Henderson daily dispatch., May 08, 1933, Image 1

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HENDERSON,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
twentieth year
McMATH KIDNAPERS
ARE PLACED UNDER
BOND OF SIOO,OOO
Kenneth IBuck Is\ Charged
With Kidnaping and Ex
tortion and Cyril i
With Extortion
BOTH ARRAIGNED IN
PROVINCETOWN, MASS.
Each Pleads Not Guilty, and
After Hearing Are Re
turned to Jail; Kenneth
Says Some One Else Is In
volved, But He Refuses to
Call Any Names
Prcvincetown, Mass,, May 8 (AP)—
Kenneth Buck and his brother, Cyril,
arrested for the kidnaping of 10-year
old Margaret McMath, entered pleas
of not guilty today and each was
held in SIOO,OOO bail for hearing May
22 m Kenneth is charged with kid
naping and extortion, and Cyril was
charged with extortion in connec
tion with the payment of a $60,000
ransom * v ;
The two brahters were taken back
to the Barnstable jail. ;
Th district attorney, in addressing
the court described the case as one
of the. greatest importance, and of a
nature .reqquiring heavy bail.
Judge.. Robert A. Welsh, 30-year-old
jurist, sitting on hi s first imtf>ortant
case since his appointment a few
weks ago, considered the argument
Li several moments.
Some One Else Involved
W'V.l? sitting in the prisoner’s box
awaiting arraignment for the kid
naping of ten-year-old Peggy McMath
Kenneth Buck' today told reporters
there was sorrie one else involved in
the crime who ran away and left him
to take the blame.
With Kenneth, in the prisoner's box
was his brother, Cyril, also held for
(Continued on Page Three.)
LINDBERGHS HELD
BY HEAVY WEATHER
Columnus. Ohio. May B.—(AP)
Hrnvy weather between Columbus and
Washington held Colonel and Mrs.
Ch arles A. Lindbergh here this morn
ing. They had planned to start for
the national capital shortly after 9
a. m. EST, but, after looking over
vat her reports, they decided to re
main here until the weather to the
cast cleared.
Maine Town
Laid Waste
By Flames
$1,500,000 Damage
Done, 175 Houses
Burned, With About
400 Homeless
Ellsworth Maine, May 8 (AP) —A
fire believed by authorities to have
b*en of incendiary origin laid waste
to a large section of this city during
fh p night, with a loss estimated at
$1,500,000.
Dawn today showed a blackened,
isolate area, where approximately
IJS business houses and residences
had stood. '
Close to 400 of the 4.000" inhabitants
ware left hrimeless and the Red Cross
chapters ffrom Bangor and Bar Har
bor mowed on to care for them.
A comtpany of National Guardsman
ffrom Bar Harbor arrived soon after
daybreak to assist the 100 special
policemen sworn in during the night
to guard the devastated area .
Some State’s Officials
Take Cuts, Others Do Not
Raleigh, May 8- —(AP) —Governor
R C. B, Ehringhaus i 3 taking a 40
Percent reduction in his salary of $lO,-
i,J,: annually, due to the State’s fin
'*r,f i ; * 1 condition, records of the State
■Audi'or’s office reveal.
'‘he governor returned $218.75 of his
; !"il puy of $875, the books of Au
(1!, | Baxter Durham show.
State employees whose pay is
’/ set, ty law have been reduced 25
percent tiiis quarter by an order of
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He Goes to Belgium
Dave Hennen Morris
Newest member of the Demo
cratic diplomatic corps is Dave
Hennen Morris, above, who has
just been named ambassador to
Belgium by President Roosevelt.
biTier battle on ~
SCHOOL BILL NOW
likely in house
But Present Indications Are
Griffin Bill Will Be
Passed as Written in
the Senate
EDUCATION GROUPS
AFTER SUPPLEMENTS
Measure Provides for Sup
port of Eight Months Term
by State Without Longer
Term in Any County or
City; School Property Tax
Removed'
Dnllr ntximtcfe Bnrenn,
In the Sir Wnlter Hotel,
rv j r. nAKKEnvii.L.
Raleigh, May B—Although present
indications are that the House will
pass the Griffin school machinery
bill almost as it came from the Sen
ate which has already passed it by a
heavy majority, indications are that a
bitter fight will be waged against it
by'the school forces. This bill will
comb up as *the major business before
House tonight. The organized school
forces in the State have a larger fol
lowing in the House than in the Sen
ate, and a determined effort will be
(Continued on Page Three.)
Bonus Marchers
In Virginia On
Way to Capital
East Radford, Va., May 8. —(AP)—
This railway junction town was in
voluntarily host this morning to about
75 men who claim they are of the
new bonus army movement toward
Washington. They were ejected from
>a Norfolk and Western freight train
about, 9:30 when it came in from Bris
tol. They remained on railroad pro
perty and said they would catch an
other train or remain until the rail
read moves them out. They asked to
be fed by the town, but no action was
taken immediately by the authorities
the governor.
Today the Budget Bureau, over the
signature of the governor, notified
all State officers whose salaries are
iset by statute or the Constitution,
how they may refund any voluntary
cut to the State. Two warrants may
be drawn, it was pointed out, one on
the pay the official expects to retain,
and the other for the amount he ex
(Continued on Page Three.), |
HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 8, 1933
Arrested in McMath Kidnaping
. jMMSSSm
\ J^BBI
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Cyril Buck and his brother Kenneth are shown at Harwich, Mass., fol
lowing their arrest in the kidnaping of ten-year-old Peggy McMath.
Police state both brothers confessed. Cyril Buck owns a garage in West
Harwich and his brother is an unemployed chauffeur.
Roosevelt Program Is
Still Making Progress
Through Congress Mill
First Hearing Had In House
Commitee on Appoint
ment of Dictator for
Railroads
SECRET CODE BILL
PASSES IN SENATE
House Rules Committee
'Fixes Procedure on Ten
nessee Valley - Muscle
Shoals Bill; House Also
Votes To Accept Confer
ence Report on Inflation
Washington, May 8- —(AP)— With
occasional detours, House and Senate
progressed today with the Roosevelt
program.
The administration plan for a co
ordinator to work out economies for
the railroads received its first hear
ing in a House committee, while
Muscle Shoa’s, securities, farm relief
inflation, secret codes and appropria
tions measures went through varying
phases of consideration on floor and
in committee.
The .legislation forbidding govern- 1
ment employees from making public
secret code documents was passed by*
the Senate, but called back for re- 1
consideration. The Senate then called!
up the bill for publication and regula
tion of securities sales. It differs
from the one passed by the House,
bbut the variations will be ironed out
by a conference committee.
Th? Rouse Rules Committee agreed
upon procedure by 'Vhich the Tennes
see Valley-Muscle Shoals measure will
be sent to conference after refusing to
agree that the conferees be instruct
(Continued on Page Three.)
Beer Made Legal
In Florida With
Signing of Bills
Tallahassee, Fla., May B.—(AP)
Manufacture and sale of 3.2 percent
beer, wine and like beverages became
legal in F.orida today when Gover
nor Dave Sholtz sighed five acts of
the current State legislature.
The governor’s signature made the
acts law, and they were effective im
mediately, giving Florida its first le
gal beverages in more than 14 years.
Three of the new laws legalized and
declared non-intoxicating beer, por
ter, ale, wine and fruit juices contain
taining not more than 3 2 percent al
cohol by weight. They repeaeld all
conflicting laws.
The fourth new statute set up a sys
tem of regulation and taxation. The
fifth new law permitted advertising
of the legalized bevreages in newspap
ers and other media.
Beer of maximum alcoholic content
Os 3.2 percent by weight is now sold
Legally in 30 states. Laws have been
passed permitting its sale in several
other states at later dates.
WeathTr
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair tonight and
Tuesday, except probably local
thundershowers Tuesday after
noon in west portion.
Gandhi Is Freed
From Prison Cell
Poona, India, May 8 (AP)—The
Ma.hania« Gandhi was released
from prison tonight a few hours
after he had started an “uncondi
tional” fast, planned to last three
weeks, which he declared he would
not terminate, even if every tem
ple was opened to India’s untouch
ables r» id the stain of untourhabi
lity wholly removed.
SENATE BILL I
AIU TO TEACHERS
Abolishing of District Lines
Permits Distribution
of Pupils
ALSO LIGHTENS LOAD
Also Makes It Easier for Teachers to
Qualify Without So Much ±\ed
Tape and Reduce Summer
Schools
Dally Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. BASKEBVILTi.
Raleigh, May B—The Griffin school
machinery bill already passed by the
Senate by a big majority and coming
up in the House for action tonight,
does more for the classroom teachers
and is easier on them than any school
bill ever before proposed, according
to those who have been studying the
bill and comparing it with the Aycock
school machinery bill introduced in
the House. Yet for the past several
days the school teachers in Raleigh
and many other cities in the State,
assisted by members of the parent
teacher associations, have been call
ing on parents urging them to ask
(Continued on Page Three.)
Isyvitl
f*? Rogers
My 'Jays:
New York, May B—Now, oilr
President has been going along
mighty nice, and our Congress
men, both Democratic and Re
publican,.have been decent bey Old
all expectations.
They have give n him every pow
er from mayhem to manslaught
er, but if he starts asking for the
sole and exclusive right t*» deal
with this debt thing, he is going
to ride his hors eunder the first
limb he has hit.
These debts have become imbed
ded into the people’s minds like
■ religion has and any time you
come out on eithe'r side (Just
like arguing religion), you are go
ing to lose-— and change mo body’s
opinioiY- Yours
WILL.
France Decides Not To Pay
Debt Due Last December 15
Unless Moratorium Granted
Britain Holds the Key
To U. S. Tariff Proposal
MacDonald Tells Commons
Whole Scheme Now Hangs
Upon Safeguards De
manded There
ADDS NOTHING TO
FORMER STATEMENT
Pressed in House for De
claration, Premier Speaks
on American Plans; Un
qualified Agreement Is
Given by Representatives
of Belgium Here
London, May B.—(AP)—The fate of
America’s tariff truce proposal hangs
on the safeguards which the British
government want, Prime Minister
Ramsay MacDonald indicated today
in the House of Commons.
Pressed for an announcement of
the government’s attitude, Mr. Mac-
Donald declared he had nothing to
add to his statement last Thursday
when he said that he accepted the
idea of the truce' with the under
standing that Britain’s tariff posi
tion would be protected. The Ameri
can government, he added, considered
this attitude reasonable.
UNQUALIFIED AGREEMENT
IS ACCORDED BY BELGIUM
Washington, May V—(AP) — The
unqualified agreement of Belgium to
a tariff truce as proposed by t)je Unit
ed States was announced today by
Under Secretary William Phillips,
after a conference with Belgian rep
resentatives at the State Department.-
COLONIAL DAMES IN
WILMINGTON MEETING
Feature of First Day’s Sessions Is
Visit to Ruins of Church
In Brunswick
Wilmington, May 8. —(AP) The
annual meeting of the North Caro
lina Colonial Dames of America open
ed here today with a pilgrimage to
St. Philip’s church in Brunswick
county, for he first event on the
two-day program.
Bishop Thomas C. Darst was to
conduct a short service when the
Dames reached the church late today.
The service will be held inside the
walls of the church ruins.
Tonight th visitors will be enter
tained at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Kidder, and tomorrow the an
nual business session will be held,
with adjournment coming later in the
day.
CALL SECOND GROUP
OF FOREST WORKERS
Will Report Shortly From In And!
Near Asheville and Winston-
Salem for Examinations
Raleigh, May 8. —(AP) —The second
contingent of North Carolinians for
the national civilian reforestation con
servation corps, totalling 1,150 men
from the Asheville an Winston-Salem
areas, was ordered today to start re
porting a s Asheville Wednesday for
physical examinations.
There will be 780 men from 10
counties surrounding Asheville, and
sometime after May 15 the remaining
370 of the contingent will be ordered
'to report «»t YginstonHSalem, being
taken from counties in that vicinity.
Gaston Means Is
Again on Trial in
Lindbergh Affair
Washington, May B—(AP8 —(AP) —Gaston
B. Means and Norman T. Whitaker,
known as the “Fox” went on trial in
District of Columbia Supreme Court
today on a charge of conspiracy grow
ing out of the Lindbergh kidnaping.
The charges against them involve
an attempt to defraud Mrs. Evalyn
Walsh Mac Lean of $35,000 after
Means already had swindled her out
of $104,000 under pretense of being
able to secure return of the lost child
Means is already under a long sen
tence for the swindle. It took less
than two hours to choose a jury,
which included seven, %omen, and the
case was ready for testimony.
Tomorrow Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh is to tell the court how his
child was taken and later found dead.
He and Mrs. Lindbergh were held in
Columbus, Ohio, today by bad weath
er, which prevented flying.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT BUNDAY.
Economy Envoy
*• * " ’(7*.
Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, noted Ger
man financial and economic expert,
pictured on his arrival at New
York on the S. S. Deutschland
after he hjtd been given an official
welcome by the city reception com
mittee. Dr. Schacht left imme
diately for Washington to confer
with President Roosevelt on inter
national affairs.
THREESTATESARE
Crops and Property Dam
aged in South Carolina,
But No One Is Hurt
3 DEAD IN TENNESSEE
20 Others Injured, and Heavy Dam
age Is Done at Nashville; Two
Sections of Arkansas Are
Also Struck
Brunson, S. C., May B.—(AP) A
tornado cutting ia path about two
miles wide and approximately 30
miles long, swept across farming sec
tions between here and Walterboro,
inear here, last midnig.a*, extensively
damaging crops and unroofing several
dwellings. No one was reported in
jured.
The storm was followed by a heavy
hail and rain, which reports said
“practically ruined” corn, cotton and
fruit trees in the affected area.
Trees were uprooted, a number of
untenanted buildings demolished, and
the roofs of at least three dwellings
torn off.
Windowpanes in homes and plate
glass in stores were blown out.
For the most part, however, the
wind roared across farm lands, skirt
ing villages and habitated centers.
THREE PERSONS KILLED
IN TENNSSEE TORNADO
Covington, Tenn., May B.— (AP) —A
west Tennessee tornado killed, three
persons and injured 20 in Tipton coun
ty, near Covington, yesterday, while
a 40-mi’e wind did heavy damage at
Nashville, the capital, in the central
part’ of the State.
WOMAN HURT, PROPERTY
DAMAGED IN ARKANSAS
Little Rock, Ark., May B—(AP)—8 —(AP) —
Wind storms struck in two sections
of the State yesterday, causing injury
to a woman at Harrisburg and de
stroying some property at Searchy.
Beer Revenue Last Week
About $50,000 For State
Ralegih, May 8 (AP)—Beer contri
buted about $50,000 to North Carolina
State revenue last week, the first
■week the 3 2 percent alcoholic beve
rage was legal in the State, revenue
department officials estimated to
day. j
The f : gure does not include the
thousands of dollars which went into
the municipal and county treasuries
from sales of dealers’ licenses.
£ PAGES
V TODAY
FIVE CENTS CUP
' actionTp/Ss
United States Still Expect,
ing European Debtors To
Pay, at Least In Part,
June 15
CONGRESS AGAINST
ANY POSTPONEMENT
Three - Hour Session of
French Cabinet Held For
Discussion, Including Lump
Sum Payment in Full Set
tlement; Herridt Reports
On His Trip Here
Paris, May B.—(AP)—The French
ciabincf. today unanimously took a
flat stand against the payment to the
LnDed States of the defaulted inter
est due iast December 15 without a
guarantee of a moratorium on the
June 15 debt payment.
This decision was taken in a three
hour session, which canvassed unof
ficially the suggestion for a lump
sum settlement of the war debt to
America and other problems.
The official communique issued
afterward made no mention of the
debt question, but it was learned from
a reliable source that there was no
divergence of views on this subject.
The cabinet came to this conclusion
after a thorough examination of the
report presented to Premier Daladier
by Edouard Herriot, who recently re
turned from Washington, with Her
riot's observations.
The emompnique announced only
(Continued on Page Three.)
RETIRED CONDUCTOR
OF A. C. L. IS DEAD
Tarboro, May B.—(AP) —Captain W.
iS- Wooden, retired Atlantic Coas l
Line conductor, died at his home here
today at the age of 83. Funeral ser
vices will be held tomorrow.
Higher Pay
Is Granted
In Textiles
Piet mo n t South
Carolina Workers
Benefit; Wall Street
Increases Given
Greenville, S. C., May 8. —(AP)
Immediate ten percent wage increases
for hundreds of textile workers in the
•Piedmont section of South Carolina
were announced today by various mill
managements over the area.
PAY INCREASES GIVEN
WALL STREET WORKERS
New York, May B.—(AP) —Revival
of activity in the stock market has
brought pay increases to many Wall
Street workers and new jobs to a
considerable number of former em
ployees .
The New York Stock Exchange firm
of J. S. Bache and Company, one of
th elargest wire houses in Wall Street,
wi‘h branch offices in many cities, to
day announced the salary increase of
ten percent effective immediately ta
all employees who have been with
the firm prior to January 1.
Hicbard R. McLaughlin, head c
I the license tax division of the
parturient ts Revenue, said that last
; week’s actual receipts already in hi
office totalled more than S3O 000, aiw.
he figured that hs field force easily
had close to S2OOOO additional wl.icl
had not been reported.
Almost 100 men including the ref
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