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11KNPERSON gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR eOOSEVELT TO ASK CONTINUATION OF NRA LICENSING Government Plans Work Hour Cut If Industry Is Willing Major General Foulois’ Test, irnony Relates to Assist, ant Secretary Harry Woodring ( MANGE MADE WAS AS TO PROCEDURE Says That While He Meant That He Really Didn’t Say Quite That; Could Readily Have Explained Whole Thing Rut Just Didn’t At Time \v i .hlngton. March 7. —(AP) —If in -ti >• gives the support to be asked ~f it tonight, the administration plans to reduce NRA rode working hours tin |irrcont in an attempt to create iimp employment. Such industries as rutiltl not stad it would be excepted Hugh S. Johnson will advocate the plan in his wind-up address to the i-srmhled code authorities .who also liiutied today that President Roose .lt expects Congress to extend his industrial licensing powers beyond thi June 16 deadline. The NRA has aunt her year from then to go. hut tin* licensing period is limited to a dntile year. These NRA developments coincided tin afternoon with Senate plans to ixprdiate the already approved navy 11 enforcement bill back to the House, while the latter chamber worked on it the War Department bill. I; a Senate speech. Robinson. Re iHilihi in, Indiana, cited testimony that T !• Morgan and Company sold 4,500 hates of United Aircraft stock short h before the air mail cancellation was evidence that international bank ets had advance Information on the action. Administration forces claimed enough Senate votes for ratification nf the St. Lawrence waterway treaty, hut reservations probably will be con fided to the opposition to do it. A pull showed the pro-treaty ranks tar hint of the two-thirds necessary for iatification of the pact in its present form. The Diekstein resolution for inves tigation of alleged Nazi propoganda wti„ approved by the House Rules t'ummittee, meaning the House soon will get a chance to pass on it. The stock exchange control measure ■offered more buffeting, spokesmen for west coast, exchanges and Con reetieut investment, bankers contend ing to committeec it would work “in f'atculabie harm." White House confidence was evl 'l'tieed that some regulation will Do I'uaetid before the early adjournment oght hy the President. Treasury reports showed that the I'ublii debt has increased more than five billion dollars in this past year of the Roosevelt administration. It bind at $26.552,457,179, as compared with 520,993,058,784 a year ago. Gangster In (-liieagoPays Final Price Millionaire Boss Os (rambling Rackets Slain In Room At His Hotel 'hicago, March 7. —CAP)— "West '"le pY an kj e ” pope, gambled’, was nut and killed today in a hotel at T.ih West Jackson Boulevard. Wound- M<l s ix times in the head and body, he 'l'l'l instantly. I‘ope had been reputed as million th* tvtss of gambling rackets in Chi- I'HgO. He registered alone at the hotel at ' m. today. Two men had inquired f "i Him at 1 o’clock, but were tola h' had not registered. A maid passing the room occupied •ud she heard a. woman cry out, I'oji t do that," A moment later, the shots blasted , " 1 ' Hope's life. The maid, terrifiea, h"! without watching for the killer, d| "l reported to the police. H.,pe may have fought for his life. 1 w< > revolvers were found on the ,ioor near his body. Both of them h;id been fired. Hnxitn*amt Satin SI is nafrlt LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Given 25 Years Jm ir : /riy Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop was given 25 years in the penitentiary by a jury in Chicago which last night convicted her of the murder of her daughter "in-law, Rheta, following a. trial that lasted three weeks. The jury took only 36 minutes to reach a verdict after two ballots. The 63- year-old doctor is alleged to have slain Rheta in the operating room of her office last November. 25-YEARSENTENCE FOR OR. WYNEKOOP Chicago Jury Last Night Convicted Her of Slay ing Daughter-In-Law SHE LISTENS CALMLY Needs No Ministrations by Prison Physician, and Tells Her Chil dren She Is “Not Guilty, No Not Guilty." Chicago, March 7.—(AP)—Only a higher court or death itself can save Dr. Alice Wynekoop from the peni tentiary now. A jury convicted her last night of slaying her daughter-in-law, Rheta. in the “operating table" murder that horrified the nation, ft fixed a sen tence of 25 years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Only two ballots were taken. The murder drama that began when Rheta's body was found a bullet in the back, on Dr. Wynekoop’s operat ing table last November 21, kept its interest, in rushing crescendo to .the last. Wjit.h the jury in its place, ready to report its verdict, Judge Harry B. Miller, summoned the jail physician to stand by the 63-year-old woman and be ready to administer strong heart stimulants lest the shock of the verdict strike, her dead. She did not need his ministrations. She heard the verdict as she sat in her wheel chair without a sign of * quiver. She turned to two of her children, Walker, and Dr. Catherine Wynekoop, and said: ‘Go home now, children, and sleep. Your mother is not guilty. No. no, not guilty.” . SCHOOLSM^ i Superintendent* Gathered At Cleveland Interested In System Here Dull y Dispute!* Unrein*. In the Sir Waiter Hotel. IIV .1. C. BASKERVILL- Raleigh, March 7 —North Carolina and its school system, the pub lic school system in the United States operated entirely by the State with out any tax on property for schools, was much in the limelight at the meeting of the division of superin tendence of the American Education Association in 'Cleveland, Ohio, last week, according to those from here who attended the meeting. More Xintlnued ou Pag# Six) ONLY DAILY Resigns Office Hr iTMarw ■v MNJKmE Arthur F. Mullen Arthur F. Mullen, above, Nebraska member of the Democratic National Committee, last night resigned his of fice because of his desire to continue liis law practice in Washington with out the embarrassment, of his offi cial party connection. He advised President Roosevelt of his action. Lancaster In Pen For His Safety Franklin Man Accus ed of Criminal At tack on 74-Year-Old Nash Woman Rocky Mount, March 7 (AP*—Wil liam Lancaster, Franklin county far mer, had been removed to State’s Prison in Raleigh today for safe keeping because of the fear of Nash county officers of mob violence as an outgrowth of criminal assault charges placed against him. Lancaster is accused of having criminally assaulted Mrs. Betty Hayes 74, in Nash county, Monday night. Os fiedrs said the woman suffered two broken ribs, bruises, and was in an extremely nervous condition as a re sult of her experience. Lancaster was arrested in Louis hurg late yesterday and lodged 4n thq, State Prison last night. MRS. ROOSEVELT iAT SAN JUAN ON TRIP Sail Juan, Porto Rico. March 7-—(AP)—Mrs. Franklin I). Roost velt, on an aerial tour of the West Indies arrived at San Juan today. GOVERNMENTOIVES INFO BUSINESS BIG Various Bureaus of Recov . ery Program Amazing in Scope and Power Chapel Hill, March 7. —How the Am erican government in carrying on its recovery program has gone into 'busi ness to an amazing extent is told in an article appearing in the current issue of t.he North Carolina Law Re view which has just come from the press. The assets of the various corpora tions assisting the administration in carrying out the recovery program, such as the RFC, AAA, HOLC, FSRC, are around ten billion dollars, and the powers of these corporations are tre mendous and far reaching, say the authors of the article, who are Robert H. Schnell, student research assis tant, and Robert H. Wettach, Profes sor of Law, of the Law School of the University of North Carolina. The article is an outgrowth or work done in Professor Wettach’s course in constitutional law, which was conducted as a seminar on dif ferent phases of the New Deal legis lation. The article traces the use of cor porations by the Federal government from the time of the Bank of North America in 1781 and the First and Second United States Banks in 1791 and' SLBI6 respectively,, through the National Banking System and the Federal Reserve system today with its numerous banking and credit cor porations to assist the farmer, the business man and the home owner. Over all of these towers the Recon struction Finance Corporation, which (Continued from Page Six.) NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIITOINIA. HENDERSON N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 7,1934 Havana Trembling In Fear Os Revolt Upon Government PALACE DEFENSES ARE STRENGTHENED FOR EVENTUALITIES Rumors Say Part of Army and Communists Plan To Join Followers of Ousted Grau DESPERATE MOVES MADE BY CABINET Members in Session Far Into Night in Preparation For Emergency; Soldiers And Police Guards Throughout City Doubled; Many Per sons Searched Havana, Cuba,; March 7.>-(AP) Machine guns were placed hastily atop the palace roof today and the guard was redoubled as new rumors of revolt flew. Part of the army and communists, the rumors ran, planned to join fol lowers of former President Ramon Grau San Martin in an attack on the palace. Soldiers and police guards were doubled throughout the city. Auto mobiles loaded with sailors and sol diers moved through .the streets. Au toists and pedestrians were searched. Seven men were arrested during the night iij subiuibpn Marmnuo. An were charged with conspiring against the government of President Carlos Mendieta. It was 2 o’clock this morning be fore the weary Mendieta cabinet, which sat up most of Monday night, too, ended a session in which strin gent measures to meet growing un rest mentioned by the President late yesterday were approved. Pacing per haps the most critical situation since he became president, Mendieta assum ed wide powers by suspending ten of the most important personal guaran tees in the provisional constitution. He also signed the “law of na tional defense,” which an aide said would “divide and break up” com munist activities. In addition, the President ordered the immediate de portation of all alien agitators. Gangster Tried For Kidnaping Chicago. March 7.—(AP) — Basil (The Owl) Ranghart, gunman, rob ber and member of Roger Touhy's former gang, went on trial today for the $70,000 kidnaping of John Factor. Three of Banghart’s mates, Roger Touhy, Gustav Schaeffer and Albert Kaitor, already are serving 99-year penitentiary sentences for kidnaping the wealthy stock broker. To the surprise of Defense Attor ney William Scott Stewart, Judge Walter P. Steffen, of the criminal court, today overruled all defense mo tions, and ordered Banghart on trial immediately. Stewart had asked for a. change of venue from Cook county. Banghart was a witness for Touhy, Schaeffer and Kator in their trial, telling a fantastic story of Factor having kidnaped himself to make frignds with leaders in the Federal government and to create sympathy in London, where he is wanted on stock fraud charges. MfATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, rain Thursday and in west and central portions tonight; much colder Thursday and in ex treme northwest portion late to night. A Dinner to Set Before a King When Prince Leopold of the Bel gians was wooing Princess Astrid of Sweden, she herself prepared a dinner to set before the prince. Read of the crowning dish of that dinner —in the second installment of the Cinderella Romance of the new Queen of the Belgians. May Figure In Cabinet Change * M HK: . : ; :vu'B§§§B& According to rumors in Washington, this four-cornered switch is talked of: Homer S. Cummings (top left), attorney-general, is to go to the Philippines as governor-general and be succeeded by Martin S. Conbov (top right), recently appointed U. S. attorney at New York; while Ferdinand Pecora (lower left), senatorial investigator, would replace Conboy, and Frank Murphy (lower right) would return from the Philippines, where he is governor-general, to campaign for the governor ship of Michigan. No confirmation could be obtained from official quarters. (Central Press) Army Air Chief Denies Previous Testimony On Changing Os Contracts Such Industries As Could Not Stand More Pay Will Be Exempted from The Plan JOHNSON TO URGE PROGRAM TONIGHT Army and Navy Bills Push ed iln Congress, and St. Lawrence Waterway Treaty Is Making Head way With Reservations; Stock Control Attacked Washington. Maich 7 (AP)--Testi mony he previously had given that Harry H. Woodring, assistant secre tary of war, had changed specifica tions for airplanes, was denied today before the House Military Committee today by Major General Benjamin D. Foulois, chief of the army air corps. A few minutes earlier Woodring himself testified he had not changed specifications for $7,500,000 worth of planes. Summoned by the committee, Fou lois said the only change made by the assistant secretary in the $7,500,- 000 deal had hen “as to procedure only." “You didn’t tell the appropriations committee the change was as to pro cedure only?” Rogers asked. “That was what I meant.” “The only thing you had in mind was the change ordered by the secre tary from negoitations to competi tion?” “Yes sir, I could very readily have explained the whole thing, but I did not do »t at that time.” New State Thrift Society In First Os Its Meetings Raleigh, March 7.—(AP) — The North Carolina State Thrift Society created under an act of the 1934 leg islature, held its first meeting here today. Governor Ehringhaus told the group the members having been named by him, that he hoped their efforts would be rewarded, and that the people of North Carolina would be taught and would realize the benefit of being thrifty. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. FEBJjMg Follow Cut in Pay, Which Is General on CWA Work Throughout U. S. Dully Digitate!* Bureau, la the Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. C. BASKEItVILL. Raleigh, March 7. —Wlage flare-ups, or “striked” among CWA workers, such as the one which occurred in Wilmington early this week when work was temporily abandoned on a few project®, appear to have been caused by the general reduction in the rate of pay rather than a feeling that the prevailing wages, which be came effective March 2, are too low, contractors and others close to the labor situation throughout North Car olina have indicated here. o In reducing the rate of pay thro ughout the United States the Federal CWA administration set, a, minimum wage scale of 30 cents an hour for unskilled laborers, but left to the dig cretion of the various State admin istrators the scale to be paid skilled workers. In preparing the rate for skilled workers in North Carolina, Mrs. O’Berry, State CWA administrator, called into conference engineers, one tractors, and others to agree on a scaie that would be equitab'e. She found in these conferences that the prevailing skilled workers’ wage in North Carolina was from 50 to 65 cents per hour. In order to give all workers benefit of any rate slightly higher than this, Mrs. O’Berry set the new State rate for skilled laborers at 75 cents. Despite the fact, observers point out that the present CWA rate is 10 cents an hour higher than the general max imum rate paid by private employ ers. some of the workers have been dissatisfied. This, they say, is because of The reduction from sl.lO to 75 cents per hour rather than the feeling that the present rate is too low. In Wilmington the workers who were dissatisfied used as a basis for their action in deciding to abandon work the union wage scale which is higher than the CWA rate. It is point ed out, however, that comparatively few construction workers in North (Continued on Page Six,) 6 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY PRESIDENT KEEPS WATCHFUL EVE ON Seeks To Learjn Extent of Their Efforts To Shorten Work Hours and Raise Wages NUMBER MESSAGES SENT WHITE HOUSE Command Roosevelt’s Ad dress to NRA Code Author ities Monday; Many In dustrialists at Conference Continue To Attack the Proposal, However Washington, March 7. —(AP)—Presi- dent Roosevelt is expected to ask Congress for a cotinuation of the li censing provision of the national re covery act which expires in June. However, Mr. Roosevelt has not taken up this subject with his advisors pending completion of the NRA code meetings now in progress here. The President is keeping a watch ful eye on the efforts of the indus-i trialist leaders to respond to his ap peal for shorter working hours and higher wages. It was said today at the White House a number of telegrams almost unanimously favorable had been re ceived in response to the President’s address on Monday ,in which he ask ed for shorter hours and higher pay for workers. Meanwhile, awaiting Hugh S. John son’s final word on the subject, many industrialists at the code conference continued to pelt the suggestions that they should further curtail working hours and raise wages. Johnson is to talk to them tonight at 10:30 o’clock. Just what he will say remained undisclosed, but he is known still to favor additional cuts in hours for industries he thinks cau afford them as a means of putting a million more unemployed on industrial payrolls. Heart Attack Had By Ex-Official On The Witness Stand Nashville, Tenn., Mroh 7.—(AP)— Former Insurance Commissioner J. I. Reece, suffered a heart attack on the criminal, court witnesse stand shortly before noon adjournment of his grand larceny trial today. Court was recessed before the de fendant to a SIOO,OOO larceny charge replied to a question by Seth M. Walker, special prosecuting attorney, and court officers and attorneys gath ered around Reece. Thomas Cummings, of defense coun sel, suggested to Judge Charles' Gil bert. that, the defendant be allowed a day of rest., but Reece said the at tack suffered was a mild one and he thought he would be able to continue. He took some medicine and remained seated in the witness chair sometime after recess* was called, later being assisted from the court room. "—( 3 Prisoners Badly Shot In Fleeing Five In All Attempt Break From Texas State Penitentiary Early In Day Huntsville, Texas, March 7. —(AP) —Three of five prisoners attempting a break from the State penitentiary were critically wounded by guards when their escape was frustrated ear ly today. The five convicts escaped from a cell row by means of a key they had made in the prison blacksmith shop®. They descended a fire escape in the vicinity of the death chamber to the prison yard, where they overpowered an unarmed guard, Howard Bass. With one of the convicts pressing a knife against his throat, Bass called for help and attracted attention of an other guard, who shot the prisoner holding the knife. The other four ran to a ladder and began to scale the walls and two of them were shot by guards before the ascent was halted,