HENDERSON
gateway to
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-FIRST YEAR
Winter Grips The
GOVERNMENT CASE
AGAINST INSULL IS
SUDDENLY RESTED
Defense Taken Completely
hy Surprise in Dramatic
Turn of Trial at
Ch icago
FINAL EVIDENCE IS
LAID BEFORE JURY
Pertains to Last Meeting of
Defunct Insull Corporation
When It Was Decided Not
To Resist Receivership;
Fictitious Earrings Are
Alleged
('hi 'iuu. Oct. 21* i AIM Tin- govern
"m iii ("l.iy rested its case in the trial
.•i Semin 1 Insull and his 10 co-de
!■ (Lniis. licensed of mail fraud in the
. ■ . li .. |• of the $ 150.000,000 Corporu
umi ■securities Company of Chicago.
THe ciiii o! i lie government's evi
ct nee came with dramatic sudden
. as I >wight H. Green, United
Stair • di tiiet attorney, completed
. diny to the jury the minutes of the
in. i meeting of the Corporation Secu
niie Company, in which it was un
:n linotisly voted not to fight the pe
tition ot Frank B. Schoencmann for
Die appointment ot a receiver for the
company.
The defense was taken by surprise
)*■ 111 " government's • sudden action.
Before the opening of the day's
-ion, Green had said he hoped to
'.<■ through with his ease by Wednes
day, but that he expected the defense
to devote most of the day to a cross
• xaminution of the government’s wit
ness.
I lie government completed its case
.'7 days after the start of the trial.
The vi. t government witness was
]>r. I toy B. Chester, professor of ac
eounting at Columbia. University. He
was questioned by Leslie B. Salters,
.'peeial assistant, to the attorney gen
. i nk
"U lint .vould be the ettect on ttie
' 'inning account if that dividend were
inkea on the books of a company as
lriec’nc?" Suiter asked.
It would result in showing ficti-
Mi'ua earnings."
In Chenier's testimony was design
id by the government to uphold
eiiajls presented last Friday and Sat
uidHy, showing that the company had
ictijdh suffered losses in 1929 and
l!'3b when the company's report.
.!«>vvml net earnings.
Frederick H. Burnalim, counsel for
■S :nlev Field, one of the. defendants,
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DIES I ROM WOUNDS
FROM OWN PISTOL
Oi-|, :!>, (AVI
Waccidentally by the dis
charge of a |ii>*ti>l bo wore on a
licit, Ira l/omax, filling station
proprietor. died on the way to a
I" s|dtal in Salisbury from loss of
loud, ibe accident occurred cur
lj >csterday.
PROBE SLAYING OF
COLORED DRUGGIST
V-.'iiiniiigloii. Oct. 29. —(AP) —Author
i! i' today coiiLinucd an inquiry into
" ' Hying of a Negro druggist in a
Itold up Saturday night by a man
' hi name as F. G. Legase, of
Giiai i., ton, S. C.
•m'hci . H;i id Legase confessed tiie
''tiling of the Negro, C. W. Mason,
•‘"-a 1 i alleged to have shot tne
fl! " -i.t lour times and fled. He was
[' taken and captured by a Negro
’’ ’tinder and held until police ar
riv. d.
SLAYER SUSPECT IS
NABBED IN TURKEY
Ivan Mihailoff, of Macedo
nia, Wanted in Murder
of King Alexander
s 'lia. Bulgaria, Oct. 29.—(AP)—
| ;i) t Mihailoff, leader of the dreaded
"tedonian revolutionaries, sought in
' -1 ion with the slaying of King
,u> mder of Yugoslavia, has been ar
’ lin Turkey, said advices reach
-1,1 diplomatic circles today from Is
tanbul.
lb.lll Mihailoff and his wife were
-io n into custody, according to the
'dvu; They recently fled from Bul
t-tatia. to Turkey.
it was reported both Bulgaria and
' ugoslavia. are demanding Mihailoffs
ti'idition on murder charge*.
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Sinclair Has November 6 Spotlight
Outcome of Socialist Upton Sinclair’s race for governor of California on the Democratic ticket, is claiming
more interest than any other phase of November 6 elections, despite their national character. Photos illus
trate some of the highlights of his career as a public figure. Left, above, with his second wife, whom he
married after sensational divorce from his first. Center, above, on trial at Tarrytown, N. Y„ on I. W. W.
charges. Right, hawking one of his books in Boston. Below, at the ballot box as he won Democratic nomi
nation; and as lie is today, in closeup. iCetitral Press)
Mussolini Starts Plans
For Militarizing Italy
Kingston!-Smith
Lands In Hawaii
Honolulu, Oet. ‘*9 (AD—Com
pleting one of the most difficult
ocean flights i*> the world, Wing
Commander Charles Kingsford-
Kmifh arrived here today from
Nasalci beach, Fiji, en route to
California.
Robinson,Sr.
Liberated In
Kidnap Case
Father Os Alleged
Snatcher of Mr s.
Stoll Freed at Nash
ville, Tenn.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 29.—(AP) —U.
S. Commissioner Julian Campbell rul
ed today that Thomas H. Robinson,
Jr., may not be removed to Louis
ville on charges in connection with
the kidnaping of Mrs. Alice Speed
Stoll.
“From all the facts before me.”
Commissioner Campbell said in a pre
pared opinion “I find that, there is
no probable cause to believe Thomas
Henry Roisnson. Sa., guilty, and no
facts to reasonably belMve a suspicion
of his guilt.”
The opinion added:
“The government attests that this
defendant is only sought for crime
at Louisville, Ky.. on what he did or
might have done before the actual
kidnaping as a conspirator.
“It results that it is my duty to
refuse to order the defendant Thomas
H. Robinson, Sr., held for removal.
Let the defendant be discharged.”
government to appeal
TO U. S. DISTRICT JUDGE
Washington, Oct. 29. —(AP) — The
Department of Justice said today it
would apply to a Federal district
court in Tennessee to remove Thomas
H. Robinson, Sr., to Kentuck to stand
trilal for the abduction of Mrs. Alice
Speed Stoll.
United States Commissioner Julian
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HENDERSON, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 29, 1934
i “Back to the Glory of the
Caesars’’ Is Goal of Dic
tator in Program
Launched
REVIVAL OF SPARTA
IS NOW HOPED FOR
Last Echo of Disarmament
Talk Dies Out In Rome as
Mussolini Orders Military
Training for All Males
from Eight to 33 Years of
Age
Rome. Oct. 29.(AP) —The last echo
j of disarmament talk died out here
today when Premier Mussolini, dress
■ ca in a uniform of a Fascist warrior,
set in motion machinery to make
i Italy a “militaristic’’ nation.
| Every male Italian between the age. 4
j of eight and 33 will be trained in the
j use of arms under the supervision of
an inspectorate of preand post mili
i tary service, which he inaugurated
this afternoon.
"Back to the glory of the Caesars”
and a “revival of Sparta" are phrases
used to describe the Italy Musssolini
intends to forge. Disarmament, which
only a few months ago filled codlumns
(Continued on Pago Four)
SAYS WOLTZ LOST
$1,420 AS TOURIST
j
Woman Also Listed in Ex-
Senator’s Experience
At Sanford
Greensboro. Oct. 29. —(AP)—Former
State Senator A. E. Woltz. of Gas
-1 tonia, was robbed of $1,420 at a tourist
I camp near Sanford on the night so
j September 29, according to disclosues
■ macle here today by State Highway
Patrol Lieutenant W. J. Croom.
Raymond Riddle and C. C. Kelly,
operators of the camp, along with a
woman whose name was not known
here, have been arrested and will be
charged with the theft.
According to Lieutenant Crooni.
Woltz stopped overnight at the tour
ist camp wih the sum of money on
his person. Next morning he found
both the money and the woman miss
ing.
Court Action on
NR A Is Dismissed
Baltimore, Md., Oct. 29 (AP)—
What was regarded as one of the
most important legal attacks upon
the NR A was ended today by dis
ers, men’s clothing manufacturers,
missal of a suit of L. Grief & Broth
after an agreement between the
company and NRA had been reach
ed.
SUPREME COURT TO
UPHOLD‘NEW DEAL’
Belief Growing In Washing
ton That It Will Go
Whole Distance
WHISPERERS AUDIBLE
Their Activities Directed At Labor
Legislation; Some Complaints
From California Are
Heard Also
By LESLIE EICUEL
Central Press Staff Writer
New York, Oct. 29.; —Belief is spread
ing that the United States Supreme
Court will uphold the New Deal in its
entirety. Strange to say, it ay go be
yond the New Deal as at present con
stituted. The high court may uphold
features of the New Deal already
abondoned.
The Supreme Court is not static—
as some would wish the public to
Relieve. Law and its interpretation
grow as social justice grows. There
is a definite relatio.
There is nothing sacred concern
ing dictunis written down on paper
by a few men at a certain time. Laws
and constitutions are mere guides to
government.
* * J«T
“PLOT”?
For a time it seemed ag if there
were an organized attempt to dis
quaify Justice Louis D. Brandeis,
most liberal member of the U. S. Su
preme court. There were whispers and
even open statements that he/ was of
fering advice to President Roosevelt’s
“Brain Trust.’’
If there were a. “plot,” it failed. The
majority of the public probably hoped
the justice was advising. Justice Bran
dies is known as one of the most bril
liant men —and one of the most hon
est intellectually—who ever has ap
peared in public life. His writings and*
his decisions are likely to live far
beyond the expressions of any other
public man of this age.
It perhaps was unfortunate for the
nation that Justice Brandies was not
in position to offer advice to Presi
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East And South
Parts Os Country
Held Fast In Grip
Os Labor Troubles
Closing of 300 A. &P.
Stores in Cleveland and
Others in Milwau
kee Hold Interest
CLEVELAND STORES
TO BE ABANDONED
Grocery Chain Faces Furth
er Troubles; Unemployed
Now Nearly Million More
Than Last Fall, William
Green Claims; Rayoni
Strike Still Deadlocked
(By the Associated Press)
Three hundred grocery stores all
that Hie Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea. Company operates in Cleveland -
were under orders to remain closed
today. They will be abandoned be
cause of labor troubles, the company
said.
The chains unionized butchers were
called out in Milwaukee, where meat
departments have been closed in 26
of 36 stores. The company said they
were unprofitable. The union claims
labor troubles.
Butchers in smaller chains were
called to strike.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, said
he would begin an inquiry into labor’s
differences with the A. & P.
Green, in' a statement last night,
fixed the number of unemployed at
8-13.000 more than a year ago at this
time.
IMichael Schuld, State chairman of
the Ohio meat cutters union, said its
convention, beginning Saturday,
might be asked to authorize a State
wide walk-out of A. & P. butchers.
Delegates at the convention of the
Federation of Plate Glass Workers of
America in Pittsburgh, talked of a
nationwide strike after rejecting the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company’s
answer to labor demands.
Deadlocked employers and repre
sentatives of 20,000 silk and rayon
strikers in the ea.st planned to re
new their conferences today. The
union ordered picket lines establish
ed to prevent work being resumed.
In Beaumont, Texas, 98 street car
and bus operators went on strike
halting service.
Exchange
Had Huge
1933 Loss
Washington, Oct. 29 lAP)—The New
York Stock Exchange, where millions
are made and lost, operated in the
red last year.
The biggest securities mart, in an
unprecedented and voluntary publi
cation of its year-end balance sheet,
disclosed last night it lost .$287,986.74
in 1933. The exchange figures, pub
lished at its own request yesterday by
the Securities Exchange Commission,
showed it spent $4,243,574.31 last year,
and took in only $3,954,587.57.
The statement was in line with a
policy giving investors fuller infor
mation. The exchange reserved the
right to request that future state
ments be held confidential.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday; warmer in extreme west
portion tonight.
Huge Benefits Os Cotton
Control In State Evident
l)uib Dl*i»ulcfc llnrcnii,
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
Ilf .» C. U:i»Uerville.
Raleigh, Oct. 29. —If the 1932 mar
ket conditions were still prevailing,
North Carolina farmers would have
to plant 2,437.000 acres of cotton and
raise 1,631,000 fealeg to sell th e 1934
crop for the same amount of money
they are slated to get under the ad
justment program.
With the program they planted 967,-
000 acres to raise 646,000 bales, ac
cording to the official forecast, which
they will sell for about $56,195,000.
After paying the Bankhead tax, they
will still have $53,853,000 for the crop
this year.
It the price goes above 12 1-2 cents
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Attention, Police!
JSJSMF ■ m
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Jj
Presuming that Thomas H. Rob
inson, Jr., kidnaper of Mrs. Alice
1 Stoll of Louisville, Ky., may be
j masquerading as a woman in hie
(light from justice, an artist has
dtawn his conception of how he
i would look. Robinson was ar
rested in Nashville for imperson
ating a woman some years ago.
DEMOCRATS SENSE
HUGE MAJORITY AS
LAST WEEK OPENS
Heaviest Barrage of Speech
making of Entire Cam
paign Is Due Dur
ing This Week
EFFECTIVE APPEALS
ALREADY DELIVERED
Speeches by Ehringhaus and
Bailey Especially Getting
Results; Agricultural Un
rest Being Allayed; Repub
lican jChances Growing
More Dim
llajl.v ItiKpnti'h llnrcan.
In tin* .Sir Walter Hotel,
Uj’ J. C, ttamkeri ille.
Raleigh, Oct. 29.—The outlook for
a bigger Democratic majority than
had ever been expected is better than
ever as the Democratic campaign
swings into the final week, accord
ing to State Chairman J. Wallace
Winborne at Democratic headquart
ers here. The opposition that existed
for a while in some sections of the
States especially dissatisfaction
in some of the cotton and tobacco
growing counties with the allotments
received by the farmers that they
could market tax free, has already
been pretty well dispelled fey the
speeches made so far by Governor J.
C. B. Ehringhaus, Senator Josiah W.
Bailey, Congressman R. L. Donghton,
Clyde R. Hoey and others.
During this week, the heaviest bar
rage! of Democratic speechmaking yet
turned loose will be heard in all eec
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3 pound or the crop .greeds the fore
cast, as some authorities behove it
va ill, the income from the 1934 crop
will be even greater.
H. E. York, assistant director in
the cotton program f r Mg state,
has predicated a 660,001 crop, At
S6O a bale, and the se,_ . from each
bale selling for $lB, such a crop with
the benefit payments would bring the
growers $57,947,000.
The 1,631,000 baUt the growers
would have to raise to sell at 1932
prices in order to get their 1934 in
come is far more than the state has
ever produced before.
At the current high average yield
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TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
SHIPS SUFFER IN
STORMS ON COAST
AND TWO MISSING
High Winds and Gales Rage
from Boston to Hatteras,
On North Carolina
Coast
SNOW FALLS OVER
EASTERN REGIONS
Three Inches Reported In
Parts of Pennsylvania;
Temperature Drops To 34
in Raleigh; First Freeze of
Season for Area Around
New York City
(By the Associated Press)
Blustering advance ol winter in
vades sections of the Last and Bouth
today.
At least six ships suffered in storms
oil the Atlantic coast. Fears were
lelt lor liio salcly of two men missing
m an open boat off the Maine coast,
anil storm warnings told of high
winds and gules from Boston to iiat
teras.
fcinow fell frequently early today in
eastern Pennsylvania, covering the
Cocono mountains with a coat ol three
\ four inches, 'lliere were flurries
yesterday in parts of New Jersey, New
England and Ontario.
.temperatures dropped to freezing
yesterday in Maine and as low as 28
in up-State New York. They reached
37 in New York City, and the Weath
er Bureau predicted they would fall
to 30 tody, the first freezing weather
of the seas ofnor the metropolitan
area.
In the South the mercury ranged
in the 30 s and. -10’s with a reading of
34 at Raleigh, N. C.
Reported Kidnap
Case Has Officers
Puzzled In Ohio
Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 29 (AP)- A re
ported abduction of a girl student
from Belmont elementary school per
plexed police today when a prelimi
nary check indicated no pupil was
missing.
Two women living near the school
reported seeing a Negro in an old tinn
ing car stop at the curb and speak to
a girl. After a brief conversation the
girl entered the car and was driven
away.
First reports said the girl was Betty
Cams, 11, but a check showed she was
safe at home.
The witnesses of the kidnaping con
tradicted first reports that the child
was forced into the automobile, and
said she had entered willingly.
GREENVILLE MAN IS
INJURED IN CRASH
Tarboro. Oct. 29 (AP)-Claude Can
non, 23, of Greenville, is in a hospital
here today suffering from head injur
ies following an automobile accident
last night near Lawrence.
Youth Held
In Death Os
Negro Man
Prominent W bite
Man of Charleston
Sh o t Wilmington
Colored Druggist
Wilmington, Oct. 29.—(AP)—Fran
iis Ygunce Legare, Jr., 20-year-old
North Charles! on, S. C., man was or
dered held wifhout bail today for the
murder of C. W. Mason, Negro drug
gist, who was shot to death in a hold
up here Saturday night.
Legare, who first gave the police
the name of W. L. Young, of Char
ldftte, and then the name of F. D.
Legase of Charleston, revealed his
identity when confronted by author
ities with letters taken from the room
he had been occupying at the local
Y. M. C. A.
Later his identity was- made ab
solute when Lamot Smith, editor of
the Star-News, visited the youth and
questioned him about connections in
Charleston.
Smith called a friend of the senior
Legare in Charleston and was prom
ised word would immediately be com
municated to Legare. He has not
heard further from the Charleston
PTUI.