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GOOD AFTERNOON
Delegates to the Pan>Amerlcan
Conference in Para ihoatd not
•pill tlu bMu while they're in
Lima.
OL. 57—No. 275
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
DEFENSE KEYNOTE OF NEXT CONGRESS
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ommercial Attache At Berlin Recalled
,ER SILENT
'ECTATOR AT
,TH FUNERAL
ier Vandalism of Prop
erty in Reich to Bring
Execution
[RORIZED JEWS
)ECLARED IN HIDING
Nov. 17. (UP)—The
III-,; Mates recalled jts com
tiai attache to Berlin today
with a press out
fct ... ii::<t President Roosevelt
further measures against the
... Hugh R. Wilson, United
Its embassador, reached Paiis
]u.- way to Washington. the re
nt" Douglas Miller, the com
.c:a! attache, was announced,
ba* ordered to return with his
lily and effects as soon as pos
and in any event not later
January 1.
Il'SSELDORF, Nov. 17. (UP)
If Hitler and high party offi
and thousands of the rank
file today paid tribute to
Ernst von Rath, whose death
fashed anti-Semitic rioting.
Iitler Siit beside the bier but
not speak.
he funeral oration was deliv
(bv Ernst Bohle, district lead
behalf of the Nazi party.
iKLtti. Xav. ! 7.—(U P)—
ulas Miller, United States
uetvial attache, has been re
Fd to Washington. He will fol
Hugh R. Wilson, United
s ambassador now in Paris
his way home. Meantime. Rob
Stephenson will be acting at
le.
car of a new outbreak of Nazi
u (ftipjeii German Jews last
it, driving many to suicide,
lis prepared a "martyr's funer
in Dusseldorf for Ernst von
. young German diplomat
by a Polish Jew in Paris.
Embassador Hugh R. Wilson,
left last night for Le Havre
fre he will sail tonight aboard
S. S. Manhattan for home in
K>nse to a call from President
fccveit. iliil not personally make
presentations.
Jewish fear of more terror to
increased when Nazis
inied into the streets last
fit. dancing and singing in ed
ition of the old Prussian holi
oil'ietl "The Day of Repent
e and Prayer."
L'he rejoicing was a Nazi in
Rtioa t-> the church holiday, es
| 1 by Wilhelm II in ISO-'!,
whether or not another wave
1 violence results from the cere
tiies at Dusseldorf, it was be
the funeral might sig
1 more punishing decrees
(Continued on page four)
Ian Held After
ittempt To Take
Pil From Station
V tis Powers said this af
that he had arrested
Bo."ar| McCall and EL R. Wttd
■ thurgis of attempted larceny
Shipp's Filling station
B-ght.
Powers reported that the
B° -.on had confessed to larceny
■joods from Shipp's, Lewis De
B^ent store, and Levinson's
B<>r:d Hand store.
®-^rt Blftdnll, of the Dana'
- being held in city ,
■• this morning as officers in-1
■^rated the attempted larceny
from Shipp's Filling Station j
I orner of Church street
■"•fifth avenue.
I ssted by Chief Otis
B*«'< last night in the vicinty ;
■Jw Baptist church after at
at the filling station had
eha>* to three men, who, al
rfy were attempting to take
B ' »ck outside the sta
B*h,>n Blackwell was arrested,
B*. P'^'ers found a quanity of
■^fhan.lise in his Chevrolet
and efforts were being
today to determine whether
■ • •-rchandise was stolen.
Koo.ls found in the truck
shoes, a pair of pants,
B ■ v. a necktie, handker
B -rig gloves, five tiash
Bjjj;, ! ;i"< ries, cigarettes, shoe
■ rl an»' °ther articles.
B. -rs also found two key
K. ln the truck, containing
y keys of various descrip
U. S. ENVOY, BRITISH CABINET
STUDY PUN FOR NEW HOMES
FOR 700,000 JEWS IN GERMANY
To Report On
Anti-Semitism
Hugh R. Wilson, above, is on
his way homo from his post as
ambaHfiuior to Germany for
consultation with Secretary of
State Hull, who is deeply per
turbed over persecution of Ger
man Jews.
music am in
OPEN SESSION
Special Program Here Com
memorates Life And
Work of Dudley Buck
The open meeting of the Music 1
Club was helil at the Baptist
church Wednesday afternoon at
3:o0 o'clock. The meeting was j
opened by the new president of
the club, Mrs. Frank Ewbank. She
welcomed distinguished guests
from the Asheville Music Club,
Mrs. W.. R. Griffin, Mrs. Frank
Smith, Mrs. George Copgins, Mrs.
W. H. Davis, Mrs. Reuben Rob
erson, Mrs. Grover Wilkes of
Sylva, and Mrs. J. J. Schilthius of
Enka.
After - business was transacted,
Mrs. Glenn Marston, chairman of j
the program committee, gave a"
few remarks on plans for the en
suing year. She was introduced bv
M rs. Mary C. Brinson, chairman
of the afternoon program, who in
her gracious manner, spoke in ap
preciation of Dudley Buck, to
whom the program was dedicated.
She announced the following pro
gram :
Triumphal March and At Even
ing—Miss Mary Brooks at the or
gan.
Jubilate Deo.
He Shall Come Like Rain.
Festival To Deum—by the
Choir.
Mrs. S. J. Fullwood, the speak
er of the afternoon, discussed the
life of Dudley Buck.
EAST FLAT ROCK'S
B.Y.P.U. TO GIVE PLAY
FOR DANA BAPTISTS
The East Side Singing Conven-1
tion will meet at the Sit. Home
Baptist church on Sunday, Nov. i
20, at 2 o'clock, in the afternoon,
James Gilliam announced today. !
The Mt. Home church is locat
ed on the Sugar Loaf road three j
miles from Edneyville.
Special music will be given by
visiting singers and quartets and
all singers will be given a place
on the program. The public is in
vited to attend.
JEWISH POLICE ARE
GUARDING GOTHAM'S
GERMAN CONSULATE
NEW YORK, Nov. 17. (UP) —
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia yes
terday named three police officers
to guard the German consultate
against the possible disturbances j
when Nazi officials arrive here
soon.
MASONIC MEETING TONIGHT
Regular communication of Ked
ron Lodge, No. 387, A. F. & A. M.
will be held in the Masonic Hall
here tonight, at 7:30 o'clock. All
officers and members urged to be
present. Visiting Masons will be
welcomed
Representatives of Five
Nations May Consider
Mass Migrations
By JOSEPH w. GRIGG. JR.
nite ress Staff Coreipondent
LONDON, Nov. 17 (UP)
The United .States and Great Bri
mm n IT1 l?ight studit>d a $150.#
hoi! fP l,t0 establish' new
homes for 700 UOU persecuted
^t'linan Jews Lnder the plan
Bntain would offer land in her
co, onjos and other nations would
iinante a mass migration.
I he proposal, representing a
w uap/raf i.to a bo,d i>,an
1 hy Uinted States Ambus
fw°/ JVsfph. 1 • Kfnnedy, was un
dei stood to have been studied by
the British cabinet in a two-hour
S w ?°- !° Dow™K Street
uuung Wednesday.
unPVi. DauV- Muail saiti Kennedy
le British government en
J imaged the removal of all Jews
iiom Germany.
If the ambitious plun material
izes, Britain would offer the on
British rG.Crman J^'S land in
on 1 Guiana and other colonies
and call upon the United States
and other countries to make con
tnbutions for the financing of the
settlement.
British Colonial-Dominions Sec
tary Malcolm MacDonald con
1 erred last night with the Aus
<lon C°™missi°ner in Lon
don, Stanley M. Bruce on the
plan tS settle "Jews in the Aus
tralian mandated territory of New
Guinea.
It also was reported that France
the3 Jews t0 °PUn iMadaf>rascar to
un?°^J'e?ionS are un^veloped
and large amounts of financing
would be necessary to establish
Jewish settlements.
It was understood that a five
power conference probably would
be summoned in London within a
few days to discuss the undertak
The nations summoned to the
conference would be the United
v fu 'S'i fat Britain, France, the
: etherlunds and Brazil, compos
ing the directorate of the inter
governmental committee on rcf-'
ugees set up at Evian, Switzer-i
land, last summer.
It was indicated that the com
mittee would meet within 10 days
but that the Anglo-United States
plan, if it Can be worked out,
might be announced within the
next 48 hours.
The strongest condemnation vet
made by a member of the British !
cabinet against Germany's anti
Jewjsn crusade came from Minis
ter of Defense Coordination Sir
i homas Inskip who, in a speech at
Manchester last night, said "such
appalling treatment of an inno
cent people" would "most certain
ly find us unyielding."
"Our first duty as a nation,"!
he said, ''is to help these people, 1
not only in our own country, but
it possible in the empire, and I
hope and believe other nations
(Continued on page four).
Baptists' Losses
At Hands Of Japs
Million Dollars
No Missionaries Killed by
Bombs But Many Es
cape by Miracle
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 17.
(UP)—^Japanese shells and bombs
have destroyed properties of the
Baptist church in China valued at [
nearly $1,000,000. the Rev. R. S.'
Jones, home secrety of the For
eign Missions Board, told the:
Tennessee Convention of the
Southern Baptist church today.
He said that protests to Toyko
had been futile; that neither had
the destruction ceased nor had
the damaged or destroyed proper
ties been paid for.
Reverend Jones said that al
though none of the Baptist mis
sionaries in China had been kill
ed, many had escaped death or
injury miraculously when build
ings in which they worked were
wrecked by bombs.
The Rev. J. H. Sharp, newly
elected president of the state
Baptist association, predicted that
severance of trade and diplomatic
relations with Germany would be
necessary if the United States
were to maintain its self respect.
He bitterly denounced Nazi
"artrocities" against Jews, I
BANKERS PUN
NO BROADSIDE
FOR NEW DEAL
But Resolutions Wilt Call
For Balanced Federal
Budget
MAY ASK~TIGHTEfc
SECURITY FUND REIN
HOUSTON, Tex., Nov. 17.—
(IT)—Demands that the tfavern
ment balance it.s budget and that
a tight rein be placed on handling
of social security funds last night
were expected to be included in
resolutions being prepared for the
G4th annual convention of the
American Bankers association.
The resolutions will be present
ed for a vote today. .Leaders
among the bankers predicted pri
vately that there would not be a
broadside attack on the New Deal
which had come in for consider
able criticism by several speak
ers.
They did expect, however, that
the balanced budget issue would
be raised and that strong expres
sions regarding social security
money, which is supposed to be
held for specific purposes, would
be made.
P. D. Houston of Nashville was
put in line for eventual leadership
of the Bankers' association yes
terday when he was elected sec
ond vice president. Under the nor
mal procedure uf -.the. organiza
tion he probably will be elected
first vice president next year and
president in 1940.
Philip A. Benson of Brooklyn,
N. Y., was elevated to the presi
dency yesterday, succeeding Or
val W. Adams of Salt Lake City.
Robert Hanes of Winston-Salem.
N. C., advanced from second vice
president to first vice president.
J. Reuben Clark of Salt Lake
City, first counsellor to the presi
dent of the Mormon church and
also chairman of the Foreign
Bondholders Protective Council
of New York, warned the organi
zation yesterday that bankers
would have to take a definite part
in the fight between freedom of
one hand and "Hitlerism and
heathenism" on the other.
Clark warned that when a gov
ernment gets too powerful, eco
nomic and social tryanny always
is followed the the belief of rul
ers that they are "more than
men."
"Into the field of religion, the
holy cross of the soul of man,
this modern world also enters, to
dethrone God and exalt the state
into God's place," he said. "This
is the archest treason of them
all"
Election Costs
County $2,064.79
Theh general election in Hen
derson county cost taxpayers the
sum of $2,064.79, T. L. Durham,
chairman of the board of county
commissioners, said today.
Mr. Durham reported that this
cost was just slightly more than
the cost of the last general elec
tion in 1936.
As a rule, he said, the cost of
an election rn this county is about
$100 per precinct for the twenty
precincts in the county on the
average.
Ickes Urges Closer Inter-American
Solidarity In Address At Havana
Peace And Security in Western Hemisphere Rest on
Common Interests, He Declares
By LAWRANCE S. HAAS
United Prei; Staff Correspondent
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 17. (UP)
—The peace and security of the
Western Hemisphere "rests upon
a common interest, a common
friendliness, a common under
standing" among all nations of
America, United States Secretary
of the Interior Harold L. Ickes
said yesterday.
Ickes addressed the first Pan
American conference of munici
palities, which opened here Mon
day, on "public works in the
United States, "but prefaced his
remarks by urging closer inter
American solidarity.
Stressing President Roosevelt's
"Good Neighbor" policy, Ickes
said:
"It is a matter of happy self
congratulation to us in the United
States that the bonds between us
and all the other nations of the
Americas have grown stronger
with the passing of the years.
Misunderstandings that have aris
en at certain times in the past:
have largely been dissipated.. We '
have wanted to live on a basis of
mutual understanding and inter
national good will with all of the
peoples who inhabit our two
great continents. There have been
times in the past when we of the
United States have been awkward
in our relationship with our
neighbors. But all this, I hope, is
of the past."
Ickes' words coming less than
24 hours after President Roose
velt had urged a common defense
of the new world by all the na
tions from Canada to Capt Horn
against aggression from Abroad,
were well received by the dele
continued on page three)
BAY STATE COUNCIL AND HIGH
CATHOLIC OFFICIALS DEPLORE
i ANTI-JEWISH BARBARISM
Honor Banker
Robert M. Hanes, above, presi
dent of the Wachovia Bank &
Trust Co., Winston-Salem, has
been advanced to the first vice
presidency of the American
! Bankers Association in annual
j convention being held in Hous
I ton, Texas.
CHINESE WILL
STORM CANTON
Japan And Germany Said
to Enter New Cultural
Agreement
I 1IONG KONG, Nov. 17. (UP) i
i —Chinese reports today said that
Chinese columns are closing in on 1
Canton after shattering outer Jap
anese defenses.
Reports said the Chinese are
preparing to storm the battered
commercial center of south China
which Japanese captured almost
without resistance. Japanese ad
mitted that the Chinese had start
ed a counter offensive but claimed
they are still in control of the;
situation.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 17. (UP)—I
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to-1
day was reported to be withdraw
ing the best of his forces from the
Henyang triangle of Hunan prov-'
inee and apparently was prepared ,
to sacrifice the full length of the
Hankow-Canton railway to the
Japanese without further major
resistance.
British advices reported that
Changsha, capital of Hunan prov
ince and a chief city on the rail
way between Hankow and Canton,
"had completely disappeared from
the map" as result of fires set by j
the retreating Chinese.
All foreign property in the city 1
proper was reported destroyed but'
it was believed that the foreign
population was safe in the build
ings of the American university, I
Yale in China, and other refuges
outside the city.
Meantime radios from Hankow,
corrected yesterday's reports that
an American attacked in Wuchang
by Japanese soldiers was Bishop1
Logan Roots, veteran American
missionary in central China. The
(Continued on page three)
Harvard And Simmons Col
lege Students Demonstrate
Against Terrorism
BOSTON, Nov. 17. (UP)—Con
demnation of the "bestiality" of
"the Pagan Hitler" was expressed
yesterday by the Massachusetts
Governor's Council.
The attack was made in a reso
lution recommended bv Governor
Charles P. Hurley and adopted by
his council of one Jew and seven
Gentiles. Simultaneously, Harvard
and Simmons college students at
mass demonstrations wired resolu
tions to President Roosevelt sup
porting: his criticism of the anti
Semitic drive in Germany.
Praising President Roosevelt for
championing the cause of the Ger
man Jews, the resolution of the
governor's council read:
"The world must rally to the
side of our noble president . . .
who demands justice and fair play
for the victims of Nazi barbarism
and an opportunity for them to
resettle elsewhere with the help
of the great nations of every con
tinent.''
The resolution, copies of which
were sent to the president and
Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, expressed
the hope that "the former will find
inspiration in it to go forward in
his plans to solve the plight of un
fortunate Jews, while the latter
will see in it the discrespect and
disdain rightfully heaped upon
him."
The student demonstrations,
sponsored by the American Stu
dent Union and addressed bv fac
ulty and student body members,
urged Mr. Roosevelt to help Jew
ish refugees find homes in the
United States and Great Britain.
"Frantic, weary, terror-stricken
as a result of the bestiality and
cruelty of the madman of Europe,
the Pagan Hitler, tens of thou
sands of innocent Jews, suffering,
persecuted and tortured solely be
cause of their religious faith, seek
a haven of refuge from the tyr
anny and oppression of the brute
and the savage," read the gover
nor's resolution.
LIBERTY IS FACING
GREATEST CHALLENGE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. (UP)
—High officials of the Catholic
chuch joined last night in a pro
test against German persecution
of Jews and warned against pos
sible spread of infringement upon
religious and civil liberties.
"Today the world is challenged
as never before to assert the ideal
of freedom," the Most Reverend
Peter L. Ireton, coadjutor bishop
of Richmond, Va., said in a na
tion-wide broadcast.
"If the persecution of the Jew
is condoned in any section of the
world, then there is no longer such
a thing as religious liberty, or the
right to worship one's Creator as
conscience dictates."
Meanwhile, Secretary of Com
merce Daniel C. Roper, sneaking
before the District of Columbia
Baptist convention, asserted that
"the Frankenstein of racial and
religious hate and intolerance . . .
is today a living menace to the
happiness and safety of all who
believe in human liberty and free
dom."
OLDEST MAYOR
IN U. S. PASSES
Mayor Wooding of Dan
ville, Va., 94, Held Of
fice For 46 Years
DANVILLE, Va., Nov. 17.—
Death yesterday ended the long
career of Mayor Harry Wooding,
94, who had served as the city's
chief executive for 46 consecutive
years. He had been confined since
mid-summer.
His strength had been ebbing
since he attended the Gettysburg
celebration in July. His condition
became alarming two weeks ago
when a faltering heart complicate
ed his impairment.
Captain Wooding was the last
of Robert E. Lee's veterans in
Danville. He fought the duration
of the Civil War under J. E. B.
Stuart, appearing in many of the
major campaign, including the
battles of Bull Runn and Gettys
burg.
He was both in age and point
of service the oldest mayor in the
United States.
Murder Brewed
Anti-Jew Storm
Germany's current wave of
anti-Jewish violence was preci
pitated by the assassination by
a young: Jew of Ernst von Rath,
above, third secretary of the
Reich embassy in Paris.
I vj.v.vr,y..vmv • 'Ay. mm
His desperate afct gave excuse |
for newest German persecution
of Jews. Remorseful Herschel
Grynszpan, 17-year-old Polish
Jew, is seen under arrest in
Paris after assassinating: Ernst
von Rath, German embassy
attache.
GERNANPRESS
HAS ASSAULTS
ON ROOSEVELT
One Paper Fails to Quote
Word of Condemnation
But Assails Him
BERLIN, Nov. 17.—(UP)—
The Berliner Lokalanzeiger to
day led the German press attack
on President Roosevelt's condem
nation of persecution of Jews and
Catholics with the headline,
"Roosevelt Appetite for Power."
The headline was over a report
from the paper's New York cor
respondent which failed to give a
single sentence from the presi
dent's statement.
The Voelkischer Boebachter,
organ of the Nationalist Socialist
party, carried this headline, over
a report under a Washington
date: "Roosevelt — Phantaama
About 'Menace' Toward Amer
ica—"
The Lokalanzeiger's New York
dispatch said in part:
"Everything seems favorable
for the president to promote far
reaching aims and cementing of
his position after his recent de
feat at the elections, also for
ever further increasing United
States armaments.
"Even the Jewish question
serves him for this purpose."
The dispatch said that in the
last analysis the aim is for United
States military hegemony over the
entire American continent. This
was an apparent reference to the
president's proposal Tuesday for
military cooperation of au na
tions of the Americas.
The Voelkischer Boebachter, in
a sub headline over its Washing
ton dispatch said: "Other powers
accused in order to promote Unit-'
ed States air-armament propa
ganda."
The newspaper "National Zei
tung" of Essen, organ of Field
Marshal Herman Wilhelm Goer
ing, announced that Germany
(Continued on page three)
ASSURANCE OF
COOPERATION
IS INDICATED
Remainder of Legislative
Program Is Yet to
Be Drafted
federal~1courts
ADMINISTRATOR AIM
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. (UP)
President Roosevelt, it was learn
ed today, will stress continental
defense as the keynote pf the TGth
congress when it convenes in Jan
uary.
Although a definite legislative
program is yet to be drafted, it
was expected that the president's
defense recommendations wi'l ho
the most far reaching of any of
his proposals to congress.
Coming on the heels of the an
nouncement that the question of
defense had become a continental
factor and that it included Can
ada, Central and South America,
| as well as the United States, there
was indication in sources close to
the White House that the adminis
tration already has received re
newed assurances of support from
some of the countries affected.
TO DRAFT COURT
ADMINISTRATOR BILL
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. (UP)
Attorney General Cummings said
today that a committee repreaant
ing the judicial conference and
the justice department will meat
tomorrow to discuss a bill creating
an administrative officer for cho
federal courts.
ROPER DENIES HE <
PLANS RETIREMENT /1
WASHINGTON, Not. 17. (UP)/
Secretary of Commerce Daniel C*
Roper yesterday denied he plan*
ned to resign despite persistent
reports that he would follow At
torney General Homer S. Cum
mings into retirement.
President Roosevelt announced
Cummings' impending withdrawal
Tuesday concurrent with rumors
that Roper and Secretary of tha
Navy Claude A, Swanson would
resign and that Secretary of War
Harry H. Woodring would succeed
Paul V. McNutt aa high commis
sioner of the Philippines.
Roper, according to these re
ports, may be offered tha ambas
sadorship to Soviet Russia suc
ceeding Joseph C. Davies who left
the post last summer to become
ambassador to Belgium.
"I don't know anything about
those reports," Roper said, "and I
am not contemplating resigning."
Seek Support In
South For Farm
Marketing Quotas
■ . * ' 1
Wallace And Brown Warn
of Efforts to Change
Adjustment Act ;
' , V 4 I
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. (UP)
—The administration today re
newed vigorous campaign in the
South to enlist support for the
marketing quota referendus on
cotton, rice and flue cured tobac
co. Department of Agric&ture of
ficials warned that unfavorable
votes on these commoditiee would
reinforce the already threatening
demands for major chanees in the
agriculture adjustment act ; "■
Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace at Macon, Ga., wanted fan&>
ers they will have to figHf'to keft
the administration program in ej£
feet and charged people with par
tisan motives are trying to break
up farm solidarity.
Assostant Secretary of Agrici)l
ture Brown at Nashville said tht$
a vigorous effort would be nm<lfc
in the next congress tto substitute
another act for the AAA, or 4™*:
tically amend it '• * K
Both Wallace and' Browl
strongly implicated that'the a<£
ministration is to stand pat ia the
next Congress on its farm pro
gram, despite administration* s*&
backs in elections in maftyffarn
states.
EAST SIDE SINGfflG'
CONVENTION SUNDAY
The Intermediate B.V»P.U. of
East Flat Rock will present a plijr
"Thy Will Be Done," at Ue Dsn*/
Baptist church next Sonday, f*
20, at 7:80 p. m. The pkybie
to present a wonderful relif
lesson. It will be directed by/
Brown Pace.
The public is cordially/