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HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-FIRST YEAR
14 Lawyers Named
As Receiving Fees
In Parole Matters
Funds Were Paid Through
State Prison Warden, or
by Prisoners for
i Their Services
find no violation
OF CRIMINAL LAWS
Commissioner of Paroles Gill
Reports to Governor On In
vestigation of Alleged ‘‘Pa
role Jacket”; Prominent
Attorneys Named In Re.
port Given
Raleigh. July 20 (AP)>—Governor
Ehringhaus today levealed the find
ings of Parole Commissioner Edwin
M Gill in his piohe of the activities of
persons in parole matters in North
Carolina, which showed that 14 part
ies have been paid funds through the
warden of State’s prison or various
prisoners.
"Candor compels me to say that I
have not found any violation of the
criminal law in connection with these
payments," Gill wrote the governor.
It was found that Walter H. Powell,
of Whiteville. State senator in 1931
and the nominee this year, who is also
a member of the State School Com
mission. is shown to have received 0635
in fees from six prisoners he repre
sented in clemency matters.
Other attorneys and persons who
got payments from prisoners and the
total received by each were:
\V' L. Spencer, Raleigh, S9O; Wil
liam Y. Bickett, of Raleigh. Demo
cratic nominee for solicitor of the sev
enth disrticct, $187.50; William Graves
of Winston-Salem. $245; George R.
Holton. Winston-Salem, $80; C. E.
Lnndy, $75; Thomas W. Ruffin, Ra
leigh, SSO; the firm of Graham and
Sawyer, of Hillsboro (Lieutenant Gov
ernor A. H. Graham and Bonner D.
Sawyer), $6 and Sawyer individually
$75; J. C. Brown, of Madison, $100;
H. L. Lyon, of Smlthfield. SSO; A. W.
Pate, of Raleigh, $100; Gaston A. John
son, of High Point. S2B; Mangum
Turner, of Winston-Salem, S4O; and
Reade Johnson, of Winston-Salem,
$40.35.
FURTHER CHARGES
AGAINST FAIRBANKS
London, .July 20 (AP)—Charges
of continued misconduct by Doug
las Fairbanks, Sr., and Lady Ash
ley since they were named Feb
ruary 5 In Lord Ashley’s suit for
divorce were filed shortly before
noon today In the Somerset House
registry office.
12 N. C. AIRPORTS
ARE GIVEN $100,667
Washington, July 20 (AP)—The
Federal Relief Admnllstratlon to
day allotted $100,667 for completion
of 12 airport projects In North
Carolina, scattered throughout the
State. •
Prisoner Is
Taken From
Army Camp
Unidentified Civilian
Storms” Gover
nor’s Island in New
York Harbor
Npw York, July 20. Boldly cow
'ng several soldiers, an unidentified
civilian “stormed” the Governor's Is
land post of the United States Army
a nd executed a daring delivery of an
army prisoner today.
Jhe prisoner was Melvin Blanton,
Camden, Ohio, an inmate of the
disciplinary barracks.
Sentry Stephen Grezgorek stood on
guard armed with an automatic shot
gun when the civilian approached. He
drew a pistol and said to Grezgorek:
Drop that gun or you’ll get hurt”.
The sentry dropped the gun; the
man picked it up.
Just then an army truck with two
soldiers and a chauffeur arrived.
Ibe bold invader forced them to get
off the truck and stand with the sen
try and the other two prisoners.
Warning the group not to pursue,
Blanton and his deliver, ran to the
end of the island, climbed into
F r vW bvit escaped..
iHwtJteramt Hafln Btsnatrb
Ignores Hollywood
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W ‘
jfl
; y
Celeste Wehrheim, 21, beauty con
test winner, rejected an offer from
Hollywood which promised star
dom. She preferred to stay in Chi
cago and be the wife and home
maker of a struggling young lawyer
because “I love him very, ver\
much!”
(Central Press l
Exonerates
Lawyers In
Parole Job
Gill Finds No Viola
tions of Law In Al
leged On
Prisoners
Daily Bureau.
I» the Sir Walter Hotel.
»»V j r It
Raleigh, July 20.—a voluminous
report resulting from hisinve.stigation
of the so-called “parole racket”, to
gether with some findings and recom
mendations, was submitted to Gover
nor J. C. B. Ehringhaus today by Com
missioner of Paroles Edwin M. Gill.
The report was not made public by
Mr. Gill, who said that Governor Ehr
inghaus must decide on whether it
shall be made public. But he did
make public his letter of transmittal,
In which he summarized the findings
resulting from his investigation, but
without mentioning any names. One
of the significant statements made by
Commissioner Gill in this letter was
that while he had found some indi
cations of possible unethical conduct
on the part of some lawyers in con
nection with seeking paroles for their
clients, he did not find any evidence
of the criminal law on the part' of
any of these attorneys.
“Candor compels me to say that *
have not found any violations of the
criminal law in connection with these
payments by prisoners to attorneys,”
Commissioner Gill oaid. “I have dis
(Continued from Page Six.?
Fight Over Road Funds
To Feature Legislature
Motorist Willing To Bear Present Taxes if All Money
Used for Road Purposes, But if it Cara Be Diverted,
He Wants the Benefit In Lower Tax Levies
Dullr Dtapntck Butriti
In the S»* Walter Hotel,
BY J. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, July 20 —A battle that is
likely to be much more bitter than
any prospective battle over the sales
tax, is likely to develop in the 1935
General Assembly if Any effort is
made to divert any of the highway
revenue to other than highway pur
poses, it is becoming more And more
apparent here. The diversionists are’
maintaining, of course, that they do
not want to divert anything (more
than the “surplus” from the highway
fund and that they want the highway
department to have iall the money it
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VimNIA.
leased wire service on*
the associated press.,
HENDERSON, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 20, 1934
Acting Governor of North
Dakota Is Seeking To
Remove Last Strong
hold of Langer
FEDERAL HIGHWAY
FUNDS HELD BACK
Will Not Be Paid Long As
Langer Man Is Commis
sioner; |Vill Be Resumed
When Olson’s Mam Takes
Charge; Regulatory Direc
tor Being Ousted Also
Bismarck, N. D., July 20. (/P) —•
Lieutenant Governor Ole H. Olson,
acting governor, today moved to oust
political associates of Governor Wil
liam Langer from appointive offices
as a means of meeting the ousted
chief executive’s move.
It was known that Olson planned to
depose Stephen T. Horst, one of the
Langer key men, from the office of
head of the state regulatory depart
ment, and to replace him with Sidney
Parke, of Grank Forks.
Other changes, including swift ac-.
tion to remove State Highway Com
missioner Frank A. Vogel, convicted
with Langer of Federal conspiracy
charges—basis for Langer's ouster are
expected to come today from Olson.
W. E. Stipzel, of Bismarck, an Ol
son appointee to the job, brought a
state supreme court action to force
the secretary to accept Stipzel’s oath.
This the secretary of state refused to
do before the court order Langer oust
ed. Today, however, the oath was
given, but Vogel has announced he
will resist removal unless it comes
through court action based on cause.
Federal highway funds are being
withheld from North Dakota by the
government, which refuses to recog
nize Vogel as a legal appointtee. It
has teen promised that the funds will„
be restored as soon as Olson’s appoint
tee is installed. /
BRIDGE IS GUARDED
AGAINST STRIKERS
Huntsville, Ala., July 20 (AP) —
Special deputy sheriffs guarded
the Tnnessee river bridge between
Decatur and Huntsville today as
repeated rumors were heard that
a motorcade of 500 striking textile
workers from this city would
march there In an effort to pre
vail on textile workers to join the
State walk-out.
Germany
In Denial
Os Trials
Berlin, July 20. (AP)—The man
on the street said and officials
denied today that a series of trials
is going on night and day in
Munich of persons involved in the
political smash of une 30.
Rumors have it that a Nazi court
martial is trying at least 2,000 de
fendants there.
The socalled courtmartial is pur
ported to be a party tribunal com
posed of three persons constitut
ing a “court”.
Persistent efforts to obtain au
thentic information faifed.
x Among the reports was one of
foreign origin that ?<OOO pdhrons
were killed in and after the revolt
of June 30.
needs. But the motorists of the State
—some 400,000 persons who pay in a
total of more than $21,000,000 a year in
license and gasoline taxes—maintain
that if they are paying in more than
is needed to operate the (highways,
then they are entitled to a reduction
in both the license tax and the gaso
line tax.
It is maintained by the highway ad
vocates —and most of the motorists
are inclined to agree—that all of the
revenue now (being obtained from tjfie
license tax and the gasoline tax can
(Continued on Page Five.)
Germany Ringed by Guns
A F n t c A. If
Loui* Barthon Gen. Maxine Weygand
Alliances made by Louis Barthou, French foreign minister, acting upon
the military advice of Gen. Maxine Weygand, army commander, have
forged a “ring of steel” around Germany. Under a mutual defense plan,
Britain agrees to patrol the Atlantic (1) and North Sea (2) with her
naval forces and aid France in protecting Belgium and Netherlands (3
and 4) while France undertakes to use her air fleet in her own country
(5) to defend Britain and to police the Mediterranean with her fleet.
Agreements between France, Roumania and Jugoslavia and “under
standings” with Poland and Czechoslovakia are part of the plan.
Babson Says Crops Are
Worst In Half Century
Duke Power Will
Appeal Allotment
Washington, July 20. (AP)—The
Duke Power Company gave notice
today it intended to carry to the.
Federal Power Commission its
fight against construction with pub
lic works funds of a municipal hy
dro-electric plant in Greenwood,
S. C.
SAYSraOCRATS TO
Farley Makes Prediction!!; If
So Other G. O. P. States
May Fall
;Df!'P ’I TJ | ‘
~ By CHARLES P. STEWART
(Central Press Staff Writer)
Washington, July 20.—Postmaster
General James A. Farley’s prediction
that Joseph F. Guffey, Pennsylvania
oil man and Democratic national com
mittee member, will, in November, win
Senator David A. Reed’s seat in the
upper congressional chamber* away
from him strains the imagination
pretty hard.
Politicians recognize that the Key
stone G. O. P. is terrifically split, with
Gov. Gifford Pincoth likely to throw
his progressive strength to Guffey, and
with Reed’s conservative organization
sub-split by ill-feeling within its cwn
ranks. Still, it’s to be considered that
the Democrats failed to carry the
Quaker con n.onweaith even in 1932.
despite the tremendous Roosevelt
sweep of ‘that year. And as for Joe
Guffey, ’ he may impress Postmaster
General Farley as a candidate with a
strong popular appeal, but it would
be difficult to find any other politi
cal prognosticator who considers him
so. Not that Reed is anything of a
spellbinder, either, but he’s a Repub
lican in a normally overwhelmingly
Republican realm.
In short, if the Democrats can win
Pennsylvania, they ought to be able
to beat Senators Warren R. Austin
and Frederick Hale, running for re
(Continued on Page Four.)
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Generally fair tonight and Sat
urday, preceded by local thunder
shower's in northeast portion late
t-L tc - or tonfgjht-
World Crops Are Poor And
AH Grain Surpluses May
Be Wiped Out As
the Result
NO FAMINE DANGER
IS LIKELY, HOWEVER
Retail Food Prices Are Ris
ing and Inflation) Is Spectre
That Rises To Menace
Populace; Own a Farm or
A Home, Is Economist’s
Advice
By ROGER W. BABSON
(Copyrighted 1934, Publishers Fi
nancial Bureau, Inc.)
Babson Park, Mass., July 20.—The
most sensational mid-summer crop
report in nearly 50 years has just been
issued. The very serions drought may
wipe out all present grain surpluses.
Three years ago, when we were
rapidly losing our world markets, ex
perts felty these carry-overs could
never be consumed. Today we are
facing the prospect of importing
wheat, oats and rye for domestic con
sumption.
World Crops Poor
The United States wheat harvest is
estimated at 484,000,000 bushels com
pared with last year’s short crop of
528,000,000 bushels and little more
than half the annual average from
1927-31. Normally, consumers in the
United States use at least 600,000,000
(Continued On Page Four.)
Terrific
Heat Sees
50 Deaths
(By the Associated Press)
Sizzzling mid-summer heat left
death and devastation today from
Texas to New York and from Geor
gia to Nebraska.
The death list numbered more
a hundred. More crops wilt
ed an dsome sections had acute
water shortages.
Kansas City, where tjie mercury
shot to 108 yesterday—the highest;
ever registered there—Reported
ten deaths.
There was no immediate relief
In sight in the weather man’s fore
cast for the torrid area.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY,
DANGER POINT FOR
STRIKE SHIFTED TO
CITY OF PORTLAND
Defies Ouste*
Gov. William Langer
Defying Supreme Court order oust
ing him, Qov. William Langer of
North Dakota, declared martial law
in capital. Disqualification resulted
from governor’s recent conviction on
Federal charge of soliciting funds
from relief workers.
(Central Press )
Gas Is Used
In Strikes
In Seattle
Massed Police Drive
Longshore Pickets
From Two Piers On
Waterfront
> *
Seattle. Wash.. July 20. (?P)—Massed
police, shooting long range tear gas
guns, today drove longgiuw>* pickets
away from Pier 40 and 41. Several
persons were injured by gas.
Officers, led by Mayor Charles L.
Smith, stood on the Garfield street
viaduct over the picket lines and
down a barrage of white tear * and
nausea gases. 1
Both police and strikers were af
fected, as none used masks.
At least four policemen were hurt
and scores of strikers were affected
by gas,
WMi STREET NOW
Wants President Back “To
Start Something”;
Gotham Bankers Away
By LESLIE EICHEL
(Central Press Staff Writer)
New York, July 20. —Explaining its
present state of doldrums Wall Street
now says it is waiting for President
Roosevelt to return home “to start
something new”. '
• * *
Bankers Away
Nearly every bank chairman or
president of New York is in Europe.
Did all the bankers happen to take
vacations together, or is there some
private effort at stabilization,
* * *
Expensive Trip
Some of the newspapers that are
sending correspondents to meet. Presl
(Contlnued On Page Four.)
Improving Demand Seen
For Textile Industries
Washington, July 20 (AP) —The cot
ton spinning industry wa sreported to
day by the Census Bureau to have
operated during June at 72.7 percent
capacity on a single shift basis, com
pared with 98.2 percent in May this
year, and 129.1 percent in June last
year. laeski
IMPROVING DEMAND SEEN
FOR PRIMARY TEXTILES
New York, July 20 (AP)-'-A gradu
ally improving demand for primary
textiles in the past fwe weeks is look
ed upon in some trade circles as mark
ing the start of increasing activity in
fabric manufacturing for coming
months.
Textile buying dropped sharply ip,
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Genera] Strike Relaxes Its
Grip on San Francisco
and Neighboring
Bay Cities
PORTLAND WORKERS
RESENT (SOLDIERS
Threaten General Strike
There If Guarlsmen Are
Used oin Waterfront When
Shippers Attempt To Open
The Port; Workers In
Frisco Return
San Francisco, Cal., jJuly 20 (AiP)—•
The danger point of the Pacific Coast
maritime conflict shifted to Portland,
Oregon, today as the general strike
bay cities.
relaxed its grip on the San Francisco
As the back-to-work rankks of un
ion labor in the bay /area swelled to
nearly their full force of 100,000, re
ports of a threatening situation came
from Portland where the labor
“strategy” committee voted to call
general walk-out if National Guards
men, mobilized by the governor, are
moved onto the waterfront.
Governor Julius L. Meir, of Oregon,
had ordered the mobilization of 1,100
National Guardsmen “to prevent loss
of life and bloodshed” when shippers
attempted to open the strike-bound
ports of Portland today.
The mass back to work movement
in the San Francisco bay area was
virtually completed last night when
the executive committee;rT*-the Ala
meda county building trades and cen
tral labor councils declared the strike
ended.
In San Fransco the major service
still crippled was the Market Street
(Continued On Page Four.)
Nations In
Race To Air
Supremacy
Great Powers, I n -
eluding United
States, Launch
Building Programs
(Copyright by The Associated Press)
Washington, July 20. (IP) — The fojt
of new fleets of war planes soaring
through tomorrow’s skies echoed in
the minds of experts today as world
powers threatened a race for aerial
supremacy.
Despairing of achieving disarme
ment on land or sea, the powers are
hastening to prepare for any war in
the skies.
Great (Briitajin, whlich has lagged
somewhat behind, has pust made it
clear it believes the time has come
for the royal air force to step with
the highest.
The United States, which has al
ready started a three-year program for
1,000 new planes, received a warning.
The Newton D. Baker Aviation Com
mittee’s report will say it was learnef
authorKaTTvely today that the United
States is comparatively weak in fight
ing planes.
France, Russia and Japan, experts
said, are building modern speedy fight
ing and bombing planes rapidly.
American military authorities esti
mated that Russia and France have
3,000 planes, the United States 2,800;
Japan 2,500 and Great Britain 1,400.
second quarter of this year, with
out production falling 30 percent below
the 1933 period, according to the
iStandard Statistics Company. In the
first quarter of the year, on the oth
er hand, relatively favorable condi
tions prevailed.
As an offset to the reduced state of
consumer demand has
been maintained fairly well, it was
said. Inventories have tended to de
cline and on a physical hftsis are of
small proportions.
A more conservative attitude on the
part of retailers has been evident .
generality. ,
The index of the Federal Reserve
Board shows that inventories are now
lagging behind sales. . .