. warmer tonight;
increasing cloud.ne.. and
Siu* f&xtttes -Ntftajs
Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population
GOOD AFTERNOON .
New evMenea of the wonder
ful California climate U found in
the appearance there of a man de
clared dead 14 years ago.
VOL
57—No. 278
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., MO NDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
Britain to take many Jewish refugees
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Charge New Dealers Promote Class Hatred
ISIIDNY IS
§DER OATH,
ffT IN SECRET
jjis Says Activity of Per
ians Within Government
Appears Alarming
[PORTS WlAY IN
11. s. NAVAL PROJECTS
TASHIXCTOX. Nov. 21. (UP)
trra*; L1" * ot the house com
ber :r.ve<*isratinjr un-American
cr::^ t day said that secret
c:r ry ;• ;a. officials he
re -ji c r«n:;ttee revealed the
IT":."." :r. i ut: that certain
- ' ' t'r.v c«'Vfi nment
linaotin? class hatred.
J-s v.; *r.a: :hv v. *:>esses do
Kf" • :: ' ' • vealed but
gfti •: '">ath for the record,
t/ - 'r :•» are indi
3.- ••vn.-v • ake c ass hatred
fcrrrv.ary tac". •< ar. . carry out
hv of nv •• ! k-.- David
($»:•>**. chief economist for the
Jc.T.al Labor Relations board.
It TO HAVE RANKING
ttVAL ARMADA
IA5HINGTOX. Nov. 21. il'Pt
fcral William P. L any. chief
cava! operations, sail! la.-t
p:that c n:;\eti- i. Pr--. u -.t
l#«velt's naval expansion pro
ua*-u!d •: v'-' the t"r:-red States
mil second to nor:'.1 bir --
used that construction delays
ffar.per-i rr c. < - thu tar. ,
Tr. ''a:'-ja! rrport to Secre
r Navv Claude A Swanson,
ihysai.i that when full author
li rr.-a.' -tronRth was reached
t 7 • : Stat- - would be as
rc a "reasonably adequate de
f- -••• atta •'< on our shores
Ft'*- " ' kr. '.v- future naval
r:j ary one of the foreign
c ■> *"■■>?«? naval expansion is
r-:v ;• Jc! way."
C- • • >f three 1.850-ton
ir.<i 31 others in the
Pk* has been obstruct
1~;: • a- »•/ -iiue t■> delay in
• - ate -a', changes in
trari inability of certain
to :neet trial require
11P PRIMING IN
OIL SWING BY JAN. 1
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. (UP)
c : 'V \ 'rator Har
iu Ick-- ar.::« unced last night
c o -ct aside for
r the current emerg
T -r.e program had
t Lotted and that an attempt
r-~- e n.aie to get all projects
■™*y by January 1.
ioe ruri was voted the PWA
'2e .1st congress as part of the
» dea. > - ilti-biilion dollar
^e::d program. Ickes reveal
(Contmued on rage three)
ib Reports On
y Cross Drive
|52e«i fW< workers who have
: " their reports to
2*" J. T. Coston are re
* •: > by Thursday of
* ' -ts that reports
h.,- office.
rs Would Exchange Malcontents
I For Oppressed Minorities Abroad
|^i.\r,T N". Nov. 21. (UP),
f Martin Dies, D.,
pcfainnan of the house COUH
F; un-American
F r'- n red last nicnt
a bill in
c legalising the
t ■ ntonted e!e
f for groups
ties in Europe.
■T ;<s terms of
state depart
Amonjj the mal
A ally named
• d Commun
"cxchang
v thei they are
■ a'
■j. ' .vuuld rail for
E!* ®f federal transfer
Q!ch a-o would negotiate
^changes so that the
Sfoups would not be
*nen T.hev took up their
es.
refugee is worth
•nese disgruntled Ameri
—I declared. "I think we
I'n.ake such an
■
exchange."
He made his announcement as
his committee prepared to renew
its inouirv into activities of the
federal writers' project. Decision
to switch to this phase came after
the committee ever the week-end
received testimony from John C.
Metcalfe, an investigator, that a
"rising tide of anti-Semitism" is
sweeping the United States, and
is beirir abetted by activities of
135 allegedly Fascist anti-racial
and anti-relijrious organizations.
"I think these disclosures re
veal why my proposal to exchange
un - Americans for oppressed
groups abroad is necessary for the
good of the United States," Dies
said. "It is nothing more than
putting the administration's re
ciprocal trade agreement program
on a human basis."
He said that the committee lat
er will hear "several prominent
government officials" regarding
alleged Communistic activities in
the administration. The testimony
will be taken in executive session,
however, he said, to avoid "leaks."
NEA Washington
Writer is Dead
Rodney Dutcher is dead—of a
heart attack while on the job.
A veteran correspondent at 37,
he had been chief of the NEA
Service Washington bureau
since 1928. His last contribu
tions in The Times-News under
the heading: "Behind the Scenes
in Washington" will appear this
week.
m
J
Low temperature ouuuoj
23 decrees.
SATURDAY
Maximum temperature—69 de
grees.
Minimum—50 degrees.
Mean—59.5 degrees.
Day's range—19 decrees.
Rainfall—1.25 inchcs.
SUNDAY
Maximum—59 degrees.
Minimum—38 degrees.
Mean—48.5 degrees.
Day's range—21 degrees.
Rainfall—.22 inch.
Normal mean temperature for
November—46.4 degrees.
Rainfall to date—4.42 inches.
Normal rainfall—3.11 inches.
SAY HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION
WOULD HALT TAX ON NEARLY
HALF OWNER-USED HOMES
I
QUEEN MAUD'S
DEATH GRIEVES
NORWEGIANS
Operation at London Fatal
to Ruler Chosen 33
Years Ago
OSLO, Nov. 21. (UP)—News
! of the deatl\ of Queen Maud, an
nounced from the pulpits of
; churches, spread like wildfire to
day among her 2,815,000 subjects
who 33 years ago this month
"elected" her and King Haakon
VII as their rulers.
There was deep grief among
the Norwegians who profoundly
admired their British-born queen
and thousands were shocked by
| the news of her death because
they had been led to believe that
she was recovering from an ab
dominal operation undergone in
London last Wednesday.
Crown Prince Olaf, 35-year-old
heir to the throne, prepared to
leave for London after summon
ing a special meeting of the state
council to transfer to the govern
ment a regency invested in him
during King Haakon's absence in
London.
Flags of the royal castle and
all pyhlic buildings were at half
mast.
CHURCH KEEPS
CENTENNIAL
Fletcher Baptists Hold
Services; Revolutionary
Marker Unveiled
The 100th anniversary of the
founding of the Fletcher Baptist
church was observed yesterday
with appropriate services during
the entire day at the church.
The program opened in the
morning with the regular Sunday
school period, and visitors were
welcomed by V. B. Baldwin. A
history of the church was read
by Miss Jean Wolfe.
The pastor, Rev. W. W. Wor
ley, delivered the sermon at the
morning church service.
Luncheon was served in the
nearby Fletcher school, and the
luncheon hour was featured by
short talks by a number of for
mer pastors and members.
In the afternoon a marker was
unveiled at the grave of Joseph
Henry, Revolutionary war soldier.
The memorial service was in
charge of Mrs. C. R. Whitaker,
of the Joseph McDowell chapter,
D. A. R.
The Rev. N. A. Melton deliver
ed the memorial address and Mrs.
L. E. Fisher, of Asheville, was
also a speaker on the program.
The marker was unveiled by
two great-great-grandchildren and
Mrs. J. S. Williams, oldest living
relative, attended.
Shopping Days
Till Christmas
chAins uj&u
au9T-TH6 -THING- FOP.OAO#
T OOKLNG BACK TO CHRIST
Aj MAS 28 YEARS AGO—
Ellen Terry was enlivening the
season with Shakespearean
readings. . . . Paul Ehrlich's
discovery of 606 was a Christ
mas gift to the world. . . .
Whether to fortify the Panama
Canal was a live issue. . . .
Carnegie had. just given $10,•
000,000 for p>eace. . . . Angus
Campbell was trying oot his
newly invented mechanical cot
ton picker. . . . Fobs for watch
chains were the thing for Dad.
Wide Opposition Seen to
Enactment of Amend
ment by Assembly
A total of 47.55 percent of the
owner-occupied homes of Hender
son county will be exempted from
county ad valorem taxes if the
next session of the general assem
bly grants a $1000 homestead ex
emption, according to the report
of the state classification amend
ment commission.
Voters of the state in 1936 ap
proved such a constitutional
amendment, but the 1937 legisla
ture directed the governor to ap
point a commission to study the
proposition and submit a report at
the 1939 session.
Figures compiled by tho com
mission on Henderson county are
as follows: Among colored home
owners who occupy their homes a
total of 78.41 percent would be
exempt in Henderson county. In
the City of Hendersonville 7.32
percent of colored owner occu
pants would be exempt and at
East Flat Rock 70 percent would
be exempt.
Of all owner-occupants in Hen
derson county 47.55 percent
would be exempt, in the City of
Hendersonville 24.G5 percent
would be exempt, and at East
Flat Rock 42.39 percent would
not be required to pay ad valorem |
taxes.
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constitutional amendment by the
assembly is being expressed by.
boards of county commissioners <
as wel las city officials over the
entire state.
Both city and county officials,,
charged with leavying and collect
ing taxes, feel that enactment of
such a law would make it neces- >
sary to increase tax rates or find j
i additional tax sources, and that
exemption of these home owners
would place an undue tax burden
on the remainder of the taxpay
ers.
Already, it is pointed out by:
taxing officials, the state has en
tered the field of county and city
taxation by collecting a tax on in
tangible property. This provision
has decreased the amount of
money collected in taxes here and
in other counties. Although more
intangible property was subject to
taxation under the state-wide law,
the state retains 50 percent of this
amount and returns 50 percent to
the counties.
For example, the value of in
tangible property for taxation in
Henderson county in 1937, the
last year the county collected tax
on such property, was $265,885.
On the basis of the county-wide
tax rate for that year of $1.03
per hundred dollar valuation, and
discounting the additional town
ship levies, Henderson county had
$2,738.62 of taxes for the year
1037.
For the year 1938, after the
i state began collecting the intangi
ble tax, this county has received
| . (Continued on paere three) 1
F. R. INSPECTS
CHICKAMAUGA
DAM PROGRESS
Enrcute to Warm Springs
to Spend Thanksgiv
ing Holidays •
GRAHAM CALLS FOR
U. S. SCHOOL AID
CHATTANOOGA. Nov. 21.—
(UP)—President Roosevelt hailed
the construction of Chickamauga
darn as a construction to American
civilization today after he inspect
ed progress of work on the dam
which is a link in TVA power de
velopment.
President Roosevelt arrived for
a visit at Chickamauga dam and
Lookou: Mountain battlefield. He
hoped personally to inspect a few
farms using TVA power.
The President leaves this after
noon for Warm Springs. Ga.. ar
riving there at 8 o'clock tonight
to spend the Thanksgiving holi
days.
MESSAGE SENT TO
WELFARE PARLEY
BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 21. (UPI
The South's unbalance is a major
concern, not merely for the South
but of the whole nation. President
Roosevelt told the Southern Con
ference for Human Welfare in a
message today.
said it was heartening to
tfc »•«>»? etb of the South's lead
ership to be mustered to face hu
man problems from Fort Raleigh
to Alamo.
A plea for federal aid to equal
ize educational opportunities in'
all states was laid last night be
fore the opening session of the
Southern Conference for Human
Welfare.
Dr. Frank Graham, president of
the University of North Carolina,
addressing the conference through
which Dixie seeks a solution to its
economic and social ills, urged
greater federal aid for elementary |
and secondary schools.
He asked that "America give a
lift to the democratic hopes of all
forgotten millions in all parts of
the world with a new declaration
for equitable and democratic fed-,
eral aid to public education and
more equal opportunity for all:
children in all the states."
Representatives of 13 southern
states were here for the confer-'
ence, designed as the South's an
swer to the report of the National
Emergency Council to President
Roosevelt on the area's difficulties.
Dr. Graham said that failure to
provide federal aid now for ele
mentary and secondary schools "is
a failure of the American sys
tem."
He pointed out that in 1930,
the farm people of the nation ob
tained nine per cent of the na
tion's income, and yet supported
31 per cent of its children.
"Southeastern farm people, with
approximately 4,250,000 children,
(Continued on page three)
Nazis, Fascists. May Be Drawn Into
Conflict Over Ruthenian Border Row
VIENNA, Nov. 21. (UP)—Dan
ger of armed conflict over Czecho
slovakia's eastern frontier involv
ing Hungary and Poland and pos
sibly Germany and Italy increased
today as new incidents were re
ported.
It was officially announced in
Prague that Czech frontier guards
repulsed a band of Polish irregu
lars who crossed the frontier into
the Czech province ^f Ruthenia.
One Pole was killed.
Both Poland and Hungary re
portedly were prepared to march
into Ruthenia and eastern Slo
vakia at a moment's notice.
Fear that Hungary and Poland, |
defeated in efforts to obtain a
common frontier bv the amputa
tion of Ruthenia, miprht size uponi
the disorders as a pretext for a
military invasion was reflected by
Chancellor Adolf Hitler's newspa-|
per in Vienna, the Voelkischer i
Beobachtcr.
The newspaper, asserting: that
the ruling of the recent Italo-Ger
man court of arbitration which
surrendered large slices of Czech
Ruthenia and Slovakia to Hun
gary was a final verdict, warned
that any military moves "can be
come an attack on peace."
The possibility of open con-,
flict over Czechoslovakia's eastern
frontier was regarded by foreign
I diplomats as acute and it was sug-'
gested that Hitler and Premier1
Benito Mussolini of Italy might
act sternly if the situation should
become more threatening.
During negotiations over Hun
gary's territorial demands Musso
lini supported demands for a com
mon Polish - Hungarian frontier
while Hitler, favoring the Czech
position, opposed them. As result.
Hungary was given the southwest
corner of Ruthenia but this area
included most of the province's
population centers including the
capital of Uzhurod.
Observers said that now that the
Italo-German arbiters had ruled,
any occupation of eastern Czecho
slovakia by Poland or Hungary
would be a blow to Italian pres
tige. For Germany it would not
only involve a loss of prestige but
would jeopardize Nazi ambitions
to the east toward the Black sea,
interfering with Hitler's program
of economic domination over Slo
vakia, Ruthenia, Bohemia and Mo
ravia.
The Nazi press described the
fighting in southern Slovakia,
along the new Hungarian border,
as due to "Jewish propaganda"
and said that the autonomous gov
ernment of Slovakia was taking
stern measures, including "new
laws to eliminate Jewish domina
tion of Slovak business life."
The Czech government at Prague
stoutly denied Hungarian reports
of an uprising in Ruthenia (Car
patho-Ukraine) but admitted that
at least six persons had been killed
in border clashes with Polish and
Hungarian "terrorists."
$
American Girl Tells of Nazi Horror
"They seemed drunk"—pretty lone Robinson, art student, describ
ing Nazi moves against Jews. Pictured above in New York on re
turn from Germany.
HITLER SEEKS ADMISSION
FOR JEWISH REFUGEES INTO
SOUTH AMERICAN LANDS
6
Nazis Condemning Lima
Conference, Sponsored
by Washington
By EDWARD W. BEATTIE, JR.
United Press Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, Nov. 21. (UP)—Ger
many is negotiating with several
Central and South American na
tions for admission of large num
bers of the Reich's 700,000 un
wanted Jews, it was understood
in well-informed quarters last
I night.
The negotiations were said to
bo progresing "favorably" with
the Dominican Republic whose
I minister to Berlin last night was
en route to Munich, perhaps for
consultation with Chancellor
Adolf Hitler.
Hitler is spending the week-end
at his Berchtesgaden Alpine re
treat, near Munich, but it could
not be ascertained whether the
Dominican envoy's journey was
connected with the reported col
onization plan.
Hitler's supposed efforts to find
an outlet for thousands of Ger
man Jews, who are beinj? elim
inated from German economic and
social life following the anti-Se
mitic disorders of 10 days ago,
were significant in view of the
forthcoming Pan-American con
ference at Lima.
While Hitler is reported to be
attempting to "unload" many
Jewish families in South and Cen
tral America, Nazi officials and
newspapers are bitterly condemn
ing the Lima meeting.
The press charges* that Presi
dent Roosevelt is using the Jewish
issue as an argument for the es
tablishment of a common front
among the American nations
against the totalitarian powers.
"The Lima conference is ex
clusively a Pan-American affair
in which Germany has no political
concern," an official German;
spokesman said, but it was admit- i
ted privately in high Nazi circles
(Continued on page three)
MERCHANTS MEET AT
8 TONIGHT TO PLAN
HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES
Final decision on the type of
Hendersonville's street decora
tions for Christmas will be 1
made at a meeting of mer- !
chants at 8 o'clock tonight at ,
the city hall.
A special committee also will
report on a program for at
tracting holiday shoppers to
Hendersonville. Formal open
j ing of the Christmas season
I has been set for next Tuesday
| night.
A large attendance of mev
I chants is urged for the meeting
j tonight.
HOLDS CHILD
IS NOT KILLER
Clerk Fletcher, Juvenile
Judge, Decides in
Etowah Case
Superior Court Clerk Geo. W.
Fletcher, in his capacity of juve
nile judge, ruled on Saturday that
Charles Morgan. 12, of near Eto
wah, is not a delinquent child and
that he did not kill Laura Fore,
11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.
A. Fore.
The case has been pending for
some time before Mr. Fletcher af
ter a coroner's inquest held the
girl died as a result of gunshot
wounds at the hands of Charles
Morgan, and Coroner Bruce A.
Cox turned the case over to the
juvenile court.
The Fore child was shot and
killed at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Dillard Morjran, parents of |
Charles, on September 10.
3 PALESTINE FATALITIES
JERUSALEM, Nov. 21. (UP)—;
Two Arab rebels and a British sol
dier were killed and a British of
ficer was wounded seriously in a
clash Sunday near Attil, in the [
Tulkarem district of Palestine.
American Jewry Asked To Raise
100 Million To Aid in Resettlement
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. (UP).|
Jewish leaders called upon Ameri-.
can Jewry today to levy upon its-1
self a "voluntary fine" of $100,
000,000 for resettlement of Jews
being persecuted in Germany.
The proposal was made by Rab-|
bi Edward L. Israel of Baltimore,1
at a one-day emergency confer-:
ence of the Seaboard region of
the United Palestine appeal. He
suggested that the $100,000,000
would contrast the $400,000,000
"stolen from the Jews of Ger
many by the Nazi regime," and
would create opportunities for
Jews "now languishing in a no-1
man's land in Central Europe." !
The conference climaxed a
week-end of concern for oppress-1
ed minorities. Saturday, one of j
this country's most distinguished [
Jews, Supreme Court Justice
Louis D. Brandeis, discussed the
refugee problem with President j
Roosevelt. It was ahother of|
Brandeis' rare public appearances |
—the second this fall precipitated!
by his concern for members of his (
race. »
Senator King, v., utan., spcoK
ing at the Palestine conference
yesterday, denounced the "sad
istic" anti-Semitic policy of Ger
many and urged the United States
and Great Britain jointly to pro
mote mass settlement of Jewish
refugees in Palestine.
King's endorsement of the Pal
estine plan was interpreted in
some quarters as indication that
congress would not approve re
laxation of immigration quota*
permitting refugees to enter this
country. Strong opposition to
such a plan has been indicated by
several influential congressmen.
But King caustically criticisrd
"the so-called Christian natio is
which permit Jewish persecution
and predicted that Poland so« n
would inaugurate a vigorous anti
Jewish drive. He deplored Gc >
many's "lapse into a barbaro :s
state . . . supporting cruel, inhu
man and fiendish acts which char
acterize the Nazi regime."
Rabbi Israel told the confer
ence that if 700,000 Jews in Gei
(Continued on page three)
COMMONS TOLD
POLICY MADE
MORE LIBERAL
Ready to Permit 1000 Jew
ish Children to Enter
From Germany
tanganyIkT MAY
ACCEPT FAMILIES
LONDON, Nov. 21.—(UP) -
Great Britain today was expected
to announce in the house of com
mons a more liberal policy toward
German Jewish immigration.
Through Home Secretary Sir
Samuel Hoare, Prime Minister
Chamberlain was prepared to an
nounce that Britain u> ready to
permit 1,000 German Jewish chil
dren to enter the country, provid
ed that British Jewish organiza
tions accept responsibility for
their welfare and future.
The Jewish agency last nteht
received a cable from the Jewish
National Council for Palestine ad
vising that 10,000 German Jewish
refugee children could be cared
for in Palestine within four week*
if Britain would relax Palestine
immigration restrictions.
"If the British government
grants the necessary permission,
10,000 Jewish children from Nazi
Germany will be placed in chil
dren's agricultural settlements,
farms and private homes," said
Dr. A. Katznelson, director of the
health and education department
of the National Council, who is
in London to confer with Zionist
leaders regarding refuge* plaffo "
"The full cost of transport,
maintenance, education and voca
tional training would be borne by
the Palestine Jewish community
and Zionists throughout the
world," he said. "Jewish immigra
tion experts say some 40,000 ref
ugees can be settled in Palestine
in six months—10,000 children up
to the age of 14; 5,000 aged 14
to 17; 7,500 from 18 to 35. Ten
thousand young men and women
are now in training centers of
central and eastern Europe and
7,000 are relatives of German
Jews in Palestine. Such immigra
tion is possible if the British gov
ernment is willing to relax restric
tions in view of the urgent need."
LONDON, Nov. 21. (UP)—The
government of Tanganyika has
expressed the opinion that about
10,000 acres of Land may be avail
able for large scale settlement of
Jewish refugees from Germany,
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain informed the house of com
mons.
However, the governor of Tang
anyika said further investigation
would be required before the
project can be made definite.
Chamberlain revealed that a
small experimental scheme in
Kenya colony already has been
approved and young men have
been selected for it.
OIL BOOM IN OHIO
XENIA, O. (UP)—More than
35,000 acres of land now are un
der lease in a search for oil and
gas in commercial quantities in
Greene county. Eleven mo e
leases recently were filed at t'le
county auditor's office heie,
bringing to 296 the number of
farms being exploited for that
purpose.