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POPE PIUS UTTERS
PASSIONATE PRAYER
FOR WORLD’S PEACE
Holy Father Implores God
To Accept His Suffer
ing for Tranquil
ity Among Men
ASKS UNITY AGAINST
COMMUNIST ENEMIES
Mentions Spain Especially
In His Intercession, De
claring Civil War There Is
Menace More Threatening
Than Anything World
Has Faced Before
Vatican City, Dec. 24.—(AP)—Pope
Pius XI prayed before the whole
world today that God accept his suL
firing for peace among men, and
front ni sick bed called for a union
of a” Christianity against the “evil
forces" of communism.
Hi- eyes afire, the stricken pontiff
,pok' in a throbbing voice through
the microphone.
He called "for a union of all men of
good v.ili against the propaganda of
the enemy,” by which he meant com
munism. and prayed God afccept his
present suffering “for his own glory,
fur the conversion of all who have
. tie astray, for peace and the good
of the entire church —and in parti
cular for Spain.”
In Spain, the Holy Father cried,
propaganda and evil forces have
wished to make the supreme experi
ment of all the destructive forces
scattered throughout the world, which
they have at their command.”
Here is a new menace more threat
ening than ever before for the whole
world, and particularly for Europe
and its Christian civilization,’’ he said.
The Holy Father’s voice trembled
throughout the whole 29 minutes of
his Christmas Eve message. At times
he seemed to be forcing himself on.
NevTChidf
Now Ruler
Over Cuba
Dr. Frederico Bru
Succeeds To Office
of Deposed Presi
dent Gomez
H ma. Cuba, Dec. 24 (AP) Cu
tan ficisldom assembled today to
welcome a new president, Dr. Fred
‘ ri( Hi u, after the army-controlled
Senate ousted Miguel Gomez for his
opposition to the $1,500,900 sugar tax
bill.
Cornez, the island republic’s ninth
pre ident in four years, was forced
koi, nis position by the Senate s de
ci.-ior, early today he was guilty of
in'• i Coring with the free function
al;; if legislative power” in fighting
th' tux measure.
finally, the winner congression
al controversy over the proposal to
'i.d army training to rural schools
W'u. Colonel Fulgencia Batista, Cubas
rnili Hiy “strong man.”
Bin was to be inducted into the
't' 1 executive’s office in official
c, tenionies set for noon.
Comez was ejected by a 22 to 12
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OUR WEATHER MAnT
FOR NORTH CAROUNI
K;iir tonight and Friday; slight*
h‘ " armor Friday.
TlpniJcrsnu Datht Hisiiafrh
L the El asK SERVICE of
iWLi ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Roosevelt, Garner
Abandon Dinners
Washington, Dec. 24.—-(AP)—A
casual telephone call from Vice-
President Garner to President
\ Roosevelt shook the capital’s social
foundations today.
There are a lot of “must” parties
on the official social calendar
every winter. For instance, the
President gives an annual dinner
for the vice-president and the vice
president gives one in return.
Looking forward glumly to night
after night of slaying up late with
a winged collar poking into his
neck, Vice President Gamer offer
ed to pass up his dinner to Mr.
President.
The President quickly agreed
and also cancelled the White House
banquet for Mr. and Mrs. Garner.
DEATH, BLOOD AND
MISERY CHRISTMAS
GIFTS FDR SPAIN
War-Torn Nation Counts Its
Horrors as the Other
Christian Nations
Celebrate
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
ENTREAT FOR PEACE
Church Bells Peal All Over
The World, But Spain’s
Only Echo to Their Joy is
One of Shot, Shell and
Shrapnel; And the Civil
War Goes On
(By The Associated Press.)
Death, blood and nationwide misery
were the Christmas presents forced
on Spain today by the grim gods of
war.
Wfhile all other Christian lands
throughout the world were thanking
God for the blessings of peace, griev
ing Spain counted her dead, her
maimed and her starving inhabitants.
Religious leaders, including Pope
Pius XI in Rome, pleaded for an end
to the brother against brother slaugh
ter in a land once known for its care
free contentment.
Their pleas were answered by the
exhortations of war leaders to kill the
enemy and get peace by force.
Church bells all over the world
pealed the joy of Christians on the
anniversary eve of the greatest pa
cifist; shot, shell and shrapnel were
Spain’s echoes.
Peace on earth was not for Mad
. rilenos. Their war leaders issued to
day commands for the troops on the
front to fight off any Christian sen
timentalism that might cause them to
relax efforts to kill off their country
men, insisting on a different form of
government.
Fascist insurgents shelled the cen
ter of Madrid again and in their war
planes bombed government positions
north and south of the Escorial road
northwest of Madrid.
No Dispatch On
Christmas Day
In keeping witha custom as old as
the paper, the Daily Dispatch will
not be published tomorrow—Christ
mas Day. It is the only workday
in the year that a paper is not
printed.’ The entire organization
will have the full holiday, but will
be back Saturday to issue a paper
as usual.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OP NORTH CAROLINA AND VIIttIINIA.
U. S. Plans
Evacuation
Over China
Move Seen as Indica
tion of Waning
Hope for Early End
of Civil War
Nanking, China, Dec. 24 (AP)—
China’ts hope for a speedy end to
Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang’s rebel
lion waned today as the United States
hastened efforts to evacuate Ameri
cans from embattled Shensi province.
Worried by growing reports addi
tional provinces had rallied to the
standard of Marshal Chang, Colonel
Joseph Stillwell, U. S. military attache
at Peiping, left for the interior.
He hoped to penetrate as far west
as Sianfu, where Chang held Chiang
KakShek, premier of China.
With the premier were his wife and
her brother, Dr. T. V. Soong, en
deavoring to entreat personally for
their relatives’ release.
Colonel Stillwell planned to go first
to Loyang to arrange for rescue of
the Americans through the punitive
extradition sent to Chiang’s aid.
Most concern was felt for the Ame
ricans farther in the interior.
ACCUSED MAN SAYS
HE IS NOT GUILTY
New Yorker Held in Raleigh on
White Slave Charge Brought
In This State
Raleigh, Dec. 24. (AP) —Albert
Lucks, New York man charged with
violation of the Federal white slave
act and impersonating an officer, de
clared he was innocent today.
Lucks, alias Lucky and Alfred, was
arrested several days ago in Rober
sonville.
The man is charged with imper
sonating a New Jersey secret service
member, Chief William Gray, of the
Robersonville police, saying he flashed
a badge on him and told him he could
not aTrest him.
Asked about charges he had trans
ported girls from New York to Flor
ida for immoral purposes, Lucks only
reply was:
“My own wife; I can carry her,
can’t I?”
He said his wife, Lena, was a for
mer resident of Robarsonville.
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON. DECEMBER 24, 1936
Glory to God in the Highest and on Earth Peace Toward Mesn 4
Always at this season of the year one hears the same old
jolly greeting. It is a poor soul that cannot say it with a feel
ing of sincerity. Surely every one has some one to whom the
wish may be given. With us here in the Dispatch organiza
tion, zve are glad we can say it ivith pez'haps even more
fervor and wholeheartedness than ever before. We believe
zve have many friends, and the many have shown their
cordiality in many ways and many times during this year
and in other years.
So that it is out of a full heart that every member of
the Daily Dispatch staff, fz'om the front door to the back
door, and from the floor up through the second floor, and
those on the outside as well, extend to every one everywhere
the old t old greeting
A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
e :ke
Attorney General Cum
mings Denies Complaints
Made of His Force
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Dec. 24.—Although At
torney General Homer S. Cummings
may “pooh-pooh” charges against his
G-men, the fact remains that feeling
of considerable hostility to the Jus
tice Department’s bureau of investiga
tion exist in the ranks of other police
and inquisatorial organizations, mu
nicipal, statewide and national.
The attorney general denies, indeed,
that he has received complaints con
cerning the G-men’s methods from
“any responsible official.”
However, he must have noticed a
, Continued on Page Five.)
PLAN COURSE IN
FLOGGING CASES
Sheriff and Solicitor in
Brunswick County Hold
Long Conference
Shallotte, Dec. 24 (AP) —District
Solicitor John Burney, of Wilmington,
and Sheriff J. A. Russ conferred here
this morning for more than three quar
ters of an hour, discussing the
Thanksgiving night flogging of Will
Inman and Jesse Cox, Freeland farm
ers, by a hooded mob of praying night
riders dubbing themselves “Chris
tians.”
The solicitor said after the confer
ence he had nothing to say, but inti
mated he will take an active part in
the investigation into the flogging in
the future.
The solicitor indicated he is con
(Cont* r ued on Page Five),
PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON T?TT7'I? p-i V rrn
EXCEPT SUNDAY. rIVJb C. h jNTS COPY
Program At
White House
Is Full One
President Reads
Dickens’ Christmas
Carol to His Assem
bled Household
Washington, Dec 24 (AP) —Tho.
White House holiday program was so
full today President .Roosevelt had to
advance part of family’s tradi
tional Christmas eve reading of Dick
ens’ “A Christmas Carol.”
He read an installment of the oft
told story about Tiny Tim and Old
Scoroge last night, while children
and adults lk. i.ntd carefully.
The gaiety of the big house full of
young people was marred by words
that Franklin, Jr., 11l in a T ton
hospital, would be unable to come
home for Christmas.
His sister, Anna, Mrs. John Boet
tiger, will be the only other missing
member of the four-generation family.
She and her husband have j ist mov
ed to Seattle.
Six Die As
Engine Fon
Plane Fails
#
Dallas, Texas, Dec 24.—(AP)—A
failing Wright engine after interfer
ence tby two other planes” in an at
tempted landing was advanced today
by Bianiss Air Line officials as pos
sible explanation for tha crash of
their twin-motored ship, which killed
six occupants yesterday.
Victims of the test flight were all
officials and employees.
“Theory on cause of accident, after
preliminary investigat on, is that
plane approached field for landing,
was forced to go around due to inter
ference by two other planes,” read a
telegram by Braniss officials to the
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NATIVIIY EDIFICE
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Solemn. Simply Procession
Marches to Grotto Where
iradiiion Says Jesus
tVas Born
TERROR BY ARABS
REDUCES PILGRIMS
Much Fewer Than From
Europe and America;
Looting by Brigands Con
tinues Desp' e Anniversary
Event; Subdued Throng
Looks on at Ceremony
Bethlehem, Palestine, Dec. 24.
(AP) —Christ’s disciples of many
creeds worshipped their Savior today
in a sacred city strangely drab.
Under sullen skies, through street*
where fcold’ers stood, past shop win
dows empty Os Christmas symbols,
the traditional procession from Jeru
salem was met at the tomb of Rachael
Led by the Latin patriarch, the
marchers were taken to the Church of
the Nativity by the mayor, the parish
pnest and by other chuch and civic
officials.
But there were few of the pilgrims
in either Bethlehem or Jerusalem
that other years have brought.
Six months of terror attendant up
on the Arab strike- against Jewish set
tlements had leii its mark on the
Holy Land. From the smouldering af
termath came continuing eruptions in
ehe form of scatteredNbandit activities
Only yesterday, near the scene of
Continued on Page Two.)
COLUMBUS MAN DIES
OF AUTOMOBILE BURN
Companion in Ho pital in Critical
Condition; One Man Held, His
Father Also Hurt
*: Whiteville, Deq. 24 (AP)—Wfcll
Cores, 47, Columbus county farmer,
'ied early today of injuries received
.ast night when his car burst into
flumes after r collision.
A companion, Ed Williamson, 40,
was in a hospital with critical burns.
Coroner F. V. R’chardson ordered
Bruce Moody, of Shallotte, alleged
driver of the machine that struck
Roreo, held. Moody’s father also was
in Columbus county hospital with se
rious injuries. The coroner said he
could not learn the older Moody’s full
name.
Threat Os
Split With
Sea Strike
Sailors’ ll.ion Tells
Harry Bridges,
Leader, To Keep
His Hands Off
San Francisco, U<.o. 24.—(AP)—A
possible threat to union solidarity
oversh jdowed peace moves today in
the Pacific coast mar.ime strike.
A sailo:. ’ publication denounced the
leadership of Harry Bridges, sponsor
of the "solid frort” movement, but a
strikers' mass Jin < .tng backed him up.
fc.om Was! aigton, Secretary Per
kins dispatched word to both sides
that public interest demands an ear
ly settlement of the 56-day strike,
whicii has affected nearly 40,000 work
ers, tied up 23S ehips and cost $392,-
000,000 by some bus ?ss estimates.
“Great patience has been shown fn
waiting for such an agreement, but
+he public interest requires that these
negotiations be completed promptly
new,’ the labor secretary declared,
"even if -’ome sacrifice is necessary.’’
“The West Coast Sailor, official lo
cal bulletin' of the striking sailors’
union, told Bridges to "keep his hands
and his nose out of the sailors’ busi
ness.” .. v. i
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