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 A politsciaa ha* made a little 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 ;■ •." _ 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 ?>. 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