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HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-FIRST YEAR
MAN WHO GOT
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strikers At Roanoke Rapids Denounce Mlill Owners
OVER 130,000 OF
$50,000 SUM PAID
REPORTED SEIZED
Bernard Richard Haupt
mann, of Bronx, Who
Lives Near Famous
Cemetery, Is Held
WAS CAUGHT USING
THE MARKED BILLS
Man Is an Alien and Came
to America as Stowaway
Eleven Years Ago; Car
He Owned Was Stolen in
New Jersey City Night
Before Child Was Kid
naped
New York, Sept. 20 (AP)
—Police announced today
they have in custody the
man who received the $50,-
000 ransom money paid by
f'olonel Charles A. Lind
bergh in an ineffectual ef
fort to recover his kidnap- .
ed son two years ago.
The man is Bernard
Richard Hauptmann, of
1279 East 222nd Street,
the Bronx.
The announcement Raid the man is
vr. alien and came to this country as
a storeway eleven years ago.
Two score detectives were assigned
the area and the final identification
of the alleged passer was made after
one of tre ransom bills was used to
pay a gas bill. ••
The brief police announcement con
tained no further details, but the air
at the Greenwich police station,
where the announcement was made,
was surcharged with rumors.
The announcement said:
"We have in custody the man who
received the ransom money. He is
Bernard Richard Hacptmann, of 1279
East 222nd Steret. He is an alien
who came to this country as a store*
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Suicide Is
Second In
Love Trio
Greensboro, Sept. 20 (AP) —The
body of Clarence Yeager, 44, salesman
of High Point, was found in the rear
seat of his automobile near Thomas
ville this morning, marking the final
act of the three-year romance of the
married man and the daughter of a
South Carolina minister.
Yeager had employed chloroform
to end his life, and the Davidson
county coroner said an inquest was
unnecessary, as it was obviously a
case of suicide.
Miss Mary Harding, Yeager’s sweet
heart. ended her life Tuesday in a
<'**ll in the High Point city jail by
swallowing a quantity of poisoning
which resultd in her death a few
hours later.
Child Kidnaped On
Nashville Streets
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 26. (/P) The
belief hat little Dorothy Distlehurst
was kidnaped and spirited away from
(he vicinity of her home gained con
siderable weight in police circles to
day after an all-night search in which
hundreds of volunteers participated.
The child, six-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Distlehurst, vanish
ed while on her way home from a
private kindergarten yesterday. A
bunt ssarted by members of her
family and neighbors spread to in
clude city, county and State officers
and hundreds of citizens.
Police Inspector Eugene Dillard held
the opinion that Dorothy had been
liLntiU'rsmt Dathr tltsuatrli
Georgia Militia Rounding Up Strike Agitators
The force of martial law is felt in Georgia as textile strikers at Newnan, charged with refusal to obev
National Guardsmen’s marched to outskirts. Militia rounded up 150 strikers, including 20
women, and sent them in trucks to an internment camp near Atlanta (Central Pregg >
Court Ruling
Bars Vote On
Constitution
Technicality Accom
plishes Hopes of
Friends, Who Are
Jubilant Now
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Wulter Hotel,
By J. C. Baskerville.
Raleigh, Sept. 20. —Tottering on the
brink of virtually sure defeat in the
November election, the proposed new
constitution was snatched from the
chdsm below it and saved from de
struction, for another two years at
least, by the action of the State Su
preme Court, which ruled late yse
terday that the new constitution
could not be voted on in the approach
ing election. For, as had been expect
ed, the entire court, with Justice
Clarkson concurring, held that the
late lamented repeal election held in
November, 1933, was in fact “the first
general elction” following the 1933
General Assembly, and that hence the
new constitution could not be legaly
presented to the voters in the general
election in November of this year.
The present constitution holds that
any propose dchanges in the constitu
tion must be submitted at “the next
general election” folwoing the gen
eral assembly that approved their sub
mission.
It had been expected that Justice
Clarkson would dissent, since he
alone of the Supreme Court justices
held more than a year ago that the
special repeal election was not a
“general election." So it was expected
he would hold that the new constitu
tion could be voted upon this fall.
(Continued on Page Three)
put into a car and driven away from
the neighborhood, but he. said it was
without supporting, clues.
One probable evidence of kidnaping
was blasted today when a car, earlier
described as having been seen in the
neighboor where the child was last
observed, was proved by police to
have been in the same lot after the
search for Dorothy was well under
way.
Financial motive for the kidnaping
was lacking, police said, as Mr. Distle
hurs was described as a man of
moderate circumstances. He is em
ployed by the Southern Methodist
Publishing House here as a printing
esimator and salesman.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VH^INIA
th A k Berv icb op
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
HENDERSON N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 20, 1934.
UNDBERCH RANSOM ARRESTED
Georgia Tobacco
Was Near Double
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 20 (AP) —
South Georgia bright leaf tobacco
growers received 7.43 cents per
pound more for their crop in 1934
than they did in the previous sell
ing season, it was shown in figures
compiled by H. K. Ramsey, State
Department of Agriculture statis
tician.
The total first hand sales of 33,-
623.474 pounds during the recently
closed season brought growers an
average price of 18.73 cents per
pound, as compared with an aver
age of 11.30 cents per pound paid
for the 59,853,963 pounds auctioned
in 1933.
EHRINGHAUS STILL
HOPING FOR ROAD
North Carolina Will Get It
if Scenery Is Aim, the
Governor ! Says
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
By J. C. Baskerville.
Raleigh, Sept. 20. —"I still as confi
dent that if the park-to-park highway
is o be a scenic highway, as originally
planned toy both President Roosevd.t
and Secretary Ickes, that North Caro
lina will get the major portion of it,
if not all of it, since it cannot be a
scenic highway and be located except
in North Carolina,” Governor J. C. B.
Ehringhaus said on his return from
highway location hearing in Wash
ington. “Secretary Ickes gave both
North Carolina and Tennessee a very
courteous and attentive hearing and
I do not see how he could help but
be impressed with the arguments we
presented.
Tennessee is basing its claim for at
(Continued on Page Five)
‘SeR’LEFT
Other ‘Brain-Trusters’ Have
Either Left or Don’t
Count Much
By CHARLES P. STEWART
(Central Press Staff Writer)
Washington. Sept. 20.—Donald R.
Richberg is spoken of in Washington
as the only lareg-calibre “brain
truser” left, still influentially situat
ed, of the considerable group which
President Roosevelt gathered at the
beginning of his White House ten
ancy. 9
Some of the others, such as Prof.
(Continued on Page Six)
Price Gains
By Potatoes
Is Planned
Meeting at Washing
ton, N. C., Wants
Spud Made Govern
ment Basic Com
modity
Washington, N. C., Sept. 20 (AP) —
One thousand potato growers frtmi
Virginia and the Carolinas met here
today seeking to work out a plan of
action for control of production in
an effort to raise prices. The prin
cipal wor kof the morning session
was the selection of a committee of
nine to formulate a plan and report
to the general meeting later in the
day.
The committee was reported con
sidering several possible plans, includ
ing a request to the agricultural Ad
justment Administration that pota
toes be declared a basic commodity.
Pete Becker Gets
Pardon From Road
Term Given Here
Raleigh, Sept. 20. (AP)—Tommie
Ellis, Jr., a young man of Davie
county, Who entered prison in
January. 1933, to serve 25 to 36
years for second degree murder,
was paroled today by Governor
Ehringhaus, due to a “strong ele
ment of doubt” that he was
guilty.
The governor also announced
the refusal of 35 petitions for
clemency and announced the
parole of Pete Becker, who was
given two years in Vance county
in April, 1934, for assault with a
deadly weapon.
Winston Negro Is
To Be Executed At
Prison Tomorrow
Raleigh, Sept. 20 (AP)—Prepara
tions went forward at State Prison
today for the electrocution tomorrow
morning of George Keaton, Winston-
Samel Negro, convicted of the murder
of his sweetheart, Annie Lee Thig
pen.
Governor Ehringhaus recently an
nounced he would not intervene in
behalf of the man. •
The governor announced today he
had granted a 60-day reprieve to Jim
Green, convicted of rape in Pitt coun
ty, to allow a further study of the
case. Green was also slated to die
tomorrow. ± ! 1 U ,
FINDING SUBMITTED
TO THE PRESIDENT
BY TEXTILE BOARD
“We Have Some Ideas” Is
Only Comment Made
By Governor Winant,
Chairman of Board
FLATLY DECLINES
TO VOICE OPINION
Visits President at Summer
White House; Secretary
Perkins Also Calls at
Roosevelt Home for Con
ference in Connection
With Textile Situation
Hyde Park, N. Y., Sept. 20
President Roosevelt returned to
the summer White House today
from the international yacht races
and had a luncheon engagement
for an important conference on
the textile strike situation.
Hyde Park, N. Y., Sept. 20 (AP)
—Findings of the special board
of inquiry in the textile strike
were submitted to President
Roosevelt today by Governor
Winant of New Hampshire, the
chairman.
The governor carefully refrain
ed from expressing an yopinion
on the strike to newspaper men
before going to the summer White
House.
“We have some ideas,” he said,
and that was all.
Miss Frances Perkins, secretary
of labor, also was called to the
Roosevelt conference table to
day, and there was every indica
tion that the President was ready
to take action in the textile
strike, now two weeks old.
Governor Winant would not
confirm or deny stories that the
special board appointed by the
President had drafted a report.
In naming the board, Mr.
Roosevelt asked that it make a
report to Secretary Perkins by
October 1.
Doughton
Not Aided
By Gorman
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
By J. C, Baskerville.
Raleigh, Sept. 20. Congressman
Robert L. Doughton has not helped
himself if he is planning on running
for governor in 1936, as many believe,
py his leter to Strike eader Francis
Gorman, who had protested to him
against the callin gout of troops in
North Carolina by Governor J. C. B.
Ehringhaus, according to comment
heard in most political circles here.
Nor is it thought that file telegram
from Gorman to Congressman Dough
ton, in which Gorman said “Your let
ter is most encouraging”, is likely to
help the political ambitions of the
congressman if he decides to run for
governor, except with -some of the
members of the labor unions affiliated
with the Amreican Federation of
Labor. For the prevailing opinion in
most quarters ehre is that a ma
jority of the people in North Carolina
are decidedly ou£ of sympathy with
the present textile strike, including
mo*t of the textile workers. It is also
agreed that, wit hthe exception of
the aleigh News and Observer, the
i Socialist party in North Carolina, the
E( ate Fedeßration of Labor, the Com
munists and a few other strike sym
pathizers, hat Governor Ehrignhaus is
being strongly commended for calling
out troops in order ot prevent strife
and disorder in the strike area.
It is agreed in political circles here
that the letter of Congressman Dough
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WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Partly cloudy tonight and Fri
day; somewhat warmer on the
southeast coast tonight.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Gorman Raving At
Mediators Today
Washington, Sept. 20 (AP) —
Francis. J. Gorman, chairman of
the textile strike committee, today
demanded that the report of the
President's textile mediation board
be made public without delay.
iispiiisEs"
CASH AND FOOD TO
STRIKERS IN NEED
£)ffer Will Be Accepted in
Greenville, S. C., Area,
Socialist Organizer
Asserts
STRIKERS AT WORK
ON ‘FERA’ GARDENS
Greenville Strikers so En
gaged Will Draw $2.50
Per Day One Day a Week,
Amount of Relief and
Scope of Program Not
Clearly Set Forth
Greenville, S. C.. Sept. 20. (ff>) —Nor-
man Thomas notified Southern strike
headquarters today that “cash and
food” would be forthcoming for needy
textile strikers.
The national chief of the Sociolist
party was informed by E. L. Johnson,
Socialist organizer here, that the of
fer of aid .would be accepted in this
area.
Johnson said he understood the re
lief would be made available through
a special strikers’ relief committee
headed by Thomas.
Leo Krzyzkr, national chairman of
the Socialist party, and vice presi
dent of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America, sent Thomas the
following telegram from strike offices
here:
“Southern strike headquarters of
United Textile Workers at Greenville
(Continued on Pago Five)
Flying Squadron
To Find Virginia
With A Greeting
Richmond, Va., Sept. 20. (AP) —
Governor Peery today directed the
Motor Vehicle Division to send of
ficers to Winchester, where local
authorities appealed for aid in
preserving order connection with
the visit of a flying squadron of
textile workers reported en route
* from West Virginia.
‘Evolution ’ Battle
Flares Up In N. C.
Charlotte, Sept. 20 (AP)—The
theory of evolution, which stirred the
South nearly a decade ago, and
brought on the famous Scopes trial
at Dayton, Tenn., today was causing
new sensations in Presbyterian cir
cles here.
A special committee ot- the Meck
lenburg Presbytery, which embraces
Charlotte, was designated to propose
some action with regard to textbooks
used in State schools, which, it was
claimed, expounded evolution ,and are
subversive of Christian teaching.
At the Presbyterian meeting, Rev.
E. A. Dillard, of Charlotte, held up a
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TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
25 Cents Per Week Deduct'
ed from Workers’ Pay
Had Been Used to
Run Hospital
DR. LONG PRAISED
FOR HIS EFFORTS
Said to Have Tried to Keep
It Open; Source of Main
tenance Cut Off When
Workers Leave Jobs;
Threatening Placards Are
Carried in Parade
Charlotte, Sept. 20 (AP) —Closing
of a cooperative hospital at Roanoke
Rapids today brought a spirited dem
onstration against mill owners there
and overshadowed other* develop
ments on the Carolinas strike front.
The Long hospital, which has been
largely supported by weekly deduc
tions from mill pay envelopes, was
ordered closed last night after the
board of directors found this princi
pal source of support cut off by the
strike.
Union leaders immediately launch
ed a campaign against mill manage
ment, charging the closing was mere
ly an act of intimidation. Parading
in the rain, thousands marched be
hind strikers attacking mill owners
by name and praising Dr. W. M.
Long, founder of the hospital, who
was represented as having sought to
prevent the closing.
One placard said;
“You may close your hospital, but
the American Federation of Labor
will open it.”
The hospital was found approxi
mately 20 years ago, and for many
years mills deducted 25 cents weekly
from the pay of each worker for its
support. More recently the deduo*
tions have been 50 cents. In return
fill families have recevied free hos
pitalization.
Vigilantes
Operate At
Two Points
Citizen Groups Ac
tive in Belmont and
Greenville, S. C., tQ
Preserve Order
Charlotte, Sept. 20 (AP) —The spir
it of the Vigilantes showed itsefl to
day on two of the strike map’s sorest
spots as troops and pickets faced
each other today along the strike
swept textile front of the Carolinas. ;
As hundreds of strikers and sym
pathizers gathered at the little town
of Belmont to bury the ninth victim
of the strike in two states, a Vigil
antes committee composed of seve
ral hundred farmers, merchants and
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ham’s "Our Beginnings in Europe
and America/’ which he said was
‘‘shot through with evolution and
teaches Jesus a mere social reform*
er.”
“I resent having to pay for this
stuff for my children,” the minister,
said.
He said one of the books listed for
paralel reading by the Smith Burn*
ham text was, "Tree Dwellers.”
Dilard asserted he was not attack*
ing the teachers, but did resent thh
fact that the book was selected by
State authorities “who care nothing
for the slight put on Jesus Christ.”
sixth grade Smith [Burn-*