HENDERSON
<;,\ TKWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
|\\ KNTY-SECOND YEAR
JAPAN TOLD BY U. S.
THERE’S NO REASON
10 CHANGE TREATY
Washington and London
Naval Ratio of 5-5-3 Has
Proven to be Very
Satisfactory.
JAPAN refuses to
CONTINUE STATUS
Made Too Great Sacrifices
Before and Won’t Do It
Again, Nogano Says; U. S.-!
Jap Parley at Naval Con
ference Has Resulted in
Draw Thus Far.
~ ,i. n, IV<\ 17. —i AD —Norman I
)( j, ( \i- tin* United Statue* chief del-!
t l i, to tin- intermit ionnl naval con-|
i ~ told tho Japanese delegation j
, j,,v Irtt, inasmuch as ncittior the
y ,i states nor Japan has any in-j
of taakin.tr the offensive j
, the other. there is no reason j
;”i» th(> existing relative power j
(> , f theij two r.avics.
j 1,, undo the statement to Admiral ;
0 • ini Nagano. the chief Japanese j
ddcuMto directly across the privaatc i
conference table.
p \ • told the assembled conferees
• hut tlt* usefulness of the v/nshing
t,, i tpotv of 122 —which set (he Brit
i h. American and Japanese navies
;i ratio had been fully dem
<• -tilted, and that there was no:
m iscn to change the existing system.
Admiral Nagano, however, did not
■. v oo 11 i single step from Japan’s de
mand for equality with the United
Suite.- and Great Britain in sea pow
n declaring that Japan had made
-i cat sacrifices in the Washington
treaty tratio.
H«* said these sacrifices would not j
t>. repeated, inasmuch as modern ,
hips and weapons had rendered Jap
a’s position more dangerous.
In informed quarters, it was stnt-j
~i that tlie Ameriean-Japanese eon-j
rVi ■•nee could he regarde a;s rcsudlting |
ia a draw.
After the meeting adjourned, the j
American delegates went to the Brit-I
t-h headquarters to thrash out the
.1 apa nose demands with the British.
The British delegates are standing]
‘ tinly with the Americans. But it is j
u:,d( i rtood the British have worked I
e i' a compromise plan.
’
Hoover Suggests
Plan For Relief
()f Nation s Ills
*
iiw lh« Associated ITcs*.)
\ Hoover plan for relief of the
mil ion's ills was tossed into t he, i
political eonhldron today as the
Kcpniilicaii party—its convention
ci<\ picked—e.oneent rated on de
fc:it of (In* New Heal in 1930.
The former President, vigorously
a'tuekiii; the administration's relief
-I'l-iip in ;i st. Louis speech last night
advanced a plan to confine public I
work- projects to those “which meet j
the needs of the nation.”
All other relief would go hack to
fate- and local authorities.
Opinion on the Hoover .address was!
'livid,; in Washington.
To Senator Thomas, Democrat.,
<Mda'iomii,. the speech was a 1 >i<l for
p- i l.v's nominat ion when the rele
■iiic meet m.i Cleveland June I*.
Tn Senator Scholl, Republican, Min-'
I'.ota. the Hoover plan wa.s .a "good
I 'he capital, where tin* Kepulh
li.n, National Committee yesterday
'ldled Cleveland, the <l. O. I*. loa.d
•*i Might to attract a.nt.i-New Deal
l> inoerats over to their side.
In a special election today in Mieh
i;-in' third congression district, the
’lo-.vn 'end old age pension plan w;is
• n i. in*. Verncr W. Main, Rcpublica.n
upporter of the plan, was opposed
Id Howard W. Oavanagh, Durnoernt,
who is against the plan.
In Washington, Senator McKella.r,
i'einocrat. Tennessee, condemned the
Townsend plan as “the wildest, most
fantastic and most devastating sug
gestion produced.”
Hut. Dr. F. E. Townsend a sponsor
of Liu* move to give S2OO a month to
everybody over 60, said his group
would file third party petitions in all
st atc.s.
BOMB IS EXPLODED
IN JAPANESE AREA
Tientsin, China, Dec. 17 (AT)
A laiinh exploded today near the
official residence of Major Gene
ral Ario Tada, commander of the
Japanese North China garrison,
wounding seriously a Chinese pe
destrian.
The explosion threw the Japa
nese concession in the district in
to a near panic.
«’OIC NORTH CAROLINA,
rarity cloudy tonight and Wed
ncs*! iy; possildy snow flurries in
v ii-"'Miains: continued rather cold
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Reducing War Terror
.ys .••• • '•
vwss * . A
••••
M. Royer, French chemist, is test
ing out on mice in Paris laboratory,
a gas—oxycarbozone—which he be
lieves will neutralize any war gases
which may he used in air raids on
cities. Defense forces would drench
cities with it when attack was
threatened.
iCentral Prmal
NEW BUILDING FOR
NOVEMBER IS NEAR
DOUBLE LAST YEAR
Permits in 20 Cities of State
Over 10,000 Population
Amount to
$587,156.
RESIDENTIAL JOBS
SHOW BIGGIST RISE
Gain From $86,850 Last
Year to $296,775 This No
vember; Decline in Tobac
co Industry Cause of Slight
Employment Drop Over the
State as Whole.
Dnil, HiireiMJ.
In The Sir WnUt'r Hotel,
It , .1. I|l \SK I It \ ll,l<
Raleigh, Dec. 17.—Building permits
issued in November in 20 cities of tho
State of more than 10.000 population
amounted to $587.13G, representing an
inerca«e of 90.3 per cent ns compared
with the building permits issued in
these same cities in November. 1931.
according to figures compiled by and
released today by the Stale Depart
ment of Labor. These figures repre
sent an increase of 302 per cent over
the building figures for November,
1933 which amounted to only $1 10.173.
The building permit total for Novem
ber, 1931, was $300,002.
Almost half of tin* building permits
issued in November of this year are,
for residential construction and will
provide new homes for 1.39 families,
or 87 more than were provided in No
vember, 1931. The dollar value of resi
dential construction increased 2t2 per
cent this November as compared with
November, 1931, while non-residential
(Continued on Page Six A
Police Baffled by Death
Thelma Todd, Screen Star
Los Angeles, C.'il,, Dec. 17 (AP) A
maze of conflicting circumstances
confronted police today in the investi
gations of the death of Thelma Todd,
blonde serein beauty.
- Finding definite traces of eurbon
moxonidc poison, the county autopsy
surgeon said she probably died in her
garage about \ a. m. Sunday, after
she had driven home from a gay
Hollywood party by Ernest Peters,
auto livery proprietor.
Put Mrs. Martha Ford, wife of
Wallace Ford, of the film police, said
she talked with the actress late Sun
day afternoon over the telephone.
“I am certain it was her voice,”
Mrs. Ford said.
Clad in a sequin-spangled evening
gown and a mink coat, which she
had worn to the Saturday night party
at a Hollywood case, the actress was
found dead at 10:80 a- y
HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 17, 1935
LIBERTY LEAGUERS
WARNED OF TRENDS
EVIDENT IN STATE
Over-Playing of Their Hand
May Bring New Deal
With Vengeance in
Tar Heelia
* I
ACTIVITY GOING ON
IN SECRET MANNER
But -Small-Town Business
Men Turn Resentful Ear
and Point to Business Boost
now as Compared With
Verge of Bankruptcy When
Roosevelt Came in.
H:iiD 111 s|tn leh lluri-aii,
In The Sir Whiter Hotel,
lt» .1. C. IIASKMKA 11.1.
Raleigh, Dec. 17. —Not much is be
ing said about it out in the open, hut: j
the rank and file of the “regular” j
Democrats in the State who are still j
for President Roosevelt aand the New
Deal 100 per cent, are getting godo I
and tired of the under-cover, gum-!
shoe campaign against the Roosevelt
administration being carried on in
the State by the Liberty Leaguers.;
assisted by a good many of the big,
hanks, tankers and industrialists in !
the State. They are especially peeved
at those who still maintain they arc ]
Democrats and will vote the Dem- j
ocratic State ticket but who already I
are announcing that they will not
vote for Roosevelt again.
So far. not much has been said or
heard about this anti-Roosevelt cam
paign in the State, although it has
been going on for months, well oiled
with money from disgruntled capital
ists in the North, many of who al
ways have been and still are Repub
licans, it is maintained. But not only
are some of the “regular” Democratic
leaders becoming irritated by these
anti-Roosevelt activities—the rank
and file of the voters who are strong
er backers of Roosevelt now than,
ever before, are becoming irritated.
Some are even threatening reprisal.
It would not surprise some observers
here to sec a definite movemnt de
velop for the election of a complete
“New Deal" administration for tho
State government, including a ma
jority in both houses of the General
Assembly by the pro-Rooseveltian
Democrats if the anti-Roosevelt forces
do not call of their dogs here in the
State. That the pro-Rooscveltiun for
ces can do this, if they once get
(Continued on Page Four.)
Solution Asked in
South Carolina’s
I lighway Deadlock
Columbia. S. (’., l.)ee. 17 (AP) —
While the Senate stood by its refusal
to legislate, with troops on duty in
the highway department, the South
Carolina House of Representatives to
day adopted a more conciliatory at
titude by passing. 93 to 16, a resolu
tion for a committee to confer with
Governor Olin Johnston on the high
way issue.
The resolution, by Reprcsntativcs
McDonald aiVl McDaniel, of Green
ville, provided for the legislative se
lection of a committee of five mem
bers from each branch to confer with
the governor on a solution to the high
way deadlock which has brought, most
road work to a, standstill.
Rep"esentat ives Moorcr, of Colle
ton: Aiuams. of Newberry, and Bridg
es, of Florence, spoke for it as “pro
per and commendable” at -t-h is time,
but. Representative Olin Sawyer, of
Georgetown. termed it “a farce,”
sine* legislators were conferring with
the governor daily.
Some members pointed out. that it
could not take effect without. Senate
consent, since it was a concurrent re
solution. and that the Senate had
hound itself not to consider any high
! way matters.
by her maid, May Whitehead. The
body was slumped behind the wheel
of her automobile in the garage.
Miss Whitehead said she came back
after a Sunday holiday, missed her
mistress, went to the garage and
found the doors slightly opened. The
actress’ face was bloody and a crown
tooth had been dislodged in her mouth
The ignition key was the lock of
the car and it had been turned on.
Co-partner with the actress in a
case venture, Roland West, former
film director, told Captain Bruce
Clark he had “locked out” Miss Todifr
Sunday morning from her living
quarters because she had been “get
ting in late.”
Police said they would not abandon
possibility that the actress had been
slain nor cease an investigation of
other theories of suicide, accidental
or 2 fatt-1 lioart
Laval Wins Confidence of
Chamber For Peace Plans
U. S. Woman Who Made Cuban Revolt Success
L B 85& \ ' HP HUSH
H JbHHBH Mr j. H
IL fljgpt % MS
Jose A. Barnet (1.), who is shown taking oath of otiice as president of Cuba*from Chief Justice Frederico
Fdelman, credits Mrs. Marion Hughes Pierce (above) of New York, with insuring success of the revolution
by supplying the rebels with needed funds at a critical hour. He promises to decorate her with Cuba’s
highest medal. (Central Press)
Italians Admit Reverse '
As Great Battle Rages
On Ethiopian War Line
Ethiops Testing
Italian Strength
Asmara, Ethiop Eritrea, Dec. 17
(Al*)—Reports of fighting along
the northern front today indicat- j
od Ethiopian forces were swoop
ing down on Italian outposts in
test skirmishes preliminary to a j
mass attack.
Sporadic fighting was known to !
have occurred today . along the i
front in Tigrc province.
Eights, were reported south of
Makale and along the Takkaze j
river.
Italian officers said they believ
ed the Ethiopians were testing the
Italian resistance prior to mass
attacks.
They said that in most eases the
Ethiopians swooped dow n on Ita
“brisk battle,’* then retired quick
linn outposts and engaged in
ly before tin* counter-attacks.
SENTIENT GROWS
FOR AGE PENSIONS
But Townsend Plan Conced
ed Virtually no Chance
At All in State.
I>.*• u* tiiircnii.
In Thi* Sir X\aM«*r Hotel,
By ,1. II ASK Bimi r.
Raleigh, Dec. 17.—Sentiment for
.some sort of old age pensions that
will apply in North Carolina is not
only growing rapidly among the older
people of the Stale who would be
eligible to such pensions, to the
younger element as well, it is pointed
out. here, by those who get out over
the Stale and hear what people are
talking. It is also conceded that Dr.
Townsend and his pension plan are
getting more and more support ana
that the oldsters are already organiz
ing in some sections. The Townsend
plan would give a pension of S2OO a
month to every man and woman 70
years old or more, provided each per
son receiving this pension spends
every bit of the S2OO each month, Dr.
Townsend claims that this plan will
put money into circulation, take old
sters out of jobs, thereby creating
more jobs for younger people, and
thus end the depression.
Few of the more thoughtful obser
vers here believe, however, that there
is any chance for the Townsend plan
to be enacted, since it was overwhelm
ingly rejected by the last session of
Congress and because it would be en
tirely out of keeping with the pre
sent trend of the Roosevelt admin
istration towards less spending for re
lief, instead of towards more spend
ing. So only the more idealistic have
any hope of the Townsend plan ever
being put into effect.
There is a definite belief, however,
that the State should and can par-
Losses on Both Sides Con
ceded in Official Com
munique From Rome
Government.
MANEUVERS RESULT
IN BATTLE CLASHES
3,000 Ethiopian Troops At
tack Italian Forces and
Latter Are Forced to Re
tire; Air Forces and Tanks
Participating in Battle Now
In Progress.
Rome, I>oc. 17.--(AP) —The long
awaited general battle in northern
ICthiopia. toward which tipi Italian
and Ethiopian armies have been
maneuvering for weeks, appeared to
be under way today, with the first
engagement resulting an advance for
the Ethiopians.
The Italian government announced
today that the Italian troops had re
tired before an attack of about 3,000
Ethiopians on the northern front.
This announcement, the first of the
war in which Italy has admitted a
retreat, was made in an official com
munique.
There were considerable losses n.-
mong liie Italian forces, including
four Italian officers killed and three
wounded, nine Italian soldiers killed
and several dozen Eritrean allies kill
ed and wounded.
Ethiopian losses were described as
“conwidr rable.”
The communique stated:
“Notable enemy forces, estimated at
3.000 armed men, attacked our ad
vanced observation post on the Tak
kaze river.
“Our Eritrean troops, after having
put up a bitter resistance, withdrew
to Demguina Pass.
"The enemy maneuvers resulted in
a battle that now is in progress, and
in which, on our side, air forces and
detachments of tanks are taking an
active part.”
shopping
days until
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
FEDERALSALESTAX
TALKED AT CAPITAL
Administration May Turn
To It if AAA Taxes Are
Thrown Out.
TEST IS COMING SOON
Processing Tax Is On Trial, However,
and Not Government’s Right
To Pay Bounty to
Nation’s Farmers
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington, Dec. 17. —Most Demo
cratic senators and representatives,
returning to Washington for the reas
sembling of Congress in January, de
cidedly arc puzzled, not to say upset,
by hints that the administration may
become, reconciled to the sales tax, if
necessary to continue its AAA pro
gram of crop control.
So say that the question of AAA’s
constitutionality is pending in the*
Federal Supreme Court is not quite
exact, although it is in that, fashion
that the situation generally is de
scribed.
As a matter of fact, the govern
ment's right to subsidize agriculture,
by making financial allowances to far
mers for what they don’t produce, is
not disputed. Its present method of
raising the money to subsidize them
is what is attacked as unconstitu
tional —if the Supreme Court so holds.
TAX ON TRIAL
In short, it is the processing tax
that is on trial.
The theory is that the processer
(for example, the miller who grinds
wheat into flour) pays this tax.
Maybe he doesn’t. Maybe he pay a
less to the pirmary producer for his
raw material. Or, maybe he boosts
(Continued on Page Three.)
LIZZETTE REESE.
POETESS, IS DEAD
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 17 (AT*)— Liz
zette Woodworth Reese, poetess and
writer of “Tears,” described as one of
the most, perfect sonnets in the Eng
lish language, died today. She was
79 years old.
Legion Anxious for
Bonus Bill Without
Presidential Veto
Washington, Dec. 17 (AP) —-The
American Legion demand for cash
payment of the bonus was laid square
ly before President Roosevelt today
at the White House by Ray Murphy,
national commander.
The lowan laid before the Presi
dent the legislative program adopted
by the Legion. It included, in addi
tion the bonus, pension for widows
and dependent children of World War
veterans, the universal service bill
for wartime and adequate national de
fense.
Murphy was accompanied to the
White House hv John. Thomas Taylor,
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FRENCHMAN DARES
DEPUTIES TO OUST
Spectators in Galleries Join
in Cheers for Premier as
His Foes Heap
Insults.
BRITISH MINISTRY
ON THE DEFENSIVE
Baldwin Prepares Support
For Plan to End ItalodEth*
iopian War When He Goes
Before Parliament for In
terrogation; League, How
ever, May Reject Scheme*
Paris, Dec. 17 (AP)~Thd
Chamber of Deputies, by a vote
of 306 to 252, assured Premier
Laval today of its confidence in
his program to settle the Halo-
Ethiopian war.
The vote of confidence came f.ftcr
the premier had dared the Chamber
to overthrow his government, declar
ing he refused “to go to Geneva un
der humiliating conditions.”
The deputies voted on the premier’s
demand that interpolations of the
government on its plan in handling
the Italo-Ethiopian situation be post
poned until December 27.
In a tumultuous session preceding
the vote, many spectators joined in
the cheers tor Laval by his adherents,
while the premier’s leftist enemies
booed and shouted invectives at his
supporters in the galleries.
As a result of his success, Laval
will go to Geneva to debate the
Fra neo-British proposals for termi
nation of the war, which he described
as “a last effort at peaceful settle
ment.”
Parliamentary circles considered
this statement as meaning nothing
further will he proposed unless Pre
mier Mussolini accepts the plan in
(Continued on Page Three.)
U. S. Delegation
Will Study Plans
Arms Compromise
London. Dec. 17.—(APj—The Unit*
ed States delegates to the interna*
lional naval conference promised to»
dav thev would study British pro*
posals for a new naval agreement "la
a friendly spirit,” on the definite Un«
derstanding. however, that the pro
posals would not contain a major va
riation from the principles of exist-
In tr treaties
The British plan is that each naval
power—Great Britain, the United
Japan, France and Italy
should make o "unilateral,” or indivi
dual. public declaration of its naval
building program for a period wlilch
♦he British suggest should be about
six years.
The British, in enunciating their
plan, suggested that the present con
ference sidetrack all the ultimata
questions of the equality of fleets.
They urged that the delegations
agree to t lie idea of the publication of
building programs, each indiviudal
program to he equivalent to that na
tion’s needs and security.
The treaty, it was suggested, should
he drawn up in such away that tho
rights of t lie various powers to naval
armaments necessary to their se
curity should be recognized.
chairman of the legislative commit*
tee of the Legion.
As they left, Murphy refused to
comment on the President’s attitude.
But when asked if he thought a cash
bonus bill could be passed over a
veto, replied:
“We are hoping to have a bonua
bill become law. We are not even
discussing a veto.”
Murphy told newsmen he had “rea
son to believe” the Legion and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars would be
united on a bonus bill at the coming
session of Congress. In past years
they have stood for conflicting pro
posals. _ .. ..