Henderson daily dispatch., July 12, 1932, Image 1

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HENDERSON,
GATEWAY TO
central
CAROLINA.
NINETEENTH YEAR
MERGER PLAN FOR
GREAT UNIVERSITY
BECOMES REALITY
of Consolidated Insti.
tution To Be Known as
President, Not As
Chancellor
PRESIDENT IS NOT
AS YET DESIGNATED
If He Is Named From
Among Present Heads Ofi
Three Institutions, Dr. GraJ
ham Will Probably Be!
Chosen; Others Would Be!
Vice-Presidents
Dull; k nnr»n,
la Ihr Hir Wkllrr lintel,
rr j i HtohKHt it i.
July 12.- History was made
t- the olu v'ta.e Capitol whan the new
?f trustee* of the University of
>*cnb Csrolina met here Monday to ,
orpnae. on the recommenda- .
WB , of the university consolidation I
fvf.*ra ar.J elect its new executive
ttnmiTtr* of 12 members, which will ,
|c - f> r th? full board in most mat- !
tfr , , 0 the administration of the three !
♦duceti'cal institutions now merged
ia’<* one.
The action taken at this meeting ,
mikes th» consolidation of State
Cc!ie|e here of N. C. C. W. at Greens- j
here ard the University at Chapel i
Hill a fact and not a theory- with this |
or* board o( trustees and one execu- I
ti\? roaunmee at its head, although ;
a!' tree institutions will maintain |
thrir present identity and individual- i
lty.
ih*re rri. tv one presiden* of the
rew coiwJJated University of North
i
i Continued on Paae 81x.>
Premier Herriot
Wins Victory In
French Chamber!
Pari*. July 12—( AlM—Premetr
Edouard Herriot ’--on a decisive \
in the Chamber of De
puties today when the Chamber,
shortly before noon, passed the !
rvernment finance bill designed
t? balance the French budget'by
r \r\ e of SRS to :m.
The premier's victory came
after an all-night session of the
r hsmber. in «hlch there were nit- j
*er fight*, which threatened to
destroy his maiority by alienating !
lorcrs of both the left and the
ri|ht. j
The Scclaltata. nerxt to the
strongest part >ln Ihe Chamber,
t'e-ided to withhold their support
after r Socialist amendment call
ing for elimination of the annual
•reining period for reservists was
'"ted down. Premier Herriot
r'ade it a question of confidence.
BRITAIN WON'T G®
TO GOLD STANDARD
London. July 12. (AP)— The
government has no Inten
°f returning to the gold
P*«dart in the immediate future,
• v ilU- Chnmperlain, chancellor
'he exchequer, told Parliament
t**».
EX.POUCE CHIEF
ON LIQUOR CHARGE
Hlmington. July 12.—(AP)- Ed
former chief of police of
'T'Jvhp' tt. was arrested late last night
' agents mho said they
him guarding 300 cases of im
peded liquor at Seaside. 20 miles from
h»:e.
Leonard was brought here and will
. ? * r "' a hearing on charges of
1.1°“ th * prohibition laws tomor-
The liquor was stocked in wood.
MacDonald Says Nobody
Can Blame United States
British Prime Minister Te!l» Parliament Lausanne
Agreement Was Not Intended As An Ultimatum To
United States; American Agents Not Consulted
July 12._< AP)-No
* ran Marne the United States
~r the attitude she has taken to-
Z*** *vsr debts. Prime Minister
Mar!»<.•,aid told I‘arlla
. t°da>'. hut the lauunne
, ) w * s ln n*> way intended as
" "hunutum to AmericJ^
th# prlm * minister's first
I’-in [" nct in l*'® House since his re
h*BJ l Auaanne. Just before he
w->, i ° ****** an official statement
th„ . h . u,a o °rrectlng an impression
• at Lausanne had
Bntiirrsmt Bafhi Htsnatrh
KIILL LEASED WIKB SBRVICB
OF THE ASSOCIATED PUBS*
“Torch” Singer Tells Her Sto
j/
jVI. -
V.
V nP! Bbl
Widowed by the death of her hus
band. Smith Reynokte. 20, heir to 1
420.000.000 of the Reynolds tobacco
fortune. Libby Holnmn testified be
fore a coroner's Jury in her palatial -
Two Solutions Offered
In State Money Dilemma
Henry Burke, of Budget, Would Slash Departments,
While Treasurer Stedman Would Cut Highway
Funds Also; Finance Heads Consider Course
DriHr Dl-pnlil Rarcaa, i
la Ikr Sir \\ n| trr*' lto(r* - •!
"» -I i. HAVKKKVIM,
Raleigh, July 12.—How to balance
'he State’s budget, or at least how to
keep the State’s schools, departments
and institutions operating during this
present fiscal year on the revenue in
sight, since it is admittedly impos
sible for the State to borrow any more
money, is being discussed here today
by the Council of State, the Advisory
Budget Commission -Mnd Governor O.
Max Gardner. ,
If in agreed that appropriations for
everything, including ihe schools, will
have to be materially reduced this
yemr ctver last year io order to keep
the credit of the State sound and in
order to keep from closing most of
JMEWREVOLUTiON
BREAKS IN BRAZIL
Sao Paulo Governor Over,
thrown; Federal Govern
ment To Rescue
Sao Paulo. Brazil. July 12.—< AP>—
The government of the Federal Inter
venor (governor) of Bao Paulo,
richest and most powerful of the
civilian states, was overdrawn today
and leaders of the revolution which
began last week had taken over the
helm.
In the meantime, reports Were re
ceived that the Fedenalgovernment
of President Getulio Varg&n at Rio
de Janeiro was concentrating army
and navy forces upon Sao Paulo de
termined to put the revolt down.
MilFary censorship was Imposed
here, and ispatches of even an ob
-1 emus domestic nature were stopped.
consulted American representatives
regarding a “gentlemen’s agreement
that the Lausanne treaty would not
become effective until America scaled
down the dehte.
That impression arose from a
speech yesterday in the House by
Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of
the exchquer, who said the delegates
from Lausanne bad consulted not on
ly each other but also representatives
■ of the American government
Mr. If ac Do no. o tud nobody could
blsjUit rj. Uuk.v Jts-w* it: her at
l titiida.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA ANn vipo.m.a
home et W.nston-Salem of intimate
secrets and relations with Reynolds
The coroner returned a verdict that
young Reynolds came to his death
from a pistol bullet fired by an un
known person.
the The question
before this conference otday is where
and how to make the cut.
Governor Gardner, it is understood,
will make no definite proposal, but is
seeking rather the counsel and advice
of the members of these two State
agencies to guide his actions as di
rector of the budget. Two plans have
been proposed, one by Henry Burke,
assistant director of the budget, and
one by State Treasurer John P. Sted
man.
The Burke plan would reduce the
allotments to the State departments
and institutions $1,000,000 under what
they were this past year, and thus
(Continued on Page Three.)
Prominent Selma
Youths Arrested
Sefcrm, July 12.—bAP)—Robert
L Ray, Jr., and Thomas Ray. sons
of Robert L. Ray, prominent Selma
attorney, were In jail here otday
in default of SI,OOO bond each,
after officers found 5,009 cartons of
cigarettes, allegedly stolen, In their
home late yesterday.
The brothers, graduates of the
University of North Carolina, took
a prominent part In community
life here.
oryschaLlenge
SENATE WET BLOC
Bingham Chided To Seek
Vole on Repeal, Which
He Promises To Do
Washington, July 12.—(AP)— The
objection of the Republican and
Democratic leaders caused Senator
Bingham, Republican, Connecticut, to
j abandon efforts for obtaining an im
mediate expression on repeal of the
eighteenth amendment.
Beer was still a subject of contro
versy in the Senate, despite the vote
shelving the proposal to legalise the
brew.
Objections from Senator Shepherd.
Democrat. Texas, blocked Senate con
sideration of a resolution by Senator
Bingham calling on Surgeon General
Cummlng to report on the amount of
alcohol that might make a beverage
intoxicating.
Challenged by Senator As hurst,
Democrat, Arizona, to seek a vote on
his amendment repealing the eight
eenth amendments, Bingham said he
would ask unanimous consent for its
consideration.
LEATHER
FOB NORTH CAROLINA
Fair tonight and Wednesday. -
HENDERSON, N. C„ TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 12, 1932
LIBBY HOLMAN TO !■
LEAVE WINSTON AS
SOON ASTOBIE
Coroner's Jury Finds Her
Husband, Rich Smith
Reynolds, &lain By
Unknown Person
SHE WAS PRISONER
IN HOME TWO DAYS
Ab Walker, Reynolds' Sec
retary and Lifelong Chum f
Says He Knows Youth's
Death Was Suicide; Ver
dict Also Frees Him From!
Further Custody
Wimtton-Salem. July 12.—( AP)
Sheriff Tnuisnu Scott Inday said
his Ins esli nation of Smith Rey
nolds' death was not closed. but
he defined to say what hi* next
step In the Inquiry Into the shoot
ing of Ihe young heir to tohanco
millions wnuio i>e.
The sheriff issued a brief for- ,
mal statement, in which he took j
no notice of a decision by a
coroner's jury lata last night (hat '
Reynolds, who was shot hi death !
In hi.s home here last Wednesday, ’
came to his death by a gunshot
wound at the hands of a party or
parties unknown.
Meanwhile, Libby Holman
Broadway "blues'* singer, and j
widow of Reynolds, prepared to
(Continued on Page Six)
Guardsmen Join
Hunt For Missing
Minneapolis Baby
” r A
Minneapolis, Minn* July 12 (AP) — ]
One hundred Minnesota National
Guardsmen were mobilized today to j
Join tn a search fV I-eslte Delano, j
missing 20-ircnths-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Delano, of Columbia Height
a suburb.
The troope were called out by Gov
ernor F. B. Olson, following a con
ference yesterday with reside me of I
Columbia Heights, who had been 1
seeking the child since Friday when
he disappeared from his home.
! A movement erf the troops to Co
lumbia Heights was held up however,
pending investigation, of a chie by de
tectives. who left for an unannounced
dectlna t ion. «
Curtis’s Counsel
Says That He Was
Misunderstood
Flemington, N. J.. July 12. (AP) — |
Lloyd Fisher, counsel for John
Hughes Curtis, of Norfolk. Va., con
victed of hinedring the search of th« 1
Lindbergh kidnapers, said today his ,
remark Curtis was "Just a man with !
wild dreams about boats and things”
was misunderstood.
Fisher said his statement while
Curtis was before the Hunterdon
county court for sentence yesterday
was interpreted to imply he never be
liveed his client was in contact with
the kidnapers. The lawyer said he be
lieved Curtis’ statemnt that he was
in contact with people who represent
ed themselves to be the kidnapers or
their representatives, and passed on
his Information for what it is worth.
|
TREASURY PROBE TO
WAIT TO DECEMBER
Washington. July 12.—(AP)— |
The House Rules Committee to
day postponed Investigation of the |
Treasury and the Federal Reserve
Board until the ecember session
of Congress.
POSTMASTERS BACK
HOOVER AND BROWN
Wilmington. July 12.—(AP)—A re
solution reaffirming support of Presi
dent Hoover and Postmaster General
Brown was adopted by the North Car
olina Branch of the National League
of District Postmasters, which closed
Us annual convention today after re
electing A- C. Jarman, of Richlands,
as president.
TAYLOR TO CONFER
WITH JAS. A. FARLEY
Raleigh, July 12—(AP)—Tyre Tay
lor. president of the Toung Demo
cratic Clubs of America, who is exe
cutive counsel of the State of North
Carolina, 4s expected to go to New
York the latter part of the week to
confer with James A. Farley, chair
man of the National Democratic Com
mittee, it was learned today.
Mr. Taylor will discuss plans for
cooperation by his organization with
♦he national organization in the ap»
proaching campaign.
Senate Committee Approves'
New Unemployment Measure,
And Sends It To The Floor
Ljberals Fear A Dictatorship
• / ifrfj
l v mk&mm .
H * Mr. ■-
; r/ 1 fe
mm oesFsjpJj
■0 QQqolj*
John W. Herring of New York,
national executive secretary of the
League for Independent Politics! Ac
tion, is hown, right at Cleveland,
during the organimtlon's two-day
convention, which Emmanuel Deva
McDonald In Hot
Retort To Critics
London, July 12.—(AP)— Prime
Minister Ramsay MacDonald, re
porting to the House of Commons
today on the reparations negotia
tion* at Lausanne scouted the argu
ment that the government could
have waited for "certain elections”
—by which he meant the American
presidential election next Novem
ber.
“I have become tired of waiting
for elections, ** he explained.
The prime minister asserted that
Lausanne marks an essential step
toward world economic recovery,
and he expressed the hope that the
conference had put an end to the
uncertainties from which business
has suffered.
TWO MEN HELD IN
$50,000 EXTORTION
Threatened To Kidnap Two-
Year Old Daughter Rich
Chicago Man
Lake Bluff. 111, July 12 (AP)—Two
men were arrested by Chicago detec
tives today and charged with a $50,000
extortion plot and the threatened kid
naping of Partricia Durand, two-year
old daughter of Jack Durand, adopted
son of F. Scott Durand, a wealthy
packer.
Two weeks ago Durand, 30, receiv
ed a letter demanding $50,000, which
he Ignored. Earlier today a man
telephoned, renewing the demand and
threatening to kidnap Patricia If the
sum were not forthcoming. Durand
called the police. Whiter Storms, as
sistant chief of detedtlves at Chicago,
and Detective William Henneasy hur
ried to the Durand home and arrested
two suspect*. What evidence they had
against the pair was not disclosed.
WOMAN AWAKES FROM
30 DAY LONG NAP
Cleveland, Ohio, J|*ty„ 12-—(IAF)
A woman who gave her name as Jean
King, of Charleston, S. C., recovered
consciousness today at the county jail
after hiving apparently been asleep
for the last 10 day*.
She told police the last thing she
remerrd>ered was “taking a drink in
an automobile” June 14, the day she
i was arrested. ,
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
dor. chairman of the meeting. Inset la
John Dewey, well-known philosopher
a leading figure at the convention.
Dr. Dewey said he feared the nation
would plunge into Flgsrtsm or dicta
torship if the administration pursued
i Its present policies.
DISORDERS RIFE IN
OHIO COAL STRIKE
Fire, Dynamiting, Gun Bat
tle* and Near Riot Oc
cur In Placet
Columbus, Ohio. July 12. ( AP)
Gun battles, a bridge dynamiting, a
fire and a near riot marked develop
ments today in the five months old
Ohio coal strike.
One man was killed in a gun battle
at Chauncey. A N ew York Central
bridge near the same village was dy
namited and the Kanawha and Michi
gan railroad bridge at Albany was
fired early today in what authorities
said was an attempt by strikink min
ers to intimate workers.
Almost immediately after the New
York Central bridge was dynamited
an undetermined number of persons
began pouring rifle and shotgun fire
into the National Guard encampment.
The guardsmen returned the fire,
but whether any one besides Free
man was struck officers were unable
to determine.
ROOSEVELT'S TRIP,
UP COAST GOES ON
Morris Cove. Conn., July 12. (AP>
- Strong winds that threatened Long
Island Sound this morning forced
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt to
accept a tow for his yawl as it left
this cove to continue his vacation
sail along the New England coast.
New Leaders In Congress
If Democrats Gain Power
Radical Wheeler of Montana And Huey Long of Louis
iana Would Wield Big Influence; Republicans Ad
mit No Losses, But De mocratg Are Confident
By /CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington, July 12.—The Demo
crat* are laying ..their plana sot; the
quadrennium beginning March 4,
128$, as confidently as if -there were
no question whatever- that Franklin
D. Roosevelt will be the next White
House occupant, with friendly major
ities in both congressional branches.
Republican politicians admit no
such thing, of course.
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TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPU
HOUSE ASLO PLANS
BILL SATISFACTORY
TO ADMINISTRATION
Senate Prepares To Consider
Its Measure During Aft
ernoon After Com.
mittee Okeh
NO ATTEMPT MADE
TO OVERRIDE VETO
New Projects Would Still
Contain Virtually Every
thing In Bill Hoover Killed
Except Loans to Individ,
uals; Public Works Loans
Allowed
Washington, July 12.—(AP)
The new Wagner unemployment
relief bl'l was approved today by
the Senate Banking Committee
and prepared for consideration In
the Senate later this afternoon.
In the House, meanwhile, pre
parations went shead also for
drafting a measure along lines
wanted by the administration.
Washington. July 12. —(AP)—Out of
he wreckage of the $2,122,000,000
Jarncr-Wagner relief bill vetoed by
*re!?ident Hoover there arose today
n almost identical measure—except
.hat Democrats sought a different
method of getting financial aid to
individuals.
The White House veto message,
which stopped short the old Mil yee
erd&y, criticized as violating "every
«ound ptincipl of public ftneance and
government” Speaker Garner's plan
.’or loans to individaula from the Re
construction Finance Corporation.
Thus was laid a campaign issue at
inusual potentialities.
Democrats accepted the presidential
attitude without a veto in either bouse
to override its veto. They sought to
day to put through a scheme under
which Federal Reserve Banks could
lend to piivatt individuals in need If
he Federal Reserve Board approved*
(Continued on Page Six). aßmj
Henderson County J
Man Faces Chair
Friday For Murder
Raleigh. July 12.-TAP) Plato
Edney, Henderaon county man con
victed of the Tirst degree murder of
his wife, will be electrocuted at State's
Prison here Friday unless he is grant
ed executive elemeeny.
Bdey’a attorneys have been mak
ing a determined fight to save him,
alleging that a prejudiced jury sat
in his trial. But the State Supreme
Court upheld the conviction.
Ty re Taylor, executive counsel, said
he had the case under consid
eration. but had reached no decision.
Edney was to have been executed last
month, bu! was given n reprieve which
which will expire Friday.
WINSTON MAN HEADS
SPANISH >VAR VETS
Charlotte. July 12.—(AP)— Dantal
V. Carter, of Wirwton-Salem, today
was elected and Installed as com
mander of the North Carolina De
partment of Spanish-American War
Veterans at the rtoeing session of its
annual encampment here.
Without attempting to argue one
way or the other, it certainly is not
unduly partisan to recognize that con
ditions in Washington will develop
various highly interesting aspects If
the Democrats do win a clean-cut
viotory in November.
Surely, too, it is reasonable to look
for a Democratic congress in the
event of the Democratic presidential
If. intinued on Page SixJ,