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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR ROOSEVELT INDUSTRIAL TRUCE IS FACING COLLAPSE Japanese Plans To Coerce United States And Britain Are Halted POSTPONE MEETING SET FOR TODAY TO COOL ATMOSPHERE Tokyo Delegation Hoped To Break Down Naval Par ity Opposition of U. S. Britain TONNAGE EQUALITY IS GOAL OF JAPAN Delegation Told, However, Scrapping of Treaties Will Only Make Other Two Rivals Build Faster Than They Can Go; Jap Conces sions Demanded J.unUon. Oct. 30 <AP) In an effort to cool a disagreement which lias ili -.-allocked naval negotiations among tlii- worlds three largest sea powers, mi ' tings tentatively scheduled for to day were called off. .1 ipancso delegates had hoped to inert with the Americans, hut it was understood these delegations, along with the Utilise, decided it would be ’>• t to postpone ti c t..lks until to morrow. Japan neld her ground in the face ipf American and British opposition '<) her proposal lor' a new naval treaty based on the principle of tonnage equity I'li" di legates from Tokyo are con ■ inrrd they can (lent the opposition ’>\ fnrihei conversations. As a re . nit. they asked a new meeting with the Americans. Hut the Americans feel concessions must come from the Japanese. Norman H. Davis and Admiral Wil liam H. Standlcy told the Tokyo dc- Irgstc:' that junking of the Wash ington aad London naval treaties would not give Japan equality because ihi other two powers Britain and Ami'iiea would keep, ahead, in build CAPT. PAUL JONES DIES AT TARBORO T a!>< "o. Oct. 30. t/fh —Funeral serv ii ' werrli eld here today for Captain I’hul Join. . <>7-.vear old former edi tor of the Tat boro Southerner, who dii d •1 1 his home lore yesterday fol l< wing a long illness. He served sev er lei in, a. mayor of Tarboro and one term in the (Stile Senate. Huge Loss From Fire In Oxford Oxford. Oi I 30. (A l*> —Fire of "inlctrriiiined origin early today •h it re. mml oii«- work shop of the Chase lluggy Company and also •he build jug of the Clurk-Eliiott ( 'Mipaiiy in the center of the o\- biril business section. I -oval firemen hud u hard fight b 'Hie the Owen warehouse and o*l i oiiiiii buildings but were suc cessful. The loss was not learned. Sharp Decline In Relief For State 1 *"i*> Ol*>»*ll«« «> U#reii*, In (hr IK «Vli»(rr Hotel, Mj J. t'. lluwUerirlllr, 1: i;■ h. Oct. 30 The number of 11 ' "ii relief in North Carolina Ue ‘ " (| more than 3,000 in September '"injmrrd with August, according I',' 1 ' made public today by Mrs. h "m;i,- O’l’.crry, State relief adminis ' 'o'. During September there were *’ ■**•*- I'imilir.s on relief in the State, hi An-, u.st 72.187 families were "" 1 "hrs. Iteducing the 09.022 families !| i' various other “cases” to per • b is e;aimated that 341,293 per -10.8 per rent of the total popu ' 'on of jNorth Carolina were on re -1 *uii m September. In August ' ‘ ‘ ’ ’ IH'.r lona received relief. 1,1 '’.mount of money spent on re HtmJtrrsmt £1 atlit Bfsriatrh Lindbergh to Hy Pacific After Trial A flight across the Pacific to chart the courar Pa a* American Airways planes will follow when the round the-world air schedule is begun next Hummer, will take Col. Charles A. Lindbergh away from li. S. after Hauptmann trial vs ever. The type of plane bring constructed for the traiiooccan service, and C'ol Lind bergh at the controls arc pictured. tCcv' ■ • -as) STATE DEMOCRATS SEE NO MENACE BY THE REPUBLICANS Still They Are Taking No Chances and Are Plac ing Their Speak ers Strategically MANAGERS LOOK AT PICTURE AS WHOLE i Not Working for Interests of Any Individual Candidate More Than Any Other Democrat; Leading Speak ers on Stump Most of Pre sent or Final Week llujlt Dt*|,:iD'*> Ituri'iiii, *» (be Mr Baiter Uolrl, ID J, bunker* life. Raleigh. Od. 30.—-Little fear from i the Republicans generally is felt in North Carolina in the election this fall. However, spots in the State have been claiming the attention of Deino eratie leaders and Ihe schedule of speaking.: for the various orators has been made with a view of helping the counties -‘i■ >«1 districts in which the Republican vote is heaviest and the Democrats working hardest, and in ! effort to get out heavy votes in Dcmo i eratie. bulwarks. “Our policy is to look at the politi | cal picture as a whole, and to send ' speakers where they arc most necd (Continued on Page Four) HUGE RELIEF GRANT TO NORTH CAROLINA Washington. Oct. 30. (AD Harry L. Hopkins, relief adminis trator, today announced relief grants to states for November, which included North Carolina, $1,744,825. lief in September was $1,055,524 as compared with expenditures in August of $1,472,590, a decrease! of more than $400,000. The declino in the number of fami lies and individuals on relief in Sep tember as compared with the number in August, although the case lead us ually starts to increase in September with winter approaching, is ascribed by Mrs, O’Berry to the order sent out in August discontinuing all direct re lief and work relief projects in the rural counties and rural districts. The county with the largest per cent of its population on relife in Septem ber was Avery, with 31.8 per cent of its people receiving relief. During August, Avery had 32.5 per cent of (Continued on Piute i’lneoJ only daily newspaper published in this section of north Carolina and vuyßnla. LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS „ HENDERSON, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 30, 1934 Think Hauptmann Resided In N. Car. Charlotte. Oct. 30 <A1») The Char lotte News today says that Bruno Hauptmann, charged with the kidnap ing of the Lindbergh baby, is believ ed by the Department of Justice to have spent sometime in Henderson ville under the name of Ackerman, or Ockerman, about a month after the kidnaping. Agents of the Department are in vestigating the North Carolina end of the crime and the alleged criminal, and paper says During his sojourn Mussolini Nears Cradle For Boys Koine, Oet. 30. (Al*) — Premier Mussolini today carried the Faseist education of youth one step nearer the cradle '»y creating the Balilla and Wolf organization for boys be tween the ages of six and eight years. The present Balilla organization begins at the age of eight and runs to !4 years. The BalUlas of Wolf wear black shirts and gray and green, shorts. “ WEATHER . Storm on California Coast Holds Flier in Honolulu For Time Honolulu, Oct. 30 (AP)- At first wind, Captain Charles Kingsford- Smith and Captain T. G. Taylor, grounded today awaiting a take off on the third and last leg of their peri lous over-water flight from Austra lia to California, will resume their Right. Advised that a storm was moving southwaid along the western coast of the United, the Australian flier and his navigator decided to remain here until conditions are more auspicious for the 2.100-mile hop to Oakland or Los Angeles. “I am not out for a record,” said Sir Charles. “It all depends on the weather.” Drawing Finished Os All of Chances In Irish Lotterv j Dublin. Irish Free tSate, Oct. 30. — C/P) —The drawing for the Irish Free State hospitals sweepstakes was com pleted today when the last of the 100 pounds (about $500) in prizes was | taken from the drum. | Two thousand of these prizes were | distributed. Os these, ticket holders | in the United States received 587; Great Britain 1,043; in the Irish Free State,, 112, and in the rest of the , world 258. in North Carolina, the paper says, Hauptmann was jp the company of another man He re ceived several tlegrams from New Jer sey during his Hendersonville stay. Ackerman, believed to be Haupt mann, rneted a house on Whitted street from F. Maxwell. Harry Her nandez, manager of a Hendersonville telegraph office, handled messages for Ackerman, and described him for Federal authorities. The description tallies with that of Hauptmann Roanoke Man Accused At Greenville for Attack ing Solicitor’s Aide Greenville, Oct. 30 (AP) -C. A. Ter rell, 31, of Roanoke, Vu., entered a Plea or not guilty when arraigned in l ilt County Superior Court here to ; day on a charge of criminally assault ing Miss Annie Turner, 23-year-old sec ! rotary in the office of Solicitor D. M. ! Clark. The capital case was set for trial tomorrow. Judge R. Hunt Parker pre siding. A special venire of 100 tales men was ordered. J At a preliminary hearing last week iat which Terrell was ordered held ! without privilege of bond, testimony ; was offered to the effect that the al ; leged assault took place a few miles I out of Greensiville of October 11. Ter rell was not apprehended for a week at the end of wheih time he was ar i rested. I Maternal Mortality Alarming Daily Di'imp.it f|ur«‘av. In Ibc Sir Waller Hotel, Uj J. (J. Iliittk^riillr, Raleigh, Oct. 30.—The number of deaths of babies under one year of age and of mothers during or imme diately following child birth continues to increase in North Carolina in spite of the efforts which the Statee Board -of Health lias been making for the past several year s to reduce the in fant and maternal death rate, Dr. George M. Cooper, head of the educa tional division of the Board of Health said today. So far, during the first nine months of this year from January 1 through September, there have been 4.568 in fant deaths, as compared with only 3.751 in the same nine months in 1933, an increase of 817 for the same period of last year, Dr. Cooper point | - 1 (Continued on l’age Four) LABOR BOARD HAG HARD JOB IN HAND IN THE A. & P. ROW Controversy Over Closing of 300 Stores in Cleveland Proves Hard Nut To Crack RAYON SYMPATHY STRIKE Workers In Three States Called To Join Passaic and New York Groups Already Out; Renewed Efforts Os Leaders on Both Sides for Peace Fail Washington, Oct. 30 (AP) A stren uous effort to save President Roose velt’s industiial truce from going to smash started today. The National Labor Relations Board dropped everything to confer with both sides in the row involving the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company in Cleveland. Other agencies kept sharp watch on half a dozen industrial sore spots. The controversy that led the A. & P. to close its 300 stores in Cleveland, throwing more than 2.000 persons out of work, apparently gave the labor board one of its hardest nuts to crask. As company officials and labor lead ers gathered here for today’s confer ence, word went out that the giant grocery concern lias no intention ever to return to Cleveland. RAYON DYERS CALLED TO STRIKE IN THREE STATES Paterson, N. J., Oct. 30 (.AP) —Union leaders sought today to extend their tie-up of silk dying plants to Penn sylvania and Rhode Island centers of the industry. A strike called to 10,000 workers in Belvedere and Oxford, N. J., Sunbury, Shamokin, Williamsport and Allen town, in Pennsylvania, and Provi dence, R 1., was issued last night by the Federation of Silk and Rayon Dy ers and Finishers of America. Twenty-thousand dyers in the Passaic valley and 10,000 toilers in Metropolitan New York walked out Thursday. The Pennsylvania and Rhode Is land workers have been invited to strike “later this week.” Renewed efforts of strike leaders and employers to reach an agreement collapsed yesterday. Southeast Parts Os State Burned By Forest Fires Ruleigh. Oct. 30 (AP) —Forest fires burned over portions of sou theastern North Carolina last night an dtoday, and W. C. Mc- Cormack, assistant State forester, issued a warning this afternoon that severe losses from the ‘‘red demon” may be expected unless all possible means are taken to prevent flames in the woodlands. Throughout last night, Mr. Mc- Cormick directed the efforts of foresters, CCC workers and resi dents of the section as they bat tled and subdued a forest fire be tween Fayetteville and Elizabeth town, which reached unusually large proportions. But He Is Not Man Sought In Stoll Kidnaping In Kentucky Bay City. Mich., Oct. 30. </l J > —A man who called at the post office for a letter addressed to Thomas H. Robin son was taken into custody today by a deputy United States marshal and officials here said they understood ?re was wanted for questioning about a forgery case in New Orleans. The officers said the request for Robinson’s arrest came from the United States secret service office in Detroit. The similarity of names and the fact that the arrest was ordered by Federal agents gave rise to the early belief that the man sought might ae ■ (.Continued on Page Four) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY* Government Turns From Dole To Get Jobs For The Idle After Air Record •y.iyyV; y; •• : • miingniflifimii .; :^SP*4O| *. ’j?'. BSgSKp^ T jiir Ta adßß*. iHB W Jgj Lieut. Cathcart Jones vtop) and Ken Waller (below) took off from Melbourne for London in an attempt to better the speed mark set by Scott and Black in the England- Australia air marathon. They fin ished fourth in the marathon. (Central Press) DOUGHTONANDHOEY WILE NOT BOTH RUN Swing Back To Conservat ism or Further to Liber alism to Decide DOUGHTON IS LIBERAL Hoey, Moreover, Is Inseparably Link ed With Conservative Group In State; New Deal In State Being Demanded Daily Dispatch llureaa. In (lie Sir Waller Hotel, By J. C, Masker»llle. Raleigh, Oct. 30. —While it is gen erally conceded that Congressman Robert L. Doughton and Clyde R .Hoey are undoubtedly considering be coming candidates for the Democra tic nomination for governor in 1936, the opinion in most political circles here is that they will not both beconm candidates and oppose each other for the nomination. There has been muen discussion here recently as to whether both of these men will seek the gov ernorship. Mr. Hoey was here yester day and has been here several times within the past two or three weeks, (Continued on Page Four) Jailors Where Dillinger Escaped Are In Custody Crown Point, Ind., Oct. 30. (/P) — Lewis Baker, warden at the Crown Point jail, and Ernest Brunk, finger print expert, were taken Into custody early this morning by Deputy Attor ney General Ray Edward Barce for questioning in connection with the escape of the late John Dillinger from the jail last March 3. Barce, accompanied by three loads of State policemen and other officers, took Baker and Blunk to an unan nounced destination. Other than to say that eac.k ixutft y. as taken into. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY New Emphasis Placed On Work and Loans as An other Rigorous Win ter Approaches UNEMPLOYMENT IS TO BE WIDESPREAD Direct Tax on Payrolls Is Looked Upon as Means of Robbing Depression of Some of Its Horrors; Ex pansion of Public Works Is Considered Washington Oct. 30. (AP* Philip B. Fleming acting public works administrator denied today publishing reports (not carried by . The Associated Press) that the Public Works Administration is recommending to the President that 12 billion dollars five billion otf which would bo for low cost housing, be expended over a five year period to continue the public works program. * * - Washington. Oct. 30. (/p)—The gov ernment, facing another winter of widespread unemployment, placed new emphasis today on work and loans rather than a dole. Beyond that it looked into the fu ture and worked on a plan for a direct tax on payrolls to support unemploy ment insurance designed to rob the depression of some of its terrors. The PWA and the Federal Relief Adminitration were known to bo studying an expansion of public works and work relief. As bitter winds heralded the coming of winter, offi cials hurried to lit projects on which thousands and thousaands of men could be put to work quickly if the plan meets the approval of President Roosevelt and Cgres. Five Men In Bank Affair Bound Over Raleigh Men Waive Exam in ati on At Wendell In At - tempted Robbery Wendell, Oct. 30 (AP>-Five Ral eigh men charged with the attempted robbery of the vault of the Bank of Wendell early last Saturday waived examination at a preliminary hearing in Recorder’s court here today and were bound over to Wake Superior Court under bond of $7,500 each. The five men are: Lawton B. (Crip) Wilson, 36; James A. Waller, 35; J. E. Johnson, 55; Eugene Albright, 32; and Robert (Red) Fowler, 32. The hearing before RecorderJW_A. Brame took about 20 minutes. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Partly cloudy tonight and Wed nesday; not much change In tem perature. custod for questioing in connection with DillingePs escape, the deputy p.t>- lorney general withheld, comment. Dillinger escaped from *Wie Crown Point jail iby using a wooden gun. He was shot; to death in Chicago last July 22 by Federal officers as he left a motion picture show. Deputy Attorney General Barce has been investigating the notorious band’s escape for several months. Barce said a number of other per sons will be taken into custody dur ing the day. He said he could nst reveal details of his action.