Henderson daily dispatch., February 22, 1934, Image 1

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CAROLINA
TWENTY-FIRST YEAR
MELLONS INTERESTED IN MAIL AWARDOROWN SATS
Another Os Army
Air Mail Fliers
Killed In Crash
Lieut. Lowry, Out of Chi
cago for Cleveland, Noses
Into Woods and
Loses His Life
TWO OTHERS MAKE
FORCED LANDINGS
Fog, Snow and Low Ceiling
Plays Havoc With Sche
dules as Army Carries On
Li Shouldering Responsibi
lity of Moving Mails
Throughout the Nation
Cleveland, Ohio, Feb, 22. -
I'm-, snow and a low ceiling played
!i:ivo« with the army air mail sclu
iltile in the midwest early today, bring
11 • death to one flier and sending
iv m others into emergency landings.
Lieutenant D. O. Lowry, out of Chi
-1-0 for Cleveland, nosed into a woods
,i :11 Dcshler, Ohio. r>o miles south or
l'nledo, and was killed, but he threw
(in of his mail free before the crash
An unidentified mail pilot was r«-
int Ted forced down in the vicinity ol
lien Indiana, without serious mi*
i:i'i and I tie mail was forwarded by
tain.
Lieutenant 1.. j. tioi.-dein, out of
'li vi land for Washington, was forced
low near Uriiontown, Penn., in it
iiiv \ log ilis plane was damage*:
mi he eveaped unscathed and Hie
nail was saved, according to reports
iat to Cleveland airport.
At Denison, Texas, Lieutenant Fred
i'a'riok, 10, flying out of Barks
-1:11 • • field, was killed when his pur
iill plane crashed. He was a native
if Shreveport, i*n. He was not flying
hail.
Republicans Will
Decide on Choice
For Chairmanship
Salisbury, Feb. 22. (A I’) — A
statewide meeting of Republican
leaders will cnnveMlle at the Ro
wan county court house at 7:30
p. in., March 3 for the purpose of
deriding who shall be supported
for the office of State chairman
at Hu* Shite convention in Char
iot I•• April \.
Announcement to this effect was
made today by J. M. Waggoner,
local attorney, who has been ac
tive in making arrangements for
the meeting.
Stock Mart
Head Fights
Itegulations
Whitney Is Bitter
Against Bill A n d
Agrees To Offer
Suggestions of Own
Wa liinyton. Feb. 22. (AP) A
l"(mu , that he would submit a sub
'ituie bin f or Federal regulation of
''' b * xehajiges was made to the
■ Interstate Commerce Commit
-11 *' bid ay by Richard WJiitney, presi
'•< at of the New York Stock Ex
change.
I - ' itifying against the major pro-
v ' '""i of the Fletcher-Rayburn bill
place the stock exchanges under
"at Federal regulation, Whitney
'id the bill as now written would
•hive stocks off the exchange.
provision in the Fletcher-Ilay•
'"‘in bin calling for quarterly audit
'•poll.. | () me Federal Trade Cotn
•"1 >«*i> would cost an average firm
$5,000,000 capitalization from $500,-
'" Ml to $1,n00,000 a year, he contended.
Aftei he had read from a lengthy
I"''pared statement criticisms of the
l ’"P , * "l legislation, Whitney wan
' l (,, l by Representative Littingill,
Junioriat, of Indiana, for bis sugges
for a bill to be drafted “in the
public interest.”
Whitney said he would voluntarily
‘bum a draft of such a bill.
Larlier the Senate Banking Conunit
lUbpoenaed George Harris, chau
of tiie publicity committee of the
A, ' w Yor k Exchange for questioning
tomorrow on what the exchange con
',i,b'H;d propaganda against legislation
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friends, {;»•■;.. tines. ••<? Ike)
Costner is pi«• t«. .i on the wilt -ss
staiul at the Jolm (Jake the Bar
ber) Factor kidnaping trial in
Chicago, ns he testified that he
and other members of the Touhy
gang kidnaped Factor for ransom
last July. The startling testi
mony came in the second trial of
Roger Touhy and three of his ac
i complices on the kidnaping
charge. The first hearing was de
clared a mistrial when the jury
disagreed.
CWA MERELY WILL
GET ANOTHER NAME
Not Being Abandoned, But
Will Have “New Body
Type” After May 1
NOBODY IS TO STARVE
First Consideration To Be Given
Those Really and Actually in
I)ire Need; Others Are
Ones To Be Let Out
l>nil> l>i*|»ii<<*h Itureuu,
In the S>. Walter Hotel,
ItV ,1. V. UASKEIIVILL.
Raleigh. Feb. 22—The Civil Works
Administration is not going to be abol
ished on and after May 1, but is mere
ly going to assume a new name and
come out with a new 1934 body type
after tht. date, according to those who
have been following closely the CWA
developments in Washington. For
(Continued on Paare Eight.)
Freedom Is
Sought For
2 Women
Rocky Mount, Feb. 22.—'(AP)— An
other attempt to free Mis. Edith
Holden, of Greensboro, and Mrs.
Victoi Fowler, of High Point, re-ar
rested late last night, several hours
after they ha/d been released on a
writ of habeas corpus, will he made
hero this afternoon at 3 o'clock, pro
vided Judge N. A. Sinclair, of Fay
etteville, is able to hold the hearing.
The women were re-arrested by
Sheriff C. L. Johnson, of Nash county,
before they had an opportunity to
leave, on warrants sworn out. in
Moore county charging them with re
ceiving stolen property.
They were given their freedom here
last night on a writ signed by Judge
Sinclair when no charges were lodged
against them in the hearing.
Harold D. Cooley of Nashville, at
torney for the women, said that in
ca/se Judge Sinclair was unable to
conduct the hearing this afternoon,
he would seek to obtain a hearing be
fore Judge Walter L. Small, of Eliz
abeth City, here on Monday.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PURLISHEI)
Extortion Suspect
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Captured in the abandoned guard
house (below), near Millville, N. J.,
18-year-old George La Croix, CWA
worker, is shown with a detective as
he was held on charge of attempting
to extort SSOO from Walker S.
Reeves, factory executive,on threats
to kidnap Keevea’ daughter, Betty.
(Central Frias)
EASTING CHANGES
FOR SOCIAL ORDER
HOPE OF NRA HEAD
First '‘Economic Congress”
In Washington March 5
May See New Set-Up
For Industry
FRESH COMPLAINTS
ABOUT FORD HEARD
Labor Head Charges Auto
Manufacturer Violating
Collective Bargaining Pro
visions of Auto Code;
Labor Board Still Has Big
Task on Its Hands Also
Washington, Feb. 22. -(AP)—Gen
eral Hugh S. Johnson hopes that a
permanent change in the social ol
der will flow from the great gather
ing of NRa. coae authorities here
March 5 an assemblage which offi
cials already are likening to a first
economic congress.
Elaborate preparations for the meet
ing indicate that Johnson wants it to
be a forceful demonstration of two
things—that industry under the NRa
has the capacity to act for the na
tion's well being, and that the new
system, which to date has been frank
ly an experiment, is worthy of per
petuation.
Meantime, more immediate prob
lems are a.lso occupying NRA’s atten
tion. Johnson disclosed that corres
pondence is in progress with the Ford
company on complaints submitted by
Willia.m Green, president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, that two
Ford plants have violated collective
(Continued on Page Two.)
State , Near .
Year Ago, 1
Soundest.
Dispatch Oureni,
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
BV J. C. (lASKEKVILL.
Raleigh, Feb. 22. Although this
State of North Carolina’s credit is
now rated as A-e, with its Jjtonds sell
ing above par, a year ago the State
was tottering on the brink 6f bank
ruptcy, with New York banks not
only refusing to renew short time
notes but pressing for immediate pay
ment, while North Carolina bonds
were selling for as low as 70 cents on
the dollar, State Treasurer Charles
M. Johnson revealed last night in an
/address before the Kiwanis club in
Raeford. This is the first time Mr.
Johnson has really let the cat out of
the bag and revealed the inside fact
with regard to the State’s fiscal con-
HENDERSON, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 22 1934 published. EVERY AFTERNOON
r ’ x - L * yo^: EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Bailu 3 tamririi
IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
THREE MELLONS OF
PITTSBURGH WROTE
POST OFFICE HEAD
Contract for Flying of Mails
Had Been Sought By
Pittsburgh Aviation
Industries
PERFUNCTORY LETTER
FROM A. W. MELLON
“Somebody Stood Him Up
To Bombard Me,” Ex-
Postmaster General Says,
Declaring, However, Mel
lon Never Mentioned It To
Him at Frequent Meetings
Washington, Feb.. 22 (AP) Walter
F. Brown, postmaster general in the
Hoover administration, testified today
that Andrew W. Mellon, R. K. Mellon
and W. 1,. Mellon had written him in
the interest of an air mail control
sought by the Pittsburgh Aviation In
dustries, Inc.
Andrew Mellon never took it up
with him personally, although he saw
him frequently, Brown said.
“He wrote me a r perfunctory letter.
Brown continued. “Somebody stood
him up to bombard me.”
R. K. and W. L. Mellon were on
Hie Pittsburgh Ayiation Industries
hoard of he said.
The testimony regarding the Mel
lons followed a iortg series of ques
tions and answer regarding Brown’s
market operations while he was in
office.
Haw River’s
Bank Theft
Near SI,OOO
Night Theft Discov
ered When Employ
ees Report for Work
in Morning
Haw River, Feb. 22.—(AP) The
vault of the Bank of Haw River was
found open and robbed of approxi
mately SI,OOO when employees came to
work today.
Officers said the yeggmen appai
ently had robbed the bank by work
ing the combination of the vault, an
out-model type.
After a preliminary check, J . A.
Long, cashier, said approximately SB,-
000 had been overlooked by the rob
bers, and that the loss was “less than
a thousand dollars.”
A trail of silver money from the
bank to the Haw River bridge, sev
eral hundred yards away, indicated
the robbers had left an automobile at
the bridge, and in their burry after
opening the vault, had dropped parr
of their loot.
Entrance to the ban kwas made by
prying the lock off the front door.
Long said the money overlooked by
the robbers had been wrapped and set
aside eparately as payrolls for firms
which were to call for them this morn
ing.
Officers found no fingerprints in
their examination of the valut.
Bankrupt
Vow One Os
In Country
dilion a year ago.
“Now that the State’s fiscal condi
tion is among the best in the United
States, with its bonds selling above
par, I thought I might as well go
ahead and spill the beans and let the
State know just how serious the
State’s financial condition was a year
ago until the General Assembly fi
nally passed the sales tax and bal
anced the budget,” Johnson said to
day.
Johnson also pointed out that North
Carolina had cut operating costs as
much if not more than any other
state, having reduced expenses 32 per
cent, with the result that North Caro
lina is today operating about as eco
(Continued on Page Two.)
Belgium Buries Her King
.As World’s Rulers Unite
HONOR WASHINGTON ONCE MORE
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In the midst‘of its struggles for
economic recovery, America again
pauses on Feb. 22 to honor the
birthday of George Washington,
father of his country and first
president of the United States.
Confesses Kidnap Plot,
Hangs Himself In Jail
Fred Mayo, of Birmingham,
Tried To Abduct lowa
Publisher i|n Chicago
on Wednesday
DIES SOON AFTER
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Necktie Knotted About Neck
and Officers Discover Deed
on Going After Him To
Face Him With Alleged
Accomplice; Emulates
Verne Sankey’s Death
Chicago, 111., Feb, 22.—(AP)—Twelve
hours after he confessed an abortive
plot tq kidnap E. P. Adler, of Daven
port, lowa, Fred Mayo, of Birming
ham, Ala., alias Charles Phillips,
hanged himself in a Marquette police
station cell. He died soon after police
found him suspended by his .necktie
from the cell bars.
They called to take him before Jack
Lacy, alias Weyman, his alleged con
federate, arrested yesterday.
He was rushed to county hospital
in the hope of resuscitating him, bu/
it was futile. He had taken on him
self the capital punishment he hao
feared the State of Illinois would in
flict for kidnaping. He emulated the
method used by Verne Sankey, notor
ious kidnaper, in Sioux Falls recently
The man he had named last nighi
as his accomplice in the plot to truss
the Davenport newspaper publisher
and carry him out of the Morrison
(Continued on Page Eight)
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy, rain in east portion to
night; Friday fair and colder.
One, of the best paintings’'ever
made of the famous statesman is
shown in photo above. ? Below is
a photographic reproduction of
the famous ; painting depicting
Washington crossing the Delaware
Air Line Planes
Stops for State
Washington, Feb. 22. (Ai*3—
Western Air Transport announced
today seven regular stops and nine
flag stops on its southern lines.
The regular stops, under the
schedule adopted as an economy
move, after cancellation of the mail
contracts, will be New York, Wash
ington, Richmond, Greensboro, At
lanta, Jacksonville, and Miami.
Flagstops will include Charlotte
and Raleigh.
FORFULLHQLIDAY
Government Departments
Closed Except That Con
gress Drives Ahead
Washington, Feb. 22. —(AP)—Offi-
cial Washington had a holiday today
except for the Senate and the House,
which went ahead with manifold ac
tivities.
President Roosevelt arranged to
motor late in the day to Mount Ver
non, where George Washington is
buried, in commemoration of the birth
day of the first President.
All government departments were
closed.
Secretary Dern, in aii address to
patriotic organizations, praised Presi
dent Roosevelt, saying he had turned
the country from “communism or
fascism” to the traditions of the first
chief executive.
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SbelS
Kings Walk in Procession
With Commoners Behind
Bier of Beloved
Late Moinarch
Brussels'is vast
CAMP AT CEREMONY
Thousands of Visitors Spend
Night in Streets To Gain
Good Places Along Route
of Funeral March; War
Veterans Bid Farewell To
Their Leader
Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 22 (AP) —
Belgium buried her king todays—Al
bert the Valiant.
Kings walked in the funeral pro
cession and commoners. An hundred
guns salvoed and church bells tolled.
Behind wooden harriers crowds that,
in places were back to a depth of
200 yards watched the solemn march.
Some likened this funeral of Albert
I, killed Saturday while mountain
climbing, to that of France’s Marsha.
Foch. It drew an even more bril
liant line of titled mourners.
After the future rulers of many of
the world’s remaining monarchies,
high officials of democracies and lead
ers of the Allied armies, escorted the
king s coffin as it was taken from
the Grand Palace to a crypt at the
little gray church near the royal cas
tl eat Laken.
Brussels became a vast, camp for
(Continued on Page Eight.)
GANGSTER’S TRIAL
POSTPONED A DAY
Raleigh, Feb. 22.—(AP)—The sche
duled trial today of Worth Proctor,
alleged gang leader, and Melvin Ar
cher, alias Tom Moore, charged with
being Proctor’s accomplice, was post
poned in Raleigh police court until
tomorrow.
Gen.Sandino
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Os Nicaragua
Shot, Killed
Brother and Tw o
Friends Also Slain
By National Guard
at Midnight
Managua, Nicragua, Feb. 22.
(AP) —General Augusto Sandino, far
mous rebel, was killed with his broth
er, Socrates Sandino, and two friends
by national guardsmen at midnight
on the outskirts of Managua, a gov
ernment comm unique indicated. The
government statement said:
“The government officially states
that the action of the Guardia Nar
tionale in killing Sandino was con
traiy to the instructions of President
Sacasa to guarantee the lives of San
dino and his followers while they were
in Managua.
“The president, severely reproved
these acts of some individual guards
men and has ordered an immediate
investigation.
All outgoing mesages were censor
ed.
Reported slain with Sandino were
his former Generals Umanzor and
Estrada.
By the terms of the peace pact
signed by President Sacasa and Gen
eral Sandino February, 1933, the lat
ter laid down his arms with the ex
ception of keeping 100 former fol
lowers, who were to retain their arms
for one year. With these 100 men he
was engaged in cooperative farming
on the Rio Coco.