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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 ■ TWENTY-FIFTH year Right Wing Parties Want Daladier To Put Communists Out U.S.-German Relations Nearer End Washington, Dec. 16.—(AP) — Diplomatic tension between the United States and Germany mount o(l today with hints that retaliatory measures might he Invoked if American property rights in the lloich are jeopardized further by anti-dewish and other confisca tory decrees. This possibility came to light as the United States renewed,' its seven-months-old quest for ade quate written assurances from tier ninny that American citizens will not he discriminated against because of their race or creed. The request was so drawn as to cover the rights of both Catholics and Jews. Meantime, Joseph Kennedy, am bassador to London, arrived in the United States to confer with President Roosevelt. He expressed himself in New York yesterday as being “not” particularly optimis tist about the outlook for peace in Europe—but “I don’t think that’s any reason for not trying.” Kennedy left at once for Wash ington to report on the general European situation. All other Am erican envoys to major European countries have talked to the Pres ident in recent weeks. Kennedy has taken an active part in seek ing aid for Jewish refugees from Germany. lUTI.ER TO CONFER WITH HIS AMBASSADOR TO U. S. Berlin, Dec. 16. —(AP) —The latest United States note was handed to Germany today, jurt as Reichfuehrer returned to Berlin from a long ab sence and arranged to receive Hans Dieckhoff. ambassador to Washing ton, for his report on the situation in the United States. Hitler reached Ber lin last night, and was expected to see Dieckhoff soon. “Stateless” Ones In Ukraine Asked To Furnish Names Berlin. Dec. 16.— (AP)—Berlin news papers carried the short announce ment today that all “stateless” Uk raninians were asked to send their names and personal data to the “Uk rainian confidential office,” which takes care of the interests of state less Ukrainians living within Germany The announcement, of possibly por tentious significance, in view of Ger- . man’s growing interest in the Ukraine a Soviet Russian republic, involves those who had declined to become Soviet Russian citizens. Because of Germany’s strict control of aliens, it was taken for granted that the Ukrainian confidential office had government protection Franco May Call Alfonso Back As King Hendaye, France, on the Spanish Frontier, Dec. 16— (AP) —The decision of the Spanish Insurgent General Francisco Franco to restore all civil rights and properties to Former King Alfonso sharply divided insurgent op inion today on the imminence of a re turn to the monarchy. The decree giving Alfonso “all rights that correspond to him as a citizen of Spain,” was read by Franco to the insurgent council of ministers at Burgos, and they adoptted it yes terday. tine group of insurgents at this bor r zone said it was the first step to ward restoring the Bourbon monarchy in Spain, backed by Franco. (Spanish circles in IRome, where Alfonso is liv ing, doubted he would return soon to Spain as a result of the decree.) Another group, however, declared that Franco took only a temporary s *ep to still growing fears among Car hfts, a separate monarchical group an d followers of Alfonso, that the in surgent regime had no inention of Putting a king back on the throne. In an y event, as soon as the decision w as known, widespread credence was Kiven here to reports published from Morocco that Franco had sent a mis- S) on to Rome to discuss the monarchy question with the Infante Don Juan, Alfonso’s youngest son. Alfonso left 'he throne in April, 1931, during a bloodless revolt which brought about 'he Spanish republic (now represent ed by the Barcelona-Valencia gov ernment, against which the Franco in *>urgents are warring). lirniiprsmt Uaflu His watch LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Demand Presented In Chorus from Support ing Newspapers Throughout F ranee; Move Comes in Face o f Premier’s Huge Budget Appeal Paris. Dec. 16.—(AP)—Right wing parties on which Premier Daladier depends for the life of his govern ment issued a united demand through their newspapers today for dissolution of the French communist party. A total of 430 F’aris and provincial papers ranging from mildly conser vative to the extreme right were said to have joined in the “appeal to par liament and the government.” The move came as Daladier was seeking to put France’s 93,885.000,000 franc ($2,441,000,000) budget through the Chamber of Deputies ahead of more controversir.’ i.-sues which might endanger his shaky majority. He suc ceeded last night in getting chairman of Chamber party groups to limit the budget debate to 66 hours, about one hour of discussion for each $37 000,000 of expenditures so the deputies could complete their action December 23. Some of the newspapers demanding the communist dissolution represent ed parties which have long been at each others’ throats. Many of the papers not only represented political parties but were edited and owned by deputies. Highway Will Fight Price For Parkway Raleigh, Dec. 16. —(AP) —Chairman Frank Dunlap said today that the Highway and Public Works Commis sion siad~.de£ided f tJ»c rocom : mendation of an appraisal committee that the Little Switzerland Company should receive $27,111.72 for land con demned for the Blue Ridge Parkway. The commissioners voted unani mously, Dunlap said, to instruct Char les Ross, their general counsel, to file exceptions to the recommendations on the grounds it was too high. The clerk of court who received the report, Dunlap said, is empowered to affirm it, reject it and name new appraisers, or modify it. “If the clerk of court should affirm the award,” said Dunlap, “we will ap peal to the superior court, where the case will be tried as a new one.” Associate Justice Herriot Clarkson, of the Supreme Court, owns a sub stantial amount of stock in the Little Switzerland Company, and appeared as a witness in the committee hear ings. Duke-Carolina Highway. This afternoon the commission was to consider proposals it construct a boulevard highway to connect Duke University and the University of North Carolina. The commission awarded, subject to approval by the Federal Roads Bu reau, contracts to the low bidders for six road projects on which proposals were opened yesterday. A Gates job was held up pending adjustment of location problems. A Jackson county job was withheld until right of way can be secured. All roadway bids for an Onslow job were rejected as being too high, though the low bidder for structures on the project was award ed the work. More Prisoners Escape, With Two Fugitives Taken Raleigh, Dec. 16.—(AP)—The State penal division received word today that three prisoners had escaped from the Catawba county prison camp and that two fugitive escapees had been caught. No details of the Catawfba break were available here. Escapees caught at Fayetteville were Frank Geddy, Alias Gaddy, 22, sentenced in Cumberland county in June, 1935, to five years for breaking and entering, and Charles J. Maye, 19, sentenced in Pitt in March to 18 months for breaking and entering. Both escaped from the Person county camp September 10. ASDS ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINLV. No One Yet Picked For Roper Post Roosevelt Hasn’t Made Up Mind Yet on Any Big Appoint ments, He Says at Press Conference; Huge TV A Deficit Reported to Commit tee Washington, Dec. 16.—(AP)—Presi- dent Roosevelt said today, amid talk that Harry Hopkins might be the new secretary of commerce, that he had not yet *nade up his mind on cabinet replacements. Resignation of Attorney Genera’ Homer Cummings and Secretary of Commerce Daniel. C. Roper have left two Vacancies. Mr. Roosevelt said he could not tell when cabinet appointments or an ap pointment to the Supreme Court might be expected. Also asked at his press conference whether any more resignations in the cabinet were in prospect, Mr. Roose velt said there were none he knew of. Protection to Hopkins. Bombarded with inquiries about the filling of a number of vacancies, the President said he would soo n fill a vacancy on the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation board. He was asxed, too, about reports Governor Frank Mur phy, of Michigan, would received some high government position. The Presi dent responded that there were many such reports. Senator Holt, Democrat, West Vir ginia, said in a statement, meanwhile, if Hopkins, the WPA administrator, were appointed to the cabinet it would not be a promotion but a move to prevent “congressiolnal investigation of his scandalous handling of relief.” Other developments: Huge TVA Deficit. Congressional investigators learned that the TVA lost $310,171 on its pow er operations in the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1938. A preliminary fin ancial statement of the Authority’s en tire operations, submitted to the TVA investigating committee, showed a de ficit of $748,664 in the five years the Authority has been selling electricity. Passenger Fares To Drop. The southeastern railroads presi dents’ conference voted to establish a basic coach fare of one and one-half cents a mile as soon as possible. The present rate is two cents per mile. A spokesman said the lower rate would be put into effect as soon as tariff schedules could be published, prob ably in January. The railroads repre sented by the executives serve the en tire South. Dealings In Stocks Slow New York, Dec. 16.—(AP) —A few aircrafts, coppers and specialties dis played advancing tendencies in today’s stock market, but lack of buying pow er. put many leaders at slightly low er levels. The list wavered at the start and subsequently came back for mod est gains. Recoveries failed to hold in most cases, and near the fourth hour minor declines were well distributed. Dealings were exceptionally slow thro ughout. American Radiator 17 1-2 American Telephone .... 147 3-4 American Thb B 85 7-8 Anaconda 34 7-8 Atlantic Coast Line 26 1-2 Atlantic Refining 23 5-8 Bendix Aviation 25 Bethlehem Steel 74 1-2 Chrysler 82 1-4 Columbia Gas & Elec 6 5-8 Commercial Solvents 9 3-<8 Continental Oil 8 3-4 Curtiss Wright 6 3-4 DuPont 150 1-2 Electric Pow & Light 10 3-8 General Electric 43 1-2 General Motors :.. 50 Liggett & Myers B 99 1-4 Montgomery Ward & Co 51 7-8 Reynolds Tob B . . 43 7-8 Southern Railway 20 Standard Oil N J 51 1-8 U S Steel , 65 1-2 Cotton Prices Are Unchanged New York, Dec. 16. —(AP) —Cotton futures opened unchanged to two points higher, with improved Liver pool cables partly offset by liquida tion. March, shortly after the first half hour, was 8.24, when the list was nine points, net lower to four higher. March at midday was 8.24, and the list was net unchanged to four points higher. WEATHER FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Sat urday; somewhat unsettled near the coast; slightly warmer in the Ulterior Saturday. HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, ITECEMBER 16, 1938 Virginia Crossing Crash Kills Pair Petersburg, Va., Dec. 16.—(AP) —Two persons were killed and two others were seriously injured this morning when a light delivery truck in which they were riding was struck hy a fast Atlantic Coast Line passenger train at a grade crossing in Ettrick. The truck was demolished, killing E. B. Tucker, of Hickory Road, Chesterfield county, its driver, and Roger K. Bowman, of Ettrick. Trade War British Aim On Dictators Will M,eet Menace of German and Italian Barter With Latin - America; Huge Bud get for Purpose Is Re quested of Parliament London, Dec. 16. —(AP) —Great Bri tain laid the groundwork today for % trade war, if necessary, against the totalitarian states. Backed by Prime Minister Cham berTain’s new forceful!, attitude to ward Nazi Germany, the export guar antees bill, seen as a possible aid to British exporters in meeting Ger many’s barter trade system, was given second reading by the House of Com mons. The measure would increase from 50,000,000 pounds to 75,000,000 pounds $352,000,000) the total export guaran tees which the Board of Trade could grant. It also contains a provision whereby material assistance could he sent to China. R. S. Hudsong, secretary of the overseas trade department, describ ed the bill as one of the methods “without precedent in our history” which Great Britain might be requir ed to use in fighting “unfair foreign competition.” Members of Parliament carefully avoided direct reference to Germany, whose political leaders were warned" by ChaJJWwsrtafn yesterday to beware of Britain’s financial power in war. Hudsong linked the export drive with rearmament when .he declared that “in the world of power-politics, undoubtedly the trade of this country to a very large extent is dependent on the question of whether or not the world believes we are in earnest about our schemes of rearmament.” Storm In Bahamas Cause of Warnings Floated on Coast Washington, Dec; 16.—(AP) — The Weather Bureau said today a disturbance over the Bahamas will result soon in strong north east winds along the Middle At lantic coast. It said in an 11 a. m. report: “Northeast storm warnings ord ered from Sandy Hook, N. * J., to Cape Hatteras, N. C. Disturbance over the Bahamas will move northward -or northeastward and cause strong northeast winds along the middle Atlantic coast.” Training For Negroes At Durham Likely flail; Dl«*»atch Bureau. In tl»e Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Dec. 16. —‘Establishment of a. graduate school for Negroes, in which courses in la/w and other pro fessions will he available, as a branch of North Carolina College at Durham, is likely to result from the recent decision of the United States Su preme Court that States may not ex clude Negroes from State colleges unless similar courses are offered in Negro schools elsewhere within the State. Governor Clyde R. Hoey has not commented extensively on the court’s decision, but he looks on the proposal to establish graduate schools at Durham as the most economic so lution of the problem presented by the decision. He recognizes that it is now im possible to keep the question from becoming an issue except by making provision for Negroes to get profes sional courses at Negro schools within North Carolina. Under the federal decision, <. no proposal to pay expenses of Negroes at schools out of the State, nor proposals for sev eral southern states to establish joint schools will answer. As a result, it seems certain that the General Assembly meeting next month will get the problem and that it will solve it by establishment of the graduate school at Durham. The governor points out that there is already an "A” grade recognized college in operation there and that it. would not cost much to increase i ite- facilities by addition of the grad- ARGENTINE SUSPICIOUS OF UNITED STA TES IS BALKING LIMA PARLEY Drug Firm Heads Under Arrest mm ik l < If JMffipl ■; JHp.. - ~ 1 wmßßm ISpH 1 F. Donald Coster (left), president of McKesson & Robbins, drug firm under investigation in New York, and George E. Dietrich (right), the company’s assistant treasurer, are pictured at Fairfield, Ctonn., after arraignment. They are held in connection with an $18,000,000 deficiency. In rear is U. S. Commissioner Samuel Reich. (Central Press) Demand Grows For Election Law Revision Daily Dispatch Bm&tu, In The Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Dec. 16. —(Sentiment for repeal or drastic revision of the ab sentee ballot law is not, as many be lieve, confined almost completely to the East. As a matter of fact, almost any casual survey of the incoming legis lature reveals that revision and re peal sentiment is rampant in East, West and Piedmont; though it is perhaps true that the greatest vol ume of outright repeal sentiment comes from eastern law-makers. Not all the House and Senate members, by any means, are com mitting themselves on the matter, but most of them will express “off the record” and “not for quotation” views when properly approached hy newsmen. From repeated questioning of many members from all sections, your cor respondent regards some action on the absentee question as almost cer tain, with repeal, outright and Abso lute, as only a remote possibility. Revision sentiment is sure to be greatly augmented when the State Board of Elections gets around to making its recommendations. Chair man Will A. Lucas and his associate/ have had more actual experience with the insight into the absentee situation than any other group in the State, and when they tell all they know About it, the result is (Continued on Page Two.) Trial of Snyder In Movies Shooting . Is Nearing Close Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 16.—(AP) — Martin Snyder’s trial on attempted murder and kidnaping charges moved swiftly toward its conclusion today with four versions of what happened in the Hollywood Hills home of Pianist Mryl Alderman the night of October 15, presented for the jury’s consideration. Snyder is accused of wounding Ald erman, of attempting to kill Song stress Ruth Etting, now Alderman’s bride, and his own daughter, Edith Snyder; of kidnaping the three of them and of possessing a gun with the numbers defaced.’ He faces max imum sentences totaling 115 years if convicted. In a jargon of clipped words all his own, the former Chicago newsboy, who married the flaxen-haired Miss Etting 18 years ago and guided her to theatrical fame, told his story of the shooting yesterday. It varied in two important essentials from the de scription furnished by Alderman, Miss Etting and Miss Snyder. uate work. The question was debated at some length during the 1937 session of the General Assembly, but it was then thought that provision could be made for paying expenses of Negroes in out-of-the-state colleges, but the Supreme Court decision has now made some action by the 1939 legis lature mandatory. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY Drug Finn’s President Is Suicide Coster Ends Life When Sensational Dis closures Show Him To Be Ex-Convict New York, Dec. 16. —(AP) —Philip Musica, the amazing schemer and ex convict who changed his name to F. Donald Coster and became president of McKesson & Robbins, Inc., killed himself with a pistol shot in his Fair field, Conn., home today only a few hours after his real identity was dis closed. His suicide followed the sensation al revelations that he and at least one other brother, under the name of George Bernard, had hidden their past police records sufficiently well to become prime moving forces in the porporation, which last year had listed assets of $87,000,000 and $140,- 000,000 in business. The actual identity of a third man, George Dietrich, assistant treasurer of the firm, was still in slight doubt, but Federal authorities held it likely that he, too, was a brother of Coster- Musica. Brother Identified George Bernard, representative for one of the firms listed as doing busi ness for McKesson & Robbins, Inc., was identified from fingerprints to day as Arthur Musica, Brother of, Philip Musica, better known as F. Donald Coster, president of the drug firm. Assistant U. S. Attorney R. I. Kaufman announced at the same time he had telephoned the Depart ment of Justice at Washington to get a copy of the fingerprints of George Dietrich, assistant treasur er of the drug concern: Dietrich and Bernard were indicted with Coster for violation of the se curities act of 1934. Kaufman said he wished to determine if Dietrich also were a brother of the financial wizard whose fingerprints, dug from a file 25 years ago revealed him not as a Heidelberg graduate, hut as a former immigrant boy from Italy, Philip Musica, ex-convict and swindler. Coster, or Musica, became head of the McKesson & Robbins firm in 1926, made the ‘business eminently successful, and was coasting along in splendor and brilliance until his treasurer suspicioned that all was not well in the drug business, started a quiet investigation, which brought the firm into Federal cotfft a week ago with, a petition for, reorganize tion. g With listed assets of $87,000,000, it became increasingly evident through state and federal inquiries during the past week that at least-$18,000,000 of the assets were unaccounted for, or perhaps non-existent. But it was not until Inspector John Bonovan reached the files of an old sidestreet police station that Coster’s, real iden tity came to light. * Coster’s past was brilliant, but the new career he had chosen for himself as a respectable corporation head, widely known in Wall Street, was even more brilliant. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Claims U. S. Is Potential Aggressor Resolution Demanded for Defense Against “Any” Nation as Well as Dictator Powers; U. S. Opposing Edict Against Force for Col lecting Debts Lima, Peru. Dec. 16. —(AP)—Argen- tine's suspicion of future United States foreign policy appeared today l o be a strong factor in the Pan- American Conference controversy a declaration against aggression. Members of the Argentine delega tion insist the United States should be considered a potential aggressor, and they want a resolution to provide for defense against incursion by any nation. Consideration of a cooperative de fense plan so far has been concerned mainly with the possibility of attack from nations outside the Americas, and delegates have said they had in mind the c&jct ato r-a uth o r ita ria n re gimes of Europe. The Argentine said they feared a change of administration in Wash ington might bring an end to or al teration of the present good neighbor policy. There was little indication of support for this thesis by other dele gations. One among their delegation said the United States was opposing a Mexi ican-Argentine resolution against col lection of government debts by force, and contended this Was an indication the United States might one day de cide to take forceful action against a Latin-American nation. AAA Chiefs Wait Burley Leaf Voting Washington, Dec. 16.—(AP)—Agri culture Department officials looked to hurley and dark type tobacco pro ducing states today to see if senti ment against marketing quotas is general among the nation’s tobacco growers. About 250,000 burley and 75,000 dark type tobacco farmers in fourteen states are eligible to vote in refer enda tomorrow to determine whether they want their 1939 sales restricted. Flue-cured growers ih six southeast ern states rejected quotas in a simi lar referendum last Saturday. The same day cotton farmers, plagued by low prices, voted by a large majority to restrict their sales next year. Department officials attributed thd loss of the flue-cured referendum partly to good prices the crop brought this year, and an apparent belief among growers that if they coul4 have sold more tobacco penalty free their incomes would have been great er. Labor Chief Warns About Long Hours Raleigh, Dec. 16—(AP) —Labor Com missioner Forrest H. Shuford warned merchants today to observe the State laws on hours of work for women and minors during the Christmas rush pe riod. “Many merchants,” said Shuford, “seem to have the idea that if em ployers return to their stores volun tarily for night work and thus ex ceed the hours fixed by law, there is no violation. They are in error about this, and are liable to prosecution.” The commissioner cited the law on hours of work for women in establish ments where more than eight people work, and said he interpreted the act to mean that for the holiday period men may be employed for 60 hours per week, the limit except for the Christmas season, and two inventory periods in 48 hours per week. Women or girls under 18 years of age, how eevr, Shuford said, are governed by the child labor law, and those be tween 16 and 18 may not be worked in exfcess of nine hours a day, or 48 hours a week, even during the holiday pe riod.
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