'henderson,
gateway to
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
twentieth YEAR
THOMS JIM WASHINGTON FOR INAUGURAL
dictatorial power
FOR COMMISSIONER
OF BANKS IS GIVEN
Measure Is Sponsored In
House By Speaker Har
ris and by Doughton
and Etheridge
M LEAN RESOLUTION
FOR DRY LAW VOTE
Would Submit to Voters In
1934 Election Question of
Whether To Call Conven
tion To Consider Repeal;
Pardon Commissioner Bill
Passes
Raleigh. Afaxcfh 3 (AP)—Swift pass
age of emergency legislal'icn to aid
banks in Nouth Carolina wholly domi
mated the North Carolina General
Afdcmhly today, bu't' tire Senate re
ceived a resolution calling for a vote
of the people of th'3 question of hold
iir; a conveii'ion to consider prolDibi
it on repeal'. I
T*he bank bill, sponsored in the
Heu-e by Speaker Harr's and Repre
sentatives Doughton ,cif AO'bgih any.
and E herldge, of Dare, got quick atp
7>roval there and was sent to the Sen
ate by special messenger and passed,
and in a few ml:routes becaime law
upon fa ramification.
rt Comiwissiloner of Batiks
Cuntey Hood virtually dJ'ctaitoriail
powers in au Ihotri'atng banks .to limit
withdrawal of dejx>s'its or to poetpdjpe
payment of demand iitem|f> for “such
rx ont as lie deem;, neccasany and ex-
Tcdient." New deposits would not be
affected.
Fern,tor Angus Dhu Mac Lean, of
Teauforf, introduced the proposal for
a vote at the 193-1 general election, on
p convention to consider the Blaine
prohibition repent. It wan the first
ouch action in tbd legislature since
Congre s returned the profhibiU'on
measure.
After passtirogl the bank bill, the
House did title work and did not re
ceive the appropriation's coanttUrttee’s
80 million dollar aipproprit'on bill re
(ContJnued on Page Seven.)
New Session
Is Expected
This Month
Calling of Congress
Discussed by Roos
evelt and Garner
burly In Day
Washington, March 3. —(AP) —Busy
'"'li with weighty matters of state
fid with personal affairs, Franklin
D- Roosevelt had little time today to
rc 1 for tomorrow's inaugural cere
monies.
Dveii before tislng in the morning,
'cceived Vicc-Presidcnt-elect Gar
ticr and talked special session affairs.
1 Pon arriving at the Capitol after
''siMiig the suite of his chief in the
M Hyflower, Mr. Garner indicated an
expectation tliat the session would be
ihj s month earlier than has
1011 indicated, but ho declined to
tprak for the President-elect.
State Budget To Be Met
But Some Form Sales Tax
Is Certain Os Adoption
llnlljr Rnrcfin,
In the Mir Waller Hotel.
D . •»' J. C. IIAMKKItVII.L.
Raleigh, March 3.—Thi3 General
is go’.ng to balance the bud
"f '■ before It adjourns. It must bal
*llce the budget in order to preserve
credit of the State and save it
">m bankruptcy. It is also going’ to
Jtuvide a t least for a six months
in ■ >C ‘ * erm> aln ce the Constitution re
"‘le; at leas' that much. It is like
tii’e ‘o keep the State Univer
■ and other educational institu
ls °P &i b us well as the State hos
latlu S9fsSsiS th
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OENORTH. CAROLINA AND VISHNIA. *
He Succeeds Hull
& JB
Nathan L. Bachman
Nathan L. Bachman, of Chattanooga
a former justice of the Tennessee Su
preme Court, has been appointed suc
cessor to Senator Cordell Hull when
Hull moves into the Roosevelt cabinet
is secretary of state. Bachman was
a candidate for the Democratic sen
atorial nomination in 1924.
iNEYMM
COUNTRY MOVE ON
New York and Chicago Ap
parently Undisturbed
By Difficulties
ACTION IN CONGRESS
Senate Approves O * Herring Powers
for District of Columbia Banks;
Dill Would Give Postal
Banks New Function
Washington. March 3. (AP) — To
meet the banking situation, Senator
Dill Democrat, Washington, introduc
ed in the Senate today lcg’islat'on
(authorizing the government postal
savings system to carry checking ac
counts.
At about the same time the Senate
adopted a resolution authorizing <the
comptroller of the currency to adopt
emergency legislation for application
to banns in the District of Columbia.
The measure went through without
a word of debate after having been
unanimously approved by the District
of Columbia commit tec.
It now goes to the House for action.
The measure would be operative for
six months with provisions for presi
dential extension .of another half year
if deemed necessary.
GREAT MONEY CENTERS
OPERATING AS USUAL
(By the Associated Press.)
Twenty-four states have taken pro
tectivcv steps of one sort or another
in regard to banks and their deposi
tors.
Action ranged from holidays, man
datory or optional, to legislation giv
ing banks power to limit withdrawals
i,f they deemed it necessary.
Holidays of varying duration were
declared yesterday or early today in
(Continued on Pjl&e Eight.)
pitals and essential State depart
ments. It is also going to provide
enough revenue to meet the principal
and interest payments on the State’s
'bonded indebtedness.
These facts are evident from the
action taken by the joint appropria
tions committees in tentatively ap
proving a general fund budget of ap
proximately $25,000,000 a year—or, tb
-be exact, of $24,728,770 for ’933-34 and
of $25,326,’05 for 1934-35. After nearly
(Continued on Page Eight.)
PULL LEASED WIRE SBRVira
OP THE ASSOCIATED PREsf
HENDERSON, N. C„ FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 3, 1933
May Succeed Walsh
w iBB?!
O. S. Warden
One of those receiving considera
tion for the vacancy in the Senate
created by the appointment of Sen
ator Walsh to the Roosevelt cabinet, is
O. S. Warden, Great Falls, Montana,
publisher. Warden has been a leader
in western highway development for
many years. Now that Walsh is dead
his successor in both the Senate ana
in the Roosevelt cabinet must be
named.
30 STATES ACTING
ON PROTECTION OF
BANK DEPOSITORS
Bank Holidays or Restric
tions on Withdrawals In
Force in Most of
the Country
R. F. C. IsIREPORTED
PREPARING TO ACT
Couzcns Says He Has Been
Advised National Program
Has Been Taken To Deal
With Situation; Sweeping
Powers for President Are
Sought
(Uy the Associated Press.)
Sv/ifl acPon to protect bank de
positors was taken in seven more
states today.
Wisconsin declared a two weeks
bank holiday; Georgia and New
Mexico four-day holidays. The North
Carolina General Assembly accorded
dictatorial powers to the commission
er of banks. Virgin'a authorized two
important banks to restrict with
drawals.
Three banks in Kansas City, Mo.,
restricted their business on their own
unit iative.
The lower house of the Arkansas
legislature passed without a dissent
ing vott a bill suspending all private
(Continued on Page Seven)
STATE FUNERAL FOR
WALSH NEXT MONDAY
•Washington, March 3.—(AP)—
A state funeral for former Sen
ator Thomas J. Walsh will be held
at the Capitol probably on Mon
day, and Franklin D. Roosevelt
will attend, if possible.
jsyviu-
ROGERS
\J p soys:
Beverly Hills, Cal., March 3.
’Twas a lovely morning, sun shin
ing bright, Arthur Brisbane; and
the fleet had just returned, from
somewhere, orange juice was in
every glass, cameras were oiled
and ready to crank on beautiful
Hcreen stars, the birds were sing
ing in the eucalyptus tretes.
The birds were singing. Why?
Because they couldn't read the
papers. The papers said the bank
clerks had worked so hard lately
that they should have a holiday.
So, as we all are on a holiday,
let’s take it on the chin and grin.
The Rogers, having’ laid in ho
supplies against such an emer
gency, vrill be Jiving on horse ,
meat, as that’s our sole product.
I love horses, and I only ask, don’t
let me know which ohe we are eat
ing today. ,
I hear they have called a mora
torium on inaugurations.
Yours, WILL.
MEASURE GIVING
ROOSEVELT GREAT
POWER IS PASSED
.l—.
Conference Report on $940,-
000,000 Treasury-Post
Office Bill Adopted
by Senate
ELIMINATES CUT
IN EXPENDITURES
1 —
Borah Denounces Executive
Branch of Government for
Opposing Economies; Says
It Is Not Congress That Is
Extravagant But Adminis
tration
j—
Wpshin.Pton, March 3.- (AP) —After-
Senator Borah had denounced the
executive branch of the government
for opposing economies, the Senate
today adopted the conference report
on the $910,000 000 Treasurey-Post Of
fice bill with its attendant broad pow
ers to the incoming president to re
organize the government.
The bill now goes to President
Hoover.
As finally approved, the measure
eliminated the Bratton fiCe precent
slash in all Federal expenditures for
next year, and a compromise of $15,-
000,000 for the air mail service.
Borah asked why the Senate con
ferees had yielded on the Bratton
amendment and when informed they
could not get a majority ! n the face
of House opposition, asserted that it
was not Congress • hat was "extrava
gant,” but the present administration
and t]ie executive department.
ELECTRICITY TAX
IS AGAIN SOUGHT
Ewing Says It Would Bal
ance Budget and Not
Hurt Power Companies
Daily Dispateh Iliirenn,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. UASKKIIVILL.
Raleigh, March 3. —Increasing at
tention is being given to the bill to
impc c n tax of one mill upon every
kilowatt k-.K'r of electric energy pro
duced or st.d in tr c State, introduced
by Representative Ewing of Cum
berland county, and which he esti
mates will yield $3,000,000 a year of
new revenue. The bill is t becoming
(Continued on Page Seven)
Inaugural
Program
Here is the complete program
of events at the inauguration
of Franklin D. Roosevelt as
president of the United States:
Thursday, March 2
4:15 P M.—Symphony orches
tra; also, navy yard exhibits,
battleships, etc'.
8:30 P M.—Promenade concert.
Pan-American building (band,
possibly chorus).
Friday, March 3
MORNING —Army and navy
display. Hying circus, Potomac
park; navy yard exhibits.
AFTERNOON—DriII at Fort
Myer. navy yard exhibits,
Indian ball game and profes
sional lacross game, Central
High school stadium (2 p. m.).
8:30 P M. to 10—Open concert
Constitutional hall.
10:30 to I—Reception for gover
nors and distinguished guests.
Pan-American Union build
ing. Also, night flying dis
play. army and navy
Saturday, March 4
11 A. M. to 12 Noon—Garner
takes oath.
12 Noon —Presidential
ration. Chief Justice Hughes
administering the oath.
12:15 P M.— Inaugural speech.
1 to 4 P M. —Inaugural parade.
8 P M. to 9—Fireworks, Monu
ment Grounds; also, flying
display over monument before
and after fireworks.
10 P M to 2—lnaugural ball.
Sunday, March 5
MORNING Special church
services.
r AFTERNOON—Visit to historic
sites, Mount Vernon, Arling
ton, etc.; also to Corcoran Art
gallery and possibly govern
ment buildings, museum*, etc.
Monday, March 6
AFTERNOON —Navy yard ex
hibits; Fort Myer drill.
1 1 - .....
Capital Prepares Welcome
To New Chief, Who Already
Has Arrived For Ceremony
AIJ Ready for Big Day
jHHf llpjl HHP algi IjBI y.
Here is a view of the completed stands at- the National Capitol froir
which Franklin D. Roosevelt will take the oath of office during his inau
guration as President of the United States. On that day the Capito;
Plaza will be a seething mass of citizens from all parts of the countn
to witness the historic event.
More Than 1,200 Perish
In Japanese Earthquake
McLean May Head
Revenue Bureau
Washington, March 3.—(Al*)—
Angus W. McLean former governor
of North Carolina, was mentioned
prominently today in high Demo
cratic circles as likely to be the
next commissioner of internal re
venue.
TRUCK REGULATION
DECLARED RUINOUS
Committee Reports Origi
nal Measure With Very
Few Changes Made
Daily DlN|>at<*h Riircna,
lit the Mir Waiter Hotel.
BY J. C. BASKERVILL.
Ra'eigh, March 3.—The Newman-
Murphy bills regulating the truck in
dustry in North Carolina, which are
openly sponsored by the railroads,
have been modified only slightly by a
House Judiciary No. 1 sub-committee
instructed to redraft the measures,
and .they are now on the House calen
dar i'as a spec’al order for Tuesday
morping in virtually the same shape
as they were when they were intro
duced a month ago.
At* present a truck, trailer and load
can;; weigh as .high as 40,000 pounds
but under .the substitute bills reported
"without' prejudice” by the House
Judiciary Committee No. 1, the maxi
mum weight of trucks and the’r loads
would be limited to 15,000 pounds. The
length of the trucks is set at 33 feet,
exclusive of bumpers, and the Cor
poration Commission is left with the
power of fixing maximum rates which
the trucks may charge.
"These bills have been only slightly
modified,” according to W. P. Horton,
(Continued on Page Four)
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair tonight and Saturday; little
change in temperature.
PUBLISHED every AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Tidal Wave and Fire Also
Sweep Large Portion of
Some Islands Os
Archipelago
FULL CASUALTIES
NOT DETERMINED
Province of Iwate Heaviest
Sufferer, Mostly Near Sea
coast Town 300 Miles
Northeast of Tokyo; De
vastation Largely on the
Seaboard
Tokyo, March 3. —(AP) —More than
1,200 person:; were known to have
been killed in the earthquake, tidal
wave and fire which devastated a
oection of the northeastern seaboard
of Honshu island, largest of the Jap
anese archipelago, early this morning
The full extent of the casualties had
not been determined at 11 o’clock to
night., but the governor of the pro
vince of Iwate, ( which suffered most
heavily, reported that 1,119 lives had
been lost jn Iwate alone, mostly north
of Miyako, a seacoast town 300 miles
(Continued on Page Seven)
Creel, Roosevelt Intimate ,
Outlines His 4-Year Plan
Will Keep Pledge of 25 Percent Cut in Expenses,
Though the Heavens Fall; Veterans Costs Must
Come Down and Employment Must Be Increased
(Copyright 1933, by Collier’s Weekly),
New York, March 3. —Anticipating
Roosevelt’s inaugural address, George
Creel today in Collier’s outlines “What
Roosevelt Intends To Do,” covering
the president-elect’s "four year plan”
for practically every important de
partment of governmental l activity.
Mr. Creel, as chairman of the Com
mittee on Public Information under
Woodrow Wilson, worked side by side
with Assistant Secretary of the Navy
RooceveH throughout the war, and
their relations both personal and of
ficial were necessarily close. "Mr.
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TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
FROM ALL STATES
FOR GREAT EVENT
Cheer on Its Lips and Prayer
of Hope in Its Heart as*
Nation Looks to
Roosevelt
WALSH'S DEATH IS
ONE SOMBRE NOTE
But Program Will Go On,
Though President And
Wife Will Forego Social
Functions; White House
Center of Interest of Early
Capital Arrivals
Washington, March 3.—(AP)—With
a cheer on its lip and a prayer of
transcendent hope in its heart, the
nation turned its capital city Into one.
vast parade ground today as it pre
pared to welcome a new president
amid inaugural tumult unmatched in
many years.
In tens of thousands and from every
state, the fellow citizens of Franklin
D. Row eve it were pouring into Wash
ington to see him take up a.t noon to
morrow the duties of that high of
fice, in which Herbert Hoover was
Spending his last full working day.
But the death of Thomas J. Walsh,
touched the heart of high and low
(Cont inued on Page Four.)
Durham Man
Shot Dead
In Hold-Up
Three Bandits At
tempt Robbery of
Filling Station on
The Roxboro Road
Durham, March 3.—(AP—Thaddeu ;
Tilley, a grist mill operator, wai
fatally wounded 14 miles north of here
last night during a gun battle when
three bandit® attempted to hold up a
filling station.
Tilley was a customer at the filling
station, operated by I. H, Terry, on
the Roxboro road, when two of the
yeggs entered, leaving the third in an
/automobile outside, The bandits
bought soft drinks and then ordered
Terry to throw up his hands. Terry
grabbed for their pistols and <he two
opened fire. The third man in the
machine also opened fire, and the bul
let which crashed through the window
struck Tilley <in the back of <he head,
as he ducked from the gun fire.
Terry was not hit. He fired twice
on the bandit car as it sped away,
shattering the glass in one front door.
Creel gave ardent support to Roose
velfts 'presidential candidacy',’’ sKi*
William L. Chenery, editor of Collier'ii
today: “and both during the cam
paign and since the election has en
joyed an intimate contact. It is out of
this association, permitting insight
and understanding of the man and the
candidate —his hopes, purposes, ideals
/mental and emotional processes—that
he has drawn the conclusions present
ed in th’-s article.”
Mr. Creefs summary of Roosevelt
(Continued on Page Four.)