Henderson daily dispatch., July 20, 1933, Image 1

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HENDERSON,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
TWENTIETH year
four BANDITS ROB
BATTLEBORO’S BANK
OF $5,000 IN CASH
Robbery Is Executed In Two
Minutes and Quartette
Flee in North Caro
lina Car
CASHIERTDENTIFIES
LEADER OF THE BAND
Police Say He Is Paul Ed
wards, Wanted in Number
of Eastern Carolina Towns
As One of Group Wanted
in Freight Car and Whole
sale Robberies
Rocky Mount, July 20.—(AP)—
(“Railroad”) Ray, former Pied
mont I eague catcher, and Paul
Edward#, suspected leader of box
car thieves, both wanted on a
number of charges In Eastern
North Carolina, and Jimmy Hill,
under bond on larceny charges,
arc being sought jln connection
«ith the robbery today of <he
Planters Bank of Battleboro, of
ficer# here said.
T. J. Pearsall, prosecuting attor
ney, sa d lhe three stopped at a
filling station near Battleboro
rally today and were recognized
there by a man who knows them.
Battleboro, July 20. —(AP) — Four
bandits each unmasked and carrying
a pistol, held up the Planters Na
tional Bank here today and escaped
with approximately $5,000.
Ths robbery was executed in less
than two minutes, and the quartette
fiei in a small sedan carrying a
North Carolina license tag.
Citizens outgide the bank did not
realize th* institut.on had been rob
bed and the license number was not
obtained.
James Daughtridge, cashier, said
the m°n forced him to lie on the floor
while 'hey scooped up all cash from
the cash dra.wer and part of the
banks funds fro mt/ie safe.
He said the bandits were strangers
and that he did not recognize any of
thtm.
The bank 13 a branch of the Plant
ers National Bank of Rocky Mount,
ergh’ mies away.
Daughtridge said the men etnered
the bank and immediately announced
their intention, displaying their pis
tcl? and forcing him to the floor. Later
Daughtridge was shown a series of
photos by police and picked out one
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Chicago Man
Is Held For
N. C. Courts
Harry L. Dr ° k 6
Wanted' at Raleigh
on Charges of Usury
In Lending
Chcago, July 20— (AP)—Harry L.
• r ske. operator of a chain of small
can companies, surrendered in felony
court today on an indictment charg-
; r ? conspiracy to evade the usury
' aws of North Carolina,
He had attempted to surrender last
•ttßb and couldn’t; there was no war
•?nt clerk at the detective bureau to
IS ~ 1 ’ 3 fugitive warrant.
■shortly after his arraingrtment on
a fugitive warrant, charging him spe-
r T : icaliy with conspiracy to defraud
J E - Moore, of Raleigh, N. C., Drake
v * '> is f'ghting extradition in the
southern state, was released on $2,000.
He escaped the formality of being
or being fingerprinted
y th: * bureau of identification.,
be charge against Drake, who op
in IT states, was continued un
: August 3, at the request of the as
fl‘tant State’* attorney.
500 More Workers Quit
In Two High Point Mills
Hijfh Point, July 20— (AP)— Em
oyees °f ’-ha Carolina Garment Com
any and the High Point Overall
Company went on Btrike here today(
w , r^'’ n<^n S a 25 percent increase in
-*“■ • ihe two companies employ
workers.
" *’ Hudson, is president of both
’ 1 •' *< 11 .
( 1,1 m strike brought the total
~f workers now on strike here
r. (l ' , '"' l ,;00f >- Monday about «.-
woiktrs in various hosiery mills
itntfrcrsmt Bailit B terrain
DLL LEASED WIRE imvina
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS *
Greenville Man
In Tobacco Job
Washington, July 20 (AP)—
Farm administrators today an
nounced the appointment of James
C. Lanier, of Greenville, N. C. t to
take charge of administer'ng the
farm act and activities dealing with
the processing and marketing of
tobacco. He will assist in drafting
trade agreements submitted by the
industry under the farm act.
I.anier Is a lawyer and a large
tobacco grower, operating several
farms near Greenville.
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TO SB
RECOVERY SCHEME
Higher Wages Sought To In
crease Buying Power In
Pace With Fast
Rising Prices
ROOSEVELT TO ADD
HIS ENDORSEMENT
President Ready To Ap
prove Voluntary Wage
Raising and Limit of Hours
as Mapped Out by “Brain
Trust’’; Johnson Issues
His Warning
Washington, July 20. —(AP) —Fore-
seeing a crisis in the recovery pro
gram unless popular purchasing pow
er is stepped up to keep pace with
rising prices. Industrial Administrator
Hugh S. Johnson today perfected the
plan for nationwide adoption of min
imum wages and working hour limi
tations.
Only approval by President Roose
velt awaits promulgation of the dras
tic proposition, and Johnson was
ready to seak that before the day is
out.
The plan would be voluntary, with
reliance on pressure of public opinion
to get industrial and business con
cerns into line.
Making the rounds of hearings be
ing held on proposals for specific
codes, to raise wages and restrict
working time, Johnson told the crowd
ed meetings “we are emerging from
the depths, but not from the dangers”
of depression. He warned insistently
that wages must keep step with ris
ing prices, going so far in talking
to a hotel session on the code pro
posed for the women’s cloak and suit
industry that a crisis is faced within
the next month or two in bringing
buying power to a par with ascending
costs of things.
“We hav? a right to be encouraged
about this law. It works,” Johnson
said. “As I see it, there are now two
main problems—some device to bring
in the unorganized classes and this
question of prices going too far ahead
of consuming power. The operation of
this law has been an inspiring thing.”
Kidnap Suspect
Held at Halifax
Halifax, Va., July 20.—(AP) —A man
giving his name as Torrence D. West
moreland, 26, of Griffin, Ga., is being
held in Halifax county jail in con
nection with the kidnaping of James
K. Ottley, Atlanta banker.
Sheriff J. A. Tune said the man was
held for investigation after a simil
arity had been noticed between his
appearance and pictures of William
Delinski, who is wanted for the kid
naping. Westmoreland was detained
after applying at the jail for a night’s
lodging.
and furnitulre factories struck, but
since then agreements have been
reached which returned some 500 fur
niture workers to their jobs.
strike leaders revealed the manage
ment of the Carolina Garment Com
pany and the High Point Overall Com
pany offered a 15 percent wage in
crease when the strikers’ demands
were presented to them last night,
but 'he offer wa.s refused.
Meanwhile, workers and officials of
the other plants where strikes are in
progress apparently marked time,.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED
Speaker Rainey Down on the Farm
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Speaker Henry T. Rainey, of the House of
his vacation down on the farm with Mrs. Rainey. They are shown doing
chores around their home place at Carrolton, 111.
{Central Press)
Roosevelt Greets Balbo
In White House Ceremony
Commander and Other Officers of Italian Air Armada
to United States Received by President and He Is
Host at Luncheon for the Visitors
Washington, July 20— (AP) —Presi-
dent Roosevelt received General Italo
Balbo and the officers of the Italian
flying armada at the White House to
day.
After an exchange of greetings in
the executive mansion, the President
entertained the officers at a formal
luncheon attended by Acting Secre
tary Phillips of the State Department
and Ambassador Rosso, of Italy.
The crowd which lined the arched
driveway of the White House roared
a greeting as the fliers were driven
to the front portico.
miling broadly. General Balbo re
turned, the welcome with a wave of
the hand. v
The President’s naval and military
aides met General Balbo and the of
ficers on the portico and escorted
them into the mansion.
The Italian airmen had been given
Merchants
To Decide
Tax Tests
Sales Tax Court
Fight Believed Un
likely; Maxwell Has
\T a , xr pj ans
Raleigh, July 20.—(AP)—The board
of directors of the North Carolina
Merchants Association will meet here
tomorrow to decide whether or not
the organization will contest the le
gality of he State’s three percent gen
eral sales tax in the courts.
The decision is expected largely to
rest on the information to be laid
before the board by Allen J. Max
well, commission of revenue, who has
(Continued on page Eight.)
Laud Press
For Aid To
Roosevelt
Mawtieo, July 20 (AP)—Praiibe fop
the press and a plea for newspaper
support of the new proposed State in
stitutions were laid before the North
ICairotLina Prefeto |(VssocialtiLoin k3omen
tion here today.
John A. Park, of Raleilgh, retiring
president of the association, t com
mended the part the State press th&s
played! in supporting President Roose
velt’s economic program, while Sena
tor apus Way nick, of High PoTSwfc t ask
ed editors and publishers to give edi
torial backing to (the new Const ito
tion, upon which North Carolina will
votie in 1934. <
The two wci’e chief spea’( vs at to -
day’s meet'ng. The on open
ed late yesterday with an address by
'Representative Lindsay Wairren, of
[ the first congressional district.
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 20, 1933
IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
a noisy welcome earlier in the day
at the army air station at Bolling
Field, and later were driven to a
downtown hotel.
General Balbo spent an hour at the
hotel sprucing up for the White House
reception.
He spoke briefly to reporters and
said weather conditions would deter
mine his route across the ocean back
to Italy.
President Roosevelt received the
flier j in the Blue Room, and in shak
ing hands with General Balbo he of
fered n-s congratulations in Italian.
Ths President greeted each of the
officers, who snapped to attention and
saluted before shaking hands with
him. The Marine Band played the
Italian national anthem as the fliers
entered the White House.
After the greeting the President and
the fliers sat down to luncheon in the
Stats dining room;
Treasurer
Johnson Is
In Demand
Daily IHipntch Barest,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Mr j. c. maskkhvill.
Raleigh, July 20.—Several of the lar
ger cities in the State that have the
city manager form of government are
understood to be utrning longing eyes
toward State Treasurer Charles M.
Johnson with a view to tryin gto per
suade him to resign his present of
fice with the State and accept a job
as city manager. Because" of John
son’s long service both as chairman
of the old Local Government Commis
sion, and then laler as director of
local government, which position he
still holds, as well as being State
treasurer, some of the city govern
ing bodies believe Johnson would
make an excellent city manager.
Treasurer Johnson insists he has
not been approached by any repre
sentatives of any city i n the State
with regard to any city manager job
and that he is entirely satisfield with
his present job as State treasurer and
being ex-officio member of some 12
or more boards and commissions. Yet
the report persists here that an ef
fort is being made or will be made
on the part of two or three cities to
feel Johnson out on the question and
if possible persuade him to consider
a job as city manager.
It is generally conceded here that
Johnson probably knows more of the
ins and outs about local government,
city as well as county, than any man
in North Carolina as a result of his
long service with the Local Govern
ment Commission. But from his long
experience with the in sand outs of
city governments and his broad know
ledge of the ramification of local po
litics, those who know Johnson be
lieve he will prefer to remain in his
present position as State treasurer
rather than jump into troubled waters
of local politics that usually exis in
most cities.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Occasional showers tonight and
Friday. _
Wiley Post Is Sighted At
Nome, Alaska, After Safely
Crossing Over Bering Sea
Wiley Post Starts Hop
Over Dangerous Pacific
From Siberia To Alaska
Solo World Flier 15 Hours
Ahead of Own Record
In 1931, Which He
Seeks To Beat
OKLAHOMAN SHOWS
A RELENTLESS PACE
Pauses Only Two Hours at
Khabarovsk Before Push
ing on, Despite Almost
Complete Exhaustion;
Communication Facilities
Too Slow for Flier
Moscow. July 20.—(AP) Wiley
Post began the long and arduous
hop of his flight today
when, 15 hours and 16 minutes ahead
of the record he wants to beat, he
hopped off from Khabarovsk, Siberia,
for Alaska.
The stocky, daring Oklahoman ar
rived at the eastern Siberian town at
7:45 p. m. Wednesday, eastern stand
ard time from Rukhlovo, 700 miles
away, and was off again at 9:58 p.
m„, eastern jstandard time, (taking
just two hours, 13 minutes for re
fueling his plane, the W.nnie Mae.
His haste eclipsed the communica
tion facilities, and for several hours
news of his take-off from Rukhlovo
and arrival at the jumping off place
was lacking.
His relentless pace, even in the face
of almost complete exhaustion, was
occasioned by his intense desire to
better the mark he made in 1931 with
Harold Gatty over much the same
route.
He and Gatty were 129 hours, 34
minutes, out of New York when they
started the trans-Pacific hop from
Khabarovsk; Post alone had an elap
sed time at that point of only 113
hours, 48 minutes.
Prison Cost
Sharply Cut
By Supt. Pou
Only 61 Percent of
$853,700 Appropri
ation for Last Year
Was Spent
llallr f*)ai»ntofe SarMf
In the Sir Walt** rCotel.
BF J- C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, July 20. —The State Prison
spent only 61 per cent of the appro
priation of $853,700 made to it by the
General Assembly during the fiscal
year that ended July 1 and turned
'back into the State treasury an unex
pended balance of $332,090, according
to the figures on the operation of the
•prison this past year made public to
day by Superintendent George Ross
Pou. Since the consolidation of the
State Highway Commission and the
State, Prison, effective July 1, Pou
has been made executive director of
the State Highway and Public Works
Commission, in which pos the is ex
pected to have executive control over
both the highway and prison divis
ions, especially with regard to costs
akd all financial matters. The ability
to reduce operating costs of the State
'Prison in the face of a steadily in
creasing prison population is regard
ed as the principal factor in the se
lection of Pou to be chief assistant
to Chairman E. B. Jeffress of the
new Highway and Public Works Com
mission.
For (the fiscal year 1931-32. the ap
propriation was $33,300 and expendi
tures only $546,5i7, showing that only
664 per cent of the appropriation was
expended, turning back $286,742 ,the
report for that year shows. Thus the
unexpected balance or saving during
•the last two years effected by Pou
amounts to $618,832. Considering the
fact that the appropriations for these
two years were based upon rock bot
tom estimates at the time they were
made, aqd upon an estimate of a
much smaller prison population than
actually existed, the* saving of more
than half a million dollars during this
(Continued on Page Eighty
PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON
EXCEPT BUNDAT.
Prayed in Vain
M mmmm
Mrs. Augustina Degutis, 60, Chi
cago, is seen praying for her son’s
safety, as world waited outcome., of
his flight across the Atlantic to
Lithuania. He, Capt. Stephen Dar
ius, died in crash in Germany.
{Central Pre?*\
TENNESSEE VOTES
ON REPEAL ISSUE
Is 19th State To Act, All
Others Having Voted
Affirmatively
BEER IN TWO STATES
Arkansas and Alabama. Which Voted
Tuesday for Repeal, Move for
Legalizing Beer Within?
Their Borders
(By the Associated Press.)
Tennessee, dry for nearly a quarter
of a century, voted today on the pro
posal to repeal the eighteenth amend
ment .
It was the I9th State to do so. All
18 of those voting previously have ap
proved repeal. Tennessee is the third
strictly southern state to ballot on the
question, Alabama and Arkansas hav
ing voted Tuesday to wip prohibition
from the national Constitution. Ore
gon votes tomorrow. Seventeen other
states have decided to hold elections
on or before November 7, while re
pealists expressed confidence that still
other states will take similar action,
and that before Christmas the
eighteenth amendment will be a thing
of the past.
ARKANSAS AND ALABAMA
START DRIVES FOR BEER
Little Rock, Ark., July 20.—(AP) —
On the heels of their approval of the
national prohibition law, movements
to legalize beer gained headway in
Arkansas and Alabama today.
Governor J. M. Futreil, interpret
ing Arkansas’ vote for repeal as an
expression for beer and light wines,
issed a statement indicating a call
for a special session of the legislature
to legalize the 3.2 percent beverages
awaited only agreement by legislators
fContinued on Page Eight)
Alleged Luer Kidnapers
Are Taken Into Custody
St. Louis, Mo., July 20.—(AP) —
Solution of the kidnaping for ransom
of August Luer. 77-year-old Alton, 111.,
banker was claimed today with the
arrest of four men and two women.
Chief of Police Joseph Gerk said
the case was “cieaned up” during a
raid on the farm home near Madison,
111., of Michael and Anna Musilla and
following the admission of Percy
Michael Fitzgerald, an ex-convict, that
“I’m r.ght for this job; you’ve got
me.” v
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Planned Landing at Fair
banks, 500 Miles East of
Nome, Where He
Was Sighted
HOP ACROSS WATER
MADE IN 16 HOURS
Re-Fuels Plane at Khaba
rovsk, Siberia, and Speeds
Toward Alaska Despite
Warnings of Thunder
storms Ahead; Sets Fast
Pace To Make Time
Seattle, Wash., July 20.—(AP)
Wiley Post, Oklahoma round-the
world flier, passed over Nome, Alaska
at 7:30 a. m., Nome time (1:30 p.
m., eastern standard time), the Unit
ed States Army Signal Corps was ad
vised by its station there.
The Signal Corps’ message merely
said the flier had passed over Nome.
It was not known whether he would
land or wqula continue. Post plan
ned at landing at- Fail-banks, 500 miles
east of Nome, where prepparations
have been made for re-fueling his fatt
plane for his next fight to Edmon
ton, Alberta.
Post left Khabarovsk, Siberia at
2:58 p. m., Nome time, yesterday,
and thus had taken about 16 1-2 hour*
on his jump across the perilous Ber
ing Sea.
THIRTY HOURS AREAD AT
TIME OF LAST TAKE-OFF
Moscow, July 20—(AP)—-WpSy PezL
American globe-girdling aviator, teck,
off from Khabarovsk, Siberia, for thi
North American continent, today
with a lead of 30 hours and 16 minu
tes over the time he and Harold Gatty
set i n 1931.
;He re-fuelled his plane at Khaba
rovsk, enjoyed a meal at which he re
fused to take any wine, and sped to
ward Alaska despite weather reports
of thunderstorms along his rout*.
STOCKS COLLAPSE
WITH COMMODITIES
Off $2 to S2O, With Cottdn
Down $5 Bale, Wheat
Dropping 15 Cents
New York, July 20.—(AP)—Stocks
and commodity values crumbled today
in badly shaken markets.
With wheat smashing down 13 to 15
cents a bushel, corn 12 to 13 cents and
cotton more than $5 a bale, prices on
the New York tock Exchange crump
led $2 to over S2O. Distillery and
whisky issues were again weakest,
but the entire market was sorely h.t.
Values faded rapidly through most
of the afternoon, following rather
feeble attempts to rally—especially in
the stock market—during the morn
ing. Wheat’s precipate plunge around
the noon hour brought a quick reac
tion in shares, and, although prices
steadied for a time around 2 o’clock,
the decline was soon resumed on a
broad scale.
Police ana Department of Justice
men cooperated in the reported clean
up of the case.
The Musilla farm was identified by
officers as the hide-out where the Al
ton banker was secreted for five days
prior to his release Sunday morning
on a country road near Collinsville,
II?. A dng-ouf'answering the descrip
tion of the “cold damp ’ pr son when*
L.uer said he was held was located on
the fai-ml Detective Sergeant Leonard.
Murphy, of St. Louis, declared.
If