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pjrtly cloudy; not much change in
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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
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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
~a<e an economical success of it.
"That is just an example. But
five elements I have listed
*v«r have been co-ordinated.
ever before have they been tied
"P a plan for any one given
fcea.
secretary of Agriculture Hyde |
^■•'mated that 101),300 men a year j
tould be employed in the forests j
bv the federal government.
!• 'he Tennessee river project by
^Plying reforestation to the
of the watershed, including
1,1 lands, 60,000 to 75,000 men
«uW be used.
^hev would not be employed.
; strict sense of planting lit-j
'Vree's *n general scheme of |
4 for this vast acreage, suchi
^rolinjj. constructing fire pre- j
""■ion guards and in road build- |
10;'.
I *°oseve!t believes that such a j
\j definitely linked with the
tiaiv Shoals cheap power poten
i^. would eventually pay for
through the sale of timber.
iW?tst'oned as to how such a
"'opnient would be financed,,
5atj ^marked that he believed a;
on , ,ct°ry plan could be hit up-'
. s"Kgested as an illustration
| 'nuance of bonds against it.
c I,0"1 the financial point of'
j.' continued, "it would be!
t'r* i j '>orrow 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)
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