WEATHER Cloudy Thursday nifht, Friday pjrtly cloudy; not much change in temp*r*ture# Stents •:"llii, Jh G08D AFTERNOON Familiarity may bread contempt but the fellow who know* hi a job real well theae days is a ticking to VOL. 52—No. 28 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1933 SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS bsEM wcsme TASK r«« u s. I Tennessee River I Watershed May I Be Rebuilt I state would [ BE BENEFITED I I By FREDERICK A. STORM II ailed Prc*s Staff Correspondent i I I WARM SPRINGS. (In.. Feb. 2. J I ient-elect Roosevelt j Itoiiav reveal***! the details of a I evelopment program Ir ieves would put from , I : > 7 men at work ■ •mmttiiatrly ever the entire ua- ' I :.on Drscribed bv him as "something j lr.. lias ever attempted be I roiv on -o va>t a scale," the pro- • I pn calls the economic re I i:r.K the entire Tennessee I •. -r watershed, embracing a half ■ doen affecting the • lives of millions of citizens. I He embark«?*l on his develop latK schem visualising the Iial economic possibilities of I tie area from liata obtained in I ps and .n looking over the Ifeld from Muscle Shoals, its' lf,uc:ain iwni:. The states that would directly Ikttfit >m the Roosevelt plan I ama, Tennessee, the | . leorgia, Mississippi and Ipar*. c: Kentucky. I A» rart of his sweeping pledge ■ ieai" for America, the ■ ? •".-elect hopes to initiate m he year the first steps of I - gram which, among other alls for the following: I hind utflfzatlon. I -—Reforestation and affores I ttfiOS. 3—Elimination o f marginal f Greater hydro-electric pow er utilization. Reduction in unemployment Ruosevelt explained that the Tennessee river watershed was picifil for this experiment be cause m-.»re existing data is avail able upon its resources than any other place. In this data he listed land sur vey*. flod control and certain economic advantages. Should this experiment prove a rcccess. he said, then it could be m the Arkansas and Colum bia river valleys. A>ted if this was his answer to technocracy, he replied: "I never tiwL-jn: of it in that light." Discussing progressively the he outlined as essential to successful completion of the pro i*tt. he said: "A yreut deal of thought has given land utilization, .For j* past i>o years, however, we as states and as a nation, been attacking the problem piece ■eiL Governor Pinchot, of Penn sylvania and the late President iic.nrvelt were the first to arouse •* nation to the importance of forestry. Before that time only l^radic efforts were made. "Reforestation and the elimina 0f* of niarjrfinal lands would re •J e the poor quality of crops and ■■''•'Jce the number of families on ^rginal land that now cannot ~aorrow to ta'{e care of1 •)ur .if would be leased or' ^ur°P« has done that! ;(n peat success." I *in SOon as 1 t0 Washington kin T6 " '3 Possible with the; H*-.,01 agencies'and depart tn .? toncerned to sret a report possibility of asking con continued on page four) J > « Duke of Guise In New Bid for French Throne PARIS, Feb. 2. (UP)—French royalists were summoned today by Royal Manifesto issued in Brus sels to support claims to French throne of the Duke of Guise, member of the Bourbon-Orleans family and Bourbon pretender to the throne of France. The mani festo asked France to choose be tween "the authority and liberties of a monarchy and the oppression of Socialist anarchy." It urged a dictatorship. The manifesto was given wide spread publicity in France's lie publican newspapers. Cuban Visitor is Guest at Kiwanis; Tells of Relations ''The International Relation of the United States with Latin America and Particularly with Cuba", was the subject of an ad dress delivered to the Henderson ville Kiwanis club today by Dr. G. F. Portela. Cuban business man and professor at the University of Havana. Dr. x'ortela has been spending some time in Hendersonville while 011 a vacation from his home. One of the first things to be considered. Dr. Portela said, in the relations of this country with Cuba is the reciprocity treaty of 1904 by which goods from this country enter Cuba at a 20 percent de crease in tariff. This treaty, he said, was supposed to be recipro eical in nature; and 'ij iti terui^ the United States entirely destroy ed European competition in Cuban markets and gained the ent>re trade of the country, while all Cuba has to export in return is sugar and a little tobacco. Another provision is that the Cuban government may contract no loan without the approval of the American state department. The result of this has been that the United States has made all loans to Cuba at high rate of interest with good security, and in most cases the need of such loans has not been investigated. Price fixing of sugar during the (Continued on page four) Finances of Curb Are Outlined in Statement Mrs. C. N. Cady, who has now been cashier of the local curb market organization since Octo ber 1. 1928, in a statement of finances for the market since that time shows that the income at the institution in that period has to taled $1,220.54. When Mrs. Cady took over the cashier's post at the market, she had a total of $399.77 in cash and credits. Of this sum, $50 repre sented cash for making change, $129.77 in bank, and $220 paid out on building and loan. On February 1 of this year, her report shows cash on hand, $88.77; cash in bank $253.77, making a total of $344.54. In the period October 1, 1928, to February 1, 1933, the market has paid $1,000.77 on its building and loan account, which has been closed and turned in on the pur chase of the lot and for its city street assessment; $275 has been paid on rent, no rent having been paid by the curb market previous to October 1, 1928; while of the gross receipts of $1,439.43, which represent the operating costs and investment of the market, $399.77 represents the cash on hand and in bank, and paid in on building and loan at the date October 1, 1928. Deducting this amount, and the amount of cash in closed bank, which was $218.89. leaves the net figure of $1,220.54, as mentioned above. Mrs. Cady points out that al though this period extends over parts of five years, it includes th.» four winter months of October, November and December, in 1928, and January of 1933. The curb market organization now holds its own deed for the market site, and will in future not have to pay rent, nor on its building and loan account, which has been paid in full, and which has been used in making the pur chase of its operating site. j Bank of England's Newly-wed | Governor Tries to Foil Camera One of the most mysterious figures in international banking: circles is Montagu Norman, governor of the Bank of England, who suddenly obtained a marriage license and was wed in a London registry office to Mrs. Priscilla Cecelia Worsthorne, member of tht* London County Council. Their marriage, contrary to custom, was behind closed doors and they attempted to escape photographers by leaving through a rear entrance but were caught as shown above. Norman is CI and his bride is 33. Is Co-ordinated With Office at Courthouse Relief work in Henderson coun ty today was being coordinated in order that ail such work might be done through a central office, which will be located in the coun ty court house. The relief office was to be es tablished in the court house today in the grand jury room on the first floor, and this office will be open at all times and some mem ber of the personnel will be pres ent at all times. The work will be under the di rection of R. A. Anders, county welfare officer and will include all relief work now being done in the county. A single card index of those re ceiving relief of any description will be maintained at this office, and this is expected to greatly simplify the work and prevent duplication of effort. The rec ords of this office will be open at all times for any information de sired by those of the public en titled to such information. All applications for relief of I any kind will be made through the central office, and all distribution ' of work, clothing, and food will be made through this office. The distribution of Red Cross I flour, Red Cross clothing, and; work under the funds from the j Reconstruction Finance corpora tion will all be handled through! this central office at the court t house. Little River Farm Meet is Scheduled BREVARD, Feb. 2. (Special) —Farmers of the Little River sec tion of Transylvania county are called to meet at the community school house on Friday night of this week at 7:30, when a general! discussion of tobacco growing will j be held, led by Professor Julian : A. Glazener, vocational agricul-' ture teacher at Brevard high j school Special emphasis will be held on j preparation anj sowing of the seed bed, selection of seed, etc. J Several farmers of the Little. River section are regular tobacco growers, and have realized good i profits from their projects within the past few years. CHARLOTT CONTRACT WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UP) ; —A $384,000 contract for exten-| sion and remodeling of the Char lotte, N. C., postoffice and fed eral building yesterday was award ed to Ralph Sollitt and Sons Con-| struction company, South Bend, Indiana. Senate Fails to Uphold Air Mail Subsidies WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. (UP), j The senate voted yesterday. H'J to 35. to deprive air mail lines of; their $1 {>.000,000 subsidy. The item is a part of the *.reas-' ury-post office appropriations hill I which, when passed by the house, ' contained the $11',000,000. Pie-! dictions are prevalent that a com-.1 promise would be reached when the bill goes to conference. j The amendment to eliminate] the subsidy was offered by Minor-1 ily Leader Robinson, who argued j the whole matter should be car-' ried over until President-elect j Roosevelt takes office. New Yorkers Move To Help Morale NEW YORK, Feb. 2. (UP)—A new unemployment relief agency, not to provide food and shelter to the destitute but to provide moral encouragement and eliminate melancholia is being organized to day. Over 200 Indians I Near Starvation! GRAND CANYON, Arix., Feb. 1. (UP)—More than 200 Indians on the isolated Havasupai reserva tion were reported approaching starvation yesterday snowbound1 after a blizzard. Earlv Suppression of Communists Indicated BERLIN, Feb. 2.™(TJP).—TV. lice raided Communist hoatUiunr Vers throughout Prussia today in Search of documents to prove Communist party activities jno illegal. BERLIN, Feb. 2.—(UP). Chancellor Adolph Hitler swun;; \unidly into action last night, dis fnlving the unconvened Reichstag by presidential decree and calling for a new general election on March 5. Immediately after this dicta torinl stop had been taken, the Fascist chieftain of the new gov ernment delivered a message to the nation, and the world, outlin ing his far-flung program for ie-' lief of all classes. The chancellor's message pro claimed that the Fascist-headed ministry would undertake the gi gantic task of reorganizing "Ger man economy" from all angles. He announced: "I have two great four-year p'.ans to save, on the one hand, t^e German farmers for the main tenance of the nation's food basis; and on the other, to rescue Ger man labor by a gigantic attack on unemployment." The new chancellor gained auth ority to dissolve the Reichstag! earlier in a busy day, and at once convened a cabinet meeting. Pres ident Paul Von Hindenburg, giv irg Hitler the power signed a de Pifcv otvt'tinc the new ministry with semi-dictatorial authority, to be used when it' saw fit. Hitler saw fit at once, and f.he cabinet voted to dissolve the' Reichstag, as he directed. The I move had been anticipated, but' came as a stimulant to the public, already excited with the rise of the Fascist leader to power. A communique was issued last night that the president had ex tended the cabinet power to dis- > solve the Reichstag under Article! 25 of the constitution, becausc the new ministry had "no working majority in the Reichstag." That body had been scheduled to convene not lated than next! Tuesday. It never will meet now, as it was constituted—and a new i Reichstag will be elected the Sun-1 day after inauguration day in the I United States, next month. Hitler, confident he can poll sufficient votes to give him a majority, was jubilant at his con tinued successes. Violent outbreaks in various sections of the country yesterday j against the new regime headed by Adolph Hitler, Fascist chieftain, | led to indications the Communist party, apparently back of most of i the uprisings, would be suppres- i sed. Dispatches from widely separ ated parts of the nation during the day reported an alarming increase in the number of incidents in which Communists attacked Nazis, killing- and wounding scores of I persons. In Berlin, the chief of police; last night issued an order prohitit- I ing all Communist outdoor meet-j ings and parades in the capital un til further notice. The outbreaks began earlier in the week, and the police feared they would increase in intensity following Chancellor Hitler's dis solution of the Reichstag last evening. The Communists sought to instigate a general strike, and j in the meantime ambushed Fascist' groups, shooting them down. LEGISLATORS SCORED FOR NOT ATTENDING TO BUSINESS OF THE STATE IN THE MORNING Some Solons Claim Committee Sessions Prevent Meeting Before Noon But Desire for "Beauty Sleep" is Said to be Real Cause 3y J. C. BASKERVILL i The Tiiiicd-Ncwd Mtireni! , S|«* Walter Hole) RALEIGH, Feb. 2.—A majo rity of the members of the general, assembly still refuse to have their morning's sleep interrupted and decline to attend any sessions of | the •general assembly before noon.! For in spite of repeated efforts! made by Lieutenant Governor A. | H. Graham and Speaker R. L. Har ris to get the meeting hour moved up at least to 11 o'clock, a majo-j rity in both houses continue to j set the hour at 12 o'clock noon. The excuse given by those who favor the noon hour for the con vening of the general assembly is [ that many members cannot attend a session at any earlier hour be cause of committee meetings in I the morning. But those who know the facts know that this is given as an excuse rather than as a rea son an(j that the real cause for the unwillingness to meet earlier than noon is that an earlier session would make it impossible for many members to get their "beauty sleeps" until 10 or i 1 o'clock. For many of the members of the gen eral assembly do not go to bed un til very late—frequently long past midnight—wit hthe result that they do not want to get up early the next morning It is a fact that a few commit tee meeting are scheduled in the mornings. But it is also a fact that most of these morning com mittee meetings are poorly at (Continued on page four) . A Postponement Of Tax Sales Given Favorable Report 6 More Weeks of Winter Weather Believed Ahead Groundhog Had Chance to See His Shadow in This Section Hendersonville is due for six more weeks of winter, that is if Mr. Ground Hog lives up to his reputation as a weather prophet. Today, February 2, is Ground Hog Day, and according to the legend that lias grown up around this day, if Mr. Ground Hog sees his shadow as he emerges from a winter nap, six more weeks of win ter are in store, but if the sun is overcast and Mr. Ground Hog- does not see his shadow, the winter is over and spring well on the way. The legend has it that this ani mal is frightened back into his burrow by his shadow. According, then, to Mr. Ground Hog the winter will not be over in Hendersonville for another six weeks. BOH PUNT RESUMES WORK But Some of Men Who Went on Strike Will Con tinue It DETROIT, Feb. 2.—(UP).— Former Ford body builders at the Briggs Manufacturing; company will continue to strike though the company lias hired enough old and new workers to resume body pro duction. Violence broke out late yester day among strike pickets millintr about the Mack Avenue plant of the Briggs factory which produces bodies for Ford automobiles. The pickets, who had congre gated about the entrances since the Briggs strike forced all Ford plants to shut down last week, halted at least two trucks taking parts to the Ford factory. They pulled drivers from their cars, overturned trucks and scat tered Ford parts about the pave ments. Police plunged into the mass of jostling, booing strikers, rescued the truck drivers and arrested John Dobren, 47, on a charge of slugging workers. The outbreak followed closely an announcement from Briggs company officials that they had broken the strike and resumed production with new workers re placing strikers at tho factory machines. While pickets stationed around the Highland Park plant confined their protests to loud booing as strikers left for their homes, those at the Mack Avenue unit closed in upon a truck load of workers, leaped onto the running boards and attacked the driver. Police fought off the attack and arrested five persons. Officials announced that they had hired almost 1000 workers to fill places left vacant last Thurs day night when 0,000 men and women walked out and forced a million dollar a day shutdown of the Ford plants all over the coun try. Although the number of picket"* outside dwindled, enough re mained last evening to stir up one of the major disturbances of the week. SALUDA BARN DANCE SET FRIDAY NIGHT SALUDA, Feb. 2. (Special) — Continuing its parade of delight ful events at the Library Hall Saluda presents a regular old fash ion barn dance on Friday even ing February, third from 8 to 12 o'clock. The ladies are invited to wear plain old print dresses with aprons and bonnetts, if they have them. The evening attire for the gents will be their old overalls and derby or straw hats. The Tryon string- band, a wide ly known and ponular four piece string orchestra, has been employ ed to furnish the music. Abolishing of the Personnel Post is Pushed KALEIGH, Feb. 2. (UP)—Fav orably reported by the finance committee, the Hutrhins bill to validate the postponement of tax sales of towns and counties in North Carolina was passed by the house today. The house also passed on sec ond reading the senate bill to abo lish the office of director of per sonnel and to transfer duties of that office to the budget bureau. A bill to shorten the time for the payment of gasoline taxes to the state, and to regulate the transportation of gasoline and tighten the present state statutes to prevent gasoline bootlegging was inroduced in the house today by Representative Bob Doughton, of Allegheny. In the senate, the feature of today's session was an extended debate on the bill to abolish the state corporation commission and replace *hree elective commission ers with a single appointive com missioner of utilities. CHE NAY QUIT LEAGUE Both They and Japanese Are Dissatisfied Over Han dling of Controversy PEIPING, Feb. 2. (UP)—Dip lomatic quarters are concerned here today over indications that China as well as Japan may with draw from the League of Nations, due to dissatisfaction over the league's handling of the Manchu rian situation. Chinese Foreign Minister Lo Wen Kan is under stood to have informed British Minister Sir Miles Lampson that China would quit unless the league refused to recognize Manchoukuo. LEAGUE REPORT DRAFTED WEDNESDAY GENEVA, Feb. 2. (UP)—The text of the Leagues of Nation drafting committee's report on Manchuria was approved at a short meeting yesterday. The draft did not include recommen dations. Copies will be circulated among the committee of 19, considering the Chinese-Japanese controversy, | which will probably meet Friday ' to consider recommendations. The delegates generally believ ed the main committee would ap prove the recommndations as sug gested by the drafting group, in cluding approval of China's boy cott of Japanese goods as a repri sal against Japan's military action in Manchruia since September 1931. B. Y. P. U. CONDUCTS PRAYER SERVICES The David Livingston Intermed iate B. Y. P. U. of the First Bap tist church, conducted the regular prayer meeting services last even ing, giving an exceptionally gocd program. Their subject was "The Ideal Church Member." The pro gram was directed by David T. Mashburn, Young People's Direc tor for the First Baptist curch here. Those having speaking parts were: Mary Sue Brooks, Roy Ben nett, Jr., Billy Medlin, Sarah Finch, Margaret Martin, Elizabeth Yelton, Jimmie Lampley, Ruby Ballenger, Bob Forsythe, and Madge Glazener. Stella Howard had charge of the devotional exercise. Jack Stewart, president of the union presided. Mrs. Roy Tillotson and Miss Martha Mae Glazener sang a duet. A special chorus was also given by the entire union. The intermediate Union is un der the leadership of Mrs. Roy Tillotson and Miss Clarys Russ. HELEN KANE WEDS WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. (UP) —Helen Kane, 21-year-old singer, originator of the "boop-a-doop" method of stage singing, yesterday married Mox Hoffman, 31, actor. Hoffman has been divorced twice. TIRE PRICE CUT AKRON, O., Feb. 2 (UP)—The Firestone Tire and Rubber com pany today announced a reduction of ten per cent on the cost of first line tires, and a reduction of five l>er cent on the price of second md third line tires. hum SEVEN SHIES IS WD Ml Farmers Deciding As to Justice of Foreclosures SALESBLOCKED IN SOME CASES CHICAGO, Feb. 2. (UP)—Dis quieting rumble of farmer's pro tests against high taxes and mea gre profits surged across the en tire middle west today spreading widespread revolt against tax sales and mortgage foreclosures. The undercurrent had spread across ten states yesterday as a national farm leader warned 'open revolt' is possible. While Milo Reno, national presi dent of the Farmers' Holiday As sociation, issued the warning, farmers held "kangaroo" court sessions, attended sales en masse, bought horses and cows for as lit tle as two and four cents, and de corated barn doors with nooses a* a warning they "meant business." The revolt .spread from the midwest eastward to Ohio and south to Oklahoma and Texas. Echoes were heard from Wash ington, D. C., and New Jersey. The rebellion reached major proportions in Iowa, Illinois, Min n e s o t a, Nebraska, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota. In some states farmers took the law into their own hands to the extent of holding "kangaroo" courts and blocking foreclosure sales. Back of the uprising is the be lief among farmers that it is an injudtice to foreclose mow on a loan issued back in the days when wheat and corn were "worth some thing." The common practice when a farm is announced for sale under foreclosure is for the farmers to hold "kangaroo" court, determine whether foreclosure is warranted, and act. If they decide it is not, they attend the sale en mass, hang a noose from the barn door, drive away outsiders, buy all articles offered for a few cents an article, then sell them back to the owner Ohio farmers plan to carry the process a step farther. Their plan is to force "penny auctions." By having a friend of a farmer whose property is to be sold take a sec ond mortgage, hold it ten days, then force a foreclosure sale. DRASTIC PLAN IS OFFERED TO SENATE WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. (UP) —Senate attention was directed again yesterday to the farm mort gage problem when a banking sub committee received a drastic four point proposal to relieve the farm debtor. Charles G. Henry, Memphis, Tenn., spokesman for cotton co operatives suggested the program, embodying changes in Federal Land Ranks and creation of local groups to settle mortgage foreclo sure problems. At the same time, the comptrol ler of the currency, it was learned instructed receivers of national banks to pursue a liberal policy in regard to mortgage foreclosures. Officials in the conptroller's of fice said the department had taken the position that foreclo sures on mortgages held by closed banks should not be made where owners of the farms remain on the property. Henry's program, described be fore the senate committee, pro posed: 1.—Creation of local concilia tion and arbitration commissions to which the farmer can go for settlements with his creditors. 2.—Establishment of a fund (Continued on page four) What legis lative BODY CONVENES ~^.HEPE? & WIW STATfc OK PROVINCE: jj IN NOPTH AMEPiCA PPO-1* DUCES THE MOST GOLD ft" 4 ./S-9 Ii For correct iniweri to the* 4 questions, please turn to pafe 3* Who IS THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK?