HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR
FRANCE READY TO RESTORE GERIMN COLONY
CHIANG RETURNS TO
NANKING TO ASSUME
HIS RULE OF CHINA
Meanwhile, His Captor Is
His Prisoner and Begs
Mercy of Powerful
Dictator
CHIANG’S WIFE IS
GIVEN THE CREDIT
American-Eoticated Woman
Effected Husband’s Re
lease from Mutinous War
lord in Sianfu Province;
Tumultuous Welcome Is
Accorded
Nanking, China, Dec. 26 (AP) —Re-
bellions Marshal Chang Huseuh-
Liang, asserting his willingness to
•suffer death,’ ’threw himself tonight
on the mercy of his former captive
at Sianfu. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-
Shek.
The leader of the military mutiny
Jhat caused a grave governmental
crisis made known his intention in a
letter addressed to the premier short
ly after his arrival in the capital.
Chang, it was disclosed, is being
held under guard at the residence of *
Dr. T. V. Soong, the generalissimo’s
brother-in-law, who brought the mu
tineer from Sianfu by plane this aft
ernoon.
General Chiang, meanwhile, return
ed triumphantly to Nanking to as
sume control of the Nationalist gov
ernment after spending two weeks as
Chiang’s prisoner in the interior pro
vince.
Credit fop the dramatic solution to
the grim thread of civif war was uni
versally accorded to Kai-Shek’s Ame
rican-educated wife, who stood proud
ly at his side as he took the tumult
ous .-alute of the thousands who
lushed to hail their leader’s freedom.
Girl Saves
Manlnjurea
In Airplane
St. Louis, Mo., De. 26. —(AP) —
Tragedy was matched by the heroism
of an attractive young swimmer as
a low-flying biplane struck a tree and
plunged into the Merametfc river at
Sylvan Beach late Christmas day,
killing McCoy Sanders, 28-year-old
passenger.
The pilot, A1 Constance, who suf
fered serious injuries, was pulled from
the half-submerged wreckage by pret
ty .Viiss Odessa Lafevre, 23-eyar-old
beauty parolr operator, in a brave re
scue effort after jumping off the
horse she was riding along the river
shore.
Miss Lafevre was riding with her
father, J. J. Lafevre, when the pri
vately-owned plane swooped down a
short distance from them, narrowly
missed the steel girders of the bridge
and rammed into a large elm tree
near the water’s edge. Bundled in rid
ing clothes, Miss Lefevre kicked off
one boot on the run, then plunged in-
Continued on Page Two.)
Brisbane Is
Honored By
The Nation
F rom All Sections
Come Messages On
Death of Highest
Paid Journalist
New York, Dec. 26 (AP)—Tribute
earne from all parts of the nation to
day for Arthur Brisbane, editor and
columnist, whose death at 72 took
from American journalism one of i s
test known figures. - .
The noted writer, in failing health
for several months, died in his sleep
>n his apartment yesterday as news
paper presses rolled out his last col
umn, a Christmas message he had
dictated only a few hours before.
Brisbane suffered a heart attack
Thursday afternoon, but insisted on
dictating his column. ,
His passing closed the amazingly
successful career he began 53 years
(Continued on Page Three.).
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Pope Looks
ForwardTo
Eastertide
Vatican City, Dec. 26 (AP) —With
indomitable fortitude, Pope Pius XI
set himself the goal today of standing
before Easter throngs on the balcony
of St. Peters.
The pontiff parsed a restless night
and woke early to listen to mass said
in the study adjoining his bedroom.
He spent the rest of the morning
napping and had only one visitor.
Today apparently he began a second
stage in the illness which forced him
to bed partly paralyzed in both legs
and suffering a complication of old
age infirmities just three weeks ago.
WASHItWFEARS
INAUGURAL FREEZE
Roosevelt Didn’t Want Big
Display, But Capital
Demanded It
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Dec. 26 —Preparations
for 1937’s presidential .inaugural pa
rade are better, perhaps, than half
hearted, but they are not 100 per cent
enthusiastic. .4' m
Folk are not overly optimistic as to
the weather.
The prospect of this possible after
math does not worry the capital’s ho
tel and restaurant managers, tourist
entertainers and otiher businessmen
and women who depend on a grand
pageant for a handsome financial
cleanup; they will have scooped in
their returns before the visitors be
gin to succumb to their hardships,
back home again.
The only question is:
Washington has not exactly a se
vere climate. Noses and ears do not
literally freeze and rub off, as in the
Twin Cities and thereabouts. Never-
Continued on Page Two.)
GOMEZ WAS OUSED
BY MENOCAL GROUP
L
Party With Largest Voting Strength
Claims Credit for Overturn
of Cuban President
Havana, Dec. 26.—(AP)—The pow
erful Menocalista party came for
ward today to assume responsibility
for the ousting of President Miguel
Gomez.
Senator Sanitago Santiago Verdeja,
president of the party, which has
more votes than any other in the
Cuban Congress, &id tremendous
strength in the rural areas, pledged
it to support President Frederico Bru,
Gomez’ successor.
The senator charged the expelled
executive incurred the Menocalistas’
disfavor because of a six months re
gime of inactivity which started with
“fecund promises and ended in sterlie
inertia.”
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OP NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON. DECEMBER 26, 1936
Larger Appropriations
For The Next Biennium
Asked By Budget Board
Some $5,000,000 More for State Institutions and De
partments, Including Sch ools, to be Recommended
to General Assembly; Governor Approves Requests
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
llv ,1 C UASKERVILI.
Raleigh, Dec. 26—The report the
Advisory Budget Commission, now
being printed and which is expected to
be read for submission to the mem
bers of the 1937 General Assembly
•when it convenes here January 5,
will recommend a substantial increase
in the appropriations for all the State
departments and institutions for each
year of the new biennium beginning
July 1, 1937, it was learned from an
authoritative source today. The ex
tent of the increase could not be
learned however.
It is understood that the members
Hew Long New Prosperity
Will Last Depends Upon
Applying Christ Spirit
Babson Says Babies and Their Propel Rearing Is Na
tion’s Greatest Job; Relations in Industry Must
Also Be on Equitable Basis, Economist Says
BY ROGER W. BABSON,
Copyright 1936, Publishers
Financial Bureau, Inc.
Babson Park, Mass., Dec. 26. —“Is
the present return of prosperity to
continue some years or is it merely a
flash in the pan?” With business at
normal, this is a question which I am
constantly being asked. Those who
think only of the vast numbers now
employed believe permanent improve
ment is here. On the other hand, those
who think of the millions unemploy
ed, believe the present spurt is only
temporary. I have waited for my an
nual Christmas message to answer
this important question.
What Is Prosperity?
Let us look at “prosperity” through
WEARY SEARCHERS^
More Snow Hampers Hunt
for Machine Long Lost
In Utah Wilds
Spokane, Wash., Dec. 26 (AP) —
I Weary searchers depended upon a
quick dash to lead them today to the
snow-covered wreckage of an air
plane missing since a week ago yes
terday in north Idaho with two pilots
aboard.
In Utah, however, a fresh fall of
snow during the night added to the
possibility another vanished air liner,
carrying seven persons, may not be
found until spring.
The Western Air Express plane dis
appeared December 15.
At daybreak today the Idaho
ground searchers, led by Fred Cun
ningham, of Kellogg, Idaho, planned
to make a final dash over three-foot
deep snow to a point on Early Creek
ridge, three miles away in St. Joe
National Forest.
Car Owners
Warned To
Get Plates
Dnilv Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, Dec. 26.—Although auto
mobile owners are buying their licen
ses more rapidly this year than last,
those who have not yet purchased
their new 1937 license plates should
do so at once in order to avoid pos
sible delay and embarrassment later,
Director R. R- McLaughlan, of the
Motor Vehicle Bureau of the Depart
ment of Revenue, said today. While
approximately 100,000 new license
plates have been sold to date, as com
pared with only a little more than 50,-
(Continued on Page T\yo).
of the Advisory Budget Commission,
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, who is
director of the budget, and Frank
Dunlap, assistant director of the bud
get, completed their work on the re
port and on the model revenue and
appropriation bills, the first part of
this week and sent it to the printers.
It is also understood that Governor
Ehringhaus went over every word of
the report and the bills personally and
also that he wrote a good deal of the
report.
Since all the members of the Ad
visory Budget Commission are pledg-
IContinued on Page Three.)
a magnifying glass and see just what
it is. It surely does not depend mere
ly on the amount of goods produced.
We certainly must consider whether
those goods make a better and heal
their nation or whether they under
mine our religion and health. Nor
does it do much good to employ men
to shovel sand from one pile, to an
other. Hence, when considering pros
perity, we must consider what people
are doing. Those employed in build
ing useful products are bringing about
real prosperity, but those engaged in
making whiskey are merely giving us
a “shot in the arm.” Now, what de
termines the line of work in which a
(Continued on Page Three.)
CHRISTMAS DEATHS'
ARE LISTED AT 354
Traditional Use of Fire-
Crackers In South Adds
to Grim Toll
Chicago, Dec. 26. —(AP) —Viol-
ent deaths by the hundreds turn
ed Christmas gaiety to sorrow in
virtually all sections of the na
tion.
Traffic accidents were respon
sible for a huge share of at least
354 deaths on Christmas eve and
Christmas day.
More than two-score persons
died by fire, drowning, falls, gun
shots, stabbing, airplane and train
accidents, or by other violent
means.
The traditional use of fire
crackers at Christmastime in the
South brought death to a child in
Florida and at least two persons
in North Carolina.
At least 15 persons were drown
ed when an excursion launch cap
sized in the Kingston, Jamaica,
river.
FORMER PRESIDENT
.. OF SPAIN DEFIANT
Charges His Two Sons Were Trapped
by Socialists Into Fighting
In Their Army
Paris, Dec. 26.— (AP) Alcala
Zamora, former President of Spain,
charged the Spanish Socialist govern
ment today with “trapping” his two
sons in the fight against Fascist in
surgents.
In an open letter, Zamora assertea
his sons, Louis, 24, and Hosea, 23, had
gone tc Earcelona to enlist in govern
ment militia after obtaining false
passports from Spanish officials in
Paris.
He declared they were drawn to
Spain by offers of money and believ
ed they were to form a university or
ganization.
He said his sons were stopped by
French border police at his request,
but later were allowed to proceed
after representations by Spanish of
ficials in France,
WHITE HOUSE HAS TREE, TOO
The Christmas tree in the East Room
As in the past, the White House has a huge Christmas tree this year.
And, as usual, it is in the East Room.
—Central Pream
TROUBLED EUROPE
OF ADOLF HITLER
What German Dictator Will
Do In Aiding Spanish
Fascists Remains
Question Mark
BRITAIN DISTURBED
OVER THE OUTCOME
French Cabinet Members
Curtail Christmas Holidays
To Be Available for Any
Emergency; Meanwhile,
Hitler Ponders Course He
Will Take
(By The Associated Press.)
A troubled Europe halted uncer
tainly at a familiar cross-road today,
waiting tensely for Chancellor Hitler
of Germany to make a decision on
aid to Spanish insurgents, which may
lead to a new alignment of powers,
and peace or general war.
London —Great Britain, obviously
disturbed, hoped Reichfue'nrer Hitler
would make a decisive gesture for
peace, and dispel war clouds over
hanging Europe.
Paris—French cabinet members
curtailed Christmas holidays and kept
close contact with the capital in fear
of a new “week-end coup” by Adolf
Continued on Page Two.)
Legislators Will
Attend Inaugural
Washington, Dec. 26. —(AP)
Arrangements have been made by
Representative Li ml say Warren,
of Washington, N. C., for the en
tire membership of the North
Carolina General Assembly to at
tend the inauguration of Presi
dent Roosevelt in a body.
There will be 120 members of
the State House of Representa
tives and 50 members of the
Nprth Carolina Senate in attend
ance. In addition, Clyde R. Hoey,
who becomes governor of the
State January 7, is expected to
attend.
OUR WEATHER MAN
Partly cloudy tonight and Sun
day; slightly warmer tonight.
WEEKLY WEATHER.
Precipitation Monday and again
about Wednesday; mild at begin
ning of week; somewhat colder
Tuesday; much colder toward end
of week.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUND AY.
Cuban President
%
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i I
Federico Laredo Bru
Federico Laredo Bru, above vice
president of Cuba, has ascended to the
presidency, succeeding Miguel Go
mez after the latter was ousted in the
squabble over his veto of the army
sponsored sugar tax bill.
26 Persons
Lose Lives
On Steamer
Explosion and Fire
Wreck Italian Ves
sel at Dock in Eri
trea, Anuca
Rome, Dec. 26 (AD —Twei y
six persons were killed and JOO
injured December 23, an official
communique said today, in xn ex
plosion aboard the steamship
Desare Battisti in the ha/oor of
Massaua, Italian Eritrc.., on the
east coast of Africa.
A fire resulting from the explosion
spread rapidly over the vater
and the port, destroying several build
ings, including the offices ol the port
authority.
Twenty of those injured were re
ported seriously hurt.
“A boiler exploded in the steamer
Desare Battisti about 10 a. m. De
cember 23 in the port of Massaua,”
an official communique said.
“The explosion tore the vessel open
amidship and the ship " ink near the
dock. Twenty-six persons were killed
and 100 injured, of whom 20 are in
a serious condition..
“Identification of the victims was
delayed because all documents aboard
the steamer were destroyed.”
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TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
PLEDGE OF HITLER
10 END EUROPEAN
FEARS IS DEMAND
German Dictator Must
Agree To Cooperate In
Disarmament if Lands
Are Returned
PLAN MIGHT SOLVE
CRISIS IN EUROPE
Nazi Aid to Fascist Spanish
Rebels Not For Glory But
As Wedge To Prize Out.
Much Needed Raw Mate
rial Sources Essential To
German Nation
Paris. Dec. 26. -lAP) —France is
willin ' to give Germany back her for
mer colonic in -■.•turn for a “full and
lasting 'c t” of European wor
ries as to tliP third Reich’s future
path, foreign officials said today.
Such a settlement must include
Adolfh Hitor’s proir’se to participate
in controlled disarm ment, as well as
his stoppage of volunteer German en
listments in Spain, they said.
Hit.er mu ,t also renounce territor
ial claims ir> Europe and agree to re
turn to economic collaboration with
the world, it was stated.
On the otb r hand, the officials said,
if Hitler desires the colonies only to
make Germany stronger in a warlike
way, “he will have to take them from
France by force.”
The colonies now under French
mandate from the League of Nations,
which would be consigned in such a
deni, are Togolanr* in the Kameron.
Togo is rich in a w materials Ger
many needs and Cameron produces,
timber, hides and ivory, and is espe
cially suitable for raising of live
stock.
COLONIAL CONCESSIONS
MAY SOLYF NEW CRISIS
Berlin, Dec. 26.—<AP) Colonial
concessions to Germany may solve the
international crisis centering on Nazi
aid to Fascist Spain, well informed
sources said today. These persons dis
closed the week’s grave conference
in Paris between French Foreign Min
ister Delbos and German Ambassador
Count von Welczek had involved not
only the sending of German soldiers*
to Spain, but Germany’s urgent need
for raw materials, as well.
Delbos reportedly dropped the hint
France was not blind to the theory
that Spanish iron, copper, lead and
mangaense, rather than the pursuit
(Continued on Page Two)
PSYCHIATRIST HALTS
RIOT WITH PATIENTS
Women at Bellevue Hospital Quieted
By Telling of Stories About
Chr s imas
New York, Dec. 26—(AP)—Christ
mas stories told by a psychiatrist
quieted a tempestiuus ward of Bel
levue hospital last night after a two
hour riot by 40 women patients.
A favorite of the patients, Dr. Karl
Bowman, director of psychiatrist ser
vice at Bellevue, brought order to the
.ard when he was called from his
home at the height of the disturbance
He persuach d ihe women, many less
than 21 ye irs old, to sit down and talk
things over. One of the patients asked
for a Chriotmae story. He told one.
That called for another, and presently
the ward was back to normal.
Socialists
Clash With
Rebel Foes
Spanish War Minist
er Tells Govern
ment Tr. ops They
Are Near Big Push
Madrid, Dec. 26. —(AP) —Socialist
troops, continuing their drb ■; to stem
an in. urge advance on Madrid from
the northv sst. clashed today with
Fascist attackers in the Boadilla del
Monte pector.
The v/ar ministiy asserted the
enemy was slowly retf ing along the
fortified ’ ue three miLs west of the
capital’s boundary line.
A proclamation addressed to So
cialist militiame:- bom General Jose
Mil. j, he * J of the emergency defense
council, said in part:
“It is sure that if today you can
continue your indomitable resistance
xxx later you will be capable of
transforming heroic resistance in a
crushing advance.”