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Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30
Wood Experts Opinion
About Rail 16 in Kidnap
Ladder Is Question
ed at Hearing
HOFFMAN PRESSING
FIGHT FOR GERMAN
Governor Battles o. yer
States Contention After
Visit to Hauptmann's
Bronx Home Last Week;
PWA Wood Expert Dis
putes' Authenticity of the
Evidence

Trenton, N. j., March 30 (AP)-The
last-ditch effort to save Bruno Rlch-
ard Hauptmann from execution to-
morrow night from the Lindbergh
baby murder swung into an attack
before the court of pardons today on
the testimony of one of the States
chief Witnesses-Arthur j. Koehler,
Federal wood expert, who swore it
was his opinion Bruno Richard
Hauptmann built the Lindbergh kid
nap ladder.
A call for testimony at the Flem-
ington trial, which included that part
pertaining to Koehler's qualifications
as an expert, was made after the
court had been in session about two
and half hours.
It was regarded as an indication
that Governor Harold c.. Hoffman,
who has questioned the States con-
tention that Hauptmann built the lad
der, was pressing his fight in Haupt-
mann's behalf. 1t was learned that
the court, composed of the governor,
Chancellor Luther A. Campbell and
six lay judges of the court of errors
and appeals, only five of whom at
tended the executive session, was es-
pecially interested in the testimony
that qualified Koehler as an expert.
Governor Hoffman last Thursday
visited Hauptmanns Bronx home to
see for himself the attic flooring
from which, the State contended,
Hauptmann took a board which be-
came rail 16 of the ladder, and one
of the most damaging pieces of evil
dence in the trial.
On his Bronx visit, the governor
was accompanied by Arch w. Loney,
PWA engineer who later reported to
the governor it was his opinion the
disputed rail did not come from the
attic.
At Hauptmann's trial, Edward j.
Reilly then the carpenters chief de-
Tense counsel, strenuously fought
Koehler's qualifications an an expert.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30
They Are Convinced State
Is Not Going Haywire
and Refuse to Wor-
ry Themselves
WILL NOT TURN ON
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Record of SO Years Not Co
ing to Be Repudiated at
Behest of An Outsider; Tar
Heels Too Intelligent to Be
Swept Off Their Feet by
Demagoguery.
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In The Sir Walter HOteA

Raleigh, March 3d. The more
thoughtful people over the State are
not getting all hot and bothered over
the progress DR.. Ralph w. Mcdonald
is said to be making in his campaign
for the Democratic nomination fer
governor, and are refusing to get all
excited, as are some of the politicians
according to reliable reports reaching
here from all sections of the State.
They are confident that between
now and the June primary a majority
Of the people are going to decide that
either Clyde r. Hoey or Lieutenant
Governor A. H. Graham will make q
better governor of North Carolina and
more to uphold the traditions of the
Democratic party in the State for the
past SO years than Mcdonald.
They believe the Democrats OF
North Carolina are not going to turn
their backs on records of the nine
Democratic governors they have elect
ed from 1900 to 1886 or forget that
from Aycock to Ehringhaus there has
never been a single whisper of scan
dial or a trace of corruption in the
governmental affairs of North Caro-
lima.
People Too Intelligent.
There are two basic reasons for this
belief, as follows:
1. The superior intelligence of the
people of North Carolina, as compar-
ed with that of the voters in most of
the other southern states, due very
largely to the better system of public
education in North Carolina which
has been built up by successive Dem
ocratic administrations for the past SO
years, so that North Carolina voters
cannot be swayed by the type of dem
ogoguery which is still used effective
ly in other states.
2. The examples which the voters of
North Carolina have had from other
states, and which they have had
make them realize that they do not
want a governor in North Carolina
similar to Talmadge in Georgia, the
late Huey Long in Louisiana, Cole
Blease or the present Governor John
ston in South Carolina, Bilbo of Mis-
sissippi, Cats of Florida, the Fer
gusons in Texas or Happy" Chandler
of Kentucky.
Examples Over South.
The people of North Carolina have
read of the recent political turmoil in
Georgia, when Governor Talmadge
Continued on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30
$144,5OO,0OO MORE
IS ASKED FOR IVA
Wanted To Complete Dams
Projects; One in N. c.
for $29,OOO,OOO

Washington, March 30.-(AP)-Six
additional dam projects involving an
estimated expenditure Of $144 1900 600
were recommended to Congress today
to complete development of the gov
ernments' Tennessee Valley project.
The expenditures together with the
$185, 188,525 cost of projects already au
thorized by Congress would bring the
total outlay for the huge development
to $329,688,5 25.
The recommendation were contain
ed in a special IVA report which en-
phasized the Importance of the pro-
gram for controlling floods on the
lower Mississippi.
New projects recommended includ-
ed construction of storage dam on
the Little Tennessee river at Fontana
N. c., costing approximately $29,OOO,-
900.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30

Capital Now
Fears Raids
CITY of Harar Virtu-
ally Destroyed By
Italian Bombs | n
Attack Sunday

Adds Ababa, March 30.-(APO-An
Italian air raid spread fire and panic
THROUGHOUT Harar, wrought virtual de-
struction on that second city of Eth
opia, the government charged today,
md w~ccl,ed several hospitals and
French centers.
a squadron of Fascist planes, Eth
opian reports said, plunged incendiary
conbs down on the strategic center
for more than two hours yesterday,
leaving the city in flames.
CasuaIties Few.
Forewarned by scouting planes
however. most of the populace fled
the city in terror, advices to the CAPT
tai said, and few persons were bellev-
ed to have fallen victims to the bonn
bardmont
An official communique, relayed by
telephone from Hacar to Adds Abaoa
said IS bombs struck the Egyptian
Red Cross hospital there, several hit
the Ethiopian Red Cross hospital, and
two fell near the Swedish hospital.
A French mission, the French con-
sulate, the former Italian consulate
the Ethiopian radio station and pri-
son all were reported officially to
have teen ruined.
Capital Expects Raid.
The attack on Harar, coupled with
a heavy bombardment of JlJla, 81
miles east of Harar and a center OF
E hiopia's southern defenses, raised
native fears in Adds Ababa that the
capital itself might be the next target
of the Italian aerial bombs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30
VIII Advance Principle Of
Tax Equity, However,
Revenue Commits
sioner Asserts
HEARINGS STARTED
FOR NEW MEASURE
Would Retain Capital Stock
Tax in Addition to Levies
on Corporate Reserves;
Helvering Tells Commit
tee 1t Should Consider
Other Sources Also

Washington, March 80 (AP)
An administration spokes-
man told the House Ways and
Means Committee today its
revenue program would advance
the principle of tax equity, but
would not fully cover the needs
for additional revenue outlined
by President Roosevelt.
Guy T. Helvering, commissioner OF
internal revenue. was the first wit
ness on the tax report drafted by a
ways and means subcommittee as
the basis Of hearings after Mr.. Roose-
Welt recommended new levies to meet
bonus payments and farm relief costs.
Remove Inequalities
He said the additional revenues that
would be obtained by revision OF the
present corporate tag structure would
result in the removal of inequality,
discrimination and tax avoidance, and
will come mainly from members OF
the upper income groups of our popu-
lation."
Helvering told the legislators Treas
ury officials were in complete harm
ony with the tentatively drafted reve-
nue. program.
The plans embrace raising 1891, OOO,-
900 additional from a graduate tax on
corporation net income, based on per-
centages of that income turned into
reserves: S1OO,0OO,OOO from a wind
faH' tax on professors who escaped
payment of AAA processing tax levies
and suggestions for bringing in $685.
600 900 from temporary continuation
Of capital stock and excess profits
taxes. and S25,OOO,OOO from taxes on
corporation dividends to foreign stock
holders.
Other Sources Talked
Helvering added, however, that he
thought the committee should con-
slider whether there were not addl-
tional sources of temporary revenue
that can he provided for the next two
or three years "to bridge a gap" be
tween the committees recommended
tons and those Of the President.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30
TIME WILL CHECK
PRESENT POLICIES
Even Illogic of Roosevelt
Finances Will Be Over
come Eventually
BY LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press Staff Writer

What causes movements that prom
Use a great deal for little to collapse?
They invariably do-of their own
accord. Time is against them.
Even, however, when they strike in
the heat of emotion, prior to the work
ing Of time, they collapse within a
year or two.
Men who study such matters give
this answer:
Logic is inexorable. Against even
the outcries Of millions, logic in the
form of a fate marches on"
There is no easy road to settle
ment of problems.
Thousands of our readers will as
sert we are writing of the Townsend
movement. We are.
We wrote, also, a year or so ago
of Huey Long and Father Coughlin.
We said that, in any contest Presl-
dent Roosevelt would win over them
not because the president was right,
but because the Illogical reasonings
Of the movements would be disclosed
by time.
The same memorable march of time
or fate probably will disclose the il
logic of the Roosevelt financial pol
icy. But, as the president has the
power of government behind him and
as he can change policies to meet ex-
pediencies, he is likely to survive
critics and movements. Furthermore,
conservatives and richards will sup
port president tacitly in defense Of
money Even while they attack him,
they will consider him a bulwark on
this particular issue.
The collapse of "easy-road' move
fContinnad on Page Five1
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30
STATE IS GROWING
SCHOOL CONSCIOUS
Realizing Need for Provid-
ing Better Facilities
Than State Gives
VOTING SUPPLEMENTS
VOTING SUPPLEMENTS
Number of Cities and Districts Have
Already Decided in Favor of
Increases, Superintend-
ent Erwin Says
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
UD The Sir Walter Hotel.
" Il e. RA SK ERVTV.T.


Raleigh, March 30.-The people of
North Carolina are becoming more
and more school conscious" and are
realizing the need for providing bet
ter school facilities than the State is
able to provide in the State-supported
eight months school term, State Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction
Clyde A. Erwin said today. In support
of this contention, Supet. Erwin cited
the cities which have either voted To-
cal supplements with which to inn
provee their school systems, or ar
planning to hold elections on the levy
ing of supplemental taxes for schools.
Raleigh an Example.
''The entire State now knows how
Raleigh walked up and voted supple
ment of $4,000 year with which to
provide a ninth month, a twelfth
grade and additional teachers, with
the result that many other cities and
towns are going to hold elections and
try to emulate the capital city," Supt.
Erwin said. For indications are that
the public generally is at last becom-
ing convinced that the only immediate
way to improve the schools is by vot-
ing local supplements"
Eleven cities or counties have either
decided to hold elections for the vot-
ing of supplementary taxes for
schools, or are contemplating doing
so, Erwin said. The voters of Reds
Vile will hold a school supplement
election April IA, while the people of
Greensboro will hold similar election
May s. Other school administrative
units which are contemplating calling
supplementary tax elections between
now and fall are Salisbury, Whining
ton and New Hanover county, Con-
cord, Kinston, Goldsboro, Mount Airy,
Rockingham, Guilford county and
Lexington.
Total Supplements 13.
The action recently taken by Ra-
leigh in voting a supplementary tax
for schools brought the total number
of cities which have voted supplement
Continued on Page Eight.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30
2 More Men
In
Kidnap Case
CASTOR Means Pur-
ported To H We
Confessed Guilt In
Lindbergh Affair

Trenton, N. j., March 30-(AP)-
The long shadow of the Lindbergh
baby murder fell across two more
men today, even as the court of par
dons met to consider the mercy plea
ard Hauptmann.
One of the new figures in the in
creasingly bewildering case-the mid
dle-aged clergyman's son, Paul H.
Wendel-was held in Jail here. A for
NAL charge of having murdered the
baby was filed against him, but he
issued statement denying any know
ledge of the crime, and the county
prosecutor said he, too, was convinced
there was nothing to warrant prose-
cutiOn.
CASTOR Means "COnfeSSes."
The other man-Gaston b. Means,
former Federal agent, and now Fed
eral prisoner for having fleeced Mrs.
Evelyn Walsh Mclean by pretending
to be an intermediary in ransom nego-
tiations with the Lindbergh baby kid
napers-stood self-accused by ICON
fession" purportedly penned in his
Leavenworth penitentiary CELL
The focus of interest, however,
burned with increasing brightness up
on the principal figure, Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann, despite the sudden
injection of the new characters into
the case. The question to be answered
either by the court of pardons or by
Governor Harold C. Hoffman was
whether Hauptmann would die as
scheduled tomorrow night
Court May Stand Pat.
The court of pardons was not ex-
pected to change it's former attitude.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30

demand from the other powers he
would demand not as the dictator but
as the servant of 100000 Germans,
who commanded him not to yield one
inch of German territory, nor one bit
of German rights.
Contents Not Revealed
There was no intimation, however,
of the exact contents of his extensive
counter-proposals to the. Locarno pow
ers, promised for tomorrow in his
preliminary reply March "a to the
London plan for settlement of the
Rhineland issue.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30
PROPAGAND|STS BIG
COG IN CAMPAIGNS
Already Stuff Being Writ
ten to Make Up Voters
Mind for Him
By CHARLES =. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer

Washington, March 3O.-Strickland
Gillian, professional funny man, after
dinner orator, daily broadcaster OF
political news by radio out OF WASH
ington, and immortal as the author
of "Off agin, on agin, gone agin, Fin
nigin", was philosophizing aprops
presidential years
"Since," as he observes, "this is one
"a year for what my smart friend
Hank Mencken calls boob-pumping,
when the saps get a workout.
"Credulity will take the place of
reasoning-and there will be no great
struggle for supremacy between the
two in the average mind put mind
in quotation marks because am kid
ding. NOBODY uses any mind in a poll
teal campaign; that is, no voter does.
He puts it away in moth balls at the
CONTINUED on Page Five.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30

the remilitarization of the Rhineland.
Almost Unanimous
Official returns gave Hitler 1878
per cent-the strongest majority the
head of Germany ever received-of
the 44,952,476 votes cast, only 542,954
votes being counted as invalid.
In the German view the first that
there was no chance to vote in oppo-
sition but only to take the Nazi party
list or leave it, did not detract from
the overwhelming Nazi triumph.
Der Fuehrer now felt, informed
sources said, that whatever he might
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30
Ne1U Hitler Proposals Will
Astound World, Berlin Says

Berlin, March 80 (AP)-Adolf
Hitler, bearing the greatest en-
dOrsement ever given in any pie
biscite, turned today to drafting
proposals to the LocarnO powers
in the Rhineland crisis which poll
tical sources intimated would "as-
found the world"
The Nazi propaganda machine, NOV
ing with speed ana precision. swung
virtually the entire German nation
behind Der Fuehrer in yesterdays
election, nominally to select a new
Reichstag, but actually to approve
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30
Flood Fund Hits
Near IL Billion

Washington, March 80 (AP)-
With many members of Congress
clamoring for projects, the new
flood control bill was expanded
tentatively today from 100000, 900
to $685., 100000.
Chairman Copeland, Democrat,
New York, of the Senate Com
merce Committee, predicted it ulti-
mately would involve between a
half billion and billion dollars"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30
OUR WEATHER MAN
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy, somewhat warmer in
west and central portions tonight,
with occasional rain late tonight
in extreme west portion; Tues
day rain and colder, possibly
changing to snow flurries in
mountains.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30

CONTINUED on Page Five.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-30

Continued on Page Eight.
The Ely miner., 1936-05-28
Fishing Trip Nets
MOUie Contract.

Imagine going for a fishing trip and
winding up as a movie actor 1t hap
pened TO Raymond Walburn, who, be-
fore embarking for California, where
he intended to pursue with enthusiasm
peculiar to the sport, his Unsuitable heb
by for fishing, was a popular stage actor
with long line of Broadway successes
to his credit. The thought of screen
career had no serious place in his mind.
What he wanted to do was catch few
of the sea monsters that William Far
mum, John Barrymore and few of the
older sportSmen of the film colony had
been publicized as snaring.
Columbia signed him to contract
before he had time to unpack his tackle,
and at this writing he still hasn't had
chance to do any of the fishing he
originally went to California for. At
present he is playing a featured role in
support of Gary Cooper and Jean
Arthur in Columbia's new Frank Copra
production, 'Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, y
coming to the Ely Theatre in a gala
midnight prevue Saturday night, Sun
day and Monday, in company with
George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Doug
lass Dumbrille and many others.
The picture that really started Wal
burn was Broadway Bill" Since then
he has made eleven more films, and will
shortly be seen in Grace Moore's forth
coming musical romance, THE King
Steps Out"
The Ely miner., 1936-05-28
Surrey Will COUer
All Parts of State.

Within the next few weeks, field ac-
tivity in Minnesota's highway planning
survey will become general over the
state, according to an announcement by
the state highway department. The
work is already under way on a small
scale, but will be expanded rapidly in
June and July as traffic steps up to its
summer peak.
The Minnesota survey is part of a
national highway study being con-
Quoted by the United States Bureau of
Public Roads in cooperation with state
highway departments.
The first phase of the study to be
initiated in the field is the weighing
and classification of traffic loads at
strategic points on the highways.
parties equipped with portable truck
scales, or loadometers, will handle this
part of the work, analyzing traffic on
state, county and township roads.
Other phases of the study will in
cude a comprehensive inventory show
ing the condition of rural roads both
on and off the state system, study of
the use and traffic Importance of speci-
fic roads and of general road financing
problems
The purpose of the survey is to pro-
vide data for long-term planning of
road programs so that the public will
obtain the maximum of highway SER
vice at a minimum of cost, according
to N. w. Elsberg, state highway COM
missioner.
Data developed in this survey will
supplement the findings of the econ
omic road study made in Minnesota in
1884 under the supervision of the United
States Bureau of Public Roads Forty
states are now working with the federal
bureau in its planning project.
The Ely miner., 1936-05-28
BOtanist Finds Help
For Hay FeUer Victims.

Hay fever begins in spring for some
people; in midsummer for others and
late summer and fall for still others.
In either case, the first step in a
relief from symptoms, according to to-
days bulletin from the Committee on
Public Health Education of the Mimi
esota State Medical Association, is to
find just what symptoms are causing
the trouble
Minnesota hay fever sufferers are
more fortunate than others, according
to the doctors, because there is more
complete information, thanks to studies
made by DR.. c. o. Rosendahl of the
Department of Botany of the University
of Minnesota, about the pollens flying
in the air at any given time in Min
nesota than anywhere else in the
country.
People who have hay fever generally
have an "allergic constitution" the doc
tors point out in the bulletin. They
are sensitive, usually to more than one
pollen and often they have other allergic
lTOuDl6S, ike tCZtllld VI l4NSS, dS wen
as hay fever.
The only way to give them any real
relief from their hay fever is to test
them with all of the pollens that are in
the air when their hay fever symptoms
appear and base the extracts to be
used in the desensitizing process on the
results of these tests.
If the hay fever patient is sensitive
to grass pollens as well as to ragweed
pollen, he won't get any real relief if
his treatment is confined only to rag
weed pollens.
Treatments based upon University of
Minnesota findings have shown excep-
tionally good results according to studies
lately reported. Hay fever sufferers
who must stay in the region where their
pollen enemies are polluting the air
should be urged to avail themselves of
the assistance that this new exact
knowledge offers.
The Ely miner., 1936-05-28
Wants Men
Enlistments NOlU Open,

For the first time in seven years, the
waiting list at the Minneapolis navy
recruiting station finds that its waiting
list is almost completed and that en-
listments for the navy will be received.
The station for enlistment in this sec
ton is at the Federal building, Duluth.
The Navy desires only the applica-
tions of those young men who wish to
make their life the best they can. 1t is
belived that an enlistment in the Navy
will be of utmost benefit to the young
men who are ambitious and are look
ing for worthwhile career. To those
who figure it is going to be an easy
life-the Navy says mo" at the time
they apply for enlistment. This saves
them a. lot of disillusionment in the
end. There are many opportunities
for promotion open to the young men
who are willing to study and work for
them. The only shortcut to success in
the Navy is through study, hard work
and ambition.
The Ely miner., 1936-05-28
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE -
CITY COUNCIL
CITY Of ELY.

Council Chambers, Ely, Minnesota.
Tuesday, May 10, 1896.
REGULAR MEETING.
Regular meeting of the City Council
was called to order at 800 o'clock P.
M. by Acting Mayor Frank Schweiger.
Present: Aldermen Maxi, Schweiger,
Slabodnik 80.
Absent: Aldermen Ellis, Skala, Zgonc,
Mayor Banovetz "a.
No quorum present, the meeting ad-
iourned until TOO o'clock P. M, Wed
neSday, May 20, 1896.
A. o. KNUTSON,
City Clerk.
The Ely miner., 1936-05-28
Polling Place

Polling Place
K1un B vi | din g
(Ground floor 133
North Central Avenue
Community Center
Building Ere a din g
room, ground floor
South First Avenue
East, between Chap
man and Harvey SITS.
TholnpSon's Garage
Building, 227 South
Central Avenue.
City Garage Build
ing (Street Commis-
sioner's Office Cos
East Sheridan Street
Washington School
Building Groom No.
IL, ground floor
fronting 5th Avenue
East.
Pioneer School Build
ing Main hallway,
groun d f1oor) on
Camp Street between
9th and 9Th Avenues
East.
The Ely miner., 1936-05-28
Largest Croauet Wicket

The worlds largest croquet wicket
rises from the sands at Ctesiphon,
Iraq. For some reason 1t is called the
Ctesiphon arch. 1t Is said to be the
only remaining part of a palace con-
structed in A. D. $50 by King Chras-
rocs I Of Persia.
The Ely miner., 1936-05-28
Lake Surface in Minnesota

II is estimated that there are $3.50
square miles of lake surface in Min
nesota, outside of Lake Superior. This
Is about z per cent of the states area.