The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 1

"TV A (fn II TP JIM if WEATHER; South Carolina Generally, fair tonight and Wednesday. 1 1 III I I IX ft II i Lczdbio 7czicrn South Carolina Entered A Second Class Matter At The Poetofflo Greenwood. Under The Act Of March S. 117. GREENWOOD.

S. TUESDAY At'TERNOON, JUNE 6, t933. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES flu vM LIU ife fiM I- i Kki7 Miiv I hprp nti nmnrrnm VVWVllV'U LXXVJX1L6 VSXAAVXJ MATTERIN WITH ROBOT REUEFPIIOT GERMANS EMPHASIZE TARIFF WOES AS ECONOMIC CONFERENCE NEARS PRICE: FIVE CENTS PBES10EIJT TO GET lWdrker siWould Be Forced To Stay Out1 Of Labor Organizations WASHINGTON, June -AVf Swift senate passage of the admin- istration's industrial control public works measure was predicted today by leaders following the. finance committee's action in restoring en thortty to tne president to license recalcitrant foanufacturing estab- llshmente; fbli power is intended to com pel: concerns that refuse to follow the majority of their Industry to fall Meanwhile the formal report by Chairman Harrison (D Miss. dis-eksed that a modification of the licensing provision was approved to make It effective only if the presl-.

deht 'finds'thst destructive wage or price' is being practiced In any 'gecfraphlcal area or sub-divl-sloV of a trade or Industry. The. bm, to be taken up by tne senate tonvxrow, was further revis ed to provide that ro employe suOl be required as a condition to employment to refrain from organizing or. atsUUng a labor' organisation of his own cjaoosmg. is jgetldent to Boense mamifaeturnstabUshinehte that refuse to faU in iinel with trade 1 Elk 'JM -w- ns direct toM L.

for atMoiNa 1 I I i. ii I. vjwJ i ii fin ii I 1 1 'i i i' i Tks erinun srlehshaak and peeud of Oerimaiy nt retent eenterta- eensldered a likely choke Ir Mem to the wet Id eeennm'c eeaferenea alms jure, JpjalcataaW gy. stable currencies inly he relieved of uncertalnry Itt tlcttUtlflg their rices as compared 'with' those of fluctuating Gold, argue. is still the best North and South America Interests in the German delegation a prcposals probably wilt center in cup reduction land Consolidation of Germany's short term loans into 'onger term By shoring up her tariff walls Germany has almost succeeded in stopping agricultural Imports, from the western hemisphere.

Crop IeaP Tlalened In exchange for reductions in crop acreages, with the attendant Increase In world prices, the government. It la believed, would be willing to reduce Its agricultural tariffs. u. As vital to Industry as the agricultural discussions are to farmers, is the problem private debts as they appear In German eyes. Much of the German business tension (Continued oa page seven.) In Veterans Expenses Or Substitute Proposition ByPres-' ident Roosevelt WASHINOTON.

June t. P-After an execuUve fneeUng of the democratic steering committee, Speaker Ratney told reporter! today the house would accept the Conally 35 per cent veterans amendment to the Independent offloeihlu or aubstltute proposition to be offered by President Roocevelt The house leaoership, said, would delay action on the Independent offices appropriation bill to give' President Roosevelt enough time to submit his alternative pro- Meanwhile the president speeded up plans for modifying the veterans regulations calling In Lewis Douglas, director of the budget, Prank T. Hlnea, veterans administrator, for an extended conference Employment' Bill Signed By Roosevelt WA8UINOTON, June (-President Roosevelt today klgoed the Wagner bm estahlUhlng a national employment system under the department of labor. UOUSETOffiPT MR CENT CUT sfreementa upon which the majority, of their industry decide, so as to force them to adhere, to the prac VOL. XIV.

NO. 421, GIRDLEfl OF GLOBE CdlJTirJUES SWIFT PACE FOR RECORD No Reason Announced For His Remaining Over In Omsk This Evening OMSK. Siberia. June James Msttcrn landed here today at 5:25 a. E.

8. (rom Moscow. 'He took 12 hours and .1 minutes to fly hern fro.m Moscow a distance of about MOO miles, which lie negotiated without slopping, on an average of almost 120 miles an Lour. Head winds wrrcslrong, slowing up his normal speed, but he knew bout them before he left the Soviet capital. Beyond Omsk, will have very alight head winds, fair weather and -good visibility, according to weather forecasts.

Def Men Re Mai MOSCOW. June 1 if) James Slattern; American round the world Ilier, plans to remain in Ohwk until dispatches receiver here tald today The' reaioa for the -was not eiplalnd Efforts were being made here to certain whether 'the aviator had encountered iny' mechanical diffl-vulty with hla plane or whether he 'was merely taking this opportunity to obtain resL JUattem. who7tar" world thought loat Sunday, AIoscow Monday afteltioori -with an honest three-hour Wvlhtage over Wllcj Post and Harold Oetty. the record-holders whoso Speed he If trying to heat. When he took ort be had an advantage of nearly six hours.

MI feel tine tut I would like to have about an hour's sleep," the Texas flier said. Russian airport officials provld ed him with an enthusiastic wei come, a sumptuous meal, a shower bath and a bed for hla much-need rest. Business In Textile Branches Is Better Than fti Two Years (SnfcKNVIlXE, 8. C. June 6 -tFl The Greenville Piedmont today said better business than nas seen experienced since 1130 was reported by sales agents, construction engineers and others locally Identified with the soath'ern textile industry who were questioned In a survey made by the pkpar.

(Workers At Belton Mill Resume Jobs BELTON. June (fV-About MO (employes of the Belton mills return-led to work this morning under a compromise settlement of dlfferen- brought about a walkout last Monday. granted a 10 per cent wags increase pud that the mill management a greed not to put into affect a plan for lncreaslns the labor load. 'nererty Hills. Cat iane 1 Thangs tees Jwt gnf aheg fuse nai laekei wae ffetaf te kare seme real recev-ery with Mr.

BeeMveH piloting. Bt I gneaa Ks ahent ever, 1 see where eoagress la started Uklng iheaMetres sertswa again That naeaas he will have te radle aemt night and pat these gentlemen right haek an their place. He made the tMake ef keeping tea, there twe wi Ue lOBg. 1 I eee where the rvenuent nfed that hoer cetillt Mil a India wmrailrta. They 2at want te take est lUMltVl XX 1 WILL U' i Vx art Action Is Jaken Ajter Geneva c-H Moves Agamslf; Boycott''Afe' GENEVA.

June -jPH-A rep resentative of caUncendt Httlere government pledged lus word fcefore a pubuc league ot nations council meeting talay UuroeiWnywifi give back to Jews the poaltioQ they recently lost in derinan upperBi Toe question a httwghtteftft the councU May 4l; Frara Bernhclm, a Oerman Jew, 'preaent. ed a petttlon charging that the bar-ring of Oerman Jtws front pTOfea-slons in that conlrkyttaa-'. a PoUsh-Oerman ctovrotW, guaran teeing certain rightg rtgardleal of race or. rellgMn. With Oermanr and Italy abstain ing, the rxmndl unanimously adt ed the report.

that the bfTtott of Jewish shops and irotne'lawf kTrect- Ing the status of lawyers, fwtariesl and doctors, conflict with the rol ish-Oerman mihodties convention. 7 Thr report dlnecd kttnUon CHrmany tatemeht- that if W-frlngeflJents had occurred they Tere the resuK of erron DT aubottflnaU officials khd Nothing drreloird i saeeWtg about what qetmany wni. do eon- cemlng Jewt nt Denhany proper. xe awpm rmofnge BERLIN, June (V-Oennany will respect the finding of the ju-ridldal committee of the league of nations cotujcll, In the Bernheim It was authoritatively elated today. InMtn Tot uiwhiv wmtm Of Morgan Partners WiU Belnvestited WASHINGTON, June Senate investigators of J.

P. Mor gan and company aet out today to blast any of their authority to examine stock transactions of the bank's partners affecting their Income tax Keeping the Inquiry for the present 09 Morgat atfillatloas. with the Van SWeringen railroad'. tares, the banking committee voteC to seek added power Jf necessary to go Into stock deals by Thomas S. Lament.

William Bwing, HaV- old Stanley and other The Investigating "group" then returned to Questioning of O. 1. Van Swerlngeh on hew heanC hla brother. M. knit together their wide rail Interests and the part taken by jtbe Morgah bapk.

In the senati Jheeinwtltd, the lepnblican' Robinaonof Indiana- demanded that the Investigation be pushed "full steam ahead and bring out ail the rottenness la rue internaUoasj bankers." Attempts are belig made to "hamstring" it. he said, and as told shortly about the resolution that had been' adopted by the com iutttee to look Into Income tax re turns. WaleotL Republican ef Connecticut," aaid It would- "sella fy Refunding Oflligh Interest Securities Is Being Discussed WABHINaTOW, June m-m- ident Roosevelt told Cenaoc Bone, democrat; of Waeluujtpni today the administration is seriously consider ing a proposal to refund the higher Interest rate government hoods at lower level 1 Conclusion Is Near OnFour-PowerPact June I -4r- Tnnitt MujootlnL opening today's senate. meeting, said that "negotiations on the four-power pact have" reached such 'a stage that In one sense or another they win arrive nt 'a on- DECIDE TO RELAX 1 tices of the industry was put back tato the bm yesterday by the senate finance committee. The' eetnmittee considered the action by.

which it struck such au thority from the bill several days Jttst M.tttue eaiearit thrown aside the house proposals and sub-stUuted the Harrison plan in a vote whfch In effect was a decision to POST TO FOLLOW Mat tern to new away ahead piaav tr hep tor Berlin abent Jnly 1. ef kaebe la expected te Concentration For Political. "Un- fit'Mn All Parts Of Country BERLIN. June Borne 11.000 Germans from all walks in life are being held in the political eoncenlrstlbn camps In various parts of the fiountry'' Wilhelm Pric'kPrusslan minis ter of thi Interior, explains that theyWI be keot there until thy become "fit clt liens." reconciled If notconvertedi to 4h Nasi regime of Adolf Hitler. l'nmp Harronndlags Vary Most of the 18,000 are socialists or.

communists. or all ages or classes, they kept on a strict routine of exercise and work. Quarters vary from an ancient castle, like Hohnsteln. in Saxony, which was a shelter tor youthful hikers before it was converted to Its! Present use, to rough barracks surrounded by barbed wire entanglements. Sanitary conditions generally ate described, as excellent.

"There are doctors at each camp to care for tha- health of the inmates, and some fit them report that the political prisoners are adepts at getting' on morning "sick call." Most 'of them simiilate sick ness because they think they'll get hospital leave," waa the way the nowapaper Tasgllsche Kundscmm quoted the camp physician at Or- anlenbttrg, near Berlin. Plenty ef Exercise Dally Oranlenburg there are 15 Va hours routine dally. The schedule calla for J4 hours ot military training, like scaling barricades and drill In columns and company front formation, an hour and a half Of physical culture and five hours of manual labor. The physical culture includes morning setting-up exercises, foot' ball matches and similar group games. The manual labor is mostly tidying ap the camp premises and barracks, but there are odd Jobs too, such as sewing or painting swastika emblems on confiscated communist flags.

At most of the camps privileges are Major Kauffman, head of the blgHeuborg camp In Wuert temberg. said his prisoners were allowed to 'Write one letter month. There ere no visiting days Curds Are idamaat "Sometimes half the population of the village triea to get In to see the prisoners," the major told Oerman newspaper writer. "There ere I and genuine fiancees, yonng fellows with faked passes. women tn peasant 'garb and worn? ea la silks.

(Continued oa page sevenJ -1 i ef 1 1 1 1 1 18.000 GERMANS jncentrationCamr Irfoease 'the-taxes upon which In-dustry rather those ot the per- of sman lnccmiee. The Harrison corporation net worth and dividend taxes to finance tne tsjoo.000,000 worth of publie works jnvldedm tbJbQL The -committee then reported the measure to the senate but dem ocratto kers' agreed to let It go over until Wednesday before tak pat it up on the floor. Senator MCNary, or Oregon, uie republican leader, suggested to permit the minority party ef the reeord set two' years ago by placet Ranch rtUaaee ea the rehei control the ahlp during rest periods, TO QUIT EARLY GONE "BLOOEY" WIKHMGTOH, Jhine 4P Speaker Ratney toll newspa-ler maw-lMt let aJjeirtretfi of eengreis have all gele hteoey and forecast ike speetal letslon weald net end iktJl sly Jv Girl, 13, Shot Dead; Uncle, 46, Ends Life; Love Tragedy Bared TUSCALOOSA, AUu, June 6 OvV-A middle-aged fanner Monday shot and killed his IS year old niece for whom he confessed his love in a note, left behind at Cottondale. near while being pursued, kin- ed himself with a charge from a shotgun into hit own head. The farmer, O.

Langford, .46, was hiding la the hayloft when the girl, Ruth Kisabtth Barnett. enter ed the barnyard to milk, and fired at her from a distance of 30 feet. Members of the family saw the shooting and gave chase as Langford fled, but were some distance from him when he halted, and placing a shotgun beneath his chin, pulled the trigger In notes left behind for the par ents of the girl Mr. and Mrs. E.

F. Barnett, professing his love for hU niece, adding "there Is no other way out I never bad any happiness." Another note! was addressed to Mrs. Agnes' Bajries ai Ky, and was signed "Dad." The Barnette tfth Whom Langford had made his home for two years, told officers Langford had made his attentions to the girl apparent and they had objected, on several occasions asking him to leave. Lava Wave Halting At Mount Vesuvius; Town Out Of Danger NAPLES, Italy, June lava wave from Mount Vesuvius was halting a few feet from the preclplttous edge of the Valley of Inferno Monday, and as the How gradually stopped it was believed that danger to tile town of Tersin-go was over. Two thirds tt the area covered by the 1929 eruption have beea covered anew, and the mass of smoking lava seems ready to burst over the rim of the volcano Into the valley.

Pair Who Gave Rum ToAIMr.Coi!i?1ttd OASTONIA, K. June. ti'-U?) L. O. Oardner and Caldwell Brown of Mount Hony were convicted here today of giving whiskey to a minor in.

connection with the death of Spencer Buford, 12. Sentence was deferred. ') fat and Harold Getty. irsstf'trhe relief pilct ahewn, irhlclCj'twigni, keeping It em even, kfe wotte Three- Men vWdnapecl iperaaoesKJu; 4 RISON. ArlU'utie Vfh tomA of) between five and sevea heavily armed men who Sheriff Roy Morrison said he belkvee worn fleeing Kansas eon vkrts wero thwarted In attempts to loot thhvtown today after the early morning kidnaping of the night watchman.

Lights were' turned on and aa anned guard of eltlsens patroied the rtreets after the alarm was given that Deputy SherUI W. A.vPore, night watchman, and JVR. Perkins and Sam Rogers, negro, bad been kidnaped by three armed men from tn front of a store about 1 a. tt. The storekeeper; wakened by Perkins and Rogers, who had come to deliver a load of hay, witnessed the kidnaping when he got up and heard the'men tett Pore they would return to "loot-five or ate sale." Their car bore an Oklahoma license.

The three men were released a- bout two hours later when the gang, traveling in two autonaobfles, spot ted a car load of offiosrs cwplcked up Pore and. his companions and gave chase, but they were out-dis tanced. U. Tells Germany Of UnrestRegarding Treatment Of Jews WASHINGTON, June 6 (-Tne administration is maintaining eon tact with the German government on the question of anti-Semitic ac tivities in that country. No official protest has been lodged with the Hitler government but It has been quietly informed of unrest occasioned here by the nasi tactics regarding the Jews.

Three-Power Parley At Paris Thursday GENEVA. June .8. -V- The three-power dsexmament parley at Paris next Thursday between representatives of the American, British and French governments, win prob ably be followed by five-power discussion in which Oermany and Italy will participate. Japan is not expected to take Part. Home Mortgage Bill Sent To, Conference WASHINQTON, June (V-The house today rejected the senate's a- mendment and sent to conference the administration's two billion dot lar a to decide upon its position on the greatly revised measure.

President Roosevelt had urged restoration of the. licensing provision and administration leaders as Dr. HJnlniar icharhl, head the rrntesiatative of hanrellor Hitler fions with President Keoevrlt, Is hthip oh the (trrman delegation jrt I.ondok. pl.hls BERLIN'. June e.M The world economic conference In London will he regarded an a siiccens by tJeioiaiiy, according to author! tktive Information hnre, if It lowers trwle barriers.

Ktabillne-i rurren-t'ics. removes restrictions upon the exchange of monies between countries and thus points the way to relieving unemployment. Work, in this country of more than 6.000.900 Jobless, is the pressing need of the common man. Tariff Barrier Decried To redm unemployment, Ger many will urguc that artlfieiiH iu-rlff burrlers erected since lue world war must fall on all sides, so that normal intercourse cau again tako place. It will further le necessary that international regulation be effected for reducing the interest rate on capital borrowed before the big economic depression set In.

Also, it will be necessary to ef fect some sort of international stabilization of currencies, so that the producers In countries with RE Illinois Joins States Which Have Voted Against 18th Amendment (By the Associated Press) The movement for repeal of the 18th amendment was one-quarter of the way toward its goal today with Illinois added to the eight states which previously had voted to strike the amendment from the constitution. Thirty-six states are needed for repeal. Tcday the tenth state Indiana-made its decision at the polls. Bieh6p Jhtneit Cannon, a lead er among prohibition advocates, was Quoted as saying before today's voting: "If we can win in Indiana we can prevent repeal." Th Anti-Saloon League superintendent for that state expressed the opinion that dry law defenders had a "50-60 cnaneer Balloting In 050 reCtKcta out of 7,249 in Illinois on yesterday'! vote today gave 995304 for repeal and 'against "Michigan. Wisconsin, New York, New Jersey Delaware, Rhode Island, Wyoming and Nevada have for repeal while no state thus far has voted for the amendment OF WAY TO GOAL serted that without tt the entire i purpose of the legislation would he destroyed.

If Industries refused to cooperate. the president would be authorized to license them to compel them to adopt codes of fair competition covering production and hours of work. He also could deny licenses to recalcitrant minorities and bar their goods from Interstate com- merce. r-'. True Bills Returned In Gastonia Slaying ar OASTONIA, N.

June WV-A. P. Whltwortb, P. O. Palls and Palls' son, Tort, were charged in true bills returned today by a Gaston county grand Jury with murdering Mrs, Maude' B.

'Whttwwth, 45-year-old Gastonia dressmaker, on May if near here. True bills also, were returned In two- other indictments charging Whltwortb and P. C. Palls with unlawfully arresting Mrs. Whltworth and with assaulting her.

No action was Fire Destroys Half NewTork Village BUNTER, N. June WV-Fire, originating In the post office building, destroyed "half of the buslnese sectiorJ'ofnhls village today. iSOHi! eeUsatci at VXl vhldcey toe tnkk. -A i a M- 1 tsi s. i' tar -1 tat -t if -j,.