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HENDERSON GATEWAY to CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-SECOND YEAR ITALY DEFIES INTERFERENCE OF POWERS Conferees Drop Inheritance Levies Front Roosevelt’s New Tax Bill AGREEMENT MADE OVER LEVIES. THUS HASTENING CLOSE House Expected To Act Thursday Senate Soon Afterwards, Per mitting Adjournment HOPSON FAMILY HAD TREMENDOUS PROFIT More Thin $3,187,000 from 1929 to 1933, Inclusive; No Agreement Reached Yet on Utility Holding Bill Abolition Clause; Probe of Prices Looked For Washington. Aug. ?0 (API— Senate an a House conference com mittee members todav reached an agreement on the 5250.000.000 tox bill, leaving: out the new inherit ance levies proposed by PresL dent Roosevelt. Washington. Aug. 20— (AP) —A fi nal agreement between the House and Senate conferees on the bill increas ing taxes on large incomes coincided today with revelation that the utili ties executive, Howard C Hopson, ar.d his family drew profits of $3.- 187.000 from 1929 to 1933, inclusive. Adjustment of differences between the two houses on the tax bill was regarded by leaders as a major step toward adjournment this week. The compromise measure departs in several respects from President Roosevelt's recommendatioons. leav. ing out the new inheritance levies he proposed. The conferees' report pro bably will be acted upon by the House Thursday and by the Senate soon afterward. Profits taken by Hopson and his family from the Associated Gas and Electric System were disclosed by the (Continued on Page Eight.) 3 Killed As Plane Falls In Mountains Glendo, Woy., Aug. 20.— (AP)— Bodies of three Indianapolis resi dents, apparently killed instantly when their private plane crashed against the side of Laramie peak, 40 miles from here, were found beside the wreekage of the ship by members of a searching party this morning. Glendo, Wyo., Aug. 20.—(AP)— Weary scaled treacherous Laramine hunting among its crags (Continued on Page Eight.) BarlsTold Constitution To Be Issue Harvard Expert Ad dresses Tar Heels Aboard Ship On ■Summer Cruise Aboard S. S. Reliance, Off Halifax, *' cva Scottia, Aug 20 (AP)—Thomas R & f“d Powell, professor of constitu tional law at Harvard University told rruising members of the North Caro ;‘ na Bar Association today that ’tour i 3 destined to be a wide put>_ ' !c discussion of whether we want to -mend the Constitution in order to Hdow Congress with wider powers f r.an the Supreme Court has accord ed it.” I >r Powell’s address was delivered aboard this vessel this morning as r r North Carolinians sailed soutn " arr -i on tne last leg of their sum rn,' r convention cruise. Yesterday the Tar Heel barriers isiier] Grand Pre in the heart of Evangeline country, and last •night topped off a strenuous day Vyiil ' 1 n> r-tion aboard ship. mtndttKttti 43atm Dispatch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. WIR ® BBRVICH OF ’ ABSOCIATBD PHBB*. “Last Roundup” for Rogers and Pos t In Alaska Goldstein Post Bea h Crosson Rogers Last pictures taken alive of Will Rogers and Wiley Post at Juneau, Alaska, show them with Mayor I. Goldstein of Juneau and others before their take off to Dawson. Yukon territory. The mayor is at Body Os Post Is Flown To His Oklahoma Home For Last Service There Meanwhile, Thousands Wait To Pay Homage To Will Rogers in Los Angeles, Where Bodies Are Brought From Fatal Alaskan Crash; Funeral on Thursday Los Angles, Cal., Aug. 20.—(AP)— In the darkened cabin of a transport plane the body of Wilev Post began its last aerial voyage today while thousands waited to pay final hom age to Will Rogers, who met death with the aviator in tragic Alaskan air crash. The body of the famous humorist lay in a Glendale mortuary awaiting public and private funeral services Thursday, as the huge plane sped to ward Oklahoma City, where services for Post will be held. Aboard the plane, which took off at 6 a. m. (9 a. m eastern standard LEAGUE FORMING 10 SAVE CONSTITUTION Starts In South and May Be Able To Exercise Bal ance of Power By CHARLES P. STEWART Washington, Aug. 20. —Reports of what is to be known as a “Constitu tional league,” in process of forma tion. are drifting in Washington from Dixie and it doesn’t seem to be al together confined to Dixie, either. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia and John Henry Kirby of Texas lum ber magnate and former president of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association (both Dixielanders) are mentioned as prominent among its. sponsors. Similarly mentioned, how ever, is ex-Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri, which isn't so unqualifiedly a southern state. The incipient league apparently s not intended to figure as an out.and out party, but rather to serve as a strong influence in the shaping oJ Democratic policies. againist new deal It is obvious that its principles will be anti-New Dealerish. It will not, necessarily, be anti (Continued on Page Three.) FAIRMONT REPORTS AVERAGE OF $26.69 Fairmont, Aug. 20 (^ P) s>"'5 > "' ficial figures disclosed today that the Fairmont tobftcco market sold over 1,000,000 pounds Monday at an average of $26.60. the biggest sale and highest averages of the season. Sales were 1,048,.8b WHMW «*» were ex p.™"” today and tomorrow. HENDERSON, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 20, 1935 tne left next to Post, and Rogers is at extreme right next to Joe Crosson, the flyer chosen to bring the bodies back to the United States. Center, Rex Beach, writer of several novels on life in Alaska. time), were Colonel Lowrence L. Young, air lines executive; Joe Cros son, who brought the bodies from Alaska; William A. Winston, chief pilot; J. L. Fleminh, junior pilot; T. W Dowling, radio operator, and En gineer Tom Ward Only a few persons were present when the big ship took off from the airport—the same flying field from which Post started many aerial ad ventures, including the one which ended in death for him and Rogers. The flight was expected to take about seven ond one half hours, with re-fueling stops at Albuquerque, N. M., and probably Amarillo, Texas. DETROIT IS AGAIN GREAT Ml TOWN But Vast Motor Expansion May Mean More Mach ines To Do the Job By LESLIE EICHEL New York, Aug. 20.—Detroit again is the “boom town” of the nation, according to a Wall Street news item. But —this is not mentioned —all is not pure heaven there. The 50-million-dollar spending pro. gram of General Motors will permit fewer men to turn out the same a mount of work. (That is inevitable within any industry that progresses.) And there is a long labor struggle ahead —probably not a strike, for or ganized labor is not strong in De troit, taut a long struggle over organ ization. The American Federation of Labor is trying to appear as the dominant union force in the motor Industry, but whether it will emerge as that is even money. .Deibor organization jn Detroit is difficult because of the large influx of men from low wage -.-egions. WINNING WITH THE MACHINE The new question is not how to (Continued on Page Three.) KENTUCKY ADJUTANT UNDER INDICTMENT Harlan, Ky., Aug. 20.—(AP)— Bench warrants for the arrest of Adjutant General Denhardt. head of the Kentucky National Guaro, were issued by Circuit Judge James M. Gilbert today imme diately after an indictment charg ing criminal contempt was re turned by the Harlan county grand jury. < REAL:SCARE INTO DEMOCRAT CHIEFS Hoey arrd Graham Camps Not Under-Rating Cam paign of Winston Col lege Professor BIG BUSINESS HAS LOT TO FEAR NOW He Will Give It Jitters and All Types of “Bigness” Ex pected To Oppose Candi dacy; But McDonald Will Rely on His Appeal To Masses of the People ns ilv Bnreim. In rhe Sir Walter Hotel. BY J. C rASKERVILL. RcHeigh, Aug. 20. —(Dr. Ralph M. McDonald, the Winston-Salem col lage professor, who as a member of the 1935 General Assembly alrnost set it by its ears and proved a thorn in the sides of the old guard politicians, has taken the plunge. He is now an announced candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for governor. In making his announcement he upset the dope bucket of many politicians who have maintained all along that McDonald would not ever actually an nounce on the grounds that the odds against him were too great and that he could not possibly hope to defeat both Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, re garded by many as the heir apparent (Continued on Page Four.) Controversy BetweenTwo Navy Chiefs Sims Charges Mo rale Breaking; Standley Says Sims Doesn’t, Know Facts Washington, Aug. 20 (AP) A sharp difference appeared today to have developed between two of the navy’s high command, past and pre sent. Attacking the navy’s system of pro motionj Rear Admiral William S. Sims, war-time commander, wrote in the Atlantic Monthly that navy mo rale was “continually declining,” and (Continued on Page Eight.) Ethiopia Hastens War Preparations In Great Secrecy Cartridge Factory Complet ed To Supply Ammuni tion, Now Army’s Greatest Weakness FUNDS TO PURCHASE ABROAD ARE SOUGHT W omen Clamor for Admis sion into Army To Defend Their Country, and Even Children Go Through Drills; Selassie Still Pins His Faith in League Addis Ababa, Aug. 20.—(AP) Ethiopia hurried its war preparations in secret today. A cartridge factory was completed in Addis Ababa to remedy the army’s most serious weakness—lack of am. munition Troop movements were carefully camouflaged. Army divisions were or /#red to keep away from the Addis Ababa Djibouti railroad, Ethiopia’s only modern system of communica tion with the outside world. Large concentrations of military forces were not permitted close to the capital. Outwardly there were few signs of mobilization, in conformity with Em peror Haile Selassie’s order that there should not be evidence of arming un til all peace efforts had been exhaust ed. Nevertheless, here and there scat tered tribesmen were seen armed with antiquated rifles. The cartridges frequently were too large for the bore. Children, too, were carrying o» (Continued on Page Eight.) Smithfield Kidnap Trial Is Ready To Be Given to Jury Smithfield, Aug. 20.—(AP)—Argu ments in the trial of eight persons here for allegedly kidnaping three young women and taking' them to New York for immoral purposes wert completed before lunch, and the jury is expected to receive the case about four o’clock. Judge W. A. Devin, said he would charge the jury when the court re sumed at 2 o’clock, and estimated around two hours would be required. Alex Beasley, six of his daughters and his son-in-law are charged witn kidnaping the three girls and taking them to New York for immoral pur poses. The trial has been under way for more than a week. I roosMll PLEASESRALEIGH State Officials Elated Over Results In Western North Carolina Dnlly Ddtpntoh In «»- Wnlter Hotel. BY J. C. UASKERVILL. ißaleigh, here today were jubilant at the re sult of the Roosevelt popularity poll which has been conducted by The Asheville Citizens-Times, announced for the first time in the Sunday Cit izen, which showed a vote of more than two to one in favor of the renomination and re-election of President Roosevelt for a second term. The poll was taken in 21 western counties, many of them nor mally heavily Republican. But the figures show that out of a total of 7,755 votes cast in the poll, 5.255 fav ored the re-election of the President for another term, while only 2,500 voted against the re-election of Roose velt . Most of the state officials com (Continued on Page Two ) WiTHiF for north crolina. Probably showers tonight and Wednesday; not much change in temperature. KVffiRY AFTBRNOOV RXCHPT BUNDAt Runs For Governor SIS h Hk,- JRll mmm DB. RALPH W. MCDONALD BRITAIN LOOM CRISIS AS GRAVEST SINCE 1914 EVENT Cabinet Members Hurry Home for Emergency Meeting To Consider Course To Take SMALLER NATIONS ENGULFED BY FEAR If League Cannot Save Eth iopia, Their Fate May Fol low, Scandinavians Feel; Will Unite in Effort To Save the League From De struction London, Aug. 20.—(AP) —An au thoritative source indicated t|f>- night that Sir Saimuel Hoare, foreign secretary, would ask the British cabinet to adopt a policy of economic and financial action by League of Nations members against Italy if that nation at tacks Ethiopia. London, Aug. 20. (AP) —British ministers hurried home today, quit ting their holidays at continental spas and golf links to face the gravest international crisis since the World War days of August, 1914. An emergency meeting of the cab inet was called for Thursday. A British policy presumably will be established for the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations at Geneva September 4. As the cabinet was summoned be cause of the breakdown of the tri. power conference in Paris, which met to find a solution for Italo-Ethiopian peace, fear swept the smaller nations of Europe. Serged by apprehension that tile League of Nations is on the verge of destruction as a result of Mussolini’s death blow to the Paris parley, the little nations are reported planning (Continued on Page Eight.) Filibuster Begun To Force Vote on Neutrality Plans Wasbnigton, Aug. 20.—(AP) —A filibuster against all administra. tion legislation designed to force action at this session on neutral ity legislation was announced to day by Chairman Nye, of the Sen ate Munitions Committee. Senator Bone, Democrat, Washing ton, will start the filibuster, and Nye will join in, Nye said. He refused to disclose other par ticipants. The developments came shortly after the foreign relations committee Cached an agreement on neutrality legislation, butw ithheld details. O PAGES O TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY MUSSOLINI MOVES DETERMINEDLY TO DISARM ETHIOPIA Will Use His Wealth of Manpower in East Africa and Diplomats Can’t Stop Him VAST MANEUVERING ON AUSTRIAN LINE Half Million Soldiers Join Italian War Games In North; Will Serve as Final Training for Troops To Be Sent Against Ethiopian Tribesmen Soon Paris, Aug. 20.—(AP) —Italy ack nowledged the irevitabliity of war in East Africa today with whet amount ed to defiance to other powers to in terfere with its campaign. Italy openly expressed skepticism that “diplomatic channels” would stop Mussolini from disarming Ethio pia. Baron Pompeo Aloisi, Italy’s dele gate to the crumbled Paris confer ence of representatives, of Italy, France and Great Britain, indicated as he quitted Paris that Mussolini would use his “wealth of man pow. er” in his “disarming’’ drive, osten sibly for protection of Italian col onies. Fear was expressed by French of ficials that the Franco-Italian friend ship, strengthened last January in a Rome conference between Mussolini alnd Laval was shattered. They thought itu nlikely that Italy would (Continued on Page Three.) RECORD POUNDAGE IS SOLD AT LUMBERTON Lumberton, Aug. 20.—(AP) —An all-time record for poundage sold on the Lumberton tobacco mar ket was set yesterday when 675,- 206 pounds were auctioned at an average of $24.89 per hundred. Enemy No, I Threaten ed Big G-Men Washington. Aug. 20 lAF)—Alvin Karpis, ranking public enemy No. 1 has threatened the life of J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the "G-Men’ long hunting him. Newspaper men were told at tha Department of Justice today that the threat was contained in a letter to Hoover from Ohio about a month ago. Hoover himself declined to say any thing on the subject. Sought by Federal agents since the (Continued on Page Eight.) Talmadge In New Attack Upon F. D. R. Says Administration Deliberately En couraging People To Beg for Living Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 20. —(AP) — Governor Eugene Talmadge, of Geor gia, carried his fight against Presi dent Roosevelt into Alabama today, declaring the only chance for a Dem ocratic success in 1936 is “to re pudiate every communistic doctrine advocated by the preent administra. tion and pick new standard-bearers.” The Georgia executive regarded by observers as himself having an eye on presidency, spoke before the /Traffic and Trancjtyrtation Club, fhere, reiterating (opposition to the’ policies on the administration, par ticularly on agriculture and relief. Talmadge accused the administra (Continued on Page Two.)