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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-SECOND YEAR EHHNGHAUS REFUSES TO PARDOH LUKE LEA U. S. -Soviet Trade Accord To Treble Value Os Trade Between The Two Nations SOVIET WILL MAKE PURCHASES IN U. S. OVER 130,000,000 “Most Favored Nation’' Treatment To Be Ac corded Russia by the United States EXCHANGE OF NOTES BRING AGREEMENT All Benefits of Similar Ac cord? Already Negotiated By Washington With Oth er Nations To Accrue To Soviet; Ends Estrangement Os Eighteen Years Moscow. July 13. (API —Russo- Arr.erican negotiations at Washington have come to a successful conclusion in the form of a Soviet-American ; trade agreement it was officially stat ed here today. Details of the agreement were ex pected to be made known this after noon. An exchange of notes between for eign Minister Maxim Litvinoff and American Ambassador William C. Bullitt today culminated the negotia tions. They are understood to pro. vide for a temporary agreement and the granting to the U. S. S. R. ot most favored nation treatment. AGREEMENT IS EXPECTED TO TREBLE TRADE VOLUME Washington, July 13.—(AP) — The United States and Soviet Russia to (Continued on Page Five > COLTICONSIMED ABOVE JUNE, 1934 But Active Spindles for Month Considerably Less This June Washington, July 13.—(AP) —Cot- ton consumed during June was re. ported today by the Census Bureau to have totalled 385,946 bales of lint and 61.905 bales o's TmTers. compared with 469.250 and 65.501 during May this vear, and 3F3.262 and 54,587 dur ing June last year. Imports for June totalled 6.403 bales, compared with 10.423 for May this year, and §7751 for June last year. Exports for June totalled 344,955 bales of lint and 19.006 of linters, com pared with 278,977 and 21,910 for May this year, and 45.226 and 14,363 for June last year. '• Cotton spindles active during Jun® numbered 22,790,200, compared with 23.027,780 during May fins year and 24,621,334. during June Tast year. New Cases Paralysis Number 14 Raleigh, July 13 (AP)—The State Board of Health today received re ports of 14 additional cases of infan tile paralysis in Nofth Carolina, but nine of them occurred in June and had been delayed in the local counties, it was pointed out. The new reports made 364 cases for this year over the State, but only around 100 are still in the contagious stage. TEN NEW CASES REPORTED FOR THE DAY IN VIRGINIA Richmond, Va.. July 13 (AP)—Ten new cases of infantile parilysis was reported to the State Health Depart ment today, five of them from coun ties which had not previously record ed a case of the disease. The addition i aised to 57 the num bei reported since July 1, and boosted the total since June 1 to 109. Hiutityrsmt Bmlu iltsrmtrlt ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. * Telephone "Trust” Inquisitor m*j •• -a-*' " ' . >•:.•s£ Ferdinand Pecora, who became headline inquisitor in 1933 a* special counsel of Senate’s inquiry into Wall Street activities, is slated to resign as New York Supreme Court justice to become Federal Communications Commission counsel in investigation of American Telephone & Telegraph Co., world’s largest corporation. (Central Press) New PWA Set-Up For State Shot Through By Politics Announcement of District Directors Looks Like Con gressmen Trying To Assure Their Re-Election; Coan Is Able But He Knows His Politics Dfitly Dispatch Bnrearn, Id the S|r Walter Hotel, BY J. C.* BASKERVILL, Raleigh, July 13. —Does WPA stand for Works Progress Administration or Works Politics Administration? Does this new Federal organization, whose running gear has just been re vealed through the announcement of the eight district directors and their assistants in North Carolina, have the relief of the unemployed in the State as its basic objective, or the relief of the relief workers and the re-election of members of Congress as its prin cipal aim? Is the WPA the answer to Automobile Strikes Tree Near Linz; Chauffeur Is Badly Injured Vienna, July IB. —(AP) —The Austrian cabinet decided tenta tivly today! to to Chan cilor Kirk Scheusehnigg that he quit office for an xtnded vaca tion as th rsult of an automobil accident in which the chancellor s wife was killed and he was in jured. Vienna, July 13. (AP)-Mme. Schussnigg, wife of the Austrian chancellor, was killed and her son badly injured in an automobile acci dent near Linz today. The chancellor was reported uninjured, but in a hos pital at Linz An official communique said the (Continued on Pago Four) "WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy, with showers to night and possibly in extreme east portion Sunday morning: slight ly cooler tonight in west portion. LEASED WIRE SERVICE OJT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. HENDERSON, N. C. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 13, 1935 the relief clients prayer or to th® sup plications of the patronages seekers and the politicians? There is no doubt among most ob servers here that, regardless of what style of body may later be mounted on the new WPA chassis, that this chassis is undoutedly of the the lat est 1935 political model, constructed with a very definite view to assist, ing in the re-election of the present members of Congress. Many of the parts and appliances tried out in the old CWA and ERA machines have (Continued on Pago Eight) FRICTION CAUSE OF PURVISRESIGMfNG J. Edgar Hoover, Head of “G-Men”, Refuses To Comment on Incident Washington, July 13 —(AP) —A sug gestion that dissension between Di rector J. Edgar Hoover and Melvin H. Purvis, ace of the Chicago force of “G.Men,” was .behind Purvis’ re signation went unconfirmed here to day at the Justice Department. After telephoning Hoover at At lantic '(City late yesterday,* Justice officials said: “Purvis has resigned and Mr. Hoov er sees no reason for comment,” One source* declining to he quoted by name, said, however, that friction between Hoover and Purvis wa£ known to exist. Several months ago, Hoover hotly denied that Purvie had been relieved as agent - in charge at Chicago, say ing: “That’s 100 percent wrong.” Persons familiar with the work of the “G-Men” report the job has dis advantages. A special agent is on call 24 hours a day, and frequently is shifted back and forth among divi sion points, sometimes as often as thre times in a year. _ Sees U. S. Dictator iJIII 11IIS vs. : .., Karl Radek, Soviet editor whose declarations reflect official views, is telling readers of Russian press that a dictatorship of middle class origin will be set up in U. S. within a short time. <Centro). Frees) amlicadlalT FULL OBSERVANCE OF PEACE TREATY Hull’s Stateme'nt Makes No Mention of Italo-Ethio pian Controversy However. ROME SAYS ITALY NOT VIOLATING IT Meantime, London Specu lates Over Whether or Not , United States Will Join Hands With Britain To Stave Off Hostilities In East Africa Area (By the Associated Press.) The United States took a central role in the Italo-Ethiopian quarrel to day with a statement by Secretary Hull in support of the Briand.Kellogg pact outlawing war. He mentioned neither Italy nor Ethiopia by name, but said Washing ton expected then ations to live up to the treaty. Rome quarters hastened unofficial ly to assert Italy had not violated the treaty, but was the victim of hostile Ethiopian acts. Milifary preparations went forward at a rapid pace. London speculated as to whether (UonLlmiPti on I'Hfo Four) StateWiU Save $35,000 On Coal Bill In the S|r Walter Hotel, Dally Dispatch Bnreas, BY J. C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, July 13.—North Carolina will save from $35,000 to $50,000 this year on its annual coal bill for State institutions and the public schools, as a result q£ the slight decline in coal prices that has resulted since th® death of the NRA, A. ©. Brower, di- I Continued on Pair* Pmir) Balkans To Arm If Hapsburgs Return Bucharest, Roumania, July 18.— (AP) —Foreign Minister Tltueclue announced today after a confer ence with Prince Paul, regent of Yugoslavia, that that if the pro posed restoration of the Hapsbur dynasty! in Austria were carried out, it would mean the automatic mobilization of the Little Eentente armies. “The Little Entente policies with respect to a Hapsburg restoration have been settled on a position basis and mobilization would fol low as a matter of course if the dynasty is re-established in Vien na,” the foreign minister said. He added that a formal state ment probably would be issued In the course of the day. PARTY MOGULS WILL DISCUSS PROSPECTS ON SUNDAY CRUISE Roosevelt, Garner and Far ley Head Party of Prom inent Ones at Ches apeake Club BUSINESS FURTHER PROTESTS NEW TAX U. S. Chamber Urges $400,- 000,000 Expense Slash In stead of Seeking That Much Money in New Taxes; Relief Load Declines In Some of Major Cities Washington, July 13 —(AP) —Capital interesF today turned to she journey of President Roosevelt. Vice-Presi dent Garner, Postmaster General Far. ley and other Democratic leaders to the Chesapeake Bay fishing grounds of the Jefferson club, an organization of Senate Democrats. < The White House said the President went merely for a week-end of out door recreation, but so many prom inent men were invitd that observers agreed that some of them at least would talk of 1936 prospects and strategy. Both the Senate and House were in recess, but important committees ot both were at work. Before the House Ways and Means Committee the Chamber of Commerce of the United States' renewed its at tack on the Roosevetl tax program. A spokesman for the business organ (Con tinned on Fag* Five) EHRINGHAUS, JOHNSON SIGN STATE’S BONDS Raleigh, July 13 (AP) —Gover- nor Ehringhaus and Treasurer Charles M. Johnson will go to New York tonight to sign 3,304 new North Carolina bonds Monday and deliver them to a syndicate head ed by Lehman Brothers of New York. The $3,304,000 issue of securi ties recently was sold at an all time record low rate of interest, 2.7212 percent. Veneer Operatives At Fayetteville To Demand NRA Pay FayetTevUTeT July 13.—(AP)—(Strik ers and management oil the Lacy (Manufacturing Company, a veneer concern, held a conference this morn ing, but were unable to reach an agreement. Another conference was set for this afternoon at 4 o’clock. Fayetteville, July 15.—(AP) — The plant of the Lacy Manufacturing Company, a veneering concern, was closed late yesterday as the result of a strike on the part of 80 or 100 whit® and Negro workers/ Strikers said theiF objective was the “NRA wage scale of 23 cents an hou.” The management said it had not, been informed of the demands, but that a confrence with the strikers had been arranged for this morning. The plant has been operating on a profit-sharing system of compensa tion. It has not been operating full time for several month® Greene County To Get Liquor Stores As Judge Recants Snow Hill, July 13.—(ARr—Jucfge J. Paul Frizzelle, after a two-hour hearing here today, agreed to modify a restraining order preventing the opening of county liquor stores in Greene to the extent that the stores may be put in operation if the coun. ty commissioners take steps to in demnify the county against any pos sibility of loss in the matter. Walter G. Sheppard, county solici tor and county attorney of Greene county, today presented a petition to Judge J. Paul Frizzelle in superior court here asking that a restraining order issued by the jurist some time ago to prevent the opening of cofcnty liquor stores here, be amended to al low their operation. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOOM EXCEPT SUNDAY, Power Through Air '<4666 • /•' <«888888888& A i|lg§§S§fc mmmsm >■„. >■/ ■■ jf lUi J ‘The greatest achievement of my life,” said Nikola Tesla on his 79th birthday, pictured in New York when speaking of his latest discov ery, a method of sending mechanical impulses to all parts of globe as guide for ships and as indicators of world’s mineral wealth. Impulses ian also be used in time of war to explode bombs anywhere. (Central Pay Boost To High way Employees Dally Dispatch Bnreaa, In the Sfr Walter Hotel. BY £. C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, July 13 —The new wage scale in effect for employes of the State Highway and Public Worxs Commission is giving all employes a substantial increase in pay in all of the various classifications, Chairman Capus M. Waynick said today. The salary schedules in the varlocs class fioations have all been revised and the various employes have all been re.classified. As a result, some em ployes probably will not get a salary increase of 20 per cent, while some who have been placed in higher class ifications are now getting increases of more than 20 per cent, Waynick pointed out. “When the General Assembly wa« (Continued on Page Five) The attorney, acting for the county commissioners, pointed out that the voters, at a special election, had voted by a majority of 141 votes in favor of county operation of liquor stores and county liquor control. John D. Langston, of Goldsboro, ap peared as chief counsel for the dry forces, which secured the original re straining order in opposition to any amendment. A hearing has already been set by Judge Frizzelle on a petition from New Hanover county and the city of Wilmington t 0 vacate the restraining order Judge Frizzelle recently issued there preventing tHe operation of li quor stores. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY GOVERNOR SEES NO PRISONER’S PLEA Former U. S. Senator From Tennessee Serving Term For Asheville Bank Failure EXECUTIVE IS^OT AT ALL CONVINCED Every Point Presented In; Appeal for Clemency Has Been Previously Advanced, Statement Says; Son of Lea and Wallace Davis Have Been Freed Already Raleigh, July 13.—(AP)—Governor Ehringhaus announced today he had declind the petition of Luke Lea, for mer United States senator from Ten. nessee, for a pardon. Lea was sentenced in Asheville af ter his conviction on charges of con spiracy to defraud the Central Bank and Trust Company there. He fought his conviction through every couft at his command and enterd prison on May 5, 1934, to serve his term of six to ten years, though he had been con victed in August, 1931. Luke Lea, Jr., was convicted with his father and entered prison at the same time, but was released last year on parole due to his physical condt tion. Wallace B. Davis, president of the Central Bank, also w’as convicted in the same case, and after one peti tion for elemney was denied in his case, he was freed under parole sev eral weeks ago. Usually in refusing a clemency peti tion, the governor merely announces (Continued on Page Five.) HARWOOD FAILS TO GET LICENSE BACK Raleigh, July 13 (AP) —J. H. Har wood former Bryson City attorney and superior court judge, who served a term in State Prison for destroying State Revenue Department records, today had lost another battle in his long fight to have his law license re stored . The council of the North Carolina State Bar, meeting here yesterday, re fused to restore Harwood’s license. Harwood was sentenced to serve one year on his conviction and was re leased from prison November 2, 1932. Since then he has waged an unsuc cessful fight to have his license re stored. #1«1 Walev Jury Waits Only Charge From Presiding Judge Tacoma, Wash. July 13 lAP) —The Margaret. Waley jury awaitgd only court instructions today before delib erating her guilt or innocence in the $200,000 George Weyerhaeuser kid naping. Defense and prosecution completed arguments before the overnight recess alternately presenting the 19-year-u’d plump bonde as an unwilling partici pant and a remorseless conspirator to the abduction of the little lumber for tune heir. WEALffAXPLAN CANNOT GAIN ENDS Only Way To Get Money Is Broaden Tax Base, Which Politicians Fear By CHARLES P. STEWART Cntral Press Staff Writer Washington, July 13. —As to taxa tion, there are almost _as many schools of thought on Capitol Hill as there are members of Congress. The House of Representatives’ Ways and Megns Committee, trying to make heads and tails out of these varying and conflicting philosophies In the course of its hearings on Presi dent Roosevelt’s “share our wealth” or “soak the rich” or “tax the thrifty” program (to quote a few among the numerous designations it is knwon by), likewise is split in about 25 dif ferent directions —since there are 25 members of the committee. Just what the White House really desires is one problem. For one thing, is It essentially a “share our wealth” program that the executive mansion desires? If so, the plan scarcely promises to be one. It (Continued on Page Five)