WEATHER
f.nr tonight and Wednesday,
|jttlc change in temperature.
(JIu* ©titles
Latest baihi Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population
GOOD AFTERNOON
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bay during the late tummir sea
son by feeding straw polls to his
nightmar*.
101 57—No. 273
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
REICH SHUNS POWERS' MOVE TO AID JEWS
* * * * * #
|Cabinet Shake-Up
* * * * * * ***
Believed Near
'a
m JACKSON
■ILL BECOME
[HY. GENERAL
hoi's Recall From Ber
lin Seen as Double Blow |
I to Nazis
Iay be onTtaff
■ FOR PARLEY AT LIMA
IrASHINGTON. Nov. 15. (UP)
I ::v. r.istratiaon official to
ft- • the United Press that
■ R osevelt may announce ;
■ . in hts cabinet before I
B Warm Spring Sun-,
K post at issue, this in-1
B. • aid, was that of attorney j
m. w held bv Homer S. |
Bnn: v.i^s.
■- expected his successor
K Solicitor General Robert
I '
■ have been recurring
B trend months that cabinet
ft _ > were imminent.
K - 1 the general elections, it
ft re ported but unconfirm
I that not oniy there would be
ft-orce and justice department
ftr.^res but also appointments of
secretaries of labor and the
CALL HELD DIRECT
AP AT HITLER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. (UP)
reta-.y of State Cordell Hull
ivered two diplomatic blows to
rar.y by ordering: American
- ... H ,h D. Wilson home
ni'vht frorr Berlin for "report
;■ <r.>•."
_ v - ;eved that Hull
tv: major objectives:
. Kx .-ess: n of displeasure by
■ .omnient, which the Ger
r. cnveir.ment could not fail to
.v.-tar i. yarding its policies,
t:cuia'-!y ?>. <e relating to Jews
i rther r 'itical, racial and re
• u< mir." 'ties;
!• ?trcT i'oning the state de
* "a:; i luring the all im
"ar.t Pan-American conference
IP.: ;. next month.
Dbs rs saw the order as a
Jiay di uiiv wt;i uiau
r.t and Chancellor Adolf Hitler,
ey pointed out that there was
more forceful way for the Uni
I States to emphasize its dis
a?ure over the Jewish oppres
r.« ^xct-pt through issuance of a
dnmatic note.
In th > connection Secretary of
Cordell Hull indicated last
*hat tni3 government could
t actively protest unless lives
rf property of United States na
r.a!s were threatened. i
One official believed the recall
s a "force play" on Great Bri
n which. ?ince the Munich con
enc?, had been collaborating
th Germany on European af
ire. This official pointed out
i' in event of a diplomatic show
H-'.wcen the United States
d Ger any. Britain^ because of
r dependence on American sup
5 ar-f! markets, would be forced
yzr. herself with this country.
*a th:^ connection it was re
that the Anglo-American
c;?r>cal trade treaty, which is
" he signed this week,
feuteiy increases the parallel
■comic interests of the United
Continued on page six).
M BANNING
mm clubs
Pich Organizations Re
I warded as International
I and "Un-Fascist"
I 15. (UP)— Dis
;r~ all Rotary clubs in
■ mber 31 after 151
'f existence was announc- {
■ y the government,;
such organizations
J/' >nal and "un-Facist."
■ io Pozzo, governor
KJ"8' " ry clubs, conferred |
K araco, secretary
Rr...a' ?' ''le Fascist party, and
ft ubs* activities dur-1
■ ars.
B' meed then that the
-'tional council had de
■ * wind on December 31.
ke the German,
B y has attacked Ro
' of Rotarian organ
■JjT" !; Czechoslovakia occur
'soon after tne Sudeten dis
Kand as the 20-year
K d " y was drawn toward
■ Berlin orbit.
U. S. AND BRITISH TRADE IN
JAPANESE OCCUPIED CHINA
TERRITORY VIRTUALLY LOST
A
Japanese Again
Rebuff Powers In
Diplomatic Note
Believe Firm Stand or Clos
ing Yangtze Intended to
Impress China
By ROBERT BELl URE
United P»-ess Staff Correspondent
SHANGHAI. Nov. 15. (t'P> —
Japan Mday again made clear her
determination to carry through her
conquest of China in the face of
diplomatic opnosition from France.
Britain and the United States.
As Japanese armies in central
China drove nearer to flaming
Changsha. canital of Hunan prov
ince and key to the new "Henvang
Triangle", defenses of Chinese
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek,
the Japanc-e newspaners here pub
lished prominently Tokyo's rejec
tion of the three powers* request
tbat thy Yangtse river he reopened
to navigation of their merchant
shins.
The timing of the reply and the
manner in which it was published
caused diplomats to believe that it
was intended partly for Chinese
consumption and designed to con
vince the Chinese that Japan
would brook no outside interfer
ence in her China plans.
If the Japanese can demonstrate
their ability to keep the Yan?*se
closed its the frtfcexrf demands from
the three great powers, it was ar
gued, they will have made an
other long stride in convincing the
bulk of the Chinese people that
any hope of effective help from
outside nations is vain and thus
the position of those Chinese who
favor surrendering to the Japa
nese will be strengthened.
The summary of the Japanese
reply, handed the ambassadors of
the three powers in Tokyo yester
day, makes these points:
1. Japan's armed forces alone
(Continued on page six)
RECAPTURED
Men Escaping Prison Camp
in October Being Held
in Arkansas
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark., Nov. 15.
(UP)—Three men arrested at Os
ceola, near here, on charges of
drunkenness confessed yesterday
they had escaped from a North
Carolina prison camp on October
22.
Since their escape, the men con
fessed they had stolen an automo
bile at High Point, N. C., burglar
ized a clothing store and drug
concern at Mendenhall, Miss., and
looted an oil wholesale plant at
Crawfordsville, Ark., Deputy
Sheriff John F. Reinmiller said.
Those held were Luther L.
Hamilton, 24, alias Clarence Mor
gan; Gladdis Emery, 25, alias
George Edwards, and David C.
Lynn, 26, alias Eddie Stephens
and H. P. Odom.
Reinmiller said it had not been
decided whether they would be
turned over to North Carolina au
thorities or held for trial on char
ges of possession of burglars'
tools and bringing a stolen car in
to this county.
The trio escaped from camp 403
at Wadesboro, N. C., with eight
other convicts.
MONDAY
Maximum temperature—70 de
grees.
Minimum—42 degrees.
Mean—56 degrees.
Day's range—28 degrees.
Normal mean temperature for
November—46.4 degrees.
Rainfall to date—2.88 inches.
Normal rainfall—3.11 inches.
SENTENCED TO DIE
MARIETTA, Ga., Nov. 15.—
(UP)—Will Russell, Cobb county
negro, Monday was found guilty
of the double murder of George
Washington Camp, 65, and his
daughter, Mrs. Christine Camp
Pauls, 26, and was sentenced to
in the electric chair Dec. 9.
Uncensored Dispatch Re
veals Enterprises Spring
Up; Narcotic Sales to
Chinese Widespread
(In the following uncensored
dispatch, sent by courier from
Nanking to Hong Kong, a United
Press correspondent reveals the
extent of Japanese commercial
penetration of central China
against which the United States
has protested in two notes, one
alleging violation of the principle
of the "open door" and equal op
portunity and another demanding
opening of the Yangtse river to
American merchant ships.—Edi
tor's note, United Press associa
tions.)
NANKING, Via Hong Kong,
Nov. 13. (UP)—Japan is making
steady progress in expanding her
trade in central China, this cor
respondent learned during a tour
of the lowv* Yangtse valley which I
included visits in cities from I
Shanghai to Kiukiang, Japanese
military base near Hankow.
British trade, formerly domi
nant in the Yangtse valley, vir
tually has disappeared because of
the Japanese refusal to let for
eign ships and salesmen enter the
Japanese occupied areas.
American trade, always much
smaller than that of the British
and Japanese, also virtually has
been wiped out.
The correspondent saw Japan
ese g9ods oi^s&le in all the Yang
tse river ports he visited and
passed scores of Japanese ships
laden with cargo.
New Japanese enterprises also
are opening in all the conquered
cities including hotels and shops
Accompanying the Japanese
penetration there has been one of
the greatest cleanups in the his
tory of China. Venerable old cit
ies like Soochow, where cleanli
ness had been virtually non-exist
ent for a thousand years, now are
spic and span under the driving
force of the Japanese army and
navy.
ine correspondent aisu waa
told by foreign missionaries that
the narcotics traffic is increasing
and that new drugs, such as hero
in, now are appearing and are
distributed by Chinese and Ko
rean "camp followers" of the
Japanese army.
Public order in all the cities
visited is excellent and the raping
and looting which marred the
Japanese occupation of Nanking
a year ago last December has dis
appeared.
There have been many com
plaints of confiscation of private
property, however, and so far the
Japanese authorities appear to be
doing little to suppress this.
Foreigners are not permitted
to enter many of the occupied
areas of Nanking and other cit
ies and the general opinion is
that the Japanese intend to elim
inate foreign influence to a con
siderable degree, particularly that
of the missionaries. .
All Japanese agree that the
Yangtse river will remain closed
to international merchant ship
ping for an indefinite period since
the river still is "dangerous."
They explain the presence of Jap
anese ships by stating that these
ships are under naval charter and
that the Japanese naval forces as
had been opened in Hangchow
(Continued on page six).
Scout Court Ui
Honor Planned
Preparatory Court of Re
view To Be Thursday
The Boy Scout Court of Honor
will be held at the city hall on
next Monday night at 7:30 o'clock,
it was announced today. The pub
lic is invited to attend.
Due to the football game here
l Fridav afternoon between Hender
sonville and Marshall, the Court
of Review will be held at the high
i school on Thursday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock. All Scouts who ex
pect to appear before the court
| are asked to leave applications at
the high school office.
Rev. L. T. Wilds, D.D., pastor
of the Presbyterian church, has
been appointed chairman of the
Court of Honor to succeed Dr. G.
R. Combs, pastor of the Methodist
church, who was not returned to
the pastorate here.
Dr. Wilds is widely experienced
j in scouting and served as the first
1 scoutmaster in Hendersonville.
RELIEF FUNDS
MAY SPEED UP
U. S. DEFENSE
Roosevelt's Early Goal Is
Air Force of "At Least
7000 Planes"
WOULD INCREASE
AIR CORPS OBJECTIVE
By ALLEN C. DIBBLE
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. (UP)
President Roosevelt moved yester
day to put new pressure behind
his" multi-billion dollar national de
fense program after General Ma
lin Craig:, army chief of staff, had
warned in his annual report tnut
the nation's armed forces are in
adequate. . . ...
The chief executive met with
military and fiscal experts for two
hours only a short time after Gen.
Craig had informed Secretary of
War Harry H. Woodring that the
army is not equippped to meet
"even minor emergencies."
The entire program was said to
have been surveyed including Mr.
Roosevelt's plans for a nationally
integrated power system which
would be indispensable in time ot
war a bigger and better army and
navy, the world's festest and most
powerful airforce, and vast re
serve armies and supply depots.
The President, while urging his
"good neighbor" policy and seek
ing international economic ^ad
justment, has announced that the
nation's foroign policy must o*
backed by an adequate defense.
Conferring with him were \U A
Administrator Harry Hopkins bo
licitor General Robert H. Jackson,
Gen. Craie. Gen. George Marsha a.
deputv chief of staff; Gen. H. A.
Arnold, new chief of the Aim\
Air Corps; Secretary of the Treas
ury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., and
Treasurv General Counsel Her
man Oliphant. ,. ,
The presence of Hopkins and
Morgenthau lent credence to re
ports that Mr. Roosevelt hopes to
speed ris program by diverting re
lief funds to production of defen
sive materials, including arma
ments. His concern also was re
flected in the following develop
1. He estimated th*»t there
would be at least a $2lP°-00J'0-^
increase in the navy budget for
the next fiscal year while Assist
ant Secretary of Navy ^ Charles
Edison asserted that national se
curity demands a fleet second to
2. Craig urged a 3,000 increase
in the regular army to boost the
total to 168,000 and cautioned
that "we have failed to keen pace
with the development in defensive
weapons that has occurred since
the World war." ..
3. While it was reported tna,
Mr. Roosevelt would seek an air
force of "at least 7.000 Planes*
the chief executive disclosed plans
for a government training pro
gram for aviation mechanics The
Army Air Corps has set
first-line planes as its goal, to oe
accomplished in 1939, but the ad
ministration is reported as feeling
the figure should be boosted
4,000. The naval expansion bin
passed at the last session of con
gress provided for a naval an
force of at least 3.000 planes.
ROOSEVELT AUTHORIZES TVA
PROBERS TO INSPECT UTILITY
INCOME, EXCESS PROFITS TAX
«>
Action Looks Toward Val
uation of Private Util
ity Properties
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. (UP)
President Roosevelt by executive
* order today authorized the joint
^ congressional committee investi
gating the TVA to inspect income
. and excess profits tax returns of
private utilities.
TVA committee counsel said
I the order was designed to permit
investigators to assemble infor
mation bearing on the valuation
, of private utility properties.
UTILITIES ARGUE
TVA'S VALIDITY
: WASHINGTON. Nov. 15. (UP)
! Private utility interests carried
j their fight against the Tennessee
| Valley authority to the supreme
court yesterday in an attempt to
I prove that the New Deal's vast
1 experiment in public power is un
| constitutional.
J; Raymond T. Jackson, Cleveland
attorney, began oral arguments
against the basic TVA program
' shortly after the court convened.
Justice Stanley F. Reed, who
: directed the government's litiga
! tion in its early stages, left the
bench, indicating he would not
participate in consideration of the I
case. Reed was U. S. solicitor-gen-'
| eral hefore his elevation to the
. high court.
I»Ieanwhilc the joint congres
''won&l ^committee investigating
TVA met in executive session to
prepare to reopen public hear
ings. The committee was named
by the seventy-fifth congress af
ter Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, ousted
chairman of TVA, accused his col
leagues, David E. Lilienthal and
Dr. Harcourt A. Morgan, of mal
administration.
In opening his argument, Jack-1
son related the history of the lit
igation and told how a special
three-judge court in eastern Ten-1
nessee last spring had declared
the program constitutional. The
utility companies fighting the TVA
are appealing from this decision.
The Cleveland attorney, after
citing complex statistical tables
intended to show that the output
of electrical energy by TVA was
larger than power sold by private
utilities within 150 miles of TVA
dams, said that the "inevitable
result" of the program would be
to deprive the states of their
right to regulate the electrical
! industry. He further contended
that the federal government is
acting "illegally" by participating
i in the power business.
Jackson said that flood control |
and navigation, two of the prin- j
1 cipal objectives of TVA, are mere j
subterfuges. He argued that the
"unified grid" system established
by TVA is so consti-ucted that
power can be drawn off at any j
place, and integrates various dams
in such a way that TVA manifest
ly is primarily interested in pow
er production rather than flood
control and navigation.
Establishment of a nine-foot i
channel in the Tennessee river
three years ago also was "inci- i
dental" to the development of
power facilities, Jackson contend
(Continued on page six)
BRITONS CHfctKtU BY IKfcNU
TOWARD U. S. COOPERATION
Are Close in Views on Germany and Support Hoped if
Situation in Orient Grows Worse
(Copyright, 1938, United Pre»s)
LONDON, Nov. 15.—(UP) —
British loaders were cheered to
day by indications of closer Unit
ed States cooperation in foreign
affairs, "with particular reference
to Germany.
They welcomed the news that
U. S. Ambassador Hugh Wilson
had been ordered home by Wash
ington for a consultation on Ger
man-American relations and an
unconfirmed Washington report
that President Roosevelt planned
a statement condemning Nazi
treatment of Jews.
^ Such diplomatic activity by the
United States, coinciding almost
exactly with signing of the Brit
ish-American trade treaty, with
its important political implica
tions, indicated to the British that
United States support might be
forthcoming in no uncertain man
ner should present events in Eu
rope or in the orient lead to worse
international relations.
The recent stiff American note
to Japan defending the open door
policy in China, coinciding with
similar British representations,
crave further credence to British
hopes for United States support.
Such an attitude by the United
States could be of considerable
help to Britain at this time, with ,
Prime Minister Neville Chamber-1
Iain's hands virtually tied by the
Munich agreement and concern
for his ambitious plan to concili-1
ate Germany and attain general i
European appeasement. Chamber- j
Iain's position has been apprecia
bly weakened by the Nazi anti- J
Jewish riots and restrictive de
crees, and by German attacks on :
prominent British statesmen.
He made it clear in commons (
last night that he is still determ-'
ined to reach an understanding
with Chancellor Adolf Hitler de
spite the punishment inflicted on
German Jews. But despite his un
willingness to risk offending Ger- (
many, Anglo - German negotia
tions to consolidate European
peace have been postponed indef
(Continued on page three)
South Viewed As
Nation's Biggest
Health Problem
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15. (UP)
Surgeon General Thomas Parran,
praising the work of the TVA in
combatting disease, told the joint
congressional committee chat the
South is the nation's No. 1 health
problem. He said the South had
the fewest physicians per capita,
the fewest hospitals, and highest
death rate.
Parran said Kentucky, Tennes
see, Florida, Virginia and North
Carolina are among the states pre
senting the most serious health
problem.
FARMPLAN IS
MADE PUBLIC
Next Year's Program Is
Viewed as First Full
Test of Act
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. (UP)
The agricultural department to
day announced details of its
$712,-GOO,000 farm program for
1939 and described it as the first
complete test of the new agricul
ture adjustment act for farmers
who cooperate with the depart
ment in reducing acreages and
building soils.
The government plans to pay a
minimum bounty of 3.6 cents per
pound on cotton; 14 cents per
bushel for corn; 27 cents per
bushel on wheat; 22 cents on rice;
three cents on potatoes; $3 per
ton on peanuts, and has provided
for grants on tobacco ranging
from .8 cent per pound for flue
cured and burley to 1.5 cents for
Georgia-Florida type.
City Elementary
Teachers Discuss
Reading Practice
Primary Teachers to Talk
Over Science in De
cember Meeting
The elementary teachers of the
Hcndersonville school met in group
sessions at the Rosa Edwards school
for the November meeting. The
subject of study for this year's
work is Reading. The basic book
used as a guide in the study of
Reading is, "The Seventeenth Year
Book, Principal," of the National
Education Association which treats
on the newer practices in reading
in the elementary school.
The teachers were received in
the library of Rosa Edwards school
by Mrs. Jones, and Mrs. Vada Orr
Holland.' librarian. Russian tea
and wafers were served and a so
cial hour enjoyed before going
into the class rooms for discus
sions.
The main consideration of the
primary teachers was teaching the
child how to read. Mrs. Eller gave
a discussion on phonics, chart
reading, and individual class de
veloped reading material in the
modern reading program were dis
cussed.
The main topic of the grammar
grade teachers was: Guiding the
child in what to read.
Miss Long gave an interesting
review of "Modern Retelling of
(Continued on page three)
Civic Choral Club
Will Reorganize
Meeting Called Wednesday
Night at Church House
All members of the Handerson
ville Choral club are requested to
meet at the Presbyterian church
house on Wednesday night at |
8:45 o'clock for the purpose of
reorganizing for the winter.
Those who are unable to at
tend this meeting, but who wish
to retain membership, are asked !
to notify Mrs. F. A. Ewbank.
US. RECALLS
HUGH WILSON.
BERLIN ENVOY
Germany Needs Seized Jew
ish Wealth to Help
National Debt
ARRESTS WREICH
PLACED AT 50,000
BERLIN, Nov. 15. (UP)—Fif
ty thousand Jews have been ar
rested throughout the Reich in
the last few days, reliable sources
today estimated.
More than 7,001) are estimated
to have been seized in Berlin.
Many of those arrested are in
fluential or wealthy Jews held as
hostages.
As United States Ambassador
Hugh Wilson prepared to leave
for Paris tomorrow night en route
to Washington, the German press
warned America that agitation
against Nazism would be reflect
ed in further ill treatment of the
Jews here.
Wilson prepared to return to
Washington, on orders of the
1 state department, for consulta
tions with President Roosevelt and
| Secretary Cordell Hull on Ger
man-American relations.
He will leave behind him a con
sulate and a nembassy flooded
j with telegrams from abroad, most
of them from the United States,
asking about the safety of rela
: tives and friends endangered by
the anti-Jewish rioting through-;
j out Germany.
At the embassy it was said the
ambassador was expected to re
turn to Berlin in January. For
: eign diplomatic circles, however,
expressed doubt that the ambas
sador would return so soon, and
| suggested that Wilson might not
return until-*Germany had taken
, measures regarding the Jewish
I question. .. I
I A new series of drastic anti
Jewish decrees, including the ex
pulsion of Jews from all German
schools, indicated that Chancellor
Adolf Hitler intends to drive the
Reich's 700,000 Jews into ghet
tos.
Suicides continued among des
pondent Jews, who had been or
dered to pay a $400,600,000 col
lective "fine" and to cover dam
age done to their own stores and
homes by Nazi mobs that ran un
checked in last week's rioting.
Many besieged foreign consul
ates—3,000 pleaded at the doors
of the United States consulate for
visas—only to find virtually all
escape from the Nazi terrorism
cut off.
Reports of arrests of prominent
Jews, adding to the thousands al
ready thrown into jail and- con
centration camps, continued.
There was increasing evidence I
that the nazis regard the school ,
ban as affording an opportunity 1
for the establishment of ghettos
—which disappeared from the
world in 1870—to completely de
tach Jews from German economic
(Continued on page three)
COUNTY'S RED
CROSS DRIVE
IN 2ND DAY
Canvassers Highly Optimis
tic on Results; No Defi
nite Reports Yet
Henderson county's annual Red |
Cross drive for new memberships!
entered its second day today and
reports from canvassers were high- j
ly optimistic, according to reports
from Red Cross headquarters.
While it is too early for any
definite reports, J. C. Coston,
I county cnau man,
said this morning
that he was con-,
i fident the countj
would reach its
quota of 700
members for this
year.
The past year
ha* been the most J
successful one in j
^he history of the
county Red Cross |
and a great deal
oi excellent worK nas Deen done,
particularly in the county and city
schools.
Mrs. Dorothy McCoy, county
Red Cross nurse, has visited each
county school regularly and exam
ined children, as well as conduct-j
ing classes in home hygiene and:
sanitation in all the schools.
Principals and .teachers in all i
the schools have promised their
fullest co-operation to the Red j
Cross in their membership drive1
and Mr. Coston is confident that!
with this support the local chapter
will be able to go ahead into next1
year and increase the work that
has been done in the past.
OVERTURE ON
EMIGRATION
HAS NO REPLY
^ ^ V %
Orderly Removal for Po
tential Refugees Aim of
U. S., Britain, France
PREMIER DODGES
ISSUE IN HOUSE
LONDON. Nov. 15. (UP)—The
United States, Great Britain -.'.ml
France asked Germany two weeks
ago to discuss plans for orderly
emigration of potential refugees,
including Jews, hut Germany so
far has not replied.
The plan was for Germany t<»
receive George Rublee, Amcrcm
director of the International Ref
ugee Committee.
Embassies of the three powers
approached the German govern
ment after the inter-governmenta'
commission had lengthily prepared
way for negotiations designed to
induce the Reich to permit refu
gees to take sufficient capital and
property to make them acceptaolc
immigrants in other countries.
Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain yesterday dodged demands
in the house of commons for joint
Anglo-United States action on be
half of Germany's terrorized Jews
after Britain protested to Chan
cellor Adolf Hitler against Nazi
press attacks linking British states
men to the anti-Semitic drive.
The British protest, and a state
ment by Chamberlain in commons
snubbing Hitler's colonial de
mands, appeared to have shattered
all immediate prospects of a Brit
ish-German pact of friendship and
European appeasement.
• London newspapers clamored for
joint action by the United States
and Great Britain to relieve tha
sufferings of German Jews. Or
ganizations throughout the coun
try added their voice to the de
mands.
The British protest delivered in
Berlin Monday afternoon com
plained of a statement in the news
paper of Paul Joseph Goebbels,
Nari propaganda minister, intimat
ing that the anti-German utter
ances of such Britons as Winston
Churchill, Anthony Eden and Al
fred Duff-Cooper might have in
spired the assassination of a mi
nor German diplomat in Paris a
week ago.
The British aristocracy, the
church, conservatives and opposi
tion party leaden, miners in Dur
ham and men in the streets swelled
the public indignation.
It was reported that the cabinet
soon might convey the govern
ment's "abhorrence" of the anti
Jewish measures in the Reich—a
move that might doom Chamber
lain's hope of bringing Hitler into
a program of lasting peace. .
The Daily Express said that the
United States and perhaps other
nations might join in the protest.
Chamberlain dodged a question
by Albert V. Alexander, Laborite
in commons, as to whether he
would consult immediately with
President Roosevelt a protest to
Berlin against the "iniquities" in
Germany.
He likewise evaded a request by
Laborite Col. J. C. Wedgwood that
the government immediately shove
its feelings by doing something
for the German Jews.
IMPROVEMENT
OF FLETCHER
PORT SOUGHT
Suggested for Promotion
Into Class 3 as De
fense Project
The Asheville - Hendersonville
airport at Fletcher will become a
class 3 airport if suggested im
provements are carried out there.
Plans for the development of
the airport, requested by ci* il
aeronautics authorities, have been
completed and will be forwaided
to Washington.
The proposed development
would cost $1,043,038. Improve
ments suggested include two 150
foot wide runways, macadam
bound and 4,800 feet and 3.700
feet long, a hangar, workshop and
administrative building.
Other improvements would in
clude flood lights, blind flyinsr
equipment, and other lights, and
lights oh nearby obstructions.
The aeronautics authority i*
having plans made for the im
provement of 200 airports ai d
will make recommendations alo: g
these lines for national defense.
Airports arc classed from 1 <o
4, with the better fields in cla s
4, and only natural obstruction*
which cannot be removed would
keep the Fletcher port out of class
4 if these improvements are made.