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HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
twenty-second yeah
TOBACCO FARMERS PROTEST 10 GOVERNOR
Smaller Nations
Os Europe Backing
Stand By Britain
England Takes Strong Posi
tion Against Italian Coin,
quest of Ethiopian
Country
ITALY DETERMINED
UPON WAR, HOWEVER
Meantime, Spain Moves To
Defend Her Possessions In
Mediterranean: Efforts To
Find Diplomatic Solution
of Problem Continue, But
Results Are Scant
(By the Associated Press.)
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
added his gratitude today for
Britain’s stand in the League of Na
tions for a supporting movement
given that stand by a group of Eu.
rope's small nations.
“The tide seems to have turned.”
said the king of kings. “We face the
future with renewed confidence.”
Great Britain's opposition to ax*
Italian conquest of Ethiopia was sup
ported by representatives of the
Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden,
the latter apparently with the back
ing of Norway and Denmark.
Representatives of these countries
told the Assembly of the League of
Nations they decried armed invasion
and announced they stood firmly for
the League principle of non-aggres-
Gion.
Their speeches were considered af
firmation of the British stand ex
pressed yesterday by Sir Samuel
Hoare, Brtiish foreign secretary.
The cabinet of Spain decided in
Madrid to increase its precaution re
garding the Baelearis, the Spanish is
land group in the Mediterranean.
While the speeches were being
made public in the League of Nations,
efforts continued among League dip
lomats to reach an agreement with
Italy on a method of procedure by
which the threat of war could be
averted, but favorable reports on the
progress of these negotiations were
noticeably lacking. Despite these ef
forts, military preparations went for.
ward in the Mediterranean area.
ITALY IS DETERMINED TO
GO TO WAR REGARDLESS
Rome, Sfcpfc. ljf.—(AP)—Wtell in
formed ources said today that Italy
will go ahead with her Ethiopian cam
paign, no matter what attitude
France may adopt.
Although much anxiety is expressed
on the eve of the projected speech by
Premier Laval of France in the Lea
gue of Nations, these sources said
Hair was now determined not to
swerve from a war regardless as in
evitable.
G. A. R. Votes for
Joint Reunion at
Gettysburg, 1938
Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 12.
(AP) — The Grand Army of the
Republic voted today, after a bit
ter fight, to accept Pennsyivanias
invitation to a joint meeting of
Union and Confederate veterans
in 1938 on the Gettysburg battle
field.
Confederate veterans last mon
th voted to accept the invitation.
Hopkins Is
Winner Over
Ickes Views
President Leans To
Idea of Jobs Where
Possible, But Jobs
at Any Price
Hyde Park, N. Y., Sept. 11.—(AP)
—President Roosevelt re-mapped hie
gigantic worfcs relief program today
‘ o meet declared recovery conditions
at a conference with his principal
lieutenants.
All chief, including the two op
ponents, Secretary Ickes, public works
administrator, and Harry L. Hopkins,
works progress administrator, were
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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OP NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
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Allen J. Ellendor
One of the chief contenders for the
throne which was occupied by Sena
tor Huey P. Long in Louisiana will be
Allen J. Ellender, above speaker of
the Louisiana house. Ellender desires
to be elected governor. So do James
A. Noe, lieutenant governor, and
Wlade Martin, public service commis
sioner. Governor O. K. Allen is ex
pected to resign, whereupon Noe
would become governor and would
appoint Allen to fill Senator Long s
unexpired term. This will give Noe
an advantage in the gubernatorial
primary, which Ellender probably will
contest.
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Henry Rogers, Jr., Standard
Oil Heir, Held for Death
In His Home
CHARGE IS TECHNICAL
Evelyn Hoey, Famous on Broadway
and in Paris, Is Found With Bul
let Hole Through Her
Left Side.
Westchester, Pa., Sep-. 11.—
(AP) — Chief County Detective
Frances Grubb, said today Henry
H. Rogers, Jr., held on a charge
of suspicion of murder in the
fatal shooting of torch singer
Evelyn Hoey, would not be releas
ed in bail, although District At
torney William Parke had an
nounced earlier Rogers would be
permitted to post SI,OOO.
Dowington, Pa., Sept. 12.—(AP)—
Evelyn Hoey, blonde torch singer of
Broadway and Paris, was found shot
to death early today at the farm
home of 29-year-old Henry H. Rogers,
Jr., son of the late Standard Oil multi
millionaire.
Rogers was brought here on a tech.
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A. & nUnager
COMES NEXT WEEK
H. P. Crowell Expected
From Maine To Take
Over State Railroad
* Dally Dispatch Bireat,
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
B7 J. O: BASKERXILi).
Raleigh, Sept. 12—The new general
manager for the Atlantic and North
Carolina railroad, better known as
the “Mullet” line, will arrive here by
the middle of next week to assume
active charge of operating this rail
road for the company in which the
State of North Carolina owns 72 per
cent of the stock, Governor J. C. B.
Ehringhaus announced today. The
new manager of the road is H. P.
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HENDERSON, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON SEPTEMBER 12, 1935
Hauptmann Case
Ruling Deferred
• Trenton, N. J, Sept. 12.—(AP)
—Chancellor Luther A. Campbell
said the court of errors and ap
peals would not rule today on the
Bruno Richard Hauptmann case.
The chancellor Haupt
mann’s appeal from his conviction
as the kidnap.murderer of the
Lindbergh baby had not yet been
considered in the court's confer
ences, and lie did not know wheth
er it would be discussed later to
day during the opening conference
session of the corut’s fall term.
Tlie chancellor is the senior officer
of the court.
SLAYING OF IT
NOW BEING BLAMED
Congressional 'lnvestigation
of Assassination Demand
ed by Louisianan’s
Friends
STATE OFFICES ARE
CLOSED FOR FUNERAL
Governor O. K. Allen Pledg
ed To Carry on Doctrines ol
Late Dictator; His Enemiet
Have Declared They Will
Fight; Investigation Has
Been Promised
Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 12. (AP)
—Leaders of the thousands who loved
Huey Long proceeded today to bury
the assassinated senator and then to
charge there was conspiracy in the
slaying.
The Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith,
chosen to deliver the funeral oration,
first called for a congressional in
ve tigation. He said laist night that
he believed disclosure of the facts
behind the killing would “shake the
nation.”
Long’s secretary, Earl Christen
berry, expressed conviction that the
senator’s assassin, Dr. Carl A. Weiss,
had been chosen by lot.
“I believe they drew straws and
Weiss lost,” he said.
The district attorney promised a
thorough investigation.
Every State office in Louisiana,
was closed as the hour for the fun
eral approached , but all was not
peace on Louisiana’s political front.
While the grave diggers spaded in
to the moist soil of a sunken garden
adjoining the sky-scraper capitol that
Long built, as thousands file past
his bier in the rotunda of that Cap
itol, and other thousands swarmed
into Baton Rouge for the funeral,
friends and foes of “dictator” drew
up battle lines for control of the
State.
Governor O. K. Allen, as titular
head of the Long machine, is pledged
to carry on the dr •'trines of the dic
tator. His enemies have declared they
will fight.
But neither camp has divulged its
strategy, if it has agreed on any. A
raft of reports about likely political
developments among the administra
tionists went unconfirmed.
The funeral was set at 4 p. m., cen
tral standard time Simple was the
ritual arranged for one of the most
striking figures southern politics.
15,000 A Day
Seek License
For Driving
Dally ntapntch Bareaa,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY t C. nASKEBVILL.
Raleigh, Sept. 12 —Applications for
the new drivers’ licenses are being
received by the Division of Highway
Safety of the Department of Revenue
at the rate of 10,000 to 15,000 a day,
Director George Scott, of the account
ing division said today. They are
coming in so fast that the office force
here is having difficulty in keeping
up with them while the highway pat
rolmen in all sections of the state are
being swamped with requests for ap
plication blanks from motorists.
“While we are being deluged with
applications for drivers’ licenses and
having to work overtime to keep up
with the thousands that are pouring
in every day, we- are delighted at the
response the people are showing and
the apparent enthusiasm for the new
drivers’ license law,” Scott said. “The
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Ethiopian Planes Easy Prey for H Duce
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Although these Ethiopian planes, lined up at Addis Ababa, make a brave display of fighting strength, avia*
tion experts are agreed that they would be easy prey for Mussolini’s modern air force.
■ (Central Press)
MEAT PRICES RISE
IN STARTLING WAY
DURINGTWO YEARS
Sliced Bacon Leads With
Jump of 94.9 Percent,
While Lard Has Gone
Up 122 Percent
RETAIL FOOD COST
IS UP 15 PERCENT
South Atlantic States Have
Seen Cost of Foodstuffs
Jump 19 Percent; Fruits
and Vegetables Only Group
To Show Decline at 29.4
Percent
Washington, iSept. 12.—(AP) —'The
amount meat prices have increased in
the last two years was tabulated to
day by the Labor Department.
Since August, 1933, the following
average increases were reported:
Sliced bacon, 94.9 percent; pork
chops, 86.3; sliced ham, 59.5; chck
roat, 51.3; plate beef, 60; rib roast,
42; round steak, 39,6; sirloin steak,
36.9; hens, 42.4; leg of lamb, 18.2;
lard, 122.4.
Retail food prices in general have
gone up 14.9 percent. The department
survey, covering 51 cities in every sec
tion of the country, showe, but only
a few items cost more than they did
in August, 1930.
Some sections reported far slighter
gains than others, however. Prices in
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STATE NOW RATES
HIGH IN THE REA
Rura|| Electrification Work
Will Go Limit, Washing
ton Asserts
Dally D'vputch Bureau,
In #Me SI- Walter Hotel,
BY J. C, BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, Sept. 12.—!The Rural Elec
trification Administration in Wash
ington, with the $100,000,000 at its
disposal, stands ready and willing to
assist North Carolina in every way
possible to bring electricity, including
electrical appliances, to the hundreds
of thousands of people on farms and
in rural sections which do not have
electricity available, according to
Chairman Dudley Bagley, of the
North Carolina Rural Electrification
Authority, following his return from
Washington Wednesday. For while he
received a very cool reception there
two or three weeks ago, he was re
ceived with open arms on this last
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OUR WEATHER MAN
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Mostly cloudy tonight, Friday
generally fair, slightly warmner
in west portion.
$100,000,000 Worth Os
WPA Projects Are Sent
Washington From State
What Will Be Fate of These
Applications or Federal
Funds Only Time
Can Tell
FORTY PERCENT OF
REQUESTS LIKELY
State Believed Certain! of
That Much of an Allotment
From Huge Federal Works
Program; Approvals Made
on Basis of Jobs That May
Be Provided
Daily Dispatch Barcas,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, Sept. 12.—More than 2,000
projects aggregating fully $100,000,-
000, of which $75,000,000 is expected
to be Federal funds, will be in Wash
ington tonight ready for considera.
•tion by the Works Administration
and Administrator Harry L. Hopkins
when the clock strikes midnight, the
deadline for the submission of u£w
projects by the 48 states, State WPA
Administrator George W. Coan said
this afternoon. This hatch of pro
jects represents virtually all of the
projects which have been submitted
by the eight district directors in
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Germany To Lose
Tariff Benefits
Because of Acts
Washington, Sept. 12.—(AP)—
Germany on October 15 will lose
all tariff reductions granted by
the United States in reciprocal
trade pacts, official sources made
known today, because of asserted
persistent and flagrant discrimin
ation against American imports
there..
The termination of tariff bene
fits attributed to the State De_
partment was interrupted as in
stituting a new policy in Amer
ican foreign trade.
SB BYIIfR
TO GATHER SUNDAY
Berlin, Sept. 12.—(AP)— Reich
fuebrer Hitler today called the Reich
stag (Parliament) to meet Sunday in
Nurnberg, where he is at present, "to
hear a declaration from the govern
ment.”
Nazi headquarters at Nurnberg de
clined to indicate what Hitler’s de
claration would be.
A foreign office spokesman stat
ed:
“The Reichstag meeting during the
(Nazi) party convention and in the
convention city is further testimony
that the party and the state are iden
tical.” . *! *K'KK
The call to the Reichstag session
was issued suddenly from Berlin this
morning. _ _ -
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
ttXCBPT MONDAY.
Laura Engalls Is
After New Record
Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 12.
(AP) —Laura Engalls hopped off
early today on a projected non
stop flight to New York in an at.
tempt to lower the west-east trans
continental record of Amelia Ear
hart.
The diminutive aviatrix. who re
cently made the first non-stop east
to west cross-country flight by a
woman, was determined to reach
New York in less than 17 hours,
seven minutes and 30 seconds, the
time made by Miss Earhart.
Miss Engalls’ plane took off at
5:44 a. m.
ROOSEVELT TO IT
BETTERPROTECTED
Long’s Death Arouses Fears
As To Cranks Aiming
At President
By LESLIE EICHEL
New York, Sept. 12. —The silent
masses will, as usual, decide the pre
sidential election.
And something is occurring that
has 'begun to worry the more thought
ful among the Republicans. Wages
have been slashed hours have been
lengthened, fingers have been snap
ped at collective bargaining since the
downfall of the NRA. And the em
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vetelnstMgedy
MAKES BONUS SURE
Bungling Caused Hurricane
Deaths; Will Pay To Ap
pease Soldiers
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By CHARLES P. STEWART
Washington, Sept. 12. —President ‘
Roosevelt plainly is under no misap
prehension as to the political possi
bilities of the heavy loss of World
War veterans’ lives in the hurricane
which recently swept the Florida keys
It may prove to be a difficult trag
edy to explain.
The conseusus among American Le
gion members with whom I have talk
ed in Washington is that the ex-ser
vice men were marooned as remotely
as possible to prevent them from
bonus.marching on the capital. Per
haps that was not the administra
tion’s real motive for concentrating
them so far away, but it is widely so
assumed.
STORM’S APPROACH KNOWN?
Anyway, why weren't they hustled
to a safer area when warnings of
the storm’s trend toward the south
eastern coast were broadcast?
Federal Emergency Relief Adminis
trator Harry L. Hopkins, in charge
Continued on Page Three.),
8 PAGES
TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
200 FROM WENDELL
ABOUT LOW PRICES
Rolesville Speaker Declares
“We Feel Secretary Wal
lace Has Let Us Down,
Sold Out”
GOVERNOR PLEDGES
HIS BEST EFFORTS
Suggests Statewide Mass
Meeting Be Deferred To See
What Happens In Middle
Belt Next Week; Growers
Declare Thay Had Been
Led To Expect 21-22 Cent^
Raleigh, Sept. 12.—(AP)—Nearly
200 tobacco afrmers from the Wen.
dell tobacco market met here this
afternoon with Governor Ehringhaus
due to low tobacco prices, and with
leaders asserting “Secretary Wallace
has let us down,” voted to canvass
the situation in the State and pro
bably hold a Statewide protest meet
ing here soon.
Z. B. Williams of Rolesville, who
led the delegation hei'e, at one time
said, in speaking to the meeting in
the Hall of of the House of Repre*
sentatives, that “we feel Secretary
Wallace has let u« down and sold us
out,” but, upon counsel of Governor
Ehringhaus, retracted the “sold out”
assertion.
The farmers came from the Wen
dell market after watching sales
there this morning, Williams said. He
added the average there today ap
peared to he around 15 to 18 cents a
pound.
“We aren’t spoiled by the good
prices of last yeai-, but we want and
demand a fair price, and we had been
led to believe we would get 21 or 22
cents a pound, but we are not getting
it,” Williams said.
Turning t 0 Governor Ehringhaus,
Williams said he felt “this man has
done more to Jxring about prosperity
into our lives than any other man in
the United States, as he started the
ball rolling two years ago to get -bet
ter prices.
The speaker referred to the tobacco
holiday movement launched by Gov
ernor Ehringhaus.
Governor Ehringhaus reminded the
farmers that he had urged retention
of the 1934 allotments for tobacco at
a mass meeting here this year, and
also in trips to Washington, but the
Federal government increased the al
lotments any way. b
“There were many of u whoi
thought then they were deliberately
setting out to depress thep rice, and
I urged them that if they missed
their marks as much in taking the
price down as they did in carrying
it up, it would only be a mistake to
them, but it would be destruction—it
would be hell —to us,” the governor
said.
He said he believed a correct parity
price was around 27 cents a pound,
but the government figured it was 21
cents. *■ s
“I really don’t know what to do. X
want to think over the ituation,” Eh
ringhaus told the farmers. He than
counselled that, if they held a State
wide protest meeting, that it -be tie.
layed until the Middle Belt markets
open Tuesday, so that “as many pro
testing people can be assembled as
possible,” if prices do not get better.
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Prices Os
Tobacco In
#
East Drop
Wilson, Sept. 12.^-(AP)—With ap
proximately 1,250,000 pounds of to
bacco expected to -be sold here otd iy
at an average of $17.50 per hundred,
warehousemen said only a small blcck
would remain on the floors tonight.
Sales yesterday totalled 1,262,208
pounds for an official average of
$17.42.
LIGHT OFFERINGS AT LOW
PRICES ON GOLDSBORO MA tT!
GKoUdSboro, SejAt, 12j—(AP)—Ift ht
offerings were on tobacco floors h re
today because of recent rains, lut
the opening was slightly stronger y s
terday when 169,572 pounds sold :‘or
an average of $18.03.
ROCKY MOUNT OFFERINGS
REMAIN ABOUT THE SAJ IE
Rocky Mount, Sept. 12. —(AP)
Offerings on the tobacco market h -re
today were about the same as j as
terday, when 974,008 pounds sold .’ox;
an saverage of SIB.OB per hundred.