD ~
OF EARHART FLIGHT
Rome, June 10.—(AP) —Amelia Ear
hart Putman told Premier Mussolini
about her flight acro«3 the Atlantic
today when he n ceivcd her at his
office.
Speaking English, the premier ex
pressed the greatest intrest in her
accomplishment and asked her what
she thought of Rome. Later Miss Ear
hart said he had been "very gracious."
CAROLINIANS HEAD
FIRE CHIEF GROUP
Brunswick, Ga., June 10.—(AP>—
Henry Well, chief of the fire depart
ment of Newberry, S. C., today was
elected president of the southern di
vision of the International Association
of Fire Chiefs, in session here- J. I*
Miner, chief of the Concord, N. C.,
I department, was named secretary,
HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY] AFTERNOON, JUNE 10, 1932
MORRISON KNOWS
HE REALIY FACES
A FIGHTFOR LIFE
Reynolds' 11,000 Majority
Being Variously Inter
preted by Friends
of Senator
HE WAS SURPRISED
AT REYNOLDS VOTE
Attitude of State Conven
tion Next Week on Prohi
bition May Be Determining
Factor in Outcome of Sec
ond Primary; Reynold*
Forces Are Confident
Dally DUimti’k n»wnii.
In th. Sir Walter Hotel
TtY J. C. UASKKIIVfLL.
Raleigh. June 10.—The second pri
mary between Senator Cameron Mor
rison nnd Robert R. Reynolds for the
nomination for thp Unit
ed Stale- fposte is going to be one
of the tighte.t. hottest and bitterest
political battles ever fought in North
Carolina, it is already being conceded
in political circles here. And while
Morrison admittedly has a chance to
win over Reynolds in the second pri
mary, in spite of Reynolds' iead of
more than 11.000 votes over Morrison
(Continued on Page Six.)
WILD bIILT MANIAC,
IS AT LARGE AGAIN
Charlotte, June 10. (AP) —Sheriff
John Irwin, Jr„ toJay was informed
that “Wild Bill’’ Sizemore, maniac,
who secured a gun and terrorized the
county jail here sever.*! weeks ago,
has escaped from a government hos
pital at Newport News. Va., to which
he was taken.
EX-GOV. McLEArTIN
CHARLOTTE HOSPITAL
Charlotte, June 10.—(API—For
mer Governor Angus W. Mcl/ean,
of Lumberton, who has been 111 at
his home for several days, was
brought to Charlotte today In an
ambulance for treatment at the
Charlotte Sanatorium.
BYRD WILL RETURN
TO THE ANTARCTIC
Plans To Go Back Again. Starting
Next Fall, and Remaining In
t m A boat Two Years
Boston, Mas., June 10.— < API —Rear
Admiral RlcMhrd E. Byrd plans a
second expedition into the Antactic,
it was learned here today.
The expedition Would leave Boston
early in the fail and would remain
in the Antactic the greater part of
two years.
The tractor —something new- in the
way of Antarctic equipment—will take
its place in the scheme of things along
side of the sled dogs and the air
planes. The expedition as planned Is
smaller than the first, experience hav
ing assisted Byfd in planning a more
compact outfit.
Leather
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy, with occasional
nhower* tonight and Saturday;
not much change in temperature.
Congress Getting Anxious
To Get Out Os Washington
And Is Hurrying Its Work
$300,000,000 Relief Bill
Will Pass Senate Quickly
President Hoover H&s Approved Democratic Measure in
Principle; Controversial Proposal* Shunted Aside *
For This One; It* Necessity Recognized
Washington. June 10.— (APi- For
the second time this session, the Sen
ate today attacked the problem •of
relief so rthe unemployed as the Dem
ocratic $300,000,000 jobless aid bill was
taken up for debate.
Early approval of the measure was
forecast by Senate leaders, as the
program has been approved in prin
ciple by President Hoover.
Controversial relief proposals were
shoved to. the background in order
I hat the emergency relief measure
might be speedily considered and pass
ed. The relief bill came up for de-1
bate under unanimous consent at the
request of Senator Wagner, of New
Defeats Brookh&rt
-v
Here is ajenry Field, 61-year-old
proprietor of a seed business at
Shenandoah, la., who defeated
Senator Smith W. Brookhart for
the Republican senatorial nomi
nation in lowa. Field is expected
to oppose Louis Murphy of Du
buque, wet Democrat, in the No
vember election.
PROTESTS SEIZURE"
OF MONEY BY CHILE
United States Joins Other
Powers In Demand Full
Restoration
Sanitagn. Chile. June 10.—(AP)
Representatives of foreign govern
ments. including the United States,
filed their first protest today against
the act* of the new socialist regime
under Provisional President Carlos
Davila.
Members of the diplomatic corps
submitted indivtdaul written object
ions to the junta against his order
confiscating all foreign currency de
posits in Chilean banks and provid
ing for repayment to the foreign de
positors in pesas. now valued on for
eign exchange schedules at only six
cents.
LINDBERGH CALLED
AS CURTIS WITNESS
t * T '
Flemlngton, N. J., June 10,—
LAD—A . subpoena has been Is
sued calling on Colons* Charlea
A. Lindbergh to testify in defence
of John Hughe* Curtis, alleged
hoax negotiator in the kidnaping
mystery. '•
The defense move in obtaining
j the subpoena was unexplained.
Colonel Lindbergh has been quot
ed as saying he “would be ready
at any ttawf to testify against
Curtis.
LONDON PROTECTS
DE VALERA PARTY
London, June 10.—(AP)—Extraor
dinary police precautions -were taken
to guard Eanwn de Velem and his
three colleagues of the Irish Free
State cabinet when they arrive] in
England today to continue confer
ences over the abolition of the oath
fit allegiance to Jiing George, , _
PDBUSHBD IYBRT AFTtaXMOON
XXCKPT SUNDAY,
York, chief sponsor.
Senator* Watson of Indiana and
Borah of Idaho, leaders of the two
Republican factions, agreed to it* con
sideration.
Wagner, opening debate on the mea
sure before a crowded Senate, said
he expected there would be little dis
cussion because of the general agree
ment now that Federal aid is neces
sary.
The conference report on the $177,-
000.000 Agriculture Department ap
propriation bill was agreed to within
three minutes today by the Senate
without debate, and without a record
vote.”
scrlppshoward
PAPERS DEMANDING
SMITH NOMINATION
Editorial Published In All
Papers of Big Chain
Says Roosevelt “An
other Hoover”
FACED WITH CRISIS
THEY BOTH GIVE IN
Hoover at Heart Against In
iquitous Tariff, Yet He
Signed It; Roosevelt Re
volts Against New York
City Scandal, Yet He Tem
porizes With It
New York, June 10.—(API —Roy W.
Howard, chairman of the board of the
Sc ripps- Howard newspapers, announc
ed today tuat all acnpps-Howard
newspapers were publishing today an
editorial entitled. "Give Us Smith,"
in favor of Alfred E. Smith for presi
dent.
The editorial describes Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt as "another
Hoover," and expresses the opinion
that Roosevelt and Hoover possess
in common one dominating trait
faced In a pinch with con
sequences, they yield.”
"Every item of his.economic train
ing and his international experience
cried out against the tariff bill." the
editoral reads, "yet Herbert Hoover
signed it. Every instinct in Franklin
D. Roosevelt's make-up revolts
against the New York City revelation,
yet for over a year he has temporized
before Tammany."
FORMER ARMY MAJOR
IS HELD FQP. MURDER
Milton, Fla., j un e 10.—tAP) -Guy
Wyman. onr*k a major in the United
States A r my. was held here today on
a charge or of slaying his former
wife, and the present Mrs. Wyman
said he shot to protect her.
A coroner's jury yesterday ordered
the former army officer held In jail
to await trial for second degree mur
der. The present Mrs. Wyman said
her predecessor, whom Wyman mar
ried while he was serving with the
A. E. F. in France, had often threa
tened her life, and once had shot at
her.
Delegate Contests
Heard By G. O. P.
Chacagog, June 10 < AP) —The Re
publican National Committee today be
gan bearing contests for seat* in ttae
national convention brought by rival
de Legations from six southern tAates,
and involving "kity wfhittsm' and tl\e
administration k effort, tp revise pat
nonage distribution organization*.
At the outset announcement woe
made of a settlement by mutual
agreement of a oonfcest from the ninth
district of Tennessee, under wfcich R.
R. Ohurah, Negro Republican leader
of Memphis, and C. B. King, of Mem
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, TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPII
PRESENCE OF VETS
BIG INCENTIVE FOR
CLOSING UP SHOP
i
Bonua Expected To Pa»*
Tlouse, But Be Blocked In
Senate Committee Un
til Adjournment
CAN T QUIT BEFORE
END OF NEXT WEEK
No Chance For Republican*
To Get To Their Conven
tion, But Democrats Hope
to Make It To Chicago Be
fore Their Parley Opens
Last Week In June
Washington, June 10.—(AP) -Even
though all chance of quitting In time
Tor the Republican National Conven
tion has gone. Congress I* fighting
things for an early adjournment,
anxious to get'away from Washing
ton.
Though little Is said about it. the
presence of the veterans' army of
bonus seekers in me Capital la a
powerful incentive for closing up
«hop. The nearest to a consensus to
day was the opinion that the final
gavel bang will come at the end of
next week, ample time for the Demo
crats to get to their party gathering
in Chicago.
Some hope it will coma sooner, but
even at the increasing rate of speed
*hown in the Senate where the press
of legislation now is such an out
come appears unlikely to a majority
of members.
The bonus vote in the House is
practically certain to take place next
Monday. A maze of technicalities will
surround the effort to force out the
Patman bill authorizing tne two bil
lion dollar outlay, a* the House lead
ens have made the proposition as dif
ficult as possible. But the general be
lief is that the bill will be passed and
sent to the Senate. There unquestion
ably an effort wtll be made to keep
it in committee until after adjourn
ment, despite the terrific pressure
which the ragged army Is sure to exert
on the senaors. 1 ,
SECURiISWORTH 1
1200,000 MISSING
Disappear In Two Block*
From Office* of Philadel
✓ phia Concern ~ if
Philadelphia. June 10.— (AP>—Ap
proximately $200,000 in securities that
had been delievered but a few min
utes before, disappeared today from
the administrative offices of the
Girard Trust Company. Broad and
Chestnut streets, police announced.
The securities had been delievered
by the Pnnesylvania company for in
siXranc |>n lives and granting an
nuities*' and Erwin W. Fiero. a clerk,
was checking them when a telephone
on a nearby desk rang. Answering it,
he said, an excited boy askel him
to go to the business department quick
and get S.V>.OOO in bonds left on a
counter there before somebody picked
them up.
Hurrying over to the place de
signated, Fiero failed to find them
and when he returned to hts desk, th#
securities he was checking were also
gone.
ptus would be seated as d) strict dele
gatee and George H Gooie, of Mem
phis. would take King’s place as dele
gates* large.
A content from Georgia was the
first argued. J. E. Lemon, of Sa
vannah, representing the contestant*
who are opposing the "lily white"
group, headed by John W. Arnold, ha
t lons I commit tesnuL contended too
adman is* ration -recognized factions had
been sea up irregularly, and were at
tempting to ‘’drive out others because
of their race.” j _ _