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HENDERSON,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
TWENTIETH YEAR
1933
yoaTH PLACED IN
It FOR KILLING
HIGH POINT CHILD
Griffith Welch Changes HU
Story of Death of Bobby
Sechrest, Aged
Only Five
CLAIMS BOTH WERE
SPILLED ON “BIKE”
Started To Hide Boy’s Body
in Clump of Trees, But
Came Across Manhole and
“Something Told Me” To
Put It In There; Jailed In
Greensboro
Greensboro, May 15. —(AP) —Grif-
fith Welch, 15-year-old High Point
caddie charged with killing Bobby
Sechreat, five, and throwing his body
into a manhole, was brought to the
Guilford county jail here today for
safe keeping.
Young Welch, who now maintains
the Sechrest boy was killed when a
bicycle on which both -vere riding
struck a rock and hurled them to the
ground, says he has witnesses to the
tatal accident.
He says several automobiles passed
while he was carrying Sechrest’s body
fgom the roadside to a nearby group of
trees.
Welch says he intended to take the
boy to the group of trees but that
when he saw the open manhole “some
thing told me” to hide the body in
there.
'I he lad was brought to jail here
because of crowded conditions in the
jail at High Point.
A tentative hearing was set for May
21. j
U. S. NAVAL CRAFT
PUT IN RESERVE
Washington, May 45.—(AP) —
Admiral William V. Pratt, chief of
naval operations, today ordered
one-third of all the combatant
sliips and naval aircraft placed
in rotating reserve commissions.
COMMISSIONER lIF
PATENTS IS NAMED
Washington, May 15 —(AP)—Presi-
dent Roosevelt today nominated Con
way P. Coe, of Maryland to be com
missioner of patents, and Fred W.
Johnson, of Rock Springs, Wyo., to
be commissioner of the general lands
office.
Bell Telephone
Hearing Delayed
For Short Time
Raleigh. May 15.—(AP)—The State
Corporation Commission today grant
*d the Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company, a "temporarily
indefinite” postponement of its hear
ing set to be held here Wednesday
May 17.
The extension of time was granted
Y r hen serious illness of his father
made M impossible for E. B. Smith,
of Atlanta, general counsel of the
■company to complete plans for the
hearing.
The Southern Bell company and all
other telephone companies operating
in North Carolina, are appearing be
fore the commission for conferences
in regard to possible rate reductions
for the State.
Warn Americans To Move
As Japs Press Campaign
Pitping, China, May 15.—(AP)—
The United States Legation advised
Americans to evacuate Tungchow, 13
fci’-ss east of Peiping, because of ru
m ° rs that the Japanese will aUmept to
occupy the town.
BRITISH MINE PROPERTY
EVACUATED BY CHINESE
Tientsin, China, May 15 (AP) —'Eva
cudtion of Tangshan, headquarters of
th ‘ British Kailan mining interests
V/ -'S begun today by Chinese forces
Japanese fliers had attacked
town ad bombed Chinese cement
' V ' M ks and cotton nulls.
M nti-a’rcraft gums wen tinto action
t '" 1 nf ' filers nuaintained sufficient al
r *de and escape dbeing hit.
was believed there had been few
'"' l] ies, but property damage was
Hmtimramt Batin Dtstmlrlt
THE ASSOCIATED PREBB.
President Roosevelt signs the
farm relief bill, at his desk in
Washington, with its enormous
powers to lift farm prices and
inflate the currency. Surround-
Fear Os New War Brings
Re-Assurances In Europe
Downing Street Seeks To Calm.Week-End Sensation;
Activities in Germany Strike Fear in Public; U. S.
Takes Hand in Move To Tame Hitler
London, May 15. —(AP) — Efforts
were made in Downing street today
to calm the sensation in the press
over the week-end concerning the
general European crisis.
It was stated that no anxiety was
felt in official circles regarding the
week’s developments.
Several morning newspapers spoke
of the increased tension in Europe
anxiously discussed what they inter
preted as gathering war clouds, and
viewed as the main danger the grow
ing war spirit in Germany.
District Circuit Court Rules
Indictment of Bishop
Is Valid
Washington, May 15-—(AP)—Trial
of Bishop James Cannon, Jr. on char
ges of violation of the corrupt prac
tices act in 1928 seemed certain to
day in a ruling by the District of
Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
that the indictment against the
churchman was vaid.
' be cou~t of appeals also upheld
the indictment against Miss Ada Bur
roughs, Bishop Cannon’s fermer sec
retary.
The churchman was indicte'®, by a
(Continued on Page Four.)
iheavy. , •
The bomibers returned for a second
raid and dropped explosives on Chi
nese troops, scrambling out of
trenches one mile outside the city.
Two bomlbs fell in the garden of
the residence of the British chief en
gineer of the Kailan mining adminis
tration .
Previously the Chinese had evacu
ated Lwanchow;, chief city om the
right bank of the ling river, east of
the mining center. t
Meanwhile, there wias an unconfirm
ed report here that Japanese autho
rities had handed the Chinese an ul
timatum. demanding evacuation not
only of the Tientsin area but also
of Tamgku, a tthe mouth of the Bai
river o the seacoagt, 35 males east of
here. . i. . ■ i '.-i
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
LEGISLATURE CLOSES
AS POWERFUL FARM INFLATION BILL BECAME LAW
■” , ail 1 iSSSSSSSSS 5855555 •_ .*
HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 15, 1933
Ing the chief executive are, left
to right, Representative Wall
of Mississippi, Representa
tive Hampton Fulmer of South
Carolina. Representative Marvin
The Daily Times, after commenting
on what it called “the inculcation
of hatred of the foreigner and of
militarism’’ in the Hitler regime, call
ed upon Germany i“to disprove—if
possible to disprove—that one of the
main objects of Hiterism is to pre
pare for a war of revenge.’’
UNITED STATES MOVING
FOR HITLER MODERATION
Paris, May 15 —(AP) —A three-pow
fContluued on Page Two)
Additional
Sensations
By Means
Washington, May 15. —(AP)—Gas-
ton B. Means resumed the witness
stand in the ransom hoax trial today
to tell the jury that only a month
ago he had informed attorneys for
Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean that the
four men he said were principals in
the Lindbergh kidnaping were in
Washington and could be arrested.
Means, who is on trial for attempt
ing to defraud Mrs. McLean of $35,-
000 in connection with the kidnaping,
said he told Wilton J. Lambert, a
member of Mrs. McLean’s counsel,
that WJellington Henderson, Irving
Fenton, Max Hassel and Max Green
berg, whom he previously had said
wero the principals in the kidnaping,
were here.
Means was on the stand only a few
minutes under direct examination by
h4a own counsel.
Henry Radford, of
.Vance Paroled by
Governor’s Order
Raleigh, May 14 (AP) —Eight pris
oners were paroled today and one
received a commutation or order of
Governor J. C. B. Bhringhaus. I
George Gudce sent to prison from’
Henderson county in January, 1932, to
serve four to eight years for assault
to klill had his sentenced changed to*
a minimum of two years because he
(discovered several prisoners escap
ing through a tunnel at State’s Pri
son recently and gs.ve tlhe alarm.
Among those paroled were Henry
Radtfford, sentenced in Vance count
in September, 1932. to 12 months on
five charges, and Edward Hester,
sentenced dn November 1932, in
Granville county, for assault with a
deadly weapon and given 12 months.
Jones of Texas, Senator Smith of
South Carolina, Chairman Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., of the Federal
Farm board, and Secretary of
Agriculture Henry A. Wallace.
lJdfebelauob
Prominently Talked as
Commodity Chief for Cot
ton Under New Law
SELECTION WILL WAIT
May Be Week or Ten Days Before!
Chiolce Is Made, Peek Says; f
Conference Held With the 1
New Administration !
Washington, May 15.—(AP)—For
mer Governor O. Max Gardner, of
North Carolina, may be selected as a.
commodity chief for cotton to admin
ister provisions of the farm law, it
was learned here today.
Selection of such an official was dis
cussed here toaay by a group of
southerners interested in the cotton
industry, with George N. Peek, chief
administrator.
Those who took part included Dr.
Tait Butler, of the Progressive Far
mer, Raleigh, N. C.; and L. H.
Duncan of Auburn, Ala, Alabama
State director of extension. It was
learned that the names of more than
a dozen men have been presented for
the post including forver Governor
Gardner.
Peek said the cotton chief may not
be named for another week or ten
days. He said the conference was
entirely informal and devoted to dis
cussions of the problems of admin
istering the act in the case of the
South’s chief crop, for which planting
is expected to be about complete in
three weeks.
ERNEST TORRENCE,
SCREEN STAR, DIES
New York, May 15. —(AP) —Ernest
Torrence, veteran screen actor, died
today at the age of 54.
The noted portrayer of character
roles succumbed at dawn at Lennox
Hill hospital. He failed to rally after
a recent operation for gall bladder
troubles, and for hours physicians
had known that death was inevitable.
ILL
ROGERS
\y fjgys:
Santa Monica, Cal-, May 15.
I am hereby entering this argu
ment between Young Rockefeller
and the Mexican artist, for there
is two things that a dumb gay
knows as much about as a smart
one and that’s art—and inflation.
I string with Rockefeller. This
artist was selling some art and
sneaking in some propaganda.
Rockefeller had ordered a plain
ham sandwich but the put
some onions on it. Rockefeller
says: “I will pay you for it, but
I won’t eat the onions.”
Now, the above is said in no
disparage—ent of the Mexican ar
tist, for he is the best .in the
world. But*you should never *ry
to fool a Rockefeller in oils.
Yours, WILL.
Last-Minute Rush Os New
Bills Postpones Close Long
After Hour Set For Noon
Balanced Budget Biggest
Legislative Achievement
State - Supported Eight
Month* School and Sharp
Economies Next In
Importance
GENERAL SALES TAX
RADICAL DEPARTURE
Reductions in Tax Penalties,
Bank Safeguards, Prison-
Highway Merger and
Higher Power Levies Also
Among the Major Accom
plishments of Session
Daily DiNpntch flnrena.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, May 15.—The 1933 General
Assembly, which came to an end to
day after being in session almost
four and one half months, will go
down in history as one of the most
constructive in many years, despite
the many difficult problems it had
before it, according to those who have
observed its deliberations closely. It
is also regarded as significant that,
in spite of occasional revolts against
the program outlined by Governor J.
C. B. Ehringhaiis, it eventually fol
lowed his leadership and carried out
the greater part of the program he
Outstanding Acta.
Some of the more outstanding ac
complishments of the Ge \eral Assem
bly that adjourned today are:
It balanced the budget, thus safe
guarding the crdit of the State, by
enacting a revenue bill that will yield
sufficient revenue with which to meet
the appropriations of approximately
$25,000,000 from the general fund.
It established a State-supported
eight months school term, without
any property taxes therefor, thus re
moving from the property owners
more than $8,000,000 a year in ad
valorem taxes.
It reduced the cost of maintaining
the State departments and institu
tions approximately $10,000,000 a year
by adopting an appropriatidhs bill
calling for a total outlay of only $41,-
000,000 a year instead of $52,000,000 a
(Continued Page Five.)
FIRE SWEEPS OVER
NEW AUBURN, MAINE
Auburn, Maine, May 15.—(AP)
—Fire which broke out in the city
business section of New Auburn, a
district separated from the city
proper by the Little
river, today had destroyed more
than 60 buildings as it continued
its sweep into the residential sec
tion before a high wind.
BODY OF REDFERN
FOUND IN STREAM
Unde of Aviator Missing Six Year#
Apparently Committed Suicide
at Rochester
Rochester, N. Y., May 15.—(AP) —
Discovered floating downstream by a
fisherman the body of Richard S. Red
fern, 59-year-old Rochester realtor, an
uncle of Paul Redfern, youthful
aviator who was lost during a Geor
gia-to-Brazil non-stop flight in 1927,
was recovered from the Venessee river
today.
His body had been sought since
April 24, when a man answering his
description plunged from Veterans
Memorial bridge. Redfern’s automo
bile was found parked near the bridge
and when his brother, Edwin Red
fern received a farewell' note, the
family said there wa3 no doubt of the
suicide’s identity.
Identification was made by personal
articles on the body and the note ad
dressed to Edwin Redfern, which
read:
“Dear Ed: Take care.”
His brother ascribed the suicide to
financial worries and illness.
wlathFr
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Mostly cloudy, with showers in
west portion tonight, and in west
and north portions Tuesday; some
what cooler Tuesday in west and
north central portions.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY,
Mob Seeks Him
Norman Moor*
Hundreds of homeless' citizens,
left destitute by the $3,000,000
fire which destroyed a large Sec
tion of Ellsworth, Me., threatened
the life of Norman Moore, 25, said
to have confessed to starting the
blaze, after he had. been held in
Ihe local jail. Troops were called
out to guard him from the mob.
Moore is reported to have told
police that he saw a small fire and
was so thrilled that he decided to
start another.
TO BCE TAXES
Victory for Taxpayers And
Defeat of Organized
School Forces
TO CAUSE HARDSHIPS
Salaries of Teachers Cut But They
Will at Least Be Certain of
Their Pay; Big Saving
On Transportation ;
Dally Dispatch itnrena,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
3V J C OiSKKR VILL.
Raleigh, May 15.—The enactment of
the Griffin school machinery bill in
spite of the House amendment to per
mit cities and counties not in default
to levy supplemental taxes for a ninth
month, as well as as to supplement
the eight months term, is regarded
as a distinct victory for the tatxpay
(Continued on Page Five.)
Merchants Win Victory
In Mandatory Sales Tax
Measure Making It Compul sory To Pass Tax on to Con
sumers Ease* Levy and Apparently Removes Danger
of Test of Law In The Courts
Dally Dfgpafch Bnrean,
In the Sir Wnlter Hotel.
J C. BASKERVH.L.
Raleigh, May 15-—The passage by
the General Assembly of a supple
mentary biil making it mandatory
tftat the merchants shall pass on the
three percent sales tax to the con
sumers was regarded here as a signal
if a last minute, victory for the mer
chants. Despite the fact that when
this proposal was first made, it was
viewed by some members of the leg
islature with distrust, if not with
a.arm, the bill had very little, opposi
tion in either house, and passed the
Senate by unanimous vote, despite the
fact that only a few days before there
had been particularly strong opposi
tion to the mandatory provision in
the upper house.
It is agreed here that one of the
C PAGES
o TODAY
FIVE CENTS GOPY
SCHOOL MACHINERY
BILL PASSES 37-0
JN SENATE’S VOTE
Flood of Local Measures
Pass Under Suspension
of Rules In Both
Houses
EHRINGHAUS SENDS
HIS APPRECIATION
Governor Thanks Members
for Their Fine Services;
Race Track Betting Leg
alized for New Hanover
and Haywood Counties at
Last Minute
Raleigh May 15—The 1933 Gen
eral Assembly adjourned sine die (
late this afternoon.
Raleigth, Mlgy 15 (AP)—North Caro
lina’ s 1933 General Asseimlbly work*
ed on this afternoon to try and ad
ourn sine die in the late hours of the!
daiy, but the legislative clocks record-'
ed the hour as 12 o’clock noon May
15.” i j
A last minute rush of n ew bills and
disagreement over a supplementary
beer measure held the law-miakers in
session long after their agreed hour
of adjournment—noon.
Under legislative custom, however,
the clock in both halls came to a
stop at exactly noon, and the jour
nals will record that the 132-day ses
sion closed at noon today.
The 1933 legislature sat for a long
er period than any other in the State,
(Continued on Page Five.)
Famous Gangster
Os Chicago Found
Dead In His Car
Chicago, May 15.—(AP)— Roceo
Belcastro, “public enemy.” and broth
er of Chicago’s “king of the bombers ’
was found slain today in an automo
bile, a burlap sack pulled over his
head and shoulders.
The automobile, a new sedan with
out license plates, whs parked o:i
Carroll street, near the Loop. Tha
body was slumped in the tonneau.
Police said it might have been there
several hours without being noticed.
Poll|ice (officials | tye/Pi they (would
question the victim’s brother, James
Belcastro, reputed “boss bomber” and
terrorist for gangsters. James Bel
castro has a long record as a “pub
lic enemy.”
i The body in the automobile had
been found partly wrapped in the
burlap bag and covered with a. blan
ket. Medical investigators said Bel
castro apparently was killed by gang
ster enemies while bound and help
less.
main factors in the dispelling of this
opposition was the letter which W. L.
Dowell, executive secretary lof > the
North Carolina Merchants Associa
tion, who has led the merchants in
their fight against the sales tax, wrote
to Senators Hinsdale, of Wake, anc
Waynick, of Guilford, authors of th«
supplementary bill. This letter by Mi
Dowell, which was entered upon th«
record in the Senate, expressed th«
opinion that the merchants would b«
less disposed toward contesting th>
sales tax in the courts if the supple
men tary bill were passed.
Those who were objecting to a sup
plementary bill of this nature a fe*
day 3 ago based ‘heir objections upo:
the belief 'hat 'he mandatory sea
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