I’ueNTDEHSON,
SAVEWAYTO
central
CAROLINA.
NINETEENTH YEAR
PRESIDENT ORDERS REORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT
HOOVER OFFERS PLAN
FOR REORGANIZATION
OF U. S. DEPARTMENTS
Bulky Message Sent to Con.
gress Would Rc-Align
Many Federal Gov
ernment Services
„0 NEW OFFICES
WOULD BE FIXED
Four Assistant Secretaries
Tn ‘ Little Cabinet** Group
ed Again In Scheme Sub
mitted by Executive; Abol.
'shmg of Some Commis
sioners Urged
Per !». :«\I * * I’resi
l i - orders for reorganlza- j
■ olid.ition of government
- tied today, will, unless
i■■mniu*'. go into ttieit
• i . .1 \ '* of next ye ir.
' !••• hardy rnoie than tluee ’
■ • he turn; over the g.»\-i
Franklin P. Roosevelt,
ha- retained the authority]
* ! • mtei veiling sixty days to j
••* the xecutive oiders and
ill in min immediate effect.]
*
• hi them ent.iely by passing I
• 'a>>|iriHtion resolution, or i
\ • s h ui by pushing consolidating j
■ - I'ejn of its own.
■— - I
hn.gion. Dec. 9. tAl'i In a
■< me.-, age. President Hoover to
• «ee*t before Congie- a r.er'o.s
'•mmeiidations f«n partially re
. /i"g the Kedrin! government by
• nnix .’>* executive branches in
i pattern ;u»d reducing thy punt
independent agencies by 15.
f'. of proposals called for no
t office.*, but regrouped the
' f four assistant secretaries in
rq’ifnet.** The new titles
i drtant seeretarirs of the
iMiri'ir f... public works; of the in
tC.uunued on Page Seven)
l. S C ANNOT FIND
REASON TO DELAY|
ttashmgton. I>er. !i.— (.MM—.
•. ret»r\ s|im«i>n. in the Ameri
can re;it\ to the lasi French debt i
'>•>l. *iitl (hi government ha«i not ,
I* i able to reach the conrluslon 1
ih<» f postponement of the l>e
• • >di*«r !.'► pajment from Ihe
I r 'n* »• governmemt to the l ulled j
i* oe.rssar) berause of Its
'•*• i mi the problem of re- j
<T\ " j
.Vgro Youths
Is Snatched
I ro in Chair
Hnur Before Klectro
nition Wake County j
!»o\ LsGranted New
Keprie\ e
lice. {i. (APi One hour
‘ ■ In whs to be electrocuted to
' .k“ F. (Sunshine • Jones. 19-
■ 1 "id Negro, convicted of the mur
• I M. Poole. local filling sta
npciHtor. was granted a two
leptiive by tJovernor O. Max
• T.<v lor. the governor’s exoou
'> n. • I. issued a statement say
i" n pricvc was granted on his
loitifiidation due to communica
froni Judge W. A. Devin, who
'be Negro. and because of con
•> doubt as to the mentality of
*' oiUoner.
reprieve, under North Carolina
•vended Jones' stay on Death
' ' in''.! at least January 13. unlesa
• deuce Is commuted, as execu
•»i.' carried out the third Friday
J- ‘ ’h" expiration of a respite.
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or THE ABSOCUTKO PRMr
Youngster in Jail
:|SL i
Shirley Gratzol
Time-ycar-uld Shirley Gratzol is
to.- youngest pri-otivr ever con
j lined in the Mcekleburg county
• jail at ( harlot’.\ N. C. Her par
| "nt.s. Otto and Irene Gratzol were
j arrested in Charlotte on counter
j foiling charges. Having no other
I place i'lso to go. the child went to
jad with her parents. Shirley
wain tile heart of the jailer and
scon had the run of the roof on
the county building ns well as a
■p<cial sandbox in which to play.
Shi* and her tno'her have just
h < n r* ! a.-.rt, hut Shirley'? fa
ther win to a w wp'wwtj
a dav in federal prison.
1932 LEGISLATURE
IN All. LIKELIHOOD 1
! 10 BE SHORT ONE 1
j i
j Many Members Won't Have
j Money To Stay Long i
After 60-Day Pay Has
Stopped Coming In
j MOST OF THEM MAY
SAVE ON THEIR S6OO
i
Need For Speed Will Also
Be Factor, and Some Are
Looking Forward to Dem
ocratic Pie After March 4
and Want To Get Away by
That Date
Dull} lllapatch B«r*aa,
In tkr Kir Wnltrr Motel
l‘ V J c. ItAKKKnTtLI.
Raleigh. Dec. 9. The 1933 General
Assembly will not exceed the 60 day
J for which members receive pay at
the into of $lO a day. and may ad
iourn even before the 60 days limit
i.; up. according to the growing op
inion here. Foi while it is agreed that
•he General .vsstmbli will nave some
vary difficult problems before it par
ticularly thje problem of finding suf
ficient revenue to jirovlde for even
•he rno.-t necessary governmental ac
livitis, indications are that the mcm
(C'oiillnued on Page Seven)
Bramham
Made Head
»
: Ball Group
' Columbus, Ohio. Dge. !?.’ fAP>-
Judge W. G. Bramham. of Durham,
X. C.. toilay was elected president of
the National Association xrf. Profes
sional Baseball Clubs. He was Earned
for a one-year term at a salary of
$6 060
Bramham will take over the duties
i of the' eommittee of five which was
! appointed 'head pt the lassociaUon
I UtoTyaaT when Michael Sexton was
! ousted.' Nom.nation of Judge Bram
! ham whs made by Sexton and se
i oonded by Warren Giles, of the Koch
( aster club of the International Lea
‘ gue, •
ONLY DAILY
To Pay or Not to Pfli?
I 'i | ’
Premier Kain-;iy *1 acdona'vi < loft) and l.ord laindonderry Sue shown as
'.hey left the Premier's residence in London after a lengthy cabinet di*-
.•ussion concerning the war debt to the United States, dueiion December
lf> After appealing in vain for a further stay, it is belieied that Kng
land has decided to pay. A gold shipment that arrived Ir. New York
recently, from London, is rumored to lie tht interest due on the debt.
Britain And France
Will Pay Thursday
No Fiat Official Statement Made, But Developments
Point to D**bt Settlements to United State«; Meth
ods of Payment Are Being Worked Out
< Ky the AvtK.i,iii J Prejs.)
Developments in Europe ir>diej>t<»
tli'ii both Great J’rilJsin and Krm.ce
will pay the money they owe the Unit
'd Stated next Thursday.
There w-.s iu> fiat statement from
in official quarter, either in l/uidon
or Prui.-'. Hint this decision has been
reached, but in both capitals the cab
inets gave their attention to evolving
the must practical method of pay
ment.
An yffici ;1 statement in Isntdon
said th )t this matter will he consid-j
ered at a cabinet meeting early n. xt'
R. F. C. Gets |
‘Clean Bill’
At Inquiry
Special Senate Com
mittee Finds. No
Fault With Method
~of Making Loans
Washington. Dec. 9.—(AP) A
“dean bill of health" for the Recon
struction Corporation was indicated
today following a meeting of the spe
cial Senate committee created to in
vestigate the relief organization's loan
policies.
After a review of Ihc corporation's
loans, in an executive meeting, mem
bers indicated no fault would be
made with the administration of the
gigantic government agency on the
basis of records so far examined.
These did not include loans made
for a short pe-iod early last summer,
however, before the House began to
make the transactions of the corpora
tion public.
BRUMMnr opposes
LEA CASE REVIEWS
Washington. Dec. (AP)'—Attor
ney General Dennis G. Brummltt, of
North Carolina, today filed in the Su
preme Court, a brief opposing a re
view which Luke Lea. Tennessee fi
nancier. and bis son. Luke Lea, Jt
had asked after the refusal" of the
North Carolina Supreme t Court I to
grant them a new triaL
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED LN THfc SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
-ENDERSON. N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 9, 1932
0 atltt SHapair!)
week, when Prime Minister! Mac-
Donald comes back from the disarma
ment meeting at Geneva.
In Pm I the minister of finance ad
vi-• 1 the foreign affairs committee
and . * ring nc»‘ committee of (he
ChaniU. > ■ that the govern
ment is disposer o pay. wi»h the un
derstanding that this v.ill he the last
payment pending reconsideration of
the entire debt structure. The French
premier must now go before the
Chamber of Deputies for approval of
j this course, and it was expected that
' lir would be uphold.
i
j Opposition
To Peanut
Picketing
Vigorous Protest Re
ceived Against Ac
tion at ‘ Murfrees
boro Gathering
Richmond, Va., Dec. 9. 'AP> A.
vigorous protest against proposed pea.
nut picketing came to Governor Pol
lard todaV.
A protest was registered in a letter
from a resident of Surry county,
whotie name the goyernor did not dia
close, but it called the action of ’he
‘recent peanut growers conference in
Murfreesboro, N. C. ( a “threat to every;
peanut grower who violates the na
tions of the conference governors.''
The governor said he knew of no acta
of violence, and. under present
cumsLance*, there was nothing he
could do.
The protest said that the “so-call
ed” board of governors invited every'
peanut grower to acts of reprisal In
every case where they see fit to refuse
him the exercise of the privileges and
rights of every free citizen.
PLAN HEARING FOR
RUM RUNNING CREW
Newßern. Dec. 9. —(AP)—Nine men
grrested Wednesday for violation of
prohibition laws when the British vas-i
sel Yadadish was seized and 720 ca. es
of whiskey captured off Cure Banks.;
Carteret county, will be given a hear
ing at Wilmingtbn. end not here, os
originally planned.
Farmers Present Petitions
~ »
To Congress Asking Relief
And Swirl Os Debate Opens
NEW "RELIEF FUND 1
$571,000 TO STATE
Reconstruction Corporation
Makes Additional Cash
Advances to North
Carolina
MUST LAStIjNTIL
FIRST OF JANUARY j
Funds on Hand, Re
mainder of Previous Allot
ment, Will 'Be Sufficient;
Total of $1,637,597 Will
be Required; 121,000
Families Helped
Washington, Dee. {».—(A I*)—
Kmeirgency relief funds totalling
$571,600 today were voted by the
Reconstruction Corporation .to
Xorth Carolina-
They loan is to carry the State until
January 1.
Norih Carolina rejiorted to the cor
poration that it had on hand $592,597.
including $2H.969 previously made
available by the corporation, to meet
nyeda for December, while It was es
timated that a total of $1,637,597
would be requited. The corporation in
lending the State enough to make up
the difference.
Xoith Carolina previously had re
ceived $515,000.
1J 1,000 FAMILIES CAKED FOR
ON STATE RELIEF PROOHAM
Kaleigh. Dec 9—(AP»—Relief -needs
in North Carolina in December will
require an estimated expenditure of
51.163 597 to care for 121.000 Ta.m!!!&<?
or 360.000 Individuals. Dr. Fred Mor
fiaou titalc relief director said, today
when noli Tied the "Reconstruciion Fi
nance Corporation had allotted the
State $571,000 for relief work in De
cember.
Local resources wilt contribute
$3-17.628 and a balance of $244,965 was
carried over from the $813,000 allotted
the State for relief in October and
November.
STATE NOT TO CUT
PAY AGAIN AS YET
Fourth to Third Already
Shaved off, and no More
Is Looked For
Dniljr IH»|tn("h
la (he Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J . C. BASKKJI
Kaieigh. Dec. 9.- While there arc
some i eports to the effect that the
salaues of State cnmlyu.-* may be
further decreased, piwaiblv before the
Gen in I Ai cmbly meets in Juicnry.
I ‘tier is ;r> so f' ,r th« -sc *c—
por - it we .- loarne t •* ■ > It la
pointed out that the salaitcs of ut
most all State employes have been dt
creused from 25 to 35 per cent within
the past yea: ..r.d that no additional
cuts are contemplated. It is not even
‘ : 1
(Continued on Page Seyen.)
ayjyiil
TOpoqa»
\7 'says:
B*- eriy Hill*. Calif.. Dec.
An awful lot of people are cen
fuHed as to just what is mcaat by
a "lame Duck C-ongrtas."
It’s like where some fellows
work for you, and their work
wasn't satisfactory, and you let
’em out. Bat after you filed ’em.
you lot ’em stay long enough so
they could burn your bouse down.
You know' that Bulk Bryan
Owen. »he Congresswoman who
had always been' a prohibitionist
and was defeated in the primary
on it. you got to give her credit.
When she saw that the veto was
against it, why, she held tte re
venge but voted with, the re
p re lists
So, there you have a woman
. with more nerve than a lot of
men. Yours,
* K #■» I WILL i
PUBLISHED EVERT UTIIkOOI
■XCBPT SUNDAY.
Friends Hoodooed
:
fe jM
r IP
\ \
(duuppvd in iiati)
Somehow boy frionds who go out ]
with Margaret Marx* Collins, 28,
of all have bad luck.
Seven of th in have been shot to i
death either by police or gang- j
Bter guns, and the eighth, Sol
Feldman, wai taken to a hospital '
fn • Cinclnnntf fatally shot hy s
police bullet. Police ?ay he tried
to rob a fur store.
EUROPE ENTITLED
TO SOME HEARING
Senator Couzens Can't See
How It Would Hurt
United States
HE TALKS ABOUT DEBT
To Sit Down and Listen to What For
eign Nations have To Say Lines
Not Moan Curtailment,
S<#.iator Contends
By CHARLES I*. STEW ART
Washington, Dec. 9. Among many
other things. ’I own, said Senator
James Couzens of Michigan, “an of
fice building.
“Naturally, in these hard times, an
occasional tenant has trouble meeting
his rent. Since 1 can't be there to
manage the building myaoif. of course
I.have an agent. As my representa-
he talks the situation over with
the financial embarrassment's victim
when one of these cases arises. He
may decide that it’s an instance In
w'hich some concession is desirable.
He may decide the contrary.
“He never refuses the chap a hear
ing. anyway.’’
“Now. why."’ asked the senator,
"shouldn't we accord a hearing to
European debtors?”
Welh diplomatic channels of com
munication are open to them.
“Diplomatic methods are mighty/
poorly adapted." said the senator, “to
settling matters of business.
“A debt is different from a treaty.
‘Tt’s. a constitutional function of]
the executive branch of the govern-1
ment to negotiate treaties through the i
~ ■ i
, (Continued on Page Bight.)
POLAND AGAIN ASKS i
DELAY IN ITS DEBTS;
Washington, Dec. 9.—(AP)—
Poland, In another note to the
United States government, today
repeated It* requewt for postpone
ment of the $4,430,000 war debt ln-
Ktallment due December U, bol
stering the request with a detailed
statement, of the country's unsat
-1 lsiactory economic position.
8 PAGES
TODAY
FIVE CENTS COP!
USE COMMITTEE
I IS MOVING TOWARD
BEER AGREEMENTS
Bill Will Be Framed by
Ways and Means Com.
mittee and Presented
In Coming Week
TALK ECONOMY ON
VETERANS AFFAIRS
Philippine Independence It
Debated In Senate; Hoov
er Reorganization Pro.
posal Creates Little Stir In
Either House When Pre
tented There
Washington, t>« r 9 -<AP>—Con
greos received from President Hoover
today a far-reaching plan for re
alignment of government bureaux, but
Instead of taking it up at once, plung
ed into the farm relief question.
Overalled farmers presented peti
tions for aid to Vice-President Curtis
' nd Speaker Gurtier.
The President's plan, carrying no
estimate of economies to be achieved
through the shifting «f activities, was
read to the Senate without evoking
comment, but the House Expenditures
! Comruittvc proposed to take it up Im-
I mediately.
The farm petition, drifted by th*
l National Farmers Relief Conference,
j stalled a awirl of dehato ss Repre
sentative Howard, of Nebraska, road
[ it to the Vice-President Cun
i tis presented it to the Remit-
Meanwhile, the House Ways and
Means Committee, in all-day hearings
pushed toward agreement bn a Iwer
•bill, which is to be 6ffe'rWl next •week
The joint committee on veirjrsns'
legislation, took up .tHth Frank T.
Hines, administrator of Veteran-' af
fairs, the question of economiztoi- on
•x-soldiers' benefits.
Philippine independence lcniaigiod
the official order of business in ths
Senate, and, after preliminaries, do
bate on the issue was resumed.
23 MEN REPORTED
TRAPPED IN IVSINE
Harlan. Ky.. Dec. 9.— ( VIM—
Twenty-three men weir n »tried
trapped by an exploa.on >f the
Harlan Fuel Company'!, c<m»l mine
at Yancey today. This report,
which caune to George Ward, sec
retary of the Harlan County Coal
Operators Association, said It
could not be determined whether
any had been killed.
Ehringhaus
Will Name
Many Jobs
Edwin Gill; Gard*
ner’s Secretary May
Also Serve the New
Governor ~~
Raleight. Dec. 9l— (APi- Governor
elect Jcdin C. B. Ehringhaus. of Eliza
beth City, will, i«g one of his flrat
duties after assuming office in Jaa-
I uary. be faced with the appointment
I of person 4 to sorveral hundred State
j poets. . .*
I Various and sundry are the appoint
j merits which an incoaftng governo
j makes. They range from special
I judges and his private secretary thro
{ ugh the head* of Stale departments
j down to membership on bo&rda of va
rious State institutions, members of
(Continued on Psge Seven.)
WEATHER
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy tonight; Saturday
increasing cloudiness; not much
change tat temperature,