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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-04
TEXTS OF Two
COUNTY BILLS
ARE RECEIVED
Measures for Tender Of
Bonds on Taxes and
Sales Not Offered

Copies of two hills draw, ARK
which would affect the payment
Of Henderson county taxes and
back taxes. have been received by
The TimeS-News from Represen-
tative Ted K. Ray.
Mr.. Ray says that the bills. one
of which would enable the county
to receive county bonds in pay
ment of back taxes, while the
other one would empower the
county to sell at public or private
sale any lands acquired through
liquidation of claims against any
defunct banking institution in the
city, have not yet been intro
duced.
The text of these bills as draft
ed follows:
A Bill to be Entitled An Act to
Aid in the Liquidation of Ger
tain Securities Owned by Hen
derson County.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section /. That the Board Of
Commissioners of the County OF
Henderson is hereby authorized
and empowered to sell and convey
at public or private sale any land
that the county may have &C
uuired or received through fore
closure of Deeds of Trust or Mort
gage Deeds in the liquidation OF
its claim or claims against any
defunct banking institution in the
city of HenderSonville, or such
lands as it may have otherwise &C
quired by foreclosure of Deeds OF
Trust or Mortgage Deeds, or
which it may hereafter acquire at
such price and on such terms as
it may see fit, ard may accept any
outstanding bonds of the County
of Henderson, whether matured
or unmatured, at par, plus &C
crued interest, if any, to apply IN
payment or part payment of the
purchase price of such land: Pro-
vided. this section shall not apply
to any land owned by the County
of Henderson and now being used
for municipal purposes.
Sec. 2. That any sale and con-
yeyance of real estate heretofore
made by the Board of Commits
sioners of the County of Hender-
son of lands acquired in the man
ner provided by this act, whether
at private or public sale. be and
the same is hereby ratified and
validated.
/ Sec. 8. That all laws and clauses
OF laws in conflict with this act
are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. That this act shall be m
full force and effect from and at
ter it's ratification.
A Bill to be Entitled an Act to
Aid the Collection of Back
Taxes in the County of Hen
! derson. ~,
! The General Assembly of NORTH
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That any uncollecteC
back taxes owing to the County OF
Henderson, for the year one thou
sand nine hundred and thirty, anc
previous years. may be paid II
whole or in part with bonds Gt
the County of Henderson, ma
tured or unmatured, and the Tan
| Collector of the County of Hen
derson shall accept such bonds
plus accrued interest, # any, Al
par, to apply on any such taxes
and or the interest. cost anC
penalties thereon: Provided, thai
the Tax Collector shall not be re-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-04
The Times-News Bureuu
Sir Whittier Hotel


RALEIGH, Feb. 4. For the
past several days the senate and
house have been meeting earlier,
starting their sessions at IL
o'clock instead of at noon. One
cause for this was the larger
number of bills on the calendars
in both houses. But the real rea-
son is believed to be the fact that
the people back home" have not
been able to understand why the
members Of the general assembly
could not get up and get to work
before noon and started asking
embarrassing questions.
The leaders in the movement
to move the legislative meeting
hour up from IL O'Clock to IL
O'clock were Representatives Bob
M. Cox Of Forsyth, and W. C.
Ewing in the house and Lieuten-
ant Governor A. H. Graham in
the senate. For a while it was
contended that neither house
could meet before noon because
of the committee meetings in the
mornings. 1t is a well known
fact, however, that few commit
tee meetings have been held in
the mornings and that most of
these have been poorly attended.
1t was pointed out by those fav-
oring the earlier meeting hour
for the assembly that the COM
mittee meetings could be held at
9 o'clock instead Of at 10 or IL
so that all the members could be
free to get to an IL o'clock legis-
lative session.
By starting at II o'clock, it is
now possible for both houses to
work for two hours, clear their
calendars by l or 1870 o'clock
adjourn for lunch and permit
members to get to 2:30 O'Clock
meetings without having to rush
too much. When the sessions did
not start until ~ o'clock, it was
often 2:30 before they adjourn
ed, throwing all afternoon COM
mittee meetings off schedule.
A large number of the MEM
bers of both houses have been
willing to adopt the earlier meet
ing time, but a few others who
did not want early sessions to
disturb their morning beauty
! sleep" prevented it's adoption. In
, dications now are, however, that
earlier meeting hours will prevail
from now on.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-04
WEATHER

.,,,dv tonight; Sunday partly
E,tle change in temPera-
ture.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-04
MOVE TO TAX
THESE IS Seen
AT RALEIGH
New Bill Would Pledge
Bank Assets to Pro-
tect Deposits
LEGISLATORS ARE
MEETING EARLIER

RALEIGH, Feb. 4.-(UP).-
Two statewide measures were in
troduced in the house today, one
by Judge Bowie Of Ashe, tc au-
thorize banks to secure and pro-
tect deposits by pledging their
assets, the other by Everett Of
Durham, to repeal that part Of
the consolidated statutes which
exempts foreign stocks from tax
alton.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-04

RALEIGH, Feb. 4.--(UP).--
Senator Kirkpatrick Of Mecklen-
burg, today introduced an act to
transfer the motor theft bureau
from the revenue department to
the highway patrol, which would
assume the bureaus duties with
, no extra remuneration.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-04
GOOD AFTERNOON

Folk. who started the new year
with household budget books know
by this time why all that extra
space was allowed for "miseel'
laneous expenses. ...
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-11
CRASH FATAL
To LABORER

No blame was attached to Harry
Hosskamp for death of Mike Me,
dina. 43, as the result of an auto
accident which occurred at 2:30
o'clock yesterday afternoon, by u
coroner's jury which conducted its
inquest at the Hopes funeral home
in Brawley this morning. The acci-
cent was declared unavoidable by
the jury.
Medina, who is a worker on the
Cuff ranch, 10 miles east of Braw :
ley, was fatally injured when his
automobile crashed into the side
of a truck operated by HoSSkamp,
about two miles south of BraWley on
the main highway. Medina, badly
crushed, was removed to the Braw-
ley hospital for emergency treat
ment and then to the county hos
pital where he passed away at $40
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
1t is thought by officials who
investigated the accident that Me-
dina either lost control of his car
or went to sleep for a moment,
crashing into the heavy truck di-
rectly back of the drivers seat. 1t
is also thought that death resulted
from a loss of blood.
He is survived by his widow.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-11

DRAGGING ON
WEARY WAY
Angelo-American Effort To
Continue Work In Full Meets
With Failure.
ADJOURNMENT PREDICTED
Agreements On Wheat And Sill
yer Only Possibilities For Con-
crete Achievements.
BY HARRY FL0RY
United Press Staff COrreSponder

LONDON, July IL. U.P) = The
world economic conference entered
the final phase of it's first efforts
today, with the expectation OF con-
tinuing another two weeks before
a long adjournment, but in extreme
ly Skeletonized form.
The conference has been spared
from sudden death, but is being al.
lowed to live only in a comatose
state.
The Anglo-American effort to get
full continuation OF the conferences
work failed, except that they forced
the gold standard nations to make
one concession-discussion of CO.
operation between central banks,
which is a way involves the gold
standard. Silver and international
debts also will be discussed as the
conference meltS iHto various COM
mittees for academic discussion Of
subjects not considered generally
objectionable.
The outstanding possibilities for
concrete achievements are for wheat
and silver agreements. The sub
committee on timber already has
adjourned until October. The con-
ference itself is expected to adjourn
the last week of this month.
Todays agreement or procedure
was reached by the monetary draft
ing committee and approved by the
steering committee. It's text fol-
lows:
THE monetary drafting commits
tee recommends:
81. That the monetary sub-com-
mission on permanent measures take
first discuss the question of indebt-
edness.
! -. That the monetary sub-com-
mission on permanent measures
into consideration the resolutions
already adopted by its sub-commit-
tees on cooperation of central banks
and the creation OF central banks in
countries where they do not exist
at present; also continue through
the medium of its subcommittee
the examination of the question Of
silver and any other subjects ON
the agenda which the sub-commis-
sion by general agreement consiu-
ers susceptible of discussion"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-11
SENATOR COPELAND BLAMES
CANGSTERS FOR K|DNAP|NCS
Racketeers Drifting From Prohibition To
Abductions AS Means Of Obtaining Easy
Money From Wealthy Families.
BY United Press

Kidnapers held three prominent
and wealthy men for high ram
som today.
The drift of gangsters from pro-
hibition rackets into "snatching'
was blamed by Senator Royal S.
Copeland and other government
officials for the brazen series OF
abductions.
Kidnapers of John j. O'Connell,
Jr, "a, Albany,N. Y, nephew OF
the bosses of the powerful O'Con-
nell Democratic meachine, demand
ed $250,000 and threatened to kill
their captive if police were told.
August Luer, II, president of the
Alton Bank and Trust company
Alton, H., was taken from his
home last night. So far no word
has been received from the kid
naperS.
No authentic word has been re-
ceived by the family of John tJake
the barber) Factor, supposedly helc
by Chicago kidnapers for more
than a week.
The kidnapping spurred the SEN
ate inquiry into racketeering which
is directed by Senator Copeland
He estimated the nation pays a
yearly tribute of from $10,000,000,-
900 to $15,000,0O0 to racketeers
President Roosevelt and Attorney
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-11
TAX BATTLE
WAKING HOT
Proponents Of Income And
Sales Levies Lining Up For
Legislative Session.
By THOMAS Il. MALARKEY
United Press Staff CorreSpOndent

SAlSNu OtdAl
SACRAMENTO, July II. - CAL
ifornia s taxation battle was today
being fought on many fronts as
legislators, civic bodies, state Off
cials and affected business groups
emphatically voiced their views on
how the state can best meet a
$12l 100000 deficit.
The fight has simmered down
to a controversy between sales tax
and income tax advocates-with
the former getting far the best of
it in Legislative battles.
True, the State Grange is for an
income tax, and SO are certain rur-
al senators and assemblymen. But
the metropolitan senatorial and
assembly delegations are apparently
unanimously opposed.
Two influential state figures add
ed their voices against the income
tax today. Fred Stewart, member
OF the board of equalization, assert
ed it was unthinkable because the
only way money could be raised
would be to bear down on the cit
liens in lower brackets. Senator
Jerrold SeaWell heatily seconded
Stewart S views.
Income tax advocates do not
necessarily argue against sales tax
They merely assert sales levy i:
a poor man So tax. To obtain
true tax balance, an income ia,
bearing down hard on the higher
salary brackets, should be passed
as well as a sales tax, they claim.
| Passage of a sales tax is as GER
tain as anything can be these days
LEGISLATORS are more or less divided
on it's extent Some favor a TIVE
per cent levy which would rais'
around $60,000,000; the remaining
| sol 100000 would be raised by
hodge podge of levies ranging from
stock transfer tax to an addition
al automobile license fee.
A large portion of the Legislature
urges a very simple plan. Passag
of a three per cent sales tax which
would raise around $80,000,00C
Then deliberately let the state g
in the red for the other SAL 900, ,OOC
Such plan is advocated by SOM
Southern California legislators an
bears the endorsement OF others.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-11
TRUCK ROUTE
HEARING HELD

Protests and arguments of var
ious kinds were head by the city
planning commission at its meeting
in the city hall last night and as a
result public hearing will be held
on July 81 for the purpose OF OBJ
tanning recommendations or furth-
er protests for or against the use
of any particular street as a truck
route through the city.
The planning commission had
been requested by the city council
to consider this question OF a truck
route for the city and it was for
that purpose the meeting Of last
night was held Arguments for
State street, Adams street and
Commercial street, together with
protests against each one of them,
were heard by the commission last
night. After hearing these the
board made no recommendations
but will await the result of the spe-
cial meeting on July 81.
Protests were also heard relative
to the granting of special permit
to the Foursquare Gospel congre-
CATION to move its church from the
rear to the front of its present lot
at Fourteenth and Olive. After
considering these protests the per-
NIT was denied. The application
to install a steam laundry in the
California hotel building was put
over for further consideration un-
til the end of the month.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-11
General Homer S. Cummings pledg-
ed whole hearted cooperation.
By SANDOR S. KLEIN
United Press Staff Correspondent

ALBANY, N. Y, July IL. - Kid
naperS holding John j. O'Connell,
Jr., "a, nephew of the bosses of the
powerful O'Connell Democratic ma
chine, were believed today to have
reestablished contact with the har-
assed O'Connell family.
Jack Murphy, an O'Connell po-
litical henchman, disappeared from
the home of the youths parents
early today and apparently authen-
tic reports said he departed on a
secret mission in connection with
the kidnapping. Murphy previously
had announced he would remain at
the home all night to answer the
telephone.
Edward j. and Daniel P. o OCon-
nell, the boys uncles, hastily con-
verted cir political machine,
which more than once has had a
hand in shaping the deStinieS OF
the nation, into an organization
seeking to free the strapping, 200
pound boy held for $250,000 ram
som under threats of death.
All leaders of the O'Connell ma
cnlne, winch controls Albany county
politics, has vast influence in New
York state, and has made its in
fluence felt nationally, were en-
powered to receive messages from
the abductorS in behalf of the fam
lily. In addition II Intermediates,
described as "well known in sport
ing circles,'' were formally named
by the family at the kidnaperS' re-
quest.
The greatest secrecy was main
tanned. Members of the O'Connell
family would not even admit the
kidnapping Police had not been
notified, but nevertheless they has
tily organized a wide search for
the abductorS.
Secrecy Maintained
The O'Connells obviously suffer-
ed the greatest anxiety because in
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-11
BOARD BUSY
/. ON FINANCES

County finances and tax ADJUST
ments were the main items OF bus
mess brought before the board OF
county supervisors at their meeting
yesterday, part of which was de-
voted to their duties as supervisors
and part as a board of equalization.
The board authorized the trans
fer of nearly $4,000 as loans from
the general reserve fund and other
sources to the salary and general
funds of the county to cover de-
ficits in these funds.
An amendment to the county
health ordinance was passed pro-
viding that no carcass of any dead
animal shall be buried within 100
feet of any canal or reservoir from
which water is taken for general
uses. 1t further provides that no
toilet or cattle corral shall be To-
Gated within SO feet of any canal
or water reservoir. This matter
had been decided upon at an earlier
meeting and yesterdays action was
merely the formal adoption of the
ordinance including these recon-
mendationS.
Several tax adjustments were
allowed and others were received
by the board for further consid-
Grafton. Thirty-four applications
for licenses to sell beer in the un-
incorporated areas of the county
were read and approved.
Scott Foulds was appointed by
the board to check the delinquent
tax rolls and report to the board
on the amount and percentage OF
delinuuencieS in county tax pay
ments. He is to work with the dis
trict attorney on this matter.
The district attorney was author
lied to use whatever legal mean:
might be necessary to compel Alb
ner Hanson to remove his dwell
ing and other buildings from the
right of way of Rio Vista avenue
near Brawley, in order that this
street might be used as a thorough
fare for the convenience of ranch
ers in that district.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-11
TOXIC HOMES
UNDER GUARD

TOXIC, July IL. U.P)-The resi-
denceS of all government official,
were guarded by police today aftel
the arrest of 110 members of the
japanese Reactionary Seisanto So
city on charges of plotting to as.
saSsinate Japanese statesmen ano
terrorize capitaliStic institutions.
Authorities linked the asserted
plot with an attempt to intimidate
the court now trying 13 members
of the blood brotherhood on charg-
es of numbering Premier Inuka
May Is, 1882. The brotherhood al
legedly is a patriotic murder sect
led by Nissho Inouye, a priest who
also is a defendant in the trial.
Police charged that among those
marked for death were Premier Ma
koto Saito, Baron Tatsuo Yamamo-
to, home minister, Count Nobuak
Maxine, Reijiro Wakatsuki, forme'
premier and DR.. KiSaburo Suzuki
president of the Ssiyukai party.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-11
POWDER CARS
ON WILD RIDE

GRASS VALLEY, Cal, July IL.
U.P)-Powder laden cars ran wild
on a two mile narrow guage rail-
road yesterday and ended their
wild, jolting dash with a crash
that killed an 88 year old woman
but failed to explode the dynamite.
Mrs. Margaret Schaeffer, 88, was
fatally injured. Another passenger,
Claude O'Roueke, 25, escaped SER
ious injury.
Two cars of the Nevada county
narrow guage railway, bearing low
grade dynamite and passenger
car, started downhill near the
summit OF Town Talk ridge be-
tween Grass Valley and Nevada
City. The train crew was nearby
shunting cars onto sidings.
Before O'Roueke realized what it
was all about, the cars were going
too fast to risk removing the aged
woman. Faster went the runaway.
Lurching and jolting, the three
small cars sped down the grade for
two miles.
A built up highway near the
Idaho Maryland mine ended the
wild ride. There, the three cars
leaped the tracks and crashed.
Rescuers were compelled to cut
their way into the battered pass
enger car and rescue Mrs. Schaef-
fer.
Low grade of the dynamite pre-
vented an explosion despite the
impact, railroad authorities said.
Railroad officials said either the
brakes were not set or failed to
work. The train crew stoutly main-
tanned the brakes were on.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-11
Pair To Face
Death Charge

GRANTS PASS, Ore, July II.
U.P)-Trial of John Alvin Barrier
and Harry Bowles for the asserted
Staying of Milo Baucom, state troop
er, was to start before Judge H. D.
Norton in circuit court here this af-
ternoon.
The trial was held over from yes
terday when a telegram was re-
ceived from Charles w. DempSter
of Los Angeles, who said he was
coming here to defend Bowles.
Dempster said he was retained
by Mrs Ella r. Bowles of Los An
geleS to defend her son.
Barrier is represented by j. N.
Johnston of Grants Pass, and his
mother, Mrs. j. A. Barrier of Hunt
ington Park, Calf, is attending the
trial.
The youths were said TO have
confessed that BowleS shot Baucom
several times when the trooper
stopped the boys while they were
driving a car stolen in Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-11
Connecticut Gets
'SUeet ReUenge'

HARTFORD, Conn, July IL. U.P)
Connecticut became the twelfth
state to demand repeal of the 18th
amendment today when the special
convention passed the formal res
olution ratifying the 2lst amend
ment.
The so repeal delegates merely
made official the vote by which
the people, last month, rejected the
prohibition law. an act the state
never had ratified.
Editor S Note Then the so saun-
tered across beautiful Bushnell
park, which surrounds the capitol,
to Heublein S, where tea and toast
were served.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-11
Russians Arrest
Official Group

MOSCOW, July II. U.P)-The
chief of the Soviet Russian coast
guard in all Kamchatka, and the
entire staff of the coast guard
station at Cape Olga, Kamchatka,
have been arrested and taken to
Petropavlovsk for investigation of
the killing of three Japanese fish
ermen on the Siberian coast it
was announced today.
The killing of the fishermen
who went ashore to get water
brought a dangerous Russian-Jap-
anese situation, Russia has prom
ised complete satisfaction if Rus
sian officials are shown to be at
fault.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-11
Farmers Plan To
PreDent Auction

SANTA ROSA, Calf, July IL. W.R)
Authorities made preparations to-
day to prevent possible disorder at
a bank auction of the home of Rev.
]. L. Case in front of the Sonoma
county court house next Friday.
Meeting at the ranch of the aged
minister, 1000 farmers threatened
to use force, if necessary, to halt
the sale. The meeting was called
by the Sonoma County Farmers
Protective league.
j. Stitt Wilson, former Socialist
mayor of Berkeley, who is organiz-
ing farmers and workers march
on the state capitol, told the farm
ers that efforts to stop the auction
of the Case home was in harmony
with President Roosevelt's opposl-
ton to mortgage foreclosures.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-11
RA|LMEN To
. ACCEPT CUT.

CLEVELAND, July IL. W.P)--Or-
anizations representing all railroad
employees have agreed to accept for
another year the 10 per cent wage
cut now in effect, A. F. Whitney,
chairman of the Railway Labor
Executives association, announced
today
Under the wage agreement, ar
rived at by the railroads and the
unions through the help of the fed
eral government, the flat 10 per
cent reduction will continue to June
80, 1884. The union accepted the
agreement in return for aband9n-
ment of a proposal whereby the
roads planned to make a further
1919 per cent reduction.
The agreement was accepted ten
tatively June 81, in Washington by
the conference committee of man
ayers, representing the railroads,
and the Railway Labor Executives
association. Following the meeting,
the agreement was submitted to the
separate unions for confirmation.