HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR JAP REPLY TO U. S. NOTE UNSATISFACTORY Where 7 Crippled Children Died i :0m& ■ • ' ' inis car Decame a coffin for seven helpless, crippled children in Wilkes- Barre, Pa. William H. Mclntosh, employe of the Crippled Children’s Association of Wilkes-Barre, had picked the children up and was takintr them to the Kirby Health Center for treatment. While drivTne bv thf colliery of the Glen Alden Coal Co., the car was hurled into the water filled hole as the road collapsed. (Central Preee) State Crop Team Wins First Place Raleigh, Nov. 22.—(AP)—N. C. State College officials said today that the institution’s crop judging team had been awarded first place at the midwest intercollegiate crops contest at Kansas City. Dr. J. B. Cotner, professor of farm crops and the team’s coach, telephoned that Harold Robinson, of Mitchell county, made a perfect identification score, and Fred Webb, Jr., of Edgecombe, was sec ond in total invidual score. The team competes this week end at the international collegiate crops contest at Chicago. Strikes Again Bring Menace To The French Paris, Nov. 22. —(AP) Premier Daladier today took firm action to break the wave of stay-in strikes which spread in the defence indus tries on the eve of British Prime Minister Chamberlain’s visit. As labor opposition to the govern ment’s financial decree laws mount ed, the premier’s office published the following note: “M. Daladier has addressed precise instructions to prefects of all depart ments to put an end immediately to occupations of factories which have taken place.” Mounting labor and political con flicts brought a sudden fall in the franc,, adding to the government’s worries. The franc was quoted at 38.25 to the dollar, and 178.70 to the (Continued on Page Three.) New Election Rows Argued Before Board Raleigh, Nov. 22 —(AP) —The State Elections Board heard oral argu ments today on protests of absentee votes in Alexander and Tyrrell coun tjes in the November 8 general elec tion, and had several more hearings s, t for this afternoon. Notice of appeals from findings of county boards had come in from Clay, Cherokee, Graham and Ashe counties. More than 50 persons, including Rep tContinued on Page Four.) DHVS MM *thristmos Urttfrcrsmt _J™^AsK,5 T S rc E RVTCE s OP Tragedy In West Indies Avalanches Scores Buried as Mountainside Is Up rooted by Quake and Recent Heavy Rains Castries, St. Lucia, British Wes' Indies, Nov. 22.—(AP) —A series of rain-loosened avalanches today spread death and destruction in the interior of this island of the Windward group. A mountainside eight miles lone last night buried two hamlets and a number of inhabitants estimated to run into the hundreds. Rescue workers laboring all night recovered 45 dead and 60 injured, but this morning a new avalanche buried (Continued on Page Three.) HoeyYellsWhat Welfare Program Really Embraces Snow Hill, Nov. 22. —(AF)—Gover- nor Hoey said here today that a pro per program for public welfare in cludes provision to reclaim the dere licts. restore prisoners to good citizen ship, helß the under-privileged and raise the general standard of living. The chief executive spoke at a dis trict welfare conference. ‘‘Public welfare.” said Hoey. “sug gests) to- the community ideals as distinguished tram merely private concern for the good of the members of the individual household. Enlight ened thought; td()ay vifeualizes the necessity of taking into account the interests of all the people as the .safest end surest guaranty of the security and well being of even a part of the community.” AAA Officials Turn On Heat For 1939 Control College Station, Raleigh, Nov. 22- Seeking to better acquaint cotton and tobacco farmers with the 1939 AAA program, a series of addresses by of ficials of the U. S. Department of Ag riculture will begin Friday at Winston Salem when J. B. Hutson of Wash ington, 'assistant administrator ot the AAA, speaks in Reynolds Audi torium at 2 p. m. " The • educational campaign before mass meetings of farmers will be cli maxed on December 1 when Henry A. Wallace, secretary of agriculture, wu. speak in the Raleigh Memorial Audi torium at 11 a. m. Following the Winston-balem ad dress, Hutson will speak Saturday at 2 p. m. in the court house at Shelby On Tuesday, Nov. 29, the assistant AAA administrator will explain the prograin to a meeting of farmers in the high school auditorium at Lumber ton. This meeting will also start at 2 p. m. The series of speeches in this state by Hutson will be concluded on .ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED Hitler Sees No Division With France Statement to Paris Envoy Hailed as Re nunciation Anew of Any Desire for Return of A1 sace - Lorraine; Ribbentrop To Visit Paris Soon r»—M""rradon, Germany.. Nov. 22. —(AP)—Reichfuchrer HiU"r declare' 1 today that Germany and France were “no longer divided by the se r ious bol der conflicts which burdened their >asts” os he received the credentials f France’s new ambassador Robert Vudondre. The envoy, formerly am bassador to Moscow, said the two '•ountrios often had met on the bat tlefield in the past, but had learned to esteem each other and that their struggles had been futile. , The fuehrer, in reply, expressed the conviction that Germany -and France had every reason to esteem each other, tc live on good neighborly terms, to complement each other in the economic and cultural demains ind collaborate with each other in all iincerity.” HITLER’S STATEMENT IS WELCOMED BY FRENCHMEN Paris, Nov. 22.—(AF)—Adolf Hit cr’s statement at Berchesgaden today hat France and Germany “no longer ere divided” by serious border con victs was hailed in Paris as a re cvowal of the fuehrer’s previous as surances that the Reich no longer lays claim to Alsace-Lorraine. Such promises concerning the pro vinces, which passed from Germany /o France after the World War, were made by Hitler in speeches during the September crisis. Emphasis of that attitude was ex pected to form an essential part of the renunciation-of-war accord, which (Continued on Page Three.) Stock Yards Tied Up By Great Strike Chicago, Nov. 22. —(AP) —'Striking stock handlers watched white collared commission men take over their jobs today in the sprawling Chicago stock yards. The CIO handlers’ strike not only halted trading in livestock but also posed the problem of caring for more than 50,000 head of cattle, sheep and hogs in the pens. Commission men, ordinarily engaged in buying and selling, undertook to feed, water and drive the stranded livestock to the packing houses.* Under an agreement between the packing house workers’ union and the Chicago livestock exchange, all ani mals must be cleared from pens by 5 p. m. today. The exchange said it would accept no additional shipments until the dispute is settled. Middle West livestock shippers were notified yesterday to halt ship ments, but an estimated 25,000 head of livestock were already enroute to the yards. After today, shippers will send livestock at their own risk, the exchange said. Wednesday, November 30, with an ad dress in the auditorium of Eastern Carolina Teachers College at Greens ville, N. C., ait 2 p. m. “These mass meetings are designed to fully inform the growers on all phases of the AAA program, includ ing the cotton and tobacco referenda on marketing quotas, scheduled De cember 10,” said E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer at State College. “We intend to eliminate confusion and criticism surrounding the control program, which to a large extent wag caused this year by lack of informa tion and by misinformation. If every grower will plan to attend one or more of these mass meetings, there will be no reason for him not know ing exactly what the program will do for him,” Floyd declared. All farmers who produced flue cured tobacco, and all growers of cot ton with a staple of less than 1 1-2 inches will be eligible to vote in the marketing quota referenda December 10. _ HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 22,1938 '*ain whether the girl jumped or fell from the window. Defense In Newton Case Now Closed Newton, Nov. 22—(AP)—The de fense rested shortly before noon to day in the trial of three men and a woman charged with first degree mur der in the slaying of R. O. Hawn, automobile salesman and former con stable, in February, 1936. Arguments began immediately. With numerous attorneys to speak, indications were the jury would not get the case before late in the day or early tomorrow. Final witnesses in cluded C- Mullins, Sarah Coleman, Os car Adkins, of the State parole office, and others. Mullins, whose brother, Jack, owns o resort near Lake Hickory, told the jury Sam Bost and Mary Boyd, both of Hickory, went to his brother's nlace the night of February 17 —be- lieved the night Hawn was killed — and remained there from about 10:30 p. m. until around 2:30 a. m. the fol lowing morning. Adkins quoted Mose Brown, of Burke county, one de fendant, as saying he did not see Hawn at the rock house the night of February 17, but that Brown was away part of the night. The State contends that Hawn was (Continued on Page Three ) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS CORY Violation Os U. S. Rights Was Claimed Tokyo’s Answer Not Responsive at All to American Protests; Ickes and Others Call ed Communist Sympa* thizers by Witness at Senate Probe Washington, Nov. 22.—(AP)—Secre tary Hull declared today Japan’s re ply to his note of October 6 was un satisfactory. Hull’s note had asserted that Japan ' was violating Ameiiean rights in China in an extensive series of mono polies, trade restrictions, currency changes and tariff alterations. The secretary of state said the Ja panese reply, received this week, was not responsive to the position of this government, as set forth in his note of October 6, and to the general po sition which this country has taken throughout its history with regard to American rights and interests, not only in relations with China but also in relations with all countries. Hull added he preferred not to com ment further until the State Depart ment should have had more time to study the substance and implications of the Japanese note. Other developments: ~ Alice Lee Jemison, a Sdfieca In dian, told House investigators that Secretary Ickes, Indian Commissioner John Collier and several officials of the Indian bureau Were members of the Civil Liberties Union or had ex pressed a belief in its principles. Chairman Dies, Democrat, Texas, of the committee investigating un- American activities, said numerous witnesses had described the union asi a communist “front” organization. :* Miss Jemison, who said she was (Continued on Page Three.) Democrats End Meeting j In New York I New York, Nov. 22. —(AP) —A con ference of eastern and southern Demo cratic committeemen, which inquired into the reasons for the party’s losses in the November 8 elections, was con cluded today, and National Chairman James A. Farley completed plans for similar talks with Western leaders lh Chicago next Tuesday and Wednes day. The discussions, he has said, were aimed in part to “clear up any mis understandings within the party that may exist” —an apparent reference to dissension that accompanied- Presi dent Roosevelt’s “purge” campaign in the Democratic primaries. Summing up the conference, Law rence W. Robert, secretary of the national committee, remarked smil ingly: ‘‘We wanted to fjnd out where thoS9 bricks were thrown from.” Another subject of discussion was the recently launched campaign of Mayor LaGuardia of New York to unite “the progressive forces” of the country. Chinese Are Turning On Jap Invaders Cbiang’s Army Back Within Three Miles of Canton Recently Captured by Enemy Shanghai, Nov. 22.—-(AP) —Chinese* reported today the vanguard of Gen eral Chiang Kai-Shek’s south China army hau advarced to within three miles of Canton, captured by the Ja panese a month ago. No details were given, nor were the reports confirm ed from other sources. The Chinese have stated frequently during the last week that their forces were mak ing a successful counter attack In south China, but the Japanese have insisted there was no fighting except by guerilla bands. The Chinese also reported successes in central China, where they sAid (Continued on Page Three.)