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The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-24
Col. Lindbergh to Testify

Col. Lindbergh is expected to ap-
pear before the grand jury Wednes-
day and one of the witnesses expected
to be heard Monday is Col. Henry
Breckinridge. counsel to Lindbergf
who took an active part In the search
for the kidnapped baby.
Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh left Win.
slow, Ariz., Monday. resuming their
flight for the east coast. They had
slipped quietly out of Saugus, Calf,
Sunday and spent Sunday night at
Winslow.
The first witness called before the
jury by District Attorney Samuel J.
Foley and his assistant, Arthur Carey,
was Gregory F. Coleman, Bronx news
paperman and close friend Of DR..
John F. Condor. the "Jafsie" who
paid the $4,000 ransom to a sup
posed emissary Of the kidnapers.
After his testimony had been given
the jury took a recess for luncheon
Captain John j. Lamb, of the New
Jersey state police, was scheduled as
the first witness at the afternoon Ses.
sion.
Hauptmann Led from Cell
Hauptmann, meanwhile, was lee
from his cell in the Bronx county Jail,
placed in an armored sheriff's van
equipped with bullet-proof glass, and
taken to Bronx county magistrates
court, where his case on a short af-
fidavit charging extortion was ad.
iourned for one week until Oct. l.
Haupmtanns case was the first call
before Magistrate Bernard Mogilesky
and when the prisoner entered the
crowd there on business IN connec-
ton with other cases the specta-
tors scrambled to benches to get
better view. Court attendants caused
momentary stir by ordering the
crowd back to seats.
The prisoner appeared refreshed
after a good nights sleep. He said
not word during the proceedings,
which required only about minutes,
but stood staring straight ahead at the
magistrate. He was clean shaven and
wore the same wrinkled suit he had
on when arrested last week. His hair
was carefully groomed and he wore
white shirt with no tie.
Beside Hauptmann stood man who
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The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-24
CHANCE TO PROFIT
seen BY MADDOX
FOR north DAKOTA
National Wheat Adviser Says
State Would Get Lions
Share Of Flax Money
PLAN IS TO BOOST ACREAGE
Adjustment Would Be Upward,
Rather Than Downward,
az With Wheat

Belief that North Dakota will profit
several million dollars q year In the
future II its farmers and businessmen
urge the federal department Of agri-
culture to adopt flax adjustment
program with an attendant processing
tax was expressed here Sunday by
Walter ]. Maddox, former governor
and now one Of the four members ol
the national wheat advisory commit
tee.
Leaving for Washington, from which
he returned only last week, Maddox
said immediate action Is necessary II
an opportunity to increase North Da.
kota's farm income Is to be properly
capitalized.
A proposal looking in this direction
already has been made by farm lead.
ers in five northwest states and Of.
ficials Of the department Of agricul.
ture are favorable to 1t, Maddox said
All 1t needs now is q push" from
the homefolks to put 1t over but thi!
agitation cannot be delayed II othel
states are not to reap benefits which
should come to North Dakota.
The significant thing about thu
proposed flax adjustment, Maddocl
said. is that farmers would be pai<
for increasing their acreage rathel
than for reducing 1t. Also 1t woult
place premium on efficient farming
rather than continuing to encourage
poor farming methods as Is true IL
some phases Of the wi1est sdjustmer
program.
/ Imports Are Heavy
The basic opportunity for the up
ward adjustment" he said, lies IL
the fact that the United States nov
imports about half of the flax con
sumed here. OF the domestic pro
duction, North Dakota normally sup
plies about one-half.
Because data are not available. tn
proposed adjustment" benefit woul>
be given to farmers without requir
ing them to supply information o.
flax planted in the past. 6ufficien
information is available, however, Il
devise base periods" for states an,
for allocating basic quotas to counties
The flax plan would allot acreag
increases to states on the basis o
past production and would provid
for payment to farmers Of a bonus OF
every bushel raised on all his acre
age. This would be paid from tn
proceeds Of q processing tax to b
levied against crushers.
If the flax program is adopted a
once, Maddox said. North Dakot'
will be the chief beneficiary. II It
! CONTINUED on Page y
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-24
LARGE INCREASE IN
FLOUR SALES Since
AUGUST 5 IS NOTED
Production at State Mill Shows
Gain Of 1863 Over Same
Period IN 80
NOW BEHIND IN SHIPMENTS
Business Good Though Advance
Bookings Drop Because
Of Federal Fee

Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 24.-R)-
Increased sales and manufacture Of
flour at the North Dakota state mill
here for the six-week period from
August I to September Is were report
ed Monday by o. B. Lund, manager,
who took charge Of the mill August 5.
Manufacture Of flour in the period
was reported at 96,4o5 barrels this
year and 88,837 last year for . pro-
duction gain Of 7,l68 barrels.
Flour sales for the year to septem-
Der Is are 1920 barrels above the
same period last year, Lund said.
On August 1 the sales Of flour at
the mill were below those Of last year,
the figures standing, llS,425 for 1888,
and 1l0,5l5 this year, the report
shows. September IS, Lund said sales
Of l53,703 barrels were made against
136,503 year ago. This he said rep
resents . gain Of about $4,000 In the
last six weeks.
Two units Of the mill are operating
at full capacity, according to Lund,
and the only let-down was In August
when it was necessary to clean one Of
tho units. The third unit has not
been operated, he explained. since the
administration Of Governor A. G.
Sorlie and because 1t has been robbed
Of parts to supply the other two units.
it would be too expensive to open it
at the present time.
Sales Equal Outpst
Sales at the min were said to equal
the output. and for three weeks the
mill has been unable to store any
Dakota Maid flour, In spite Of the fact
that operations were continued two
Sundays. At present the mill is work.
ing to make up about 10000 barrels,
which it Is behind In shipments.
All sales were reported good, but
advanced bookings are affected by the
federal ruling, which recently went
into effect. This requires the mill
to make storage charge Of one third
Of q cent day q barrel after 80 days.
This means that concerns, who in the
past have booked supplies year In ad-
vance, will have to pay ten cents a
barrel . month storage charge after
the first 90 days.
Noticeable increase over q year ago
was reported In the custom milling
operations. Exchange flour for wheat
averages from 800 to 600 barrels day.
Farmers come from all parts Of the
state, Lund explained, to exchange
their wheat for flour. Exchanges fire.
quently total 100 day.
In the week ended September Is,
the report showed 2,l03 barrels Of
flour exchanged at the mill for wheat,
which amounts to almost ten carloads
Of flour. The week previous the mill
exchanged 1868 barrels of flour.
Lund said wheat trades were OBJ
tanned In the face OF the smallest
wheat crop that North Dakota has
raised In years, and the farmers come
from al sections of the state. Many OF
them have never traded wheat for
flour before.
Under federal regulations there is
no processing tax charged against the
wheat where the producer trades it
for flour to be used by his own family.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-24
James Hall, 48, Dies
Here From Pneumonia

James Hall. 40 Second st.. died at
$50 q. M. Monday ct local hos
pital from pneumonia. Mr. Hall had
been In the hospital for four days
when death came. He was 48 years
old. Funeral arrangements have not
set been completed.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-24
South Dakota Youths
Admit Crime Series

Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 24.-P)-
confessing a series of crimes in small
towns of the state. James N. Peterson,
%, Langford. S. D.. and Chester
Thompson, %, Parker, S. D., will be
brought before w. A. Morris, y. 8.
commissioner, to answer charges OF
stealing car and taking it across the
Minnesota line. They were arrested
receutly It Qetroit LakaS
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-24
Search for Child, 6,
Believed Kidnapped

Nashville, Tenn. Sept. 24.-(ReA
determined search for brown-eyed.
six-year old Dorothy Distelhurst en-
tered It's sixth day Monday.
A party Of SO prepared to scour the
thick underbrush near the childs
home on the outskirts Of Nashville.
A. e. Distelhurst. Dorothy's father
held to the theory that the child was
kidnaped-either for ransom or as Z
means Of revenge against him.
Little Dorothy vanished Wednes-
day afternoon after she had started
home from kindergarten
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-24
Winter Waves Wand
Over Pacific Coast

San Francisco, Sept. A.-(R-
Riding on wind and snow. winter
swept down the Pacific coast Mon
day, bringing death to CCC worker
plarooning hunters, and carrying
hope to drouth stricken farmers.
The storm reached blizzard pro-
portions Ia Alberta and Saskatche-
wan, Canada. where It interrupted
threshing and beet harvesting. II
spread over Montana, Idaho. Wash
ington. Oregon, Nevada and Cali
fornia. Light rains fell over coastal
areas.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-24
Two POstmasters in
North Dakota Named

washington, Sept. 24.-R>-The
postoffice department Monday an
nounced appointment Of the following
acting postmasters:
Oscar Lange, Kuhn, North Dakota.
Z. 6. Eyhayt. Nakta, North Dakota.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-24

"A clever fellow German authorities whom he eluded to come to
the United States II call Bruno Hauptmann whose
Indbergh money Imprisonment
police him different sort of these
studies answering the almost endless questions with
alternately sulen and defiant den Of guilt in the ndbergh kid
napng Below left right the heads Of three anme
uelenng efforts credited with the New York
which promise to clear the two and old
Left right they COL Norman Schwrzkop superin
Of state police Edgar Hoover chief of the d
investigation department Of JUSTICE and John F. ORyan
police commissioner New York city
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-24
New Check Issued

Check was issued. but later can
celled and the voucher carries the fol-
lowing notation. the check for this
voucher was cancelled 11-30-3l and .
new check issued under voucher
S33950.' Check for this voucher was
Continued on Page 4
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23
Rev. G. L. Whitley
To Speak Sunday
First Pres. Church

The Rev. G. L. Whitley, of
Roanoke, Va, will speak at a
stewardship conference Sunday,
Nov. Is, at the First Presbyterian
church.
The conference here will come
at the morning service hour.
The conferences are held under
the auspices of the Stewardship
committee of the Presbyterian
church. Mr.. Whitley will tell how
his church was so greatly blessed
and how easily the church budget
was raised through the use of the
1.-THE as a working principle. Mr..
Whitley is an interesting and force
full speaker, and large numbers are
expected to hear him. Ali the
churches in Concord Presbytery are
urged to. send delegations. The
pubic is cordially invited.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23
Junior Order
To Hold Past
Councillors Mite

Winona Council number Is,
will hold a past councillors night on
next Tuesday evening in their hall
in the Wright building on West
Innes street, and all members are
urged to be present.
An election and also nomination
Of officers will be held at this time
and it is most important that a
large representation of the men,
bers Of this council be present.
A supper will be served during
the evening, at the hut of the
Second Presbyterian church.
All members are ura~d to be at
the hall as early as possible, not
later than seyen-thirty and sooner
# possible, as it is desired to start
the meeting as. early as possible, as
it is expected that several speeches
will be made by past councillors as
well as Others.
carawia be provided to, trans
port those 70. the supper who do
not have cars.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23

Gus meetings in prison. I didn't
know what denomination was lead
ing until one night the comrade on
the ground next to me said to me:
eff you are a Catholic you can &c
out with us tomorrow. We Gath
Iolics are going out"
Dec. 23.-Three hundred Cath
'olics went out. Not being a Gath
Ole, I stayed in and was in prison
until Feb. u, 1865, when / was,
with the Others, released with two
days ration of corn bread and raw
pork. We marched, or walked,
about 10 miles, eating boxberry
leaves and frozen turnips which
we found on the route to Green's
boro. There we went aboard cars
for Goldsboro, where we were par
oiled Feb. 2S and sent into our lines
at Wilmington.
Four thousand died that Winter
in Salisbury; 12,174 died in one
year, four times as many as were
killed at Gettysburg.-Marcus T.
Co. X. 38th Mass.
National Tribune, October Is,
1884.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23
Veteran Writes OF
Terrible Winter In
Prison At Salisbury

Editor National Tribune: Herr
are a few dates taken from my
diary that may be of interest tt
the comrades:
Oct. 10, lS64.-Taken prisoner
at Cedar Creek, Va, near the home
of Thomas Mathews formerly of
Massachusetts). The good wife of
Thomas gave us breakfast of bread
and apple butter.
Oct. 20.-We marched all last
night. Got to New Market at 10
O'Clock; drew rations of flour and
Imolasses. Stopped at Big Spring
overnight. Next day started at 6;
marched thru Harrisonburg. Stop
ped above Mount Crawford. Rain
ed in the night.
Oct. 22.-We started at 2 and
went to Stanton, arriving at 10.
Went aboard train and started for
Richmond in open cars. Cold.
Arrived in Richmond at noon next
day near Libby Prison. Had john
nycake in Castle Thunder. Weather
cold; no covering. Johnnycake and
meat. Two meals in Castle Thumb
er.
Oct. 25.-Left Richmond for
Salisbury, N. c. Arrived at Dam
vile 10th about 10 o'clock and
changed cars for Greensboro, N. C.
Stopped in the woods overnight.
Cold; no blankets. Not anything
to eat. Arrived at Salisbury 18th
at ; o'clock. Raining hard; no
shelter. Nothing to eat.
Oct. 2s.-Find myself prisoner
at Salisbury srockade, about eight
acres, inclosed with high board
fence. Guard On top with dead
houses and dealine within; many
without shelter. Rations very
small, consisting of bread about
size of biscuit, with about an ounce
Of meat, once a day. Many days
without any food; many days no
water to drink.
Nov. 24.-Thanksgiving. We
went on one-quarter ration.
Nov. 25.-About moon the
prisoners made a break for freedom.
About 8 were killed and 50 or more
wounded. 1t was not a success.
This disturbance was caused on ac-.
count Of meager rations.
Dec. began to hold reiigi-
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23
Local Bakery
Driver Injured

Roy Deese, driver for Rabon's
bakery of this city. was seriously
hurt Monday shortly after noon
when the truck he was operating
left the highway near the Yadkin
river and went down a steep fill,
striking two telephone poles en-
Deese suffered internal
injuries and severe shock, it is re-
ported from the Rowan general
where he. was taken for
treatment.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23

In Superior court here wednes-
day afternoon, ]. M. McC orkle,
former banker and prominent citi-
zen entered a plea Of nolo conten-
DIRE on a charge of embezzlement
of $35,000, while executor of the
estate of the late Mrs. Frances K.
Frecks, and was sentenced by Judge
Stack to serve not less than two
and one-half years, nor more than
five years in the state prison.
The sentence was made as light
Judge Stack stated as his con-
science would allow him to make,
in view of the excellent reputation
of the defendant in the past, and
his advanced age, Mr.. McCorkle
being IS years and in poor health.
A large array of local citizens
testifying as to the excellent char
acter of the defendant, who for
years was a leading and prominent
citizen of the community, leading
'churchman, former member of the
city council and chairman of the
county school board.
1t was not disclosed at the trial
just where the funds went, and the
Judge in questioning the witnesse.
in an effort to find out, but it wa,
apparent that Mr.. McCorkle die
not speculate or trade in stock
market speculatiorss or real estate
and that he had always apparently
lived within his means. The de.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23
y. s. "opens Dry Drive In 20 States
Former Bank Official
Gets Light Sentence
Ralph Davis Gets Additional 60 Years For
. Highway Robbery Here

PENDANT did not take the stand.
Ralph Davis, who was sentenced
in lredell ccunty last week to
thirty years for the murder of the
late Sheriff Kimball of that coun-
,ty, pleaded guilty in court here tc
three holdups and three cases of
larceny and was given 80 years in
suspended sentences in states pri-
son. The suspended sentences be-
ing given to him upon the condi-
ton hat he serve out his thirty
years and be Of good behavior, make
no attempt to escape and violate
no law.
Bill Rumple an accomplice OF
Davis also drew a sentence of 1C
years in the state prison.
Cal Brown, negro, plead guilty
to second degree murder of another
negro, George Coleman, Septembe,
80 at an ice cream festival in tn.
Barber section and Judge Suacl
sentenced him to II to 1S years il
the state prison at hard labor ant
to wear stripes.
The report of the grand jury
with L. C. Cauble, foreman show
ed the affairs of the county to b
in good condition, and commende'
those in charge of the different de
|partments for the excellent name
in which the affairso the isastitu
tions of the county are being con
Quoted.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23
GOOD
MORNING
NOT LIKE HER

NOT LIKE HER
Mrs. Woop had died, and dad
wanted to put ON sort Of memoir
'ial to her. A stained-glass window
in the local church being suggest
ed, dad agreed, and left all ar
rangements in the hands of the
minister. .4
At length the window arrived,
and was fitted into position, and
dad in an unusually excited frame
of mind, set out to view it.
The minister escorted the old
chap into the church, and, with a
flourish indicated the window,
which depicted an angel.
"How do you like it," said he,
Dad gazed at it thoughtfully.
mo good" he grunted.
"Why, what's your objection?"
ut amt a bit like the old wo-
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23

Drive To
Be Made
Treasury To Collect Rev
enue In A~nti-Liquor
States
N. e. IN LIST

Washington.-The Treasury be-
gan this week its biggest liquor en-
foreement drive since repeal of pro-
hibition. It's goal was drying up of
20 States which still have anti
liquor laws.
The program involved rigid col
lections Of Federal taxes in a round
up Of thousands of liquor dealers
in dry States who have lot paid
their excise duties in full.
In this the Government,
it was learned, expects to obtain
new revenue and aid dry States in
driving out illicit sales. Of liquor.
Lists of names of suspected per-
sons in the dry areas have beea
forwarded to local Internal Revc-
nue. collectors, with orders to col
.lect taxes or to seek Jail sentences.
The drive is being pushed under
a 1926 statute, which previously
had not been rigidly enforced. 1t
provides that retail liquor dealers
rnust
Federal excise tax if they are sell
ling in violation of local or State
liquor laws.
In addition retail dealers must
pay a s25 annual occupational tax.
!! Internal Revenue authorities
have been investigating the situa-
ton for several months, it was
learned, and the campaign was ord
cred by the Treasury.
Officials admitted hat the board
provisions of the act might be ap-
piled to wet States for technical
violations, but said that enforce
iment facilities are too limited to
undertake that now.
Recently the Government helped
dry States by supplying State au-
thorities with names of retail deal
!ers taking out the SIS retail IL
I'VE regard the fact that pay
ment of a SIS occupational tax in
dry States is prima facie evidence
that the $1,000 tax assessment is
due because liquor is being sold in
violation of the local laws. Of
course, drug stores and other SINH
lar exceptions do not fall within
this" a high Treasury official said.
Several States in the Treasury's
dry list voted repeal in the recent
election, but officials said that un-
til the liquor laws actually become
effective they will be treated in
the enforcement move as dry
States.
The following list, which also in
cludes drug stores, shows the
States and the number of retail
dealers in each classified in the
Treasury dry column.
Alabama, AZ; Arkansas, 61e;
Florida, 1882; Georgia, 1872; Idaho,
761; Kansas, At; Kentucky, L.
7o9; Maine, 6; Mississippi, $50;
Nebraska, 1918; North Carolina,
23s; North Dakota, 1928; Okla
homa, 1,49S; South Carolina, SIS;
Dakota, 42O; Tennessee,
l76; Texas, 1881; Utah, 496;
West Virginia, S67; Wyoming,
835. n
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23
COMMITS SUICIDE

After turning all the money re-
ceived at his store this week over
to his son and sending him on a
mission to:Rurtass, @. r. Meldin,
40, well-knokpr1y merchant of
near WakesEseest om.nitsed sui
eide By SHOCKING h.hselfseith a 81.
|caliber pistol. :.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23
{. Stott Noble
Appointed To
Memphis Post
Former Assistant Mana
ager Becomes Manager
Here
is WELL KNOWN

"eo
Washington this week that Thomas
C. Abernethy of Lincolnton has
been appointed state manager for
the Home Owners Loan corpora
ton to succeed C. Stott Noble,
who has been appointed to the
managership of the regional office
just established at Memphis.
MI. Abernethy, who formerly
lived in Lincolnton, has been in
Salisbury for the last year. Until
May, he was head of the commit
ment department of the Home
Owners Loan corporation in the
state. H. L. Selley of Washington
appointed him deputy state man
ager and he was later made assist
ant state manager. No appoint
ment of a successor to Mr.. Aber-
nethy has been made.
Mr.. Abernethy's home is in
Cherryville, but the promotion
means permanent residence in Sal
isbury. He is known we'll to the
banking fraternity throughout
North Carolina, particularly in the
western partmof the state-
He is a brother of Max Aberne-
thy, chief clerk in the office of the
secretary Of state in Raleigh.
Washington.-The board of. dir
%ectors Of the Home Owners Loan
corporation announced the pro-
motion of c.. Stott Noble to the
Iposition of regional manager OF
the Memphis regional office of the
corporation, organization Of which
is now in progress.
Mr.. Noble formerly served th>
corporation as special representa-
tive in the wholesale department,
and more recently as state manager
of North Carolina, and has a back
ground of 20 years experience in
the field of real estate and mortga-
ge financing. The Memphis Of
flee, as previously announced, will
handle the servicing and collection
of loans in the states of Tennessee,
Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Missouri. 1t will not
replace but will supplement and as
sist the work of the state and dis
trict offices already in operation in
this territory and represents a fur
Their step in the decentralization
plans of the corporation. Seven
similar offices have already been
established in Boston, New York,
Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Chi
cago and San Francisco.
T. C. Abernethy, of Cherry
vile, N. c., has been appointed
state manager of North Carolina
succeeding Mr.. Noble and will as
sumo his new duties Immediately.
He is thoroughly equipped for
his new position as he has been con-
nected with the corporation for
more than a year, for. the past sew
eral months acting as assistant
manager in North Carolina. Paul
M. Sheriff. of Charlotte, formerly
district appraiser at Charlotte, has
been appointed state appraiser sue
ceeding S. c. Clark, resigned.
In line with the boards policy Of
selecting the regional p:rsonnel
from among the trained employees
of the corporation, Basil Stock
bridge, formerly a special repre,sn-
.tative, has been appointed assistant
regional manager at Memphis, and
.Anselm J. McLaurin, of Jackson,
Miss, state counsel for Mississippi,
has been promoted to Memphis
regional counsel.