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HENDERSON’S POPULATION | 13,873 twenty-fifth year ROPER RESKIS AS COMMERCE SECRETARY U. S. Proposes Pact For Combining All American Treaties Mex Stormy Petrel fl®*** IlliWiWK Hr iK - <-~s|Bj ' MF N ip .Jip? New political storm is believed brewing in Mexico as result of mani festo published recently by General Manuel Perez Trevino (above), said to be a disciple of former Pres ident Plutarco Calles. Trevino is violently opposed to the Cardenas government. 16 Americans Moved From Inner China Shanghai Dec. 15. — (AP V—Thirty five foreigners. including sixteen Americans, arrived at Shanghai to :iv on the Japanese transport after months of isolation at the former h• Ith resort of Ruling, in central China. The foreigners, some of whom had been stranded at Ruling more ' r. i year, had boarded the trans ’ ; at Riukiang, Yangtze river port low Hankow, after special arrange ments had been made for their trip ‘■'.rough the hilly no-man’s-land to the river. One hundred and . c |xty-five ‘fo.r remained at Ruling. Those ar :;v;n.: here said the voyage down the Y- ,'tze was just like peace time, _ood food and comfortable cabins They reported those still at Ruling i i plenty of supplies for the winter. Chinese guerrillas were said still * ■ moving freely about the Rushan maintains, but not bothering the re fugees. !: eluded among those arriving here Laura Clark, Scotland Neck, N. C. \ ance Road Funds Are Allocated By Coan For $14,106 Raleigh, Dee. 15.—(AP)—George \V. Coan, Jr., State WPA admin istrator, announced today the al location of $427,150.92 for 15 pro jects to employ 1,057 persons. included in the group were: Vance county, $14,106.42, and Warren county, $29,744, both for ri pairing and improving roads not in federal aid highway sys tems. $lO Millions Spent By Passing Autos In State Daily Dispatch Bureau, In The Sir Walter HoteL J lcigh, Dec. 15. During - the fis ye nr ended .June SO, 955,205 out -1 ; d.i passenger cars, carrying 3,- ' 10 persons, crossed North Car olir. i for 151,23?,780 car-miles with a <h h expenditure of $9,961,248 in Mu -it, according to the summary of 1 t'otitai survey of the State’s cross traffic made by James S. Burch "■d B. B. Petroff, of the division of s,; dist.ics and planning, N. C. State I’Vhway and Pubflic Works Com- Mission. Also during the year 142,715 out ' f irucks crossed the State for -'•i -129,340 tnick-miles, with a prob ;,, l cash expenditure of $696 960. 'h' probable total expenditure in •yirth Carolina by out-of-state ve ! 'l< moving through the State is !m .658,208, find these vehicles con ’ I 'it*. $701,410 j n gasoline taxes to highway fund, the survey re- Hrrtilprsmt Dailit Oistmtrh adadfafaƒ service op ASSOCIATED PRESS. No Fundamental Changes Made In Ex isting Agreements Ex cept as to Arbitration; Argentine and Brazil at Loggerheads On Non-Aggression Pact Lima, Peru, Dec. 15.—(AP)— I The United States laid before the Pan- American Conference today a project for unifying all existing Pan-Ameri can pence, conciliation and arbitration agreements into one fundamental constitution of pe">.ce for the W33:- Hemisphere. The proposal formed a 12-mga document containing 23 exhaustive articles. It does not carry existing agreements any further, and makes no fundamental changes except in re gard to arbitration. This followed disclosure by Argentine delegation leaders that Argentine had taken a dominant position in negotiations over a plan for continental solidar ity and that the United Stite-s had abandoned all hope for a pact against outside aggression in favor of a mere declaration of policy. Talks on the continental defense issue among delegates have shown that Bra il and Argentine were in opposite camps, with Brazil general ly supporting the United States view point, favoring a treaty or conven tion. In the face of Argentine opposition to flat commitments, the Brazilian de’egation has made it clear that it would continue to favor a treaty pro viding for a continental defense or ganization based on the principle of the equality of all American states. RESETTLEMENT BODY TO CONDEMN LANDS Wilson, Dec. 15.—(AP)—Upward of 130 persons were defendants today in condemnation proceedings brought by the Federal government to acquire some 710 acres of lands to add to its Roanoke Farms resettlement project. Pennsylvania Fraud Cases Before Jury Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 15. —(AP) — Seven specific charges against Demo cratic officials of the State govern ment were placed before the grand jury today for investigation. Judge Paul Schaeffer listed among the charges: Macing of state employees for po litical campaign funds; compelling architects on state building projects to “kick back” otre-third of their fees; purchasing trucks at a figure above the fair marketing value, and turn ing the difference over to the Demo cratic State Committee; sale of leg islation and irregularities in the con struction of State buildings and other charges pertaining to manipu lation of State contracts. He told the jurors, 13 Republicans and eleven Democrats, “the proper administration of justice and the pro per conduct of your state gov3rn ment are all involved” in the investi gation of charges fired seven months ago in the Pennsylvania Democratic campaign. P “It should be pointed out that these figures and totals represent only the trans-state or interstate movement of out-of-state vehicles, and do not in clude expenditures rrtade by out-of state visitors remaining in the state for an appreciable length of time, such as for visits or business trips. These data are not yet available , the survey said. The Burch-Fetroff survey is the first of its kind in North Carolina and gives the first completely fac tual estimate of tourist traffic, based on absolutely accurate figures as a ba8 Going one step further than the survey and estimating .that eacn visitor remains in the ataut six days, the survey confirms pre vious estimates that the tourist traf sic was worth $60,000,000 to (Continued on Page Two.) HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 15, 1938 ' *' * asm 11 imBOmfBR I li—iMH Captain Anthony Eden, former British foreign minister, and member of tary of Commerce Roper, Secretary of War Woodring, Harold Brayman, the United States Cabinet met in Washington as guesis at a National Press president of the Press Club: Oa.pt. Eden, Attorney General Cummings, Postma Club luncheon. Eden later visited President Roosevelt. Left to right. Secre sicr General Farley and Secretary of Commerce Ickes. Admits Price Fixing Hr Jr ' / M W \ IhH ■ : HJf F. G. Smith, president of the Hart ford-Empire Company, of Hartford, Conn., is pictured before the Senate Finance sub-committee, in Wash ington. He said his concern has a “monopoly" on machinery which produced 67.4 percent of glass con tainers made in this country last year, and largely stabilizes prices through licensing arrangements. France Will Fight, Italy Is Informed Daladier Accompanies Huge Arms Budget to Parliament With Warning to II Duce and Hitler Paris, Dec. 15—(AP) —Premier Dala dier’s national defense cabinet, warn ing Italy and Germany that France would fight to protect her empire presented to Parliament today the rreatest arms budget since the World War. Debate on the subject, scheduled to begin immediately, was expected to provide Daladier’s opposition with a new opportunity to attack his policies, and to open the way for a new test of his strength in Parliament. The portion of the budget earmark (Continued on Page Four.) ADS Eden Meets Cabinet Members At Press Club Luncheon Money Resources Os Britain Curb Germany, Premier Says Nazi Statesmen Re flect on England's Fi nancial Power When They Think of War, Chamberlain Says; Distinguishes Between German People London, Dec. 15. (AP) —Prime Minister Chamberlain, in a new out spoken reference to Germany told a luncheon audience today that Britain’s financial power was a curb on Nazi statesmen when they thought of war. The prime minister said: “We may take it that when German statesmen —I will not say the German people—reflect on the possible conse quences of a conflict, if ever a con flict should arise between our two countries, they think not only of our armaments, but of our great financial resources, which in a war of long duration might well prove to be a de ciding factor. “It is this sense which is always with us, and which I am sure is in itself a very great influence in pre serving the peace of the world.” Chamberlain’s brief reference to Germany seemed to indicate a some what stronger line toward the Nazi leadership since the German ambas sador and other Nezi representatives boycotted his Tuesday night speech, in which he rebuked the German press for its attack on Earl Baldwin, (Continued on Page Two.) TRAFFIC IS DELAYED BY SOUTHERN WRECK Raleigh, Dec. 15. —(AP) —Railway officials who declined to be quoted by name reported a slight accident to a through Southern railway freight train near Auburn causing two cars to be derailed. None was hurt, they said, and the main line was cleared in about two hours. Survivors Os Alaska Ship Furnished Aid Seattle, Wash., Dec. 15. —(AP) — Eighteen survivors of the stranded motor ship Patterson, given temporary relief yesterday when food was drop ped to them from the air, waited on the beach at CapeF air Weather, Alaska, today for further rescue at tempts. Two of their comrades perish ed when the ship went aground early Monday morning. Rescue resources of the far north, used many times to aid those in dis tress, will be utilized to the fullest ex tent in an effort to reach the men. Two experienced guides will be flown from Juneau to Lituya Bay to attempt to reach the sailors. The guides hope to lead the party back to Lituya, a distance of 30 miles. A plane can land in the bay but not on the beach. Coast guardsmen in a cutter standing by the wreckage watched the barometer hoping that the weath er would moderate and that raging seas which have prevented them from going ashore, would Subside. Italian Veterans Quit French Body Rome, Dec. 15.—(AP) —Achille Starace, secretary general of the fascist party, ordered fascists today to resign from an association com posed of Freneh and Italian war veterans, as wfcllas from t*e Italy- France parliamentary group. The order was linked with the current Italian clamor for territory or greater privileges in French pos sessions in Africa and the Mediter ranean. The newspaper II Piccolo said that by forgetting sentimental re lations with French veterans, based on their service as allies in the World War, Italians could better keep their eyes open to tue “plain truth” of Premier Mussolini’s ex pansion program. Third Term Talk Enrages New Dealers By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Dec. 15. —Had Presi dent Roosevelt known in advance that Senator Joseph F. Guffey was about to inflate a third term boom for him, it is no secret in Washington that the White House tenant would have hushed the Pennsyl vanian for all he was worth. It is per fectly obvious that presidential strategy is to keep folk guess ing for some time to come on the third term issue. It it be- Guffey comes apparent that “F. D.” is third termishly receptive a terrific row over the question is certain to start with in the Democratic party, not to men tion the equal certainty that the Re publicans will make a lot of capital out of it. If it’s definitely announced that he won’t accept a third nomina tion under any circumstances, he is bound to lose considerable influence (Continued on Page Two.) 14 APPEALS HEARD OVER ASSESSMENTS Raleigh, Dec. 15. —(AP) —The State Board of Assessments heard 14 ap peals today from tax valuations fixed by county and city authorities at va rious places in North Carolina. Ap pealing were Branch Banking and Trust Company of Wilson, in two cases, and others. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair in the interior and unsettled on the coast tonight and Friday; slightly colder in east and central portions tonight. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY German Jews Pay Fourth Os Penalties No Excitement or Dis order Noted; Most Jews Had Already Made Their Payments Berlin, Dec. 15—(AP)— I The first of the four installment days on which German Jews must pay $400,000,000 tribute for the slaying of Ernst Vom Rath, Paris legation secretary, was a drabt matter-of-fact affair entirely lacking in drama. Berlin banks had comparatively lit tle to do with today’s $100,000,000, as the Jews had taken pains to arrange all details so the payment would strike no snags. There were no special (Continued o n Page Four.) Revolt Halted In Ecuador Republic In South America Quito, Ecuador, Dec. 15.—(AP) —Mounted police patrolled Quito today as a tense political situa tion developed after a gun battle last night between police and left ist opponents of President Narveez The president ordered the arrest of a number of leftist legisla tors, dissolved the parliamentary assembly and called new elections. He promised a manifesto would be issued shortly, explaining his actions to the people. The dispute revolved about the assembly’s pro motion of Colonel Laera Alea (who assumed the presidency briefly in 1931 in an army revolt) to be a general. The president de clared the appointment uncon stitutional; the assembly rejected his message 31 to 17. War Vets And Dependents Get $6 Millions In Year Dnllj Dlojntcb Bnrenu. in the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Dec. 15. —Living veterans of four wars, nearly 10,000 of them, received $5,016975 in compensation and pension benefits in North Caro ina during the fiscal year 1938, ac cording to the biennial report of Jack P. Lang, State service officer of the Veteran’s Division, Department of Labor. In addition, dependents of 3,434 de ceased veterans received $1,485,497 in pensions and compensation. The wars in which thess veterans served were the World War, Indian 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Regrets Os FDR Written Cabinet Man White House Says Roper “Wanted To Return to Private Life”; President Lauds Thomas Jeffer son at Ground-Break ing for Memorial Shrine Washington, Dec. 15.—(AP)—Presi dent Roosevelt accepted today the re signation of Secretary of Commerce Daniel Roper, effective December 23. The President said in a letter, made ' V-. wu:*-, • Uniicn hn‘ knew the “impelling personal rea sons”-which prompted Roper to ask' to be relieved of his duties, and “I accept your resignation with very sin cere regrets.” Roper’s resignation was the second 1 among cabinet members within re cent weeks. Attorney General Cum mings has resigned to resume law practice. Rumors of other changes in the cabinet have circulated ever since the November 8 election. The White House announcement said Roper wanted to return to pri vate life to attend to personal affairs. Roosevelt Praises Jefferson. Meantime, Frcsident Roosevelt, speaking at ground-breaking exer cises for a memorial to Thomas Jef ferson, praised Jefferson for “estab lishing the practical operation of the American government as a democracy and not an autocracy.” Mr. Roosevelt said that millions of Americans who visit the capital yearly will have in> days to come a sense of gratitude that an adequate national memorial to Jef ferson at last has been erected.’’ “For more than fifty years.” he said, “Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, has been recognized by our citizens not only for the outstanding part which he took in the drafting of the De claration of Independence itself, not only for his authorship of the Vir ginia statute for religious freedom, but also for the services he rendered in establishing the practical opera tion of the American government as a democracy and not an autocracy.” Ickes Not To Run. Secretary Ickes said he definitely would not be a candidate for mayor of Chicago next year on a liberal Democratic ticket. His decision, he said, had been influenced by the White House. ». . 1 Insurgents Start Drive On Loyalists Hendaye, France, Dec. 15.—(AP) Spanish insurgent forces launched si multaneous attacks today against gov ernment lines in northern and west ern Spain, accompanied by heavy ar tillery bombardment. Artillery batteries in the mountains near two places in western Catalonia began raining shells on government fortifications in the Seo de Ergel sec tor. The area is important as a source of hydro-election power for Barcelona chief city of government Spain and center of its war industries. At the same time, insurgent infan try opened a n offensive in the far western part of Spain near a point about 30 miles west of Pozoblanco. Earlier reports that General Fran co’s offensive had been held up be cause insurgent officers had crossed to government lines with complete plans of the drive caused great excite ment in the border region. Insurgent sources denied the reports, declaring the drive would be launched “on schedule.” Wars, Civil War and Spanish-Amer ican. In addition, dependents of de ceased Mexican war .veterans are still on the rolls, while both living and dependents of deceased veterans of the regular establishment* receiv ed payments. The World War, naturally, showed by far the highest total. In this cate gory there were 6,969 living veterans who drew $3,628 678 of whom 5,663 suffered service-connected disabilities while 1,132 were being paid for non .(Continued on Page Two.)
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