Henderson daily dispatch., August 06, 1932, Image 1

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HENDF.RyON,
Gateway to
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
s ,\KTLLNTH year
I iNBORNE choice
I |f CANDIDATES AS
I STATE CHAIRMAN
I {< F.»?terner and Westerner
I All Rolled Into One;
Born In East, Lived
■ In The West
Hi; SUPPORT WENT
TO BOTH NOMINEES
H M'l -ndon. Who Put Ehring.
hul i Over In Primaries,
Did Not Want Place; Win.
I borne's Bißg Job UTo
I ‘ Get the Money Where the
Money Is“ This Fall
|. ikr «>r W -llfT II"*-*
r isi *» All the politicians
-vi -nv today that John
; • IV'iih’r Fhrtnghaus can-
HHor and Robert Rice
H r. '<• • h-» United States Sen
_■••••• I on ’hmr State chair
. r ’h-* P'nmcratic Exe
> "ii'vc which meets here
■ , • -:ng will have onlv a min
■ • :n • iking the ballot.
. i- universally guessed
. A" 1 Wallace Winborne.
H v *“ive of the Albemarle
once his college days
H Mi'iimtHUKs. The choice,
■ -• rr.er and a westerner in
. • mdrrst *od to combine a i
■ • nominees. Mr. Win
& t t otball in the days that |
' |, was a member of the *
|||| . .! i: ! -•.arted in the big games
■ 1 ' G<vernor Max Gardner
. ' Ni' Townsend when they
'■ v Virginia Mr. Winborne
RJ .greeahle to all interests.
• the unsaid speech of
v* - ' McLendon, who after the
nui-.as-ment of the Ehring
: go was m rare position
• " Sm’p chairmanship. To
■ 3» • i « • mpatsn even for such a
> isrc’’ a- Mr Ehringhaus
- - - < f»*.«•. for the temper of
V ee was against all admtn
>: d the;: candidates. lir.‘
i\v, w r igainst that senti
‘ iga.;. • an even more ag
*■*-'•*' piejulicr the supposed re
,f ,yr . rnward the West
l' h:: *vr han - fared best, out
-* -h:- A *>*m i: * counties. Mr. Win
»s ,icer f: and westerner can
I 5 ! •‘' • ’ • -of all North Car
hi? • . lead, and every
»- 1 _-h ,-”ms to think that
w 4 : ' well known every
>C nr. i«d on Page Eight )
L NEW TESTIMONY IS
I INTRODUCED TODAY
Funeral Director Says He
Found Bruise on Should- :
er Os Clarke
■ " FI i Aug. 6. -1 API-Testi- 1
i’ body of Haden Clarke J
--'I •!! the shoulder was given
‘b‘ *r;ai of Captain W. N. J
is charged with mur- j
4 • n .al for the affections of i
t i f ‘ M. Frith-Miller at her
' h ‘' - April 21.
a fun°ral director, who!
I corpse of the young 1
1 I found the bruise. He
L*' 1 the bullet wound in j
.. “ r ‘" 11 which Lancaster and ■
Mi hr contend was self
' t'lnd no powder burns
- ni ide by ’he butles pasa
- Cike s head.
' • a question by Slate
Y • rnon Hawthorne, the
r l‘t:ored hi 3 experience
t n rases of suicide pow
n ' t ways marked a bullet
t '"ected by clothing.
1 f 'arson. chief defense
■'-d before Bess ansrwer
!'"lnd that he was not
_ _ >s so expert.
Highway Commission Wage
Scale Is Called Too Low
Minimum Said To Be Higher Than Most of
Members of Commission Wished to Make Them;
billed and Unskilled L abor Somewhat Defined
: “'r t)i«pntra Barcaa,
»" ilu. m r Walter Hotel
*>• Wage-rates an
the State Highway
I " 1 ,f 'e skilled and un
• - >•> ht- employed with
’l’piopriHtion - of the
Mfuri are attacked by
«nd Ohst.rvti
low.
Heniteramt BatUt BtsHofrh
WIHS SIR VICE
Or THE ABBOCUTHD PMM -
’ P
mKB MSBB&Ek
W 2+ 1
\ oting to disband and return to
whatever homes they have, mem
bers of the bonus army, which has
been encamped at Johnstown, Pa.,
since being driven out of Wash
ington by the federal army, have
started their homeward journeys.
These are the first photos to show
Walker Summoned Before
Rooseyelt To Make Reply
New York Mayor In
Person To Answer
Charges Brought by
Seaburv
i
New York. Aug 6.—CAP)—James
E. Finnigan. leader of one of the
civic groups asking the removal of
Mayor James Walker, announced that
Governor Roosevelt, in reply to his
rebuttal, informed him that Mayor
Walker had been requested to appear
before the governor in the executive
chamber next Thursday at 1:30 p. m.
to answer the removal charges.
In calling the mayor to Albany to
answer the charges, the governor Is
following the same procedure adopted
in the casp of former Sheriff Farley,
who was given a public hearing on
removal charges filed by Seabury.
Hvde i'ai'.v. N. Y.. Aug. 6. (AP)
Governor Frank'in D. Roosevelt an
nounced today that he had called a
public hearing in the Walker case for
Thursday. August 11, In Albany.
Telegrams were sent to Mayor
James J. Walker, Samuel Seabury.
William J. Schieffelin and James E.
Finnegan. The hearing will open at
12:30 p. m., eastern standard time.
Missing Woman Is
Found V ery 111 In
Raleigh Hospital
Fayetteville. Aug. C. —(API—
Mrs. Lola Knight Fort. 3*. who
has been miming from her home
here since Julv 18, waa located to
day In a Raleigh hospital.
Physicians at the hospital com
municated with relatives here and
said Mrs. Fort left High Point
July 18 to go home, but that she
became suddenly ill on a berth at
Raleigh.
Her condition was so serious at
the time that she was unable to
give any name or any Information
about herself.
The paper makes the point that low
as these rates are. they are higher
than the State Highway Commission
wised to make them. Leaks from the
! council room of the commission re
-1 present Chaiiroan E. B. Jeffress, pub
j Usher of Greensboro and constant em-
(Contlnaed on rsjc Sigh?! Mm
ONLY DAILY
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN
the breaking ap of the camp.
Above are Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Harrison and their children, for
merly residents of Louisville, who
are going to Chicago in hopes of
establishing a new home. Below
is a line-up of veterans and their
families entraining at Johnstown.
New Commerce Chief
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Here is a portrait photo of Roy
D. Chapin, the new secretary of
commerce. As chairman of the
board of the Hudson Motor Car
company, he is known to be thor
oughly acquainted with the prob
lems of the business and com
mercial world.
FMEXPLOIN
OCCURS ON BARGE
Master of Watermelon Boat
From Edenton Dies In
Norfolk Hospital
Norfork. /Aug. «.-(AP)-J. E.
Marshall, master of the 64-foot
power boat Dorothy of Christfleld,
Md., was fatally burned and two
others aboard the vessel were In
jured, one seriously, in a Are caus
ed by an explosion aboard the
boat while It was tied up at an
oil. barge here early today. Mar
shall died In a hospital shortly
after 9 a. m. He had been burned
over the entire body.
Marshall’s son, John Marshall 12
years old. Is in a hospital with severe
burns about the upper part of the
body. Leslie Harold, of Edenton, N,
C„ was released from the hospital
after receiving r treatment for slight
burns about the neck and arms.
George Wilson, of Westmoreland past
office, Va_, the fourth member of the
vessel's crew, escaped. The Dorothy
was ont of Edenton fqr Baltimore,
laden with watermelons. The craft had
rested for fuel at an oil barge, had
taken on fuel and the crew was pre
paring to cast loose from the bar'ge
when tb# explosion appeared,
HENDERSON, N. C.,
THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 6, 1932
LAST OF MARCHERS
PREPARE TO LEAVE
JOHNSTOWN CAMP
\
Announcement That Train
Will Carry Them Awa y
Brings Many Cheers
From Group
BREAK THREATENED
BETWEEN LEADERS
Mayor Heckled As He Tried
To Give Transportation
Plans; Talk Drowned by
Cheers'For Atwell, Waters*J
Representative
Huntington, W. Va., Aug. 6
(AP) —A request for permission
to establish a colony of bonus ex
peditionary forces in Mexico was
wired to President Rubo of Mex
ico today by Do&k Carter, former
chef of staff of the tonus march
ers. :
Johnstown, Pa., Aug. 6.—(API-
Victorious in their desire to ride the j
cushions out of Johnstown, the last
of the bonus marchers prepared to i
leave this afternoon.
Cambria county commissioners ap- |
propriated 51,000 to defray the ex- j
penscs of moving the balance of the
fore.
Announcement that a train had been
obtained from the Pennsylvania rail- I
road brought cheers from the 800-odd
eastern bonus marchers who have '
been impatiently awaiting transpor
tation.
The train of ten coaches arrived
from Pittsburgh, and will pull out fori
the east as soon as the veterans are !
on board. The train will go as far as
Jersey City, making frequent stops en ;
route
While the iast chapter was being
written about the squalid camp built
overnight after the bonus army fled i
from Washington, a break threaten- 1
cd for days between Mayor Eddie '
McCloslcey and the' B. E. F- official 1
staff flared with dramatic sudden-!
ness.
McCloskey tried all day yesterday j
and this morning to get a train from I
the Pennsylvania railroad, but failed.!
Eddie Atwell, representative of Wal
ter W. Waters, commander of the B.
E. F., took the matter into his own I
hands last night, began separate ne- ]
gotintions and succeeded.
The mayor was heckled when he !
ritd to make the announcement that
the train had been obtained and his
talk was drowned out by cheers for
Atwell.
Atwell and McCloskey then indulged
In some verbal - pyrotechnics, but &
moment later —hile the veterans "raz
zed” the mayor. Atwell told him he {
was sorry for the feeling against him
expressed by the men.
STATE GOLD MINES
ME AIM WORKED
Production Rites to Highest
Point In 15 Years, Bry
son Reports
Raleigh, Aug. 6 —(AP) —Reduced in
comes resulting from existing condi
tions have had a decided influence
toward stimulating interest in Nojth
Carolina's gold deposits, State Geolo- I
gist H. J. Bryson said today.
There are in operation in the State J
at this time, Bryson said, six stamp |
mills, two gold washing plants and one 1
hydraulicking plant. The value of ‘
gold produced in the State last year ,
was the greatest since 1917.
During recent tours of inspection in
the gold districts, the state geologist '
said he observed considerably above (
the average actively with a heavy |
sprinkling erf prospectors and miners j
at work in various sections.
This usual activity, Bryson addyd, *
is verified by the recWpt of' Wn in
creasing number of specimens aJt his
office for identification. The num
ber o samples sent for identification
during the last year he mid, exceeded
those o the previous year by approxi
mately 200.
Bryson announced that he recently
had ha dphotostatic copies of a geo
logic map showing the location of gold
and copper districts The publican
which originally carried this map has i
been out of print for yeans, he said, ]
but recenft developments prompted
him to reproduce the map.
WEATHER
' FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy, with local thun
dershowers in central and west
portions tonight and Sunday,
AB WALKER MAKES $25,000 BAIL
AND IS FREED IN REYNOLDS CASE
At Trial of B ritish Aviator
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Scenes in the Courtroom at Miami.
Fla., during the trial of Captain Wil
liam N. Lancaster. British aviator,
who Is charged by the state with the
killing of Haden Clarke, young news
paperman. and love rival of Lancaster
for the affections o< Mrs. Jessie
Violent Surge Up
Is Felt By Stocks
New York, Aug. 6. (AP)—Bullish
enthusiasm of six weeks, which reach
ed the crest toward the closing min
utes of trading, swept prices up from
$2 to more than 12 a share on the
New York Stock Exchange today
Buying poured into the maiket
throughout the two hour session, at
State Prisoners
Gradually Waning
Raleigh, Aug. 6 (AP)—State
Prison's population decreased by
five during July, J. K. Powell,
bookkeeper, reported today. The
i number of prisoners in Central
prison and the number Iri prison
camps on July 31, was 2,803, com
pared to 2,806 on Jane 30.
For the seven months through
July there has been a decrease of
83
During July, 102 persons were re
ceived, 23 escapes were returned
and seven others were redved
from miscellaneous sources. Eighty
I were released upon expiration of
' sentences; 12 were paroled, 31 es
caped, four died r»id two others
were released for miscellaneous
reasons.
PELLAGRA IS LESS
THAN USE SUMMER
Slight Increase Due Tp Hard
Times Diet; Typhoid
Shows; Declines
Dally Korean,
la tkf Sir Walter Rote*.
, Raleigh, Aug. 6.—Slight increase in
j pellagra, diet disaass which North
1 Carolina has been able to combat In
I hard times, means nothing when con-
I trested with other years, the Stata
Board of Health says. •
The latest figures for the wee£ end
ing July SO, report 51 cases for that
seven-day. For the week ending July
23. 1932. there’ wore 103 cases and for
July 18, 1922, there were 81. For July,
9 of this year 92 victims of faulty |
(Continued qt> Page Eight.}
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTBRNOOE
EXCEPT IUMDAT.
Keith-M.llcr. Australian woman flyer.
Top photo shows Lancaster, right,
with his attorney. James M Carson,
in the Courtroom. Below Mrs. Kelth-
Mdller is shown on the stand as she
•testified that Clarke shot himself to
death ni her bungalow at Miami.
taining its climax in the final half
hour, when it appeared that buyers
were willing to nay almost any priec
to obtain their favnr t;s.
United States Steel, common, reach
ed $42 a <hare for an extra gain, while
steel preferred so?.i"d nearly Si.>.
American Telephone snowed a rise
of ov,” ?7 from F i: n » close.
SEVEN ARRESTS IN j
WOMAN’S SLAYING
I
Officer* Delve Into Strange
Death Os Rich Missis. ;
sippi Recluse
|
Natchez. Miss., Aug. 6.—(AP)—The
mysterious slaying of Miss Janett j
Surget Merrill, belle of the i
who was an eccentric recluse, |
caused arrest of seven suspects tr, a ®
vigorous effort of authorities to find I
a solution to the crime.
A witness was found who sa id he
beard pistol shots and a. woman's 1
screams Friday night at the aristo
cratic mansion, where tbe aged spin-!
ister lived alone. With that informa-]
tion, officers brough* in four white I
men, a white women, and two Negro*
men for questiqr jng yesterday.
Among those* arrested were Richard !
Banner, bee.roded and long haired i
owner of the plantation adjoining the j
Merrill p]«r; e . Officers said they learn- 1
ed the two had an argument with |
the slain woman In recent days over j
damage done to the Merrill property j
by the housekeepers’ herd of goats.
Senator Wheeler Favors
More Trade With Russia
Ry CHARLES P. STEWART
Central PreM Staff Writer
. Washington, Aug. 6.—“ Nearly 160,-
Russians want steel knives
and forks. Heretofore the' best that
most tbik in Russia could afford was
wood, but their .condition . has im
proved a little under Communism,
creating this new demand.
“Table cutlery is just one item.
“A country in need of its initial sup
ply of what we consider such basic
necessities as knives and forks needs
8 PAGES
TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPlfl
FATHER OF LIBBY
TO BRING HER IN
IN COMING WEEK
Solicitor Higgins Say* Con
sent to Walker 4 * Free,
dom No Chart For
Reynolds Widow
BOND OF $25,000 IS
GIVEN BY YOUTH
I Facts Show Nothing" More
Than An Offense That 1*
Available, Higgins Says;
Noted Criminal Lawyer
Flies to Winston From
New York For Holmans
j Winston-Salem. Aug. 6.- (API- P--
vcopments today in the investigation
] '"to the fatal shooting July t> of
Smith Rpvni'l' , *i Winston-Salem mil
lionaire. included: gs ;
Al> Vv airter, jointly indicted in the
j .shooting wi|h Libby Holman Rey
j colds the willow was granted bo l - ’
, *« the sum of $25,000 by Judge A. M.
| Stack.
| Alfred Holman, father of the for
■ mer Broadway torch singer, promises
t to have Mrs. Reynolds in Winston
-1 Salem In ‘‘considerably less than a
I week.”
j . Solicitor Carlisle Higgins, who con
sented to bond for Walker, said his
. course today could not be taken as an
indication of his uttiude in the event
! of a similar plea by Libby.
| Judge Stack fixed Walker's bond at
$25,000. It wa.s not immediately ar
-1 ranged Walkers two attorneys.
Bailey Lilts Liipfert, and Oscar Eflrd.
argued for a lighter bail, but Judge
Stack said that if the amount was too
high a motion to reduce it could b*
made.
, An hour later Bailey Lipfert, one of
j Walker's attorneys, went to the offie*
of the clerk of the court and an
| nouncod that bail had been arranged.
Lipfert was accompanied by the
youth's father. B. B. Walker.
Young Walker was brought in from
the rounty jail, where he was re
manded after the hearing, and hit
father signed the bond.
Walker refused to answer questions
h- he left the clerk’s office with Lip
fert.
The judge announced his - decision
to allow bail after Higgins had told
him:
"The facts before us show nothing
more than an offense that is bail
able."
Higgins added after the hearing,
however, that he reserved the right to
try both Walker and Mrs. Reynold*
on first degree charges in the event
evidence to wan ax,t such action is
obtained before tin. start of the trial.
Higgins also .sp.jd his course today
mu:it not be trj’xen as an indication
of his probatjte attitude toward a
similar plea f f o r bond hv Mrs. Rey
nolds. "The\y are two separate cases.”
he said. "I w ui no t cross that bridge
until I cvy.rie to it."
NOTE».» CRIMINAL LAWYER
OF NEW YORK FLIES DOWN
N ‘-'/ York, Aug. 6.—( AP»—Samuel
Li‘-t,owitz. noted criminal lawyer, left
by plane today for Winston-Salem. N.
at the request of Alfred Holman,
father of Libby Holman Reynolds.
GOV. SMITH'S SON
OBTAINS LICENSE
Youngest Boy In Family To Wed Min
Flonnce E. Watson on Date
Yet Unannounced
Schneetady. N. Y., Aug. 6 (AP)—
Walter J. Smtrh. youngest son of for
mer Governor Alfred E. Smith, today
procurred a marriage license to wed
Miss Florence E. Wb’son, of Seh
nectady.
The couple said they expected to b«
married by Magistrate J. H. Ds-
Laney of the Cathedral of the Im»
irvacuate Conception, in Albany.
It was understood the wedding
date was fixed for August 13.
enormous quantities of practically
every manufactured article we pro
duce." said Senator Burton K. Wheel
er of Montana, r. traveler a year ago
in soviet-land and an intensely inter
ested observer of the laborious prog
ress its people have made since ha
visited them in 1923.
“Yes. they have made a measure of
progress," continued the senator,
"whatever critics of their revo|ution