WEATHER | P»rtiy cloudy and warmer, fol. Led W showers this afternoon or Ljthf Showers Saturday morn L fallowed by clear and coniid ibly colder. itftr (Eltr Wtmm -Itettus Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population GOOD AFTERNOON What the U. S. wants in tie way of preparedness is more seats on the 50-yard line for the Army HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., fRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1938' SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS GERMANS CALL ENVOY TO U. S. HOME S. BRINGS 20 ATIONS INTO RADE AXIS ■tain and Canada Sign Ig Treaty, Laud Basis I for Sound Relations III seesTbetter I UNDERSTANDINGS Iashini; row Nov. is. I- Britain. Canada and the l,<: Suites yesterday joined in Id t:ade axis on a basis of l:„-. commercial conces K an :;ur 20 nations. Kf United States is now ex it ; extend trade reciprocity ■ nto South America. Bitain joined the world recipro I:. e by signing a trade agree It w th tlle United States. I simultaneously signed ■revision >>t" a three-year-old I trade treaty with this ■try. periean wheat, corn and fruit li-rs appeared to have made Banding |»tna from the British Ity Britain appeared to have It : most in concessions on tex I whiskey, and manufactored B. i'oods. Krterday's sixninx ceremonies I the three countries as com ■ foes of international trade and aiign then* against totalitarian policy of "se!f-suf Bey." Be agreement'* become elTec ■ on January 1. 1939, and will ■ for intitiai terms of three Ik. They may continue in force ■finitely thereafter utiles* ter Bted by either government on Bnonths notice. Hr pacts bring within the scope I the administration's trade Hemcnt program nations which ■i.'iate fit) pt-r cent of American ■en commerce and which, with ■Vnited States, control 40 per ■ • world trade. kit&in became the 19th nation Hpi such a treatv. The Cana H pact is a modified version of ex -t ■ treaty which was ed in lU.'io. t the historic, mirrored east i: • the White House, where i -s\i: . : Kelloep-Briand anti •' uas signed in 1929, and i President Roosevelt looking B:.• >h Ambassador Sir Ron and Arnold K. Over .• t nt secretary of the b«>ard of trade and chief !- '.(^"tiator of the agree i*. ^ 1 r'or their government. •' State Cordell Hull. 1 wide-handed, sold the new I the program of "peace freedom of world trade," l; r.:s -^nature for the Unit States. - • utes before Prime " Mackenzie Kin^ of Can .ftied a renewal of the touent with his country. with a few pen strokes, 1 . ,'. n at the Euclid Ave ^Bap^ist church. 'he pastors—the Rev. A. V [ker«. Sr.. the Rev. A. V. Pick : »nd the Rev. Home were charged with slap ^ W illiams, young grocer; ^ • • the Peace R. C. Yorl '• n' capping occurred follow '..a' argument over election o ,a * .i- ^resident of the Bap «oun« People's union. P'-AY AT DANA ■J* Intermediate B. Y. P. U. o K„ Rock will present a pla: ■L* "ill Re Done," at the Dan; church next Sunday, Nov Hh P- m.. under the direc 31 Mrs. Brown Pace. f—^' Military Import Of New Treaty Is Far-Reaching Provides for Constant Ac cess to Necessary Raw Materials By CRATTAN McGRORARTY United Prets Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Nov. IS. (UP). The United States and Great Bri tain. in an exchange of notes co incident with the signing of the American. British and Canadian reciprocal trade treaties Thurs j day. entered a formal agreement of possible far-reaching military significance regarding constant access to raw materials. Notes sealing the agreement were signed at the White House, in the presence of President Roosevelt, by Secretary of Stale Cordell Hull and British Ambas sador Sir Ronald Lindsay. It was provided that "each of the high contracting parties shall give sympathetic consideration to any representations which the oth er may make with respect to ques tions concerning access to raw materia Is." The agreement was proposed by (Continued on p^jre three) AUTOMOBILE PLATES FOR j 1939 RECEIVED Sale to Begin December 1; Increase Shown for Year Just Ending Sale of North Carolina state au tomobile license plates has already exceeded the total of the entire year of 1937, Mrs. Cathryn Wise man. manager of the Henderson ville office of the Carolina Motor club announced today. Through November 10 the total was 588, 116 compared with 582,366 for the same date last year and 586, 535 for the entire year 1937. To date, 4,485 plates have been sold at the local office, compared with 4,216 for the entire year last year. License plates have been han dled by the Carolina Motor club since 1924 and the total issued has passed the 5,000,000 mark. These plates have been valued at more than $65,000,000. Plates for 1939 have been re ceived here and the first passenger plate will be number 272-001. The new plates will go on sale Dec. 1 and may be placed in operation immediately. The law requires that all vehicles in operation after midnight December 31 must dis play 1939 tags. Preparations for handling- the plates during the rush period have been completed. Adequate extra help has been trained and it is be I lieved the sale this year will be more brisk and rapid than ever before. One reason advanced for speeding up issuance of plates is the fact that the law requiring vehicles to be transferred within 15 days or be liable for a penalty of $2 has been in effect since Jan uary and thousands of transfers I have already been made that or dinarily would have waited until license time. The 1938 license sale sets a new peak in North Carolina. It is the fifth time t*he sale has exceeded j 500,000 and officials believe the year's total will fall just shy of | the 600,000 mark. Of the 588,116 , plates sold 482,847 or 85 per cent > have been distributed through club I offices, Mrs. Wiseman said. Carnival Tonight At Gymnasium I Will Finance Costumes (or Dramatic Club : A carnival will be held at the • high school gymnasium tonight at F 7:30 o'clock under the sponsorship - of the dramatic club of the school, and proceeds will go toward im proving the costume wardrobe of the club. A floor show, side shows, fish f pond ar.d a number of contests f will feature the program, i The carnival is under the direc . tion of Miss Catherine Goodman -I and Carolyn Shipp is president of ' the dramatic club. JAPS RUSHING FRESH TROOPS INTO CANTON Chinese Batter Way Into Environs and Japanese Reversal Seen SHANGHAI, Nov. 18. (UP)— The Japanese today were rushing heavy reinforcements to Canton to oppose more than 100,000 counter-attacking Chinese soldiers who had fought their way into the environs of the great South China metropolis. Japanese admitted the situa tion was serious and that thinly held Japanese positions in the Canton area had been captured by the Chinese forces composed of well-trained regular army units from Kwangsi province commanded by Generals Li Tsung jen and Pai Chung-hsi. Foreign military attaches be lieved the Chinese offensive had thrown the whole Japanese cam paign m southwest China out of gear and that Generalissimo Chi ang Kai-shek might be able to hold his Yengyarig triangle de fense area in Hunan province for an indefinite period. Extent of the Japanese losses was not revealed but if the com parison with Taierhchwang is ac curate they should be between 4,000 and 14).000. Since the total i Japanese strength in the Canton area is estimated at not more i than 75.000 men military attaches j believeo the Japanese had suffer ed a nujor reverse. Geneial Li commanded the Chi-' nese fo ces which defeated the Japanese at Taierhchwang, great est victory the Chinese have won in the war to date, and it was believed he used the same tactics in Canton that he did in the Soo chow-fu campaign — drowing the Japanese into advanced positions and then closing in on them from ] three sides. A Japanese spokesman here said that Japanese reinforcements i should reach Canton during to day and that a "resumption of our offensive may be expected jvery soon." ! British observers sighted more j than 40 Japanese warships and j transports going up the Pearl riv- j er towards Canton yesterday. DEATH TAKES MRS. DALTONi Funeral for Big Willow1 Resident Will Be at Beulah Saturday Mrs. J. M. Dalton, 79, passed away quietly at the home of her daughter on Big Willow Thursday morning at 1 o'clock, following an illness of eight weeks. Surviving are the following six daughters and one son: Mrs. Eli zabeth Whitesides, Mrs. Lear Can trell, Mrs. Chester Dalton, Mrs. Sallie Cantrell, Mrs. Estelle Bly the, Mrs. Mae Belle Huggins and Mack Dalton. * Mrs. Dalton survived her hus band by 20 years. She was a na | tive of Transylvania county, daughter of the late Fernando and Rebecca Lyda Norman and had made her home in this county practically ever since her mar riage, at the age of 18. Funeral services will be held at Beulah church Saturday morning at 11 o'clock with the Rev. C. E. Blythe and the Rev. J. E. Osteen officiating. Junius Huggins will be in , charge of the music. Pallbearers will be: Frank Hug gins, Sam Huggins, Tave Revis. Herman Patterson, Weldon Bly 1 the and Clarence Redden. Flower girls will be grand daughters as follows: Mesdaines Donnie V. Wilkie, Beulah Banks. Evelyn Huggins,*Bell Huntsinger, Edith Woodfin, Ella Mae Freeman and Miss Kate Whitesides. Honorary pallbearers are B. B. Blythe, W. C. Raines, T. A. Drake. M. H. Bell, J. L. Huggins, John Gilbert, Kiah Drafte and Roy I Drake. SEES FLORIDA DEFICIT TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov. 18. (UP)—Comptroller J. M. Lee to i day predicted there would be a $2,000,000 deficit in the general revenue fund by next June 30 as i he made the 1937-38 fiscal report I public. Henderson Huntress Bags Big Buck "The Reward of Patience" might well be the title of this picture of Mrs. Gene Wright of Davis Station, shown with a 195-pound eight-point buck, kiled iast Saturday in Pisgah Forest. Mrs. Wright, on her first big game hunt, passed up several shots for two days and was rewarded with the bagging of one of the largest deer ever killed in the forest. Mrs. Gene Wright Kills One Of Biggest Bucks Taken in Pisgah | Passes Up Six Deer to Bag ] Choice 195-Pound 8-Point Buck The desire of a Henderson coun ty huntress to kill a big 'buck' was rewarded last Saturday morning when Mrs. Gene Wright, who lives near Davis Station, just west of Hendersonville, bagged a lyft pound eight-point buck in the Pink Bed section of Pisgah National Forest. The kill was a reward for the i patience of Mrs. Wright, who on two previous days had several chances to kill does, but held her fire in the hope of getting a buck. Previously skeptical over the thrill of killing a big deer, Mrs. Wright admits that she got a tre mendous thrill on finding that she had killed one of the largest bucks ever brought down in the Pisgah Forest hunts, held for the past several years. "My heart beat so fast and loud," she said, "that 1 thought deer were running all over the mountain." Equally as enthusiastic over the kill was Mr. Wright, who is con nected with Shipman Motor Co..: and was hunting in the forest at the same time. KILL IS THE LARGEST BY PARTY OF FOUR Mr. end Mrs. Wright were mem bers of a party of four, the others being Mr. and Mrs. John Bell Houston, and all members of the party brought out a deer. How ever, the kill made by Mrs. Wright was the largest of the party. Mrs. Wright hunted on last Thursday. Friday and Saturday. In the Pisgah hunt, each hunter is allowed three days hunting and one kill. On the first two days Mrs. Wright hunted with her hus band and saw six deer. Her hus band urged her to take a shot, but she was waitine for a biff buck. On the third morning she de cided to hunt alone and took a course into the mountains toward Green Knob. The going was hard and she was forced to pull herself up the mountain by small trees on the slope. On arriving at the top of the mountain, she heard a noise, dropped to her knee, and fired when the deer came in sight. The shot was made with a 25-cali i bre high powered rifle at a dis I (Continued on page three) TWO U. S. NAVY FLIERS KILLED g Patrol Bomber Smashes Into Dock at Pearl Harbor HONOLULU, Nov. 18. (UP) — Two navy fliers were killed in the crash of a bi#r patrol bomber as it returned from night practice land ings today. Five others were in jured, one critically. Lieut. P. H. Ashworth and Ca det J. W. Beam were trapped in the cockpit and died when the fly ing boat smashed into a Pearl Har bor duck. Beam was from Bards town, Ky. HIGHWAY RULING IS NOT TO AFFECT OLD SETTLEMENT HERE Refusal of the state highway department to allow claims of counties and make payments for roads taken over by the depart ment will not affect the 1931 con tract settlement made with Hen derson county, T. L. Durham, chairman of the board of county commissioners, stated today. By the terms of the previous contract, the highway department has been making annual settle ments with the county, and these payments have been applied to school obligations, Mr. Durham said. LUTHERANS TO HOLD SUNDAY'S SERVICES IN H. S. AUDITORIUM Due to the fact that repairs are being made to the heating plant of Grace Lutheran church, the reg ular Sunday school and church ser vices on Sunday morning will be held at the high school auditorium, it was announced today. The Luther League will meet at the home of the pastor, Rev. J. Arthur Linn, at 1015 Highland avenue on Sunday evening. BANKERS HAVE RECORD FUNDS FOR LENDING! Production, Business Up swing Accompanied by New Financing HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 18.— (UP)—The American Bankers ai sociation yesterday reported in-j creased business and industrial ac tivity during recent months and said that record funds were avail able in the nation's banks fori lending. The report was made in resolu tions adopted at the final session of the association's 64th annual convention which began Tuesday. Highly controversial subjects were avoided in the report, al though attacks on the Roosevelt administration, federal competi tion with business, politics in re lief, handling of social security funds, taxation and political and religious intolerance had featured speeches before the convention. The association reiterated its plea for a balanced budget and condemned branch or chain bank ing. an issue on which bankers generally are divided. Chairman A. L.^Lathrop, of the resolutions committee, made the report to the 64th annual convention. looting increased business activ ity ^nd volume of industrial pro duction ah# "the Upwar& trena markets prices of bonds and stocks, the association said there had been a corresponding increase of employment and totals of new financing through capital issues and securities. "Banks everywhere are particu larly gratified not only at these signs of business recovery but at the fact that American banking has passed through the recent pe riod of business depression with almost entire immunity from its hazards," the report said. "Bank deposits have continued to increase, interest rates on loans to customers have remained steady and bank losses on loans have been few and unimportant." The report said that the nation's i banks had served their communi ties well during the past year and were prepared to expand their ser vices "in the better one which we believe lies ahead." Urging improved relations with, the public, the report said: "American bankers have never! before had such large volumes of j funds available for lending as they I have now and they have never be fore been more eager to make loans. "They are serving their cus tomers and communities with in creasing flexibility and effective ness," it continued, "and stand ready to continue to do so in this period of business expansion. "As these trends and conditions develop there will be progressive ly diminishing justification for the expansion of loans by governmen-1 tal agencies." The association also went 'on record as opposing chartering of new banks and called on its mem bers to oppose any political or other pressure for founding of new banking institutions. Restriction of branch banking within state lines was endorsed. In connection with tax levies, the committee report said "they shall be so devised and adminis (Continued on page three) alia PASSES AWAY 87-Year-Old Farmer Being Given Burial This Afternoon i John Jefferson Wright, 87, a farmer of the Balfour community, died at his home yesterday after noon about 1:30 o'clock. The funeral services were be ing held this afternoon at the late residence at 2:30 o'clock with! Rev. Verner officiating. Pallbearers are Emmett, Fred, Soloman, Wade, Eugene and Charlie Wright. Flower girls are Edith, Edna and Beverly Corn,' Geneva Erwin, Oberia Crisp and Annie Bell Condrey. Mr. Wright was a native of Buncombe county. He is survived j by his widow, three sons and three daughters, N. M., and D. A. | Wright, Mrs. Pearline Treadway and Mrs. Annie Bright, all of Bal four, F. S. Wright, of Greenwood, i S. C., and Mrs. Bessie Allen, of j Marshall. I Special Prayers For Persecuted Called For Here Mayor Proclaims Sunday, Nov. 20, as Day of Intercession Mayor A. V. Edwards today is sued a proclamation, setting Sun day, November 20, as a day of special prayer in all churches for persecuted of the world. The mayor's proclamation was as follows: Whereas, many ministers and Christian leaders of our country, realizing the grave sit uation in the world at this time, have united in setting aside Sunday, November 20, as a nation-wide Day of Prayer; Therefore, I, A. V. Edwards, mayor of the city of Hender sonville, N. C., do proclaim Sun day, November 20, 1938, as a day for special prayer, and urge all of our citizens to offer ear nest petitions for our land and for the war-stricken nations and for those who are being so cruelly persecuted. Done this day, November 18, 1938, at the city hall, Hender sonville, N. C. A. V. EDWARDS, Mayor. ■ 'SEEING EYE' DOG PERFORMS Skill Demonstrated Here; Club Hears of State's Work for Blind How a "seeing eye" dog serves his blind master was demonstrat ed to two audiences here yester day by Roy Moseman of Waynes ville. Mr. Moseman appeared first before faculty and students of Fassifern school and later spoke to the Kiwanis club at its weekly meeting. He was accompanied to Hendersonville by Mrs. Moseman and Mrs. Madeline McCrary, field supervisor of the state blind com mission in twenty Western North Carolina counties. In a brief ad dress, Mrs. McCrary described the work being done by the com mission to rehabilitate blind pep sens by helping them to find means of support and to provide them with wholesome methods of occupying their time. Mr. Moseman operates a news stand in Waynesville, and in his talks here yesterdav he said that his "seeing eye" dog not only guides him wherever he may wish to go but actuallv aids him in conducting his business. "For instance," he said, "it is never necessary for me to grope about for anything which I may have dropped, such as a coin in making change." Mr. Moseman then tossed a coin on the floor, and the dog imme diately retrieved it, walked around to his master's left side and "handed" it to him. The doe, equipped with special harness, al ways works at his master's left side. In traffic or elsewhere he guides him through means of a rigid extension of the harness which is held by the blind person. The dog not only stops at street intersections and will not obey the command "forward" until it is safe to proceed, but guides his master around obstructions. At the Skyland hotel yesterday af ternoon, Mr. Moseman's dog took him around a tabl,e stopped at a wall, turned right and proceeded to the door which they had en tered, and then led him safely down a flight of steps to the lob by of the hotel. Mr. Moseman said a "seeing eye" dog is always rewarded af ter a performance by a pat and kind word. Daughter Is Heir To Egypt's Throne CAIRO, Nov. 18. (UP)—Queen Farida of Egypt, 17-year-old con sort of King Farouk I, late yes terday gave birth to a daughter and a half hour later a belated artillery salute stirred the rumor "it's twins!" amorve thousands rejoicing in the streets. All of Egypt's 16,000,000 peo ple rejoiced in the first born Or "the most beautiful queen since Cleopatra," announced by 21-gun salutes that carried the news up and down the Nile. STRAIN GREAT, FORMAL BREAK NOT INVOLVED Nazis Want to Know About "Strange Attitude" of U. S. to Them JAPAN REPLIES TO COMPLAINT OF U. S. BERLIN, Nov. 18. (UP)—Or many today ordered her United States ambassador, Heinrich Dieck hoff, home to explain the "strange attitude" of President Roosevelt and the American government to ward recent German events. Dieckhoff was osdered to return to Berlin less than 24 hours after United States Ambassador Wilson left Germany for Washington ott a summons by Secretary of Stato Cordell Hull at the behest of Pres ident Roosevelt for "consultation and report." Dieckhoff's departure and W il son's recall to Washington will not represent a formal break in thu relations between the two govern ments. Yet it was the diplomatic way of making it clear that the friendship between the two nations is severely strained. Commercial and other normal relationships are to be conducted by second-string diplomats. Meantime, belated reports showed that the anti-Semitic ter rorism of last week was even more widespread than previously indi cated and Jews rushed desperately in their effort to get vi*as from foreitrn consulates in Berlin. Still further restraint, intended to drive the Jews into modern ghetto life is expected. , 3. organ of Propa •-vt bels, who is one of the feeders of Germany's violent anti-Semiticif»m\. announced preparations to drive Jews from tneir homes throughout the reich. "The government is preparing a decree cancelling for Jew tenant* the protective law, together with its provision that notice is required to oust tenants," the announce ment said. "It is officially estimated that 8,000 homes in Berlin alone will be vacated because Jews in the future will be unable to afford the expense of the homes. Large de luxe apartments probably will be partitioned among Germans." JAPAN PROMISES RETURN TO NORMAL TOKYO, Nov. 18. (UP)—Ja pan, replying to the United States' protest against foreign trade re | strictions in China in favor of Japanese, today denied that she is violating the open door principle of the nine-power treaty. The reply said that specific points in the American note and incidents complained of might be attributed to abnormal war con ditions and promised to restore normality as soon as possible. Fletcher Baptist Church Prepared For Centennial FLETCHER, Nov. 16.—Plans have been completed for the cen tennial celebration of the Fletch er Baptist church to be held Sun day. The program for the day v.-ill be: 10 a. m., Sunday scheol; 10 *0 a. m., welcome address, N. H. Baldwin; 10:45 a. m., music by the choir; 10:50, church history, by Miss Jean Wolfe; 11:15 a. m., sermon, Mr. Worley; 12, lunch, served in the study hall of Fletch er school; 1 p. m., music; 1:80 p. m., recognition of former pns tors and members; 2 p. m., talk, "Looking Forward," by the Rev. 1 N. A. Melton; 2:20 p. m., music; 2:30 p. m., D.A.R. memorial ser vice in honor of Joseph Henry— unveiling of monument at Salem cemetery. The church was organized on November 17, 1838. The meeting place for worship at first if not now known, but shortlv after that time a frame building was erected on the present airport road just east of Calvary Epis copal church. This building was burned and a brick church built which was used for worship un til 1926. At that time, the build ing was sold and the present church building erected in Fletch er, and it has been used by the congregation since 1926. All of the pastors that hr-ve served the congregation have j been invited to be prfesent, and all of those who have been asso ciated with the church as mc ti bers. It will be a regular hene coming day. Four pastors have served t he church lince it has been in Flet* h j er: the Rev. N. B. Phillips, the I (Continued on page three)