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' HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-FIRST YEAR
HITLER’S CONTROL
IN GERMANY SEEMS
TO BE WEAKENING
Hindenburg linked With
Von Papen’* Bitter Criti
cism of Nazi Extre
mist Policies
HITLER SPOKESMAN
CONCEDES DISCORDS
Herman Goering, Aviation
Minister, Says Reason For
Dissatisfaction Is Clearly
Justified In Isolated In
stances; Von Papen Close
To Hindenburg
Berlin, June 19. (AP)—lndications
of a possible split betyeen President
Hmdenbrug. Germany|s Tgrand old
man", and Chancellor Adolf Hitler,
over Nazi policies were seen today as
an aftermath of a startling blast
against the government.
This criticism was madeb y Franz
Yon Papen, vice chancellor, understood
to be close to Hindenburg.
ObserberS were quick to coupe his
attack on Nazi extremists with the’
resignation of Count Ruolph Nadolny
as ambassador to Russia. Count Na
dolny is a friend of von Hindenburg
and one of the first officials of the
Nazi regime to resign.
Growing dissatisfaction of conser
vative elements, including bon Hin
denburg and zon Papen, with the Nazi
program was rumored.
An answer—regarded as official—to
von Papen’s speech was made at Pots
dam by Herman Goering. minister of
aviation, and premier of Prussia.
He said that “without doubt reason
for dissatisfaction is clearly justified
but these are isolated cases.”
Describing notorious critics as a
worse evil, Goering said "it is self
evident that enthusiasm which greet
ed us 18 months ago is not everlast
ing".
DARROW WILL VISIT
WESTERN CAROLINA
Washington, June 19 (AP) —
Clarence Darrow, chairman, and
W. W. Neal, vice-chairman, of the
NR A Review Board, will leave for
a vacation in Western North Caro
lina early in July, shortly after
the board completes its work..
Neal's home is at Marion, N. C.,
Neal said today the board’s final
report would be made late next
week.
Japs’ Fears
Are Quieted
At London
Xorman Davis Tells
Tokyo Envoy No
Anglo- American
Pact Is Planned
London, Juno 19. (AP) —A talk be
tween Norman H. Davis of the United
States and Tsumea Matsudaire, Jap
anese ambassador, today quieted
Japan's fears—-suddenly manifested In
recent, days—of possible Anglo-Ameri
can naval plans aimed at Japan.
Ambassador I»*atcudatr»-. asked the
United States ambassador-at-large
whether the United States and Great
Biitain planned “a second Rapidan”
agreement that is an Anglo-American
joint move, on sea arms which might
be prejudicial to the interests of
Japan.
The American assured the Japanese
dip omat that the United States had
it® naval experts here entirely at the
invitation of the British, and there
wne no jointp lans of any sort. He
said that America was playing an in
dependent role In the nabal situation,
and wasfrlendly to all nations.
Parole Racket In State
Is Probed By Ehringhaus
Kaleigh, June 19. (AP) —The Raleigh
T:mes, in a copyrighted story, says to
day that evidence of a “parole racket”,
’though which convicts in the State
have been swindled out of
fftoney by lawyers and others promis
es to use “influence” in securing exe
cutive clemency has been “discovered
e North Carolina”.
These racketeers, according to evi
'l iw<", Um* Times says, “apparently
u 1 not entirely without influence,
untl through misrepresentation secur-
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Relatives of Mrs. Agnes-Tuf verson
Poderjay New York and Detroit
business lawyer, told police they be
lieve she was slain following mar
riage last December to Capt. Ivan
Poderjay, Jugoslav adventurer.
Questioned in Vienna, Austria, Po
derjay told police his wife disap*
beared immediately after wedding.
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AS GASOLINE BLAZE
BURNS ITSELF OUT
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Investigation!! Begun By Dis
trict Attorney of Tragedy
Monday at James
town, N. Y.
BYSTANDERS HURT
AS TANK EXPLODES
Sheets of Flame Leap Hund
reds of Feet Into Air and
Laughter of Crowd Turns
Into Cries of Fear and Then
Screams of Agony From
Injuries
Jamestown, N. Y., June 19. (AP)—
Fire that followe terrific explosions of
gasoline tanks, which kille six persons
an injured 23, burned itself out early
today.
The district attorney’s office began
at once an investigation to determine
responsibility for the tragedy. A tank
truck believed to have cause* the fire
was found burning yesterday after
noon a moment after the driver, Her
bert Johnson, starte the motor. While
he was calling the fire department,
the flames, spread, first to the office
building of the wholesale distributing
depot, and then quickly to three 20,-
000 gallon gasoline trucks.
Fifteen minutes after the fire start
ed in the truck, two of the huge tanks
exploded, almost simultaneously. An
excited crowd gathered to watch the
truck fire, was hardly more than 150
feet distant from the tank When the
explosions occurred. They had resist
ed the efforts of the few policemen to
drive them back out of danger.
At the terrific first explosion, which
sent sheets of flame skyward for hun
dreds of feet, the laughter of the
crowd turned to cries of fear, which
quickly became screams of agony and
of terror as vast tongues of flame
billowed out.
Many were knocked down in the ex
plosion. Some were rtampled as the
/hundreds of bystanders milled and
fought to get away.
ed letters .recommending clemency
from unsuspecting superior court
judges and solicitors in some cases,
In other instances, it appeared plans
for paroles fell through but the con
victs did not get their money back.
“It was learned by the< Raleigh
Times Tuesday that Governor John
C. B. Ehringhaus has already started
an investigation of the racket in
paroles, and intends to get at the
(Continued on Page Seven)
ONLY DAILY
k®*®®** WIRE SERVICE OF
THE ASSOCIATED PREBS.,
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIKUNIA.
HENDERSON, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 19, 1934
for Voyage to Hawaiian Islands
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rhe map in the above layout
thows the route President Roose
velt will follow on his trip to the
Hawiian Islands the latter part of
Democratic Convention
To Avoid Controversies
Sales Tax, Prohibition And New Constitution May Be
Sidestepped Out of Fear of Stirring Hornet’s Nest;
Ehringhaus Still Has Many Enemies In State
Raleigh, June 19. (AD —Con-
gressman Lindsay C. Warren, of
the first congressional district, to
day loomed as the most gFoable
choice to presie over the State
Democratic contention here
Thursday as a permanent chair
man.
Former Senator Cameron Mor
rison, who also served as gover
nor, will be the keynote speaker
and temporary chairman.
The name of Warren, who was
lauded for hisl ability in presiding
over the State convention four
years ago, came to the fore today
for the permanent chairmanship
of the convention after Governor
Ehringhaus, Mr. Morrison and J.
Wallace Winborne, State Democra
tic chairman, ha hel long confer
ences.
Daily Dlepntrli Borens,
In the Sir Whiter Hotel.
BY J. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, June 19. —The State Demo
cratic Convention Is expected to e lit-.
N ° SPEcSI
Legislature Not Going To
Meet To Raise Highway
Employee Salaries
Dally Dispatch Bnrena
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. r O.VSK^IIVILL.
Raleigh, June 19. —No special session
of the General Assembly will be call
ed for the purpose of providing addi
tional funds with which to increase the
salaries of employees of the State
Highway and Public Works Commis
sion, in spite of the declaration here
Sunday by W. B. Plemmons, first vice
president of the North Carolina Fed
eration of Labor, that "»? are looking
for relief in 60 days*', aoeording to
opinion here. This statement was
made before a meeting of some 150
representatives reported as represent
ing 3,600 highway department em
ployees now organized in 24 unions
over the State.
While there is a surplus of several
million dollars in the highway fund,
the 1933 General Assembly appropriat
ed only about $6,000,000 a year to be
used for maintenance of both the State
fConUnueri on Page Three.)
Zollicoffer Had
Campaign Outlay
$3,161, He States
Raleigh, June 19. (AP)—Jere P,
Zollicoffer, of Henderson, anu n
successful candidate for the fourth
district Democratic congressional
nomination, today reported he
spent $3,161 in his campaign.
Zollicoffer showed no contriu
tions in his statement, filed with
Stacy W. Wade, secretary of stale.
He said he paid $1,770 for man
agers, auto hire, workers, etc.
June, by way o< the Virgin
Islands and the Panama canal,
returning via San Francisco. The
U. 8. 8. Houston, above/ com
tle more than the usual Democratic
pep meeting, which it usually becomes
in off years, when it meets here on
Thursday and is not texpeetad to take
any definite stand on any of the more
controversial subjects in the State,
unless it is found to put a
plank in the platform favoring 1 the
retention of prohibition, according to
most observers here. If the Piedmont
and western counties, where there is
always a Close contest between the
Democrat% and Republicans, want a
prohibition; plank in order to hold
their counties Democratic, the chances
are that prohibition will be mentioned
as briefly as possible.
Hardly any one 'Delleves that the
resolutions presented to the convention
will mention the sales tax, the pro
posed new constitution,, or advocate
the repeal of the Turlington act, the
State’s prohibition enforcement law,
however, since most observers agree
that the mentioning of any of these
(Continued on Page Two.)
Growers
Aided By
Kerr Bill
Washington, June 19 (AP) —[Repre-
sentative Burch, Democrat, Virginia,
whose district grows more tobacco
than any other in his state, believes
the Kerr compulsory crop control mea
sure will take care so the small farm
ers, and at the same time bolster pric
es by forcing production curtailment.
The Virginian pointed today to an
amendment adopted just before leg
islative action was completed yester
day, which empowers the agriculture
secretary to increase allotment of
growers whose authorized production
under voluntary reduction contracts
is less than 1,500 pounds. The increase
for any county would be limited to
six per cent.
A portion of the six percent increase
also might be allotted by the secre
tary to persons who have no base acre
age because they • did not grow the
'Continued on Pane Three.)
NRA COMPLAINT MAN
FOR STATE IS DEAD
Greensboro, June 19 (AP) —
James Guy Steed, 63, State NRA
compliance director, and State di
rector of the National Emergency
Council, with headquarters here,
died this morning at 4 o’clock at
the Wesley Long hospital. Heart
trouble was the cause of death.
Mr. Steed, whose home was in
Mount Gilead, Montgomery coun
ty, was a native of Asheboro, Ran
dolph county.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Fair tonight and Wednesday.
manded by Captain Walter B.
Woodson, lower right, will carry
the president to Hawaii and then
to San Francisco.
May Be Impounded To Off
set Refusal of Germany
To Pay Off Her
Foreign Debts
GOVERNMENT HERE
HAS PLENTY POWER
But It Has Not Been Decided
If This Will Be Done;
Roosevelt Expects Labor
Bill Provisions To Be Set
Up At Once; Prepares To
Sign Bills
Washington, June 19. (AP —Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the State Depart
ment are inquiring into the proposal
of Great Britain to impound the trade
profits of Germany in order to offset
the refusal of that government to pay
foreign debts.
It has been decided definitely that
the government has the power to do
this, but whether it will take action
has not been decided.
This was made known today at the
President’s semi-weekly press confer
ence, along with word that Mr. Roose
velt had arranged a meeting with Sec
retary Perkins and Senator Wagner,
(Continuert on Three.)
What Congress
Did and Didn’t
Washington, June 19. (AP)—The
tally of things Congress did do and
did not do this session includes:
It passed:
Gold and silver bills designed to in
crease the amount of money in circu
lation. i
Stock market regulation.
Reciprocal trade agreement tariff
bill.
Measure to make loans up to $500,-
000 to industrial concerns.
Industrial dispute bill, to provide
special- investigatory 'boards.
Bill to launch a housing and renova
tion program.
Bill to continue for one year guar
antee of bank deposits.
Bankhead cotton production reduc
tion bill.
Limited sugar production quotas
bill.
A half billion dollar bill for relief
to drought areas.
Put back, over Presidential veto,
veterans compensation and federal
pay cuts madeu nder economy act of
last year.
Appropriation bills for the next
year’s government activities totaling
about $6,800,000,000.
t did not:
Ratify at Mr. Roosevelt’s request
the St. Lawrence seaway pact.
Nor pass: ■
Bonus bill.
Oil control bill.
Bill to give greater power to the
farm administration.
Congressional action was completed
on adjournment day on such major
measures as the labor disputes, hous
ing, loans to industry and th# defi
ciency appropriation bills, the latter
ranging upwards of two billion dollars.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.,
NEW DEAL CONGRESS,
WITH $6,800,000,000
APPROPRIATED, ENDS
Ship Is Rescued
Off Wilming*
Wilmington, June 19. (AP)—The
American sloop L. E. York was
picked up in a disabled condition
this morning about 11 miles east
of the Masonboro Inlet, on the
North Carolina coast by the coast
guard cutter Naugatuck, and is be
ing towed to Southport.
The boat was reported to have
disappeared off Carolina Beach
last night, and it was feared she
had sunk.
According to the wireless mes
sage received the cutter Modoc
here, the York’s engines were dis
abled and she had lost sail.
Kerr’s Bill
Is Approved
In Congress
Awaits Only Roose
velt Signature To
Become Law Regu
lating Tobacco
Washington, • June 19. (AP)—The
Kerr bill to compel tobacco crop reduc
tion today awaited President Rcosc
vjlt's signature to make it. law.
Congressional action was complet
ed ycsLvdty when the House adopt
ed Senate amendments.
The measure provides a tax of 25
to 33 1-3 per cent of salep rice on all
tobacco sold in excess of quotas to be
by the counties by the secretary
of agriculture. Tt would apply to the
1934-35 crop, with Maryland and Vir
ginia leaf and cigar leaf excepted.
Producers will exemption
warrants for the amount of their
quotas. When the bill is signed, crop
reduction will be compulsory for cot
ton, sugar and tobacco.
State Treasurer Feels His
Work Here Is Not Done;
Likes Home, Too
Daily Dlepntch Bureau
In the S>* Walter Hotel.
BY J. r BABKERVILL.
Raleigh, June 19—State Treasurer
Charles M. Johnson has just turned
down an offer of a position at a much
larger salary than he is now getting,
from one of the larger banks in New
York City, in order to remain in North
Carolina and help the counties, cities
and towns work out a solution to their
financial' troubles, he said today. For
Mr. Johnson Is also Director of Local
Government as well as State Treas
urer, he pointed out. Mr. Johnson’s
salary as State Treasurer, Director of
Local Government and as a member
of some of fourteen various boards
and commissions, is only $4,000 a year.
"If I had only held (the office of
State Treasurer, I would have given
the offer serious consideration, since
the salary was very attractive,” John
son said. "For the finances of the
State are now in such shape that no
one could have said I accepted the
position of State Treasurer and re
signed it before I funded the State’s
floating debt, which I inherited," and
fContinued on Page Three.)
LaGuardia, Mrs. Roosevelt
Are On List Os Radicals
New York, June 19. (AP)—The New
York Post, which has charge that the
Bureau of Criminal Investigation of
the police department has been turned
into a “secret police to harry radicals”,
today said that the department has a
list of “radicals” containing 1,300
names, and including those of Mayor
LaGuardia, of New York, and Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The list, said the Post, is in the
form of a “little red book”, which is
kept in thep rivate office of Captain
John Lagarenne, head of the buerau
PAGES
TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY.
Seven Billions More of
Home Mortgages and *
Farm Bonds Also
Given Guarantee
RAIL LABOR BOARD
PASSED AT CLOSE
Coup by Its Friends Puts Bill
Through, Despite Adminis*
tratioin Opposition; Over
6,000 Nominations Approve
ed and Score of Treaties
Ratified
. ' **: •
Washington, June 19. (AP)—The
73rd (New Deal) Congress, which
among other things appropriated an
estimated $ ,800,000,000, passed into
history today. I
Its finale, which came at 11:45
o’clock last night, .standard time, wgs
marked by a dramatic coup by insur
gents and an uproarious farewell vol
ley by Senator Huey Long.
The Congress, besides appropriating
nearly $7,000,000,000 —a sum without
peace-time equal probably in the rec
ord of any congress or parliament in
the history of the world—guaranteed
an estimated seven billion dollars in
home mortgages and farm Ponds, set
up a two billion dollar stabilization
fund, passed thousands of bills, ap
proved between 6,000 and 8,000 nomi
nations and ratified a store of trea
ties.
The surprising end came last night
after party independents arose- in the
Senate and smote opposition to the
Dill-Crassler bill to set up a national
board to conciliate labor and employ?
ers in their disagreements in the rail
way industry. • 1
President Roosevelt and party
leaders had wanted the bill to go over
to the next Congress, for they feared
final action would, mean a prolonged
session. The insurgents, however,
with such senators as Wheeler, Demo
crat, Montana, and LaFollette, Repub
lican, Wilconsin, in the forefront, kept
riving ahead, overcoming a one-man
filibuster by Senator Hastings, Repub
lican, Delaware, and finally winning
against the opposition of administra
tion leaders.
The administration housing program
providing for partial government guar
antees providing for home building
and repair loans and other measures
to set the construction ball rolling,
(Continued on Page Three.)
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Labor Pact
On Steel Is
Now Nearer
Workers Lay Propo
sal Before Roose
velt; Industry Mays
Accept It
Washington, June 19 (AP) —Repre-
sentatives of the steel workers union!
today placed before President Roose
velt In a letter their proposal for set
tlement of a threatened strike In the
steel industry.
Word came from Hugh S. Johnson
((simultaneously that he *was ‘“very
hopeful” of acceptance by the steel
industry of the union’s four point
program for avoiding strikes.
The NIRA chief said the proposal
drawn by William Green, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
seemed very similar to the plan pre
viously accepted by the industry it
self.
“I’m very hopeful about it,” John
son said.
of alien investigation. He got it, the
paper added, from E. F. McCroftsln,
described as a wealthy and prominent
consulting engineer of 12 Wall Stfeit.
Mayor LaGuardia, when informed 6f
the story, said:
“It is not the first or last list 111 be
on—one kind or another”.
Previously, both the mayor end po
lice commissioner had denied that the
bureau of criminal investigation had
been turned into a ‘sec'ret police’, ana
General O’Ryan, criminal investigation
chief, declared that the city was' not
facing “any red menace”. ,