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WEATHER Fair tonight. increasing cloudi „m» Saturday; little change in lemp*1 rature. •75 G You can't expect modi of the •pokeamen who won't put hu own shoulder to tke t^bwl VOU 52—No. 29 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1933 ■ SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS JOOSEVELT TO LEAVE TONIGHT) for FLORIDA! Congressional Autho r i t y {or National Plan Will be Asked TO NAME~CABINET BY 3RD OF MARCH I warm SPRLVGS. Ga.. Feb. 3. ! _ Presidentelect Roose wft. elate ! at expressions of ap proral from a!l parts of the coun try to his proposed plans to devel op the Tennessee River valley, is i jnx • M .ae definite congres sional approval in order that the rlan miirht started soon, and | its feasibility established so that :.'culc >e duplicated in other parts of the country. By FREDERICK A. STORM 1'iitfd Pre*.* Staff Correspondent WARM SPRINGS. Ga., Feb. o. ' President-elect Roosevelt T; tollow a precedent estab jsstd by Woourow Wilson and an jponce his cabinet 24 hours be !tre he take? the oath of office. He revealed his intentions la.-t reht to the newspapermen who ioo»ht from him an expression on •je probable line-up of the official tally. -The names will be made pub lit before I ?o to Washington ei:aer :h-> evening of March 2 or tke morning of .March 3," he said. That means, it was explained, thi I.*.™. Jncement will come from teSwr York City home to which to *11 return after a 10-day cm* 'Arough tropic seas on l icent Astor's yacht, the .VMnuAal. He will leave tonight for .~>.'Ma, where he will en-.bark on tie cruise. Awhile, the president-elect prepared to meet with Judge Rob-1 hi W. Bingham. Louisville. Ky.. I pafoher. who is coming to Warm loprnfs tomorrow. Bingham is ex pected to be invited to accept the imoassadorship to France, a post for which he has been prominent ly mentioned in the past two and i half months. Another man whose name has igured in the unofficial ambassa dorial discussion, Robert Dunham of Chicago, was here yesterday and conferred with Mr. Roosevelt a the seclusion of the "little *a;te house." Although the latter t :n? steadfastly to his policy of swr.:e regarding appointments the •pinion among his friends was that tie visitor would be asked t: trie i diplomatic post, probably ia Germany. Mr Roosevelt laughingly rc fwi to be drawn into a discus Roa concerning the purpose of tae visit of Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee who concluded his ;'Jy yesterday after a second and ®r«f conference. "Oh. we just talked economics/' *■ Roosevelt remarked. Nevertheless, the conviction is P°*insr in sources close to the Resident-elect that Hull will be ^ nert secretary of state. The T^nejsean is a warm friend and I « frequently been called upon 54 ffive advice in national affairs. Once at sea. the president-elect glared in connection with his Florida trip he would settle back to the work of studying a list of ^ames of persons recommended ™r appointments to various fed fal commissions, and which must ^ade bv March 4th if those *encie.-> are to continue to fune without interruntion. When I get on the boat I will I1? to arrive at something and «en, upon my return, I will pret touch with the people I have •tidtd upon," he explained. 'f- was indicated that the ap Mntments would concern the ™me Loan bank, the Federal •jade commission and the Recon duction Finance corporation. Swinging into other topics, the ft^:dent-elect expressed gratifica tion over the first reaction to his Pf>posal for a gigantic develop ®<n- project in the Tennessee m«r basin which rails for refor estation, the harnessing of addi onai water power facilities. abandonment of unproductive ,r®s for richer bottom lands "at would be made available, and Dofd control . I'nder this ambitious program, *r- Roosevelt believas work could J Provided for 60,000 to 75,000 immediately, and that even pVed ^ would be eni will ask congress for the "orny to aro ahead in making t»* e*P®ri®«nt which he charac ter^" as "t^e greatest in his , If this program of national Jpnmg works in the five states ' Jennessee basin it can be successful in other water country/' he said. m," .e «me time he expressed a?n.op'n'°n that auch a develop r,,..- WOulti not increase agricul nrai surplus, . i Leaves Second Wife and Daughter to Return Home After Memory Lapse of 22 Years ; Back to his home, wife and two sons after 22 years of blankncss, during which time he married, be came a father and prospered, came Edgar G. Allen. He left his Ridgewood. N. J., home 22 years ago. a victim of amnesia, and set tled in Knoxville, Tenn., as Ted Morris. He married and ha*' a daughter, Dolores, now 13 years old. His memory suddenly re turned and he is now back in Ridgewood with Mrs. Allen and his two sons. Above, left, is the Allen home at Ridgewood; at the right. Allen; and, below, Doris Morris and Mrs. "Ted Morris." 1 HOUSE VOTES SENATE BILL TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF N. C. DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL MARINE ACCOSTED BY A JAP SENTRY PEIPIN'G, Feb. 3—(UP)—Col. Ibra, commandant of Japanese forces here, today investigated at the request of American officials the incident in which a Japanese sentry blocked the passage of an American Marine officer and threatened him with a bayonet. PEIPING. Feb. 3. (UP)—Col. L. M. Gulick. of the United States marine guard stationed here, decided today to make in formal representation to the com mandant of the Japanese guard concerning an incident involving am American marine officer and a Japanese sentry. The incident occurred when Lieut. Robert L. Skidmore, of Indianapolis, Ind., was accosted by the Japanese sentry when the American was passing the Japa nese barracks. Colonel Gulick, after studying Skidmore's report of the inci dent, decided that it did not warrant diplomatic correspond ence and that no formal repre sentation would be made. He indicated, however, that he would take it up with the Japanese colonel in charge. Skidmore reported that a Jap anese sentry blocked his way as he was proceeding along a public sidewalk in front of the Jap anese barracks and thrust a bay onet close to his body, which he knocked aside. ■ NAVY PILOT KILLED; -I PARACHUTIST SAVED HONOLULU, T. H.. Feb. 3. (UP)—C. E. Walwork, navy pilot, was killed yesterday when the scout seaplane he was flying dived into the ocean and was demolished. Junior Lieutenant Frank M. Nichols escaped by leaping with a parachute. He was picked up by native sampans. ARGENTINE FACES STRIKE BY FARMERS BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Feb. 3—(UP)—Argentina was threatened today with a nation wide farmers strike demanding lower rents, easier credits, and other measures to relieve then hardships. AVOID INFLUENZA LONDON. Feb. 3. (UP)—The seriousness of the current influ enza epidemic caused King George and Queen Mary to post pone their return to London from Sandringham, scheduled for Monday, it was learned last night. Both were in excellent health, it was stated, but their physici ans advised them to remain at I Sandringham to avoid the risk of infection, (- V i * 'Senate Rescinds Action To Kill Corporation Commission RALEIGH, Feb. 3.—(UP).— The house today passed the senate bill to abolish the office of the di rector of personnel and transfer the duties and functions of that office of the personnel department to the budget bureau, effective on j April 1. By acclamation, the state sen ate in two votes decided today to reconsider the bill it killed yester day—to abolish the state corpora , tion commission, and to re-refer j it to the joint reorganization com i mittee for further consideration. Representing a cut of $2,072, | 420 as compared to the estimated expenses for the state supported six months school term, the joint appropriations committee of the general assembly yesterday voted | its approval of the budget com mission's recommendation of $13, 375,000 yearly for this purpose for the next biennium. Under this appropriation, fur ther salary slashes of 15 per cent I for teachers. 25 per cent for su ! perintendents and 22 per cent for j supervisors is anticipated by the I joint committee. CANADIANS DEPORT DOUKHOBOR CHIEF MONTREAL, Feb. 3. (UP)— Peter Veregin, leader of the Doukhobor sect in Canada, pass ed through Montreal late yester day bound for Halifax and de portation to Soviet Russia, where he claims he is under sen tence of death. Reporters saw Veregin brief ly as he changed trains, but there was little time to ask questions. "Do you want to go back to Russia" he' was asked. "Hell, no!" was his answer. Veregin is being deported fol lowing his conviction on charges of perjury. He claims that he has twice been sentenced to death in Russia, but that he was granted his frtedom provided he left the Soviet Union forever. RUMANIA ASKS FOR ! WAR DEBT REVISION 1 . WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. (UP) —Rumania applied to the Uni ted States yesteday for revision of its $44,590,000 war debt. The appeal will be referred to Presi dent-elect Roosevelt. Minister Charles A. Psvila presented his government's ap peal to Undersecretary of State Castle. The department official was not prepared to answer him, as authority to invite debt mis sions to Washington, recently gl'en the state department by Mr. Roosevelt applied only to Great Britain, Czechoslovakia, i Italy, Lithuania and Latvia,' ' Army's Advisory Board to Meet Visiting Salvationists Will Be Here Tonight A meeting of the Salvation Army's Advisory Board will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in the sun parlor of thg Skyland Hotel, it was anonunced this morn ing. Adjutant W. W. Bouterse, of Charlotte, and Captain W. P. Gearing of Ashevil^ will be pres ent, and as vital questions con cerning the Salvation Army in Hendersonvilie will be discussed, 1 it has been asked that all members of the Advisory Board be present. | This meeting was postponed from I Monday night. ' Escaped Convict Rising to Honor | Is Given Pardon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 3 j (UP)—Glenn Smeeman, escaped j convict who achieved success and ; honor only to be exposed after 15 years, yesterday received a Mis souri pardon, wiping out the last mark of his criminal past. "I see no good purpose in put ! ting you back in prison", said , Governor Guy B. Park, the new i Democratic governor of Missburi, jafter hearing the Cleveland music dealer's case. Governor Park pardoned Smee man for his flight 17 years ago while under appeal bond after be ing sentenced to two years in pris on on an automobile theft charge. 'Lame Ducks' Put J |By Farm Relief and Beer For Session Philippines Will ' Send. Mission to Protest Measure MANILO, P. I., Feb. 3.—(UP) The Philippine legislature, in a caucas today authorized Represen tative Francisco Yarona, house majority floor leader, to accomp any Manuel Quezon, senate presi dent, to the United . States on an independence mission. The two political leaders hoped to confer with President-elect 'Franklin D. Roosevelt. Quezon, disappointed in the independence bill adopted by the United States I Congress, intended to explore pos sibilities of a proposal more favor able to the islands. NEW CRUISER FAILS IN TEST J . . . v * Indianapolis Must Have i Repairs and Adjust- 1 ments NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 3 (UP) — The navy's new crusier Indianapo lis, scheduled to leave immediate ly.for Cuba, Chile and finally the .battle fleet of the West Coast, in of returning to Philadelphia Yai'd today for repairs and adjustments, it was learned to ! night. The United Press was informed J by authorative sources that the crusier's firing practice in Hamp Iton Roads has revealed misloca i tion and misadjustment of its 8 i inch guns which must be replaced I before the ship assumes its regular i functions. It was said that explosions of the guns durin^ practice rocked the crusfer so violently that a 1 I gigantic searchlight was broken j [ and the entire vessel suffered | from repercussions. CHINESE REDS CAPTURE CITY Murder Of All Christians Threatened; Missionar ies Leave Posts LONDON, Feb. 3.—(UP).— An army of 60,000 Communists captured the town of Paoning in Sze Chwan province and threatened to murder all Chris tians. the Daily Express corre spondent at Shanghai reported today. Missionaries left their posts and the government sent troops to oust the Reds. BUSHMAN WINS SUIT LONDON; Ont., Feb. 3. (UP) —A jury which deliberated nine hours and 30 minutes last night appraised Francis X. Bushman's "rusty" neck at $3,000. CALIFORNIA GETS 70 PCT. OF RECONSTRUCTION FUNDS; WILL HELP OTHER STATES By RAYMOND CLAPPER United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. (UP). Despite threatening talk of fur ther investigations in congress, the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration pressed forward yester day in pursuance of the gigantic government relief effort author ized just one year ago. California, the home state of President Hoover, made its third large^and successful tug at the purse strings of the R. F. C. A loan of 522,800,000. to Los Ange les for construction of power lines from Boulder Dam was announced yesterday. This made California the leading beneficiary of the self-liquidating loans authorized, $124,200,000 or more than 70 per cent, has gone to California in three large chunks. Los Angeles | received $40,000,000 for its aque I duct and San Francisco was grant | ed $01,400,000 for its bay bridge, j . Meantime, the appropriation of $150,000,000 more for unemploy i ment relief was recommended to ' a.senate committee by Charles A. Miller, president of the R. F. C. He intimated Illinois was within six weeks of exhausting it? $45, 000 share of the earlier relief ap propriation. A warning note was sounded before the house banking and cur rency committee by Rep. Fish, Repn., N. Y., who urged investi gation of some companies which have failed after receiving R. F. C. money. "There is some crookedness go ing on," Fish told the committee. Later he intimated he would seek inquiry into a Louisiana case. He also said he intended to urge re moval of R. S. Hecht of New Or leans, chairman of the advisory committee of the R. F. C. President Miller of the corpora tion at the same time was busy at the senate and on Capitol Hill de fending .before to the senate banking and currency committee ! the $90,000,000 loan to the bank of Charles G. Dawes who had re signed as president of the R. F. C. just before the loan was made.. (Continued on page five)' 1 ' Private Relief From The Insurance And Mortgage Firms To Be Depended On At This Time By THOMAS L. STOKES United Press Staff Correspondent Copyright, 1933, by United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. (UP). Farm relief and beer, two car dinal points in President-elect Roosevelt's program, have been definitely shelved by leaders of this last "lame duck" congress de spite the farmers mortgage revolt in the middle west and the clamor of their city brethren for nickel brew. An investigation yesterday by the United Press revealed the plea of farmers for special emer gency legislation to ease the bur .ien of pressing mortgage pay-1 ments is doomed to go unheeded ! at the present session which ends March 4. Senate leaders, however, plan to put through the .Tweeping bankruptcy act revision approved by the house, which will afford ( some relief to farmers, as. well as other individuals and corporations by permitting agreements, subject to court sanction, to scale down i or extend debts. This bill is orie point of the : congressional program agreed upon by leaders, which has these other objectives: 1—A senate vote upon repeal : of the 18th amendment, which I failed in the house. , ■ . # j 2—Passage of appropriation ! bills—if possible. .1 XLiJcii'iigiuu ui iru: 0111: ccui, a gallon federal gasoline tax for another year, already approved by the house. It is generally agreed that the so-called domestic allotment farm relief plan sponsored by Roosevelt leaders will fail. Leaders also privately have shelved the beer bill. Certain vetoes by President Hoover face both beer i nd domes tic allotment farm bills. Leaders expressed serious doubt yesterday that all appropriation bills would be passed at this ses sion. Inflationary proposals of all sorts, including remonotization of silver, will get nowhere between now and March 4. Agitation for emergency legis lation for a mortarium and a re adjustment of farm debts con tinued in congress today, reflect ing the orderly, but effective re volt of farmers which has induced insurance companies to make ad justments directly. ■ Banking committees of both house and senate now are consid ering numerous bills, but none is slated for approval. The direct action of insurance companies and banks in extending relief has tem pered somewhat the ardor of con-1 gressional champions of this form of relief. Speaker John N. Garner said yesterday there are no plans for house action at this session on farm mortgage measures. Assistant Senate Republican Leader Charles L. McNary de clared he plans to bring up the 18th amendment repeal resolution after two pending appropriation bills are disposed of. It will be set aside as appropriation bills are brought forward. There is only the remotest pos sibility that the present congress will submit the 18th amendment repealer to the states. Garner has said emphatically he will enter tain only an outright repeal reso lution. such as that defeated by only six votes in the house on the opening day. The senate resolu tion carries restrictions against the saloon and protection for dry states. It is by no means certain the measure will get through the senate at this session. Both wets and drys are insist ing that repeal precede beer in the senate, the former because they fear beer legalization will hurt repeal, the latter because thev do not want the law modified and meanwhile can conduct their campaign against repeal in the states. / _ : . Nine Women Are Burned to Death Insane Patients Had Been Led to Safety WICLIFFE,~Qhio, Feb. 3. (UP) Nine women patients were burned to death today when they ran frenziedly into a burning cottage at Ridejrcloff Sanatarium for in sane, after attendants had led them to safety, i Forecloser Is Found Slain Luther D. Marr, above, retired Kansas City, Mo., banker and real estate man. is believed to be the first murder victim in the mid west's war on foreclosures. Marr was' found in a highway ditch near Fort Scott, Kan. A few hours earlier he had visited a Kansas farm to foreclose a mortgage. F. PJlGE OF BREVARD DEAD Funeral For Well Known Resident Will Be Satur day Afternoon . . BREVARD, Feb. 3. (Special) —Frank. P. .Sledge, 62, died at home Thursday morning, at il #0 following an illness of two years, death facing due to heart trou ble. ... Funeral services will l>e' held Saturday afternoon, hour to be announced lafor, at the Brevard Methodist hurch, of which he has been a leader for years, the Rev. J. H. West, pastor and the Rev. R. L. Alexander, pastor Presbyterian church, in change. Interment will be in Oak Grove Methodist cemctery, North Bre vard. A native of Alabama, Mr. Sledge has been a resident of Brevard for the past fifteen years, being engaged in grocery business here. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Mary Locke Sledge; one daughter, Mrs. Roy Kanipe, Thomasville; four sons, James and Francis Sledge of Atlanta, and Garland and John Reese Sledge, of Brevard also survive. BRITISH PREMIER CHOSEN HEAD OF DEBT COMMITTEE LONDON, Feb. 3—(UP)—The British cabinet today entrusted ne gotiations with the United States for war debt revision to a commit tee of five cabinet members, head ed by Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald. Other members of the commit tee are: Neville Chamberlaine, chancel ![ lor of the exchequer. . Stanley Baldwin, lord president of the council who negiotated the present debt funding agreement , with America. Sir John Simon, foreign secre tary. Walter Runciman, president of the board of trade. The committee was charged with completing negotiations with the j United States for discussion of war debts and was made jointly respon 1 sible for advising the government of the negotiatiqfis. Baldwin's appointment caused considerable surprise as the Bald win settlement is still the subject of severe criticism by political op ponents. It was announced MacDonald would accept the chairman ship of the world economic conference if the conference is held in London. The government approved the conference program prepared by experts in Geneva, but has no in tention of calling the conference until the war debts question is settled. It was expected the con ference would not meet before mid-summer at the earliest. WILL ACT UPON LEA CASE MONDAY NASHVILLE, Tenil., Feb. 3— (UP)—Still in unexplained seclu sion, Col. Luke Lea and son await ed somewhere in Tennessee today a decision from Governor McAlis ter on North Carolina's demand for their extradition. The decis ion probably will be made Mon day. The hearing yesterday lasted jve hours, «j« STORM CENTER ML BE OVER LEVY METHOD Whole Tax Program As Tentatively Agreed On Is Scrapped MAY BE EXTENDED TO ALL INCOMES By J. C. BASKERVILL The Time»-Newa Bureau Sir Walter Motel RALEIGH, Feb. 3.—The ten tative revenue bill recommended by the Budget Commission has been scrapped by the joint fi nance committees and a new bill will be drawn before a joint .sub committee. It is expected that the new bill will contain a pro vision for a general sales tax of 3 per cent on all retail sales, estimated to yield approximately $12,500,000. The belief is also growing that the general assem bly will be here at least until April 1 before it will be able to agree upon and enact a revenue bill. to T»riJU?£0mmittee -ppoint'rf chairman'°rf t?"X|<in" SC'! °n<rtolf ,^lnti ,McUaD »f W«h ington and Aiken of Hickorv M of&r\h Do.u^hton. of Allegh' • ?1 the house finance com rwlv • tnn x- RePresertta ti v e s Cherry , 0f Gaston, Moss of Nasli, Coffey of Caldwell, Flanna™ All iW Snd uGatt1'8 of Ora^, AH the members of this joint. committee are regarded as beinr belief Th-!"8 committed to thti ).elref that a general sales tajr is the only way to provide enough «vennUon 0.p®rate state TuZr it r SL^® ilherrjr' Mof* *nd Pianaa gan, who were opposed to *nv sales tax in 1931, have virtu. thev are6will' the P,ace whe™ now. Wilhng t0 »ceePt one assemhl^ ^ in ,the *ene'*l shall h/i15 expected to center sha k ? Per cent on Brosa re' £5 «L per.cent on gress re »£«»?• 88 18 expected to be Proposed, or 2 per ' cent, or shall ? 8 Stil1 smaUer sales tax #fcrtL£. 8Pref^ 0Ut over ma™ facturers, retailers and to all incomes of lawyers, doctors *«aCi ♦!' preachers and farmers,' as is the case with the Mississ u But indicatio™ «fm,« j e ght eventually will. simmer down to a contest be !,T*en . e 3 per cent rate on K oss retail sales and 2 per cent, m.n?.# f* aily aPPa"nt that the manufacturing. and ,*ndU8trial jn_ terestB are either too powerful or presented such a good case for themselves in their hearings ^f/„ore. the Joint finance commit serious consid eration 0f any form of a proriu.* *,?J+1 *l°W- the Iines contain ed in the bill introduced by Sen ator Clement of Salisbury. • i J5? ,aIso apparent that the industrial sections are going to favor the 3 per cent sales tax, in the hope that if $12,600,000 ff?f °e °btained from this source iqo, n h,gh brackets in the 1931 Revenue Act can be lower ed and franchise, income and other corporate taxes reduced by to the levels of the 1929 Rev enue Ret. This would give many of the corporations large reduc tions, since the 1931 Revenuo ™ ,"Freasfd the franchise, corporation income and- other corporate taxes all the way from 109Q -u 2 iper rent above, the schedules. In other word:j if it is found possible to get as much as $12,500,000 from a 3 per cent general sales tax, tho industrial interests are going to try to get at least $5,500,000 of this amount applied so as to re neve them of that amount.. This procedure will be bitterly (Continued on page five) TUCEECUESSES , Mat HAPPENED TO I THE SHENANDOAH ? HOWMAHYP^ MEM HAVE SERVED AS PRESIDENT BEFORE HIM ? WHAf S1ATES NEVER RWlFlED TH£ '18TH. AM0JDMtNr ? For correct inwert to tbei^ estioiu, please turn to pafc 7,
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