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CAROLINA
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ETHIqPU DECLINES NEWEST PEACE OFFER
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Japan Formally Demands Equality For Her Navy
SEA STRENGTH AS
GREAT AS U. S. AND
ENGLAND IS ASKED
Admiral Nagano is Only !
Speaker at Session, After
Which Conference
Adjourns.
tonnage LIMIT ON
equality proposed
Limilation Suggested, But
.Japan Would be at Top
With Rest of Great Na
tions; British and Amcri
c a r Interests Opposing
Ambitions of the Japs.
]/union. Doc. 11 (AP) —Ad-
miral Osami Nagano placed Ja
pan’s demands l’or a navy as
large as that of any major world
power squarely before the dele
gates to the international naval
conference today.
The admiral was the only speaker
mil the session was adjourned until
'. narrow when the American and !
P.ritish delegates will reply to the
Japanese demands.
Japan's long diplomatic campaign
lui a navy equal to any came to a I
climax with Admiral Osami Nagano’s ;
. mphatic demand to the international:
naval conference for equality with the
I'nitcd -tates and Great Britain.
The Japanese delegation, between j
adjournment of the conference yes- !
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Silver Marts
Lag As U. S.
Quits Buying
(ll\ The Associiitcil I’ri'i.!')
Tlo' London silver market, which
offci ia| a I'ollapsc yesterday, was
■till stali'inated today, and one Demo
• litii• United States senator hinted j
1•i it i.-1 1 financiers are trying to halt
America’;.- silver buying policy.
No price on silver was fixed in tbo
London market. It was the third j
Hiceossive date that the “at the usual
'inn " pi ice went unannounced. Brok- j
•! wine awaiting further informa- j
'ion from America.
*lovi'i iinient officials in Shanghai, \
wi ll as Chinese bankers, awaited j
: l ptoheusively an indication of the j
fullin' course of the United States sil- '
'» policy. Anxiety was expressed j
J oi <.'hilia's newly-inaugurated monc
•ny program if the price of silver
•'out in us to drop.
The United Status Treasury passed
th. word it. was carrying out the sil-
V|, i purchase policy laid down by
* desipte dispatches from fi
nnncial centers that tlie London mar
lot was paralyzed by huge quantities
nf ilver from the Far East and by
tin' American Treasury’s refusal to
buy.
Prohibition
(irowing As
Fresh Issue
I’oliticians Put on the
Fence With Uncer
tainty as to Which
Way To Flop.
r.y CHARLES V. STEWART
Washington, Dec. 11. —The average
politician views with horror the pros-
I" «:t of prohibition’s resurrection as
a national issue.
I Here are exceptions.
•Statesmen from unmistakably wet
constituencies see chances of capital
lz'l'g a icnewal of the dry threat to
men own advantage. Those from un
w * inner* p^prf*
T 3 mi) rr s m t Daily Dispatch
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WIRE suitVlUlo Ob
IHU ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Hoffman Critic
Crawford Jamieson
Craw-ford Jamieson, Mercer County ,
member of New Jersey legislature,
is demanding investigation of Gov
ernor Harold Hoffman’s action in |
reopening Hauptmann case, alleg
ing the governor is seeking to make
political capital out of the Lind
bergh kidnaping.
(Central Press)
GRAHAM TO STRESS
HIS LIQUOR VIEWS
Bcirg Urged to Make Flat
Statement as to Handling
of Whisky.
REAL BREAK POSSIBLE
Friends Want Him to Effect Open
Rupture With Present Admin
istration To Show He Is
Not Its Candidate
llail) Dispatch Hurcnu,
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
11} J. V. It A SKIOHV II.Ii
Raleigh, Dec. 11. —Lieutenant Gov
ernor A. H. (Sandy) Graham is ex
pected to come out in the open as fa
voring either county or State liquor
stores and control, depending upon
what the counties prefer as indicated
in countywide elections, before many
more weeks pass by, according to
those professing to be keeping in close
touch with the campaign plans of this
candidate for the Democratic nomina
tion for governor. Graham is also ex
pected to be sufficiently critical of the
present State administration *|s to
dissipate the rumors now being put
out by followers of the other two lead
ing candidates that he is the “admin
istration candidate” for the nomina
tion, several of his supporters indi
cate.
It is no secret here that for many
weeks some of Graham’s strangests
supporters both here and elsewhere
have been urging him to take a de
finite, out-in-the-open position as fa
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n' shopping
days until
yChristmas^
HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 11, 1935
CLIPPER COMPLETES FIRST TRANSPACIFIC HOP
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Unloading mail after flight
After a record-breaking transpacific flight to the
Orient, the huge China Clipper arrives at Alameda,
CaL„ airport and its heavy cargo of mail is unload
Widespread Revolt Feared
Against WPA In This State
Raleigh, Dec. 11 (AP) -Men who
said they had not been paid for work
done n WFA projects three weeks
ago, and men who Ip 1(1 down their
shovels with the acquiescence of fore
men because they were a “too hungry
to work,” today threatened a wide
spread revolt against the Works Pro
gress Administration in North Caro
lina.
The alleged delays ranged from two
days in Raleigh to several days in
Gastonia and Wilmington and “three
weeks” in Wilson. J. E. L. Wade,
commissioner of public works at Wil
S. C. LEGISLATURE
PUIS OFF ACTION
Session Adjourns For Day
Without Disbanding Johns
ton’s Troops.
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 11.—(AP) —
The legislature recessed today with
out taking action upon measures call
ing for withdrawal of troops from
State highway department offices
after Governor Olin Johnston said in
a message he would be willing to re
move them when an audit had been
made and a temporary controlling
agency set up.
The governor’s message stirred
sharp comment in both branches, but
debate blocked edcisive action on re
solutions calling for withdrawal of
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LOWER PRICES AND
HIGHER PAY URGED
That Philosophy Gaining
Ground; Fear of U. S.
Fascism Rising Again
By LESLIE EICIIEL
New York, Dec. 11 —Philosophy Uiat
prices should 'be cut and pay raised
is gaining. The most outspoken ac
cepted authority has been Dr. Harold
G. Moulton, president of the Book
ings Institute, Washington.
Dr. Moulton gives the nub of the
argument in these words:
,‘The necessity of progressive prices
reductions as a means of expanding
purchasing power and markets ap
fP — --- T? >
led. The transpacific plane, completing its first re
turn voyage, carried 903 pounds of mail, 200
pounds more than on the outgoing air voyage,
mington, took up the cudgel for the
workers himself, saying 25 WPA em
ployees had reported for work
too wiedk to ihcir duties for
lack of food. It was the same at the
other points.
Gaston county workers marched on
the city hall at Gastonia threatening
a strike after they learned a similar
situation had been met by a project
sponsor at nearby Ch/arlottc with
“tiding over’’ payments pending re
ceipt of checks from Raleig'h. Autho
rities at Wilson were besieged by
complaints that workers had not
Borah Strikes At
Peace Proposals
Washington, Dee. 11 (AP) —Sen-
ator Borah, Republican* I d abb.
struck out today at the Franco-
Britisli proposal to end the Italo-
Ethiopian war as a plan which
would leave Mussolini “the most
powerful figure in Europe,” and
give him more than he sought in
the beginning.
BOOTLEGGERSHAPPY
ON COURT’S RULING
“Penalty” Taxes of Federal
Government Voided by
Decision Monday.
Daily Dispatch Unreal*.
In The Sir Waller Hotel,
It, J. C. lIASKKRVILL
Raleigh, Dec. 11—North Carolina
bootleggers are snickering up their
sleeves today as a result of the opin
ion handed down by the United States
Supreme Court in Washington Mon
day holding unconstitutional those
sections of the alcoholic tax laws
which imposed additional or “penalty”
taxes on liquor dealers or manufac
turers in states still having State pro
hibition laws, and who had not paid
the regular Federal taxes on liquor
dealers and manufacturers.
As a result of this decision, accord
ing to several lawyers and one judge
consulted here today, the Federal
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WEATHER
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair and slightly colder in east
and central portions tonight;
Thursday increiasing cloudiness
rind aiyhilj
been p:iid for the last three weeks
work.
John W. Coon, Jr., State adminis
trator, promised action—immediate
action -to relieve the need 6f the
moment and permanent action to pre
vent repetition.
He said the time keepers on the
projects hereafter would work with
the finance division instead of the en
gineering sections, thus eliminating
red tape in handling reports, vouchers
and other exchanges between the two
groups necessary before a man could
he paid.
’ WILLBEwSs
Munition Committee
Wants Him to Recite
World War Events
’ Washington, Dec. 11 (AP) —The
{Senate Munitions Committee prob
ably will open an inquiry January 6
into the “currents which drew Ame
rica into the World War,” with J.
P. Morgan a witness.
The New York financier, star wit
ness in the Senate Banking Commit
tee’s stock market investigation a few
years ago, will he called for ques
tioning hi connection with financing
the Allied forces. Whether he will
open the inquiry or will be called lat
er has not been finally determined.
Events preceding American entry
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STATUS UNCHANGED
FOR HIGH SCHOOLS
Dropping by Southern As
sociation Does Not Affect
State Rating.
Daily Dkiiatcb Bureon,
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
11} J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, Dec. 11. —The dropping of
47 high schools in North Carolina
from the accredited list by the South
ern Association of Schools and Col
leges is really not so serious, since all
of these 47 high schools are still ac
credited by the State Department of
Public Instruction so that their grad
uates will continue to oe accepted by
t f 1 11 /> Dq pm
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
SELASSIE HARD SET
AGAINST REWARDING
ROME’S AGGRESSION
President Quezon
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Becoming first president or the
new Philippine commonwealth,
Manuel Quezon is pictured deliv
ering his inaugural speech at Ma
nila, P. I* This picture Was
flown to the United States by the
China Clipper.
NEW PRESIDENT IN
CUBA MAY GET OUT
Mendieta Succeeded by Sec
retary of State, Who
Might Not Last
CABINET IS RETAINED
Mendicta’s Ministry Re-Appointed
and That. May Precipitate New
Trouble Before the Com
ing Elections.
Havana, Dec. 11. —(AP)— Cuba’s
turbulent political situation preeipitat
ed the resignation of President Carlos
Mendieta today, and catapulated Sec
retary of State Jose A. Barnet into
his office, apparently clearing away
obstacles to the holding of the De
cember national elections.
Mendieta, yielding to the insistancc
of powerful political factions which
refused to participate in the elections
unless he first stepped down, present
ed his resignation to the cabinet as a
“patriotic duty.”
Barnet, 71-year-old veteran of the
diplomatic service, automatically be
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1936 Tags
Go On Sale
Saturday
Daily UiH|ta(<-h Uureaa,
In The Sir Wnlier Hotel,
By J. C. BASKERYILL
Raleigh. Dec. 11. —The new 1936 au
tomobile license plates will go on sale
Saturday morning, December 14, both
at the automobile license bureau here
and at the more than 60 branch of
fices over the State, due to the fact
that December 15 falls on Sunday,
Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Max
well announced here today. Accord
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Ethiopia Will Adhere to Its
Principle of Territorial
And Political Integrity
MUSSOLINI SILENT
AS EUROPE WAITS
Whe.her He Would Agree
or Drop an Explosive “No”
I ito Diplomatic Ranks Still
Is Question; Government
Crisis Develops ini Egyp
tian Capital.
(By The Associated Press)
Ethiopia said “No” today to
the latest effort to end its East
African war with Italy by nego
tiations.
Scarcely had peace terms, agreed
upon by Great Britain and France,
been dispatched to Addis Ababa be
fore the empire’s minister in Paris
announced his government was un
alterably opposed to any proposal for
settlement of l\.‘ Italo-Ethiopian war
which would “reward” Italian “ag
gression.”
Ethiopia, he added, will adhere to
the principle of its territorial and poli
tical Integrity.
The program of Great Britain and
France for peace in East Africa en
countered an early obstaclo, with
Ethiopian officials asserting Em
peror Haile Selassie would lose his
throne if he dared to accept the pro
posal .
The Addis Ababa government au
thorizes said northern Tigre province
must be kept by Ethiopia, lest na
tive chieftains, ordered to retreat,
rise in revolt, on grounds that they
could have defended the province suc
cessfully.
These officials described the peace
plan and its reported provisions for
exchange of land between Italy and
Ethiopia as a “reward for Italy for
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Britain To
Default On
Debt Again
London, Dec. 11.—(AP)—The Brit
ish government made public tonight
the text of a note delivered by the
British Embassy in Washington to
the State Department again stating
that Great Britain declines to make
the semi-annual payment due on it 3
war debt to the United States.
The amount due December 15 is
$117,670,765.05.
In its note calling attention that
payment was due, the United States
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Government
Seeks Delay
On Utilities
Cummings To Argue
Personally in Dis
trict; Philadelphia
Dismissal Asked.
Washington, Dec. 11 (AP) —Attor-
ney General Cummings revealed today
he personally will argue in the Dis
trict of Columbia Supreme Court to
morrow the government’s motion to
)hold up Injunction suits of seven
holding companies challenging the uti
lity law’s constitutionality.
The decision served to emphasize
the importance placed by the admin
istration on the controverted New
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