Henderson daily dispatch., January 06, 1933, Image 1

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HENDERSON,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
TWENTIETH YEAR
GENERAL ASSEMBLY ACTS
Calvin Coolidge To Be Buried Tomorrow Ad Plymouth, Vermont l
BODY WILL LIE IN
STATE IN MORNING
AT LITTLE CHURCH
Funeral at Northampton,
Mass., Will Be Attended
by President Hoov
er and Others
C ONGRESS GROUPS
ALSO WILL ATTEND
Body Will Be Taken By
Motor to Native Vermont
Hills for Final Rest; Con
gress to Recess for Day
and Big New York Markets
Will Also Be Closed
Northampton, Mass., Jan. 6. —(AP)
Calvin Coolidge goes to his long
!*’ :» tomorrow amid the‘austere hills
of his native Vermont, and the
thoughts of a nation he led will fol
low the simple cortege.
The services will be as simple as
the life he led.
That ts the keynote of the funeral
under preparation today for the
thirtieth president—struck down yes
terday by a heart attack that came
swiftly and left him dead wih an ex
pression of peace on his face.
While expressions of mourning
came from all over the world, plans
were laid for a funeral that, despltt
(Continued on Page Three.)
WANT R. F. C. LOANS
TO BE MADE PUBLIC
Washington. Jan. 6.—(AP) The
Tlouae today requested the Recon
struction Corporation to make public
details of loans made by the corpora
tion between February and June last
ycai.
Action followed only a few minutes
aflcr tlie hanking committee had fa
vorably reported the resolution by Re
presentative Howard. Nebraska, ask
ing that it tell to whom money went
during the period.
Wilmington Man
Wins. Air. Prizes
At Miami Races
Miami, Fla., Jan. 6.—(AP)—J.
Herron Grossman, of Wilmington,
N. C. is 1,000 richer and holds a
huge silver trophy ns winner of
first prize in the Daytona Beach-
Miami aerial derby, inauguration
feature of (he fifth nnnual all-Am
eiioan races here.
Driving his plane at top speed
yesterday, the North Carolinian
landed here two hours and 14 min
utes after taking off from Day
tona Beach, beating Raoul Cote,
of liankakee. 111., by six minutes
in the dash.
Republican
Drive Cost
$2,670,652
Futile Campaign To
Re - Elect Hoover
Has. Deficit. Over
$200,000
Washington. Jan. 6. (AP)- The
Republican National Committee re
ported to Congress today that it had
spent 2,670,652 from June 1, 1932, to
tl'<‘ end of the campaign year.
This compared with $1708,000 re
ported early In the week by the Dem
ocratic National Committee, and $6,-
the Republicans spent in the
election campaign.
«he G. O. P. report, filed with,
Trimble, clerk of the House of
representatives, showed the Republi
can committee ended the year with a
deficit of $195,190.
Hiis, however, did not include
broadcasting charges of $19,000, ziot
! approved nor radio bills of $3-
f,, r talks by President Hoover and
■ ccretary Stimson and paid for by
fctimson.
XintiUTsmt U atly Dispatch
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND *
FULL. I ..RASED WIRE SERVICE
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
DEMOCRA TS TO
SEEK BALANCED
BUDGET 1933-34
Defends China
■gfF
Marshal Chang
Marshal Chang Hsueh - Hang,
young Chinese war lord, was re
ported to be reforming his troops
to stop the Japanese invasion of
North China, following the de
feat of the Chinese at Shan
haikwan.
SPEEDY APPROVAL
OF REPEAL BIEE IN
SENATE EXPECTED
Sharp Division of Opinion,
However, Develops To
ward It Among Pro
hibition Friends
MANY OF THEM TO
SUPPORT MEASURE
Comes Before Fenate Judi
ciary Committee Next
Week, Where It Must Get
F'avorable Action Before
Being Reported into the
Senate
Washington, Jan. 6. —(AP) — Fore
casts of early Senate approval of a
resolution to repeal the eighteenth
amendment came from leaders today
as a sharp division of opinion toward
it developed among friends of pro
hibition.
Senator MciNary, assistant Repub
lican leader, predicted that the mea
sure, which was approved by a Sen
ate Judiciary sub-committee yesterday
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mwiLL
fly Rogers
\j p soys:
Beverly Hills, Calif., Jan. o.
Mi 1 . Coolidge, you didn’t, have to
die for me to throw flowers on
your grave.
I have told a million jokes
about you, hut every one was
based on some of your splendid
qualities. You had a hold on the
American people regardless of po
litics. They knew you were honest,
economical, and had a native
common sense.
History generally records a
place for a man that is ahead of
his time. But we that lived with
you will always remember you be
cause you was “with” your times.
By golly, you little red-headed
New Englander, I liked you. You
put horse sense into statesman
ship. And Mrs. Coolidge’s admira
tion for you is an American trait.
Yours* WILL,
HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 6, 1932
Program Outlined at Meet
ing of President-Elect
Roosevelt and Con
gress Group
INCOME TaHs WILL
BE SHOT UP HIGHER
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Beer Levy, Continuation of
Gasoline Tax and SIOO,-
000,000 Slash in Appropri
ations Under Hoover Bud
get Agreed Upon at New
York Parley
New Yo?k. Jan. 6.—(AP) -A Demo
cratic program to balance the na
tional budget now, without necessity
of an extra session of the new Con
gress this spring, has been evolved
here at a conference between Presi
dent-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt and
congressional leaders.
It calls for an increase in incom-s
taxes; enactment of the proposed levy
of 3.2 percent beer; continuation of
the gasoline tax and a $100,000,000
sVash m appropriations below the
Hoover
The new tax plan provides for a
boost in Ihe normal income tax rates
from four percent on the first $4,000
net income, and eight percent on in
comes above that to six percent and
12 percent respectively.
It also proposes a cut in exemptions
for married persons from $2,50Q to
$2,000, and a, continuation <of the
present slash for single persons from
$1,500 to SI,OOO.
Mr. Roosevelt who has banned the
sales tax recommended by President
Hoover, presided over the conference,
which was held last night. In a sub
sequent talk with newspapermen, he
declined to comment, except to say
he did not disagree with these sug
gestions for legislation.
The Democrats said the Hoover es
timate for the defificit next year was
$492,000,000. They accepted this dis
puted figure, and based their calcula
tions accordingly.
Coast Line Man
Fatally. Injured
By Express Train
Rocky Mount, Jan. 6.—(AP)—
Charles J. Inscoe, 45, Atlantic
Coast. Line inspector, was fatally
injured here today when he fell
under a moving express train.
His right leg was severed, his
body bruised and scap tom when
he missed his footing as he step
ped from the train.
Inscoe, who lived here, died In
a hospital two hours later.
Given State
Relief Fund
New Allotment by R.
F. 0. to North Caro
lina Is For January-
February
Washington, Jan. 6 (AP)—Four
states were loaned a total of $3,078,-
593 o femergency relief funds by
Reconstruction Corporation, North
Carolina getting $1,650,000; West Vir
ginia, $136,990; Arizona, $340,103.
The North Caroling loan is to take
care of the relief needs of the entire
State. Supporting data, the announ
cement said, showed that during Jan
uary and February, $2,573,887 would
be needed, of which $667,070 is avail
able from local sources, and $261,817
remains of funds heretofore supplied
by the corporation. i
This and all of the other loans
granted today me for January and
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WHERE JAPANESE HAVE MOVED IN
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Following-a terrific bombardment j
reported Go ha,v« left the city of I
Shanhaikwan in smoking ruins, 5
Japanese troOp's occupied Chinese
Drastic Economy Asked
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By Ehringhaus Endorsed
In Legislature And Out
MONM
Hold Meeting To Decide
Position on Democratic
Relief Proposal
Washington, Jan. 6. —(AP) —A score
of House Republicans of independ
ent leanings gathered in closed ses
sion today, seeking a. united position
on the Democratic farm relief hill.
Most were from farming areas, but
the meeting was presided over by Re
presentative LaGuardia, of New York
City.
While they discussed the domestic
allotments plan now before the House
its sponsors, prepared, to propose
changes vitally affecting The bill dur
ing its first month of operation.
During this time the value of wheat
would be fixed at 75 cents a bushel,
cotton at nine cents a pound and hogs
at five cents a pound.
Tobacco would not come under the
plan until the 1933-34 marketing sea
son began.
LIGGETT & MYERS
EX-OFFICIAL DIES
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 6.—-(AP)
James A. W. Lewis, 84, former di
rector and general manager of the
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company
died ofrpneumonia at his home here
last night.
Federal Court In
Tennessee- Likely
‘ To Hold Luke Lea
Knoxvill§, Tenn., Jan. 6 (AP)
James A. Wharton, special assistant
to the United States attorney gene
ral, said today Luke Lea, Nashville,
Tenn., publisher will 'be tried in Fed
eral court here befor e being"released
to North Carolina, where he is under
sentence of six to ten years for viola
tion of bank laws.
Bondsmen for Lea have been asked
to have Lea in Asheville by January
20, but it is expected he will be on
trial here a tthat time.
In A Dark Wood
Like smal child lost in a forest
> d *
Araminta Williams is confused by the
glamorous love showered on her by
Janney Breckenridge. And like the
small, lost child she wanders about
wandering how to get out.
The path appears to her of course,
but it is only after she finds it for
herself. Read
LITTLE GIRL LOST
By Temple Bailey
Regaining today in
Henderson Daily
Dispatch
FOR MORE ECONOMY
j territory inside the Great Wall in
North Chirm. Here is onother
map showing the present war
zone, and area Japan seeks-
Greatest Applaus to Speech
Comes From Declaration
Against Sniping High
way Money
REVALUATION OF
PROPERTY URGED
But That and Removal of 15
Cents Property Tax Were
Campaign Pledges and
Were Expected; Some
Mergers ~ Proposed Are
Merely Changes in Name
Unity Dtnpafcti Bares*.
In the Wnltee Hotel
»*▼ J C. tlAFKEltvil.L.
Raleigh, Jan. 6—The etn.phatic de
clarations made by Governor, J.■ C. B.
Ehringhaus in his inaugural, address
in favor of more drastic governmental
economies and favorable impression
both upon the members of th e Gen
eral Assembly as well as upon the
thousands of people who either heard
him personally or listened to his ad
dress over the radio, according to the
comment heard afterwards. The fre
quent applause that punctured his ad
dress indicated that it was like music
who either heard himDsfl.oopaeih.t
to the ears of the thousands of over
burdened taxpayers who listened to it.
But while thee is no doubt that both
the members of the General Asseinifcly
as well as of the audience of more
than 4,000 people that listened to
Governor Ehringhaus’ address here
yesterday afternoon heartily approved
of his declarations in favor of reduc
ing governmental expenses to the
(Continued on Page Three.)
Gardners As
Popular Now
As At Start
Sharply Criticized
Two Years Ago, but
Wisdom Then Dem
onstrated Now
Unity Dispatch Barra*.
tn the Sir WnlteT Hotel,
BV J. C. BaSKKIIVIT,tz
RAleiglf. Jab. 6. —O.; Max Gardner
today is again a private eftiqn and
only an ex-governor, back in his home
in Shelby. But . while he is no longer
here he is l not ; forgotten. There are
evidences of his influence to be seen
and felt on every hand. Raleigh will
not soon forget the man who came
into office heralded as one of the most
popular governors the State had ever
had. who within two years became
perhaps the most unpopular governor
the State has had, because of his
defiance of county and State political
machines in 1931 in an effort to re
lieve the taxpayers of the State, and
who has now left office with most
(Continued (ft Page Five.£
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY,
Resolutions Pass
In Both Branches
,« v, | L i $
For Stdite Survey
She’s Made Speaker
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Mr*. Minnie Craig
For the first time in United States
history a woman has become
speaker of a house of representa
tives. She is Mrs. Minnie D.
Craig of Esmond, N. D., banker’s
wife and former national Republi
can committeewoman. Mrs. Craig
has been a member of the North
Dakota legislature, at Bismarck,
for 10 years.
THEIR SISES
Eves This Early In Ses
sion Drastic Economies
Already Are Be
coming Evident
WILL GET BIG JOB
DONE IN 60 DAYS
Realize Task and Intend to
Perform It Wih Determin
ation and Precision; Mem
bers Boldly Proclaim Their
Pledges Made to Voters
Back Home
Usilly DiupfltPk Burnt*.
In (hr Sir Walter Hotel,
BT J. r «ASKK!tVIM,
Raleigh, Jan. 6. —That members of
the 1933 session of the Legislature in
tends to carry out their promises to
the people hack, home and cut gov
ernmental expenses with some degree
os gusto has been evident, to many
even theis early in the session, and
the session, and the general conseus
(Continued on pace Three.)
Pay Cut Is
Killed Out
Os Neglect
Dally Dispatch Barra*.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.,
BY J- C. UASKSRVILI).
Raleigh. Jan. 6. —What was either
the dumbest smart thing or the
smartest dumb thing a Senate has
ever done, was done here Thursday
when, after passing the bill to re
duce the Salaries of elected State of
ficials 15 per cent by a vote of 45 to
4, it adjourned without making any
provision for' its enrollment and rati
fication before 12 o’clock noo it. The
result was that the bill for
want of the necessary clerical at
tention and that the State’s elective
> ’ (Continued on Page Pour.)
8 PAGES
TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPyj
Calls for Balanced Budget,
Consolidation of Offi
cials and Reduced
Expenditures
SENATE CUTiToUT
ENGRUSSING WORK
House Gets Bill Repealing
15 Cents Ad valorem Tax
for Schools and to Provide
for Revaluation of Real
Property; Talk Dropping
Penalties
Raleigh, Jan. 6 —(AP)—Both houses
of the General Assembly today ap
proved a- joint resolution calling for
a survey of the State government
with an idea of reducing expenses and
also intended to speed up legislative
work, but it cannot be ratified until
‘he Senate considers a House amend
ment.
Introduced by Senator Moore, of
\aven, the measure calls for a bal
anced budget, consolidation of any
possible state offices, of,
government expenses, and reporting
of the revenue and appropriation bills
by February 6.
The House increased the member
ship of the governmental survey com
mittee to {five (representatives and
three senators, Increasing House re
presentation by one member, and the
measure was sent back to the Senate,
which passed it in a very short ses
sion this mornffig.
A resolution expressing regret at
(Contintiad on Page Fmiri
Japanese-Chinese
Battle Is Resumed 1
Near Shanhaikwan
Shanghai Jan. 6.—(AP)—Two
days of quiet on the Shanhiikwan
battle front was broken today
with a renewal of hostilities be
tween >Chinese and Japanese
forces.
Rifle fire broke out on the bat
tle lines extending from one mile
west of Shanhaikwan to near the
city limits of Uhinwangtao, the
seapoii; which is several miles
southwest of Shanhaikwan. The
opposing armies faced each other
on opposite hanks of the Tasliih
river.
Would Cut
Costs But
Not Schools
Additional Commit-*
tee Assignments
Give Important
Posts to McD(uffee j
Raleigh, Jan. 6. (AP)’—ln a very,
short session, the Senate today passed
without objection a joint resolution
calling for reduced co«ts of State
government and speedy drafting by
committees of the biennial revenue
and appropriations bill^K
Introduced by Senator Moore, of
Craven, the measure would provide:
A declaration to balance the budget.
Reports of the finance and appro
priations committees o£ the House to
be made by February 6*,
Creation of a joint committee of
three senators and four representa
(Continued on Page Five.)
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair somewhat warmer in west
portion tonight; Saturday increas
ing cloudlnews and warmer, pro
bably ight rains In ifternoo i ht
extreme west portion; co'.ier Sun*