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HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
central
CAROLINA
TWENTY-FIRST YEAR
NEW SENTENCES FOR
VANCE KIDNAP CASE
ORDERED BY COURT
State Supreme Court Holds
Life Sentences Not Man
datory in Vandyke
Convictions
legislative acts
ARE INTERPRETED
Intent Was To Make Maxi
mum Life Instead of 20
Years, as Before, Decision)
Holds; Lower Court Sent,
ences to Electrocution Up
held in Six Cases
Raleigh. June 20. (AP)—The State
Supreme Court today upheld lower
court trials which condemned six men
lie m the electric chair at State's
Prison.
A record-reaking atch of 60 opinions
was handed down. In the group were
thie* by the new Associate Justice
Michael Schenck.
In the kidnaping case from Vance
county, in which Beaufort Kelly, alias
li.ifu Kelly, and Florida Bullock,
were sentenced to life imprisonment
v ' the aduction of Mary Lena Van
dyke, the court held that a 1933 State
law setting life as the penalty for
kidnaping, intended to make the max
i-nurn penalty life instead of 20 years,
and remanded the case for new judg
ment.
Life sentences are not mandatory,
the opinion held. In sentencing Kelly
and Bullock to life. Judge R. Hunt
Parker expresse dthe view the penalty
was too heavy.
The capital cases disposed of and
the decisions were: t
George Whitfield, convicted of crim
r.n Four.l
Von Papen
Quits , But
Will Stay
Berlin, June 20. (AP) —Vice Chan
cellor Franz von Papen, it was reveal
ed today, offered his resignation from
the German government to Chancellor
Hi'ler following his Sunday speech in
which he attacked certain phases of
the Nazi regime.
Hitler flatly declined \o permit his
critic to quit his trusted position.
The resignation, it was said on high
est authority, was tendered in order
that the chancellor might not be em
barrassed.
Hitler, in fact, is reported to have
agreed with the vicec hancellor in
many of the criticisms, but to have
disagreed on the propriety of making
them at this particular time, and in
the sharp manner in which they were
He isu nderstood, however, to have
premised von Papen to remedy such
complaints as are justified.
7 Bandits
Lnable To
Steal Safe
Hold Citizens At Bay
But Can’t Get Bank
Safe on Truck In
Oklahoma mu
Guthrie. Okla., June 20. (AP>— Seven
Bandits invaded the town of Crescent,
n *ar here, and held off scores of citi
zen- for nearly an hour early today
"bile they unsuccessfully tried to stael
tbe safe of the Farmers and Mer
chants Bank. ,
Failing to obtain any loot, they
rr Jve away with a half dozen kidnap
ed persons, soon releasing all but one,
Watchman Joe Stanfield, 46.
The gunmen swept into town short
'V after 2 a. m., cut telephone lines,
founded up every one they encounter
ed and backed a new winch-equipped
’ r uck up to the front of the bank.
plate glass window was shattered
and a cable looped about the safe
containing $2,000.
They swung the safe through the
v, ’’ndow to the sidewalk with a great
cfa-h. Startled citizens tumbled from
beds and ran to the scene. Then
Perspiring freley in the rays of a street
'‘feht, several of the thugs attempted
° r half an hour to boost the 5,600
Pound safe to the truck, whiliTA gath
crowd of persons was held at bay
’ v outlaws armed with sawed-off shot
guns.
TLett&crßmt DaiUt Dtsnairh
Hitler Aide Here
SHHi *
Despite a telegram to Secretary of
Labor Perkins from the National Com
mittee to Aid Victims of German
Fascism protesting against the admis
sion of Ernst Hanfstaengl, Nazi press
agent, the intimate aide to Chancellor
Hitler in Germany is back in the Unit
ed States attending the 25th anniver
sary reunion of his clas at Harvard
University. Hanfstaengl and a view
of the Harvard campus at Cambridge,
Mass., are pictured.
tufveSsearch
Body Found In English Sta
tion Definiely Decided
Not Her*
SLAIN LAST DECEMBER
New York and Detroit Woman Lawyer
Believed Killed Soon After
Marrying van Poderjay in
United States
(By The Associated Press)
Today s light lights in the enigmatic
case of Agnes Tufverson, missing New
Dork and Detroit lawyer:
In Vienna, where Ivan Poderjay, the
man of many amours, who married
Miss Tufverson last December short
ly before she disappeared, is being
held; a police chemist announced, that
dark stains found in a trunk contain
ing some of the missing woman lawy
er’s belongings had not been made by
blood.
At Brighton, England, fashionable
watering place, where a woman’s
torso was found in a railroad station
last Sunday, police made another grue
some find. It was the body of a still
born baby packed in a suitcase.
Scotland Yard men were still trying
to identify the woman's dismembered
(Continued On Page Four.)
Fibre Firm
Head Dead
In Sleeper
Raleigh June 20. (AP)— I}avid J.
Kerr, superintendent of the Champion
Fire Company’s huge paper plant at
Canton, was found dead in his birth on
a railroad car here early today.
Kerr was en route to Raleigh to
attend the State Democratic Conven
tion here.
His body was found by a porter.
Coroner L. M. Waring, of Wake coun
ty, after an investigation, attributed
the death to heart trouble, and ex
(ConUnued on Page Three.!
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HENDERSON, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 20, 1934
Business Better,
Henry Ford Says
Detroit, Mich., June 20. (AP)—.
Henry Ford, ’n an interviey today,
expressed the conviction today that
the industrial picture “looks better
all the time,” and “things are get
ting better in spite of everybody
grabbing up all they can get”.
“Things are very much on the
upgrade,” the automobile manufac
turer said, “and have been since
>ple made up their minds to get out.
and work”.
Ford said that, although he had
not given much attention to the
activities of the session of Congress
ju»t closed, he thought it “quite
natural that people should breathe
a sigh of relief when w>ngress goes
home, and that business’ should
stretch and start out anew”.
Discussing general industrial con
ditions, Ford said there is bound to
be an occasion slump, a kind of a
vacation. He adued at the same
time that the country can get on
very successfully on a five-day
week.
DEMOCRATS MOVE
STATE CONVENTION
Tomorrow’s Gathering Ex
pected To Be Biggest Po
litical Event in State’s
History
ALL OF 100 COUNTIES
TO BE REPRESENTED
Chairman Winborne On
Hand To Complete Details,
and Keyfrtoter Cameron
Morrison and Permanent
Chairman Lindsay Warren
Will Arrive Tonight
Raleigh, June 20. (AP) —Democrats
from the mountains to the sea turned
toward Raleigh tod»y, and tomorrow
what is expected to be the biggest
political convention in the State’s his
tory will be held in Memorial audi
torium.
Every county in the State is expect
ed to have its delegation here, and the
official convention vote count calls for
thes eating of 3,316 delegates and an
equal number of alternates.
J. Wallace Wlnorbne, of Mqg-ion, ar
rived this morning to complete last
minute details in the Democratic pow
wow.
This afternoon the veteran orator,
Cameron Morrison, of Charlotte, will
arrive to be ready to give the keynote
speech shortly after high noon tomor
row. >
Members of the congressional dele
gation are expected to start coming in
late today, among them Congressman
Lindsay C. Warren, of the first dis
continued on Page Four.)
Potatoes
Bought In
The State
Raleigh, June 20. (AP) Mrs.
Thomas O’Berry, State relief adminis
trator, said today her organization
probably would start buying surplus
Irish potatoes from North Carolina
growers today.
‘ We are ready to start buying any
minute, but had no report of a surplus
today,’’ Mrs. O’Berry said. were
informed today that all potatoes offer
ed at Elizabeth City last night had not
been sold and farmers were holding
them for $1.60.
“We cannot buy at that price, but
we try to pay enough for surplus
products to give the farmers expenses
and will probably startb uying today’’.
Big Bills Signed Before
Roosevelt Goes To Yale
Washington, June 20. (AP)—Presi
dent Roosevelt signed and left behind
him in Washington today the $2,000,-
000,000 deficiency bill, the second larg
in the history of Congress,
est peace-time appropriation measure
The White House made known that
before starting on his trrp into New
England, Mr. Roosevelt also signed in
to law the communications 'bill setting
up a new commission to regulate the
telegraph, telephone and radio.
Another bill signed was that requir
ing the Department of Commerce to
makep üblic the results of its investi
gation into fatal airplane crashes.
maybecoSn
Unity of Two at State Con
vention Seen as Crystal,
lizing of Anti-
Baileyites
ALSO SEEN AS SOP
TO DRYS OF STATE
Morrison Was One of Lead
ers of Prohibition Forces,
and Moist Ehringhaus Fac
tion May Feel Dry* Are
Needed; Morrison Is Not
Candidate
Dniljr DMpntrh Derma,
In th«* Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. IIASWEIIvii.j,.
Raleigh, June 20.— I The selection of
former Governor-Senator Cameron
.Morrison as the keynote speaker for
the State Democratic Convention here
tomorrow is being interpreted by many
here as being little more than an open
invitation from the Ehringhaus faction
in the Democratic party to join forces
with them with a view tp getting on
the anti-Bailey bandwagon when the
proper time comes. It is also inter
preted as a gesture of peace and
friendliness to the dry Democrats
from the moist faction in the party
and as an indication that their help
and support is still needed. Some even
think it is an indication that the dry
plank will be retained in the party
platform for another two years and
that no effort will be made to get the
convention to go on record as favor
ing repeal of the present State prohi
bition law.
But the most significant aspect of
the invitation to Morrison to deliver
the keynote address and accept
ance of the invitation, according to
those in political circles here, is its
earing on the campaign for the Demo
cratic nomination fpr senator two
years hence when Senator Bailey
comes up for renomination. • While
there, is no announced candidate yet
in the field, there is no doubt that
there will be several when the pri
mary date arrives. There is also a
possibility that Governor J. C. 3. Ehr
inghaus may be one of those candi
dates, although a good many think
iContinuHO on Page Flve.i
MISS SHEPPARD WED
TO CONNIE MACK, JR.
Washington, June 20. (AP) —Miss
Susan Sheppard, daughter of Senator
and Mrs. Morris Sheppard, of Texas,
and Cornelius McGillicuddy, Jr., son
of Connie Mack, the famous aseball
manager were married today at the
Sheppard home here.
The couple met two years ago at
Duke University, where both were stu
dents.
“X
Graham Reported Against
Him; Movement for (Prof.
Johnson Launched
Dully Dispatch Dnrena,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J C tIASKERVIIiIi.
Raleigh, June 20 —Two new develop
ments came to light today with regard
to the forthcoming appointment of
dean of administration for State Col
lege, to succeed Dr. E. C. Brooks as
active head of the Raleigh unit of the
new Consolidated University of North
Carolina. j•) ’ !'
One was that Commissioner of Agri
culture W- A. Graham is reported to
be actviely opposing the selection of
Colonel J. W. Harrelson, although Har
relson is regarded by most observers
to have the best chance at being se
(CortlnuAd ou Page Flve.i
These measures were among more
than a score upon which he placed his
signature.
The deficiency measure, among
otherh uge appropriation measures
for relief and public works, carries a
total of $525,000,000 for drought re
lief work.
The bill is next in size to the $3,600,-
000 relief and public works measure
passed at the special session a year
ago.
The bill carries enough funds, Demo
cratic leaders claim, to fulfill the gov
ernment’s relief program requirement
for the next eight months.
New Deadlock Threatening
For Steel Dispute, Though
Adjustment Is Looked For
Solving Unemployment in South
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Division of Subsistence Homesteads of PWA has started work on first
of six subsistence and maintenance farm communities planned to solve
an unemployment problem that has become acute with passing of the
lumber industry in Mississippi. First project is a group of maintenance
farms at Richton, Miss., and it will be followed by subsistence farms at
Tupelo, Meridian, Laurel, Hattiesburg and McComb. I. R. Bradstreet
(right), of l aurel, director of the development work, here shows the
check for the lands purchased at Richton to associates in the work
(1. to r.). Ben M. Stevens, Dr. Joe E.'Green and O. Z. Smith, of Richton.
Honorary Degree Given
The President At Yale
Doctor of Laws Conferred
on Mr. Roosevelt, Who Is
Himself a Graduate
of Harvard
HE’S CALLED BRAVE
LEADER OF NATION
Becomes Fourth President
To Be Honored by Yale;
Will Address Alumlni At
Luncheon and Then Leaves
For New London on Board
Yacht
New Haven, Conn., June 20. (AP) —
Yale received President Franklin Del
ano Roosevelt, a Harvard graduate,
into her family of adopted sons to
day, conferring on him the honorary
degree of doctor of laws.
While the sun shone from cloudless
skies on the ancient elms of tn© his
toric campus, inside W©v»sley Hall,
scene of Yale’s 233rd commencement,
Mr. Roosevelt heard himself called a
“'brave leader of your people in a time
of peril”, by President James Rowland
Angell, as the chief executive receiv
ed theh ighest honor the University
can estow on an adopted son, and a
“man of today”, by William Lyon
Phelps.
Harvard’s distinguished alumnus
became the fourth president to receive
an honorary degree from Yale while
in office, and the second ever to come
to New Haven to recei/e the honor.
Presidents Washington and McKin
ley were awarded degree* in absentia,
while another Roosevelt —Theodore—
came to New Haven in the fall of
1901 to accept the honor.
President Roosevelt expected to
leave for New London aboard the
yacht Sequoia after addressing the
Yale graduates at their annual alum
ni luncheon.
Daniels Reviews
Ft. Bragg Troops
With Great Pomp
Fayetteville, June 20 (AP) —With
cannon booming a 19-gun salute, Jose
phus Daniels, United States ambassa
dor to Mexico, this morning reviewed
2,000 men of the garrison at Fort
Bragg* while approximately 1,000 Fay
etteville people reviewed Ambassador
Daniels.
General Manus McCloskey stood
with. Mr. Daniels by the four-star flag
unfurled in honor of hsi rank as for
mer secretary of the navy, while the
troops filed past with bared sabreso
glittering in the sun, and while the
guns and the guidons made a marital
spectacle.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLNA
Fair tonight and Thursday: lit
tle change in temperature.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.,
Says Brain Trust
Here Permanently
New Haven, Conn., June 20. (AP)
—President Roosevelt told Yale
alumni today that the “rain trust”
is in the government to stay.
Was $742 for High School
and $595 for Elemelntary
Instructors
Dally Diapnteh Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C.
Raleigh, June 20.—Although the av
erage salary of all the white teachers
in both the elementary and high
schools in the State was $636 for the
eight-months term tor the school year
just ended, the average salaries for
the elementary and high school teach
ers taker; separately vary some from
this figure, according to aata just com
piled and announced by the State
School Commission.
The average salary of the white ele
mentary teachers was -595.03 per year
or $74.38 per month, these figures
show. There were 12,532 white elemen
tary school teachers employed by the
State this past year who received a
total of $7,457,027 in salaries. Os this
amount, $6,881,453 was paid from State
funds and the remainder, $337,580 from
the $500,000 grant from the Emergency
Relief Administration.
The average salary of the white high
school teachers was $742.75 per year,
or $97.84 per month. There were 5,939
white high school teachers employed
by the State this past year who receiv
ed a total of $2,925,738 in salaries, of
which only $98,542 came from Emerg
ency Relief Administration funds.
A total of $13,034,724.73 was used to
pay the salaries of teachers, princi
pals and superintendents, white and
colored, including the grant of $500,-
(Continued nr Page Five.)
Cotton Spinning
Industry Tapers
In Month of May
Washington, June 20. (AP) —The
cotton spinning industry was reported
today by the Census Bureau to hav©
operated during May at a 98.2 per cent
capacit yon a singles hist basis, com
pared with 104.5 per centd uring April
this year, and 112.3 per cent in May
last year.
North Carolina reported 1,521,179,-
565 active sindle hours, and an average
of 246 hours per spindle in place.
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NEW POWER GIVEN
LIKELY BE IEDED
Union Leaders Look to Root*
evelt’s Authority To
Name Peace Board
As One Way Out
THEY EXPECT PEACE,
UNION HEAD STATES
Donald Richberg, NRA
Counsel, Sees No Reason
Why Accord Cannot
Reached; Union Represen
tation Bone of Contention
In the Negotiations
Washington, June 20. (AP)—A new
deadlock threatened today in the ste*l
dispute. There appeared to be a pos
sibility that peace powers Congress
has just granted President Roosevelt
may have to be used. >
Secretary Perkins, to whom the
President has given the task of avert
ing a strike, studied the latest pro
posals of managements and unions,
said to be in conflict on a vital point
of collective bargaining.
Union leaders looked to Nr. Roose
velt’s authority to name a peace board
as a possible means of settlement' tt
negotiations now in progress fall.
Today’s developcents mean we'll
.havep eace in the industry, »t least
temporarily,” Michael F. Tighe, presi
dent of the steel union, said after a
(Continued On Page Four.) '
<
Farley To
Remain As
Chairman
Washington, June 20 (A**) — James
A. Farley, will remain as chairman of
the Democratic National Committee,
at least until late fall.
This was confirmed today as th©
postmaster general prepared to make
a swing around the country to com
bine business with politics.
Word that Farley would remain in
high command of the party came at
a last-minute conference with Presi
dent Roosevelt, who has the final de
cision as to who shall hold the chalr
manshihp.
During the winter the President let
it be known that he did not wish Fed
eral office-holders also to hold mem
bership in the national committee.
Several resignations resulted. Farley’*
had been expected.
Prior to Roosevelt’s nomination fori
the presidency, Farley toured the
country in his behalf. This time he
will make the trip in behalf of payty
candidates for re-election to Congress.
Desperate
Battle In
The Chaco
Paraguay and Boli
via Forces Drive At
Each Other for De
cisive Results
Buenos Ayres, Argentine, Jupe 2ft.
(AP) —One of the bitterest battles in
the bloody history of the Chaco Bo
real wilderness was fought today
along three fronts.
Communiques from Paraguay and
Bolivia and information from privata
sources revealed that * both armies
have launched supreme drives to end
the warfare.
Paraguay has attacked the sector
around Bolivia’s Fort Bolivian, where
a victory wuold be of immense con
sequence. because it would endanger
the last Bolivian stronghold within the
limits Paraguay claims in the Chaco.
Paraguayan advances are also being
attempted in the Canada and the Ca
nada del Carmen sectors northeast of
Fort Bolivian. t