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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH year Drug Swindler a Suicide PHILIP M. MUSICA Police Knew Him) Oct. 2D, 1909—Age 31, and a clerk living at 1886 E. 18th St., Brook lyn. Convicted of grand larceny in United States Court. Sentenced to one year, fined $5,000. Committed to Elmira Reformatory. March 19, 1913—Arrested on a charge of grand larceny: The case revolved about an alleged swindle of $2,000,000. March 27, 1916 Judge Dele hanty suspended sentence in Gen eral Sessions. April 27, 1920—Arrested on a perjury charge in connection with the murder of Barnet Bass, poultry dealer, in Washington Market. The indictment dismissed in 1929 on recommendation of Joab Banton, tiien District Attorney. Germany As Partner Is London Plan I Only in That Way Can Welfare of Europe Be Advanced, Chamber-1 lain Tells Commons; Won’t Cede African Territory, Premier As serts London, Dec. 19. (AP)—Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons today that Nazi Ger many “must be taken in as a partner” to insure Europe’s peace and prog ress . I:. a vigorous defense of his foreign , policy, the prime minister also declar ed that there was ‘‘no sort of diffi culty or difference” between the United States and Britain, ‘‘which yives us the slightest shade or cause for anxiety.” Chamberlain flatly denied reports *: it he intendde to cede British Som aliland to Itaiy. He said “no such surest ion” had been made by Italy. In face of a Labor demand for a vote of censure on the government’s post-Munich maneuvers, Chamberlain stuck to his guns. He declared he r.< vor would take the responsibility for entering war “unless it is forced upon me by the madness of others,” o d defended his course of “appease n nt” both before and after the Munich accord of September 29. f .»f Germany he said “we have the (Continued on Page Five) Farm View On New Deal 1$ Clouded Rejection of Market ing Controls by To bacco Growers Satur day Speculated on Washington, Dec. 19'.- —(AP) —The ’orrnors’ attitude toward the New 1 “ ul's agricultural program appeared ' - >ud< d today by rejection of tofoac f;o marketing controls shortly after quotas had been approved for ctftton. Administration critics argued that ' crop control law had been reptf" ,!l ted by growers in fourteen states ’ u defeated marketing quotas Sat u’day f or burley and dark type to bacco. A majority was returned in behalf of th( ‘ controls, but the favorable v,, e of two-thirds of the participating _ m'mers as required by law. was lack lß»- Producers of flue-cured tobacco (Continuei un Paje Five.), Hnt&rrsmt Dafht tHsiiatrh THB A SSOCla^ED l 'press F FRANK DONALD COSTER (As He is Listed in * Who's Who’) Bom; Washington, D. C., May 12, 1884. Son of Frank Donald and Marie (Girard) Coster; Ph. D. Uni versity of Heidelberg, 1909, M. D., 1911. Married Carol Jenkins Schief flin, of Jamaica, L. 1., May 1, 1921. Practicing physician New York City, 1912-1914; president of Girard & Co., Inc., 1914-1926. President of McKesson & Robbins, drug manu facturers, since 1926; director of Bridgeport City Trust Co. and Fair field Trust Co. Methodist. Clubs: New York Yacht, Bank ers, Lotos, Advertising (New York); University, Black Rock Yacht (Bridgeport), Brooklawn Country. Home: Fairfield, Conn. Office: McKesson & Robbins, Bridgeport, Conn. » (Central Press) Co-Op Hosieries Are Denied Fund Washington, Pec. 19.—(AP) — Richard N. Elliott, acting comp troller general, vetoed today farm security loans of $3,050,000 to five cooperative hosiery mills. Elliott denounced the loans as violation of the relief appropriation, from which the money was to come. He said the projects would cause in dustrial unemployment and would compete with cotton, the chief product of the southern states, in which the projects are situated. The proposed loans, in eaeh case to cooperative associations of homesteaders om FSA homestead projects to make silk products, in cluded $750,000 to l’enderlea, N. C., Farms Homesteads. Rodman And Taylor May Land Posts Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Dec. 19. —State Senators W. B. (Rodman, Jr., of Beaufort county, and H. P. Taylor, from Anson, are odds-on favorites to be named chair men of the Senate’s two most impor tant committees, finance and approp riations. In speculation of committee assign ments, the name of some other sena ator is occasionally heard in connec tion with one or the other of these chairmanships, but for the most part there seems general agreement in in formed circles that the Washington ian 'and the Wadesboro law-maker have the inside track. The most frequently discussed phase is which will get which com mittee. Here there is some real dis agreement, but the consensus appears to favor Rodman for finance and Tay lor for appropriations. As to the case of all other political developments, the chaps who believe themselves to know the “inside” facts can conceivably find themselves badly fooled, for, after all, the appointing power is lodged in Lieutenant Gov ernor Wilkins P. Horton and to date he hasn’t committed himself to news men either on or off the record. So the Rodman-Taylor forecasts are en tirely unofficial, though based on the logic of the situation. In the 1937 Assembly, Senator Rod man was a freshman, but he was ap pointed to the finance cornmittee and from its very first session was the (Continued on Page Two.) mi ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINLY. FRANCE WILL AID ENGLAND IF A TTACKED All Forces of Nation On Land, Sea and In Air Would Be Thrown Into Action, Foreign Minister Tells Depu ties; England Would Help France, Too Faris, Dec. 19—(AP)—Foreign Min ister Georges Bonnet told the Cham ber of Deputies today that “in case of it Tj-ov'kt d aggression,” a’l the for ces of France on land, on the sea and >n the ai-q would at once be utilized for the defense of Great Britain. Duiing a brief review cf foreign affairs, Bonnet made plain that France at the same time expects Great Britain to do likewise for her. “The foundation of our diplomatic action remains the Franoo-British entente,” he said. “If one of the two nations should be the object of un provoked aggression, the other cer tainly would not hesitate to come to her aid. “How could it be otherwise when it is a question of two nations like France and Britain, whose relations, following the evpression of Cham berlain ‘are so close they surpass sim ple juridical obligations because they are found on an identity of inter ests’.” The foreign minister’s statement came as numerous French groups were organizing a “no surrender” bloc to fight what they feared was a plan to surrender part or all of French and British Somaliland to Italy. “Wc believe that the war would end soon if foreign states left the Spanish lone face to face,” Bonnet told the deputies. The minister’s brief declaration re sulted in immediate passage without, debate of the budge for his ministry. The “no surrender” bloc united Strange bed-fellows communists, royalists and independent centrists —in opposition to cession of any East African colonies to Italy. Birth Excess About Same In Two Years Daily Dispatch Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Dec. 19. —North Carolina’s net population increase for the first eleven months of this year, by reason of excess births over deaths is almost the same as last year’s increase for the corresponding period, according to a recapitulation of monthly reports issued by the Bureau of Vital Statis tics, Board of Health. From January 1 through Novem ber 30, 1938, births exceeded deaths in North Carolina by 42,343, while for the same period in 1937 the net increase was 42,467, making the difference just 124 in favor of last year. The 6,053 births reported for No vember, brought this year’s total of stork visitations to 72,875, as compar ed with 6423 for November and 73,- 170 for the first eleven months of 1937 On the death side of the ledger the 2,462 reported for last month made this year’s total 30,532 against 2,762 for November and 30,703 for the first eleven months last year. The November birth total was the smallest reported during 1938, while the death toll was less in only one other month, September, when there were only 2,412 reported. Oddly enough, the drop to the low est birth total followed directly on the heels of the largest number in any month, with October’s 7,187 births the (Continued on Page Two.) $4,000,000 Diversion Is Used By Friend And Foe I)nlb Df*»»atch bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Dec. 19.— The battle over a constitutional amendment banning diversion of highway funds in North Carolina is featuring the rather un usual picture of both sides using the same undisputed facts and figures as the basis for their arguments pro and C °This is particularly true of the $4,- 000 000 in gasoline tax revenue which ft isadmitted on all sides has been diverted by the State to ether pur poses than construction and mainten ance of highways. Opponents of the amendment are citing it as almost insignificant in comparison with the highway rev enues which might have been made the subject of diversion. They contend that the fact only $4,000,000 has ever been diverted proves that the amend ment is not needed to protect North Carolina’s highway revenues. On the other hand, proponents of the amendment point out that $4,000,- HENDERSON, N. C„ MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 19, 1938 On Mercy Mission Bp S jggggl m : w ! m w V jL Recovered from streptococcus viri dans, one of few victims in hospital history who have survived the rare blood disease, Robert Billings (above) was to fly to New York to give blood to a stricken woman he had never seen. The 14-year-old Quincy, Mass., boy responded to a national appeal for donors. (Central Press) Spanish War Mediation Is Rejected Pan-American Group at Lima Turns Down Cuban Proposal; Lan don’s Speech Highly Distasteful to Argen tine Delegation; At Conference Lima, Peru, Dec. 19 —(AP) —The eighth Pan-American Conference’s steering committee killed today a Cuban proposal for mediation by American republics in the Spanish civil war by a vote of 18 to 3. The Cuban * project would have sought an immediate armistice, aft er which American nations, chiefly the Spanish-speaking states, would have offered mediation. Chief objec tion was that the plan constituted an attempt to involve the western hem isphere in the affairs of at a time when the conference was seek ing means of keeping European hands off purely American problems. Only Haiti and Mexico voted with Cuba for the proposal. The conference moved nearer ac tion on the issue of continental soli darity and defense when it was an nounced that the Brazilian delega tion, headed by ex-Foreign Minister Afranio Mello Franco, had completed his formula for such action. Meanwhile, conferences delegates expressed belief that Alf M. Landon’s Speech emphasizing the Monroe Doc trine was highly distasteful to Ar gentine, which already had differ ences with the United States on the question of continental solidarity and (Continued on Page Five' 000 would have built or maintained a long stretch of highway; while they further declare that if one million, or two millions or four millions can be diverted in one year, as has been the case, it is quite possible for any legis lature to divert any amount it hap pens to see fit. In a recent address in favor of the amendment, Harry Tucker, director of highway engineering at State Sollege, and chairman of the North Carolina Highway Users Conference, told a Burlington civic club: “Four million will surface 1,600 miles of road at a cost of $2,500 per mile. It is well to think what this ex penditure on dusty and friable roads would have meant to users. “And if one million can be diverted in one year, it is possible to divert any amount. It is quite conceivable that under the multitudinous demands now being made upon government for funds, the legislature will need the strength of a constitutional amend ment to preserve intact the highway funds.” . _ J -d. v.. l'l Japan Sees Threat From LoanßyU.S. $25,000,000 Credit to China Called “Very Dangerous Political Gssiure” by Foreign Minister at Tokyo; Calls It “Regrettable Act” Tokyo, Dec. 19. —(AP)—Foreign Minis.er Ilachiro Arit-a today declar o-’ *v,ot 5.000,000 loan granted China by the United States export-im port bank would be a “very dinger oi'C nojit'.r 1 gesture.” “The lean necessarily will lead to prolorrva.ion of the ( Chinese-Japanese confict, and naturally to the incon venience of third powers,” Arita as serted a-t his first press conference since induction into office’ Octobei 29. He termed the loan “an inoppor tune and act on the part of the United States, v/Tvch thus fa has acted with understanding. If as the United States press reports, i‘ is a political gesture on the part of the United Slates against Japan, I think that would be a very dangerous political gesture. “Jap m may regard the loan as really intended as a form of econo mic pressure by a powerful economic unit. It would prove quite contrary to what is expected from the United States.” In response to questions, however, he said he was “rather inclined not to regard it as a political gesture.” But he asserted that “at least the Japanese people undoubtedly will find in this new grounds for strengthening the pronosed new order in east Asia,” through which the Japanese have in dicated their intention of linking Japan, China and Manchoukuo in a economic and political bloc. Japan Attempting To Rid China Area Os Guerrilla Band Shanghai, Dec. 19.-—(AP)—Mark ing a turning point in Japan’s in vasion of China, Japanese puni tive expeditions today are begin r.'ing a widespread attempt to clean up guerrilla bands infest ing already-occupied regions, in stead of extending the lines of the Japanese conquest. Their aim is to smash guerrilla bases and disperse the bands of hit-and-run fighters now estimated to total 300,090 roving the Yangtze river valley. While admitting the possibility a combination as Chinese resist ance over extended lines and Japanese disorganization may have bogged down Japan’s mili tary machine in the far interior, foreign observers believed the Japanese have achieved their ob jectives for the moment, and now intend to consolidate their gains. Anthony Eden Made Big Hit With Capital By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Dec. 19. Anthony Eden got a good bit of education in American reporters’ and cameramen’s ways while he was in this country. He had an excellent professor at it in the person of “Ty” Krum of the Fed eral Housing Ad ministration’s pub licity staff. Incident ally Krum got a fine line of housing ad vertising out of the Eden visit. He knew very well that Bri tain has a housing problem of its own on the griddle and Eden surmised Anthony would be interested in what we’re doing in the same di rection. Accordingly, even before the latter had sailed for this side of the Atlantic Ty cabled and made a date with him, to give him a once over at our activities. As soon, then, as ex-Foreign Min ister Eden had arrived and disposed of his speech before the National Manufacturers’ Association, Krum was on hand with Administrator Strauss to show him the sights of New York slum elimination. They had him all to themselves for about two hours. That is, they had him all to themselves except for a sizable army of reporters and news photo graphers, and they wanted these, to accompany them; that was the essen (Continued on Page Two.) WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Fair tonight and Tuesday; slight ly colder tonight; slightly warm er in mountains Tuesday. PUBLISH ED RVEIiY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY ROOSEVELT TO ASK BROADER SECURITY ACT Eats SSO Check Admitting she swallowed a check for over fifty dollars to protect a male companion suspected of rob bery,''Mrs. Lillian Silvier,2o (above), was given a six-month sus pended sentence after being found guilty of larceny by Boston court. The arrest led to reconciliation with her husband of two months, Arthur Silvier. (Central Press) Arms Plot Os Musicas Under Probe Smuggling Activities of Drug Firm Not En tirely Uncovered Yet, Officials Think New York, Dec. 19.—(AP)— A Boston lawyer swore today that he drafted, at the behest of F. Donald Coster—Philip Musica, a contract for the purchase of Lee- Enfield rifles by McKesson & Ro bins, Inc., and Standard Oil of England. f The lawyer, Fredrick Wingers ky,. made his statement to assis tant State Attorney General Am brose McCall, conducting an in quiry into the affairs of the $87,- 090 000 corporation. Coster-Musica committed suicide Friday after he had been exposed as a notorious swindler of a quarter century ago. At the same time, Rrien Mc- Mahon, as United States attorney general,, arriving from Washington, described Coster-* Musica as probably “the biggest Illicit liquor dealer in the country.” McMahon came here to coordi nate the investigation of Federal agencies intersted in ferreting out the mystery behind Coster-Musica ar.d the $18,000,000 shortage in the firm’s crude drugs department, which he operated. New York, Dec. 19.(AP —The Fed eral government opened a coordinated inquiry today into a vast interna tional arms smuggling plot which of ficials predicted would net co-con spirators “equally as important” as Philip Musica, arch swindler of his time. As authorities began an extended probe into the $18,000,000 shortage in the crude drug department of the McKesson and Robbins corporation, which was “milked’, they said, to pro vide funds for the smuggling enter prise, Musica himself lay in a Brook (Continued on PTwo.) Italy Determined To Get New Colonies In Africa Rome, Dec. 19.—(AP) —Italy took another important step toward eco nomic self-sufficiency today as an authoritative publication forecast the nation would win her territorial claims against France within ten mpnths. ■ Premier Mussolini returned to Nap les after inaugurating at Carbonia, Sardinia, an extensive new coal field which fascists hope will cut down considerably Italy’s long-time de pendence on foreign fuel. The organ of the Institute for Study of International Policy assert 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Would Extend And Strengthen Social Benefits Set-Up Os of Government; Presi dent Gives Much Time To S.tudy of American Defense Program Y/ashington, Dec. 19.—(AP)—Pres ident Roosevelt intends to ask Con gress early in January to extend and strengthen the social security act. White House officials said today the chief executive intended to send a special message “relative to the ex tension of coverage and the strength ening of provisions of the social se curity act.” Presumably the message will trans mit to Congress a copy of the report carrying recommendations of the ad visory council. The council made public Saturday recommendations that the insurance coverage be wide ly extended. White House officials said possibly national defense also would be the subject for q special message, but that has not yet been determined. Mr. Roosevelt called in a group of government officials today to discuss defense problems. Those on the list were Chairman Edward J. Noble and Robert Hinkley, of the civil aeronau tics Authority; Louis Johnson, as sistant secretary of war, and Aubrey Williams, deputy WPA administra tor. There were indications that Presi dent Roosevelt would embrace rail road recommendations in his general message. The railroad situation also en «aged his attention today in a conference with Carl Gray and . George Harrison, members of a spe cial board which is attempting to find some solution for the plight of the carriers. High Court Will Pass On Income Taxes W'a |*in£ton, Dec. 19.—(AP)—The Supreme Court agreed today to pass on litigation to test the right of a state to collect an income tax from employees of federal agencies!. Di rectly at issue was an attempt by New York to assess a tax against the $8,246 salary received in 1934 by J. B. O’Keefe as attorney for the Fed eral Home Owner!’ |Loan Corpora tion. The New York court of Appeals ruled that the attorney was perform ing a fedral function and that his salary could not be taxed by the state. The tribunal adjourned until Janu ary 3, without passing on constitu tionality of the Tennessee Valley Au thority’s power program for the right of a state to ratify after rejecting the proposed constitutional atnend ment to abolish child labor. Tributes to the late Justice Ben jamin N. Cardozo, who died last July, were paid by Chief Justice Hughes and Attorney General Cummings. Hungary Is Cutting Down On The Jews Budapest, Hungary, Dec. 19.—(AP) —New restrictions on Hungary’s Jews possibly limiting their voting rights, were in prospect today as the cabinet gave final touches to a bilj for the control of Jews to be introduced in Parliament Friday. This coincided with the arrival of Count Galeazzo, Italian foreign min ister, who came, the Budapest offi cial press said, to give Hungary the benefit of “fascist experience” in (Continued on Page Two.) ed in its current issue that: “The year XVII of the fascist era (this year ends October 28, 1939) will see the settlement of accounts be tween Italy and France, and once again life will conquer decadent con servatism.” The article predicted French rejec tion of Italian claims, but said France “will have a lost cause.” “No one doubts Italy will enter im mediately into action and with her the (Rome-Berlin) axis,” it said. “All barriers will be demolished and all ob stacles will be surmounted.”
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