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THE DAILY TIMES NEWS WEATHER ate fa Eart a4 SWrm to' West; Sat Home Edition Alamance County's Only Daily Newspaper Devoted to the Upbuilding of a Bigger, Better Burlington. Published Daily Except Sunday yi. 4. UNITED PRESS SERVICE BURLING i ON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1933. FDLii N.

A. SKRVICE PER COPY DEFEAT FACES ROOSEVELT 'AUTOCRACY' Non Stop Flight Record Is Theirs Senate Backs Its Tracks Again On Corporation Body SOLONS ARE HOSTILE TO PLANS FOR 'DICTATOR' HEARING ON LEA HABEAS CORPUS IS REFUSED Judge's Sudden Refusal to Consider Case Means Delay. LEAS SPURRED" TO NEW ENERGY Jamestown. Feb. After Passing Billto Abolish Commission Yesterday on Second Reading, It Is Referred Again to Committee.

Raleigh, Feb. 10. (UP) For the second time in re Three thousand of Ohio's militant penny bidding larmers burned Communist literature, unfurled the American flag, hung up two nooses in a bam and paid $1 93 tot a neighbor's chattels that were mortgaged for $300. Here is a part of the crowd saluting the Hag after chasing Communists away. The two tractors in the backround were bid in for 17 cents.

The Ohioian returned his goods to Walter Crosier, Raskins farmer, defeating another foreclosure. BOMB QUELLS MUTINY; 18 DIE DEBT RELIEF IS UP TQ CONGRESS BULLETINS The long "lion stop flight record held by the Americons, Russell Boardman and John Po has been broken by Squadron Leader O. R. Gayford (upper) and Flight Lieut G. E.

Nicholetts (lower). Tney startea irom England, and as, they passed over Sesfontein, yOvamboland, smith AfpiiH thev had accom plished 5,210 miles in the air. The former record was 5,013 miles from New York to Instanouui, iTiritey. RUSSIA CHM MAY TEAM UP Rumon of Military Alliance Widespread; Open Hreach Looms and Japan, Toklo, Feb. MX.

(OT) Belief that Chirv and Russia ive reached a tentative accord' for a defensive offensive alliance was current here The government was unoOl daily advised that Eugene Chen, Chinese lead er recently discussed the pro posed alliance with the Ros si a embassy In Paris. TDkio, Feb. 10. (UP) The cabinet met in extraordinary session tnrinv and. it was caid.

de cided upon a negative reply to' the question of the League of Nation's nf 19 as to whether Japan would agree to nominaf unmese sovereigni.j' oec num cnuru. The decLsion was expected cause the final breakdown in the league's efforts to conciliate the It. was understood Foreign Min ister' Yasuya Uchlda was advising Yosuje Matsouka, Japan's representative at Geneva, to deliver the cabinet's reply to the league at A formal renlv: includme a statement of Japan's position in the. Manehuri question, wiU be leiegrapnea Matsuosa snorny, it was understood. Upjn its delivery to the league, it was gen erally believed Matsuoka and the Japanese delegation would be ordered home.

The. view of the committee of 19 that any settlement of the Sino Japanese situation on a conciliatory basis would be unacceptable unl ss Japan to China's nominal sovereignty in Manchuria was coldly rjcstved in government circles. State Employment of Married Couples Under Fire of House in Bill Introduced to Force Husband or Wife to Quit. Kaleigh, Feb. 10.

(UP) A joint resolution calling upon state department heads to discontinue employment of married couples, with rec ommenaaiion one oi eacn: couple working for the state be discharged by February 20,. was introduced in the House today by Rep. Thompson, of Columbus. The resolution stated that about 30 or more roarrlea couples occupy positions with the state departments and that their employment is "contrary to the best in terests of the whole people of the state ana snoui not oe a poucy of those who effect employment in bete: of the state, especially in view of the general conditions of unemployment bow existing." It recomnuided that all de partment heads so arrange, their psrsonnel that no married couples remain on their payroll, and that all married couples, as between themselves, be allowed to decide whether or hot the husband or wife shall, retire from the of the Other Representative Womh le, of Wake, in fcadr'ced a resolution to require every strte war veteran employee, to list with. the.

legislature the amount drawn the federal government in 1932 for' com pensation, dl ability or retirement pay. The resolution passed second reading, with third reading neia over until Monday, nignt. A second porton of the resolu tion; would request the veterans bureau'at Washington to report to me igisxamre vat names oi au i eerans recelveine; benefits. Aim' of the resolution ts to find out those who deserve aid from the government and those who do A' bill to regulate the sale of real property upon foreclosure, of mortgages, or. deeds, of trust, providing that before sale; a record shall be niade with the clerk of court with Mas leit open for 15 days to take care, of the oosstbil ity of a higher bid, was introduced by a group of representatives'.

A deposit of 10. per cent of the aetual value the brbhertv or. not less than $35 would be requored of Newman and Grant of New Hanover a bill to provic: for hospitafeation of countv de pendents in private hospitals at county expense, insteaa oi in county hospitals. The house passed the senate providing school teachers shall teach during 1933, 193 and 1033 without. having to attend summer Water Freezes as Firemen Battle Fire in Grainery Chicago.

Feb. 10. CUP) A mil lion dollar grain elevator fire, was Drought under control today by hundreds of firemen who battled the spectacular Diaa seveh hours in bitter cold weather. The flames destroyed a grain shaft Df the Rosenbaum company on Goose Island. Officials said 1,630, 000 bushels of grain were stored in the elevator.

Firemen, summoned by special alarms, were seriously hampered by a high wind and the sub zero temperature. Water from, scores of; hoses Irene almost as it struck the toppling walls. ening to kidnap his second child. A department of justice agent, whose IdiJtity was not disclosed, arrivet' here today to wort on the case, assisted by Assistant U. S.

District Attorney P. S. Parsons. Roanoke, Feb. 10.

(UP) The stringent federal anti kid naping law passed at the height of the search for the kidnaped and murdered Charles A. Lindbergh, was expected to be used today acainst two small town young men and a bewildered wo man accused ox a ciumsy, amateurish effort to extort from Colonel Lindbergh by threa' ening the same tragic end lor his ixoad baby th; overtwk the der loot police questioning. Bryant, said he had just happened to pais by a tree stump In a iVwnoke suburb and noticed a clwjt for 917,000 hidden In it, Harvey and hl wte said that as favor, they had driven Bryant to a bank, where; his attempt to cash the! i orougni wow im mmi, Plans for Broadening Roosevelt's Powers Strike Fire. WOULD GIVE HIM A FREE HAND Washington, Feb. 10.

TJP'i A risinsr tide of bit ter opposition tbreatened todav completely to over whelm Speaker Garner's pro posal to give I'resiaent JMeci: Kooseveit virtually dictatorial powers when he assumes office. The house ended a tumultuous protest against the plan by send ing tne treasury posmce appropriations bill to conference, a pre llminarv step to final passage. But the wild rebellion that swept the house floor indicated that con gress was not yet willing to abrogate its control over fiscal mat ters. Hoover Joins G. O.

P. Oppsilion Washington, Feb. 10. (UP) President Hoover was represented today by Republican congressional leaders as unalterably opposed to Democratic plans to invest President elect Roosevelt with so called "dictatorial" poweK. Mr.

Hoover conferred at length with House Republican Floor Leader Snell and Representative Wood, Republican, Indiana, ranking par ty memDer on tne appropriations committee, on the drastic to give Mr. Roosevelt a free hand to reduce government expenditures. The president on Wednesday expressed his support of ihe plan approved by the senate to invest the incoming administration with complete authority to reorganize the departments. Would Vest Dirasiic Powers However, house Democrats led by Speaker. Garner" now propose even 1 more drastic powers.

Tbey would give Mr, Roosevelt authority to "reorganize the entire government executive departments and all; reduce, alter or cancel government payments and contracts; impound appropriations and dlsmoss employees. Congress could check him only, by a two thirds vote of both houses. The president elect is said to have asked for this authority, the greatest ever bestowed upon any American executive in' peace time. 1 This latter, proposal 'was to which Mr. Hoover was represented as being definitely' opposed.

"I stated my opposition to1 thix plan," Representative Wood said after, the White House conference, "and so did Snell. I think he (the president) is in agreement. He at no time approved abrogation of congressional powers." Snell voiced similar opinions. He declared that "it was a fundamental principle of democracy that the legislative branch control the puse strings." U. S.

Wants No He repledget1 his stem. opposition, to a plan which be said would establish Mr. Roosevelt as "an absolute dictator, second in power only to Mussolini." Meanwhile, Democrats, unperturbed by the storm their revolu tlonary proposal! have raised in congress and at the White House, continued with plans to force a show down on issue. Senator Byrnes. Democrat, South Caroline, generally regarded ax President elect Roosevelt's spokesman hi congress, conferred at length today with Speaker Grarner.

Byrnes the trefjeury post office appropriations bill, which carries the reorganization rider, would be sent to a conference committee of lie house and senate to "There, he added, an attempt would be made to write in thtS Garner prgqranv. Later, Garner said he stOl "wanted to go limit in giving Mr. Roosevelt unprecedented pow AWILL Bavcrly Hills, Cal Feb, 9.. England had no idea they would kick up such a fuss Just by suggesting that tbey settle in cash. The senate howled, "How dare you oiler us cash," so I guess England will just have to keep on owing us.

Here Is one for the book: Hollywood is having its first divorce forced on it. That old rich Oklahoma Indian that lives out here, the government wants him to divorce his wife. Well, they are happy and don't want to. be divorced. The government claims they could pick him out a cheaper wife.

He says he don't want a aheap wife. I imagine the Zndani agents would like to marry him themselves. So, poor old Hollywood, they won't let you live hippy if yon want to, Tours, WS4a REPORT MASSACRE OF 900 Geneva, Feb, 10. (CP The killing of 900 civilians, including women and children, in aerial bombardment in the Chinese province ot Jehol was reported today by the CMese delegation at the League of Nations. MORE R.

F. C. LOANS Washingt; Feb. 10. (UP The Reconstruction Finance Corporation today granted relief loans of 546,374 to Alabama for use In four counties darhijr Feb ruary and of $5,500 to Georgia for use in Thomas county this month SOLDIER DIES.

Washington, Feb. 10. (UP) Maj. Gen. Edgar T.

Collins, assistant chief of stafT, and Spanish American, war and World war veteran, died at Waiter Reed hospital today after a long illness. RELIEF FOR URBANITE. Washington, Feb, 10. (UP) Extensio nof proposed farm credit relief legislation to include the city worker who owns bis own home at well as tbc farmer hi of mortgage and tax payments was under serious consideration today by a senate subcommittee, By UNITED PRESS. Known deaths totaling 130, with fate of 11 persons on a missing schooner In doubt, was the tragic tall today of the re gripped tbc nation.

Fair Weather and Good Fishing for Roosevelt Party Miami, Feb. 10. (UP) Fresident elect Roosevelt was headed toward the Berry Islands' today with the weather holding fair and the. fish running strong, a message from Vincent Astor's yacht declared today. As made public by M.

H. Mc Intyre, Mr. Roosevelt's secrctaiy The radio from AsLor declared: "Now on our way to Whale Cay among the Berry Islands. Fine weather and great flsltinz," cent days, the Sete Senate today backtracked on the bill to abolish the state corpora tion commission and refer red it to the judiciary com mittee when it came up for" passage on third reading. Ihe aenate passed the measure on second reading yesterday.

Last week, the Upper House pass i ed a similar recalled it and re ierred it to the reorganisation committee where it was amended so the utiUtles commissioner to reolace the three corporation commissioners wouio. De elective insteaa oi RoaO Construction Curtailed The Senate passed on sect reading the bil lto limit highway construction during the next two years to emergency wont only. Tne bill carried the amendment of Sen ator Francis, Of fray Wi to pave eight and a half miles of the road from Bellwood to Soco camyp in Great Smoky Mountain National Park. The Senate killed the Moore amendment let the governor and council oi state aeciae wnnt con struction is necessary. Vote to reer the corporation i mission bill to judiciary NOi 1 was it zi, passea aicer long debate.

The joint agriculture committee refused to report. out a bill, not Introduced, to transfer many of the department of agriculture's functions to State college, but Senators HiU and Blue introduced such a Dili toaay. Alamance BUI Passed The Senate passed a local bill by walker or AlamaHde'" relating to the Alamance Battleground Associa Senator Kirkpatrick, of Mecklen burg, introduced an act to permit dairies to sell one third of a quart ui mnh, insccaa or just a pint Quart as now wrovided bv law. The' Senate adontfiri h. mntinTn the bill to prevent convict labor irom competing with free labor be referred to judiciary committee ROOSEVELT TO ASK AUTHORITY President EIect Expected to Stress Need for Greater Powers in Inaugural Address.

Miami, Feb. 10, (UP) President elect Roosevelt's inaus ural address win fimnhnsii the need for greater executive powers to permit 111111 to carry out his government reorganization plan, associates said here todav as con gress disputed In Washington over move lo give Mr. Kooseveit almost dictatorial authority over government exenditures. Mr. Roosevelt is working on his address while he cruises Southern waters, on the.

yacht Nourmahal. A balanced budget and speedy farm relief will be asked in the inaugural speech, it was understood. Meanwhile the Roosevelt advis ers and the Job hunters gathered here to let it be known that they expected definite announcement of appointments to many important posts In the new administration to come from Mr. Roosevelt as soon as he returned from his yachting trip. The president elect iook witn mm names ot nearly 100 persons from which to pick commtssioners and other important' office holders.

Appointments to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Home Loan Bank board, and the Federal Trade and Radio commissions must be made known some time In advance of inauguration, it was pointed out. If the agencies are to function smoothly in the 'first; few ays alter March 4. James A. Farley, Democratic national chairman, continued patronage conference here. Among the callers, were Mayor Anto cer mak, of Chicago, and John F.

Curry, leader of ammany Hall. Mollison Finishes The Ocean Hop and Starts Again Natal, Brazil, Feb. 10. (UP) Capt James A. Mollison, young Scottish flier today dismissed his dangerous solo flight over the south Atlantic as "A simple recreation flight." Captain Mollison continued his flight toward Rio de Janeiro this morning.

His tentative schedule is to fly to Buenos Aires, north along the west coast or the United States, and from New York back to England. Capt. Mollison made the crossing from Dakar, Senegal, In 171 13 hours. It was the first solo east to west flight across the south 10. (UP) Refusal of Judge H.

S. Morison to have anvthinir to do with the habeas corpus fight against extradition ox (Joi. LuKe Liea and son to: North Carolina spurred the Lea camp here today to tresn activity. A call was sent out to ever? berof the Leas' board ot legal strategy to foregather as quickly as possible for a conference tonight, at which hew steps will be determined upon in toe ngns 01 juage ivxuri con's attitude. Jr.dee Morison.

to' Whom a writ of habeas corpus for the Leas had been referred by Judge Henry B. rown, announced at Cumberland uap ne consiaerea tne wnoie uaueaa pappus matter irregular," and challenged Judge Brown's authority to turn over to mm. To Take No' Action ''I do not taking any! action in. ine matter, wnatever, Judge Morison told the United press, at uumoenana trap. When his Position was learned the Leas here, they immediately Eout word to Lu u.

uwinn, oi lpfcls, and Henry E. Colton, oi iville. to return here from Nash at. Gwfnn and. Colton ire.

of the Lea legal staff. No statement was obtainable from the Leas, however. Speculation arose, however, over wnat possioie seeps worm carouna authorities might see fit take in view of Judge Morison's announce ment. Sheriff Lawrence Brown, of who had gone to Nashville with "Solicitor Zeb Nettles of Nashville for the Leasextradi tiorijT raa back in Asheville today, uraouga newies sun was at ruasn vllle. NEGRO PEONAGE UNDER PROBE Federal Investigation of Alleged Slavery Follows on Heels of ecitb of Forced Labor.

Memphis, Feb. 10. (UP) Preparations for a thorough investigation of alleged peonage conditions on southern plantations were Bunched' today as Wayne. D. Mad lox, U.

S. district attorney, conferred with T. D. Omnn of the fruited States bueau of investiga tion. Quinn, who Is in charge or jhe district south at here with keadquarters in Birmingham, will iirect activities oi oureau oi restigation agents in' conjunction Wth the work of Maddox.

Additional agents are. expected to assigned to the tri state district irujn otner. secwuus uivesugatee Iharaes hat tenants are lotne en forced labor on some plantations. am determined to break up. the fractice of forcing negroes to.

labor plantations against their will," Boddox said. "It Is a most seri ius menace to ttus part or the (ountry and should be stopped." A steady stream of negroes with (alas of injustice and forced servitude has filed into Maddox's ofiice or the past several weeks. Maddox nlans to leave for Wash gton in a snor iwme ana lay nis Ice; ipprc oeiore wie aepartmenG oi to aia me investigation. Death Takes Dr. Clarence Shore at the Age of 59 Raleigh.

Feb. 0. (HP) Dr. Jlarenct. A.

Shore, 59. nationally Enown medical authority, director ff the state laboratory jf yglene br 25 years and president of the tri State Medical died tere early today after a brief ill (ess. Dr. Shore, native of Winston Ulem and graduate' of the Uni tersity of North Carolina an' tohns Hopkins, was stricken last mnday witn nvsentneric throm tbsis. A disease of the intestinal irtery.

He was to have presided iver the Tri State Medical asso datlon, an organisation compris tig physicians of the Carol! nas na Virginia, in its annual at Greenville. S. C. next mo' was a recognised authority on lie reatment of hydrophobia. Surviving Dr.

Shore It his widow, he former Mist Helen Dortehgn, Bt4 wunui ire roamed in IOOVEKS' 34TH ANNIVERSARY. Feb. 10. UP) To fcy is President and Hoover's tth wedding anniversary. They planned to celebrate very tnetly and nivlted only a few per Mial friends to.Jodu them for dln tonight.

DUTCHWASTE LITTLE TIME WITH REBELS Refusal of Mutineers! on Warship to Sur render Is Costly fiOURT MARTIAL FOR SURVIVORS Amsterdam. Holland. Feb. 10. (UP) An aerial bomb spread death' on the Dutch warship de Zeven Provinci en in the East Indies today: ending a mutiny almost unique in naval history.

The bomb killed '18 men and wounded 25. remaining mutineers. aDDroximately 100 men. surrendered to the naval fleet which, had pursued the Zeven Pravincien along the Sumatran Refuse to Surrender Official dispatches to the Dutch government described the sanguinary ending, the mutiny. The pursuing iieet, uicmmug a.

cruiser, two 'destroyers and eight seaplanes, closed in on the mutineers in defiance of their threat to U5( their guns. The Zeven "Provincien Is armbed, with two 11 inch rifles, as weu as. smaller The mutineers defiantly refused to a. surrender when ordered to do. so bv.

wireless bv Com mander Van Danhulm, the pursuing fleet. A seaplane then was sent over, and dropped a small bomb alOEirf as a warning. The mutineers, who had wirelessed, "Don'f trouhle us" in reply to the commanders sun infused to surrender. The bomber theri flew low over the ship and released a' 100 pound the decks where the mutines were mJlling around shaking their Survivors Terror Stricken The bomb 'exolafled Tilth ter rific force, scattering dead and dying men over the decks. The survivors hastily' ran up the white flag.

ids wounaea mwuoea jjaxou de Vos Van Stesriwijk, a young naval officer who' was one of the few officers aboard when the ship was seized, and who was takeu prisoner by the mutineers. Three of the dead ere European enlisted men, 'framed Debree. Kroeskup and Bakker. The others were native seamen. Reports 'that two' European ma rines leu we mutiny vein uut cu The survivors will be held In prison at "ah undetermined port penoing inuar cuun.

iui iuu. Senate Committee Restores Dry Law Enforcing Funds Washlnaton. Feb. 10. (UP The Senate Appropriation committee today refused to' trim another lCper cent from prohibition enforcement i unas out aiter snarp aispuie outlawed wire tramlines at a means of detecting liquor The en forcement i una was restored to me $8,440,000 approved by the House.

The committee deleted the so caned anti snooping provision adopted by the House which forbade purchase of evidence with government fund. Lame Ducks' Seek Bi Partisan AArecment to Force Through Laws to Aid Debtors' Flight. Washington. Feb. 10.

CUP) Bi DartisajL astrfiCinent on unprecedented legislation to ease debt burdens, especially of the railroads' was announced today in a desperate effort to obtain action at tne snort session oi cuugiuaa. Senator told the United Press, reoresent ativesr of the justice department, railway. executives, InterSste Commerce commission and of President elect Roosevelt had ap proved an amended railroad, bank ruptcy bill. Mr. Roosevelt represented; here by1 A.

A. Berle, Thp. house Dassed a revolution ary relief program a fortnight ago. Hastings auuaur hit.p CTinnsorRri bv the administra tion. Both Mils were destined to enable over buraened individuals, hminBis BnrI raUroads to scale down debts without going through bankruptcy.

Controversy centered largely around tne railroad provisions. Tiifit Kption now has been re vised in a compromise Hast ings said belief for mainauais been materially altered. Bodies of Six of Seven Quarry Pit Dead Recovered Fletcher, Feb. 10. (UP) Bodies of six of the seven men buried under teh Blue Ridge Lime and.

Stone Qimrrv here Wednesday afternoon, had bee nrecovered this morning by a large force ot rescue workers laboring day and night. The bodies brought today from the 150 foot deep pit were badly mangl edanforltmiedditnetaoinsh mangled and identification was difficult. Those recovered were James Moore, 21; Mosss Shipman, Frank Praytor, wui woolen, wnue, and Bowser Collington and Walter Collins, negroes. remaining body is that of Styles Webb, 21, expected to be recovered today. A huge boulder was blasted, to reach the first bodies, those of Shipman and Coilmgton, last, nignt.

In the United States, temDera turcs along, the Atlantic seaboard were almost as low last rugni the nleht before, and in sc cases slightly lower. But in the hard hit middle west and In the Rocky Mountain states the mercury was climbing. Below zero temperatures still ruled in many sections, nowever. The prospect of higher temper atures brought also. In the Ohio Valley, the east.

and parts of the South, forecasts of snow. Denver reported snow during uhe night, and flurries fell in Kansas uny. neavy snow ien tnrcuK" the. hieht In up state New York. In the far northwest, yesterday ana last nignt nrougnt new low tern matures.

Meacnam, reported the lowest in its. history. 51 below. At Spokane the bottom Denver felt almost iwarm at midnirht with the temberature only nine below. Heavy livestock loss was reported In Colorado and Wyoming.

Kanras City and Chicago, after the lowest temperatures in many years, reported tnc rmomeiers rcj isterinf around ttn Drastic Penalties Facing Extortioners In Lindy Plot Mercury Begins Slaw Climb FromFatalSub Zero Depths Feb. 10. tUP Three federal warrants were Issued today br the arrest of Norman Harvey, 28, Joe Bryant, 19, and Mrs. Norman Harvey, charging them with send ing threatening communication through the malls in an effort to extort W0.W0 from Col. Charles A.

Lindbergh, on threats of kidnaping his second ton. The warrants were Issued by As sistant U. 8. District Attorney parsons to u. s.

comnussiocer Charles Fox, before whom a hearing expected to be held some, time this afternoon. Bonds of 129,000 each were required for the two men and 15,000 for Mrs. Harvey. Harvey and Bryant were still held 1 ntbe city jail, and Mrs. Harvey in the detention home.

Roanoke, Feb. 10. (UP) Warrants charring mailing ot communications were being prepared today by federal authorities to be nlaced aeainzt Normar Harvey, 36, and Joe Bry iv, wno ar eaccusea oi an effort to cvtnri MA MO fram (TaI "Charles a. Lindbergh hy thrtaw (By UNITED PRESS) The zero wav bgan to relax its hold up the United States today, leaving the toll of known dead at 6, but the fate of 10 men and a woman missing on the schooner Saugatuck off Connecticut remained nl doubt, and 70 inhabitants of a fishing at Sandy Point, Newfoundland, were marooned, on their low sand pit with angry, surf flooding their nomes ana enaangenng tneir lives. The Saugatuck, bent on the mission of rescuing a boy, who, unknown to its passengers and crew, had been returned home safely, had not been heard from for more than 24 hours today, and grave fears were felt for the 30 foot auxiliary schooner.

Telegraphic communication with the fishing village of Sandy. Point was broken yesterday, as the. operate: there messaged that the dyke which protected the community had broken. Wireless re norts later Indicated that homes on the east end of the Island had been flooded, and that Inhabitants, were taking refuge on the rare 4poU of. high ground,.