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fair and warmer tonight; Wed
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GOOD AFTERNOON
Purge news from abroad will
ba tidatracked for tka aaxt few
week* white football coachea are
liquidated.
Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population
57—No. 279
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
ambassador
IE RECALLED
[forma n Tiff With Hungary
Hore Grave as Hungary
Expels Czechs
CZECHS REPLY WITH
PROPERTY SEIZURE
PRAGUE, Nov. 22. (UP)
Hungary today ordered the
expulsion of Czechoslovaks
from territory she occupied
titer the dismemberment of
Czechoslovakia.
The Slovakian government
retorted by ordering coniz
ation of Hungarian proper
ly within its borders.
LONDON. Nov 2J. (UP) —
Germany m:»y recall Herbert Von
Dirkson, her ambassador to Great
3ritain. it was reported here as a
whemcnt display of disapproval •
:f an .American-iniated and Brit
ah-spo 11 sored plan to aid the Jew
ish refugees.
The program as outlined by»
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
Iain :n the House of Commons,
brought hitter condemnation
fr?-n the Nazi nr. ss which appar
tr.'./ bt-i-n r ii;y inspired
a"- : t:.<- rep--.-: that Pirksen ■
•••? I hum.f
lu-Uilain's pi•• jK/sal to find
r.">rr.es ! r a number ol German
J-n« : fugeos in Tanganyika
: rr.c: German colony in Africa,
*ij> r.terpreted by Germans as a
•' J t German's colonial de
aaaik
v.u: . it*. Italy's press opened
- ••• 'l »ttack on the United Statse
•a .:nt with recent German edi
criticism of President Roos
'■•c.'.'i p'jiiciti.
fascist newspapers based this
feck on arguments that wealthy 1
faocratic countries detest the
**? much as totalitarian states,
*i that the United States in
®ds to rule South America spir
ally and economically.
| k Central Europe the war of
«eni< between Germany and
Hungary assumed greater impor
tant in the struggle over Ruth
easternmont Czechoslovak
province, am! one of the Nazi
»'.>r.ue> for eastward expansion.
Prime Minister Neville Cham
statement in the house
commons pointing to a mass
a«rat!"n ti> Tanganyika, which
Br.^r. took from Germany after
> World War, aroused instant
'•^th in Berlin.
Uitier is demanding the return
w iMjfanyika, as one of the car
-na. points of his colonial de
and the Nazi press assert
w that Britain has no right to un
"iu Jewish refugees in such a
aar.dated territory.
A chorus of anti-German at
on the floor of the house
1 -ummons, including a laboriate
fcmar.u that both Britain and the |
-itwl States immediately inform
™»ny that "cordial relations"
Quid cease until the anti-semitic
^ures end, added to the Ger
«a
I ^mbeiiain, in his announce-,
^ efforts to find homes for
!*!y,°f Germany's 700,000 Jews,
^'1" asked Hitler to cooperate
* P»an of settling them in the
ntinued on page eight)
Nude Girl's Dance
Brings Arrests
^ High School Boys
Jailed; Girl Freed
^unchNT,ELES' Xov- 22- <UP>
*h:>h i-eroned house party at'
to r * l°-year-old girl was said
*v»r u ,nce^ the nude for:
W ,.'U!:t,nKt°n Park high school
wl V'1!iay ,ent six °f
5wi0t?e C0UntV jail.
18 V(.«;01 fagging from 16 to
(ion of u' vere looked on suspi-,
be*n "in danger of
lewd, dissolute and
^rrh ij a misdemeanor. The
th« ou , jV Wa» reported to be in
fir! \«a " ' ,°^ hi.* parents. The
[*** not held.
*siuvpr'I *• Graeb of the sher
h0iH: " bureau said the party
\\ at the home of one of
!»»» >N. A»>le his parents were
fitted na four of them ad
; V:r|e improper relations
^ nurf». L\'suggested
All th nct?
^ by ik 0 >l 5 ave been suspend- '
high school, i
Guest of Civic Clubs Tomorrow
Appearing right are: First
row, left to right: E. Drake,
L. Morris. R. Coffey, F. Yar
borough. J. Magness (cap
tain), B. Sims. J. Reese, M.
Dorn. J. W. MeCrary, J. C.
Cost on; 2nd row: J. Chan
dler, l>. Miller, 1?. Quarles,
B. Shepherd, B. Bates. D.
Chapin. J. English, A. Bry
son, R. Garrett, J. Orr; 3rd
row: S. Shipman, V. Kdnev,
B. Staton, R. Osteen, G.
McCorkle. R. Beeghley, A.
Stepp. S. Maynard (assist
ant manager), B. Williams
(manager), John Stephens
(coach); absent: A. Grif
fith. I>. Hedge. G. Bowman,
B. Patterson (asst. mngr.)
The Hendersonville High
School Bearcats shown here
vvill be the guests of honor
•i? a joint meeting of the
Rotary and Kiwanis clubs
it a luncheon tomorrow at
the Skyiand hotel. The Ki
wanis club, which usually
meets on Thursday h;:s
I'hoto by Baker's Art Gallery
moved me day or meir meeting to Wednesday on account oi inauKsgiving m-ing a nouuuy.
NAME CHARTER
MEMBERS FOR
LODGE OF ELKS
Steps Taken Assure Organ
ization of Club Here;
Committees Chosen
At. a recent meeting ~hcld in the
Skyland hotel for the organiza
tion of applications for dispensa
tion of a new B.P.O. Elks lodge
in Hendersonville. steps were ta
ken which will assure the estab
lishment of an Elks club in this
city. Those present at the meeting
included? W. I). Lohman, chair
man of the organization commit
tee, C. C. Oates and S. J. Full
wood, secretary of the same com
mittee, all of Hendersonville.
Others present included: Sam
Cathey, Exalted Ruler of Ashe
▼iUe B.P.O. Elks No. 1401, N. P.
Mulvanney, secretary of Asheville
Elks and past present of the state
association; and J. C. Burke, sec
retary of the B.P.O.E., No. 78,
Atlanta, Ga.
This meeting witnessed the vot
ing and approving of the follow
ing men to become charter mem
bers of the new Elks lodge here:
R. R. Arledge, Jack Atkinson,
A. F. Barber, Jr., Dr. R. Hyatt
Brown, Dr. W. E. Brackett, V. C.
Burrowes, L. C. Boyd, L-. A. Blair,
H. E. Buchanan, W. H. Britt, Jr.,
G. F. Blythe, B. M. Cantrell, A. P.
Cox, J. R. Crye, Albert W. Drake,
John W. Farmer, H. Walter Ful
ler, S. J. Fullwood, E. E. Har
relson, H. D. Hernandez, W. B.
Hodges, G. P. Jamison, J. W.
Jackson, Fred S. Justus, Sam
Kalin, H. B. Kelley, W. D. Loh
man, Worth K. Lyerly, C. E. Liv
ingston, J. H. Lampley, A. J. Mil
ler, O. D. Michelove, M. Marko
witz, A. T. McCarson, A. A. Mc
Call, G. H. McFarlan, C. C. Oat
es, Addison O'Neal, Philip J.
O'Mara, J. W. Odom, A. Patter
son, L. B. Prince, M. M. Redden,
A. J. Redden, Sam Rosenberg, R.
C. Staton, F. C. Shelton, J. D.
(Continued on page five)
MERCHANTS MAP CHRISTMAS
fTRADE PROGRAM AND WILL
* CLOSE ON THANKSGIVING DAY
I
Householders Contest ror
Outside Lighting, Deco
rations One Feature
Hendersonville merchants last
night adopted a co-operative pro
gram of Chriatmaa activities, in
cluding the decorating of streets
in the business sections and other
methods of attracting holiday
shoppers from a wide trade area.
The program will supplement
two projects previously authorized
by the chamber of commerce—a
community Christmas tree and
carol singing service, and a con
test in which householders in the
jcity and immediate suburbs will be
asked to install lighting equipment
and other decorations outside their
homes.
Stores will be closed all day
Thursday of this week for Thanks
giving.
The merchants' program in
cludes the opening of the Christ
mas season next Tuesday night
when all store windows will be ap
propriately trimmed and the pub
lic will be invited uptown to in
spect these displays and the street
decorations. No merchandise will
be sold that night. The city's col
ored lighting system was tested
last night but will not be operated
again until next Tuesday n:ght.
After that date, the lights will bo
on every night through the holi
days.
The largest item of expense in
the merchants' program will be
the purchase and installation of
about 100 10-foot pine trees, each
sprayed with aluminum paint, on
both sides of Main street from
First to Seventh avenue, on sec
tions of Fourth and Fifth ave
nues, and on Seventh avenue east,
if business firms on this street
wish to co-operate with uptown
merchants, it was said. Funds for
the purpose are being solicited to
day.
The merchants agreed to co-op
erate with the local office of the
North Carolina State Employment
(Continued on page eight)
RAIL RELIEF PROGRAM GROUP
CALLS FOR REPEAL OF ALL TAX
ON UNDISTRIBUTED PROFITS
By WILLIAM H. LAWRENCE
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. (UP)
Fifty representatives of shippers,
bankers, businessmen and trans
portation interests, meeting in an
attempt to draft a program to save
the $26,000,000,000 railroad in
dustry from financial chaos last
night demanded that all business
be relieved of the new deal's un
distributed profits tax.
The thrust at the tax, which
has been championed by President
Roosevelt personally, came as the
delegates, all members of the 1938
transportation conference, consid
ered a proposal that the railroads
only be relieved of the tax so that
they could lay by surpluses in
prosperous years to carry them
through depression periods.
After brief discussion, President
Arthur M. Hill of the Atlantic
Greyhound Corp., chairman of the
meeting, said the proposal was
amended to declare that all busi
ness should be "relieved" of the
tax. Hill said the vote was unani
mous.
Mr. Roosevelt's dissatisfaction
with changes in the tax was one
of the reasons why he refused to
sign the tax bill enacted by th»
last congress, and he let the meas
ure become a law without his sig
nature. He made a nation-wide
radio speech in defense of the tax
and explained why he was with
holding his s,ynature.
Six points of a broad rail re
habilitation program won unani
mous approval from the delegates
but the most controversial propos
als—including demands for revi
sion of the rate making rule to
give the railroads a "fair return"
on the value of their property and
for removal of the federal govern
ment from the barge line business
—were postponed until today.
In rapid fire order, the dele
gates also asked:
Repeal of the land-grant stat
utes, under which government
traffic is hauled at lower rates.
Relieving the railroads of the
expense, in excess of net direct
benefits to them, for elimination
of railroad grade crossings.
Authorization of government
(Continued on page five.)
CATS TO PLAY
I IN ANDERSON
Meet Yellow Jackets There
at 7:30 O'Clock Wed
nesday Evening
Coach John Stephens' Hender
sonvillc Bearcats will meet the
Anderson, S. C., Yellow Jackets,
on the Anderson field tomorrow I
night at 7:30 o'clock.
Although defeated 13 to 0 by
Marshall last week, the Cats are
in good shape for the fray tomor
row. Yarborough, center, is out;
with a broken wrist, but Captain
Magness, tackle, is back in uni-1
form and will see service.
The Anderson team outclassed
the Cats last season, winning 25 j
to 0.
After the encounter tomorrow,1
the Cats have only one more game j
this season, against Sumter, S. C.,
on December 2, at Sumter.
Two teams will make the trip
tomorrow, and the probable start
ing line-up is: Dorn and Drake,
ends; Magness and Morris, tac
kles; Sims and Coffee, guards;
Orr, center; Quarles, McCrary,
Miller and Chandler, in the back
field.
THANKSGIVING
FOOD PRICES
CHANGE LITTLE
Some Minor Items Advance
Slightly Since Last
Holiday
Housewives will pay approxi
mately the same for their Thanks
giving dinner this year as last, a
glance at the local food market
situation reveals. Some minor
items have advanced slightly since
last year, but the bulk of food
prices remain about the same.
There is plenty of good turkey
meat on the market, the survey j
shows, and white-aproned butch
ers are asking, and getting, about
30 cents per pound for the deli-1
cacy. This figure represents Mr. \
Turk in his undressed, or rather
dressed, condition, and is being
asked for native Henderson coun
ty fowl. Some quotations on ship-1
ped turkeys run slightly lower.
However, the price is just the
same as last year's 30-cent quo
tation.
Housewives who dish up the
oysters, either as dressing or stew,
find a slightly lower quotation.
The current price is 18 cents per
pint, as compared to about 25
cents last year.
Sweet or Irish potatoes and rice
are at about the same quotation.1
Bread is the same and creamery
butter is quoted at a few cents,
under last year's figure. I
Cranberries, always a good
Thanksgiving dish, are quoted at j
about two cents per pound over
last year; celery remains the same,
and olives, nuts and fruits will not
exceed last year's quotation.
A Thanksgiving dinner, consist-!
(Continued on page eight)
BOY SCOUT ACTIVITIES FOR i
ENSUING YEAR ADOPTED
BY DISTRICT COMMITTEE
Full Survey Planned Look
ing Toward Expansion;
to Train Leaders
A program of Boy Scout activi
ty, as ouilint'd by A. W. Allen,
Scout executive, of Ashville, was
adopted for the coming year by
the Ilendersonville district com
mittee in session yesterday after
noon at the city hall.
The program as outlined by
Mr. Alien and approved by the
committee, calls for a thorough
survey looking toward extension
of scouting in the communities
of the county, and for an inten
sive program of scouting for of
ficials and scouts.
A committee was named to
make a survey of possible loca
tionos for troops and possible
sponsoring institutions or organi
zations. With this survey in hand,
by the next monthly meeting, the
committee will set up a goal for
troop establishment over the next
five years.
Under the plan, the survey will
be followed by a troop committee
conference to which representa
tives of possible sponsoring insti
tutions will be invited.
Next in the plan in a scoutmas
ters' course of training, it being
the opinion of the committee that
more training for leaders results
in better work by the troops.
The plan also calls for scout
masters' meetings, to be held
monthly or bi-monthly for a dis
cussion of mutual problems.
Other features of the plan call'
for: A patrol camp-o-ree, for
competition in camping among
the patrols.
A scout-o-ral for competition
among scouts in a district-wide
basis.
A parents night for each troop
at least once during the year.
The observance of anniversary
week.
An en ore to seeK mac every i
troop in the district gets at least
one week in camp next summer.
Participation in the annual
Council meetings of all districts.
Chairman Nathan Patla ap-'
pointed R. S. Gibbs, F. M. Waters I
and John Farmer as a committee
to make the survey of possible
troop locations.
Chairman Patla also named A.
V. Edwards, Mr. Farmer and H.
E. Buchanan as a committee to
recommend a chairman, vice
chairman, and members to the
district committee for the next!
year.
Announcement was made that
Troop 13 had been reorganized
with Frank Rozzelle as scoutmas
ter and John Wilkins as assist
ant. Members of the troop com
mittee are J. C. Cotson, H. E.1
Buchanan, and A. V. Edwards.
This troop is sponsored by the;
Rotary club.
The committee yesterday adopt
ed a resolution, commending the
Council officials on the employ
ment of Floyd A. New as assist
ant executive. The resolution ex
pressed the opinion scouting in
the council would be improved
with the aid of Mr. New.
Attending the meeting yester
day were Chairman Patla, F. M.
Waters, J. H. Lampley, A. V. Ed
wards, J. T. Fain, Jr., John Far
mer, and R. S. Gibbs, committee
members, and Mr. Align, execu
tive, and Mr. New, assistant.
7 Boy Scouts
Given Honors
Are Promoted or Given
Awards Monday Night
Seven Hendersonville Boy
Scouts were promoted or given
awards at the court of honor, held
at the city hall last night.
Tenderfoot rank was conferred
by A. W. Allen, Scout executive,
of Asheville, to C. R. McMana
way, Jr., troop 4; Jean Williams,
Jr., troop 4; Albert C. Johnson,
troop 4, and Eugetie Kelly, troop
1.
Merit badges were presented by
John W. Farmer, district commit-1
tee member, to George Wilkins,
troop 1, and J. M. Good, troop 4.
The rank of Life Scout was con
ferred on Jack English, troop 4,
by Mayor A. V. Edwards.
The honor penant was present
ed to troop 4 by Nathan Patla,
chairman of the district commit
tee, for having the largest num
ber of awards at the court.
Dr. L. T. Wilds, chairman, pre
sided over the court, and Floyd
New, assistant Scout executive,
was recognized and spoke briefly.
AIR PROBLEMS
OF SOUTHLAND
Freight Rates And Poll Tax
Are Declared Two
Restrictions
BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 22. (UP)
Discriminatory freight rates and
poll tax were condemned today as
restrictions to the development of
the South by speakers before the
Southern Conference for Human
Welfare.
Governor Graves of Alabama
warned that if railroads refuse to
give the South fair freight rates
shippers will turn to a greater ex
tent to truck haulage. He also
predicted that the South would be
victorious in the fight for freight
rate equality.
Educators, politicians, govern
ment officials and social workers,
encouraged by a message from
President ftoosevelt, last night
studied proposals for raising the
standards of living in the South
which he had described as the
"Nation's No. 1 economic prob
lem."
The conference opened Sunday.
Dr. Frank Graham, president of
the University of North Carolina
pleaded for more federal assist
ance, to southern schools; -
Yesterday and last night there
were seven forums dealing with
farm tenancy, credit, constitution
al rights, education, labor rela
tions and unemployment, prison
reform, and housing.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
address the conference tonight and
it will be ended Wednesday night
with a speech by Associate Justice
Hugo L. Black who will accept the
Thomas Jefferson medal given him
bv the organization for liberal
statesmanship.
Beneficiaries Of
Rockefeller Will
Get Six Millions
NEW YORK, Nov. 22. (UP) —
Out of the $26,410,837 estate left
by John D. Rockefleler, Sr.,
about $6,000,000 will remain for
beneficiaries after payment of es
tate taxes.
This was disclosed when a
transfer was made of Documents.
The estate he left when he died
at the age of 97 was only a frac
tion of the fortune made in oil
and other industries which totaled
about one billion dollars.
During his life he had given
more than $530,000,000 to educa
tional, scientific, religious and
other projects.
REACHES WARM SPRINGS
WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Nov. 22.
(UP)—President Roosevelt last
night came here for a fortnight's
stay during which he plans to for
mulate a new legislative program.
AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS IN
CHINA FORMALLY DENOUNCE
JAPAN; SEE NEW AGGRESSIONS
By ROBERT BELLAIRE
United Preia Staff Correspondent
SHANGHAI, Nov. 22. (UP)—
American organizations in Shang
hai today issued a formal state
ment denouncing Japan and warn
ing the American people that Ja
pan plans new aggressions after
she has completed the conquest of
China.
The statement was signed by
the "American relations commit
tee* representing the American
Chamber of Commerce, the Amer
ican association, and 10 leading
missionary societies.
Asserting that it represented
the "views of Americans in Shang
hai" the statement said:
"Japan's reply to the United
States note of October 6 (protest
ing against "unwarranted" inter
ference with American rights in
China by the Japanese) left no
doubt in the minds of Americans
in the far east as to the real in
tentions and objectives of Japan
ese imperialism. . . .
"A situation has developed af
fecting-American interests which
| no longer can be met by the or
thodox methods of diplomacy."
The statement described the as
sertions made in the Japanese re
ply, explainine specific incidents
about which the United States
government had protested, as full
of. "sophistries and observable
misstatement of fact."
It cited "the rapid decline of
| American trade in Manchuria" af
ter Japan sponsored the creation
of the independent state of Man
chukuo as a prelude to what will
happen in the rest of China.
Japan's announcement that she
intends to create a political and
economic bloc of Japan, China
and Manchukuo means that the
Japanese intend to bulwark their
military control of the orient with
the full power of the vast popu
lations of China and Manchukuo,
the statement continued, warning
Americans against giving credits
to the Japanese.
If Americans do give credit to
Japanese, the statement said, it
will be tantamount to "underwrit
(Continued on page five)
v ————————
Army Bomber's
; Crash Victims
Seven army onsets were killed I
outright and the eighth, United
Press dispatches said, died today
as the result of the crash of an
army bomber near La Grange,
Ga. Included among the dead
were, top, left to right: Lieut.
Robert Black, Lieut. Allen How
ery, Lieut.' Robert McKechnie,
lower left, and Lieut. John Ma
dre, lower right. The bomber
fell in a forest Friday night
Three bodies were burned be
yond recognition. Madre's death
occurred without his regaininf
consciousness and no statement
was possible as to how the ac
cident transpired.
GERMAN PRESS
RENEWS GIBES:
AT AMERICANS
Assert F.R'S. Defense Pro
gram "Shows Germany
Lied About"
By EDWARD W. BEATTIE, JR.
United Pre*» Correspondent
BERLIN, Nov. 22. (UP)—Af-|
ter a week-end lull the Nazi press;
struck again at condemnation in
the United States of the anti-Jew-j
ish measures and President Roose
velt's Fan-American defense pro
gram.
The newspaper "Nachtausgabe"
in a dispatch from its New York
correspondent, August Halfeld, ac
cused the United States govern
ment of "stirring up war psychol
ogy." . i
"Reports of President Roose- i
velt's armament program and his .
intentions in South America clear
ly show that again lies about Ger~ i
many are being used to disguise
plans of pure politics," the dis
patch said. "The vast press cam
paign is not meant to serve the
E^or Jew millionaires in Germanv
ut to help United States imperial- :
ism."
The "Hamburger Fremdenblatt" <
(Continued on page eight) 1
RENEW DEMAND
U. S. CITIZENS
BE PROD
Note Today Follows Unsat
isfactory Nazi Reply on
Austrian Debt
REPLY LONG DELAYED;
IS NOT MADE PUBLIC
BERLIN, Nov. 22. (UP)—
The United States today de
livered a new note to the
German government asking
for assurances that recent
decrees excluding Jews from
business in the Reich would
not be applied to citizens of
the United States.
The American note was
delivered by Prentiss Gil*
bert, charge d'affaires of the
United States Berlin embas*
sy since the recall of Ambas
sador Hugh Wilson to Wash
ington for a report to Presi
dent Roosevelt and the state
department.
NO EASEMENT AS TO
CRISIS NOW SEEN
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. (UP)
—Strained relations between the
United States and Germany reach
ed a still more critical stage yes
terday when Secretary of State
Cordell Hull disclosed that he had
received an unsatisfactory reply
to demands that the Nazi govern
ment assume Austrian monetary
obligations in this country.
The German reply, details of
which Hull did not reveal, con
cerned hia representations to Ger
many-immediately, after Austro
Gertntff Atochlust last April, in*
forming Nasi officials that thS
United States expected Germany
to assume responsibility for pay
ment of Austrian debts and bonds
held by this government and pri
vate citizen*.
He said that the German, note
did not undertake to. be a final
statiment on the situation, and
that further exchangee with the
BerHn foreign office would be con
ducted. He declined to discuss the
matter further, although it was re
called he had renewed bis first rep
resentations a month later and had
received no reply until now. .
Tne Austrian debt includes $24,
)55,708 owed to this government
for grain and Hour purchases in
L920 and an unestimated but large
(Continued on page eight)
Rabbit Season
Opens Thursday
Other Hunting Periods An
nounced by Warden
Henderson county game warden
3. S. Whitaker today announced
:hat the rabbit hunting season will
>pen Thursday, Thanksgh ing Day,
ind run to February 15.
Other seasons, now open or soon
;o be in effect are:
Ruffed grouse—Dec., 1 to Jan.
16.
?uail—Dec. 1 to Feb. 15.
urkey—Dec. 1 to Feb. 15.
Squirrel season, now open, will
*emain open until Dec. 15.
The qplit season on doves :vill
>pen again Dec. 20 and continues
,o Jan. 31.
The duck season, which ope.ied
tfov. 15, continues to Dec. 29.
Shopping Days
Till Christmas
l
T 00KING BACK TO CHRIST*
HAS 27 YEAR8 AGO—
Mother would have been de
lighted with e huge ribboned
hat or, a Fleur de Li* watch tor
Christina*. . . . The Montesr7ri
teaching method and Synge'a
play, "The Playboy ef the
Western World," had everybody
all agog. . . . Italy was con
quering T|ipoli and Chin *se
rebel* were fighting at Hankow.
• . . You would have needed
$6000 to buy an Alcp Six for
Christmas.