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HENDERSON,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
TWENTIETH YEAR
GERMANY ACCEPTS DISARMAMENT PLAN
• -f.
Green Puts Labor
SALES TAX LEVIES
ALSO ACCEPTABLE
Labor Ha* Always Uncom
promisingly Opposed
That Principal, Green
Declared
FOUR MILUON JOBS
ESTIMATED CERTAIN
Senator Wagner Tbilisi Pro
ject Will Go Fqr W Re
lieving Present Stress;
Says Tremendous Support
Gathering |Behin<s 'Roose
velt’s Program
Wa?hing l on. May 19.—(AP)—With
a qualified endorsement of the sales
tax method of financing it William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, today placed' la
bor .squarely behind the public works
industry control measure of Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Testifying before the House Way3
and Means Committee after Senator
WagOPiy Democrat. New York, had
pr. dicted the measure would put four
million men to work. Green approved
the bill.
Asked which of the four methodss
proposed by Budget Director Douglas
he would use to finance the $3,3000,-
COO.OOO bond, issue for public works,
triton said that, while labor “always
h.is been uncompromisingly opposed
' > the principle of the sales tax,” he
personally would support the sales
tux if the revenue was restricted to
financing the public works bill, apd
the tax used only during- the emer
fcfncy.
Green said that, while labor would
oppose the so-called “breakfast tax
program,” It would not object to a
raise in income taxes, imposition of
income rates upon stock dividends and
a boost in gasoline taxes.
Wagner sai dthe anti-trust laws
were preserved by the bill and that
the measure would “not abolish com
tOontlnued on Pace Three.)
Probe Os
Shoals To
Be Speedy
Washington, May 19. —(AP) —Quick
action in the government’s investiga
ton of charges of alleged misuse of
government property at Muscle Shoals
by private power companies was pre
dicted today in authoritative circles.
Houston Thompson, a speial assis
tant to the attorney general, is un
derstood to be the probable choice of
President Roosevelt to make the in
vestigation. He conferred late yester
day w.th the chis executive.
The appointment of the investigator
is expected immediately, and the in
quiry probably will require about two
months.
Already Louis R. Glavis, a special
investigator for Secretary Ickes, has
gone to Muscle Shoals and submitted
a detailed repot t which is now with
s he Justice Department.
Mitchell Defense Claims
Error Os $3,000,000 Made
Former National City Bank Head Sets Up Contention
In Hi* Prosecution by Government for Evading In
come Tax Payments In Years 1929 and 1930
New York, May 19—(AP)—A $3,000,-
'JOO error in the ledger recording busi
ness transactions of Mrs. Charles E.
Mitchell in connection with a stock
s *ie by which the government con
ends Mitchell sought to evade his
income tax was described in Federal
court today.
Mitchell is on trial charged with
•eating the government of taxes on
311 alleged $4,000,000 income in 1929
3 ad 1930 by fake sales of securities,
' h ; °ne in 1929 t 0 his wife,
I'd ward Barrett, vice-president of
National City Bank, which Mit
'. h 11 formerly headd, continued his
iniwiy concerning his aAtivJUes
'■■htn he was Mitchells secretary and
nuidled all of Mitchell’s financial as
Uwtitersmt Dtttitt Bisttalrfa
'SPrS'ESvMZ* SERVICE
i me associated press.
Challenging the nations of the en
tire world jto outlaw offensive wea
pons of warfare and to enter into a
solemn covenant not to invade other’s
Southern Baptists Open
Washington Convention
Third Time Since Split Over Salary in 1845 That Meet
ing Has Been In National Capital; One Day Joint
Session With No rthern Baptists
Washington. May 19.—(AP)— The
Southern Baptist Church opened its
annual convention here today, mak
ing the third time since it started
with a, split over slavery in 1845 that
it has met in the capital city.
Its coming to Washington signaliz
ed the spiritual healing of that rup
ture, for it will make possible the
first all-day joint session of South
ern and Northern Baptists in 88 years
That will take place next Tuesday.
Dr. M. E?. Dodd, of Shreveport, La.,
M LIFE FORMER
Durham Negro Confesses
Killing Woman in Hold-
Up in Guilford
Raleigh. May 19. —(AP) —David Mc-
Nair. Durham county Negro, convict
ed of the murder of Mrs. J. W. Mc-
Cown, of Guilford county, was elec
trocuted at State’s Prison today short
ly after he confessed his guilt.
The 23-year-old slimly built Negro
told Rev. T. A. Grady, pastor of the
Ebenezer Baptist church in Durham,
that “I killed Mrs. McCown after
she started shooting when we told
her to put up her hands.” Y
Rev. Grady said McNair, also, a few
minutes before he was taken to the
'Continued on Page Three 1
fairs. He told of numerous instances
in which Mitchell participated in syn
dicats and pools in his wife’s behalf,
all of these transactions being enter
ed i na ledger.
He said under re-direct examination
by United States Attorney George C.
Medalie that Mitchell’s sale to his
wife of 18,300 National City Bank
shares ,the sale which the government
said was a fake, was also entered in
the ledger as $879,600, although the
price agreed on in letters exchanged
between Mitchll and his weif was $3,-
000,000 more than that.
“How did the first figure of the
purchase price happen to be omitted?”
Medalie asked.
“It was an oversight on the part of
my secretary,” Barrett replied.
ONLY DAILY
As Roosevelt Challenged World In ' Plea! For Peace
. .
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OP NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. ‘
HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 19, 1933
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Back Os Roosevelt Public Works-Industry Plan
territory, the dramatic appeal of
President Roosevelt is recognized as
directed peculiarly to six countries.
These are Germany and France, who
the man who stumped the 1932 South
ern Baptist Convention floor to induce
that body to choose Washington as
the 1933 meeting place, as the North
ern Baptists were doing, w.ll prside
over the convention session. He re
places President F. F. Brown, of
Knoxville, Tenn. who is ill.
In his keynote address Dr. Dodd
sounded a note of triumph that the
capital city should be the scene of
his presentation of problems growing
out qf the stress of the times.
Russia,To Attend
Economic Parley
Moscow, May 19— (AP) The
Soviet government, it was learned
today, will accept <he invitation to
pai’tic pate in the London economic
conference. Formal announcement
to this effect may be expected in
a few days.
revenueonbeeF
IS UNDER ISO,OOO
I
Nearly All That Is Licenses
and Very Little From
Consumption
Dolly Ilispntrli Bnrenn,
In the Sir VVnlter Hotel.
HI J. C. DASKERVILL.
Raleigh, May 19. —The revenue col
lected so far by the State Department
of Revenue from beer amounts to
only $48,838 and has been derived al
most exclusively from the sale of dis
tributors’ licenses to wholesalers and
retailers and to salesmen, according
(Continued on Page Five.)
Two Men and Two
Women Loot Bank
And Then Escape
Okbena, MinnT May 19 (AP)—Two
me n an d two wome n shot their way
out of town today after raiding the
First State Bank of Okbena of $2,500
Secreting themselves in the First
State Bank during the night, two men.
subdued several persons with ma
chine gung.
After looting the place, the gun
man snatched their victims in the
vault and fled to a car in wfcich two
women were waiting. Town people
opened fire as ecarh tSHRDLUSHR
opened fire as the car drove away.
The raiders returned the fire, rak
ing the streets with sub-machine gun
slugs. , , ,
are edging toward war in Europe;
Japan and China, now at each other’s
and Bolivia, now officially at war in
South America. The personalities
above, in addition t 0 President Roose
15 aSteo
BY THE WEEK-END
Ehringhaus \Believed Plan
ning To Keep Many Old
Members of the New
Commission
ORGANIZATION JOB
TO BE LARGE ONE
Will Require Several Weeks
To Print New jForms, Get
Them to County and City
Superintendents and Back
in for Board’s Considera
tion ,
Dully illNpntfk nnrfna.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
WV .1 C. KASKERVILL.
Raleigh, May 19 —Governor J. C.
B. Ehringhaus is hard at work con
sidering his appointments to the new
State School Commission and today
indicated that he hoped to announce
the personnel of the new commission
'by the end of the week if possible.’
This is interpreted as meaning he !
tiliil try to anounce the members of
this body by Saturday or Sunday.
Since the old board of equalization,
which the new s chool commission will
supercede, went out of existence on
Monday, there is absolutely no agency
in existence now with jurisdiction
over the schools, thus making it ne
cessary to get the school commission
'Continued en Page Four.)
MilFPool
Strike Is
Concluded
One . Death Results
and State Militia on
Guard in Wisconsin
Territory -
Madison, Wis., May 10. —(AP) —The
Wisconsin Cooperative Milk Pool’s
strike, which raged for six days, and
resulted in one death and the use of
half the State’s military force to com
bat widespread disorders, ended today
However, the National Guardsmen
continued to patrol trouble zones to
(Continued on Page Three.)
wFath f R
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair anj slightly warmer to
night and Saturday.
velt, represent Europe’s “Big Four.”
throats in the Or.ent and Paraguay
Layout shows left to right, top. Pre
mier Daladie4 of France French
troops, German troops, and Chancel
Should Stabilize Silver
Roosevelt And Soong Say
Joint Statement by President and Chinese Envoy Also
Hopes for Peace in Far East; Political amU£cono- -
mic Peace in the W orld Is Hoped For
Wjush|bi£jßoi|, May 19. —(AP)— A
joint statement today by President
Roosevelt, and T. V. Scoong, Chin
ese minister of finance, said the two
were in agreement on measures to be
taken to solve world problems, and
that it was considered “essential Shat
the price of silver, the great medium
of exchange in the east, should be
exchanged and stabilized.”
The statement touched on the Far
East situation, which finds Japanese
troops marching further into Chinese
territory.
“It is our ardent hope that peace
14 Prisoners Are
On Hunger Strike
Baltimore, Md-, May 19.—(AP)
—Eighteen prisoners in the Mary
land penienttary, including three
lifers and several of national
notriety, were in segregation cells
today as 14 of them continued their
hunger strike for the fourth day.
The strike began Tuesday, when
three pr sons declined the food of
fered them for breakfast and pri
son officials made no attempt to
make them eat.
STATE BONDS ®
MOUNTING RAPIDLY
Balanced Budget Is Getting
Desired Effect of Bol
stering Credit
Dally Dispatch Bnrenn,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh. May 19. —The smile which
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus always
wears is broader and brighter than
ever these days. The principal reason
for this ;s that North Carolina bonds
are going up every day, as the re
sult of the balanced budget which the
governor insisted upon and which the
General Assembly finally gave him,
even though it took almost four and a
half months to do it.
Present market quotations show
that North Carolina bonds are now
selling at from SB6 to $99 depending
upon the interest rate and the date
of maturity. Until yesterday it was
possible to get a few offerings as low
as SB2. Several weeks ago when the
budget was still unbalanced and when
there were indications that there
might be additional delay over get
ting a revenue bill passed that would
balance the budget the State’s bonds
(Continued on Page Two.)
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
ler Hitler of Germany; Below. Pre
mier Mussolini of Italy, soldier s of
Paraguay, Japanese fighters and
Prime Minister MacDonald of Great
Britain.
may be assured, and that to this end
practical measures of disarmament
may soon be adopted,” it said.
“In this connection, our thoughts
naturally have turned to the serious
developments in the Far East, which
hav edisturbed the peace of the world
during the past two years. There the
military forces of two great nations
have been engaged in destructive hos
tilities.
“We trust that these hostilities may
soon cease in order that the present
efforts of all the nations of the world
to re-establish political and economic
peace may succeed.”
leaveSSagg
Other Contingents Soon To
Follow to Western Caro
lina Camps
Fayetteville, May 19.—(AP) —The
first two civilian conservation corps
companies to entrain for North Caro
lina forestry camps left Fort Bragg
today.
Captain John F. Hepner, U. S. A.,
with 10 men, left for North Carolina
camp No. 2 at Mills river near Hen
dersonville.
Captain Frank E. Kauffman, U. S.
A., with a company of 100, left for
John Rock, near Brevard.
These men will prepare the camp
site and make arrangements for ap
proximately 100 additional men to join
each contingent.
Authorities said that between now
and June 1 approximately 100 regular
army captains would be sent out from
Fort Bragg in charge of army camps.
Japan Places Big “If
Before Roosevelt Plan
Tokyo, May 19.—(AP) —A spokes
man for the foreign office said today
that acceptance by Japan “in prin
ciple” of the worldwide peace appeal
of President Roosevelt, but with
strong reservations, likely would be
sent to Washington next week.
Speaking of the President’s proposal
not to send troops across another na
tion’s frontiers, the spokesman said:
"Replyin gto this most important
and most dangerous proposal, Japan
must call attention to the peculiar
situation in the Far East.
“We learned at our cost the danger
C PAGES
0 TODAY
FIVE CENTS COF^
TO mi* ..
A POWERFUL ARMY
Already Strong and Will Be
Kept So, French Premier
Informs His Par
liament
GERMAN "DECISION
GIVEN AT GENEVA
Envoy Says His Govern
ment’s Suggestion Will
Dovetail With MacDonald
Proposal, and Hopes It
Will Be Accepted as Proof
of Moderation
Geneva, May 19.—(AP)—Germany
accepted the British disarmament
(plan today as th e basis for an agree
ment to be reached by the world dis
armament conference.
Count Rudolph Nadolny, the Ger
man delegate, informed the confer
ence of the decision of his govern
ment.
Manifstations of approval greeted
Herr Nadolny when h e said that any
German suggestion would dovetail
with the British draft, which already
has been accepted by all nations save
Germany.
“I hope this will be regarded as
new proof of German moderation,”
the Berlin delegate said.
He referred to President Roosevelt’s
disarmament message to the world as
“another great manifestation of
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GLASS BANK BILL
!IS BEFORE SENATE
Washington, May 19 (AP)
Senator Carter Glass' banking re
form bill was taken up by the
Senate th s afternoon, with the
Virginian launching immediately
into a detailed explanation of the
important measure.
BOY CLAYErTgiVEN
TERM IN SING SING
New York, May 19—(AP)—
Harry Mureh, Queens school boy,
convicted of stabbing William
Bender, 12 years old, to death be
cause he “snitched,” was sentenc
ed today to serve from 20 years to
Lfo in Sing Sing prison.
Many Dead
From Bomb
In Tientsin
Shanghai May 19.—(AP) —One hun
dred persons were reported killed or
wounded tonight by a bomb which
exploded in a crowded railway station
in the eastern portion of Tientsin.
Japanese dispatches telling of the
explosion said the bomb was hurled
by persons unknown.
The bomb went off in the center
of the waiting room, which was
crowded with Chinese soldiers and
refugees from the North Chinese war
areas, the Japanese dispatch said.
Most of the victims were soldiers or
refugees.
The explosion partially wrecked the
building and fire started. The Jap
anese dispatches said the sta'ion was
a scene of horror.
of signing international pledges with
out sufficiently clarifying what th*.
pledges the parties thereto really
meant.
“Were Japan surrounded by normal
states, we could giv ea clear-cut an
swer accepting wholeheartedly. If
world recognized the Great Wall an
the boundary between Manchukuo and
China we would accept unreservedly.
“However, it is Japan’s impression
that the appeal was framed hurriedly,
in order to lorestafl Hitler’s speech
May 17. and hence the President was
probably unmindful of the complex
ities of the Oriental situation.”