rTrENDERSON,
gateway TO
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CAROLINA.
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ITALIAN PLANES ARRIVE
Two Planes, One Solo, Start Dash
m POST HOPS
IN 6 STOP FLIGHT
HD THE WORLD
Berlin Is First Scheduled
pause of Solo Flier Out
Jo Beat His Own Rec
ord In- 1931
TWO FLIERS POINT
TOWARD LITHUANIA
Plane Loaded With 779 Gal
lons of Gasoline for 4,900
Dash Across Ocean and to
North Europe; Take-Off
Was Os Most Dangerous
Stages
Torbay. Newfoundland. July 15.
\Vjley Post, American
round »he world flier, passed sea
"•ard here on his flight toward
Europe.
Post's p ane passed Torbay at
1:10 p. m. eastern standard time,
and headed out over the Atlant c.
(By the Associated Press.)
Two airplanes soared out over the
At'antic from New York today, one
of 'hem attempting a record flight.
One. the Winnie Mae. was piloted
by Wiley Post, who seeks to break
thr eigh r days, 16 hours round-the
world record he made in 1931 with
Harold Gatfy.
The other was the 'Lithuanica,
jointly pilo'ed by Captain Stephen
Dar us and Stanley Girenas, was
headed for Lithuania, 4900 miles away
Post was supplied with expert ad
vice. supplies and United States Army
equipment; Darius and Giernas, with
only 779 gallons of gasoline. Thier
take-off with the heavy load was con
sidered one of the most difficult feats
in aviation.
Both planes took off from Floyd
Benner field. Ith* 1 Winnie Mas at
410 and the Lithuanica at 5:24 a.
m , eastern standard time.
ONLY IX STOPS PLANNED
BY PIOST IN WORLD FLIGHT
‘ Vtw York, July 15.—(AP)—Wiley
Pf ,! ’ intends to make only six stops
on hi? flight around the world.
Liey and he disances beween hem
-•t*y and the distances between
in miles, are:
York-Berlin, 3,900.
Berln-Novoteinirsk, 2,600.
-cvosinirsk-Khabarovsk, 2.250.
Khabarovsk-Fairbanks, 3.000.
Fairbanks Edmoneon, 1.450.
Edmonton-New York, 2,200.
Total, 15,400.
STEEL’S EMPLOYEES’ PLAN
TO BE OPPOSED BY LABOR
Washington, July 15.— (AP)— Wii
,:am Green, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, today said
organization will oppose stren
uously the employees' representation
L’n .n the steel industry in the fair
P ! °"’icp? code submitted earlier to
*he recovery administration.
Eliringhaus
May Aid In
Bank Probe
Governor Offers
Greensboro Solici
tor free Use of Au
dits He Has
Raleigh, July 15 (AP)—J. C. B.
■ r >nghaus today wrote Solicitor H.
a <; . °f Greensboro, of the 12th
' * ct - that an exhaustive examtna
and audito of closed banks in
lU( T c’.aal district has been com-
an d "ft "would seem a futile
n f to rover the same ground in
investigation.”
f! ‘‘ governor offered the entire fa
n,i ' State Banking Depart
‘ h well as conferences prl
fj..' " H editors who prepared the au-
K 1 * he closed hanks to solicitor
1 without cost to the counties of
d 'Mict if th e prosecuting
M to make further exami-
IJl ''tion.s. ;
■ w ks ago Solicitor Koontz
(Continued on Page Pour.)
IfettiUTsmt tDaiht Btamrtrii
FULL LEASED WIRE SXKVira
OF THE ASSOCIATED PREsf"
The Atlantic Again Conquered—Armada Landing At Labrador
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As General Balbo’s air armada reached the shores of North America. I
This picture, made from the deck of the Italian supply ship at Cart-
Wright, Labrador, shows the first triad of the air flotilla about to land,*
Steel Industry Presents
Code To Create New Jobs
Washington, July 15. —(AP)— The
steel industry of the United States
filed w.th the recovery administra
tion today a code of fair competition
under which 75 per cent of the coun
try’s steel plants agree to raise tre
wages of skilled labor by 15 percent
once the code goes into operation.
The codes of trade practice agree
ments are designed primarily to raise
wages and lower working hours in an
effort to boost mass purchasing pow
er.
The steel code, presented by Robert
P. Lamont, calls for a limittion of
hours to permit no employee to work
an average of more than 40 hours
per week in any six months period.
A minimum wage scale for com
mon labor ranging from 25 cents per
hour in the southern district to 40
cents in the big steel centers of the
North was provided.
These rates of pay were the results
of suggestions submitted by 200 steel
ST freightSease
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Corporation Commission 1
Files Brief With I. C. C. |
Ini Washington
Raleigh, July 15 (AP) —The State
Corporate Commission today ana
nounced it had filed a brief with the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
Washington protesting against a peti
tion of railroad carrers n the south
east asking that freight rates from
states south of North arolina to points
in this State be placed on a higher
level than rates from the same States
in Virginia points.
The relief is asked by the railroads
under the fourth section, of the act
governing rates.
Under that section higher rates
may be charged for shipments be
tween intermediate points on direct
routes than are levied on through
shipments. \
The commission’s brief points out
that prior to 1921 it was the poli'cy 1
of many carriers who have the'ir ter
minus in Virginia cities to charge
their full maximum haul rate to and
from North Carolina. This condi
tion was changed ih 1921 whe n North
Carolina poits were given differen
tials under Virginia rates
FAYETTEVILLE MAN
IS DEAD IN CRASH
Gainesville, Ga., July 15. —(AP)
—Ralph R. Gibson 30 of Fayette
ville, N. C. was killed and three
other persons injured when two
automobiles collided near here
last night,
Gibson was alone in <hls dar
when the other machine was
struck. _____ , . ,
onl y daily newspaper
manufacturers over the United States.
The code carried a clause prescribing
on what basis employees would be
organized in dealing with the em
ployers.
This was interpreted to call for
company union representation rather
than outside unionization of the plant,
a question which has been the most
acute issue in bringng the steel in
dustry under agreement.
Washington, July 15 (AP)—The
steel industry today filed with the re
covery administration a code of fair
competition to nccease wages and
spread employment through a major
partem of ths fundamental trade.
Robert P. Lamont head of the ran
and Steel Institute, and president of
the United States Steel Corporation,
brought the agreement to Hugh S.
Johnson, industrial administration.
It was definitely understood that
Woolen Industry
Code Is Offered
Washington, July 15.—(AP)—A
code of fair practices providing for
a 40-hour week and a minimum
wage of sl4 for the woolen industry
was presented today to the indus
trial recovery administration.
The code was presented after a
conference between woolen manu
facturers and officials of the re
covery administration.
Yesterday a brief presented by
the United States Textile Workers
of America demanded a 30-hour
wek and a minimum wage of $lB
for the woolen and worsted indus
try.
One Scale
For Sales
Tax Looms
■ .
Merchants Win
Technical Point
With Maxwell;
Consider Changes
Daily uiNpntpt Bnrena.
In Ifce Sir Walter Hotel.,
#▼ J c nASKßnrll.l.
Raleigh, July 15.—The North Caro
lina Merchants Association won a
technical victory from the Depart
ment of Revenue here following an
extended conference with Commi >
sioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell yes
terday, as ihe result of the announce
on Page Five.)
PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VuSTinIA.
HENDERSON N. C„ SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 15, 1933
I after the flight from Iceland. General Balbo, commander of the armada,
led his twenty-four planes into port.
I
well in excess of 90 percent of the
steel production of th e country was
represented in the agreement. Its ac
tual terms were not disclosed, but
Johnson and Lamont immediately be
gan a scrutiny of the important docu
ment. \
The administration has regarded
steel as one of the most vital indus
tries in the movement to increase the
purchasing power of working men.
Together with codes from oil and
lumber, and expected agreements
among the country’s icoal operators,
the fil : ,nj of steel codes will have put
into the hac’.s cf Johnso n work-spread
ing agreements for three of the bas s
raw material industries in the country
An early hearing for steel is in pro
spect, while the lumber code already
•has been set for examination begin
ning July 20, an doill is to be studied
beginning July 24.
NMOTFOR
Revenue Department’s Ar
rangement Is Finding
Much Commendation
Dally Dispatch Barcas,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. UASKERVILL,
Raleigh, July 15—The reorganiza
tion of the tax collection procedure
of the Department of Revenue, un
der which the State is to be divided
up into 54 tax collection districts,
with a senior deputy collector of re
venue in charge of each district and
with several deputy collectors in the
larger districts, is meeting with much
commendation in governmental cir
cles here. This new organization
plan was worked out largely.,by JDjf.
M. C. S. Noble, Jr.„ executive assis
tant commissioner of revenue, it is
generally understood, with the ap
proval and assistance of commis
sioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell.
Both believe that it is going to result
in more efficient collection of all
State revenues’ at a much lower cost
than heretofore and that the cost of
collecting (the new Three per cep)',
sales tax can be kept within the li
mits fixed by the General Assembly.
The General Assembly wrote the
proviso into the sales tax law that the
cost of collecting it should not ex
ceed two per cent of the amount col
lected, which on the basis of present
estimates limits the amount available
for collecting it to between SIBO,OOO
(Continued on Page Six.) 4
WIATHfR
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Showers tonight probably clear
ing Sunday morning; s’ightly war
mer in east portion tonight.
JI^SJELEGATON
Desperate Effort To Be
Made for Worldwide Ap
plication of Roose.
velt’s Proposal
TENTATIVE DRAFT
BEING DISCUSSED
American Theory Is That
Higher Prices Will Permit
Eventual Monetary Stabi
lization Throughout The
World; Warburg Hurries
To See Roosevelt
London, July 15 (AP)—The Amer
ican delegati on was considering today
a final effort to forward President
Roosevelt’s plan of worldwide price
raising as the world economic confer
ence recessed for the week-end.
The tentative draft of a resolution
outl'ning monetary and commercial
policies to achieve this end was un
der discussion by some of the Amer
ican experts and delegates
The delegation had not yet decided
however, whether it would be any use
(Continued on Page Five.)
High Costs
Will Limit
Road Work
Fast Rising Prices
Also To Increase
Operating Expens
es of State, i
< ) ?
llnllv Dl*wat«»l» Bar— m
fa the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J- C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, Jujy 15—Owing jto the
rapidly increasing cost of construc
tion materials and the much higher
wage scale which the Federal gov
ernment is expected to put into ef
fect, nothing like as many miles of
new highway is going, to. be built
with the $10,500,000 allotment of Fed
eral funds to North Carolina- as many
are thinking, according to Chief En
gineer Leslie R. Ames of the State
Highway Commission.
“This $10,500,000 is not going to
provide for much ’.more new con
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PUBLISHED EVERY AFTIKKOOM
EXCEPT SUNDAY
IN CHICAGO
* * * * * * * y
Across Atlantic
Throngs Welcome
Great Armada Os
Foreign Aviators
Kidnapers List
Five at Suffolk
Norfolk, Va., July . 15.—(AP)
The Ledger-Dispatch says it has
learned that the Southampton
county grand jury will be told on
Monday that A. Obisci, president
of the Planters Nut and Chicolate
Company, and Mrs. J. M. Darden,
wife of another wealthy Suffolk
resident, were selected as victims
H an abduction plot later trans
uded to C. C, Vaughan 111, an
other intended victim..
Abduction of at Feast two other
persons was said to have been con
templated.
Begin Move
To Capture
Kidnapers
Strenuous Drive Is
Launched for Ab
ductors of O’Con
nell and Factor
(By the Associated Press.)
Elaborate efforts are under way by
authorities today to apprehend kid
napers responsible for jfcwo abduc
tions—that of Lieutenant John J.
O’Connell, Jr. in New York and that
of John Factor Chicago specultor.
, At the same time it was revealed
that Chicago authorities were guard
ing 40 prominent citizens to prevent
attempted abductions after Factor had
disclosed that the men who kidnaped
him had a book of prospective kidnap
victims.
From Albany it was reported that
National; Guardsmen were prepared
to engage i nan extensive man-hunt
for their kidnaped officer Lieutenant
O’Connell Jr.
Agents representing the family of
August Luer, Alton, JIL, banker, re
cently abducted said*’.they* were ne
gotiating with his kidnapers for his
release, but that definite action was
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Tar Heel Woman,
On Way to Fair,
Is Killed In Bus
Elizabethton, Tenn., July 15.
(AP)—A woman identified as Nola
Brotheton, 25, of Sherillfs Ford,
N. C., was killed yesterday when
a bus in which she was riding
skidded and overturned (on <he
North Carolina highway 15 miles
east of here.
Physicians said she died of a
broken neck and fractured skull.
She was one of a party of 60
persons, mostly teachers from the
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege, who were traveling in five
buses to the World’s Fair at
Chcago.
Roosevelt Party
.Visits Maryland
Town on Cruise
Crisfield, Mid., July 15 (AP)—The
yacht Sequoia, hearing President
Roosevelt and his party in a week
end cruise of the Chesapeake Bay,
docked at Crisfield at 1:30 p. m. to
day. i
The president was standing on deck
when the yacht pulled alongside the
town’s only dock.
Several thousand people who had
gathered when, news was spread rap
idly that the President would come
to risfield were‘on hand to see him.
The automobiles said to he White
House cars were at the dock to take
the president and hils party oin a land
trip over the Delmarva Peninsula.
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Final Hop on Flight From
Italy Across Atlantic Is
Made In Six Hours
From Montreal
ITALIAN AMBASSADOR
TO U. S. ON BOARD
Shores of Lake Michigan
Covered With Hundred
Thousand People In Great
Greeting to Balbo and His
Fellow Airmen; All The
Planes Arrive
Navy Pier, Chicago, July 15—
(AP)—General Italo Balbo’s air
squadron of 24 seaplanes wasa
sighted over Chicago at 5:28 p. m.
central daylight time today.
The planes prepared to alight
in Lage Michigan (off the World’*
Fair reservation, completing their
long flight from Orbetello, Italy,
across the Atlantic Ocea nin one
of the great feats i n aviation his
tory.
SIGHTED AT SMALL TOWN
IN VICINITY OF TORONTO
Oshawa, Ontario, July 15.—(AP)
The Kalian seaplanes were sighted
here-■at, 4:30 p. m., eastern stahdard
time. Oshawa is 30 miles from Tor
onto.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
CHICAGOANS SEE ARRIVAL
Chicago, July 15.—(AP)—Thousands
of Chicagoans picnicked on the lake
front today waiting for hours to wel
come General Italo Balbo and his 96
fellow Italian airmen at the end of
their trans-Atlantic flight.
The city and the World’s Fair de
voted all their energies toward mak- *
ing the greeting a cordial one. Sol
dier Field, huge outdoor ampththeatre
capable of seating 110,000, was thrown
open for the formal welcome. Six
hours before the landing was expect
ed, large groups gathered near the
landing place off navy pier in Lake
Michigan north of the Loop. Fam
ilies brought their lunches. A muni
cipal bathing beach near the pier was
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Captain Is
Lost When
Ship Sinks
Tanker Burns Off
Wilmington; 34 Os
Crew Saved; Two
Others Lost
New Bern, July 15 (AP)—Coast
guard authorities here were ad
vised today the cutter Bagwell,
out iof Charleston, S. ~ was mak
ing contact with the tanker Gulf
Gem to remove two seriously in
jured survivor sos the tanker
Cities Service Petrol, which burn
ed and sank off the Carolina coast
last night.
New York, July 15.—(AP)—Captain
F. L. Sears, went down with hia
burning ship, the tanker Cities Ser
vice Patrol, in the Atlantic off Wil
mington. N. C., last night, while two
other American merchant ships stood
by and rescused 34 members of the
crew.
Two other men went down with
Captain Sears. They were reported
killed aboard before the ship sank.
The rescue ships were the tanker
Gulf Gem and the steamer Tri-Moun
tain. The Gulf Gem saved 24
bers of the Petrol crew and the Tri-
Mountain 10.
Immediately after the Petrol sank,
envolped in flames, with.. Captain 5
Sears alive and at his post, the Gulf
Gem turned off her course to put.
with the surv.vors, some»of vtfhom were
injured, at Charleston, S. C. Tt was
presumed the Tri-Mountain accom
panied her.