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SURPRISE WITNESSES SUPPORT HAUPTMANN’S ALIBI
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Congress Gets Plans To Make United States Supreme In Air
COMMISSION PLANS
10 LEAD THE WORLD
FORMALLY OFFERED
President Also Submits His
Views for Federal Sup
ervision Os All
Transportation
WORK RELIEF BILL
STILL BOTTLED UP
( y 'ate Committee Hears
Statements of Treasury Of
ficials Trying To Satisfy
Senators on How 3,500,000
Men Would Be Put To
Work at Once
\V: hi' :rton. Jan. 31.—(AP» — Now
•i';;.!"■ for putting the United States
.! topnotch world aeronautical posi
•io ■.-,■>:>"> given Congress today bv
D Roosevelt.
\!yi - with specific recommenOa*
~.1 nf hi- special aviation comrais
~u , eelnding proposals for develop*
• -in.--oceanic services. Mr. Rooscv
-nhinitted his own ideas for con
, : Federal supervision over all
firm- us transportation.
T'i message went to Congress,
v 1 ,■ i )md just received a voluminous
r> putt him Joseph B. Eastman, vail
r ul coordinator, urging eonsolida
r. 1 of all transportation regulations '
u ' a re-vamped interstate com
ri.. rc commission. In the near 'uture
; • !’ii sident plans to send still more
tn on this general problem. .
At the Capitol, where members
3 j "d in their legislative work to
'ictr Mr. Roosevelt's words read, in- ,
rest continued on the administra
'u. t 1.550.000.000 work relief bill.
I !• lumji suiti measure still was lock*
cJ ir the Senate Appropriations Com- ,
t'd't'/i' as Treasury spokesmen sought
•w satisfy senators as to how the
(Continued on l*Hge Four)
Troops On
Guard For
Ky. Village
Maiichi -dci. Ky., Jati. 3L.—(AP) — •
Aat ion: j1 Guardsmen and State police j
’■'uli'd into this foothill town today '
i a surprise move to break up what
hljutani General Henry H. Denhardt
°ai|i'd in automobile theft ring head |
hy :i prominent official.*'
hi" force, commanded by Brigadier '
1 eier.il Carter, halted on the out
sort; of Manchester a few minutes
tin long string of 13 National
' aard trucks and a half dozen State
Mice force closed up. A score or
(Continued .in Page Three)
Ask Patrol
Given Over
To Highway
nick Wants State
I‘olice Deprived Os
Necessity of “Col
lecting Revenue”
i
Uidlj ItlNiudoh Marenit.
In (In- Sir Walter Hotel,
J. (. IIASKERVIU,
,ij bi.!i Jan. 31.—The State high
"hv i |f; ti ol should he a State highway
y ’r ■nil not n collection agency for
■i s' t.ocnt o{ Revenue, in the
J {’ 1111 or Chairman Capus M. Way
• >J tin Stnt,, Highway and Pub-
Commission. Ho also be
hn ' wuj patrol should be
oi ■ ui der thed irection of
bv.iiway department and so
1 huself before the Joint
,l ’ diid House committees on
I,n hig its consideration of the
.j‘ 1 vui-.-s license bill.
A |v tl), ‘ fh’st time Chairman
IM,:k hus Iny de ad irect. statement
(Cout. nued on Pngs Thro*j)
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Hruilrrssmt Batly Dispatch
__ UMA DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. *
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'*Tl K A.BSOCIATBI> PRESS.
WIRES ON COURT FLOOD SENATE
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Thi pliolo shows a scene in a tele
graph office of tlie capitol building
in Washington as' attendants were
busily engaged in handling some of
Consolidation Os County
Offices Appears Unlikely
Large Numbers of Office Holders In County Protest To
Legislative Committee Ag airst Measure, Which Will
Likely Be Unfavorably Reported Soon
li.’nl} l>if»|»ii|i'h llnrrnii.
In Ihe ,«l- Wilder llo(el.
Raleigh, Jan. 31 An unfavorable
report on the Vann bill to permit
boards of county commissioners to
consolidate county offices that are
not elective, fix salaries, appoint tax
collectors and otherwise exercise ;
I more stringent control of county fi- j
| nances than they do at present, is ex
pected as a result of the hearing held
here Wednesday afternoon, at which
I several hundred county officials reg
j istered their vigorous protest against :
the bill.
The bill is one of several sponsored
j by the North Carolina Asociation of
I County Commissioners, which they
COUNTY DEBT BILL |
PROBABLY TO FAIL
'Would Add Extra Cent To
Gasoline Tax To Pay
Local Road Debts
Ituilj Horen
In th«- Sir Walter liulei,
Raleigh, Jan. 3L—Another bill to
require the State to assume the great
er part of the bonded road and bridge
debt of the counties, also to increase
; the State tux on gasoline to seven
cents a gallon, with the provision that
• j the revenue from the added cent be
■ turned back to the counties tf> apply
on their road debts, is now .before
l the Senate Committee on Roads. The
bill was introduced Wednesday by
Senator V. A. Browning, of Bryson
City. Swain county.
The bill is slightly different from
the others that have been introduced
((Vmtinued on Page Four)
| EX-AMBASSADOR TO
ITALY PASSES AWAY
New York. Jan. 31.—(API— Richard
Washburn Child, attorney, writer and
former ambassador to Italy, died a
his home early today from pneumonia
Child, who was 54, caught cold sev
-1 eral days ago and the 'cold develope
into pneumonia. He was named am
{ bassador to Italy by President Hard-
The funeral, it was said. Will be
held Saturdy* and interment, win oe
at, Newport, R I
HENDERSON, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 3i, 1935
the thousands of wires dispatched to
senators by citizens giving their views
on adhesion to the World Court. The
majority of telegrams, in response to
indio appeal, were opposed.
maintain will reduce the cost of ope
rating county governments, thus re
duce county taxes and remove the
j agitation for county consolidation.
The bill also had the approval of Gov
ernor J. C. B. Ehringhaus and the
Local Government Commission. It is
j generally conceded that the bill, if
! enacted, would make it possible for
the boards of county commissioners
to greatly reduce county budgets and
eliminate a large number of unneces
sary county offices and office holders.
! It was this phase of the bill which
jis expected to defeat it before the
joint committees on counties, cities
(Continued On Page Four.)
i DRIVER’S LICENSE
UP MONDAY NIGHT
,
Debate Is Arranged For As
Special Order In Senate
At That Time
lmlly Disiiali'h Ilureutt,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Jan. 31.—Debate on the
Statewide driver’s license bill will
open in the Senat Monday night and
tile galleries will be assured of the
first interesting night session since
the General Assembly opened. This
is the first Statewide bill of major
■ importance to be reported out of com
mittee and placed on the calendar in
■ either house.
; Thed river’s license bill was placed
on the Senate calendar Wednesday
' with unanimous favorable report by
the joint roads committees and Sen
ator U. L. Spence, chairman of the
' Senate Roads Committee, suggested
i that the bill be taken up immediately
I so that it might pass its second read
, ing today and its third reading Fri
day. Senator Rivers D. Johnson, of
■ i Duplin county, objected, however, on
| the grounds that the bill was too im
* portant to be rushed through and ask
ed that its consideration be deferred
until Monday night, at which time it
would be made special order—that, is
no other bill will be considered at that
session.
Senator Spence replied that neither
lhe nor the committee members had
any desire to rush the bill through,
but that they did believe it should
be acted on as soon as possible since
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Legislature Gets Measures
For Removing Bridge Tolls
MODIFICATION FOR
DEATH PENALTY IS
BEATEN BY HOUSE
Jonas Bill Snowed Under 69
to 38 To Allow Life Im
prisonment on Jury’s
Request
WOULD BROADEN OUT
SHERIFF AUTHORITY
Hearing oq Measure Set for
Next Tueisday; County At
torneys Iqvited to Hearing
on New Tax Foreclosure
Law; To Speed Revenue
Bill in Committee
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Raleigh, Jan. 31.—(AP>—-Bills to
remove tolls from the bridges over
the Chowan river and Edenhouse
Point and the Cape Fear river at
Wilmington were reported favorably
today by the joint General Assembly
Committee on Roads, with the group
announcing its intention to carry the
measures to the floors of the division
where quickest action can be secur
ed.
No action was taken on other pro
posals to lift bridge tolls.
Senate Judiciary Committee No. 1
voted this morning to invfte all sher
iffs of the State interested in bills pro
posing to extend their jurisdiction be
yond their home county lines and to
create a State radio communications
(ContiniifM! ou Page Fbur)
Levees On
River Are
Patroled
Glendora. Miss.. Jan. 31 (AP) —
Levees in the Tallahatchie basin to
day bristled with guns as guards
shouldered arms to prevent dynamit
ing by panic-stricken dwellers of
flooded lands.
Fighting against the on-coming
flood that was turned loose by the
Cold Water river in the north Mis
sissippi delta ten days ago, inundat
ing a score of towns and communi
ties in its rampage southward, the
towns of Glendora, Webb and Sumner
battled desperately to keep dry.
Four to five fete of water covered
the three towns during the 1932 flood
of the Tallahatchie river, but observ
ers anticipate no such height from
the present water, and predict a flood
crest without serious damage in this
vicinity Friday or Saturday.
Sales Tax
Substitute
In Reserve
Antis Likely To Of
fer It On Legislative
Floors; Hearing Is
Accorded
Onily Diispntck Unreal,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY C. A. PAUL.
Raleigh. Jan. 31 —Failure to present
to the joint finance committee a defi
nite substitute for the sales tax was
the outstanding point in the hearing
of the N. C. Merchant’s Association
before that group.
A definite threat of a substitute, al
ready famed, to come at a later date
when the revenue bill reaches the
floor of the lower house was voiced
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CHILD MAY BE BROUGHT TO TRIAL
ji»
.-.fPlfflf ~~ !l|f Jp; "■' • | tip
f'3 Jjj ||fl| A % *
Mr*. Hauptmann and Mann fried
Defense attorneys for Bruno
Hauptmann, on trial in Fleming- 1
ton, N. J,, for the slaying of the !
Lindbergh baby, announced an es- j
fort would be made to bring the i
defendant’* little ’•oil. Mahnfried. i
Tb Probe Alleged
News Censorship
Washington, Jan. 31 (AP)—A
new attempt, was in prospect to
day to speed the resolution for a
congressional investigation of
charges that the administration is
censoring news.
Representative Dees, Democrat,
Texas, author of the resolution, said
he would ask Chairman O’Connor.
Democrat, of New York, of the
House Ways and Means Committee
to set a special date for a hearing
on the press investigation.
House Demoeoratic leaders have
declined, for the most part, to ex
press their reaction to the investi
gation. although Speaker Byrns
said he “would not object to it.”
LIM lOWwork period
Production Bound To De
» Cline if Hours Much
Further Shortened
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington, Jan. 31. —The question
“What is the proper length of a
working day?” has become one of
the hardest fought issues at the cur
rent session of congress.
Obviously it is a question which
can be accurately answered only by
experimentation.
Debate cannot solve thu problem.
The lawmakers are trying to ac
complish it by debate.
A COMMUNITY CAPACITY
To begin with, it must toe agreed
that no community is capable of over
producing. It can produce, of some
things, more than it can consume or
dispose of, while neglecting to pro
(Continued on Page Four)
MCATIIER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair and not quite so cold to
night; Friday fair and warmer.
FOR HENDERSON.
For 24-hour period ending at
noon today: Highest temperature,
43: lowest, 12: no rain; northeast
Yi iFd' ole-,-. „
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY,
into the courtroom. The child i*
pictured with his mother and a
police dog pet at the boarding
house where Mrs. Hauptmann and
her son hav« been Haying in
Flemington.
Laurence Wilder, Shipbuild
er Who Got Left, Tells
of Alleged Hyde
Park Meeting
AWARDS WERE MADE
EXACTLY UPON BIDS
Says “Big Three” Compan
ies Had Asked $12,000,000
Per Ship, But One of Them
Took One Job at $8,300,-
000; Two Admirals Weint
To Hyde Park
Washington, Jan. 31. —(AP) — The
opinion that political pressure applied
on the navy ater a conference at Hyde
Park had brought naval shipbuilding
contract awards in 1933 at greatly in
creased prices was given the Senate
Munitions Committee today by Laur
ence R. Wilder, a shipbuilder.
“The awards were made exactly as
bid,” Wilder testified, referring to
previous assertions that the “big
fPontinno/i • m PqgA Tbroft.)
Louis Kiss
Backer For
Alibi Claim
Flemington, N. J., Jan. 31.—(AP)—
A second surprise alibi witness told
the Lindbergh murder jury today lie
saw Brun Richard Hauptmann in the
Bronx on the night Baby Charles A.
Lindbergh, Jr., was kidnaped and
slain more t)}an 60 miles away.
The witness was Louis Kiss, a silk
artist. He said he saw the accused
man in Christian Fredericksen’s
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TODAY
five CENTS COPY i
DEFENDANT PLACED
IN BRONX CAFE ON'
KIDNAPING NIGHT
Several Defense Witnesses
Testify to Hauptmann’s
Presentee at Bakery-
Restaurant
STATE ATTEMPTS TO
SHOW BAD MEMORIES
One of Them Read Testi
mony and Called Defense
Chief Sunday Night; Wo
man Who Offered Testi
mony for State Found
Bound in Burning Beauty
Parlor
Flemington, N. J., Jan. 31. —(AP)—
Bruno Ricliard Hauptmann's alibi for
then ight Baby Charles A. Lindbergh,
Jr., was kidnaped and slain was twice
again supported today by witnesses.
The fourth person to- testify that he
saw Hauptmann in the Bronx on the
night of March 1, 1932, when the
Lindbergh baby was stolen more than
60 miles away, was August van Hen
ke, who admitted on cross-examina
tion that he ran a speakeasy then,
andu sed the name of Wunstorih.
He followed Louis Kiss, who also
admitted bootlegging, and who said
he saw Hauptmann in the bakery res
taurant of Christian Fredericksen the
night of March 1, 1932.
Hauptmann’s defense sought today
to break the State’s circumstantial
murder chain with a third alibi wit
ness to place Hauptmann more than
60 miles away from the kidnaping and
murder of Baby Charles Lindbergh,
Jr.
Louis Kiss said he saw' Hauptmann
in Christian Frederickesen’s Bronx
bakery-restaurant shortly after 8 p.
m. the night of March 1. 1932. His
word supported the testimony given
before him by Elbert Karlstrom, 27-
year-old carpenter’s helper, and Mrs.
Anna Hauptmann, wife of the defen
dant.
Mean while, in New York, a woman
.
(Contilined nil Foge Three*
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Investigate Bus
Crash Hurting 19
School Children
Wilmington, Jan. 31 (AP) An in
vestigation was expected to be laun
ched today of the overturning of a
school bus on a highway near Rocky
Point in Fender county late yester
day which resulted in injuries to 19
students.
Doris Armstrong, 17, a senior In.
Burgaw highg school, suffered lacera
tions on her right arm, and Norman
Miller, a. student, in the same school,
suffered cuts on his face and arms.
The other students were shaken up
bruised but not seriously hurt.
The bus, driven by Elbert Haley, 18.
a student, left the road and ran into
a ditch.
Witness Os
State Gets
Close Call
Found Gagged and
Trussed in Burning
Beauty Parlor After
Her Statement
New York, Jan. 31 (AP)—Fan
etfce Riclikin, 23-year-old propriet
ress of a Bronx beauty parlor,
who had offered to testify for the
prosecution in the Hauptmann
trial was found today gagged and
trused in her burning establish- '
ment, the apparent victim of an )
attempt at murder.
When she was recived after nearly
an hour’s work over her, she started
babbling hysterically.
“I’ll say I don’t know. I’m not go
ing to tell. I sw-ear” she cried out
several times.
Two days ago a New York news
paper carried an interview with Mrs.
Rivkin, in which she said that Mrs.
Bruno Hauptmann used tq. come to
her shop for beauty treatment and
that $lO and S2O tips were common
place with her.
At Flemington, Attorney Gi r ral
David T. Wilentz said he had .• c
determined whether nr w* .-idl
nroniur^ 3 ?