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Fair Ut.»u WEATHER and colder tonight and ed on Friday. ©hp Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population % GOOD AFTERNOON ,4 • Aa Indian CbtroliM a ram par* drara a WPA craw away from thair iktvtii in Medina county, Ohio. What hold thorn up? VOL. ^7—No. 299 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1938 SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS •j* *r "4 i ima Conferees Revise Defense Program ICO WOULD AR FORCIBLE 'EBT ACTIONS eek to Eliminate All Dip lomatic Action For Americas ioUTHERiTREPUBLIC I STEP IS SIGNIFICANT LIMA. Peru, Dec. 15. (UP)— k nrutl draft of the United - ->ct for a united Amer ican defense front against for .i^n political or military invasion j • vised to meet Argentina ob Ktiors today was submitted rivateiy to 21 delegations at the .•"'h Tan American conference. Trx revised draft disclosed ino original decoument by United States Secre • State Hull. The changes : : itine's opposition to any lc . that might be interpreted i> a treaty or alliance and avoids nr language that might be con •wd a direct affront to any European powers. LIMA. Peru, Dec. 15. (UP)— kxko last night proposed that :e fijrht Pan American confer ee* i»ar the use of force in the Election of international debts, hile Argentina accepted in prin rie a United States project that cu!d bind all 21 American re adies to do everything possible t >wer their tariff carriers. The Mexical proposal, submit i simultaneously with a report n pecuniary claims by the com mittee of experts for the eodiflca tior. of international law, was re garded as particularly significant since the government of Presi dent Lazaro Cardenas is involved with the United States and other foreign countries over its expira tion polices. some observers saw in cne pro ject an attempt by Mexica to :ne up continental support for its *izure3 of oil properties and uds as well as its failure for ireral years to meet its interna :onal financial obligations. The experts committee recom mended that the conference adopt a project banning diplomatic ac ton by a government in behalf ff its nationals residents in anoth er country unless there were a •ienal of justice or a breach of international law. The committee •e ode a proposal by one of its members to outlaw diplomatic in tervention for any reason. The Mexican project would ap pear to aim at placing the confer- ] •nee on record in favor of no iplomatic action of any kind and for any motive. KLAN OUT TO SMASH C.I.O, SAYS WIZARD ^ age Educational Drive Against "Lewis And His Communists" ATLANTA, Dec. 14. (UP) — •Be Ku Klux Klan today threat fi'-'i t<> smash the CIO unless the abor organisation changes its ^arie! ship. Dr. Hiram Welsey Evans, Imperial Klan Wizard, saif' hi- followers enaged in war jair.st *he CIO because of its al Communistic leanings. The Man's anti-CIO campaign is na tion wide. Sp men for the CIO and its •wiiiate Textile Workers Organiz ^ committee, claimed the Klan ported to violence, but Evans '•enicf; this saying that the fight or. ar educational basis against **v• * and his stool pigeon Com munists." PUBLIC INVITED TO FASS1FERN PAGEANT Climaxing a series of interestf ■'< Christmas activiteis at Fassi "• M ■ ol, the Christmas paeg • *i!' be presented by* the phy sical "Mutation department under •J1'- direction of Miss Catherine Howard at 8 o'clock tonight in r- school auditorium. The pub 1K » invited. Christmas Tree Lights Will Be On Here Tonight The lights on Hendersonville's community Christmas tree will be turned on tonight and it will be illuminated every night through the holiday period. The tree, situated on a vacant lot at Church street and Fifth avenue, will be the scene of a Christmas program at 8 p. m. on Saturday night, December 24, with the Hendersonville Minister ial association in charge. Singing of carols will feature the pro gram. Kxpense of erecting the tree and burning the lights will be I borne by the chamber of com merce. which also is co-sponsor of a contest in which the exterior of many homes in Hendersonville and vicinity w'ill be decorated and lighted. Prizes of $50 will be awarded. U. S. MAY FUND SALE OF GOODS TO CHINESE Arrangement Would Be "Purely Commercial," No War Measure % Copyright 1938 By United Pre»» WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. (UP) —The federal government is con sidering financing sale of between $25,000,000 and $50,000,000 of American products to China, it was learned last night. The plan, which officials de scribed as "very complicated," is expected to be announced shortly. It was emphasized meantime that it will be "purely commercial," meaning it will not be a formal loan which .Japan, in view of her war on China, might construe as an unfriendly gesture by a neu tral power. t ne program nas oecn laKinjf shape for several weeks in discus sions between treasury depart ment officials and members of a Chinese financial mission headed by K. P. Chen, Shanghai banker. The mission came here ostensibly for the purpose of obtaining fin ancial aid in the war with Japan. A usually reliably official indi cated that under the plan the federal export-import bank would establish commercial credits for American exporters, reportedly automobile and truck manufac turers, and that these would be underwritten by the reconstruc tion finance corporation. It remained conjectural how China proposed to reimburse the treasury but it was suggested that Chinese silver shipments would provide adequate surety. The treasury has been buying •Chinese silver by agreement since May, 1936, at prices ranging from 43 to 47 cents an ounce. More than 300,000,000 ounces have been thus acquired. It was pointed, out that there is nothing to prevent a corollary agreement to Day for American exports. The financial mission was re ported to have attempted to reach similar agreements with private industralists, but to no avail. MURDER AND SUICIDE TALLULAH, La., Dec. 15. (UP)—Coroner H. C. Sevier re ported last night that J. T. Watts, 75-year-old filling station opera tor, had murdered his wife and then shot himself. Move To Revoke U. S. Citizenship And Deport Nazi, Kuhn Associate LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15. (UP) Herman Schwinn, west coast leader of the German-American bund, and an associate of the New York Nazi leader, Fritz i Kuhn, has been threatened with deportation proceedings, federal authorities disclosed last night. U. S. Attorney Benjamin Har rison revealed that steps have been taken to institute proceed ings citing Schwinn to show cause why his American citizen ship should not be levoked. The action would be based on allegations that certain discrep ancies existed in the application the bund leader made out for cit izenship papers years ago. Schwinn already has been ques k tioned in the case. Although one source reported the discrepancies had been detect ed in testimony Schwinn gave to the Dies congressional committee, Schwinn said last night that he had never appeared before the committee. "I telegraphed Dies (Represen tative Martin Dies, D., Texas) asking permission to appear and present evidence I had in my pos session but the telegram was not acknowledged," Schwinn said. He admitted having 1)een ques tioned by immigration officials, but insisted he knew nothing else about the inquiry which he be lieved was a "mistake," and one which would "not have arisen if it had not been for my opposi . tion to Jews and communists." NEW CHARGES MADE GERMANY AND OTHER POWERS FOSTERING U. S. ESPIONAGE; QUIZ TO END ECUADOREANS FACING LEFT WING REVOLT President Masses Guns and Planes; Rebel Guns Are Trained on Quito QUITO, Ecuador, Dec. 15 (UP) President Aurelio Narvaez mass ed artillery and airplanes to sup port his demands for the immed iate surrender of dissident army units, fortified on Ichimbia Hill, and dominating the capital under leadership of leftwing political chieftains. Orders for the attack was ex pected at any hour. Police and soldiers patroled capital streets and the presidential palace is heavily guarded. Business was suspended and all communications are under strict censorship. Disaffected troops refused; all demands that iney surrender j and in turn demanded the presi dent to revoke his decree dissolv ing parliament. The government flatly refused to free several left-wing assem blymen who were arrested when the assembly was dissolved and its members "outlawed" by exe cutive decree. Larrea Alba, a stormy petrel in Ecuadorean politics for several months, who only a few months ago returned from exile, was ar rested by soldiers at San Juan, near here. Speaker Arrizaga Li que of the assembly also was seized. The soldiers were compell ed to use their rifles to subdue the two men, who were locked up in the local barracks. When he dissolved the assem bly, President Mosquera Narvaez announced that he would rule by decree and at the same time con voked elections for the second Sunday in May, 1935), when a complete senate and chamber of deputies will be chosen by popu lar vote. Although the rest of the coun try was said to be quiet, travel was limited to those in possession of police passports. NEW NOTE IS SENT NAZIS ON JEWS' STATUS WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.— (UP) — Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles today re vealed that the United States has sent a new note to Germany requesting immediate assurance that American Jews will not be discriminated against in the Reich. The note expressed 'disappint* ment' oyer failure of the Ger man government to give such assurances which had been re quested previously. MASONS MEET TONIGHT Kedron Lodge, No. 387, A. F. & A. M., will meet in Regular Communication tonight at 7:30 o'clock. All officers and members urged to be in attendence. At this meeting officers for the coming year will be elected. Visiting Ma sons will be welcomed. Investigator Decares Situ ation "Too Grave" to Be "Overestimated" By MACK JOHNSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Doc. 15. (UP) —New charges that Germany and other powers are fostering syjjfce matie espionage in the Ut&ed States were made today before the house committee on un-Amer ican activities which ends its work today. Chairman Martin Dies, D., Texas, said that the future of -£he $25,000 inquiry into Fascist, Communist and Nazi activities de pends upon whether the next con gress votes additional funds "as we huve only scratched the sur face with our limited money." "We will have our report and our legislative recommendations ready for congress within two weeks, he said. "The American public is behind our efforts to un mask subversive activites, and I don't believe $1,000,000 would be too much to ask to do a thorough job." His statement came after John C. Mctcalf, committee investiga tor, testified that he collaborated _ wtih federal agents, police and j military intelligence officers, in tracing down espipnage activities ! which have created a situation "so grave" that it "cannot be over-stated." "Germany and other counteries i are involved in the espionage ac tivities," Metcalf said. jTaeJ United States will be in a pre^'ar^ ious condition if it does not heed j the espionage efforts of various! foreign organizations." He said that some of the "es pionage machines" might cause i the United States serious trouble in event of war and that he felt i the enitre situation should be the subject of a much more exhaus-; tive inquiry than he was able to i (Continued on page three) JEWS IN REICH PAYING FIRST PART OF FINE Will Turn Over Hundred Million Dollars in Kill ing of Vom Rath DERLIN, Dec. 15. (UP)—Jew-j ish leaders said last night that thousands of German Jews would turn over $100,000,000 to the German government within the next 24 hours—perhaps without a single default—to meet the first instalment of a $400,000,000 col lective "fine" imposed after the assassination in Paris of Ernst Vom Rath. The prediction of 100 per cent payment from every Jew whose fortune exceeds $2,000 waff based on the fact that, although the original decree demanded pay ment in cash, the government re cently relaxed the conditions for payment. Under the original announce ment of the "fine" it was explain ed that as the only alternative to cash payment government centers would be opened where Jews could liquidate jewelry and other valuables to raise cash., This plan failed to work and it1 became apparent that many, 1 Jews would be forced into bank ruptcy. mereiore mu ecuuuiu».o •••••••» try permitted the Jews to use se curities, land titles and mine roy alties in addition to cash to meet i the first 25 per cent instalment J of the crushing fine. i The fine will strip the German j Jews of at least 20 per cent of their entire wealth, as it was ; computed at the time of Vom Hath's slaying. In addition, the Jews must uav about $200,000, 000 for destruction done by Nazis j in the Nov. 11 wave of anti-Sem itic disorders, in which Jewish shops were the chief targets. Jews who have reported losses from the riot destruction will be allowed to deduct these sums from the estimates of their total holdings, thus reducing the ulti mate yield to the government. The government reserved the right to take other measures against Jewish wealth if the levy i on one-fifth of all Jewish wealth fails to produce $400,000,000. SOLONS MUST ATTACK MANY NX PROBLEMS Face Greatest Financial Needs; May Change Absentee Ballot Law REVAMPING~SCHOOL SYSTEM IS LIKELY By CHILES COLEMAN United Press Staff Correspondent RALEIGH. Dec. 15.—(UP) — North Carolina's general assem bly for 1939 convenes in three weeks faced with a myriad of problems ranging from the larg est appropriation request in his tory to a re-examination of the state's policy in dealing with cap ital offenders. As always, one of the chief legislative objectives will be rais ing the money to pay for the widespread activities of the state and determining how much is to be allotted for each specific pur pose. Much of the spade work of this enormous task is being done by the advisory budget commission. This group's recommendations to the assembly will not be revealed until after January 4 when the 120 representatives and f>0 sena tors convene in the century-old chambers of the state capitol here, but complete hearings al ready have been' held at which the various departments of gov ernment outlined their financial needs for the next two years. They asked from the general fund a total appropriation of $95,861,809, more than ever be fore has been requested. In ad dition, the highway department estimated its needs from the spe cial highway fund at .969,203, 902. Inseparably linked with the fi nancial problems of the legisla ture are a number of other ques tions likely to result in long floor debate and innumerable commit tee and conference discussions. These include revamping of the state's educational system, social security, modification of the sales tax, homestead exemptions and several others. A special study commission has recommended a sweeping reorgan ization of the school system, in cluding addition of a 12th grade, salary increases and retirement pay for teachers, and improve ment of facilities for vocational education. Such a program would cost, the commission estimated, approxi mately $1,000,000. All of it could not, of course, be put into effect at once, but many persons believe the 1939 assembly will take the first steps. The sales tax has been a con troversial issue since it was adopted, and while there are in dications the fight over its pro visions at the forthcoming as (Continued on page three) CONVICT NAZI IN SPY CASE 3 Co-Defendants in Canal Zone Turn Pale as Verdict Rendered CRISTOBAL, C. Z., Dec. 15.— (UP)—Hans Heinrich Schackow, one of four Gei'mans charged with spying on Panama canal de fenses, yesterday was found guil ty by a jury in Cristobal district court. The jury, composed chiefly of Canal Zone employes, deliberated two hours before reaching a ver dict. Judge Bunk Gardner announc ed he would not sentence Schac kow until he had ruled on a mo tion for a new trial, for which the defense was given until De cember 22 to apply. Schackow, who was arrested October 16 at Fort Randolph while taking photographs with three companions, Miss Ingebord Gutmann, Gisbert Gross and Ed ward Robert Kuhrig, turned pale as the jury announced its ver dict. Judge Gardner previously had warned the courtroom against any demonstration. Shackow and Miss Gutmann were employes of the Hapag Lloyd line office in Cristobal. Kuhrig will be the next de fendant to be brought to trial, some time in January. FASCISTS BOOST ARMAMENTS BUDGET ONE THIRD, FRANCE WARNED OF TUNISIAN DRIVE BRITAIN AND1 FRANCE READY TO POOL ARMS Warn Europe They Will Stand Together in Un . provoked Aggression PARIS, Dec. 15. (UP)—For eign Minister Georges Bonnet last night warned Europe's totalitar ian powers particularly Italy, that Great Britain and France stand ready "spontaneously" to pool their fighting strength and go to war in event of any unprovoked aggression. Bonnet's statement before the foreign afFairs committee of the ch.*im')er of deputies coincided wich an announcement by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in 'the British .House of Commons pointedly warning Italy against any atatempt to upset the "status quo" in the Mediterranean. France has received assurances, Bonnet said, of British collabora ! tion amounting virtually to "aut omatic aid" if Italy or any other powers attack Tunisia or at temps to tamper with the Medi , tenanean territorial balance. "I declare in the name of the 1 French government that all our Hand; sea and air forces would I spontaneously and immediately ; be utilized for the defense of Great Britain in case of unpro ! coked agrression," he added, j Bonnet spoke openly of the! : danger of war arising from! j Italy's dangerous, although still j unofficial demands against j France. "There cannot be the least | doubt that France will never ccde j an inch of here territory to Italy j and any attempt to carry out i such a pretension could only lead to war," he said. Simultaneously, it was rumored that Chancellor Adolf Hitler's personal adjutant, Capt. Fritz Weidcmann, had arrived secretly ! in Paris with Der Fuehrer's ans-! wer as to whether Germany would go to Italy's aid in event J of war between Italy and France. The Germany embassy neither | denied nor confirmed the report,1 merely stating that no such visit had been arranged by the em bassy. MOUNT MORIAH WILL 1 HEAR REV. V. D. JONES The Rev. Wade Worley, pastor of Mount Moriah Baptist church, 1 has announced that the Rev. Ver- 1 gil D. Jones, of Balfour, will preach at Mount Moriah at 11 a. m. Sunday, December 18. The general public is invited and peo ple of the vicinity are urged by the pastor to attend. BALFOUR TO HAVE SERMON IN SONG Rev. C. E. Blythe, pastor, an nounces that he will preach at Balfour Baptist church Sunday night at 7 o'clock when the ser vice will feature a "sermon in song." The theme will be, "Where I Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?" (Luke 15:11-24). The children of ' Rev. Mr. Blythe will furnish the \ music. The public is invited. Tunis And Corsica May Become "French Sude tenlands" ROME, Dcc. 15. (UP)—Pre mier Renito Mussolini's cabinet yesterday ordered a 33 per cent increase in the nation's armaments budget as an "ureent necessity" while Fascist leaders warned that T «,nsia and Corsica may become French Sudetenlands. The cabinet's announcement of a $130,308,750 or a one-third in crease, in the arms budget during the next fiscal year was made un der provisions of an extraordinary appropriation of $526,250,000 which Italy intends to <*pend on armaments above the normal de-| fense budgets under a four-year program. The cabinet explained that the action was "an urgent necessity in; view of the general situation." The war ministi^ obtained $42,-; 909,750 more than its present bud get, the navy got $40,014,000 more and the air ministry received an j increase of $47,385,000. Military attaches of foreign em bassies were particularly impress ed with the increase for the air! force, which would play a vital and perhaps decisive role in any war in the Mediterranean. Experts calculated that the ap propriations for the war, navy and aviation ministries alone represent 35 per cent of the government's i total estimated expenditures for the 1939-1940 fiscal year.' This figure does not include increases o{about $26,325,000 for the min istries of agriculture, public woritft and corporations' which aid indi rectly in improving Italy's nation al defense. Scout Review And Honor Court Set 'The regular court of review for Boy Scouts will be held Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the high school building, it was an nounced today. On Monday night, the Decem ber court of honor will be con ducted at the city hall, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The public in gen eral was invited to attend the Monday night event and parents of Boy Scouts are asked to at tend. NEW CONFEDERATE PENSION CHECKS RECEIVED HERE A total of $3,562.50 in Con federate pension checks is avail able for veterans and widows of veterans, Clerk of Superior Court George W. Fletcher announced today. Five veterans of the war re ceive checks for $182.50 each; 16 Class A widows receive $150 each and five Class B widows receive $50 each. These are semi-annual pay ments. MRS. BANE IS HERE FROM CINCINNATI Mrs. F. L. Bane of Cincinnati arrived Sunday to spend the week with relatives and friends. Mrs. Bane and Mrs. J. L. Albea are spending today with a sister, Mrs. F. L. Gilreath, in Asheville. I Eden Told U. S. Feels Franco Victory In Spain Contrary To Best Interests WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. (UP) j —Regardless of the unofficial i character of his visit, former British Foreign Secretary An thony Eden had received intima tions that the Roosevelt adminis tration believes victory for Gen eralissimo Fjancisco Franco in Spain would fte contrary to Unit ed States interests, it was learn ed last night on the eve of his de parture from here for New York, j He had also heard plain speak ing, always friendly, it was learned, concerning the prevail- i ing American attitude toward the British government's Spanish pol icy. It is believed, on the eve of his departure for New York, that the most pressing message he will carry home will be one of Ameri can antagonism to a Franco tri-J umph, with its implications re garding a possible new, important base for Germany and Italy. Asked point-blank by one of the small, highly-influential groups assembled in his honor here, whether Britain would grant bel ligerent rights to Spain, Eden re plied, "I hope not." , It had been made clear to him, it was said, that British recogni tion of Franco's status as a belli* gerent, with its encouragement of starvation-blockade of a Loyalist Spain already coping with hun ger, would hardly be conducive to Anglo-American harmony that presumably it is Eden's mission to strengthen and which is no les* desired here. Officials of influence here, who (Continued on page three). CONGRESS TO CONSIDER FEW NEW MEASURES Legislative Program Likely to Call For Amend ing Old 0n?9 ICKES NOTTO QUIT POST FOR MAYORALTY WASHINGTON, Dee. 15. (UP) Th« Whit* Hotw this afternoon announced the resignation of Sec retary of Commerce Roper, effec tive December 23. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. (UP) Secretary of Commerce Roper in tends to resign from the cabinet in the near future, possibly soon after the first of the year, the United Press was reliably inform ed today. For months Roper has denied flatly hia resignation was impend ing. Today he continued to decline comment but it was learned that he had told close friends he con templated resigning at the end of President , Roosevelt's first term but the president prevailed on him to remain. The death of Roper's son-in law, David R. Coker, wealthy seed grower, about two weeks ago is believed to have made Roper un willing to reconsider his decision to quit, even if requested by President Roosevelt. Responsibilities of handling Cokers numerous business enter prises have fallen on Roper and it .is reported that he believes it imperative for him to leave the government service. ICKES TURNS DOWN CHICAGO MAYORALTY CHICAGO, Dec. 16. (UP)— The tiwdquarten. of' UK* '-Drift Ickes for Mayor Club" of Chica go today announced that Secre tary of the Interior Harold J.. Ickes declined to become a can didate in the 1939 city election in Washington. Ickes said he re fused the plea to run for mayor because President Roosevelt wanted him to stay "in harness." u. s. defIcit is TWICE LAST YEAR'S WASHINGTON, Dm. 16. (UP) The treasury today announced that government spending this fiscal year has passed four billion dollar mark. The net deficit was more than a billion and half, more than twice the sum by which the treas ury went into the red in the cor responding period of the previous fiscal year. F.R'S. CONGRESSIONAL PLANS NOT ELABORATE WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. (UP) President Roosevelt will confine his program for the 76th congress largely to improving existing New Deal laws and will not recom mend a "lot of new stuff," senate Majority Leader Alben W. Bark ley, D., Ky., said Wednesday af ter a White House conference. He said that he discussed with the president the subject of taxes, proposed changes in the Wegner Labor act, the farm program, na tional defense and kindred prob* lems. The conversation was gen era!,, he said, and no final decis ions were reached. The chief exe cutive is to review the legislative (Continued on page three) Shopping Days Till Christmas. 8 ■■ xr (&M&XCA W6 GWPNO- HW. lWutwrrv«*«N9rc<N uPQMnovsc T OOKDTO BACK TO CHRIST ^ MAS EIGHT YEAB0 AGO— Young Judge William Cl»rk ol New Jersey startled oountry by declaring adoption of the 19th Amendment invalid. . . . Santa was bringing Sinclair Lewis a Nobel Prize. . . . Companionate marriage topic of discussion. . . . Christmas merriment dampened by epidemic of bank failures. . . . King Alfonso of Spain preparing to / vacant throne. . . . America was greet ing Prof. Einstein uproariously.
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